The Quality of Government Gender and Corruption Workshop Preliminary Schedule Department of Political Science University of Gothenburg, Sweden May 23-24, 2016 All panels will take place in the lecture hall: Stora Skansen, Department of Political Science, Sprängkullsgatan 19, Floor 3, University of Gothenburg All breaks and lunches will take place in the lobby outside the lecture hall.
Dear participants, Below you find a preliminary schedule of the two-day workshop on gender and corruption in the end of May. We have organized the conference around five sessions, three on Monday (starting at 9.30) and two on Tuesday. The sessions will have a panel format, which means that you will present your papers in 15 minutes. A discussant will comment on the papers for about 20-30 minutes and then we will have a discussion with the audience for about 30 minutes. Lunches will be served on site, to facilitate networking. Fruits and drinks will be available and a snack be served in the afternoon (15.00). Monday evening you are invited to a conference dinner at at the restaurant SWEA HOF, Elite Plaza Hotel, located at Västra Hamngatan 3 Looking forward to see you in Gothenburg! Helena Stensöta and Lena Wängnerud
Monday, May 23 09.00-09.15 Arrival at conference site. Coffee will be available 09.15-09.30 Welcome Lena Wägnerud and Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta 09-30-11.30 Session I: Historic roots, theory, conceptual conflicts: the role of gender in research on corruption Chair: Lena Wängnerud Discussants: Georgina Waylen, Ginger Feather The Seeds of Quality of Government Amy C. Alexander, University of Gothenburg, Maria Ravlik, Stephan Klasen & Christian Welzel. Corruption as exploitation. Feminst Ecxhange theories Helen Lindberg Linneus University, Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta, University of Gothenburg. Gender Equality, Feminist Strategies and the Opposite of Corruption. Bo Rothstein, Blavatnik School of Government, Oxford University and University of Gothenburg. Female Legislators and Corruption: A Labor Market Theory with Evidence from the U.S. States. Joel Simmons, University of Maryland. 11.30-13.30 Lunch served on site 13.00-15.30 Session II: Gender and Corruption: the citizen s perspective Chair: Helena Stensöta Discussants: Tiffany Barnes, Aksel Sundström Why Do Some Voters Prefer Female Candidates? The Role of Perceived Incorruptibility and Ability to Provide Wasta Lindsay J. Benstead, Portland State University, Ellen Lust, University of Gothenburg. In the eyes of the beholder? How gender colors evaluations of corruption Tania Gosselin, Quebec University. Gender, informal Institutions and Corruption: the UK parliamentary Expenses Scandal Georgina Waylen, Ros Southern, University of Manchester.
Inclusion or Exclusion. Exploring Gender Differences in Mobilization against Greed Corruption Monika Bauhr, Lena Wängnerud, University of Gothenburg. 15.30-16.00 Coffee break Women s political representation and corruption. Gendered Perceptions of Good Governance in East Asia and Latin America Michelle Dion, Netina Tan, McMaster University. 16.00-18.00 Session III: Gender and Corruption: the electoral arena Chair: Amy Alexander Discussants: Ellen Lust, Tania Gosselin When Can Electoral Gender Quotas be a Tool for Combatting Corruption? A theoretical framework and its application on the case of Tanzania Elin Bjarnegård, Pär Zetterberg, Uppsala University, Mi Yung Yoon, Hanover College. Corruption and women in ccabinets: Informal barriers to rectuirment in the executive Daniel Stockemer, University of Ottawa, Aksel Sundström, University of Gothenburg. The word of the woman: The effect of corruption scandals on the electoral success of women Melody Ellis Valdini, Hatfield School of Government. Gender and corruption: A theory on conditioned causality Marcia Grimes, Lena Wängnerud, University of Gothenburg. 19.00 Dinner at SWEA HOF, Elite Plaza Hotel, Västra Hamngatan 3 Tuesday, May 24 10.00-12.00 Session IV: Gender and Corruption: the bureaucracy Chair: Andreas Bågenholm Discussants: Bo Rothstein, Joel Simmons Women s Representation, Corruption and Human Wellbeing in post-soiviet Russia Marina Nistotskaya, Helena Stensöta, University of Gothenburg. Gender Mainstreaming in Anti-Corruption Strategies: Potentials and Limitations.
Wong, Sam, University of Liverpool. A fish Rots from the Head : Politics, Gender and Bureacratic Corruption in Russia Vicki Hesli Claypool, William Reisinger, Marina Zaloznaya, The University of Iowa. The Marginality Advantage: Gender, Corruption, and Governance in a Neopatrimonial Bureaucracy. Michael Roll, University of Wisconsin Madison. 12.00-13.30 Lunch served on site 13.30-16.00 Session V: Unpacking causality in research on gender and corruption Chair: Monika Bauhr Discussants: Marina Nistoskaya, Melody Ellis Valdini Unpacking the link between female politicians and reduced suspicions of corruption. Tiffany D. Barnes, Emily Beaulieu, University of Kentucky. Establishing causality in the women s representation and corruption link. Justin Esarey, Leslie Schwindt-Bayer, Rice University. The Impact of Woen s Empowerment on Democrtatization, Good Governance, and Corruption: Unpacking Causality and the Role of Civil Society in PMCs Ginger Feather, University of Kansas. Gender and Political Corruption in Nepal. Narayan Manandhar, Padmini Pradhananga, Consultant to UNDP. Does Gender Matter? Female Politicians Engagement in Anti-Corruption Efforts. Amy Alexander, Andreas Bågenholm, University of Gothenburg. 16.00-17.00 Coffee and roundtable discussion: What did we learn and where is research on gender and corruption heading now? Chair: Lena Wängnerud Participants: Elin Bjarnegård, Leslie Schwindt-Bayer, Helena Olofsdotter Stensöta, Daniel Stockemer 17.00 Conference close