Call for Papers: The Developmental State in Africa, 10/2005

Center for Policy Studies Cairo

 Partners -in Development Johannesburg

The Center for Policy Studies of Johannesburg and Partners -in-Development, Cairo are very pleased to announce the launching of a research project entitled "The Developmental State in Africa" which examines challenges, successes and failures of the attempts by African states to pursue goals of democracy, economic development and nation-building. The concept of the developmental state is the central organizing concept in this research program as outlined in the research document available at : www.pid.eg.net/activities.html or at PID Research Manager's website : www.chsbs.cmich.edu/fattah/pid/index.html .

We would appreciate very much expression of interest from African scholars in joining this program by writing or forming a team to write one of the papers identified in this document. Paper writers will be invited to present their papers in regional conferences as well as in the concluding conference of this project, expected to last for two years. All contributions to this project will be reviewed by eminent African scholars before they are accepted for participation. Papers should be of 9000-12000 words of length, very well documented and of such a good quality as to be published in credible scholarly journals.

Thanks to a generous grant of Ford Foundation, the sponsors of this project would offer a decent honorarium for each paper writer upon acceptance of his( her) paper. Organizers of the research project are committed to cover necessary research expenses. Those interested in joining this project should consult the research document available at the websites above and send an outline for the paper they intended to write dealing with one of the issues identified in the research document. The outline should clarify the methodology, major issues they would deal with as well as a tentative bibliography. The deadline for the receipt of outlines is October 31,2005. we would inform writers of selected outline by the end of November of the decision of the Reviewing Committee.

Omano Edigheji
CPS, Johannesburg

Mustapha Kamel AL-Sayyid
PID, Cairo

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