Saturday, December 29, 2018

Cfp: Multilateral Dynamics between the Middle East and Asia, 16-18 December 2019, Haifa University, Israel

Dear Tugrul,

I hope this email finds you well.
Attached is a call for paper for a conference on multilateral connections between Asia and the Middle East.
The conference will be held on 16-18 December 2019 at Haifa University.
Paper proposals' submission deadline: 20 February 2018

I'd be grateful if you circulate this email.

Best wishes,
Yoram

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Yoram Evron, PhD
Department of Asian Studies
University of Haifa
199 Aba Khoushy Ave.
Haifa 3498838, Israel
Mobile: +972-52-2308402 ׀ Fax: +972-3-9013581
https://yoramevron.wordpress.com

The Asian Sphere: Trans-Cultural Flows 

An Inter-University Graduate Program
The University of Haifa and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem 

Call for Papers for an International Conference: 

Multilateral Dynamics between the Middle East and Asia

CURRENT AND HISTORICAL PERSEPCTIVES 

We are delighted to announce that the fifth annual conference of the Asian Sphere Program will take place on Monday-Wednesday, 16-18 December 2019, at the University of Haifa, Israel.  The Asian Sphere Program takes a fresh look at the continent of Asia as a concept and as a reality. It aims at exploring and analyzing the numerous interconnections that have tied its people, cities, and nations. Our fifth conference is devoted to the complex relations between West Asia, also known as the Middle East, and other parts of the continent in the past and present. We are interested in particular in the political, military, economic and cultural aspects of the relations, their determinants, undercurrents, and trajectories, as well as in other external players in the region.  We invite paper proposals in one of the following thematic domains: 

a)  Prehistorical and historical multilateral connections (including unilateral  migrations) between the Middle East and Asia (East, South, Central). 
b)  New perspectives on historical involvement, competition and rivalry of Asian powers in the Middle East. 
c)  Globalization, the Middle East and Asia. 
d)  World powers' involvement in Asia-Middle East interaction. 
e)  The role of the Middle East in Asian powers' relations with other world/ regional powers. 
f)  Asian countries' interaction with non-Mideast players in the context of the Middle East. 
g)  Involvement of Mideast players in Asian affairs. 
h)  Israel’s current involvement in Asian dynamics. 
i)  Asian countries' interaction with Israel. 
j)  The involvement of non-Asian players in Israel's relations with Asian powers.  

Proposals for papers, as well as further enquiries, should be sent by email to the conference secretariat (TheAsianSphere@gmail.com). Single-page proposals should include the following four items: 

1.Title of the presentation 
2.Abstract (150-200 words) 
3.Bio-note (150-200 words) with details about affiliation, education, and major relevant publications. 
4.An explicit statement to which of the above domains the proposal relates. 
The deadline for submitting proposals is 20 February 2019.  Accepted proposals will be notified by 20 March 2019.  Full papers (5,000-7,000 words, excluding bibliography) are an essential requirement of participation. The papers should be submitted to the Conference's secretariat by 15 November 2019. We plan to publish an edited volume based on the conference papers.  The organizers will cover three-night stay in Haifa and will be able to assist in defraying the transportation cost from Europe and Western Asia/Middle East (up to US$600) and beyond these regions (up to US$1,000) for scholars whose proposals will be accepted.  The conference will be conducted in English. It is open to the public and participation is free of charge. We would be grateful if you could distribute this call for papers among your colleagues. Please save the dates! 

Conference steering committee: 
Dr. Nimrod Baranovitch
Prof. Michal Biran  
Dr. Yoram Evron 
Prof. Rotem Kowner
Prof. Gideon Shelach 
Prof. Itzchak Weismann  
Conference's secretariat and address for proposal submssion TheAsianSphere@gmail.com

Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Bureaucracy, Politics, and Decision Making in Post-Mao China by Kenneth G. Lieberthal David M. Lampton

Bureaucracy, Politics, and Decision Making in Post-Mao China

Kenneth G. Lieberthal David M. Lampton

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS - 1992
https://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft0k40035t;query=;brand=ucpress

 expand sectionOne  Introduction: The "Fragmented Authoritarianism" Model and Its Limitations
 collapse sectionPart One  National Issues
 expand sectionTwo  A Plum for a Peach:Bargaining, Interest, and Bureaucratic Politics in China
 expand sectionThree  The Chinese Political System and the Political Strategy of Economic Reform

 collapse sectionPart Two  The Center
 expand sectionFour  The Party Leadership System
 expand sectionFive  Information Flows and Policy Coordination in the Chinese Bureaucracy

 collapse sectionPart Three  Bureaucratic Clusters
 expand sectionSix  Structure and Process in the Chinese Military System
 expand sectionSeven  The Educational Policy Process: A Case Study of Bureaucratic Action in China
 expand sectionEight  The Behavior of Middlemen in the Cadre Retirement Policy Process
 expand sectionNine  Hierarchy and the Bargaining Economy: Government and Enterprise in the Reform Process

 collapse sectionPart Four  Subnational Levels
 expand sectionTen  Territorial Actors as Competitors for Power: The Case of Hubei and Wuhan
 expand sectionEleven  Local Bargaining Relationships and Urban Industrial Finance
 expand sectionTwelve  Urbanizing Rural China: Bureaucratic Authority and Local Autonomy
expand section

Policy Making in China by Kenneth Lieberthal & Michel Oksenberg

Policy Making in China

by Kenneth Lieberthal & Michel Oksenberg

Princeton University, 1990
https://press.princeton.edu/titles/4275.html






1. STRUCTURE AND PROCESS: AN OVERVIEW

The Western Literature on the Chinese Policy Process
Introducing Bureaucratic Structure
Limitations of the Study
Principal Findings
Outline of the Study
2. AT THE TOP
The Top Leadership
Staff, Research, and Coordinating Offices
Three Energy Sector Leaders
The Question of Factionalism among the Leaders
3. COMMISSIONS AND MINISTRIES
State Planning Commission
State Economic Commission
State Science and Technology Commission
Ministry of Petroleum
Ministry of Coal
Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade
Bank of China
China National Offshore Oil Corporation
Formal Policy Process
4. SALIENT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE STRUCTURE OF POWER
Fragmented Structure of Authority
The Integrative Mechanisms
Behavioral Consequences
5. CHINA'S INVOLVEMENT WITH THE OUTSIDE WORLD: THE CASE OF PETROLEUM, 1959-84 169
Stage One: The Daqing Years, 1960-63
Stage Two: The Petroleum Group Emerges on the National Scene, 1964-71
Stage Three: The Petroleum Group Turns Outward, 1972-77
Stage Four: Foreign Equity Holdings Will Be Permitted, 1977-79
Stage Five: Establishing a Partnership with the Multination(Jls, 1979-83
Stage Six: Creating Interface Organizations
The End of an Era?
6. THE THREE GORGES DAM PROJECT 269 8. SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR COMPARATIVE COMMUNIST STUDIES
Introduction
The Rationality Model and Its Limits
The Pertinent Bureaucracies
Stages
Three Gorges Project History
The State of Play in 1986
Conclusion: Three Gorges and the Policy'Process
7. CENTRAL-PROVINCIAL AND INTERAGENCY RELATIONS IN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Central-Provincial Relations
Central-Provincial Relations and the Development of Shanxi Coal Organizing the South China Sea Effort Conclusion
New Items on the Research Agenda on Burealicracy in Soviet- Style System
Core Issues in Comparative Communist Studies
Explaining the Evolution of Bureaucratic Structures and Processes in Communist Systems
The Capacity for Reform