The Seventh International Forum on

Political Party and Good Governance

Call for Papers

Despite the fact that material and technological progress in the world today has reached an unprecedentedly high level, imbalanced and inadequate development still presents a major challenge to all countries. While there are increasing political and ideological conflicts between the East and the West, a huge development gap remains the same and serious between the North and the South. The Russia-Ukraine conflict continues unresolved while tensions flare anew in the Israel-Palestine relations. Proliferating political polarization and social division, coupled with the rise of populist and anti-globalization movements, add to the world’s woes. The governance crisis and governance failure are reported and repeated almost everywhere.

Comparative political studies indicate that political parties play the pivotal role in fostering stable and sustainable political development. Since political parties move closer to the center of state power, they bear the responsibility not only of guiding a nation towards good governance but also of promoting amicable international relations worldwide. However, in many countries, the functioning of party politics faces challenges. Instances of infighting and discord plague mainstream parties, directly impairing the nation’s governance capabilities.

Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China, the Socialist system with Chinese characteristics continues to stabilize and mature, steadily advancing the modernization of the national governance system and its capabilities. On March 15^th, 2023, at the “CPC in Dialogue with the World Political Parties High-Level Meeting,” General Secretary Xi Jinping said, “The CPC stands ready to share governance experience with political parties and organizations of other countries so that together we can make big strides on the path to modernization toward the goal of building a community with a shared future for mankind.”

At this crucial juncture in history, it is timely and imperative to conduct more in-depth research into critical issues such as party politics and national governance. The Forum on “Political Party and Good Governance”, which commenced in 2018, has been successfully held for six consecutive years, receiving enthusiastic participation and positive responses from scholars both home and abroad. Jointly organized by the School of International Relations and Public Affairs at Fudan University, the Institute of World Political Parties under the International Department of the Communist Party of China, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies, and the Dr. Seaker Chan Center for Comparative Political Studies at Fudan University, the Seventh International Forum on Political Party and Good Governance is scheduled for May 17^th-19^th, 2024. This forum aims at closely examining and discussing the historical development, governing performance and functional problems of political parties and national governance from comparative perspective. The objective is to build the theoretical consensus in the field of political science, improve researches on political parties and governance, expand academic horizons andpromote theoretical innovation in party politics studies.

We sincerely invite colleagues from academia worldwideto attend the forum, contribute papers, share insights, and engage in scholarly discussions. The suggested topics for the forum (including but not limited to) are as follows:

1. Review and reflections on the comparative studies of political parties during the new century;

2. New concepts, theories, and paradigms in comparative studies of political parties during the new century;

3. Comparative analysis of the relations between political parties and state governance;

4. Case studies on the relations between party politics and state governance in major countries worldwide;

5. Comparative studies on the effectiveness of state governance under different party system models;

6. The spirit of the CPC’s 20^th National Congress and its innovation in theories of political partiesand state governance;

7. Researches on the leadership system of the Communist Party of China and the study of China’s path to modernization;

8. Researches on China’s new party system;

9. Researches on the development of democratic parties in China and their participation in the decision-making process;

10. New issues, challenges, and prospects in the development of party politics worldwide.

If you are interested in participating in this forum, please submit your attendance confirmation by March 15^th, 2024.

The confirmation form should include the paper title, a brief abstract of around 300 words, author’s name, nationality, affiliation, email address, phone number, WeChat ID (if available), and other contact information to the conference email address. The forum’s organizing committee will review the submitted paper topics and notify the acceptance results by March 30^th, 2024. Authors whose papers are shortlistedmust submit the full paper (in English) by May 10^th, 2024.

Conference Email: 20210170002@fudan.edu.cn

Conference Dates: May 17^th-19^th, 2024. (Check-in on May 17^th, full-day conference on May 18^th, and morning session on May 19^th. Departure on the afternoonof May 19^th.) 

Conference Address and Location: Handan Campus, Fudan University, 220 Handan Road, Yangpu District, Shanghai, China.

Conference Fees: There is no registration fee for this forum. The organizers will cover official participants’ expenses during the forum, including meals and other conference materials. For scholars traveling from outside Shanghai, the organizers will reimburse transportation costs and cover accommodation expenses for the nights of May 17^th, 18^th and 19^th. The reimbursable transportation costs include airfare (economy class) or second-class/first-class train tickets from the participants’ city of residence to Shanghai. Reimbursement will be conducted according to national and university financial regulations.

Conference language: English.

Contact information:

  Professor Guo, Dingping

  Tel.: (+86) 138 1678 5844;

  E-address: guodp@fudan.edu.cn

  Dr. Zhou, Dujun

  Tel.: (+86) 153 1612 6927;

  E-address: 20210170002@fudan.edu.cn

School of International Relations and Public Affairs

Dr. Seaker Chan Center for Comparative Political Studies

Fudan University

Shanghai, China

7th Forum on Political Party and Good Governance

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