Seminar on: State of Democracy in the PhilippinesWhat Have We Learned? What to Expect in the Future? Date: February 22 2008 Time: 2:00pm−5:20pm Venue: Keio University Mita Campus Graduate School Building Rm.312 (http://www.keio.ac.jp/english/about_keio/campus_info/accessmaps.html)
Speakers: 2:00pm-2:45pm Dr. Julio C. Teehankee (Associate Professor Department of Political Science De La Salle University; currently Japan Foundation Fellow University of Tokyo) “The Paradox of Philippine Democracy: Reform Challenges for Civil Society”
2:45pm-3:30pm Prof. Patricio N. Abinales (Professor Center for Southeast Asian Studies Kyoto University) “Recasting Popular Politics: Why Civil Society Needs to Look Back and Go Local?”
3:30-4:15 Q&A and Open Discussion 4:15-4:30 break 4:30-5:20 Open Discussion Lead-off discussant: Mr. James Gomez (Program Officer International IDEA/PhD Candidate Monash University Australia) “Setting up an Asian Democracy Institute: The Tokyo Initiative”
For inquiries please send e-mail to Yuko Kasuya kasuya@law.keio.ac.jp