Event Date: March 2, 2012 - 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Location: Social Sciences Building, 120, University Pvt., room 4004

University of Ottawa International Political Economy Network
Inaugural Graduate Student Workshop
Democracy and Governance in an Age of Austerity
March 2, 2012, Ottawa, ON

Neoliberalism and Global Economic Restructuring 9:00 – 10:45
Chair: Randall Germain
Discussant: Jacqueline Best

Matthew Morgan, York University

• Closure or Renewal? The Intensification of Austerity and the Disciplining of Resistance in America

Véronique Fraser, University of Ottawa

• La légitimité des processus de négociation des règles de droit à l’Organisation mondiale du commerce : une tentative de définition

Jonathan Scheiding, Carleton University>

• Disciplinary Investment Regimes: Pension System Reforms, Capital Expansion & Financial Crisis

Resistance and Social Change in an Austere Age 11:00 – 12:45
Chair: Marie-Josée Massicotte
Discussant: Matthew Paterson

Leanne Roderick, Queen’s University

• Coping with Austerity: A Feminist Political Economy Analysis of Austerity, Gender, Race and Class

Megan Pickup, University of Ottawa

• Conditions of Organizing and Social Movement Success: The Experiences of Via Campesina and the AIDS Movement in Brazil

David Norris, Carleton University

• ‘Tangled up in green’: Low-carbon energy transitions in the context of global economic instability and the ‘Green New Deal’

Félix Grenier, University of Ottawa

• Le discours hégémonique dans l’éducation supérieure: Regard critque à travers l’analyse socio-épistémique du champ des Relations internationales

The Euro Crisis and Governing Austerity 2:00 – 3:45
Chair: Hélène Pellerin
Discussant: Patrick Leblond

Marc-André Gauthier, University of Quebec, Montreal

• Crise de l’euro et des finances publiques : démystifier l’austérité par la compréhension du rapport entre l’État et le marché financier globalisé

Michael Olender, Carleton University

• Germany’s Euro Crisis: Preferences, Management, and Contingencies

Laurent Paradis-Charrette, University of Quebec, Ottawa

• La gouvernance pour le développement international tel que piloter par les experts économique

Attendance is open to all. Snacks and refreshments provided.