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size=3>---------------------------------<BR>Asia EdNet Discussion Group
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<DIV>Dear Asia EdNetters</DIV>
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<DIV>Please find below some information about an excellent conference to be held
at the University of Melbourne September 20-21. </DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>For those that are unable to make it to Linking Latitudes India Conference
take this opportunity to learn about contemporary India from key experts from
around the world.</DIV>
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<DIV>See website and information below for further details.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Maureen Welch</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=+1><B>Conference on Democracy,
Development and Civil Society in India<BR></B></FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman">(September 20-21, 2007)</FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman"></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3><B>Conference Venue:</B> The
University of Melbourne</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3>In 2007 India will celebrate its
sixtieth year of independence. One of its most notable achievements is the
endurance of its democratic institutions despite internal and external
challenges to its democratic governance. As this multicultural state with over a
billion people picks up economic pace at the start of the 21st century,
international scepticism about its economic and political prospects is giving
way to optimism about its future and increasing intellectual curiosity about its
democratic developmental experience.</FONT><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=-3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3>With record high economic growth rates
induced by the economic liberalization program that began in 1991, Orientalist
depictions of the Indian economy have been abandoned for more positive
metaphors. In view of the higher economic growth under democratic
governance, several important questions arise:</FONT><BR><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=-3></FONT></DIV>
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Does India's experience herald an alternative model of development?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Symbol size=-3>o</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3> How
far can democratic governance accommodate competitive pressures unleashed by
economic liberalization?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Symbol size=-3>o</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3> Can
democratic governance alleviate poverty and deliver greater equality at a
juncture when market forces are increasingly dominating the allocation of
resources?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Symbol size=-3>o</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3>
What lessons can one learn from the Indian experience?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3>Under the neo-liberal policies
espoused by some multilateral agencies there is increasing pressure for the
state to reduce its involvement in market relations and at the same time for
civil society groups to play an active role in the interests of
democratization. In India civil society groups have been active for many
years under a democratic system of governance. This raises some important
questions:</FONT><BR><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Symbol size=-3>o</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3>
What are the achievements of civil society groups in India?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Symbol size=-3>o</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3> Do
civil society organizations necessarily promote development?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Symbol size=-3>o</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3> Are
all civil society groups committed to democratic governance?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Symbol size=-3>o</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3> Are
they capable of taking on activities that are normally the responsibility of the
state?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3><BR>The conference will address some
of the challenges facing India and provide a forum for debating the questions
raised above with local and international speakers. It aims to go beyond
discussions of procedural democracy and provide fresh perspectives by examining
ways in which more inclusionary forms of democratic participation and
development might be attained.<BR><BR><U><B>Confirmed International Guest
Speakers<BR><BR></B></U>Professor Akhil Gupta (University of California, Los
Angeles)<BR>Professor Niraja G Jayal (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi)<BR>Professor Shalendra Sharma (University of San Francisco)<BR>Professor
Zoya Hasan (Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi)<BR><BR> <BR><B>Conference Coordinators:</B></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=-3>Dr Salim Lakha (</FONT><FONT
face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff
size=-3><U>salim@unimelb.edu.au</U></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000
size=-3>) <X-TAB>
</X-TAB>Dr Pradeep Taneja (</FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=#0000ff
size=-3><U>ptaneja@unimelb.edu.au</U></FONT><FONT face="Times New Roman"
color=#000000 size=-3>)<BR><BR><B>Conference website: </B></FONT><FONT
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http://www.social-environmental.unimelb.edu.au/DDCSconference/index.h<SPAN></SPAN>tml</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Maureen Welch<BR>Director<BR></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>