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Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals, Spain
Financiado por el Plan Nacional de I+D del Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (CSO2009-09010/CPOL)


jueves, 6 de octubre de 2011

CfP: Speaking Truth to Power, IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Madrid, July 2012

Call for Papers


Panel:

Speaking Truth to Power? The European Union, Global Institutions and the Changing International Power Structure
[International Relations Main Theme]

Panel Organizers:

DYNAMUS Project
Prof. Esther Barbé, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona/ IBEI
Dr. Benjamin Kienzle, IBEI, Barcelona

Panel Participants:

Prof. Esther Barbé (Chair);
Prof. Natividad Fernández (Co-Chair);
Prof. Adrian Hyde-Price (Discussant)


Conference:

22nd World Congress of Political Science
“Reshaping Power, Shifting Boundaries”
July 8 to 12, 2012 - Madrid, Spain
Organized by the International Political Science Association


Deadline for paper proposals: 17 October 2011

In recent years, the European Union (EU) has suffered important setbacks in global institutions despite its alleged ability to act increasingly as a fairly coherent force on the world stage. In the United Nations Human Rights Council, for example, groups of developing countries often have been more successful in pushing through their agendas than the Member States of the Union. The COP15 negotiations on a successor agreement for the Kyoto climate protocol showed how the BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India and China) sidelined with the United States the EU completely in the final days of the conference. In the field of nuclear non-proliferation, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty – a cornerstone of common European efforts to strengthen the international non-proliferation order – is still not in force, because key actors such as India, China or the United States have not ratified it. What do these setbacks mean for the EU as an international actor? Do they show Europe’s declining clout in global institutions in favour of new players? Or do they simply manifest the EU’s inability to wield effectively its influence, when it deals with a changing international power structure?

In this panel we would like to explore these and related questions more in-depth. So far, analyses of the EU and the changing international power structure have often lacked a more explicit problematization of the relevant key concepts. In particular, the notions of power, international power structure and power shifts have not been conceptualized sufficiently in the context of the EU and global institutions. Moreover, the concrete processes and mechanisms that influence the EU’s (in)ability to be a successful actor in global institutions are still not understood satisfactorily. Therefore, this panel intends to address these shortcomings by advancing research in three specific areas: (1) What does “power” mean in the context of global institutions? Is it simply voting power or is it more complex comprising factors as different as legitimacy, diplomatic resources, e.g. expertise, or economic weight. (2) Taking into consideration different conceptualizations of “power”, how can we measure power shifts in global institutions? In how far can countries such as Brazil, Russia, India or China really match the European Union and its Member States? (3) Through which processes and mechanisms do changes in the international power structure affect the EU’s ability to wield influence in global institutions? Do emerging actors change the rules of the game based? Which role do new institutions such as the G-20 play?

We invite papers that address these and similar questions from different theoretical and conceptual perspectives and encourage in particular critical contributions. Furthermore, we seek empirical case studies covering a wide variety of global institutions (broadly defined) in order to gain a broad empirical base across a wide spectre of issues.

Please submit your paper proposals (1500 characters (approximately 250 words) max.) before 17 October 2011 directly to the IPSA website, where you can find more specific instructions:



Please send a copy of your paper proposal and a short bio to Ben Kienzle (bkienzle@ibei.org) by 31 October 2011. Like this, the panel organizers can link the selected papers directly to their panel.

CfP: (Re-) shaping multilateralism, IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Madrid, July 2012

Call for Papers


Panel:
(Re-) shaping multilateralism? The interaction between the European Union and global institutions
[Congress Sessions]


Panel Organizers:

DYNAMUS Project
Prof. Esther Barbé, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona/ IBEI
Dr. Benjamin Kienzle, IBEI, Barcelona


Panel Participants:

Prof. José Ignacio Torreblanca (Chair);
Dr. Benjamin Kienzle (Co-Chair);
Dr. Lisbeth Aggestam (Discussant)

Conference:

22nd World Congress of Political Science “Reshaping Power, Shifting Boundaries”
July 8 to 12, 2012 - Madrid, Spain
Organized by the International Political Science Association


Deadline for paper proposals: 17 October 2011

The reinforcement of multilateral institutions constitutes one of the strategic priorities of the external action of the European Union (EU), as reflected in the 2003 European Security Strategy. However, the interaction between the EU and multilateral institutions in the different global governance domains – arms control, climate change or international trade – has been a scientifically under-researched topic so far. More specifically, the variation of the EU’s actual impact on the multilateral system and vice versa is in need of more in-depth analysis.

The DYNAMUS research project (“Dynamics of the Multilateral System: Scanning the Interactions between the European Union and Global Institutions”, financed by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation) tries to narrow this research gap with this panel on the EU’s interaction with global institutions.

By bringing together researchers with different thematic backgrounds, the panel will address three core issues: First, in how far does the EU’s impact on global institutions vary between different fields? Are there fields where the EU is a particularly influential actor? Secondly, how can we explain this (potential) variation between different fields of activity? Which factors have proven to be crucial in the Union’s interaction with global institutions? Finally, how does the Union – the embodiment of multilateralism itself – respond to the reshaping of the multilateral order by the United States and emerging powers in the Global South, e.g. Brazil, China, India or South Africa? In short, the overall objective of this panel is to offer a critical appraisal of the EU’s role in global institutions and the wider multilateral order.

We invite papers related to these three questions from different theoretical and conceptual perspectives. In particular, we are interested in empirical case studies about the interaction between the EU and different global institutions (broadly defined) to achieve a broad empirical base in regard to the panel topic.


Please submit your paper proposals (1500 characters (approximately 250 words) max.) before 17 October 2011 directly to the IPSA website, where you can find more specific instructions:



Please send a copy of your paper proposal and a short bio to Ben Kienzle (bkienzle@ibei.org) by 31 October 2011. Like this, the panel organizers can link the selected papers directly to their panel.