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Global Legal Studies Center

Governance in Economic Development: Law, Politics and the Role of the State (Remaking the Developmental State)

WAGE Research Collaborative


Description of the Project:

This project will analyze issues of governance in economic development in China, India, Brazil and South Africa with particular reference to the changing role of law, politics and the state in these countries, and how these forces interact at the international level within a globalized economy.

Abstract

Principal Investigators:

Target Country Project Affiliates

WAGE press release on the research collaborative

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Working Papers:

David Trubek, "Developmental States and the Legal Order: Towards a New Political Economy of Development and Law," Paper prepared for the conference on Social Science in the Age of Globalization, National Institute for Advanced Study on Social Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (December 2008)

Activities for Year II

Fall 2009

  • September 18, 2009: Rodolfo Elbert, recipient of Remaking the Developmental State travel grants, will give a lecture in the Sociology of Development Brown Bag Series, sponsored by GLS, WAGE and Department of Sociology, 12:15pm, Havens seminar room, 8108 Social Sciences.

  • October 2, 2009: Julia McReynolds, recipient of Remaking the Developmental State travel grants, will give a lecture in the Sociology of Development Brown Bag Series, sponsored by GLS, WAGE and Department of Sociology,12:15pm, Havens seminar room, 8108 Social Sciences.

  • October 9, 2009: "The Paradox of the Weak State Revisited: Industrial Policy, Network Governance, and Political Decentralization" by Professor Josh Whitford (Department of Sociology, Columbia University), part of the Sociology of Development brown bag series and the speaker series on "Remaking the Developmental State" WAGE Research Collaborative sponsored by GLS and WAGE, 12:15pm, Havens seminar room, 8108 Social Sciences.

  • November 6-7, 2009: LANDS meeting hosted by Professor David Trubek.

  • December 2, 2009: "The Global Financial Crisis and the Global South: The Experience of South Africa," Dr. Neva Makgetla, Lead Economist, Development Bank of Southern Africa, part of the speaker series on "Remaking the Developmental State" Research Collaborative sponsored by GLS and WAGE and co-sponsored by African Studies Program, Noon-1:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall. All are welcome.

  • December 8, 2009: Paulina Calfucoy, recipient of Remaking the Developmental State travel grants, will give a lecture in the LACIS Brown Bag Series, sponsored by GLS, WAGE and LACIS,Noon-1:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall.

Spring 2010

  • March 9, 2010: Lecture by Professor Glauco Arbix, part of the speaker series on "Remaking the Developmental State" WAGE Research Collaborative sponsored by GLS and WAGE and co-sponsored by LACIS, Noon-1:00pm, 206 Ingraham Hall (details pending).

  • March 12-13, 2010: Workshop on States, Development and Global Governance, under the WAGE Research Collaborative on Remaking the Developmental State, sponsored by GLS and WAGE, other sponsors pending, 2 day workshop, Lubar Commons, details pending.

  • April 22, 2010: Lecture by Professor Michelle Ratton-Sanchez, part of the speaker series on "Remaking the Developmental State" WAGE Research Collaborative sponsored by GLS and WAGE, 4pm, Lubar Commons (7200 Law) (details pending)

Activities for Year I

Fall 2008

  • October 30, 2008: “From Plan to Market: The Development of China’s Food Safety Law,” by Yuanyuan Shen (Lecturer in Economics at Brandeis University and a Lecturer in Law at Harvard Law School), Thursday, October 30, 2008, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM, Law 2260, part of the Speaker Series on “Managing Challenges of Import Safety in a Global Market” sponsored by the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and cosponsored by the Global Legal Studies Center (GLS), Wisconsin Project on Governance and Regulation (WISGAR), Food Research Institute (FRI), Center for Human Performance and Risk Analysis (CHPRA), and East Asian Legal Studies Center (EALSC). This lecture is also part of the speaker series on "Governance in Economic Development: Law, Politics and the Role of the State," sponsored by the Global Legal Studies Center and WAGE.

  • November 6, 2008: "China's Emerging International Role: New Inequalities in the Developing World," by Professor Barbara Stallings (Brown University), sponsored by the Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and the Global Legal Studies Center (GLS) and co-sponsored by LACIS, African Studies Program and Center for East Asian Studies, Thursday, November 6, 2008, 4:00pm, venue tba.

  • November 6, 2008: “Can (or Should) the Law Govern Markets? Lessons from Recent Economic Crises,” outreach lecture by Professor Diogo Coutinho, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, part of the WAGE Research Collaborative on “Governance in Economic Development: Law, Politics and the Role of the State,” sponsored by Global Legal Studies Center and WAGE, Thursday, November 6, 2008, 6:00pm (reception from 7:00-7:30pm), Lubar Commons (7200 Law). Approved for 1.0 hours of CLE credit for Wisconsin Attorneys

    If you are interested in attending the lecture, please email Sumudu Atapattu by October 30, 2008 with your institutional affiliation and contact details.

  • Workshop on Law and the New Developmental State (LANDS), November 7-8, 2008

    The workshop will examine current debates in development theory, review literature concerning innovations in various policy areas, explore emerging practices in Latin America and elsewhere, and discuss future research directions. The primary format for the workshop will be a series of roundtables at which key texts will be discussed and implications for future research developed. For workshop agenda, readings and participants, visit: LANDS

Spring 2009

  • January 30, 2009: Roundtable on "Remaking the Developmental State" with Professors Gay Seidman (Sociology), John Ohnesorge (Law) and David Trubek (Law), part of the WAGE Research Collaborative, sponsored by GLS, WAGE, Global Studies and Department of Sociology, Noon-1pm, 8108 Social Sciences (Havens Seminar Room)

  • February 10, 2009: “The Transformation of the Legal Profession in Contemporary China,” by Sida Liu, PhD Candidate in Sociology, University of Chicago and Research Fellow, American Bar Foundation, part of the speaker series on “Remaking the Developmental State” sponsored by GLS and WAGE and co-sponsored by the East Asian Legal Studies Center, Center for East Asia and the UW-Madison China Initiative, hosted by Professor John Ohnesorge, 8:45-9:45am, Lubar Commons (7200 Law).

  • February 19, 2009: "Building the Rule of Law and Corporate Governance in Russia - The Unfinished Struggle," by Matthew Murray, Corruption Risk Manager, TNK-BP Management, Russia and President, Sovereign Ventures Inc., 4-5 pm, 206 Ingraham Hall, sponsored by CREECA, WAGE and GLS.

  • May 1, 2009: “The Developmental State in the Information Economy: Liberalism, Social Reproduction and the Ireland-Silicon Valley Nexus” by Professor Sean O'Riain, Professor of Sociology at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth and Visiting Scholar at the Buffett Centre for International and Comparative Studies at Northwestern University, part of the speaker series on "Remaking the Developmental State" WAGE Research Collaborative sponsored by GLS and WAGE, 12:15pm in Room 8108 Social Sciences.

Graduate Student Awards

The collaborative awarded travel grants to the following students to support their field research during summer 2009:

  • Paulina Calfucoy (Sociology)
  • Julia McReynolds (Sociology)
  • Rodolfo Elbert (Sociology)
  • Meina Cai (Political Science)
  • Po-Yi Hung (Geography)