Social movements in Central and Eastern Europe

Dec 16th, 2014 | By and

Social movements in Central and Eastern Europe ISA-RC 47 regional conference University of Bucharest, 11-12 May 2015   The 2015 Conference on Social movements in Central and Eastern Europe is organized by the University of Bucharest and the ISA Research Committee 47 “Social classes and social movements” with the support of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Romania. The conference
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ISA-RC 47: New Perspectives for 2014-2018

Dec 16th, 2014 | By and

This intellectual project was presented by the new board at the RC 47 General Assembly at the World Congress of Sociology in July 2014. The second part of the document (Publications & meetings) was updated in November 2014. Table of Contents: I.   Insightful approaches to social movements II.  A democratic, accountable, more decentralized and convivial
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MOUVEMENTS SOCIAUX DU XXIe SIÈCLE – Journée d’Etudes

Dec 3rd, 2014 | By and

COLLEGE D’ETUDES MONDIALES (FMSH), chaire « Destins mondiaux de l’Amérique latine » et CADIS (EHESS-CNRS) MOUVEMENTS SOCIAUX DU XXIe SIÈCLE   Journée d’étude et de réflexion organisée par Antimo Farro et Yvon Le Bot   Jeudi 4 décembre, 9h-18h30   Salle 638-640 190, avenue de France, 75013 Paris Métro: BNF ou Quai de la Gare   Inscriptions
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A new board and a new vision

Oct 17th, 2014 | By

Discover the new elected board and the new collaborators of RC47 for the upcoming years: Click here   Discover the new vision for a more democratic, accountable, decentralized and convivial RC47: Click here  



XVIII ISA World Congress of Sociology

Jan 23rd, 2013 | By
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Call for Sessions   In the framework of the next XVIII ISA World Congress the focus of RC47 will be on themes of democracy, injustice, equality and the growing role of an actor’s affirmation against systemic forms of oppression. RC47 asks its members to develop sessions on these themes and their linkages with contemporary conflicts
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Inequality and Integration in Times of Crisis

Nov 13th, 2012 | By

Congress of the Swiss Sociological Association June 26 – 28, 2013 at the University of Bern, Switzerland (download the Call for Paper here) Since Karl Marx first described the enormous social inequalities and their potential for social change at the beginning of industrialization in the 19th century, the origins, extent, and consequences of social inequality, as
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ISA Buenos Aires – RC47 Session Program

Jul 28th, 2012 | By

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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Global Modernity and Social Contestation – Rio de Janiero 24-26/05/2012

Apr 26th, 2012 | By
Global modernity and social contestation

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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Bilbao Conference – 9-10 February 2012

Jan 11th, 2012 | By

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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Contested cities: voices of the margins – University of Pune

Dec 19th, 2011 | By

Department of Sociology, University of Pune, Pune, Inida Centre for Advanced Studies National seminar on Contested cities: voices of the margins 17-18th January 2012 Contemporary urban in India is ever changing. Rapid rate of urbanization, expansion of small and big cities, growing service industry attracting scores of migrants to cities, the government’s focus on the
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