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Workshop on "Federalism and Multi-Level Governance"
Center for European Studies, UNC-Chapel Hill http://www.unc.edu/depts/europe/conferences/mlg/

Organizers: Tanja Börzel, Liesbet Hooghe, Gary Marks, and Thomas Risse
All sessions will take place in the South Parlour room in the Carolina Inn.

Thursday 21 March, 2002

7:30pm: Dinner for Workshop participants, La Rez

Friday 22 March, 2002

8:00-8:30am: coffee and pastries, conference room, Carolina Inn

8:30-8:45am: Introduction

8:45-10:30am: SESSION I: GOVERNANCE-CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES

Session Chair: Chris Ansell

Miles Kahler and David Lake (2001)."Globalization and Governance: Definition, Variation and Explanation."
-- Discussant: Thomas Risse

Liesbet Hooghe and Gary Marks (2002). "Types of Multi-Level Governance."
-- Discussant: Alberta Sbragia

10:45am-12:30pm: SESSION II: NETWORKS AND PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS

Session Chair: Gary Marks

Tanja Börzel and Thomas Risse (2001). "Private-Public Partnerships: Effective and Legitimate Tools of International Governance?" [see also table]
-- Discussant: Bruno Frey

Chris Ansell (2000). "The Networked Polity: Regional Development in Western Europe." Governance.
-- Discussant: Liesbet Hooghe

12:30-2:00pm: Lunch at Spanky's

2:00-3:45pm: SESSION III: FOCJ AND CRITICS

Session Chair: Thomas Risse

Reiner Eichenberger and Bruno Frey (2001). "Enlarging the Union in Europe and Beyond Towards Flexible and Democratic Integration via FOCJ."
-- Discussant: Tanja Börzel

Gerald Schneider, Thomas Widmer, and Thomas Holzer (2000). "Discriminating Decentralization: Federalism and the Handling of Asylum Applications in Switzerland: 1988-1996." Journal of Conflict Resolution.
-- Discussant: David Lake

4:00-5:45pm: SESSION IV: GLOBALIZATION, MULTI-LEVEL GOVERNANCE AND DEMOCRACY

Session Chair: Liesbet Hooghe

Thomas Risse (2001). "Democratic Global Governance in the 21st Century."
-- Discussant: Arthur Benz

Reiner Eichenberger and Bruno Frey (2002). "Democratic Governance for a Globalized World." [see also abstract]
-- Discussant: Gerald Schneider

7:30pm: Dinner at Liesbet's and Gary's home: 1905 S. Lakeshore Dr. (929-8643)

Saturday March 23, 2002

8:30-9:00am: coffee and pastries, conference room, Carolina Inn

9:00-10:45am: SESSION V: THE UNDERPINNINGS OF FEDERALISM

Session Chair: Tanja Börzel

Barry Weingast (1995). "The Economic Role of Political Institutions: Market-Preserving Federalism and Economic Development." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization.
-- Discussant: Chris Ansell

George Bermann (1994). “Taking Subsidiarity Seriousl: Federalism in the European Community and the United States.” Columbia Law Review 331. [Bermann footnotes]
-- Discussant: Francesca Bignami

11:00am-12:00pm: ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION

Reiner Eichenberger, Gary Marks

12:00-12:30pm: CONCLUDING COMMENTS

Participants

Chris Ansell (UC-Berkeley)
Arthur Benz (FernUniversität Hagen)
Francesca Bignami (Duke U.)
Tanja Börzel (Max Planck - Bonn)
Reiner Eichenberger (Universität Fribourg)
Bruno Frey (University of Zurich)
Liesbet Hooghe (UNC-Chapel Hill)
David Lake (UC-San Diego)
Gary Marks (UNC-Chapel Hill)
Thomas Risse (FUB)
Alberta Sbragia (Pittsburgh U.)
Gerald Schneider (Konstanz U.)