Colloquium on Accountability and Moral Community: Multilateral Institutions and Civil Society Organizations
02/09/2002
A Call for Contributions
Sponsored By:
The Department of Political Science and The Department of Urban Affairs and
Planning, Virginia Tech
September 26-28
Hotel Roanoke
Roanoke, Virginia
The Virginia Tech Departments of Political Science and of Urban Affairs and Planning will be conducting a workshop colloquium on Accountability and Moral Community: Multilateral Institutions and Civil Society Organizations, under the auspices of a Virginia Tech ASPIRES faculty research grant. Scholars and policy practitioners interested in submitting papers and who are invited to participate will receive an honorarium of between $500.00-$1500.00 in addition to their lodging and food during the conference.
All proceedings will be conducted in the historic Hotel Roanoke and Conference Center, Roanoke, Virginia, situated in the heart of the beautiful Blueridge Mountains. The colloquium begins with a welcome dinner on Thursday, September 26th and will run through Friday and Saturday morning.
The co-chairs of the colloquium are Professor Edward Weisband, Department of Political Science, and Professor Alnoor Ebrahim, Department of Urban Affairs and Planning, Virginia Tech. Papers accepted for presentation at the workshop will be edited and assembled for purposes of publication.
The colloquium is designed to examine the theory and practice of accountability in multilateral and civil society organizations. Papers will focus on the following:
- Theoretical perspectives, analytical definitions, and conceptual frameworks pertaining to accountability systems in and among multilateral institutions and civil society organizations;
- Normative perspectives on the relationship between accountability, ethical practice and moral community; limitations of and social concerns about accountability, particularly in relation to organizational and institutional performance, effectiveness and responsibility;
- Policy and comparative analyses of programmatic and practical mechanisms and procedures adopted by a broad range of actors that apply standards of accountability.
Prospective participants are cordially invited to contact Mr. Nicholas Kiersey, the administrative coordinator of the colloquium for further information.
Nicholas J. Kiersey
PhD student
Department of Political Science
VPI&SU
