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Program Coordinators David STRECKER, University of Erfurt, Germany, [email protected] Arthur BUENO, University of Erfurt, Germany, [email protected] 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…

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…

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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

Call for Panels for Research Committees IPSA International Conference Political Science in the Digital Age: Mapping Opportunities, Perils and Uncertainties December 4-6 2017 Hannover, Germany Program Chairs: Marianne Kneuer and Helen Milner The International Political Science Association (IPSA) is organizing an international conference that will be held on 4-6 December 2017 in Hannover, Germany. Chaired by Marianne Kneuer and Helen Milner, the conference will take place in Hannover’s spectacular Palace of Herrenhausen, surrounded by gardens that date back to the Baroque period. You can find more information on the event website https://hannover2017.ipsa.org/ The conference, entitled “Political Science in the Digital…

POWER, LUCK AND FREEDOM (COLLECTED ESSAYS) BY KEITH DOWDING Recently published by Manchester University Press LINK http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526104564/ DESCRIPTION This book presents thirteen essays from a leading contemporary political scientist, with a substantial introduction bringing together the themes. The topics covered include political and social power, freedom, choice, rights, responsibility, the author’s unique account of luck and systematic luck and the nature of leadership. There are also discussions of conceptual analysis, the structure-agency debate, luck egalitarianism, Sen’s liberal paradox, problems in the measurement of freedom and choice and the differences between instrumental and intrinsic accounts of the value of freedom and related concepts. The…

All papers for the Special issue “Soft Power of the BRICS” (Journal of Political Power) are now available online http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rpow21/current