ISSUES OF POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE IN BIETHNIC, MULTIETHNIC AND DIVIDED STATES
Symposium organized by the Center for European and International Affairs of the University of Nicosia, in cooperation with the Center for State Constitutional Studies (at Rutgers-Camden), the Academia Europea Bolzano (EURAC) Institute for Studies on Federalism and Regionalism, and the European Center for Peace and Development:
Monday, 18 November 2013, 16:45 – 20:15
UNESCO Amphitheatre, University of Nicosia
16:45 – 17:00 Registration
Opening Address:
17:00 – 17:15 Andreas Theophanous
President, Center for European and International Affairs, University of Nicosia
SESSION I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES
Chair: Andreas Theophanous
17:15 – 17:35 Albert Maes
President of the ECPD Executive Board, Belgrade
Managing multi ethnicity in post world War II Europe: the European Union as an attempt to organize multi-ethnic government: achievements and shortcomings
17:35 – 17:55 Professor G. Alan Tarr
Distinguished Professor, Department of Political Science
Director, Center for State Constitutional Studies Rutgers University-
Camden, New Jersey, USA
Professor Justin Long
Wayne State University, Law School
Diversity and governance in the United States
17:55 – 18:15 Achilles Emilianides
Associate Professor of Law, University of Nicosia and
Christina Ioannou
Assistant Professor of European Politics, University of Nicosia
Participation of federal states in the EU
18:15 – 18:35 Discussion
18:35 – 18:55 Coffee Break
SESSION II: DIVIDED SOCIETIES AND THE REALITIES ON THE GROUND
Chair: Andreas Theophanous
18:55 – 19:15 Matteo Nicolini
Assistant Professor, University of Verona,
Senior Research Associate, Academia Europea Bolzano (EURAC)
Accommodating divided societies through constituent units? A comparative survey over regional demarcation and territorial alteration
19:15 – 19:35 Giorgos Kentas
Assistant Professor of International Relations, University of Nicosia
Compromising the state for achieving a federation? The case of Cyprus
19:35 – 19:55 Odysseas Christou
Lecturer of International Relations,
Erasmus Officer, Erasmus Office, University of Nicosia
The bargaining framework for a negotiated settlement of the Cyprus conflict: A game – theoretic analysis
19:55 – 20:15 Discussion
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