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A Quick Reminder: IPSA RC36 in Mainz

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In case you are in Mainz for the 3rd European Conference on Social Networks (EUSN) be welcome to join us at the IPSA RC36 special session “Network Analysis of Political Power”! We are going to discuss 4 fascinating papers on September 27, at 03:30 pm, room P207, Johannes-Gutenberg-University Mainz (Germany). Abstracts can be found at our website. More details at the EUSN 2017.

Information about 2018 APSA Annual Meeting (Aug. 30 – Sept. 2) in Boston

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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…

Publication Alert: A Theory of War and Violence

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On behalf of IPSA RC36 member Thomas Scheff we are sharing his work. Please, take a look! A Theory of War and Violence Thomas Scheff, G. Reginald Daniel, and Joseph Loe-Sterphone, Dept. of Sociology, UCSB Abstract: It is possible that war in modern societies is largely driven by emotions, but in a way that is almost completely hidden. Modernity rationalizes the self and tends to ignore emotions, which can result in the total hiding of humiliation leads to vengeance. This essay outlines a theory of the social-emotional world implied in the work of C. H. Cooley, whose concept of the…

CALLS FOR PAPERS 2018 ISA WORLD CONGRESS IN TORONTO – RC35 CONCEPTUAL AND TERMINOLOGICAL ANALYSIS

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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…