Call for Papers
To participate in the conference
Asian Social Protection in Comparative Perspective
<st1:placename w:st="on">Lee</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Kuan</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Yew</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> of Public Policy, <st1:placename w:st="on">National</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region></st1:place>
University of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Maryland</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Public Policy
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Conference date: January 7 (dinner)–9, 2009
Proposals due: July 1, 2008
Location: <st1:placename w:st="on">Lee</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Kuan</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Yew</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> of Public Policy, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region></st1:place>
<st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place>'s growing economic and geopolitical importance has led to increased interest in its social protection and social welfare programs. How do these diverse countries deal with aging, disability, drug and alcohol abuse, housing, income supports and welfare, health care coverage, old-age pensions, single mothers, social services, unemployment, and the working poor? Are there lessons in this experience for other parts of the world? Are there lessons <st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place> can learn from the experience of others? And, how can we encourage cross-national exchanges among researchers, academics, practitioners, and government officials?
In keeping with this interest, the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy and the University of Maryland School of Public Policy in association with the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM) will hold a conference to explore these and other topics in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region></st1:place>, January 7 (starting at dinner) through January 9.
The conference is designed to attract a worldwide audience. It will highlight scholarly-but policy-oriented-papers on these and similar topics. At the conference, the papers will be presented in topic-oriented panels with both Asian and non-Asian discussants. The conference will close with a panel on "Implications Beyond Asia."
Papers are solicited on all aspects of social protection in <st1:place w:st="on">Asia</st1:place>. The analysis should cover specific types of programs, programs within particular Asian countries or across them, or be comparative in nature. Cross-national and comparative papers are encouraged. All proposals should be submitted online through the APPAM website with a deadline of 1 July 2008. The main web page for the conference is:
http://www.appam.org/conferences/international/singapore2009/index.asp
Schedule
| 1 July 2008: | Deadline to submit proposals |
| 1 August 2008: | Proposal status notifications |
| 8 September 2008: | Early registration begins |
| 30 October 2008: | Early registration ends, regular registration begins |
| 15 November 2008: | Papers due for distribution/Program available online |
| 19 December2008: | Regular registration ends; all additional registrations must be made on-site |
| 7 January 2009: | Opening night conference dinner |
Post-conference publication
Papers from the conference will be considered for publication in the Oxford University Press Series on "Comparative Policy Analysis," with information viewable about the series online at www.welfareacademy.org/pubs/international/policy_exchanges/oxford_university_series.shtml
Side travel
One or more touristic side trips in countries near <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region></st1:place> will be available through the conference organizers and are expected to be affordably priced. More details will be available as soon as possible.
Program Co-Chairs
Prof. M. Ramesh (co-chair)
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Lee</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Kuan</st1:placename> <st1:placename w:st="on">Yew</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype></st1:place> of Public Policy
Social Policy in East and South East Asia: <st1:city w:st="on">Hong Kong</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Korea</st1:country-region>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Singapore</st1:country-region> and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Taiwan</st1:country-region></st1:place> (2004)
Welfare Capitalism in <st1:place w:st="on">Southeast Asia</st1:place>: Social Security, Health and Education Policies (2000)
Prof. Douglas J. Besharov (co-chair)
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">School</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Public Policy</st1:placename></st1:place>
<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">University</st1:placetype> of <st1:placename w:st="on">Maryland</st1:placename></st1:place>
Family and Child Well-Being after Welfare Reform (2003)
Comparative policy analysis series, co-editor, Oxford University Press
President, Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Contact Information
For more information about the conference visit the conference website per the address at the top of this page. Email inquires about paper proposals, opportunities to support the conference, registration, or administrative matters may also be made through the website.