The research project on the "Law and the New Developmental State (LANDS)" was launched by Professor David Trubek in 2007 with support from the Global Legal Studies Center, Center for World Affairs and the Global Economy (WAGE) and the UW Law School. This project explores the changing role of the state in
development today and the implications of such changes for the use of law and
regulation as tools for economic and social policy.
The project starts from the
assumption that many developing nations are exploring ways that the state can
and should promote both growth and equity and that these efforts must go beyond
the policies recommended by the “augmented Washington Consensus.” The project
seeks to identify the various paths such explorations are taking and examine
the role of law in fostering or impeding the search for a new kind of
developmental state. The current phase of the project concentrates on Brazil and forms part of the WAGE research collaborative on Governance in Economic Development: Law, Politics and the Role of the State.
Participants
Current participants in the LANDS project include Professor David Trubek (UW Law School)(Principal Investigator), John Ohnesorge (UW Law School); Professor Helena Garcia Alviar (Universidad Los Andes, Bogota),
Paulo Mattos (FGV, CEBRAP--Center
for Brazilian Analysis and Planning, and
BNDES--the Brazilian National Social and Economic Development Bank, Professor Diogo
R. Coutinho (USP--University of São Paulo and CEBRAP), Shunko Rojas (Harvard Law School) and Professor Alvaro Santos
(Georgetown). LANDS project has also consulted several scholars in formulating the project: Professor David Kennedy (Brown University), Professor Barbara Stallings (Brown University), and Professor Hani Sayed (American University in Cairo)
LANDS will seek to add additional participants and develop
institutional ties with research centers in the Global North and South. The
long term goal is for LANDS to be a collaborative research network of scholars
around the world.
Sponsors
The Project is sponsored by the Global Legal Studies Center (GLS), the East Asian Legal Studies Center (EALSC), University of Wisconsin Law School (GLS), and
the Center for Brazilian Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP). Other sponsors will be
added as the Network is consolidated.
Activities
The PI has held several consultations with the project team and has planned several activities. The main event of the LANDS project will be the Workshop on the New Developmental State which will be held in Madison on November 7-8, 2008.
Workshop on LANDS, November 7-8, 2008
The workshop will examine
current debates in development theory, review literature concerning innovations
in various policy areas, explore emerging practices in Latin America
and elsewhere, and discuss future research directions. The primary format for the workshop will be a
series of roundtables at which key texts will be discussed and implications for
future research developed. There will be a session on the developmental state
in global context with attention to economic theory, institutional
implications, and critical accounts; sessions on trade, finance, foreign investment, industrial policy and social policy and presentation of preliminary studies of developments in Brazil.
This workshop also
launches the University of Wisconsin’s
research collaborative on “Governance in Economic Development: Law, Politics
and the Role of the State” with support from WAGE and administered by GLS.
While participation is by invitation only, we have limited space
available for outside participants - if you are interested in attending
the workshop, please contact Sumudu Atapattu (saatapattu@wisc.edu) by
October 1, 2008 with your institutional affiliation and contact details.
Draft workshop agenda
