General Panels

Synopsis: This panel explores the rise of alternative methods of citizen political participation other than candidate/party elections. Some are traditional forms in new jurisdictions, such as the referendum, but others, such as use of the internet in electoral campaigns and popular uprisings, are relatively new.

Chair: Eva Anduiza , Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, eva.anduiza@uab.es

Papers:

1. Thamy Pogrebinschi, State University of Rio de Janeiro, thamy@iesp.uerj.br Strengthening Representation through Participation

2. Richard Kilroy, National Defense University, NC, USA kilroyrj@gmail.com Tyrants, Tirades, and Twitter: Cyber Revolutions and the Future of Democratic Governance PAPER SUBMITTED

3. Abrak Saati, Umea University, Sweden abrak.saati@pol.umu.se Public participation in constitution building processes: Does it effect levels of democracy? PAPER SUBMITTED

4. Sung Hye Hwang, Seoul National University, South Korea yummish@naver.comUnconventional Political Participation as Supplements to Party Politics

Discussant: Eva Anduiza , Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, eva.anduiza@uab.es

2. Elections, Parties, and Democracy

Convener: Donley Studlar, West Virginia University, dstudlar@wvu.edu

Synopsis: Parties and elections are universally recognized as key elements of democracy. With democratization occurring in many regions, this panel considers the critical role of these institutions in the functioning of democracies in Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East ranging in topics from voter preferences to electoral rules to party systems to policy congruence.

Chair: Donley Studlar, West Virginia University, dstudlar@wvu.edu

Papers:

1. Timothy Hellwig, Indiana University thellwig@indiana.edu The eye of the beholder: Ideological Lensing, Information Effects and the Vote PAPER SUBMITTED
2. Sebnem Yardimci Geyikci,University of Essex syardi@essex.ac.uk The Impact of Party and Party System Institutionalization on Democratic Consolidation: The Case of Turkey
3. Ana Lucia Henrique,Cefor - Câmara dos Deputados (Brazilian Chamber of Deputies) analuhenrique@gmail.com Electoral Systems and Confidence in the Brazilian Congress: the 2011 Political Reform and Outcomes PAPER SUBMITTED
4. Lopez Lourdes, Universidad Nacional Educación a Distancia (UNED, Spanish Open University) llopez@poli.uned.es Cartelization of the Spanish Political System?
5. Alexia Katsanidou and Zoe Lefkofridi, GESIS- Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences alexia.katsanidou@gesis.org Citizen Representation: The Policy Congruence Gap in the 2009 EP Election

Discussant: Jorgen Elklit, Aarhus University elklit@ps.au.dk

3. The Right and Paths to Hegemony in the Contemporary World

Convener: Barry Cannon, Dublin City University barry.cannon@dcu.ie

Globally, a radical Right is advancing in Europe and North America, while in Latin America it has been eclipsed by the spectacular rise of the Left. Meanwhile in the Arab world, democratic uprisings have led to a re-emergence of the left/right cleavage, and in Asia and Africa the relevance of the left/right dichotomy requires re-evaluation.

This panel seeks to understand the concept of the Right in this emerging context. Bobbio (1996) holds that left/right cleavages revolve around egalitarianism, with the left more supportive of state intervention to further socio-economic equality and the right restricting this to equality of opportunity. If this is so, what is its impact on the Right at the national, regional and transnational levels, in the current context of globalization, dominated by neoliberalism? And what has been the impact of civil society, taken from the Gramscian (1971) perspective of hegemony, on the development of the Right in these contexts? Further, how does this cross with Right concerns on tradition, the family, religion and other moral-related ethical and social issues? And finally, what is the Right’s impact on democratization efforts, both nationally and globally?

By examining these issues the panel aims to develop a broad and comparative understanding of the Right, empirically and theoretically and based on case studies and wider comparative studies from polities around the world, with a view to publication in an edited volume/special journal edition.

Chairs: Guy Burton, LSE, guyburton@gmail.com and Barry Cannon, Dublin City University barry.cannon@dcu.ie

Papers:

1. Christopher Wylde, Universiti Utara Malaysia, christopher.wylde@gmail.comChallenging the Left/Right Divide in Malaysia: A politico-business class in a pseudo democracy
2. Barry Cannon, Dublin City University, barry.cannon@dcu.ie Class, ideology and organization in the contemporary Latin American right: seeking strategies to power. PAPER SUBMITTED
3. Ivan Llamazares, Universidad de Salamanca, illamaz@usal.es The Spanish Right and Globalization
4. Sergio Daniel Morresi, Universidad Nacional de General Sarmiento,smorresi@gmail.com, Right and Center Right in Contemporary Argentina PAPER SUBMITTED
5. Samir Awad, Berzeit University, sawad@birzeit.edu Political Right-Left Divide in Palestine

Discussant: Peadar Kirby, University of Limerick, peadar.kirby@ul.ie

4. Citoyenneté, espace public et participation: nouvelles pratiques et nouveaux concepts

Convener: Rocío Annunziata, Universidad de Buenos Aires, rocio.annunziata@gmail.com

Synopsis: Ce panel a pour but de mettre en discussion des différentes approches sur la citoyenneté, l’espace public et la participation ainsi que de faire dialoguer des divers cas empiriques. Pendant les dernières années les discours scientifiques et politiques ont donné un ressort remarquable à ces trois notions. Nous sommes face à l’émergence des pratiques politiques qui peuvent être considérées nouvelles : les manifestations spontanées de protestation dans la rue, -d’habitude fortement critiques du pouvoir et des partis politiques, les dispositifs dits « participatifs » proliférant surtout à l’échelle locale mais de manière globale, la judiciarisation de la politique, le rôle central des Médias et des sondages d’opinion publique, l’expérimentation des formes de délibération avec des « mini-publics », les changements de comportements électoraux, la quête pour la reconnaissance des différences identitaires.

Comment mettre en concept ces expériences nouvelles ? Les concepts utilisés d’habitude par les sciences sociales sont-ils outils pour bien les saisir? Quels sont, par exemple, les frontières entre le public et le privé lors que nous parlons d’ « espace public »? Comment une question devient-elle « publique » ? Devons-nous parler de « citoyenneté » lorsqu’elle se mobilise, lorsqu’elle « participe », lorsqu’elle vote, lorsqu’elle est consultée passivement ou lorsqu’elle appelle aux « droits » ? Comment concevoir la diversité de ses formes d’expression politique et culturelle ?

Chairs: Alberto Olvera, Universidad Veracruzana, Mexico aolveri@yahoo.com.mx and Rocío Annunziata, Universidad de Buenos Aires, rocio.annunziata@gmail.com

Papers:

1. Pamela Verónica Morales Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Universidad de Buenos Aires pame.veronica@gmail.com and Gabriela Rodríguez Universidad de Buenos Aires, silphidis@hotmail.com Diversité et politique : un défi à la ‘doxa républicaine’. Le cas des présidences rhétoriques de Néstor Kircher (2003-2007) et Nicolás Sarkozy (2007) PAPER SUBMITTED
2. Paula Krause Instituto de Investigaciones Gino Germani, Universidad de Buenos Airespg_krause@yahoo.com.ar Entre les vieilles et les nouvelles formes de participation: une approximation à la vie politique du Conurbano Bonaerense en Argentine.
3. Lucas Martín, Conicet lucasgmartin2006@gmail.com Le « tournant juridique » dans la politique argentine contemporaine
4. Julieta Lenarduzzi, Universidad de Buenos Aires, jlenarduzzi@gmail.com Résultats électoraux et sondages d’opinion: formes de représentation des préférences citoyennes dans les démocraties contemporaines PAPER SUBMITTED
5. Gabriel Nardacchione, Conicet gabriel.nardacchione@gmail.com Opportunités et résistances d'occuper l'espace public. Un regard pragmatique sur les compétences et les usages des dispositifs.
6. Gabriela Delmata. Universidad Nacional de San Martín Reframing democracy and citizenship in Latin America PAPER SUBMITTED
Discussants: Joseph-Ivon Thériault, Université de Québec à Montréal theriault.joseph_yvon@uqam.ca and Isidoro Cheresky, Universidad de Buenos Aires

5. Regional Elections: Beyond Mid-Term and Second-Order Elections

Convenor: Régis Dandoy, Université Libre de Bruxelles rdandoy@ulb.ac.be

Most countries in Europe have a regional level of government, i.e. an intermediate tier of government which is situated below the national and above the local level. The regional tier possesses its own institutions, often holds elections and has distinct political actors. This leads to the question whether the regional level is politically distinct from other policy levels and whether region-specific institutions, actors and elections processes can be observed. In this panel, we invite regional election experts mainly from East- or non-European countries to reflect upon the question of how far regional elections have (developed) their own logic according to a fixed set of variables and questions.

The rationale for this panel is threefold. First, we would like to challenge the dominant approach in studying regional elections, i.e. second-order theory, by showing its limited explanatory value for most regional elections. Second, regional elections are relatively under-researched compared to national elections. With this panel, we would like to provide a valuable data source which will enable scholars to do comparative research. Third, the individual country papers explore the conditions and variables which differentiate regional elections from those held at the state-wide level. Ultimately, we aim to provide the building blocks for a theory on regional elections and to suggest fruitful avenues to study regional elections.

Chairs: Régis Dandoy, Université Libre de Bruxelles rdandoy@ulb.ac.be and Arjan SchakelMaasrticht University a.schakel@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Papers:

1. Ondrej Novotny, Université Libre de Bruxelles, onovotny@ulb.ac.be The regionalization of regional elections in the Czech Republic
2. Valentyna Romanova, University of Edinburgh, V.Romanova@ed.ac.uk Voting Behaviour in Regional Elections in Ukraine
3. Irina Ionita, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Bucharest irina_d_ionita@yahoo.com Coalition Formation at the Regional Level in Romania
4. Tijana Vukojičić Tomić, Ivan Kopric, and Daria Dubajic, University of Zagreb, vukojicic.tijana@gmail.com Regional Elections in Croatia: From Third-Order County Elections to Genuine Regional Politics
5. Wojciech Gagatek and Michal Kotnarowski, University of Warsaw, w.gagatek@uw.edu.pl Regional Elections in Poland: Beyond the Second-Order Elections Thesis
6. Dan Rysavy, Palacky University, dan.rysavy@upol.cz, The Complex Logic of Regional Elections and Regional Coalition Formation in the Czech Republic

Discussant: Arjan Schakel, Maasrticht University, a.schakel@maastrichtuniversity.nl

6. Electoral Systems

Convenor: Donley T. Studlar, West Virginia University dstudlar@wvu.edu

Electoral systems have long been identified as a key institutional variable for understanding democracy, especially how elections influence the party system, legislative composition, and government formation. This panel provides an opportunity to assess the impact of differing electoral systems in a variety of countries around the world.

Chair: Prof. Marian Sawer, Australian National University marian.sawer@anu.edu.au

Papers:

1. Blanca L. Delgado-Márquez, University of Grenada , bdelgado@ugr.es, and Adolfo López-Carmona Electoral system design in Poland: Revision and proposal of modification based on bi-proportionality
2. José Martínez-Aroza, jmaroza@ugr.es, University of Grenada and Blanca L. Delgado-Márquezm University of Grenada, bdelgado@ugr.es, Jordanian electoral system: An empirical analysis of the implementation of gender quotas and proposal of modification
3. Andréa Freitas, amfreitas1@gmail.com , Universidade de São Paulo, Andreza Davidian, University of Sao Paulo, Patrick Silva, University of Sao Paulo, and Sergio Simoni Jr. University of Sao Paulo, Political reform in Brazil: impacts on parties and political representation
4. Will Sanders, William.Sanders@anu.edu.au, Australian National University Recategorising electoral systems analytically and judging some undemocratic (or, learning from an Australian mistake) PAPER SUBMITTED
5. Andra Maria Roescu, Andra_Roescu@yahoo.com, National School of Political and Administrative Studies, Romania, The effects of the new Romanian electoral system on the electoral behavior of candidates
6. Tom Schamp, tom.schamp@UGent.bs, University of Ghent, and Carl Devos, Carl.Devos@UGent.bs, University of Ghent, Understanding Belgian electoral and party system change PAPER SUBMITTED

Discussant: Adolfo López-Carmona, University of Granada, Spain, adolfo@ugr.es

General Panels

Madrid 22nd IPSA World Congress 8-12th July 2012 IPSA-ECP General Panels

Panels in Elections, Citizens and Parties

1. Alternative Methods of Political Participation

2. Elections, Parties, and Democracy

3. The Right and Paths to Hegemony in the Contemporary World

4. Citoyenneté, espace public et participation: nouvelles pratiques et nouveaux concepts

5. Regional Elections: Beyond Mid-Term and Second-Order Elections

6. Electoral Systems

Madrid 22^nd IPSA World Congress 8-12^th July 2012 IPSA-ECP General Panels