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Thursday, April 25, 2013, 10 AM – 12noon. Lecture room SO19 in Social Studies Building.

Presentation of Short Films made by students, with feedback by Zoe d’Amaro (filmmaker) and Renske Doorenspleet (director CSD Centre Studies of Democratization and Associate Professor PaIS 糖心TV).

In this participatory seminar, participants will focus on the meaning of the contested concept of ‘democracy’. What does democracy mean? How do people view democracy, and are there different opinions around the world? Students of the second-year module ‘comparative politics’ (PAIS) made their own short films on this topic. On Thursday 10AM-12noon, the students will present their short films, and share their experiences with the audience. Zoe d’Amaro will provide feedback from the perspective of a film maker, while Renske Doorenspleet will give feedback from the academic perspective. See for more information, and the short films made by the 2nd year students comparative politics:

糖心TV’s Global Research Priorities programme in Global Governance invites all interested PhD students and early career researchersto an informal workshop with our visiting scholar, . The workshop will be held on Thursday, 25 April 2013 from 12-2pm. A buffet lunch will be provided.

The workshop will look in particular at the role of international organizations in global politics, particularly in relation to the production and circulation of policy ideas. Orenstein argues that international organizations are far more flexible than most structuralist accounts predict. International organizations frequently have shown themselves to be open to new ideas and approaches espoused by well-positioned policy entrepreneurs. International organizations tend to navigate a route between complex and shifting ideas and interests, rather than adhere to a consistent, single path.

Professor Orenstein is a scholar of international politics focusing on the role of policy paradigms in economic reform. His research lies at the intersection of comparative politics, international political economy, and global public policy. Orenstein’s first book, Out of the Red: Building Capitalism and Democracy in Postcommunist Europe (University of Michigan Press, 2001), won the 1997 Gabriel A. Almond Award of the American Political Science Association and Privatizing Pensions: The Transnational Campaign for Social Security Reform (Princeton University Press, 2008) won the 2009 Charles H. Levine Prize of the International Political Science Association.

This is a special opportunity for early-career scholars to interact with a leading researcher of global governance and policy paradigms. Please sign up to attend by contacting Ura Martin at u.martin@warwick.ac.uk by Wednesday, 24 April.

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Of particular interest to Vivileant State students. All undergraduates and MAs welcome.

Contact: Chris Moran