The Fifth Chinese Political Sociology Workshop

When:
Wednesday, July 15, 2015 9:00 am - Friday, July 17, 2015 6:00 pm
Where:

All day
Begins July 15 through July 17, 2015

The University of Chicago Center in Beijing
20th floor, Culture Plaza
No. 59A Zhong Guan Cun Street
Haidian District Beijing 100872

Description:

ORGANIZED BY

Department of Sociology, Renmin University of China

& The University of Chicago Center in Beijing

 

PROGRAM SCHEDULE

Wednesday, July 15(Morning

08:00               Registration

Venue: UChicago Center Beijing

 

08:30-08:45     Opening Ceremony

Dingxin ZHAO, University of Chicago

 

Session One      State and Market in the West

Moderator: Andrew G. WALDER

08:45-09:45     Noise in Electronic Markets

Alex PREDA, King’s College London

09:45-10:05     Q & A

10:05-10:25     Coffee Break

10:25-11:25     The Fragmentation of the Corporate Elite and Its Effect on American Politics

Mark S MIZRUCHi, University of Michigan

11:25-11:45     Q & A

11:45-12:00     Summary & Conclusion

12:00-13:30     Lunch

 

Session Two  Transformation of State and Market

Moderator: Dingxin ZHAO

14:00-15:00     After State Socialism: The Political Origins of Transitional Recessions

Andrew G. WALDER., Stanford University

15:00-15:20     Q & A

15:20-15:40     Coffee Break

15:40-16:40     Markets and the Politics of Risk Regulation in China

Dali YANG, University of Chicago

16:40-17:00     Q & A

17:00-17:20     Summary & Conclusion

 

Thursday, July 16(Morning)

08:00               Registration

Venue: UChicago Center Beijing

 

Session Three  State and Market Formation

Moderator: Tianbiao ZHU

08:30-09:10     State’s Economic Rationality,Political Rationality and the Formation of the Market

Yongping WU, Tsinghua University

09:10-09:30     Q & A

09:30-10:10     The Role of the State in Market Construction: The Case of Financial Markets

Dian YANG, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

10:10-10:30     Q & A

10:30-10:50     Coffee Break

10:50-11:30     The Centrality of Marginality: The Transformation of China’s Education Industry and the Alternative Origins of China’s Private Economy

Le LIN, The University of Chicago

11:30-11:50     Q & A

11:50-12:10     Summary & Conclusion

12:10-14:00     Lunch

 

Session Four  State and Market in Practice

Moderator: Dali YANG

14:00-14:40     The Implementation and Progress of China’s Anti-monopoly Law Enforcement

Qing LI, National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), China

14:40-15:00     Q & A

15:00-15:40     The State and Market in the Market Economy: A Partnership in Theory and Practice

Ning WANG, Zhejiang University

15:40-16:00     Q & A

16:00-16:20     Coffee Break

16:20-17:00     State Selection, Market Differentiation and Social Inequality: the Case of Jie Village Revisited

Shizheng FENG, Renmin University of China

17:00-17:20     Q & A

17:20-17:40     Summary & Conclusion

18:30-20:30     Buffet Salon

 

Friday, July 17(Morning)

08:00               Registration

Venue: UChicago Center Beijing

Session Five  The Transformation of the Chinese Empire

Moderator: Le LIN

08:30-09:10     Culture, State and Market–A comparative Study of Life Insurance Development

Cheris Shun-ching CHAN, University of Hong Kong

09:10-09:30     Q & A

09:30-10:10     When Socialism Meets Market: The Reconstruction of Economic Discourse in the Reform Era

Wen XIE, University of Chicago

10:10-10:30     Q & A

10:30-10:50     Coffee Break

10:50-11:30     Taming Neoliberalism: State, Market and Economists during Chinese Economic Reform

Jing LI, Fudan University

11:30-11:50     Q & A

11:50-12:10     Summary & Conclusion

12:10-13:40     Lunch

 

Session Six  State and China’s Economic Development

Moderator: Shizheng FENG

13:40-14:20     Chinese Selectocracy and Economic Growth

Yang YAO, Peking University

14:20-14:40     Q & A

14:40-15:20     State Capacity and State’s Commitment to Development

Tianbiao ZHU, Zhejiang University

15:20-15:40     Q & A

15:40-16:00     Coffee Break

16:00-16:40     Historical Development of State Capacity and its Relationships with China’s Economic Success

Dingxin ZHAO, The University of Chicago

16:40-17:00     Q & A

17:00-17:20     Summary & Conclusion

17:20-17:50     Concluding Remarks