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

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
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
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
Raymond Saner, Quality Standarts for Public Management in Switzerland
- SASE Panel 2: Human Rights: A New Form of Colonialism?
Michael Schaefer, Human Rights: The Obligation to Interfere
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” ?
Silvio Arioi, Globalization: A Driving Force of Trade Liberalization