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Corruption Conference
The Center for Public Scholarship is pleased to present the 30th Social Research conference, 'Corruption,' on Thursday and Friday, November 21 and 22, 2013, at The New School in New York City.
Signs of corruption and the damage it causes are painfully evident in political and corporate life everywhere. Policy makers, historians, lawyers, and scholars will discuss the many systems undermined by corruption and the transparency and accountability protocols that could serve to reduce corruption, if not eliminate it.
Specifically, the conference will examine both U.S. and global aspects of the problem of corruption, including social and historical dimensions of corruption, the systems most at risk of corruption (governments, business, labor, and markets), and possibilities for reform.
Additional issues will be addressed in the publication of the Winter 2014 issue of Social Research, with case studies of corruption in Kenya, India, Russia, Latin America, and the United States.
The director and founder (1988) of the Social Research conference series is Arien Mack, Alfred and Monette Marrow Professor of Psychology at The New School for Social Research, who has been the editor of Social Research since 1970. For the history of the conference series, visit the Social Research conference series site.
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Program
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Tickets
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$35 full conference + special issue
$12 per session + special issue
Free for students from any school (eligible to buy published special issue for $9)
Free for New School staff, faculty, and alumni (eligible to buy published special issue for $9)
More information
Special Issue
Social Research, Volume 80, Number 4 (Winter 2014) (regularly $18)
Preorder online
Keynote Address
Thursday, November 21, 6:00 p.m.
Speaker will be annouced soon.
Locations at The New School in New York City
John L. Tishman Auditorium
66 West 12th Street
New York, NY 10011
and
Theresa Lang Community and Student Center
55 West 13th Street
New York, NY 10011
Participants
- Peter Eigen
- James Jacobs
- Michael Johnston
- Sheila Krumholz
- Alina Mungiu-Pippidi
- Susan Rose-Ackerman
- Bo Rothstein
- Alan Ryan
- Debra Satz
- Richard White
Conference Program
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Session 1: Keynote Address
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
(John Tishman Auditorium, 66 West 12th Street, first floor)
Keynote speaker will be announced soon.
Moderator: TBA
Friday, November 22, 2013
Session 2: Understanding Corruption - Social and Historical Dimensions of Corruption
10:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
(Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd floor)
A. The development of the concept of transparency
Alan Ryan, Professor of Politics, Princeton University
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B. “Corruption and Social Trust: Why the Fish Rots from the Head Down”
Bo Rothstein, August Rohss Professor in Political Science, Goteborg University
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C. Corruption and Markets: Philosophical Dimensions
Debra Satz, Marta Sutton Weeks Professor of Ethics in Society and Professor of Philosophy, Stanford University
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Moderator: TBA
Session 3: Corrupt Systems: Government, Labor, and Markets
1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
(Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, second floor)
A. Corruption and the Making of the Modern American Government
Richard White, Margaret Byrne Professor of American History, Stanford University
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B. Union corruption
James Jacobs, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Professor of Constitutional Law and the Courts; Director, Center for Research in Crime and Justice, New York University School of Law
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C. 'The Economic Roots of Government Corruption'
Susan Rose-Ackerman, Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence (Law and Political Science), Yale University
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D. Topic: Money and Politics
Sheila Krumholz, Executive Director, Center for Responsive Politics
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Moderator: TBA
Session 4: Possibilities For Reform
4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
(Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, Arnold Hall, 55 West 13th Street, second floor)
A. “Corruption: Cause and Consequence of Failed Governance”
Peter Eigen, Founder and Chair, Advisory Council, Transparency International; Honorary Professor of Political Science, Freie Universität, Berlin
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B. “How Societies Build Control of Corruption”
Alina Mungiu-Pippidi, Professor of Democracy Studies, Hertie School of Governance
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C. “More than Necessary, Less than Sufficient: How Democratization and Development Shape Corruption Control”
Michael Johnston, Charles A. Dana Professor of Political Science, Colgate University
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Moderator: Michael Cohen, Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Julian J. Studley Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School
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