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The Center for African Studies, Stanford University
9:00 a.m.
Introduction and Welcoming Remarks
Assessing Political and Economic Reform in Africa
Chair: Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
Nicolas van de Walle, Michigan State University
“The Impact of Multiparty Politics in Africa”
“Democratic and Market Reforms in Africa: What the People Say”(see also the tables for this paper)
Break - 10:45-11:00
Chair: Terry Karl, Stanford University
Joel Barkan, University of Iowa and the World Bank
“Protracted Transitions Among Africa’s New Democracies”
Session II cont.
Kayode Soremekun, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria and Visiting Scholar, International Forum for Democratic Studies, NED
“The International Dimensions of the Democratic Momentum in Africa: An Insider’s View”
Lunch Break - 12:30-1:30
Session III - 1:45-3:15
Ethnicity and Gender in Africa’s New Politics
Chair: David Laitin, Stanford University
Aili Tripp, University of Wisconsin, Madison
“New Trends in Women’s Political Participation in Africa”
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Dan Posner, UCLA
“Regime Change and Ethnic Cleavages in Africa”
Break - 3:15 - 3:30
Session IV - 3:45-5:15
Developing Constitutionalism and Democracy in Africa
Chair: David Abernethy, Stanford University
Richard Sklar, UCLA
“On the Study of Constitutional Government in Africa”
Larry Diamond, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
“Developing Democracy in Africa”
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