Democracy has become a worldwide reference in terms of political organization and governance. While the universal character claimed by such a model has largely been theorized from a Western point of view, the variety of uses and appropriations from non-Western countries, including emerging States, remains unexamined. Disappointed with the results brought by the transition paradigm, the hybrid regimes literature tends to assess the unequal reception of the democratic model in non-Western countries. Nevertheless, the hybrid regimes analytical frame does not exhaust the question of the inner workings of these regimes, since its scientific referential remains based on Western theories and focuses on the uncompleted democratization processes and dynamics. This panel aims at switching the analytical frame towards the reception of the democratic model in non-Western countries through an assessment of uses and reappropriations of this model by political and social actors. Non-Western countries represent an interesting reflection ground for testing appropriation-reject dialectics regarding the Western democratic model. While this model directly inspires some of these countries (India, South Africa or Turkey), it has been rejected by other countries (China and Russia). Are there emerging models of democracy or counter-democracy models in non-Western countries ? We shall address these questions related to the unequal reception of the democratic model in non-Western countries.

Argumentaire

Democracy has become a worldwide reference in terms of political organization and governance. While the universal character claimed by such a model has largely been theorized from a Western point of view, the variety of uses and appropriations from non-Western countries, including emerging States, remains unexamined. Disappointed with the results brought by the transition paradigm, the hybrid regimes literature tends to assess the unequal reception of the democratic model in non-Western countries. Nevertheless, the hybrid regimes analytical frame does not exhaust the question of the inner workings of these regimes, since its scientific referential remains based on Western theories and focuses on the uncompleted democratization processes and dynamics. This panel aims at switching the analytical frame towards the reception of the democratic model in non-Western countries through an assessment of uses and reappropriations of this model by political and social actors. Non-Western countries represent an interesting reflection ground for testing appropriation-reject dialectics regarding the Western democratic model. While this model directly inspires some of these countries (India, South Africa or Turkey), it has been rejected by other countries (China and Russia). Are there emerging models of democracy or counter-democracy models in non-Western countries ? We shall address these questions related to the unequal reception of the democratic model in non-Western countries.

Conditions de soumission

L'appel s'adresse tant aux spécialistes des pays émergents travaillant sur des études de cas qu'aux comparatistes. Les travaux portant sur les transitions/changements de régimes, ainsi que des « régimes hybrides » sont les bienvenus. Enfin, des réflexions plus générales sur les théories de la démocratie seront sollicitées.

Les propositions de communications peuvent aussi bien être rédigées en anglais qu'en français, néanmoins la langue de travail sera l'anglais.

Afin de proposer une communication, il est nécéssaire de créer un compte directement sur le site de l'IPSA (Lien :https://istanbul2016.ipsa.org/user).

Les propositions de communications, d'une longueur maximale de 250 mots, devront ensuite être rédigées ici : https://istanbul2016.ipsa.org/events/congress/istanbul2016/submit-paper

La date limite pour les propositions de communication est le 7 octobre.

Les résultats seront communiqués aux participants le 16 janvier.

23-28 juillet 2016 : Conference

Conseil scientifique

• Président du panel : Nicolas Monceau, Maitre de Conférences, Centre Montesquieu de Recherche Politique (CMRP), Université de Bordeaux
• Co-président du panel : Roman Volkov, Doctorant, Centre Montesquieu de Recherche Politique (CMRP), Université de Bordeaux
• Discutant : Yves Schemeil, Professeur de Science Politique PACTE (Politiques Publiques, Action Politique, Territoires), Science-Po Grenoble