Seoul, 17-21 August 1997

International Political Science Association
World Congress in Seoul - SOG Sessions

There were two SOG sessions at the IPSA XVII World Congress in Seoul, Korea.

Bert A Rockman and Chung-Kil Chung convened the session on the Changing Role of the State, at which the following papers were presented:

• "The Role of the State in Post-1980 Turkey"
  Metin Heper, Bilkent University, & Fuat Keyman, Bilkent University
• "State Models and Economic Development: Controversies, Convergencies, and Consequences"
  Jon Pierre, University of Strathclyde
• "Institutions of Government as a Source of Friction"
  Fiona Ross, University of Bristol
• "The State of the State: The State in Advanced Industrial Democracies at Century's End"
  Graham K. Wilson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The second session on Conflict, Order and Governance was convened by John Halligan and consisted of three papers:

• "Institutional Conflict and the Governability Gap in the US"
  Colin Campbell, Georgetown University
• "Reconciling Public Sector Restructuring with Adversarial Federalism: Some Dilemmas of Dual Government"
  Martin Painter, University of Sydney
• "The State Institutions and Policy Capabilities:
  A Comparative Analysis of the Administrative Reforms in Japan and Korea"
  Yong-duck Jung, Seoul National University & Keunsei Kim, The Korean Institute of Public Administration

Akira Nakamura and Guy Peters were the able discussants for both sessions.

The hospitality of Chung-Kil Chung and his Korean colleagues was much appreciated.