Author: Tommaso Vitale Date: To: Florence Haegel, Sophie Jacquot, ML movimenti Bicocca Subject: [movimenti.bicocca] ESA RN 32: PoliticalParticipation and
Beyond(30.11.12-1.12.12, University ofMilano, Italy);
DL: 30.04.2012
> CALL FOR PAPERS > ESA Research Network 32 – Political Sociology
>
> The European Sociological Association’s Research Network on Political
> Sociology (RN32) is pleased to announce its second mid-term
> conference, to be held at the University of Milan (Italy), 30 November
> and 1 December, 2012:
>
> Political Participation and Beyond: Multi-level dynamics of
> inclusion/exclusion in times of crisis
>
> Political participation is a founding theme of political sociology. In
> broadest terms, it refers to all forms and activities through which
> individuals or collectives express opinions and also exert influence
> on decisions that are of common concern. While concerned with apathy,
> abstention and “exit”, political sociology has also described and
> categorized a broad and ever-changing repertoire of citizen (and non
> citizen) voice, i.e. activism and formal or informal involvement
> whether individual/ collective, manifest/ latent, institutionalized/
> unconventional, direct/ mediated, online/ offline. In an age of
> globalization and multilevel (local, national, supranational, global)
> networking of collective decision-making processes, in which social
> and political boundaries are being reshaped and new dynamics of social
> and political inclusion and exclusion are emerging, this scope of
> political participation is potentially wider and rapidly changing. One
> may wonder if participation is heightened in times of crisis, which
> favour more exclusive forms of governance and tend to mobilise new
> forms of protest, or on the contrary generates anomie.
>
> The aim of this conference is to explore the extended scope of
> political participation in relation to transnational government
> arrangements and processes. Within this broad theme, all crucial
> concepts of political sociology are embraced. These include:
> challenged legitimisation of democratic representative institutions;
> changing power relationships between citizens and the state; the
> making of a new political order across the interaction of macro- and
> micro-level actors; the battle for cultural, social, and institutional
> change involving networked individuals and organized groups at local,
> national and global levels.
>
> A number of key contemporary political and social phenomena can
> therefore be analysed from a political participation perspective:
> • Globalizing forms of protest and new forms of political mobilization
> • Changing interactions between public opinion, political elites,
> mainstream media, and social media
> • The plebiscitary nature of leader-followers relationships as regards
> populist parties
> • Party primary elections and campaigning
> • New patterns of electoral turnout and volatility
> • Citizens’ deliberations and experiments in participatory democracy
> • The emergence of a new political cleavage along the nationalism vs.
> cosmopolitanism value dimensions
> • The ongoing conflict over norms of citizenship
> • Processes of agenda-setting and the role of migrants’ organizations
> in key policy areas
> • Political dimensions of immigrant integration and the politics of
> voting rights
> • Urban governance and urban conflicts
> Proposals can relate to all levels of – local to global – mobilization
> and participation in the polity. Studies employing a European
> comparative perspective or EU-wide framework, that address the
> multi-level dimension of participation, or discuss more recent
> challenges to citizens’ participation and legitimacy in times of
> financial and economic crisis are particularly welcome.
>
> Abstract submission: Both panel proposals and individual paper
> proposals are encouraged. For panel proposals please submit a short
> description of the theme of the panel and at least three individual
> paper abstracts.
>
> Deadline: The deadline for panel and paper proposals is Friday April
> 30th. Please submit abstracts of max 200 words to:
> rn32mtc2012@???
> The conference committee will notify applicants by May 30th.
>
> Conference venue and organization: The conference will be hosted by
> the Department of Social and Political Studies, University of Milan
> (Italy). The Department is located in the centre of Milan.
> Participants are asked to make their own travel arrangements and book
> accommodation. We will suggest a list of hotels.
>
> Information will be available at: http://www.socpol.unimi.it > To encourage participation by a broad range of early career
> researchers and experienced academics, there is no registration fee.
> To register, please write to rn32mtc2012@??? with the
> following information: name, position, affiliation with postal
> address, country, email address and dietary preferences.
>
> Further information: Contact Mauro BARISIONE at rn32mtc2012@???
>
>
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> Ov. Cristian Norocel
> Ph.D. Candidate in Political Science
> Department of Political and Economic Studies
> University of Helsinki Finland
> cristian.norocel(@)helsinki.fi
> http://www.norocel.eu >
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