Eighth Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)

Economics Alternative

SEND organised five panels for the Eighth Annual Conference of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE) in July, 1996. The conference, held in Geneva, drew nearly 700 participants from throughout the world. Speakers and panelists, representing disciplines as diverse as sociology, economics, psychology, political science and anthropology, presented papers and stimulated discussions of conference issues.
Place: Geneva

website Sase.org

Preface

PART(I)

Introduction

Overview of the Society for the Advanced of Socio-Economics (SASE)

Overview of the Centre for Socio-Eco-Economic Development (CSEND)

Call for Papers for the 8th Annual Conference on Socio-Economics, University of Geneva, Switzerland, July 12-14 1996

PARTII

Presentation if Panels and Abstracts

PART III

Select Papers

  • SASE Panel 1: New Public Management: A Socio-Economic Perspective

Markus Spinatsch, Potentials and Limitations of New Public Management in Direct Democratic Systems: The Casa of Switzerland

Markus

Raymond Saner, Quality Standarts for Public Management in Switzerland 

Raymond

  • SASE Panel 2: Human Rights: A New Form of Colonialism?

Michael Schaefer, Human Rights: The Obligation to Interfere

Michael

Urs Ziswiler, The Views of the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs after the Vienna World Conference Urs

William Doise, What is Universal in Human Rights? William

  • SASE Panel 3: What Kind of Governing Contract?

Andrej Ster, The Ethics and Moral Challenges of Contemporary Public Administration Andrej

Serge Chappette, The Concept of “Good Governance” and its Implementation in Swiss Development Policy Serge

Günther Schulz, Governance: What King of Social Contract Between Elites and Citizens? Gunther

  • SASE 4: Cross-Border Cooperation: How to Bridge Boundaries?

Guy Hentsch, CERN’s Presence Near Geneva: ACatalyst for Cross-Border Collaboration Guy

Rainer Fueg, Living at the Border: Opportunity or Obstacl for Economic Development? Rainer

Nicolas Levrat, Public Actors and the Mechanisms of Transfrontier Cooperation  Nicolas

  • SASE Panel 5: Free Trade: Is It Universal?

Jagdish Saigal, Is Free Trade Sustainable in a “Global Age” ?

Jagdish

Silvio Arioi, Globalization: A Driving Force of Trade Liberalization 

Silvio

Bettina Mindt, Equity and Economics in switzerland 

Bettina