B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Thursday, 2 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


B-01
Brazilian Industrial Policy in the 21st Century: Achievements, Challenges and Shortcomings
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Discussant: Ben Schneider, MIT
Session Organizers: Yuri Kasahara, Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research; Antonio Botelho, Iuperj / UCAM

Participants:
Policy-Entrepreneurship or Policy-Opportunism? the Diffusion of Local Content Requirements in Brazilian Industrial Policy
Yuri Kasahara, Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research; Antonio Botelho, Iuperj / UCAM
Green Industrial Policy and the Renewable Energy Transition: Can Industrial Policy be Green?
Kathryn Hochstetler, University of Waterloo
Brazilianization with Foreign Ownership: Oil Nationalism or New Policy?
Helge Ryggvik, Centre for Technology, Innovation, and Culture - University of Oslo

B-02
The New Spirit of Global Capitalism and the Culture of Neoliberalism in Asia
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizer: Hyun-Chin Lim, Seoul National University

Participants:
Global Neo-Liberalism, Generation Inequality and Taiwan's Recent Resistance Against China Rise
Jenn Hwan Wang, National Chengchi University
Neo-Confucian Ethics Thesis Reconsidered: Explaining Capitalist Dynamism in Asia
Hyun-Chin Lim, Seoul National University; Suk-man Hwang, Changwon National University; Kyusook Um, Kyunghee Cyber University
The New Spirit of Global Capitalism and the Culture of Neoliberalism in Asia
Markus Pohlmann, Heidelberg University
The Culture of Global Capitalism: A Case of Korean Wave
Jonghoe Yang, Sungkyunkwan University

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


B-03
Globalization and its Social Effects: Labor, Environmental, and Social Consequences
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Richard Doner, Emory University; Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University

Participants:
Having It Both Ways:the Political Origins and Development of U.S. International Labor Rights Policy
Stephen Amberg, University of Texas at San Antonio
Gold Investment Projects and Dominantly Imposed Development Models in Local Communities. a Case of a Neoliberal Policy Applied in Mining Exploitation in Greece.
Konstantinos Petrakos, NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS
Neoliberal Transformation, the State and the Environment: Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity
Zuhre Aksoy, Bogazici University
New Imperialist Incursions into the Dark Continent: China and Turkey
Hatice Aztimur, Harran University
The Politics of Safety Inspection Regimes: Institutional Responses to Rana Plaza
Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Sara Jane McCaffrey, Franklin & Marshall College

B-04
Remittances and Unofficial Capital Flows
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Richard Doner, Emory University; Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University

Participants:
What Are We Fighting for? Development Vs. Security in European Policies Against Illicit Financial Flows
Aitor Perez, Elcano Royal Institute; Iliana Olivie, Elcano Royal Institute
Financial Self-Exclusion for Religious Motives. an Empirical Analysis of Informal Transfer Systems.
Dulce Redin, University of Navarra; Reyes Calderon, University of Navarra
How Useful Is the Concept of 'social Remittances' in Ascertaining the Social and Economic Development Impact of Migration?
Magnus R. E. Gittins, University of Cambridge
The Relationship Between Formal and Informal Remittance Systems in the Light of Financial Exclusion of International Migration
Dulce Redin, University of Navarra

2:15 PM-3:45 PM


B-05
Dependency Theory Revisited: The Political Economy of Late Developers
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Discussant: Peter Kingstone, King's College London
Session Organizer: Darius Ornston, University of Toronto
Moderator: Peter Kingstone, King's College London

Participants:
Finance, Foreign Investment and Underdevelopment: The New Faces of Dependency in India
Adnan Naseemullah, King's College London
Fab or Famine: The Role of Global Politics, Technology Policy and the Political Economy of Development in the Unique Journey of India's Semiconductor Technology Industry
Ramesh Balakrishnan, King's College London
‘Losing Ground': Resource Booms, Enclave Development and Late Marketization in Lao PDR
Pon Souvannaseng, London School of Economics
The Political Economy of the European Periphery: A Nordic Perspective
Darius Ornston, University of Toronto

B-06
Developmental Constraints and Opportunities: Lessons from Latin America
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Richard Doner, Emory University; Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University

Participants:
Cidade Baixa: An Analysis of the Territory's Potential As a Creative Hub
Lisiane Closs, UFRGS; Sidinei Oliveira, UFRGS; Christian Tirelli, FADERGS
Collective Action, Inequality, and Development: Outline for a Theoretical Framework
William Ferguson, Grinnell College
Demographic Dividend and Households Saving in Mexico
Isalia Nava-Bolaños, Instituto de Investigaciones Económicas (IIEc), UNAM

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


B-07
New Perspectives on Development: Insights from Firm-based Approaches
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Richard Doner, Emory University; Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University

Participants:
Middle-Income Trap: A Structural Interpretation
Nahee Kang, King's College London
Varieties of Capitalism and Opportunities for Development: How Institutional Arrangements in the Developed World Shape Economic Opportunities for Developing Countries
Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University
International Linkages, Value Added Trade and Latin American Firms' Productivity
Carlo Pietrobelli, Inter-American Development Bank; Silvia Nenci, University Roma Tre; Pierluigi Montalbano, University of Sussex

B-08
State Capacities and Dylemmas of Development
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Richard Doner, Emory University; Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University

Participants:
Bureaucratic Capacity in Brazil and Argentina: When Politics Makes the Difference
Celina Souza, UNIRIO
State Capacities, Elites and Patterns of Development in Latin America
Flavio Gaitan, UNILA; Renato Boschi, IESP/UERJ and INCT-PPED
The Path Dependency Blocking the Possibility of a New Type of Capitalism Favoring Redistribution in Brazil
Jaime Marques Pereira, Université de Picardie
Comparing Structural Change in South Korea and Colombia: A Case of “Varieties of Cronyism”
Matias Ramirez, University of Sussex; Luis Rosado, National University of Colombia; Ivan Hernandez, National University of Colombia

Friday, 3 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


B-09
New Directions in Latin American Development: Insights from Varieties of Capitalism and Industry-based Studies
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Richard Doner, Emory University; Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University

Participants:
A Fork in the Upgrading Road: The Contrasting Ideologies and Business Models of the Nicaraguan Cheese Industry's Industrial Transformation
Alberto Fuentes, Georgia Institute of Technology
The Brazilian Industrial Restructuring: The Case of Garments and Textile Industry
Monica Abreu, Universidade Federal do Ceará; Robson Sø Rocha, Aarhus University
Producing Inequalities and Transnational Automakers. Case Study: Audi in San Jose Chiapa, Puebla Mexico.
Juan Reyes Alvarez, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; German Sanchez, Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
Varieties of Capitalism and the Study of Regional Development: The Case of the State of Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
Cristiano Fonseca Monteiro, Universidade Federal Fluminense; João Marcos Lima Barboza, Universidade Federal Fluminense

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


B-11
Neoliberalism, Global Linkages and Citizenship in Comparative Perspective
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Richard Doner, Emory University; Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University

Participants:
The Prospects of Egalitarian Capitalism in the Global South: Turkish Social Neoliberalism in Comparative Perspective
Tim Dorlach, Koç University
Imf's Discourse of the Liberalisation Reforms in Developing Economies: The Case of Macedonia
Viktorija Mano, University of Roehampton
Global Cities, Foreign SMEs and Access to Emerging Markets: A Conceptual and Empirical Research Discussion
Philippe Regnier, School of Management Fribourg; Pascal Olivier Wild, University of Geneva
Between Consumption and Citizenship: The Invention of Brazil's New Middle Class and the Micro-Politics of Public Housing
Moises Kopper, UFRGS

B-12
Globalization and Inequalities: Lessons from Comparative Case Studies
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Richard Doner, Emory University; Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University

Participants:
The Government of Georgia Policies Impacting Inequality
Maia Margvelashvili, Tbilisi State University
The Problem of Overcoming Poverty in Post-Soviet Georgia
Nana Katsitadze, Tbilisi State University
The Boomerang Effect of Russian Trade Policy Measures Against Estonia
Meelis Kitsing, MKM/EBS
The Effects of the Globalization in the Territory: Economic Inequality and of the Employment in Jalisco, Mexico.
Raquel Edith Partida Rocha, Universidad de Guadalajara; Rosario Cota Yañez, Universidad de Guadalajara

2:15 PM-3:45 PM


B-13
The Political Economy of the Middle-Income Trap
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizer: Richard Doner, Emory University

Participants:
Why Is It a Trap: The Political Economy of the Middle-Income Trap
Richard Doner, Emory University; Ben Schneider, MIT
"Spurred to Upgrade: A Review of Triggers of Change in the Global Value Chain Literature."
Albert Fuentes, Georgia Institute of Technology; Seth Pitkin, UC Irvince
Elite Preferences, Policy Influence and the Middle-Income Trap
Stefan Panther, Europa-Universitat Flensburg
“Escaping from the Middle Income Trap: Does Nationality Matter for Innovation in Latin America?”
Eva Paus, Mt. Holyoke

B-14
FDI and OFDI
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Richard Doner, Emory University; Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University

Participants:
Ofdi Promotion Policies in Emerging Economies: The Brazilian and Chinese Strategies
Luiz Caseiro, University of São Paulo; Gilmar Masiero, University of São Paulo
On Maquila, Diamonds and Telecom: Building a Theoretical Classification of FDI in Developing Countries
Iliana Olivie, Elcano Royal Institute; Aitor Perez, Elcano Royal Institute
Multilatinas’ reputation at a crossroads: Accounting for their social irresponsibility across different institutional environments
Elisa Giuliani, Università  di Pisa (P.I. 00286820501); Davide Fiaschi, University of Pisa; Federica Nieri, University of Pisa
Productive Capacity, Diversification and Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in LDC
Helio Henkin, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; Carlos Schonerwald, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

4:00 PM-5:30 PM


B-15
Crisis, Change and Continuity: (re-)Establishing Macroeconomic Governability in Europe and Beyond
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Discussants: Vivien Schmidt, Departments of International Relations and Political Science, Boston University; Bob Hancke, LSE
Session Organizers: Benjamin Braun, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies; Ronen Mandelkern, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
Moderator: Bob Hancke, LSE

Participants:
Methodological updates for constructivist research on international organizations: the case of fiscal policy and structural reforms in the EU
Cornel Ban, Boston University
European Integration and the Incompatibility of National Varieties of Capitalism: Problems with Institutional Divergence in a Monetary Union
Aidan Regan, University College Dublin (UCD); Alison Johnston, Oregon State University
Neo-Liberal Institutions Following the Crisis: Change and Continuity of Macroeconomic Policies and Governance
Ronen Mandelkern, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
From Bank-Based to Market-Based Long-Term Finance? the Ecb's Push for Institutional Change in the European Securitization Market
Benjamin Braun, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies

B-16
MNEs
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Richard Doner, Emory University; Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University

Participants:
Social Justice in the 21st Century: A Study of MNEs Tax Avoidance and Government Policies
Mahtab Akhavan Farshchi, London South Bank University; Herman Belgraver, The Queen's University Management School
The Practices of Multinational Enterprises and Their Impacts on Inequality Between World Economies: The Case of Peripheral and Semi-Peripheral Countries
Claudia Andreoli Galvao, UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA; Violeta de Faria Pereira, University of Brasilia
Internationalization of Technological Activities and Developing Countries: An Analysis Based on Patent Data
Pedro Miranda, Institute for Applied Economic Research - IPEA

B-17
Development from an Ecological Perspective
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Richard Doner, Emory University; Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University

Participants:
The Green Economy Proposal in Latin America: Continuity of the Globalization after Its Crisis
Pablo Sigfrido Corte Cruz, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla; Pablo Sigfrido Corte Cruz, Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla
An Ecosystemic Approach to Live Better in a Better World: Integrating Public Policies, Research and Teaching Programmes
Andre Francisco Pilon, University of Sao Paulo
The Case for Granting Property Rights to Indigenous Forest Dwellers in Tropical Rainforest Countries in South East Asia: Challenges and Prospects
Paricia Jane Blazey, Macquarie University; Hope Ashiabor, Macquarie University
Women and Climate Change. an Indispensable Element in Developing Countries
Gemma Duran-Romero, Professor; Jose Antonio Negrin-de la Peña, Professor

Saturday, 4 July 2015

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM


B-18
The Internationalization of Pharmaceutical Production in the Developing World
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Nitsan Chorev, Brown University; Kenneth Shadlen, London School of Economics

Participants:
The Transformation of the India Pharmaceutical Industry: Whither Africa's Supply?
Kenneth Shadlen, London School of Economics; Chirantan Chatterjee, Indian Institute of Management-Bangalore
South-South Pharmaceuticals Trade: India's “Pharmacy to the Developing World” in South Africa
Rory Horner, University of Manchester
The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Price Controls: Turkey in Comparative Perspective
Tim Dorlach, Koç University
Transnational Origins of Local Production: Making Medicines in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania
Nitsan Chorev, Brown University

B-19
Roots of American Inequality
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Richard Doner, Emory University; Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University

Participants:
Globalization and Increasing Inequality of Poverty in United States over the Past Decade
Ashish Singh, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
Inequality, Financialization and the US Current Account Deficit
Maria N Ivanova, Goldsmiths, University of London

10:15 AM-11:45 AM


B-20
Global Inequalities: Roots and Emerging Patterns
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizers: Caroline Arnold, Brooklyn College; Richard Doner, Emory University; Douglas B Fuller, Zhejiang University

Participants:
Colonial Institutions and Trade Patterns
Emily Erikson, Yale University; Sampsa Samila, National University of Singapore
Levels of Inequality in the Global Economy: The Policy Challenge
Clemente Ruiz Duran, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Rolando Cordera, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Capable (developmental) State and Democracy in Pre-Industrial Countries
Luiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira, FGV

B-21
Inequality at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Rethinking Inclusive Economies
B: Globalization and Socio-Economic Development

Session Organizer: Kate Meagher, London School of Economics

Participants:
Indebted Services: Microfinance, Social Businesses and the Circulation of Capital
Sohini Kar, London School of Economics
‘Rain That Falls in the Forest': Kigali's Motari at the Bottom of the Pyramid
William Rollason, Brunel University
The Dark Side of Inclusion: Informal Economies, Inclusive Markets, and Islamic Extremism in Northern Nigeria
Kate Meagher, London School of Economics
Mobile Money and the Dynamics of Inclusion and Inequality in Kenya
Susan Johnson, University of Bath