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• 22nd IPSA World Congress of Political Science, Madrid (Spain)

Travel Grant Applications Under Review

The deadline to apply for a travel grant has passed. Close to 550 travel grant applications were received from all over the world. The applications will be reviewed by the Awards Committee, and on February 2, 2012, all applicants will receive an email notification concerning the status of their application. Please do not send individual inquiries prior to this date.

World Congress Venue and Accommodations

The 22nd World Congress of Political Science will be held at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid’s Moncloa Campus, which is easily accessed by public transit. The buildings used to host the event are located directly in front of the Ciudad Universitaria subway station. All World Congress meeting rooms will have air conditioning, and some university cafeterias will stay open for the duration of the Congress so that delegates can purchase snacks, coffee, soft drinks and meals.  

IPSA has negotiated special rates for delegates at a selection of hotels in Madrid, with a variety of room rates for all budgets, starting at €85. While there are some hotels in and around the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, most of the accommodations are concentrated in Madrid city centre, in close proximity to the Spanish capital’s famed restaurants, museums and local attractions. Please note that IPSA will not be held responsible for any cancellation fees. Delegates who are unable to attend but have already made reservations are responsible for informing the hotel and cancelling their reservations. The “Congress Accommodations” page on the IPSA website is now live with information and descriptions of the accommodations available during the congress.

Registration now open!

Registration for the XXIInd World Congress of Political Science in Madrid, Spain is now open!   All participants, including session chairs, panel chairs, discussants and paper givers must register to attend the congress. 

As was the case for the 2009 World Congress of Political Science, there will be no registration fee for non-members, meaning that anyone interested in attending the 2012 congress must first become a member of IPSA

• Participants must be IPSA members through 2012 to register.

• Early bird registration fees (valid until March 11) are as follows:

• IPSA Member (valid through 2012): $250 USD

• IPSA Student Member (valid through 2012): $75 USD *Requires proof of student status at the time of registration.

• All participants must be registered by March 11, 2012, to be included in the printed program.

• Registration details are available on the IPSA Congress Registration page.

2012 IPSA Membership Renewal

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• Jean Monnet Conference, “Global Dissatisfaction: Criticism of Democracy, Longing for Democracy”
• What’s new on the IPSAPortal?

News from the IPSAPortal:

1)  A one-hour webinar (February 8) will present datasets and supporting materials freely available through the Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS). This is an opportunity to learn how to use ESDS datasets to develop high-impact research and how to find, download and analyze datasets (catalogue records, data documentation, guides, and online data visualization tools such as Nesstar). (Data Banks on the IPSAPortal)

2) In his new research paper, Gone Rogue: Time to Reform Presidential Primary Debates, Mark McKinnon, political consultant and Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, seeks to answer the question, “Does the current primary debate process best serve voters, the candidates, the parties, the nation – or is there a better way?” (Thematic Sites on the IPSAPortal)

3) FlackCheck.org, a counterpart to FactCheck.org (the award-winning program of the Annemberg Public Policy Center), held its official launchdebut on January 5. The website “produces original video parodies that debunk false political advertising and hold the media accountable for their reporting on political campaigns.” Among the newest additions: The worst political ads of 2012. (Thematic Sites on the IPSAPortal)

4) The Brookings Institution has been named "top think tank in the world" by an academic program that evaluated over 5,000 think tanks worldwide. Promoted by the Think Tank and Civil Societies program at the University of Pennsylvania, the project involved 793 experts, 150 journalists and scholars, 55 current and former think tank directors, 40 public and private donors, hundreds of think tanks, 25 to 30 intergovernmental organizations, and 120 academic institutions. (Thematic Sites on the IPSAPortal)

5) The EPractice.eu portal created by the European Commission presents the Portuguese open data portal, launched in beta version on November 24, 2011. The open government platform Dados.gov was created to promote free access to public information, transparency in public administration, and participation on the part of civil society. (eGovernment on the IPSAPortal)

• IPSA's Longest-Running Publication

Created in 1951, the INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE ABSTRACTS is among the most important sources of bibliographical information for researchers and students in political science and in related fields. Six issues annually provide about 8,000 abstracts of articles selected from among nearly 1,000 journals and yearbooks worldwide. Now in its 60th year, the print edition has been published by SAGE London since 2007. Editor Paul Godt and co-editor Serge Hurtig invite IPSA members to subscribe at the special price of US$85 (contact membership@ipsa.org). Libraries and other institutions interested in the fully searchable online database are asked to contact EBSCO (database from Vol. 1, Issue 1) or Ovid (since 1989), each of which offers substantial discounts to developing countries.

• Political Science News

Podcast of Seminar on the Euro Crisis (November 9, 2011)

The podcast from a recent seminar on the Euro zone crisis is now available here. It boasts an impressive lineup of experts and experienced guest speakers: 

- John Purvis CBE, Conservative MEP 1979-84 and 1999-2009, former Vice Chairman of the European Parliament Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (2001- 2009)

- Dr. Jacques Cailloux, Chief European Economist, Royal Bank of Scotland

- Professor Jacques Mélitz, Professor of Economics, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh; former Professor at Institut d’Etudes Politiques, Paris.

- Dr. David Howarth, Jean Monnet Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations at Edinburgh University’s School of Social and Political Science.

The event was sponsored by the Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the University of Edinburgh’s Europa Institute, in association with the European Parliament Office and the European Movement.

The seminar was aimed at looking at how and why the Euro zone has plunged into crisis, assessing what at stake and, looking ahead, considering the likely economic and political consequences based on the courses of action taken by Euro zone leaders.

There were some minor recording problems at the start, but most of the proceedings are very clear.

• Gideon Doron In Memoriam (1945-2011)

We are saddened to announce that Professor Gideon Doron, father of five, husband, teacher, colleague and friend, passed away on December 25, 2011, after a long battle with colon cancer.

Prof. Doron had been President of the Israeli Association of Political Science since 2000.

Born in Tel Aviv in 1945, Professor Doron graduated from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and went on to obtain his PhD from the University of Rochester, N.Y. in 1977.

He served as a member of the IPSA executive board from 1996 to 2006.

Prof. Doron initiated the Graduate Public Policy Program at Tel Aviv University and Ben Gurion University in the Negev. As a chair at Tel Aviv University, he founded the graduate program in political communication.

In addition, Prof. Doron served as chair of the second Authority for Television and Radio council and governor of the GIF (German – Israel Foundation); he was also a member of the Israeli National Cinema Council.

During his distinguished career, Prof. Doron was a strategic advisor to prime ministers (e.g. Rabin) and ministers in such areas as foreign affairs, the treasury, communication, economics and science. He also acted as an organization and marketing strategist for public institutions and advisor to foreign governments.

Mr. Doron co-founded the Citizens’ Empowerment Center in Israel, and he was instrumental in creating the Presidential Commission for the Examination of the Structure of the Regime and its Electoral System. He also chaired the National Commission for the Examination of Senior Political Appointees, the Total Representation Association, and the Israelis for Constitutional Democracy.

Professor Doron authored 20 books in English and Hebrew and dozens of scientific articles.

Last year, he was given the annual award for lifetime achievement in political science in Israel.

Gideon Doron is survived by a wife, Dr. Becky Kook, and five children.

• European Administrative Governance: Publishing Opportunities

Palgrave Macmillan and the Maastricht Centre for European Governance (www.mceg-maastricht.eu) are launching a new book series and are inviting proposals for authored or edited books in the area of “European administrative governance.” Edited by Thomas Christiansen and Sophie Vanhoonacker of Maastricht University, the new series will be open to both theoretical perspectives and empirically driven studies.

Proposals from a broad spectrum of disciplines are welcome, providing that they concern the study of European public administration. In particular, contributions are sought on the role and nature of evolving bureaucratic processes inside the European Union, including the study of the EU civil service and institutions such as the European Commission, the Council of Ministers, the External Action Service, the European Parliament, the European Court and the European Central Bank. Also of interest is scholarly work on inter-institutional relations between these institutions and other actors. Other areas of interest include the growing role of EU agencies, networks of technical experts and national officials, and the administrative dimension of multilevel governance, including governance within international organizations. Of special interest in this regard is the emergence of a European diplomatic service and the management of the expanding EU commercial, foreign, development, security and defence policies.

Beyond this strong focus on EU administrative governance, the series will include texts on the development and practice of administrative governance within European states. Areas of inquiry may include the administrative history of Europe, with a focus not only on rules and regulations governing bureaucracies or formal criteria for measuring their growth, but also on the concrete workings of public administration in both its executive and policy-making functions. Furthermore, the series will include studies on the interaction between the national and Europe-wide levels of administration, with particular attention on the EU’s impact on domestic administrative systems.

Using the standard form available from Palgrave Macmillan at http://www.palgrave.com/authors/publishing.asp, please forward your proposals by email to the series editors (t.christiansen@maastrichtuniversity.nl and s.vanhoonacker@maastrichtuniversity.nl) and to Amber Stone-Galilee, Senior Commissioning Editor at Palgrave Macmillan, at A.StoneGalilee@palgrave.com

The editors will be glad to answer any questions from authors interested in submitting a proposal.

• Books by Members

Perspectives of National Elites on European Citizenship

Edited by Nicolò Conti, Maurizio Cotta, Pedro Tavares de Almeida. More information ...

Changes for Democracy. Actors, Structures, Processes

By Leonardo Morlino. More information ...

Une droitisation de la classe ouvrière en Europe?

Sous la direction de Jean-Michel De Waele ,Mathieu Vieira. Plus d'information ...

Post-Communist Parliaments. Change and Stability in the Second Decade

By David M. Olson, Gabriella Ilonszki . More information ...

Young Minds Rethinking the Mediterranean

Edited by Nihan Akıncılar, Anna Alexieva, Jennifer Brindisi, Evinç Doğan, Amanda E. rogers, Beatrice Schimmang, Mensur Akgün, Lenka Peťková,. More information ...

Social Justice and Rule of Law: Addresing The Growth of a Pluralist Indonesia Democracy

Edited by Thomas J. Conners, Frank Dhont Mason, C. Hoadley, Adam D. Tyson. More information ...

Le vote obligatoire. Débats, enjeux et défis

Sous la direction de Anissa Amjahad, Jean-Michel De Waele, Michel Hastings. Plus d'information ...

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