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Department of Politics International and Comparative Politics Research Cluster Conference
‘Ideas, Institutions, and International Politics: Exploring the Interactions’
April 27th, 2012
Overview
As a field of study International Politics remains an extraordinarily broad church, with scholars holding a remarkable variety of epistemological and methodological commitments. And if anything, the current direction of travel is towards an ever-greater level of diversity. However, even as (sub-)disciplinary boundaries have proliferated, scholars appear to remain united by a shared commitment to exploring the mechanisms through which ideas and institutions interact in given contextual constellations across the local, national, and international levels.
By inviting staff and PhD Candidates from across the Department of Politics to present papers exploring (aspects of) the research projects that they are currently advancing, this Conference aims to generate a snapshot of the ‘state of the art’ of International Politics at the University of York, and to facilitate the expansion of a research environment characterised by mutually beneficial exchange and collaboration.
The ICP Conference will take place over the afternoon of 27th April, 2012, and the preliminary schedule is as follows:
12.30 – 12.45: Coffee and biscuits
12.45 – 13.00: Opening remarks
13.00 – 14.15: Panel One
14.30 – 15.45: Panel Two
16.00 – 17.15: Panel Three
17.15 – 18.00: Wine reception
Programme
Panel One: Institutions and Security in International Politics
Time: 13.00 – 14.15
Chair: tbc
| Alexandra Lewis: | Mindless Violence: An Analysis of Violent Criminality in Fragile States |
| John Mellors: | The Protection of Charismatic Megafauna in Indonesia: The Importance of Tracking Global Norms ‘All the Way Down’ |
| Liam Clegg: | Sovereignty and the Limits of Surveillance: The IMF and the Politics of Military Expenditure Monitoring |
| Nick Ritchie: | Nuclear Deterrence as a Pathological International Institution |
Panel Two: Multilevel Networks and International Politics
Time: 14.30 – 15.45
Chair: Liam Clegg
| Chris Wylde: | tbc |
| Farhad Sefat: | ‘Independence’ in Iran: How a Locally Developed Institution Changed World Politics |
| Nick Worsfold: | The International Legitimisation of Domestic Policy: DEFRA and the Intergovernmental Platform for Biodiversity |
| Paul Tobin: | Two-Level Game Theory: The Interrelationship of the Domestic and International in Climate Change Policy |
Panel Three: Ideas, Institutions, and (Understandings of) Economic Policy Frameworks
Time: 16.00 – 17.15
Chair: tbc
| Chris Rogers: | Crisis, Ideas, and Economic Policy-Making |
| Will Vittery: | Understanding the Understanding of the Global Financial Crisis: Discourse Directionality in UK Politics |
| Peg Murray-Evans: | Integrating Institutions and Ideas in the Study of EU External Economic Policy |
| Yilmaz Kaplan: | A Case for Interdependence: Domestic Interpretations of EU Free Trade Agreements with Third Countries |
