Conference and Planning Committee Meeting, November 2006

ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND ELECTORAL POLITICS
November 2-3, 2006
Ramanashree Brunton, Bangalore, India

November 2, 2006 (Thursday)

10.00 to 10.30: Inauguration
Mr. D. H. Shankara Murthy, Minister for Higher Education, Government of Karnataka, India

10.30 to 11.45: Session I – Election Studies in India
Chair: L.C. Jain
Discussant: E. Raghavan

National Election Studies in India: Legacy and Challenges. Yogendra Yadav

12.15 to 13.00: Session II – Reflecting on Electoral Choices
Chair: G. K. Karanth
Discussant: K. C. Suri

What Shapes Electoral Choice Options? Institutional Determinants of the Distinctiveness of Choice Options. [PDF] Bernhard Wessels and Hermann Schmitt

14.00 to 15.30: Session III – India NES 2004
Chair: P. S. Jayaramu
Discussants: A. Jayaram and P. L. Dharma

• Negotiating Political Spaces: The Redefining of the National and the Regional.  Sandeep Shastri
• Case for Coalition Politics in Multicultural Societies – The Experience of Kerala. Gopa Kumar

15.45 to 17.15: Session IV – East Asian Democracies
Chair: P. V. Shenoi
Discussant: Yogendra Yadav

• Social Structure and Party Support in the East Asian Democracies. Ian McAllister
• Consolidating Democracy in Thailand: The First Four Years of Democracy under the Constitution of 1997. Thawilwadee Bureekul

November 3, 2006 (Friday)

09.00 to 9.45: Session V – Europe, Elections & Political Parties
Chair: D. Jeevan Kumar
Discussant: Harish Ramaswamy

Euroskepticism and Emergence of New Parties: The Case of Poland. Radoslaw Markowski

09.45 to 11.15: Session V – India NES 2004
Chair: M. J. Vinod
Discussant: Ujjwal Singh

• Patterns of Leadership and Electoral Support in India. K. C. Suri
• Political Participation: Trends from India. Suhas Palshikar

11.45 to 13.15: Session VI – Social Networks, Electoral Outcomes and Voting
Chair: Bernt Aardal
Discussant: R. L. M. Patil

• Citizen Information, Election Outcomes and Good Governance. Gabor Toka
• Social Network and Voting Behavior in reference to a differential effect of a multi-party versus a two-party system: With a Comparison between Japan and US Election data. Ken’ichi Ikeda

13.15 to 13.45: Closing Comments and Conclusion of Conference

Conference Participant List

In alphabetical order by surname.

1. Dr. Bernt Aardal
   University of Oslo, Oslo
2. Dr. Thawilwadee Bureekul
   The King Prajadhipok’s Institute, Bangkok
3. Dr. B. M. Chengappa
   Deccan Herald, Bangalore
4. Dr. Meena Deshpande
   Bangalore University, Bangalore
5. Dr. Veena Devi
   Bangalore University, Bangalore
6. Dr. P. L. Dharma
   Mangalore University, Mangalore
7. Mr. David A. Howell
   University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
8. Dr. Ken’ichi Ikeda
   The University of Tokyo, Tokyo
9. Dr. L. C. Jain
   Chairman, Governing Council iACT
10. Mr. A. Jayaram
    The Hindu, Bangalore
11. Dr. P. S. Jayaramu
    Bangalore University, Bangalore
12. Dr. Rajendra Kumar Joshi
    International Academy for Creative Teaching, Bangalore
13. Dr. G. K. Karanth
    Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore
14. Dr. Gopa Kumar
    University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram
15. Dr. D. Jeevan Kumar
    Bangalore University, Bangalore
16. Mr. Surendra Kumar
    Bangalore University, Bangalore
17. Dr. Radoslaw Markowski
    Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Warsaw
18. Mr. Manohar Maski
    Member, Karnataka Legislative Council
19. Dr. Ian McAllister
    The Australian National University, Canberra
20. Dr. Narasimha Murthy
    Bangalore University, Bangalore
21. Ms. C. B. Muthamma
    former Diplomat, Bangalore
22. Dr. B. S. Padmavathi
    International Academy for Creative Teaching, Bangalore
23. Dr. Suhas Palshikar
    University of Pune, Pune
24. Dr. R. L. M. Patil
    Bangalore University, Bangalore
25. Mr. E. Raghavan
    Economic Times, Bangalore
26. Dr. P. Ramanna
    Bangalore University, Bangalore
27. Dr. Harish Ramaswamy
    Karnatak University, Dharwad
28. Dr. S. N. Sangita
    Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore
29. Dr. Hermann Schmitt
    Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES), Mannheim
30. Dr. Sandeep Shastri
    International Academy for Creative Teaching, Bangalore
31. Dr. P. V. Shenoi
    retired Civil Servant, Bangalore
32. Mr. Peter Sinai
    retired Diplomat, Bangalore
33. Dr. Ujjwal Singh
    University of Delhi, Delhi
34. Dr. N. Sivanna
    Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore
35. Dr. P. E. Somaiah
    Department of Political Science, St Joseph’s College, Bangalore
36. Mr. Sreekanthamurthy
    President, Bangalore City Janata Dal (S)
37. Dr. K. C. Suri
    Nagarjuna University, Guntur
38. Dr. Gabor Toka
    Central European University, Budapest
39. Dr. M. J. Vinod
    Bangalore University, Bangalore
40. Dr. Bernhard Wessels
    Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), Berlin
41. Dr. Yogendra Yadav
    Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi

CSES Module 3 Planning Committee Meeting
November 3-4, 2006
Ramanashree Brunton, Bangalore, India

Agenda

1. Module 2
   • Module 2 Participation and Coverage
   • Module 2 Final Release Update
2. Module 3
   • Module 3 Participation and Coverage
   • Module 3 Regional Collaborator Recruitment Efforts
   • Experiences Administering Module 3
   • Other Module 3 Priorities
3. Technical issues and Module 2 Data Issues/Policies
   • Sampling Issues
   • Incomplete Questionnaires
   • Design Variables
   • Survey Weights
   • One Election, Two Macro Reports
4. Funding
   • Awarded Funding and Staffing Update
   • Recent and Current Funding Initiatives
   • Future Funding Initiatives
5. Promotion
   • “Is Democracy Working?” – a proposed special issue of Electoral Studies
   • Party Politics special issue
   • Books nearing press and the possibility of a CSES book series
   • Possible special issue of International Journal of Public Opinion Research
   • Public Opinion Pros article series
   • Upcoming conferences, workshops and panels
6. Upcoming Planning Committee meetings