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May 19-20, 2006
Room 3059,
Executive Education Suite
Kelley School of Business
Indiana University, Bloomington

Friday, May 19
9:40-11:45amPanel II. Transitology: Making the Transition from Plan to Market
Crossing the River by Feeling for Stones or Carried Across by the Current? The Dynamics of Reform in Post-Mao China
Andrew Wedeman (University of Nebraska)

The Ubiquity and Fungibility of Property Rights in China
Andrew Mertha (Washington University, St. Louis)

Hooked, Unhooked, Still Hooked: Lawyers, Political Embeddedness, and Institutional Continuity in China's Transition from Socialism
Ethan Michelson (Indiana University)
1:15-3:00 pmPanel III. The Chinese State
Regulation and Regulatory Politics in China's Tiered Economy
Margaret Pearson (University of Maryland)

Into Space: The Local Developmental State, Capitalist Transition, and the Political Economy of Urban Planning in Xinji
Marc Blecher (Oberlin College)

China Versus India: Why Does a Poor Democracy Not Do Better on Corruption?
Yan Sun (City University of New York)
3:15-5:30 pmPanel IV. Public Policy Issues
When are Banks Sold to Foreigners? An Examination of the Politics of Selling Banks in Mexico, Korea, and China
Victor Shih (Northwestern University)

China's Industrial and Foreign Trade Policies: What Are They and How Successful Have They Been?
Arthur Kroeber (China Economic Quarterly, Beijing)

One Country, Three Systems: The Politics of Welfare Policy in China's Authoritarian Developmental State
Mark Frazier (Lawrence University)
Saturday, May 20
9:15-11:15 am Panel V. Popular Political Reactions to Capitalism
What's Capitalist about Resistance with Chinese Characteristics? Comparing the Soviet Union and China, with Special Reference to Xinjiang
Gardner Bovingdon (Indiana University)

The New Standard of Influence: Initial Thoughts on Business Lobbying in China in Comparative Perspective
Scott Kennedy (Indiana University)

Contradictions of Market Media in the Party's China: Super Voice Girls and Dismissing Newspaper Editors
Barrett McCormick (Marquette University)

Changing China: Private Entrepreneurs and Adaptive Informal Institutions
Kellee Tsai (Johns Hopkins University)


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