With the support of LARCA (Laboratoire de recherche sur les cultures anglophones) and the kind participation of the Taylor & Francis group

Université Paris Diderot, Institut Charles V
8-10 rue Charles V - 75004 Paris - France
Métro Bastille / Saint Paul / Sully Morland

Salle A50

Democracy and international relations: where the Commonwealth stands
Chair: Mélanie Torrent, Université Paris Diderot

9:30 – Frédéric Charillon (IEP Paris, Université de Clermont Ferrand) Introduction

9:45 - Amitav Banerji (Commonwealth Secretariat, Office of the Secretary General)

Keynote Speech

10:15 - Discussion

Coffee break

The challenges of democracy in member countries: India and Cameroon
Chair: Virginie Roiron, IEP Strasbourg

11:00 – Michel Naumann (Université de Cergy) Modernisation, société, démocratie et la question des castes : le point de vue dalit

11 :25 - David Mokam (Université de Ngaoundéré, Cameroun) Le Cameroun à l’épreuve des principes démocratiques du Commonwealth, 1989-2007

12:00 - Discussion

Lunch

Regional perspectives on democracy: the South-West Pacific and the Caribbean
Chair: Claire Sanderson, Université Paris Diderot

14:30 - Ron Leask (Université de Strasbourg II) « The Commonwealth Walks Alongside You »: Supporting democracy in the South-West Pacific

14:55 - Jean-Paul Révauger (Université de Bordeaux III) Regional integration in the Commonwealth Caribbean and the impact of the European Union

15:20 - Discussion

Tea break

The Commonwealth in comparative perspective
Chair: Andrew Williams, University of Saint Andrews

16:00 - Marion Julia (Université Paris V / Université de Lausanne) La démocratie dans le projet politique de l’Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Spécificités, divergences et convergences

16:25 - Geetha Ganapathy-Doré (Université de Paris XIII) Outside the Commonwealth, the Union of Burma / Myanmar

16:50 - Discussion

Conclusions, Andrew Williams (University of Saint Andrews) editor of The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs

Contacts: melanie.torrent@paris7.jussieu.fr / clairesanderson@orange.fr

Details of the conference will also be available on the website of the Institut Charles V, http://www.ufr-anglais.univ-paris7.fr