Wednesday, August 1, 2012 1) New Trends and Theoretical Approach in the Field of Social Mobilizations and Social Change Wednesday, August 1, 2012: 9:00 AM-10:30 AM OB 38 (Faculty of Economics) RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change (host committee) RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements Session Organizer: Benjamín TEJERINA, University of the Basque Country, Spain Emergence
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Claiming Society for God Religious Movements and Social Welfare in Egypt, Israel, Italy, and the United States Nancy J. Davis and Robert V. Robinson “Illuminating intersections of religion and public life in four different nations, this book is topical. Given that two of these nations are in the Middle East and one of them is Egypt,
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Global Modernity and Social Contestation O Seminário Internacional – Global odernity and Social Contestation tem como objetivo central reunir destacados especialistas internacionais (provenientes da Índia, China, África do Sul, Zimbábue, Moçambique, Espanha, Alemanha, Estados Unidos, Bolívia, Argentina, além do Brasil) para discutir as interações entre a teoria crítica e as contestações sociais. Desenvolvidos habitualmente como campos de
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From Social to Political. New Forms of Mobilization and Democratization International Conference 9-10 February 2012 Bizkaia Aretoa UPV-EHU, Bilbao You can find below a link to the conference website. In order to fill out the registration form you will need to use the following code: Bilbao. Mind that every participant (whether main author, co-author or
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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 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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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 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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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
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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