V dňoch 27. – 28. apríla 2009 Inštitút pre verejné otázky, Medzinárodné fórum pre demokratické štúdie pri Národnej nadácii pre demokraciu (International Forum for Democratic Studies, National Endowment for Democracy) a Centrum pre demokraciu, rozvoj a právny štát Standfordskej univerzity (Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law, Stanford University) zorganizovali v Bratislave konferenciu „Chudoba, nerovnosť a demokracia“. Na konferencii sa zúčastnili experti z Veľkej Británie, Nórska, Mexika, USA, Argentíny, Ekvádora, Kostarickej republiky, Bulharska, Indie, Južnej Kórey, Thajska, Turecka, Maďarska, Rumunska, Srbska a Slovenska. K diskutovaným témam patrili konceptualizácia väzby medzi chudobou, nerovnosťou a demokraciou, definícia nerovnosti, význam demokracie pre riešenie sociálnych problémov, skúsenosti transformujúcich sa krajín v strednej a východnej Európe, Latinskej Amerike, východnej a južnej Ázii v boji proti chudobe.
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Program konferencie:
MONDAY, April 27
9:00–10:00am Welcoming Remarks
Grigorij Mesežnikov, President, Institute for Public Affairs
Marc F. Plattner, Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies
Kathryn Stoner-Weiss, Associate Director for Research and Senior Research Scholar, Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Diego Abente, Deputy Director, International Forum for Democratic Studies Report on Latin America project
10:00–10:15am Break
10:15am–12:15pm SESSION I: What Inequality Is and Is Not
Presenter: Nancy Bermeo, Nuffield College, Oxford University, and Oxford Center for the Study of Inequality and Democracy
Commentator: Daniel Smilov, Centre for Liberal Studies
Commentator: Dan Banik, Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo
Chair: Marc Plattner, International Forum for Democratic Studies
12:15–1:45pm Lunch
1:45–3:45pm SESSION II: New Strategies for Combating Poverty and Inequality – Eastern Europe
Presenter: Béla Greskovits, Central European University (paper coauthored by Dorothee Bohle)
Commentator: Alina Pippidi, Romanian Academic Society
Commentator: Violetta Zentai, Center for Policy Studies, Budapest
Chair: Grigorij Mesežnikov, Institute for Public Affairs
3:45–4:00pm Coffee Break
4:00–5:30pm Regional Roundtable: Experience from South and East Asia
Presenter: Jaeyeol Yee, East Asia Institute
Presenter: Partha Mukhopadhyay, Centre for Policy Research
Commentator: Suhas Palshikar, Centre for the Study of Developing Societies
Commentator: Thawilwadee Bureekul, King Prajadhipok’s Institute
Chair: Stephan Haggard, University of California at San Diego
TUESDAY, April 28
9:00–11:00am SESSION III: New Strategies for Combating Poverty and Inequality – Latin America
Presenter: Alberto Díaz-Cayeros, Stanford University (paper coauthored by Beatriz Magaloni)
Commentator: Jorge Vargas, Programa Estado de la Nacion en Desarrollo Humano Sostenible
Commentator: John Scott, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas
Chair: Diego Abente, International Forum for Democratic Studies
11:00–11:15am Break
11:15am–12:15pm Regional Roundtable: Experience from Africa and Turkey
Presenter: Oyku Ulucay, Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation
Chair: Larry Diamond, Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
12:15–1:45pm Lunch
1:45–3:45pm SESSION IV: Reforming the Welfare State in New Democracies
Presenter: Stephan Haggard, University of California at San Diego (paper coauthored byRobert Kaufman)
Commentator: Beatriz Magaloni, Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
Commentator: Boris Begovic, Center for Liberal Democratic Strategies
Chair: Martin Bútora, Institute for Public Affairs
3:45–4:00pm Coffee Break
4:00–5:30pm Concluding Session
Chair: Larry Diamond, Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law
