The Danish Institute for International Studies (DIIS) has the pleasure of inviting you to a seminar with Professor Göran Hyden, University of Aarhus, who will be speaking on The Economy of Affection and Its Informal InstitutionsThursday, 11 November 2004, 14.00–16.00Danish Center for International Studies and Human Rights Nordskov meeting room, 3rd floor Wilders Plads 8H, 1403 Copenhagen K Since 1986, Prof Hyden has been Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida, Department of Political Science, but he is currently guest professor at the University of Aarhus. Prior to this, he has been head of the Ford Foundation office in Nairobi for the eastern and southern Africa in 1978-1985. Upon obtaining his doctorate at Lund University in 1968, he was an Associate Professor at the University of Nairobi 1968-1971, and Professor in political science at the University of Dar es Salaam 1971-1977. Prof Hyden is a highly respected researcher, and he has published widely on African politics. Among his publications are: Beyond Ujamaa in Tanzania: Underdevelopment and an Uncaptured Peasantry (1980), No Shortcuts to Progress: African Development Management in Comparative Perspective (1983), Governance and Politics in Africa, co-edited with Michael Bratton (1992), Agencies in Foreign Aid: China, Sweden and the United States in Tanzania, co-edited with Rwekaza Mukandala (1997), Making Sense of Governance: Empirical Evidence from Sixteen Developing Countries, co-authored with Julius Court and Kenneth Mease (2004). The seminar will be held in English. Participation is free of charge, and registration is not required. For further information, please contact Henrik Nielsen at . |
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