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New Cultural Frontiers – Third Issue Call for papers

Oct 24th, 2011 | By

Call for paper – Third Issue www.newculturalfrontiers.org Submission paper deadline: 31st January 2012 Please send your proposal to issue editors: Daniele di Nunzio – d.dinunzio@ires.it Emanuele Toscano – emanuele.toscano@uniroma1.it Challenges for Democracy and Universal Rights in the Global Market Era In the past decades, deep economic and social transformations had a major impact on work,
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East Asian Social Movements: Power, Protest and Change in a Dynamic Region

Sep 19th, 2011 | By

East Asian Social Movements: Power, Protest and Change in a Dynamic Region Jeffrey Broadbent, Vicky Brockman  (eds.) ISBN 9780387096254 Hardback €124.75 Springer 2011 In the study of civil society and social movements,  most cases are based in Western Europe and North America.  These two areas of the world have similar histories and political ideals and structures in
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II ISA Forum

Jul 26th, 2011 | By

On the ISA FORUM website you can find all information you need to present a paper, as well as and the deadlines. GUIDELINES FOR PRESENTERS Main theme Subjective affirmation, social movement changes and construction of democracy Programme coordinators Antimo Luigi FARRO, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, Antimoluigi.farro@uniroma1.it Maria da Gloria GOHN, Universidad Estatal de Campinas,
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Solidarities beyond Borders. Transnationalizing Women’s Movements

Jun 9th, 2011 | By

Solidarities beyond Borders. Transnationalizing Women’s Movements Pascale Dufour, Dominique Masson, and Dominique Caouette (eds.) ISBN 9780774817967 Paperback $34.95 UBC Press 2010 Scholars of social movements tend to overlook the achievements and political significance of women’s movements. Through theoretical discussions and empirical examples, Solidarities beyond Borders demonstrates the creativity and dynamism of transnational women’s movements around
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Job opportunities in University of Mannheim

Jun 8th, 2011 | By

The School of Social Sciences at the University of Mannheim invites applications for a position of Full Professor in Statistics and Social Research Methods (W3, Chair) Here you can download all information Deadline: 31 July 2011



AFS – RT21 Programme “Mouvements sociaux et innovation”

Jun 3rd, 2011 | By

Association Française de Sociologie IV Congrès. Grenoble, 5-8 juillet 2011 (download the program) RT21 « Mouvements sociaux » Mouvements sociaux et innovations. Nouvelles technologies comme enjeu, nouvelles technologies comme répertoire   Session 1 : Nouvelles technologies et mouvements sociaux: information, citoyenneté et subjectivité Responsable : Geoffrey Pleyers (FNRS-UC Louvain et CADIS-EHESS), Mardi 05/07 14h30-16h30 Fabien Granjon – sociologue HDR, Sociology
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Alter-globalization. Becoming actors in the Global Age

Jun 3rd, 2011 | By

ALTER-GLOBALIZATION Becoming Actors in the Global Age Geoffrey Pleyers Foreword by Alain Touraine Reformulating the possibilities for action in this global world constitutes a major issue in contemporaneous social sciences and a central challenge of the alter-globalization/global justice movement. This book proposes to discuss it starting from concrete experimentations by social actors who have contested
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ISA Grants for Buenos Aires

Jun 1st, 2011 | By

Second ISA Forum of Sociology 2012 – Rules for Grant Allocation Rules a.    Each Research Committee, Working and Thematic Group is responsible for allocating grant(s) to person(s) selected by its Board, following the criteria established by the ISA. b.    Applications for financial support should be sent by the participants directly to the RC/WG/TG Programme Coordinators
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Social Movements, Public Spheres and the European Politics of the Environment. Green Power Europe?

May 26th, 2011 | By

Social Movements Public Spheres and the European Politics of the Environment Hein-Anton van der Heijden This book examines how the European environmental movement, as part of an emerging European civil society, has impinged on the problem definitions and solution strategies in the European politics of the environment. Examining core case studies in European environmental policy
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AFS – Association française de sociologie – Grenoble 5-8 July 2011

May 26th, 2011 | By

The “Association française de sociologie” (AFS – French Association of Sociology) will organise its IV Congress in Grenoble next 5-8 July 2011. Many RC47 researchers and scholars are involeved in organising panels and presenting papers. Here you can find all information