Hosted by the Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Bristol, College of Humanities, National Chi Nan University, Taiwan & the East Asian Social Policy Research Network (EASP)
- When: 12th (starts 9.00am) - 13th July 2006 (closes 5.30pm), University of Bristol, UK
- Duration: 2 days
Hosted by:
Centre for East Asian Studies,
University of Bristol, UK
College of Humanities, National
Chi Nan University, Taiwan
East Asian Social Policy Research
Network (EASP)
Supported by:
Comparative Social Policy Network, Korea
Social Policy Studies Network, Japan
Sponsored by:
Keynote Speakers:
- Professor
Shaun Breslin, University of Warwick, UK
'Why Growth Equals Power - and Why it Shouldn't: The Case of China's Global Economic Role'
- Professor
Paul Wilding, Emeritus Professor of Social Policy, University of Manchester
'Is the East Asian Welfare Model still Productive'
- Professor
Jeffrey Henderson, Manchester Business School and the School of Environment
and Development, UK
'Towards a Global-Asian Era: The Difference that China and India make'
- Professor
Ian Gough, Department of Social and Policy, Deputy Director, ESRC
Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries (WeD) University
of Bath, U.K.
'European Welfare States: Explanations and Lessons for Developing Countries'
- Professor Mari Osawa,
University of Tokyo, Japan
'The livelihood security system and social exclusion: the reverse functioning of Japan's "male breadwinner" model'
- Professor Byung-Hyun Park, Pusan
University, South Korea
'Public Private Partnership in East Asia'
1) Confirmed Workshop Streams:
- Workshop A: Lives of the Elderly and Social Policy
- Workshop B: Women and Social Change
- Workshop C: Poverty, Unemployment & Social Policy
- Workshop D: Challenges for Governance & Changing Regulatory Regimes
- Workshop E: Dynamics of Welfare Regimes in East Asia
- Workshop F: Health Policy & Politics
- Workshop G: Education Policy and Governance
- Workshop H: Social
Development Issues in the Information Age
2) Information for Presenters:
(B) Submission of Full Papers (by 2nd July 2006)
Your full paper will need to be submitted in word format via email
to Emma.Holland@bristol.ac.uk
/ Felicity.Gaskin@bristol.ac.uk
by 2nd July 2006 at the very latest. Please include
your full name, institution, workshop stream and contact details on your
paper submissions. All papers will be included on a conference CD Rom which
will be given to each delegate on arrival at the conference.
(C) Facilities available for Presentations at the Venue
Please note that only Powerpoint will be available for presentations, there
will be no OHP (Over Head Projection/Slide) facilities. You will
be allocated a 25 minute session only for your presentation which should
include 5 minutes for discussion time. We reccomend that you bring
your presenation on CD and also on memory stick/USB pen as a back up.
(D) Details of the Programme
3) Standard Bookings: Information for those who wish to attend
the conference but who are not presenting
If you wish to attend our conference and you are not presenting
a paper please
complete the booking form here to reserve your place.
4) Accommodation Information:
Accommodation is at Clifton Hill House in standard single bedrooms. Bathrooms are shared single sex facilities and there are shared kitchens with self catering facilities.
Details of Clifton Hill House are available here:
A Map and Directions to the Venue is available here:
Full details of the accommodation rates and options are detailed in our booking forms in sections 2 & 3 above.
5) Car Parking & Trains:
Please note that car parking is very limited at Clifton Hill House. However there is an NCP car park just at the bottom of Lower Clifton Hill. If you are arriving by train we reccomend that you go to Bristol Templemeads Train Station which is the closest station to the venue. You will then need to arrange a taxi to take you to Clifton Hill House.
6) Publication Plans:
Selected papers from the conference will be sent out for academic review and high quality papers will be published as edited volume in the newly launched Bristol-Routledge Book Series: Comparative Development and Policy in Asia: Co-edited by Professor Ka Ho Mok and Dr. Rachel Murphy and Co-published by Centre for East Asian Studies, University of Bristol and London Routledge.
7) Further Conference Information:
For further information or comments, please contact the Conference Organisers Emma Holland (Emma.Holland@bristol.ac.uk), Prof Ka Ho Mok (KH.Mok@bristol.ac.uk) or Young-Jun Choi (Y.J.Choi@bath.ac.uk).
8) EASP Information:
We welcome you to join the EASP network share your work, ideas and information
with us. Please visit the EASP website (http://www.welfareasia.org)
or contact Junko Yamashita (jy108@york.ac.uk)
for further details.
