Leeds Metropolitan-Florida International 2012 IPE Conference Programme

Annual Conference on International

Political Economy:

Challenges to the Welfare

State

Gediz University Seyrek Campus Crowne Plaza

Hotel

zmir/Turkey

23-25 May 2012

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Annual Conference on International Political Economy: Challenges to the Welfare State 23-25 May 2012, zmir

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

Sait AKT Department of International Relations, Gediz University

35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey

Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18

e-mail: [email protected]

Arzu ALVAN Department of Economics, Gediz University 35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey

Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18


Nursel AYDINER AVAR Department of Economics, Gediz University 35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey

Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18

e-mail: [email protected] Feray ERSELCAN Department of International Trade and Marketing, Gediz University


Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18


Rebecca FRIEDMAN European Union Center of Excellence, Florida International University

Modesto A. Maidique Campus, SIPA 507 Miami, FL, USA, 33199

Tel: (305) 348-0169 Fax: (305) 348-6562


Gaye GNGR Department of International Relations, Gediz University


Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18



ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE

Nevzat GRAN Department of Economics, Gediz University 35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey

Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18


Metin KARADA Department of Economics, Ege University

35100 Bornova, zmir, Turkey Tel: (90 232) 311 52 90 Fax: (90 232)373 41 94


Alexander NUNN School of Applied Global Ethics, Leeds Metropolitan University Bronte Hall, 109a, Leeds, UK

Tel: 0113 812 3476


Suat KSZ Department of International Relations, Gediz University


Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18


Dilek SEYMEN Department of Economics, Dokuz Eyll University

35160 Buca, zmir, Turkey

Tel: (90 232) 420 41 80


idem STN Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Gediz University


Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18



ADVISORY / SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Nursel AYDINER AVAR, Department of Economics, Gediz University

Pnar BEDRHANOLU, Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University

Erturul DELKTA, Department of Economics, Ege University

Gaye GNGR, Department of International Relations, Gediz University

Nevzat GRAN, Department of Economics, Gediz University

Nee KUMRAL, Department of Economics, Ege University

Recep KK, Department of Economics, Dokuz Eyll University

aban KARDA, Department of International Relations, TOBB Economy and Technology University

Suat KSZ, Department of International Relations, Gediz University

zlem A. NDER, Department of Economics, Ege University

Faruk SNMEZOLU, Department of International Relations, Istanbul University

Sbidey TOGAN, Department of Economics, Bilkent University

Dimitris TSAROUHAS, Department of International Relations, Bilkent University

Markus THIEL, Department of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University

Fatih TAYFUR, Department of International Relations, Middle East Technical University

Utku UTKULU, Department of Economics, Dokuz Eyll University

Galip YALMAN, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Middle East Technical University


ASSISTANT STAFF

Berivan AKIN Department of International Relations, Gediz University


Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18

e-mail: [email protected] Nazl AYTU Business Administration Program, Gediz University


Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18


evin GRARDA Department of Management, Gediz University


Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18


Yunus ZSU Department of Management, Gediz University 35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey

Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18


Ozan UUK Department of Economics, Gediz University 35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey

Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18


GRAPHIC DESIGN

Furkan DNDAR Graphic Design, Gediz University 35665 Seyrek, zmir, Turkey

Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00

Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18

[email protected]

Engin BALBAY Web Master, Gediz University


Tel: (90 232) 355 00 00

Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18



CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT

Gediz University Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences

Seyrek Campus, Menemen, 35665 ZMR

Phone: (90 232) 355 00 00 Fax: (90 232) 355 00 18 E-mail: [email protected] Website: http://ipeconference.gediz.edu.tr

DATES AND VENUE

23 May 2012, Seyrek Campus, Gediz University

24-25 May 2012, Crowne Plaza Hotel

REGISTRATION

Registration and Information Desk is located on the Ground Floor of E Block, Gediz

University, Seyrek Campus. The desk is open on Wednesday, 23 May 2012 / 09:00-

17:00

Registration and Information Desk is located on the First Floor of Crowne Plaza Hotel.

The desk is open at the following times:

Thursday, 24 May 2012 / 09:00-17:00

Friday, 25 May 2012 / 09:00-17:00

BADGE

Participants should kindly wear name badges during the Conference. Name badges will

be provided in participants conference packs at the Registration Desk.

RECEPTION

Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences invites all participants to the

reception at the garden of the E Block, Gediz University, Seyrek Campus. The reception

will take place on Wednesday, 23 May 2012 between 17:00-19:00.


CONFERENCE PROGRAM

23 MAY 2012, WEDNESDAY

Registration Time: 09:00 17:00

Place: E Block, Seyrek Campus, Gediz University

OPENING CEREMONY 10:30 / 11:00

Place: Auditorium

Seyfullah evik (Chancellor, Gediz University) Suat ksz (Dean, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Gediz University)

KEYNOTE LECTURE 11:00/ 12:30

Place: Auditorium

Chair: Suat KSZ

Knud Erik Jrgensen (University of Aarhus, Denmark)

How to Make the Best of an Era Characterized by Transition Gaps

LUNCH / 12:30-13:30


PANEL SESSIONS 1 / 13:30 - 15:00

PANEL SESSION 1-A Welfare State: Issues and Case Studies

Place: Amfi I

Chair: idem STN

H. Glin Beken (Marmara University, Turkey) A Welfare State Analysis: Socio-Economic Changes, Risks and Transformations

Melih zalk, Bura zer, Adnan Erdal (Celal Bayar University, Turkey) Welfare State Retrenchment Processes in Age of Global Economic Crisis

Problematizing Public Expenditures: The Impact of the Former on National Income: A

Panel Data Analysis on Selected Countries

Sabri Aydn (Uluda University, Turkey) Welfare State Retrenchment: An Application of Public Choice Theory

PANEL SESSION 1-B Demographics and Social Rights

Place: Amfi II

Chair: Defne ERZENE-BRGN

Hakan Cavlak (Dzce University, Turkey) European Unions Influence on Turkish Immigration and Asylum Legislation: A

Fortress against Possible Infiltrations to European Welfare States?

Murat Ortanca, Bura zer (Celal Bayar University, Turkey) A Comparative Analysis of the Welfare State of Canadian and Turkish Experiences:

Problematizing Convergences, Divergences and Challenges

Ekin nan (METU, Turkey) A Political Economic Study of Migration in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA

Region)

COFFEE BREAK / 15:00-15:30



PANEL SESSION 2-A Welfare State: Regime Challenges

Place: Amfi I

Chair: Sait AKT

Hassan Ahmadian (University of Tehran, Iran) The Authoritarian Welfare State: Challenges and Durability (The Case of GCC

States)

Eszter Nova (Institute of Political Science, ELTE University & Fellow, Financial Research Institute, Hungary)

The Third Reverse Wave? Economic Growth and Democratic Consolidation in Third

Wave Democracies

Kerem Gkten (Ordu University, Turkey) From State Welfare to Harmonious Society: Constructing New Welfare Regime in

China

PANEL SESSION 2-B Gender and Welfare State

Place: Amfi 2

Chair: Itr BADAD

Gaye Gngr (Gediz University, Turkey) Equal Pay Equal Work: Transposition of the EU Directive in Turkey

Nursel Aydner Avar, Chiara Piovani (Gediz University, Turkey University of Denver, USA)

The Gender Impact of Social Protection Policies in the United States: Trends, Debates,

and Policy Recommendations

Ester Gallo, Francesca Scrinzi (Gediz University, Turkey University of Glasgow, UK)

Welfare State, Gender and Migrant Domestic Labour Comparative Perspective from

Italy and Southern Europe

RECEPTION / 17:00-19:00


24 MAY 2012, THURSDAY

Registration Time: 09:00 - 17:00

Place: First Floor, Crowne Plaza Hotel

ROUNDTABLE: Embedded Liberalism Revisited / 09:30 - 11:00

Place: Konak 2

Chair: Knud Erik JRGENSEN

Knud Erik Jrgensen (University of Aarhus, Denmark)

Gaye Gngr (Gediz University, Turkey)

Andreas Antoniades (University of Sussex, UK)

Mariely Lopez-Santana (University of George Washington, USA)



PANEL SESSION 3-A European Integration in Crisis

Place: Konak 1

Chair: Canan BALKIR

Ton Notermans (University of Trento, Italy) The Euro Crisis in Historical Perspective

Michael Wartenbe (Florida International University, USA) The European Central Bank and Peripheral States in the Eurozone

Markus Thiel (Florida International University, USA) Social Rights Attainment in the EU under the Impact of Economic Volatility and

Market Liberalization


PANEL SESSION 3-B Governance and Institutional Development

Place: Konak 3

Chair: Erturul DELKTA

Marc Sangnier, Yann Algan, Pierre Cahuc (Sciences Po., France) Efficient and Inefficient Welfare States

Erdem Gven (TODAE, Turkey) Mainstream Challenge to Welfare State on Political-Administrative Level: Does

Proceduralist Participation Really Work?

Chizea Bonaventure (Ambrose Alli University, Nigeria) Institutions, Governance and Development in Nigeria

Miroslava Filipovic (EDUCONS University, Serbia) Summits Geography and Politics: G20 and the World Economic Regulation

LUNCH / 13:00-14:00


PANEL SESSION 4-A Issues and Economics of Development

Place: Konak 1

Chair: Metin KARADA

M. Utku zmen, Orhun Sevin (Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey, Turkey) Price Rigidity in Turkey: Evidence from Micro Data

Levent Kalyon, Yeim Kalyon (Avrasya University and Krkkale University, Turkey) "International Political Economy in Terms of National Security and Defense Sector

Frat Demir, Chenghao Hu (University of Oklahoma, USA) Institutional Development, Corruption and Direction of Bilateral FDI Flows: Are

Developing Country Investors any Different than the Rest?


PANEL SESSION 4-B Regional Integration and Trade Policy I

Place: Konak 3

Chair: Utku UTKULU

Abazar Barari (University of Tehran, Iran) Barriers to the Successful Integration in Asia: Obstacles and Challenges to Achieving

Asian Union (AU)

Jean-Marc Siroen, Ayl Ycer (University of Paris-Dauphine, France) The Impact of MERCOSUR on Trade of Brazilian States

Petros Kusmu (University of Alberta, Canada) Northern versus Southern Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) in Africa:

Comparing the Varying Degrees of Success between the EUs EPA and EBA, AGOA,

and FOCAC



PANEL SESSION 5-A Social Policy

Place: Konak 1

Chair: Mariely LOPEZ-SANTANA

Emily Lines (Humboldt and Free University, Germany) "Putting the "Age" into Agenda: How Demographic Ageing Became an Issue of EU

Concern."

Glbanu Altunok, Saniye Dedeolu, Adem Y. Elveren (Bilkent University, Mula University, Kahramanmara S. . University, Turkey)

Political Economy of Pension Reform in Turkey

Suyu Liu (Oxford University, UK) The Adverse Education-Employment Relationship in the Transition towards Welfare

State: Evidence from the Chinese Labour Market

Arzu Alvan (Gediz University, Turkey) Brain Drain: A Critical Analysis for Turkish Higher Education


PANEL SESSION 5-B Regional Integration and Trade Policy II

Place: Konak 3

Chair: Muzaffer DEMRC

Ritchelle J. Alburo (University of Namur, Belgium) An Assessment of the Special and Differential Treatment Elements of the Philippines

Free Trade Agreements: Towards Development-Oriented FTA Outcomes

Tanja Befus, Beyhan Bektaolu, Martina Brockmeier (University of Hohenheim, Germany) New Orientation in Turkish Foreign Policy: A Comparative CGE Analysis of Trade

Implications

Feray Erselcan, Necmettin ahin (Gediz University, Turkey) A Critical Perspective on Trade Liberalization in Turkey


25 MAY 2012, FRIDAY

Registration Time: 09:00 - 17:00

Place: First Floor, Crowne Plaza Hotel


Place: Konak 2

Chair: Suat KSZ

Berch Berberoglu (University of Nevada, Reno, USA)

The Global Economic Crisis and Challenges to the Welfare State: The Origins, Nature

and Impact of the Crisis on the United States and Turkey



PANEL SESSION 6-A Environment and Sustainable Development

Place: Konak 1

Chair: Feray ERSELCAN

Bernur Akgz Ersoy (Celal Bayar University, Turkey) Global Warming as a Global Public Bad

Meri Suba Ertekin, Betl Yce Dural (Anadolu University, Turkey) Sustainable Economic Growth with WTO Accession in China

Sezin BA GRSOY (Kadir Has University, Turkey) A Growing Challenge: Food Security and Its Effects on Environmental Sustainability

Assel Rustemova (Kazakhstans Institute of Management, Economics and Strategic Research KIMEP, Republic of Kazakhstan)

Welfare State in Post-Soviet Agricultural States: from Freedoms to Profit Margins


PANEL SESSION 6-B Issues on Labor and Economic Development

Place: Konak 3

Chair: Nevzat GRAN

zgr ztrk (Ondokuz Mays University, Turkey) Economic Development and Unemployment in Turkey, 2002-2008

Melda Yaman ztrk (Ondokuz Mays University, Turkey) Turkish Industry and Exports with Higher Labour Productivity: What is its Meaning

for Labour?

Dolly Sunny (University of Mumbai, India) Unemployment, Retrenchment and Re-employment Syndrome - A Study on Industrial

units in Mumbai, India

Ahmet Hakan zkan (Okan University, Turkey) Issues on Measuring the Unemployment Rate in Turkey

LUNCH / 13:00-14:00


PANEL SESSION 7-A Debates on Neoliberal Perspectives

Place: Konak 1

Chair: Zerrin Aye ZTRK

Aye Yedeki (Bilkent University, Turkey) Neoliberalization and Citizenship

Ceren Kalfa (Akdeniz University, Turkey) Deliberative Democracy versus Welfare State: Habermas Critique of Welfare State

smail Seyrek (Hitit University, Turkey) The Welfare State and Neo-Liberal Economic Thoughts and Policies: An Impossibility

of Co-existence?

Alexander Nunn (Leeds Metropolitan University, UK) Neo-liberalism, Social Mobility and Aligning the Welfare State with the politics of

global competitiveness


PANEL SESSION 7-B BRICS and Turkey

Place: Konak 3

Chair: Nursel AYDINER AVAR

Cem Tintin (Vrije University, Belgium) FDI, Institutions and Growth: Evidence from BRICS and Turkey

Ahmet Enes Tekcan (Ministry of Economy, Turkey) Trade and Growth Relation: BRICS and Turkey

Emrah z (METU, Turkey) Short Term Capital Flows and Economic Growth: Is Hot Money Guilty or Innocent?

Cumhur ieki (Eastern Mediterranean Development Agency, Turkey) The Relationship between Energy and Economic Growth: An Empirical Evaluation on

Turkey and BRICS



Place: Konak 2

Chair: Banu Esra ASLANERTK

Seda Akku Tecer (Ernst & Young Partner, Turkey)

Corporate Governance from the Perspective of Independent Audit

CONCLUDING REMARKS / 16:45-17:00

GALA DINNER / 19:30 - 23:00 (Invitation Only)

Guest Speaker

Mark Lewis (Senior Resident Representative, IMF, Turkey)

Documents

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