Constitutional Design 2000
An international conference on institutional design, conflict management, and
democracy in the late twentieth century
Co-Chairs
Scott Mainwaring and Andrew Reynolds
Kellogg Institute for International Studies
University of Notre Dame
Panels, Roundtables, and Participants
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Thursday, December 9
8:15 am - 5:00 pm
Registration
(Preregistration by December 6 required for meals.)
8:45
Welcome
Andrew Reynolds, University of Notre Dame
9:00 am - 11:45 am
Constitutional Design in the Third Wave: An Introduction Roundtable
Presenters
Donald Horowitz, Duke University, USA
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Arend Lijphart, University of California, San Diego, USA
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Roundtable participants
Juan Linz, Yale University, USA
Dieter Nohlen, University of Heidelberg, Germany
Giovanni Sartori, Columbia University, USA
Alfred Stepan, Columbia University, USA
Moderator
Scott Mainwaring, University of Notre Dame, USA
12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:45 pm - 3:30 pm
The Power Sharing versus Majoritarian Debate
Presenters
Andrew Reynolds, University of Notre Dame, USA
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Olga Shvetsova, Washington University at St. Louis, USA
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Discussants
Vincent Maphai, President's Review Commission, South Africa
Steven Levitsky, Harvard University, USA
Moderator
Donald Kommers, University of Notre Dame, USA
3:45 pm - 5:30 pm
Renewing and Reviewing the Presidential-Parliamentary Debate
Presenters
José Antonio Cheibub, University of Pennsylvania, USA
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Timothy Frye, Ohio State University, USA
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Discussants
John Carey, Washington University at St. Louis, USA
Arturo Valenzuela, Georgetown University, USA*
René Antonio Mayorga, CEBEM, Bolivia
Moderator
Martha Merritt, University of Notre Dame, USA
Friday, December 10
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Decentralization, Federalism, and Autonomy
Presenters
Juan Linz, Yale University, USA
Alfred Stepan, Columbia University, USA
Steven Solnick, Columbia University, USA
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Discussants
Ruth Lapidoth, Hebrew University, Israel
Bernard Grofman, University of California, Irvine, USA
Moderator
Anthony Messina, University of Notre Dame, USA
11:15 am - 1:00 pm
Electoral System Design in New Democracies
Presenters
Pippa Norris, Harvard University, USA
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Rein Taagepera, University of California, Irvine, USA
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Discussants
Dieter Nohlen, Heidelberg University, Germany
Nigel Roberts, Victoria University at Wellington, New Zealand
Cheryl Saunders, University of Melbourne, Australia
Moderator
Michael Coppedge, University of Notre Dame, USA.
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Lunch
2:30 pm - 4:15 pm
Constitutional Design - The Experience of Practitioners
Roundtable participants
Jørgen Elklit, University of Aarhus, Denmark
Peter Manikas, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, USA
John Packer, OSCE Office of the High Commissioner on Minorities
Carina Perelli, United Nations Electoral Assistance Division
Richard Soudriette, IFES, USA
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Moderator
Robert Johansen, University of Notre Dame, USA
4:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Constitutional Design and Conflict Management - Test Cases for 2000 (I)
Presenters
Fiji - Brij Lal, Australian National University, Australia
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Northern Ireland - Brendan O'Leary, London School of Economics, UK
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Eritrea - Bereket Selassie, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
Moderator
Frances Hagopian, University of Notre Dame, USA
Saturday, December 11
9:00 am - 10:30 am
Constitutional Design and Conflict Management - Test Cases for 2000 (II)
Presenters
Indonesia - William Liddle, Ohio State University, USA
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Nigeria - Rotimi Suberu, Woodrow Wilson Center, USA
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India - Ashutosh Varshney, University of Notre Dame, USA
David Stuligross,University of California, Berkeley, USA
Moderator
Robert Fishman, University of Notre Dame, USA
10:45 am - 12:30 pm
Constitutional Design 2000 - Lessons Learnt
Roundtable participants
Donald Horowitz, Duke University, USA
Arend Lijphart, University of California, San Diego, USA
Juan Linz, Yale University, USA
Dieter Nohlen, Heidelberg University, Germany
Giovanni Sartori, Columbia University, USA
Alfred Stepan, Columbia University, USA
Moderator
Andrew Reynolds, University of Notre Dame, USA
12:45 pm
Lunch
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