1995-1996
ARCHIVED EVENTS

Robert Heilbroner
(The New School for Social Research
“Looking Twice At the Public Sector”

 

Michael Zuckert
(Carleton College)
“‘Big Government’ and Rights”

Alan Brinkley
(Columbia University)
“Reimagining ‘Big Government’: Liberals and the Two World Wars”

Richard Epstein
(University of Chicago Law School)
“Government and Social Norms: Partners or Opponents?”

Paul Pierson
(Harvard University)
“‘Big Government’ and Democracy”

James Ceaser
(University of Virginia)
“What Kind of Government Do We Have to Fear?”

CONFERENCE

The Question of “Big Government”

Theme

“The Question of Big Government’”

1996 CONFERENCE

The Question of “Big Government”

Conference organized with and hosted by the Center for Theoretical Study, Charles University, Prague, the Czech Republic.

Paper: Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop (Harvard University), "‘Big Government’ and Constitutional Democracy"
Responses: Richard Epstein (University of Chicago Law School) and Philippe Reynaud (Universite de Lille)

Paper: Shlomo Avineri (Hebrew University of Jerusalem), "Big Government" and Democratic Socialism
Response: Francis Fukuyama (Rand Corportation)

Paper: William Kristol (The Weekly Standard), "The Debate About ‘Big Government’ in the United States"
Response: Joel Rogers (University of Wisconsin, Madison)

Paper: John Dunn (King’s College, Cambridge University), "The Debate About ‘Big Government’ in Great Britain and Western Europe"
Responses: Pierre Hassner (Foundation national des Sciences Politiques) and Hartnut Kliemt (Gerhard Mercator Universitat)

Paper: Aleksander Smolar (Stefan Batory Foundation and Ecole des Hautes Etudes in Sciences Sociales), "The Debate About ‘Big Government’ in Central and Eastern Europe"
Responses: Josef Moural and Martin Palous (Center for Theoretical Study, Charles University)