New Publication
We are glad to announce the publication of the article “Lula’s Brazil in Africa: cultural diplomacy as an instrument of soft power” by Mathilde Chatin http://www.revistas.usp.br/revistaec
Information about 2018 APSA Annual Meeting (Aug. 30 – Sept. 2) in Boston
Theme Statement Democracy and Its Discontents The theme for this year’s meeting of the American Political Science Association is Democracy and Its Discontents. These are challenging times for democracy. In many established democracies, the aftermath of the 2008 and the 2011 economic crises is opening up new spaces for new challengers and popular grievances. The complex relationship between national systems of rule and a global economy is leading to greater tensions both within democracies and between them. Existing rules and party systems are under strain as new cleavages emerge, with populism, nativism, and illiberalism all jostling for popular support, as…
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CALLS FOR PAPERS 2018 ISA WORLD CONGRESS IN TORONTO – RC35 CONCEPTUAL AND TERMINOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
Program Coordinators David STRECKER, University of Erfurt, Germany, david.strecker@uni-erfurt.de Arthur BUENO, University of Erfurt, Germany, arthur.bueno@uni-erfurt.de Session Overview 1. Cultural Performance: Reconceptualizing Social Change in Modern Societies 2. Global Violence: Local Conflicts and Competition for Attention and Legitimacy 3. Mass and Democracy: Two Sociological Concepts in Tension 4. Memory and Communication 5. Money, Capital, and Modern Life: Building Conceptual Bridges Between Marx and Simmel 6. Politics of Recognition and Cultural Citizenship 7. Postcolonial Theory, Internal Colonialism and the Markers of the Historical Subject 8. Price, Value & Worth: Conceptualizing Social Practices of E/Valuation 9. Re-Specifying Trust: Alternative Forms for Re-Thinking…
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ISA 2018 WORLD CONGRESS IN TORONTO
The CONGRESS WEBSITE with relevant information is: http://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/toronto-2018 RULES FOR ALL PRESENTERS Participants may be listed no more than twice in the Program. This includes all types of participation – except being listed as Program Coordinator or Session Organizer. Program Coordinators and Session Organizers can organize a maximum of two sessions where their names will be additionally listed in the program. A “participant” is anyone listed as an author, co-author, plenary speaker, roundtable presenter, poster presenter, panelist, critic, discussant, session (co)chair, or any similar substantive role in the program. A participant cannot present and chair in the same session. ISA does…
ISA Congress 2018 in Toronto – Call for proposals now open
Links to abstract submission & deadlines for presenters https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogrampreliminary/Session10710.html http://www.isa-sociology.org/en/conferences/world-congress/toronto-2018/guidelines-for-presenters/
Interim Conference in Pavia (May 30 and 31) – schedule available on the website
RC 36 Interim Conference “Power of Narrative” at the University of Pavia, Italy – May 30 and 31, 2017 The schedule is now available on the website. https://powerstudies.org/rc36-interim-meeting-pavia-2017/schedule-of-events/ Overview MAY 30 9:30-12:30 Authority and World Politics 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00 – 17:00 Legitimacy and Authority 19:30 Dinner MAY 31 9:30-12:30 Liberalism, Crisis and the Market Society 12:30-14:00 Lunch 14:00-17:00 Organisations, Social Movements and Empowerment 19:30 Dinner