ICIRD 2011 +++ First International Conference on International Relations and Development +++ Abstracts and Papers

Abstracts and Papers:

Thursday, 19 May 2011 ------- Friday, 20 May 2011

Opening Session (09.15-10.30 hrs.)

Room	Panel Title	Speakers	Paper Title
Sriburapha Auditorium	Moving towards a fairer society: Economic realities, populist policies and development in Thailand and beyond	Chris Baker	Moving towards a fairer society: Economic realities, populist policies and development in Thailand and beyond
		Anan Ganjanapan	TBA
		Charas Suwanmala	TBA

Session 1 (11.00-13.00 hrs.)

Room	Panel Title	Author	Paper Title
Pol.Sci. 102	Natural Disasters: Prevention, Coping and Instrumentalization	Angguntari C. Sari	Whose Idea Matter the Most? Is it the Military Junta or the International Community?
		Rosa Babel Calilung-Teehankee	Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction in Urban Governance: Metro Manila after Typhoon Ketsana
		Seint Sann Zaw	Lived Experiences and Post Nargis Livelihood Recovery
		Ali Azgar Fakir	Development & Flood Risk: The Struggle for Sustainability
Pol.Sci. 202	Decentralization: Services' Efficiency and People's Participation	cancelled	cancelled
		Marly Anne Bacaron	Is Community Participation possible within on-going Decentralization Reforms? A look at the Health Sector within a Cambodian Context
		Dr. Swarn Lata Sharma	Democratic Decentralization and Grass Root Democracy in India: Challenges and Solutions
		Hastangka & Diasma Sandi Swandaru	The Sultan and Local Direct Democracy: The Transition to Democracy in Yogyakarta, an Inquiry
Pol.Sci. 103	Shaping the discourse on governance and development	Dr. Kasian Tejapira	Governance in Thailand
		Univ.-Prof. Dr. Wolfram Schaffar	Transnational activism and the role of the nation state: People Living with HIV and AIDS (PLHA) and compulsory licensing in Thailand
		cancelled	cancelled
Pol.Sci. 404	Civil Society and the state	cancelled	cancelled
		cancelled	cancelled
		Rafif Pamenang Imawan	CSO and the Democratic Transition in Indonesia: A social empowerment study by IRE and INSIST in building the awareness of the rights of citizens in Yogyakarta
		Tatak Prapti Ujiyati	Making Decentralization and Governance Work for the Poor: Oxfam – and its Partners experience in Cambodia, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam
Pol.Sci. 405	Development and Identity in Burma, Laos PDR and Uganda: Mimesis through Social Imagery	Timothy Payne, EdD	An Ontology of Micro-finance in Burma: New Leaders in Old Villages
		Valerie Dzubur, EdD APRN-C	A Woman of Merit: Building the Silk Road of Laos through Space and Time
		Chai Xiong, EdD	The Act of Forgiveness among Hmong Leadership in Laos PDR: Mimesis and Solicitude
		Ellen A. Herda, PhD	An Essential Tension in Development: Narrative Identity in Adult Learning
		Maria Palmo, EdD	Cultural Reality Appropriate through Imagined Communities in Uganda
60th Anniv. Bldg. F332	Alternative Governance Possibilities for Conflict [post-conflict] Regions in Southeast Asia with a focus on Southern Philippines, Southern Thailand, Indonesia, and Timor Leste	Adam Burke	Hollow words: Foreign Aid and Peacebuilding in Peripheral Conflicts
		Simon Sottsas	Autonomy without democracy is like chocolate without sugar: Peace and democratic development as a necessary combination discussed along the example of the Bangsa Moro on the Southern Philippines
		Dr. Vidhyandika D. Perkasa	The Society ‘Under Siege’ : Observing Human Insecurity and Root Causes of Weak Governance In Papua
Thamnattee 1	The Exploration on Food Security Situation in Lao PDR , Thailand and Vietnam	Dr. Nguyen Van Ngai and Tran Minh Tri, Vietnam	Some Aspects of Food security in Vietnam
Thamnattee 1			Comment by competency persons & General discussion
Thamnattee 2	Macroeconomic Policy Strategy for Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam	Dr. Pracha Koonnathamdee	Toward the Next Decade of Thailand’s Fiscal Decentralization: Learning from the past
		Discussant
			Open discussion

Session 2 (14.00-15.30 hrs.)

Room	Panel Title	Author	Paper Title
Pol.Sci. 102	Politics of identity: Migration, space and global permeation	Marco Stefan B. Lagman	Home-Cooked Food, Baketball Leagues, Phone Calls and Cargo Boxes as Reflections of Transnational Intimacy and Identity among Baltimore-Based Filipinos
		Champa Lattanasouvannaphonh	Banh Jek Street in the city of Luang Phabang: A production of space as representations of development
		Ratih Pratiwi Anwar	Remittances and Village Development in Indonesia: The Case of Former Migrant Workers in Korea from Ngoro-oro Village in Yogyakarta Special Region Province
Pol.Sci. 103	The state and human rights	Melissa Hamblin	Defending the Defenders: The Role of Asia Pacific National Human Rights Institutions in defending Human Rights Defenders.
		Dr. Coeli Barry & Matthew John Mullen	The Malleability of Human Rights: The Case of Thailand's Global Human Rights Standing in a Time of Domestic Political Crisis
		Dr. Isagani A.F..Yuzon and Dr. Theresita V. Atienza	Human Rights, Development and the Informal Sector
Pol.Sci. 202	ASEAN: Contemporary challenges in regional cooperation I	Melanie Pichler	Palm Oil and Agrofuels in South-East Asia: A Political Ecology Framework for Studying Human-Nature Interactions and the Role of the State
		Eula Bianca Villar	Overcoming Bottlenecks of Development from Nation-State to Individuals: The ASEAN Experience of Regional Prosperity through Integration
		Fadillah Putra, MPAff	Economic Development and Southeast Asia's Democratic Governance
Pol.Sci. 404	Development in South Asia	Veeranki Maheswararao	Milk Cooperatives and Governance: A Case from India
		Dr. H.G.Joshi	Women empowerment through Micro-enterprise activities: Role of MFI’s -A study of MFI’s in coastal district of south Karnataka.
		Anil Kumar Thakur	Articulating Social Justice in the Realms of Food Security in South Asia: a few narratives from India
Pol.Sci. 405	A bumpy road to democracy? Electoral politics in Southeast Asia	Dr. James Gomez	Electoral Democracy and Human Rights: Civil Society Engagement in Political Reform in Singapore
		cancelled	cancelled
		Max Grömping	Disaggregating Electoral Violence in Thailand
Thamnattee 1	The Exploration on Food Security Situation in Lao PDR , Thailand and Vietnam	Dr. Supruet Thavornyutikarn & Dr.Isriya Bunyasiri	Land tenure and food security
		Dr. Ravissa Suchato	Evaluation of Food Security Policy and Other Alternatives under Market Power Concept : Thai Rice Production
		Dr. Makasiri Chaowagul	Farmer organization and food security of Thailand
Thamnattee 2	Macroeconomic Policy Strategy for Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam	Siphat Lim	Dollarization and the effectiveness of monetary policy in Cambodia
		Discussant	Comment & Open discussion
		Prof. Nguyen Hong Son, Dr. Nguyen Manh Hung, and Nguyen Thi Vu Ha	Exchange rate and capital flows management in Vietnam
		Discussant	Comment & Open discussion

Session 3 (15.45-17.15 hrs.)

Room	Panel Title	Author	Paper Title
Pol.Sci. 102	Complimentary or conflicting Interests in Asian Regional Cooperation?	Dr. Charmaine G. Misalucha	A Multiplicity of Regionalisms
		cancelled	cancelled
		Lermie Shayne S. Garcia	South-South Cooperation: A Developmental Approach
Pol.Sci. 103	Acting against democracy? The influence of elites, civil society and crime figures	Aries A. Arugay	Saviors or Spoilers? Explaining “Civil Society Coups” in an Age of Democratization
		Corinna Johannsen	The recession of democracy in Thailand
		Dr. Tomáš Petrů	Vigilantes and gangsters in Indonesian Politics and Public Space: A Threat to the Country´s Democracy, Pluralism and Human Rights
Pol.Sci. 202	Justice or "reconciliation"? The role of courts and truth commissions in addressing human rights abuses.	Theoben Jerdan C. Orosa	The Role of Judiciaries in Promoting Human Rights: The Promulgation of the Writ of Amparo and the Writ of Habeas Data and the Role of the Philippine Supreme Court in Human Rights Protection Against Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearance
Pol.Sci. 202		Dr. Mikael Baaz and Dr. Mona Lilja	The (re)construction of memories in the aftermath of trauma: Women struggling for representation in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Pol.Sci. 405	Civil society strategies	Eko Priyo Purnomo & Megandaru Widhi Kawuryan	The Critical Comparison of the Green Parties’ Phenomena Between Indonesia and Thailand
		Maaike Benders	Civil society and expectations of democratisation from below: the case of Burma/Myanmar
		Emily Hong	Human Rights by Another Name: Civil Society Strategies in Authoritarian Contexts in the Greater Mekong Subregion
		Wu Yunmei, Anan Lora-Wainwright & Zhang Yiyun	Economy-oriented and Localized Industrial Pollution: Villagers’ Logic of Action Facing Industrial Pollution in A Village Southwest of China
60th Anniv. Bldg. F332	Poverty Alleviation: Between Aid and Empowerment	Anthony Ware	Extreme Poverty Alleviation in Myanmar and Socialisation to International Norms: to what extent should aid levels be dictated by human rights and governance concerns?
		Lukas Rudolph	Increasing Food Security by Asset Transfer Evidence of a Pro-Ultra-Poor Intervention in Bangladesh
		Dr. Muktasam Abdurrahman	Promoting Effective Poverty Alleviation and Rural Development in Indonesia through Micro- and Macropolicies: A Sociological Perspective
Thamnattee 1	The Exploration on Food Security Situation in Lao PDR , Thailand and Vietnam	TRF	Comment by competency persons & General discussion
Thamnattee 2	Macroeconomic Policy Strategy for Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam	Bhanupong Nidhiprabha	Macroeconomic consequences of Thailand’s exchange rate policy
Thamnattee 2		Discussant	Comment & Open discussion

Session 4 (18.30-21.00)

Room	Panel Title	Moderator	Discussants
Sriburapha Auditorium	“A new social contract for Thailand: The way out of the transformation crisis?”	Dr. Chalidaporn Songsamphan	Dr. Kasian Tejapira
			Dr. Pasuk Phongpaichit
			Dr. Duncan McCargo
			Dr. Chaiwat Satha-Anand

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