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Conference To Pay Tribute To Myron Weiner

A P Kamath in South Bend, Indiana

The conference, India and the Politics of Developing Countries: Essays in Honor of Myron Weiner, doyen in the field of Indian political studies in North America, is being held at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies, University of Notre Dame, from September 24 to 26.

Academics from Harvard, Princeton, and Columbia universities will join their peers from half-a-dozen schools to address key social, political and cultural issues India faces.

The Festschrift Conference starts on September 24 at 8 pm with a special presentation by Harvard University's Samuel Huntington: Reflections on Myron and Macedonia.

Saturday, September 25

Perspectives on the Fields of Comparative Politics and Political Development. (8:45 am to 10:15 am).

Comparative Politics and Political Theory by Gabriel Almond, Stanford University.

Discussant: Fred Dallmayr, University of Notre Dame

The Political Science of Development by Paul Brass, University of Washington

Discussant: Sidney Verba, Harvard University

Comparative Reflections on Indian Politics. (10:30 am to 12 pm)

The Civilizational Framework of Indian Democracy by Shmuel Eisenstadt, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute

Discussant: Pratap Mehta, Harvard University

Why One-Party-Dominant Systems Decline by Lucian Pye, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Discussant: Scott Mainwaring, University of Notre Dame

Parties and Politicians (2 pm - 4:30 pm)

A Model of Elite Incorporation in Indian Politics by Kanchan Chandra, Harvard University

Discussant: Richard Sisson, Ohio State University

Small-time Political 'Fixers' in India's State Politics by James Manor, University of Sussex.

Discussant: Mark Robinson, The Ford Foundation

The Personalization of Power by Francine Frankel, University of Pennsylvania

Discussant: Mark Robinson, The Ford Foundation

Special Evening Presentation (8 pm): Child Labor and Education by Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia University

Sunday, September 26

Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflict (9:30 am to 12 pm)

Caste Politics in North and South India by Christophe Jaffrelot, Fondation Nationale des Sciences Politiques

Discussant: Harold Gould, University of Virginia

Ethnicity and Conflict by Robert Bates, Harvard University

Discussant: Catherine Boone, University of Texas-Austin

India, Consociational Tehory and Ethnic Violence by Steven Wilkinson, Duke University

Discussant: Andrew Reynolds, University of Notre Dame

Political Economy, (1:30 am to 4 pm)

Democracy, Dignity and Poverty by Ashutosh Varshney, University of Notre Dame

Discussant: Atul Kohli, Princeton University

The Limits of Economic Nationalism: Economic Policy Reforms Under the BJP-led government by Baldev Raj Nayar, McGill University

Discussant: Walter Anderson, US State Department

Mothers and the State in India by Mary Katzenstein, Cornell University

Discussant: Raka Ray, University of California-Berkeley

Registration

All persons attending the conference must register. Registration forms may be obtained by calling (219) 631-6580. Conference and hotel confirmations and campus arrival instructions will be mailed to each registrant.

Questions regarding registration, housing and the like should be directed to the Center for Continuing Education, University of Notre Dame, tel: (219) 631-6691, fax: (219) 631-8083; email: cce.1@nd.edu. Visit www.nd.edu/~kellogg for program updates.

Transportation

The University of Notre Dame is located at South Bend, Indiana, about 90 miles east of Chicago, near the Indiana Toll Toad (Interstate 80/90). South Bend is served by the interurban South Shore Railroad from Chicago and by AMTRAK trains, east and west, daily.

Airline service to South Bend's regional airport is provided primarily by commuter lines of major air carriers from Chicago, Detroit, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and St Louis, as well as major carrier jet service from Pittsburgh (USAir), Detroit (Northwest), and Cincinnati (Delta). The campus is easily accessible from the South Bend airport by a short taxi ride.

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