Welcome and introduction.

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This talk looks at explanations for the rise of ethnic minority tensions in China.

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This talk looks at the relationship between the NGO and the state in China.

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This talk looks at European migrants and their integration in the labour market.

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This talk looks at the contemporary (dis-)integration of ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.

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This talk looks at the drivers for contemporary EU-China strategic engagement.

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This talk looks at whether Canada is shaping a new model for managing the refugee crisis.

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This talk looks at contemporary ethnic minority experiences in the labour market by focusing on describing the 'ethnic penalty' that emerges when analyzing the relationship between the educational and occupational levels of ethnic minority members.  While intuitively, overt discrimination insofar as one's physical appearance or linguistic abilities, and first generation immigrant status, are often cited as prevailing reasons to explain the 'ethnic penalty', the findings presented in this talk will suggest that explanatory factors such as an individual’s social network, a firm’s working culture, and social trust in a community are equally important considerations.  Moreover, the talk will consider potential policy options to alleviate the 'ethnic penalty' by examining best practices from international jurisdictions.

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This talk suggests that the ‘Beijing Consensus’ represents an analytical dilemma: it lacks a codified set of principles and policy tools and as such, it can be a difficult model for policymakers to utilize in their deliberation. Relatedly, in the search for a concrete set of principles and policy tools, the literature has a tendency to simultaneously conflate the ‘Beijing Consensus’ with the Chinese model of development – a red herring to say the least – with the relevant critiques following suit. Instead, the ‘Beijing Consensus’ should be viewed as a philosophical movement towards an ultra-pragmatic view of development policy. This in turn, can provide room for greater policy experimentation.

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This talk looks at the strategies Chinese NGOs employ to survive and operate in an authoritarian institutional environment. What happens when Chinese NGOs that are born and socialized in such a domestic context, “go out” to other jurisdictions with similar or varying regime types? Finally, I will suggest that the internationalization of Chinese NGOs will foster a more pluralized global civil society. Ultimately, this will require us to rethink salient precepts and practices in international development.

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