RC37 - Rethinking Political Development

International Political Science Association (IPSA): Proposal for Funding a Joint IPSA Workshop by RC 37 and RC 2, IPSA

Workshop Organizers: Zillur R. Khan, Chair, RC 37/IPSA: Rethinking Political Development; Rosebush Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin and Adjunct Professor, Rollins College, USA, and Distinguished Fellow, Policy Research Institute, Bangladesh. Co-organizer is RC 2/IPSA: Political Elites represented by its Executive Board Member, Professor Oxana Gaman-Golutvina, Head of Comparative Politics Department, MGIMO-University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, President of Russian Political Science Association, and Chairman of RPSA National Committee on Political Elites.

Workshop Title: Rethinking Political Development: Cultures, Civilizations and Identity. Proposed Date: December 12-13, 2013

Rationale for the Workshop: The workshop will bring together international scholars in an effort to explore the different facets of nationalism-secular and non-secular, and sovereignty-absolute and cooperative, in the context of the evolving perceptions of human identity immersed in different cultures and civilizations in global power relations.

Given the fact that Political Science has varied dimensions the discrepancy between model and local empirical conditions are often within the margin of accommodation where cultural weight rests, impacting the outcome of interactions.

The recent history across the world comprising political upheavals in the Middle East and rising politico-economic-social tensions in Asia has presented many cases in which societies have not displayed a political behavior in conformity with the expectations of either the normative or empirical facets of political theory. This departure may be due to the unaccounted for importance of the cultural elements that the different political models exclude. Is it therefore useful and/or necessary to revise political development models to account for these cultural variables?

Nation-states from the Middle East to South and South East Asia to Far East present a dysfunctional competition for control of resources, both known and yet-to-be found. Could the unresolved legacies of such conflicts and a weak political culture serve as catalysts to transform the state-society relations to a new model of a positive national sovereignty--the sovereignty of the citizen and the service-provider character of state institutions? Could this development create one world and fundamentally change the traditional definition of national sovereignty, outmoding national boundaries and negative aspects of nationalism?

Against the backdrop of geopolitical and ideological rivalries could Muslim majority countries meet their development needs by “progressive openness’? Could Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Libya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, among others, engage in fruitful cooperation with the West in productive co-existence, if not close cooperation, to manage, if not resolve the conflict between western civilization and non-western cultures in the changing global power relations?

Format, Content, and Output: The workshop is expected to be inaugurated by Professor Rehman Sobhan, Founder Chairman of the Center for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh. Ambassador Farouk Sobhan, Chairman, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) will preside over the inaugural sessions of the two-day IPSA workshop. The expected format is a two-day workshop to be hosted jointly by Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) and the Policy Research Institute (PRI), Bangladesh. The workshop will consist of six panels (6 x 3 paper-givers); with one discussant and one chair per panel, and two inaugural sessions with a moderator for each where three keynote papers will be presented.

Each paper-giver will make a 15-minute presentation. Once the panellists have concluded their presentations, the discussant(s) will provide a brief set of oral comments (10-15 minutes). The panel chair will then open the floor to questions and discussion (35-45 minutes) from the audience. Professor Zillur R. Khan, Chair of RC 37, IPSA will serve as Keynote Speaker at the first inaugural session, presenting his address on the need of rethinking the whole issue of development from the perspective of Culture and Civilization in the context of identity based values affecting power relations in an increasing global competition for resources. Dr. Ahsan Mansur, Executive Director, Policy Research Institute, Bangladesh, will deliver the second Keynote address focusing on cultural dimensions of international support for development plans and their implementation. On the second day’s inaugural session, Dr. Zaidi Sattar, Chairman, Policy Research Institute (PRI), Bangladesh, Adviser to the Financial Express, the leading financial daily of Bangladesh, and Member of Board of Directors of Southeast Bank Ltd., Industrial and Infrastructure Finance Development Co. (IIFDC), Venture Investment Partners (VIPB) Ltd., Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE), and Asia Insurance Ltd., will deliver the concluding Keynote Address on "The critical Role of Political Institutions in the process of economic development of Bangladesh". In the Q & A session an additional focus will be on how effectively have International Development Institutions provided strategic support to Politico-Economic development of Bangladesh in the context of South Asia. The results of the workshop will be communicated within the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and wider academic communities (as well as outside it to practitioners and policy-makers) via the subsequent publication of an edited volume of selected papers. Following the workshop, a book prospectus will be sent to leading academic publishers that have published books either focusing on a similar topic or employing a compatible theoretical approach, such as Cambridge University Press, Cornell University Press, Duke University Press and McGill-Queen’s University Press. Commercial peer-reviewed presses, such as Oxford, Routledge, Lynne Rienner, and Palgrave Macmillan, will also be considered.

Budgeting and Funding Applications: The amount budgeted for the workshop is US$ 4000.00. Local costs of the meeting will be covered by the local hosts, namely PRI and Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI). I've received communication from a number of participants of XXII World Congress, showing interest in presenting papers at the proposed workshop. They’ve also assured me that their travel would be largely funded by their respective institutions. In addition to local participants there will be paper presenters from Canada, France, India, Lebanon, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Turkey and USA. As Chair of IPSA RC 37 (and workshop organizer), I am applying for USD 2,000 in funding from the IPSA Committee on Research and Training (CRT) so that we reach the ($4,000.00) budget-target. It is understood that in accordance with established IPSA rules, IPSA funds may only be used for contributing to the travel expenses of paper-givers on a “fair” basis taking into account special needs, not for paying honoraria.

Updated Announcement

International Political Science Association (IPSA) Joint Workshop on Rethinking Political Development: Multifaceted Role of Elites and Transforming Leadership to be held on November 7-8, 2011 in Winter Park (near Orlando), Florida, USA

Workshop Organizers: Professor Dr. Zillur R. Khan and Dr. Yan Vaslavskiy, respectively Chair and Member, IPSA/RC 37: Rethinking Political Development. Zillur R. Khan is Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin and Adjunct Professor, Rollins College, U.S.A. and Dr.Yan Vaslavskiy is Deputy Head of Events at Global Policy Forum, Russian Federation and Board member, Russian Political Science Association, and from IPSA/RC 2: Political Elites are Professor Dr. Oxana Gaman-Golutvina, Chair of the Department of Comparative Politics, MGIMO-University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia; Chairman of Scientific Council; President of Russian Political Science Association, and Professor J. Higley, Professor of Political Science, University of Texas, respectively Member and Chair of IPSA/RC 2 Local Host and Organizer is Professor Robert Moore, Chair, International Affairs, Rollins College, Florida, USA

Title: Rethinking Political Development: Multifaceted Role of Elites and Transforming Leadership in Political Development Dates: November 7-8, 2011

Deadline for Submission of Panel/Paper Proposal with Abstracts: May 1, 2011 Rationale for the Workshop: The workshop will bring together international scholars to explore myriad roles of leaders and elites in enhancing the capacity for effective governance by rethinking political development from different perspectives. In constructing or reconstructing theories of leadership, elites and institutions for political development participants will examine, analyze and critique various issues of policy making and implementation facing the rapidly changing and adjusting political communities, particularly in emerging BRIC and Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and Turkey, among others. Reorienting the whole concept of development to better the quality of life in an uncertain world should be a challenge- intellectual, political, socio-economic and ideological -for both scholars and practitioners of Political Science and related fields participating in this workshop.

Panels will range from rethinking theories of leadership and elites in political development, to strategies and tactics for providing a common ground for negotiated settlement of controversial public policy goals and methods of their implementation, to resolving issues of identity, diversity and national security in evolving processes of globalization with widening gaps in benefits, particularly for the emerging countries from the Middle East to South-South East Asia to Far East, to dilemmas of freedom and security, to securing justice as basic fairness in inter-ethnic, inter-ideological and inter-state relations, to finally pushing the limits of political development to create a new MAP, i.e., Mutually Assured Peace, replacing MAD, i.e., Mutually Assured Destruction with SANE, i.e., Serve Appropriate Needs Effectively at whatever level. Could the unresolved legacies of local and regional conflicts in the globalizing process redefine sovereignty itself as seemingly happening in politico-economic experimentations in America, Europe, India and Russia, and the political upheaval occurring in the Middle East? Following are some suggested panels:

1. How elites and leaders could strike a balance between localism and nationalism to alleviate poverty.

2. Regional cooperation as a socio-political-economic strategy to transform the state-society relations to a new model of a positive national sovereignty---the sovereignty of the citizen and the service-provider character of state institutions.

3. The extent to which a pragmatic approach to ideological controversies over detached vis-à-vis inclusive secularism with a special emphasis on religious tolerance can shape the relationships between Western and Islamic World.

4. Defining the multifaceted role of elites and leaders in raising the consciousness of stake holders to a level at which coordinated action to resolve burning problems can happen, replacing counteractive rhetoric, against the backdrop of demographic, ecological and energy crises being faced by mostly developing countries.

5. A possible fifth panel may take up terrorism and how elites and leaders in Western and non-Western countries, particularly countries with Muslim majority or large minority like India should define and confront it at different levels.

6. Could elites and leaders of Muslim majority countries meet their development needs by co-operative and progressive openness?

7. Could they engage in fruitful cooperation with the West in developing green energy, including nuclear based ones without posing a threat to the West?

8. Another panel may concentrate on socio-politico-economic Justice in the context of rethinking political development focusing on the emerging world.

Expected Format, Content, and Output: The expected format is a two-day workshop to be held at Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida. The workshop will consist of six to eight panels (6/8 x 3 paper-givers), with one discussant and one chair per panel. Nobel Laureate Dr. Muhammad Yunus has been invited to inaugurate the Workshop as Chief Guest. Dr. Zillur R. Khan, Chair of RC 37 of International Political Science Association and Professor Dr. Oxana Gaman-Golutvina, President of Russian Political Science Association and Member RC 2/IPSA will serve as Keynote Speakers addressing the need of rethinking the role of leadership in transforming development into a continuous search for Justice and freedom for common good. Hosting the Workshop will be Dr. Robert Moore, Chairman of International Affairs of Rollins College, who will preside over the inaugural session The results of the workshop will be communicated within the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and wider academic communities (as well as outside it to practitioners and policy-makers) via the subsequent publication of an edited book. Following the workshop, an edited book prospectus will be sent to leading academic publishers that have published books either focusing on a similar topic or employing a compatible theoretical approach, such as Cambridge University Press, Cornell University Press, Duke University Press and McGill-Queen’s University Press. Commercial peer-reviewed presses, such as Oxford, Routledge, Lynne Rienner, and Palgrave Macmillan, will also be considered.

Logistics and Funding: Local costs of the meeting will be covered by the local host: providing space for the workshop, and food and accommodation for participants. Travel expenses of participants may be partially reimbursed on need basis. It is understood that in accordance with established IPSA rules, IPSA funds may only be used for contributing to the travel expenses of paper-givers on a “fair” basis taking into account special needs, not for paying honoraria.

Scholars from Bangladesh, Brazil, Canada, China, India, Lebanon, Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, and USA are expected to participate in the workshop. Abstract of paper/panel submission deadline is May 1, 2011.

Distinguished Participants:

1. Prof. Sushma Yadav Professor of Public Policy & Governance & Chair Professor, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Chair In Social Justice Indian Institute of Public Administration I.P. Estate, Ring Road, New Delhi - 110 002 (O)011-2346 8337, (Tele-fax)011-23766396 (M) 09810074667

2. John Higley Professor of Government & Sociology Jack S. Blanton Chair in Australian Studies Director, Center for Australian & New Zealand Studies The University of Texas at Austin Chair, IPSA Research Committee on Political Elites

3. Theodore P. Wright, Jr., Professor Emeritus, the State University of New York at Albany, New York, USA

4. Oxana Gaman-Golutvina Chair, Department of Comparative Politics MGIMO-University, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Chairman of Scientific Council; President, Russian Political Science Association, Russian Federation

5. Rounaq Jahan, Professor of Political Science and South Asian Studies Columbia University, New York, USA

6. Shelley Feldman, Professor, Development Sociology Director, Feminist, Gender and Sexuality Studies Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA

7. Robert Wirsing, Professor of Political Science, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA

RETHINKING SECURITY, SOVEREIGNTY AND JUSTICE A DAY-LONG WORKSHOP SPONSORED BY INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION Organized by IPSA Research Committee (RC 37) on Rethinking Political Development, and Hosted by Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh AT POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE DHAKA, BANGLADESH JANUARY 5, 2010

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: INAUGURAL SESSION Moderator: Dr. Ahsan Mansur, Executive Director, Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh Chief Guest: Honorable A. M. A. Muhith, M.P., Finance Minister, People’s Republic of Bangladesh Welcome Remarks: Dr. Zaidi Sattar, Chairman, Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh Keynote Speakers: Professor Zillur R. Khan, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, U.S.A. & Chair, RC 37/IPSA, “Political Development from the Perspective of Justice and freedom in Institution Building and Leadership Forming Processes”. Dr. Sadiq Ahmed, Vice Chairman, Policy Research Institute of Bangladesh, “Poverty, Conflict and Regional Cooperation in South Asia” Tea/Coffee Break 10: 45 AM—12: 10 PM—Session I: Democratization, Secularism and Globalization Moderator: Professor Zillur R. Khan, Professor Emeritus, University of Wisconsin, USA, and Chair, RC 37/IPSA Presenters: Professor Shelley Feldman, Professor of Development Sociology, Cornell University, USA, “Constructing States and Citizens: Partition as a Social Project”. Professor Mark Farha, Visiting Assistant Professor of Middle Eastern Politics, Georgetown University, School Of Foreign Service, Doha, Qatar, “Variant Permutations of Secularism: Consociational, Communal and Coercive” . Ambassador Professor Abdul Momen, Bangladesh Representative at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh at the United Nations Organization, New York, “Democratization: The Greatest Strategy for Politico-Economic Development”. Professor Shushma Yadav, Dr. Ambedkar Chair, IIPA, India, “Social Justice and Human Rights: Rethinking State Sovereignty in a Globalized World”. Discussants: Professor Ali Riaz, Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University, USA Professor Mahfuz Choudhury, Political Science Department, Chittagong University, Bangladesh Tea/Coffee Break 12:20 PM—1:50 PM—Session II: Issue of Sovereignty-Cum-Security and International Cooperation Moderator: Dr. Mizanur Rahman Shelley, Chairman, Center for Development Research Bangladesh Chief Guest: Dr. Mashiur Rahman, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Presenters: Professor Yan Vaslavsky, Senior Lecturer, Deputy Head of Research Policy Dept., MGIMO-University, Moscow, Russia, “Emerging Nations: Russian Comparative Perspective on Problems of Sovereignty and New Forms of Stateness in Kosovo, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia”. MS. Amna Yousaf Khokhar, Research Assistant, International Relations, Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan, “Enlightened Moderation and Its Effectiveness in Containing Terrorism”. Professor Rumki Basu, Head, Department of Political Science, Jamia Millia University, New Delhi, India, "Glocalization & Security in South Asia: Reaping the Peace Dividend from a Human Rights Perspective." Lt. General (Retd.), Aminul Karim, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, “Status of Taiwan: Ways Forward” Discussants: Ambassador Farouk Sobhan, President, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute Ambassador Rashed Ahmed Choudhury, Frm. UN Administrator of Kosovo and Ambassador for Bangladesh in Japan Ambassador Dr. Afsarul Qader, Vice President, BEI

Lunch Break: 1:50 PM –2:50 PM

3:00 PM—4:30 PM Session III: Justice as the Crucial Link Connecting Security, Freedoms and Rights Moderator: Professor Rama Datta, North Carolina State University, USA Chief Guest: Dr. Mashiur Rahman, Economic Affairs Advisor to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh Special Guest: Professor Rounaq Jahan, Columbia University, USA Presenters: Professor Ali Riaz, Department of Politics and Government, Illinois State University, USA, “Security Challenges to an Emerging Nation: Bangladesh as a Case Study” Professor Promod Mishra, Delhi University, India, “Emerging Challenges to Human Security” Mr. Samier Ahsan, Research Scholar at the Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence at James Madison University, USA, “Jihad as an Effective Ideological Strategy for Sustainable and Peaceful Development”. Barrister Tania Amir, Secretary General, SAARC Law, “Human Security and Sovereignty in the Light of Bangladesh Constitution” Professor Sandra S. Rahman, Department of Economics and Business Admin, Framingham State College, USA, "The Globalization of Knowledge Creation and the Increasing Consequence of Shared Information." Discussants: Ambassador Harun-Ur-Rashid, Frm. Bangladesh Ambassador to Japan Professor Shelley Feldman, Professor, Department of Sociology, Cornell University, USA Tea Break: 4:30 PM—4:45 PM 4: 45 PM—6: 15 PM ---Roundtable Plenary Session: Rethinking Political Development in South Asia: “What is to be Done?” Moderator: Professor Zillur R. Khan, Chair, RC 37, International Political Science Association Chief Guest: Mr. Hossain Taufique Imam: Advisor to the Prime Minister, The People’s Republic of Bangladesh Participating Policy Practitioners and Analysts: Dr. Mohiuddin Khan Alamgir M.P, Former Minister and Current Chair, Parliamentary Standing Committee, Bangladesh Dr. Hussain Zillur Rahman, Former Advisor, Caretaker Government, Bangladesh Hasanul Huq Inu M.P, Chair, Parlimentary Committee on Post and Tele Communication, Bangladesh Mr. Enam Ahmed Choudhury, Former Chair with the rank of State Minister, Privatization Board, Government of Bangladesh Barrister M. Amir-Ul Islam, Frm. Cabinet Member, Government of Bangladesh

    Mr. Mahfuz Anam, Edior, The Daily Star, Bangladesh

8: 00 PM: Dinner-Reception at Ambassador and Mrs. Rashed Ahmed Choudhury’s in Honor of Participants