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> european consortium for political research
> http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/
>
> Joint Sessions of Workshops - Uppsala 2004 - Workshop Details
>
Joint Sessions of Workshops - Uppsala 2004 - Workshop Details
Workshop number: 24
=A0
" Emerging Repetoires of Political Action. Toward a Systematic Study=20
of Postconventional Forms of Participation "
Workshop Director(s):
Name:
Dietlind STOLLE
Institution:
McGILL University
Political Science Department, 855 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, MONTREAL,=20
QUEBEC, H3A 2T7, Canada
Email:
Dietlind.Stolle@???
=A0
Name:
Marc HOOGHE
Institution:
LEUVEN, Katholieke Universiteit
Departement Politieke Wetenschappen, E Van Evenstraat 2 B, B-3000=20
LEUVEN, Belgium
Email:
Marc.Hooghe@???
Workshop Schedule (if available):
Schedule not currently available
Workshop Outline:
Some scholars worry about the current state of democracy in Western=20
societies because traditional participation and integration mechanisms,=20=
like parties, unions and churches, are in decline and seem=20
irreplaceable. It is the belief that the diminished importance of these=20=
mechanisms threatens both the opportunity for citizens to influence=20
their governments as well as citizens' socialisation of civic skills=20
and values. Yet it is possible that new political action repertoires=20
such as internet campaigns, anti-globalisation protest movements,=20
consumer boycott actions or alternative lifestyle communities replace=20
these traditional functions. In this workshop we examine carefully=20
these new forms of political participation, their measurements, their=20
democratic consequences and their potential to substitute traditional=20
forms of political involvement. Specifically, we explore the following=20=
issues: a) How do we measure the prevalence and the importance of new=20
forms of participation in a reliable manner?; b) How do we=20
differentiate traditional forms from these new forms of political=20
involvement? Can we consider them as a new type of participation, and=20
if so, what are their defining characteristics?; c) Who are the new=20
actors? Are those who use these new forms of participation mostly=20
young, politically frustrated and alienated, or alternatively, do they=20=
use such new forms of action in addition to other (perhaps more=20
traditional) types of involvement?; d) Have the targets of new=20
political participation changed? Have national governments lost=20
importance as targets of political action in favour of a wider variety=20=
of international actors and corporations?; e) Finally, what are (or=20
could be) the consequences of this shift for the quality, strength and=20=
stability of democracy? Can these new forms of involvement truly=20
replace the functions of traditional political participation?
> Workshop number: 20
> =A0
>
> " The Politics of Utopia: Intentional Communities as Social Science=20=
> Microcosms "
>
> Workshop Director(s):
>
> Name:
>
> Nicholas DEAKIN
>
> Institution:
>
> LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS & POLITICAL SCIENCE
> Department of Government, Houghton Street, LONDON WC2A 2AE, UK
>
> Email:
>
> n.deakin@???
>
> =A0
>
> Name:
>
> Nir TSUK
>
> Institution:
>
> CAMBRIDGE, University of
> Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Free School Lane, =20
> CAMBRIDGE CB2 3RQ, UK
>
> Email:
>
> nt225@???
>
> Workshop Schedule (if available):
>
> Schedule not currently available
>
> Workshop Outline:
>
> Utopia is not attracting many tourists these days. Perhaps this is=20
> because it has had such a bad press recently. Sweeping denunciations=20=
> of Utopian thinking as setting goals that are either chronically=20
> unattainable or if attained, profoundly undesirable are commonplace.=20=
> But there are other Utopias in the guidebooks, and it is on these that=20=
> we wish to focus. They are the realised utopias or the intentional=20
> communities - the incarnation of utopian ideas in bricks and mortar,=20=
> flesh and blood - which can be taken as milestones of (and admittedly=20=
> sometimes tombstones for), social notions and political developments.=20=
> Intentional communities bring together people who share a common=20
> political objective, religious belief, ecological idea or social=20
> vision, and who wish to fulfil their objectives through collective=20
> means. While directed at leading a better life and reaching this long=20=
> awaited harmony, such communities exhibit many characteristically=20
> modern political and social tensions, encapsulate their zeitgeist or=20=
> reject it, epitomise their socio-political context or bitterly=20
> criticise it. Many of the discussions that can be found latent=20
> elsewhere show up here explicitly, compactly and mundanely. The=20
> workshop will examine the interplay between social and political=20
> concepts and realised utopias. Empirical, theoretical and=20
> methodological papers are therefore invited from a wide range of=20
> disciplines and fields of research, as long as they explicitly address=20=
> forms of past, present, or future intentional communities and the ways=20=
> in which the study of these communities can speak to current debates=20=
> in the social sciences.
european consortium for political research
> http://www.essex.ac.uk/ecpr/
Joint Sessions of Workshops - Uppsala 2004 - Workshop Details
Workshop number: 5
=A0
" Citizenship and the Environment "
Workshop Director(s):
Name:
Andrew DOBSON
Institution:
OPEN UNIVERSITY, The
Social Sciences Faculty, Walton Hall, MILTON KEYNES MK7 6AA, UK
Email:
a.n.h.dobson@???
=A0
Name:
Angel VALENCIA
Institution:
MADRID, Universidad Aut=F2noma de
Departamento de Ci=E8ncies Pol=EDt=ECca y de la Administracion, =
Carretera=20
de Colmenar, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049 MADRID, Spain
Email:
avalencia@???
=A0
Name:
Gill SEYFANG
Institution:
EAST ANGLIA, University of
School of Environmental Sciences, , NORWICH NR4 7TJ, UK
Email:
g.seyfang@???
Workshop Schedule (if available):
Download schedule in PDF format
Workshop Outline:
Much attention has been given in recent years to the 'macro' level=20
issues involved in bringing about the widely endorsed objective of=20
making societies more sustainable. By contrast, very little attention=20
has been paid to what citizens themselves might, or should, do in this=20=
regard. Citizenship has been very much on the agenda in recent years as=20=
a decline in 'social capital' has been noted at the same time as its=20
critical importance has been recognised. Governments alone cannot bring=20=
about sustainability as a goal, and citizenship looks promising as a=20
way of articulating what individuals might do to help realise this=20
goal. We shall be looking for empirical and theoretical papers in four=20=
broad areas. First, clarification of what environmental citizenship=20
might mean. Can a theoretically robust notion of environmental=20
citizenship be articulated? Second, what is the relationship between=20
citizenship and sustainability. Is there any evidence that=20
environmental citizens can make a difference? Here we welcome papers=20
based on empirical research. Third, what might 'doing' environmental=20
citizenship involve? Is such citizenship activity located in the realm=20=
of production or of consumption? Is it public or is it private? Is it=20
local or is it global? Finally, we wish to analyse and assess ways of=20
encouraging environmental citizenship, ranging from formal education=20
programmes to economic incentives. The workshop will make a=20
contribution to the theory and practice of citizenship as well as to=20
the ongoing question of how environmental sustainability might be=20
achieved.
Joint Sessions of Workshops - Uppsala 2004 - Workshop Details
Workshop number: 8
=A0
" The Changing Structure of Civil Society "
Workshop Director(s):
Name:
Derrick PURDUE
Institution:
WEST OF ENGLAND, University of the
Faculty of Economics & Social Science, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour=20=
Lane, BRISTOL BS16 1QY, UK
Email:
derrick.purdue@???
=A0
Name:
Mario DIANI
Institution:
TRENTO, Universita degli studi di
Dipartimento di Sociologia, Via Verdi 26, T-38100 TRENTO, Italy
Email:
mario.diani@???
Workshop Schedule (if available):
Schedule not currently available
Workshop Outline:
Over the past decade, civil society has been acknowledged to be of=20
increasing significance within political science, social research and=20
policy making. The purpose of the workshop is to explore several=20
conceptual and empirical themes within the context of a changing=20
structure of civil society. Themes to be explored include: identifying=20=
the main cleavages emerging in civil society at a local, national or=20
global level; comparison of the role of local traditions in shaping=20
civil society in different countries or different cities within a=20
country; structural links between civic organisations; civil society as=20=
a system of organisations rather than an aggregate of organisations;=20
shared collective identities; how boundary definitions are constructed=20=
within civil society; relations between civil society state and market.=20=
The workshop brings together current research, from across Europe and=20
also transitional and developing countries, on a number of different=20
strands of research: civil society, social movements, social capital,=20
community politics, inter-organisational collaboration, voluntary=20
sector organisations and public interest groups. For this workshop we=20
are keen to invite a range of papers on civil society, from case=20
studies of cities, neighbourhoods and regions, to comparative work=20
based on large scale survey data. Papers drawing on either quantitative=20=
or qualitative data or both are welcome.=
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</bold>Some scholars worry about the current state of democracy in
Western societies because traditional participation and integration
mechanisms, like parties, unions and churches, are in decline and seem
irreplaceable. It is the belief that the diminished importance of
these mechanisms threatens both the opportunity for citizens to
influence their governments as well as citizens' socialisation of
civic skills and values. Yet it is possible that new political action
repertoires such as internet campaigns, anti-globalisation protest
movements, consumer boycott actions or alternative lifestyle
communities replace these traditional functions. In this workshop we
examine carefully these new forms of political participation, their
measurements, their democratic consequences and their potential to
substitute traditional forms of political involvement. Specifically,
we explore the following issues: a) How do we measure the prevalence
and the importance of new forms of participation in a reliable
manner?; b) How do we differentiate traditional forms from these new
forms of political involvement? Can we consider them as a new type of
participation, and if so, what are their defining characteristics?; c)
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participation mostly young, politically frustrated and alienated, or
alternatively, do they use such new forms of action in addition to
other (perhaps more traditional) types of involvement?; d) Have the
targets of new political participation changed? Have national
governments lost importance as targets of political action in favour
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denunciations of Utopian thinking as setting goals that are either
chronically unattainable or if attained, profoundly undesirable are
commonplace. But there are other Utopias in the guidebooks, and it is
on these that we wish to focus. They are the realised utopias or the
intentional communities - the incarnation of utopian ideas in bricks
and mortar, flesh and blood - which can be taken as milestones of (and
admittedly sometimes tombstones for), social notions and political
developments. Intentional communities bring together people who share
a common political objective, religious belief, ecological idea or
social vision, and who wish to fulfil their objectives through
collective means. While directed at leading a better life and reaching
this long awaited harmony, such communities exhibit many
characteristically modern political and social tensions, encapsulate
their zeitgeist or reject it, epitomise their socio-political context
or bitterly criticise it. Many of the discussions that can be found
latent elsewhere show up here explicitly, compactly and mundanely. The
workshop will examine the interplay between social and political
concepts and realised utopias. Empirical, theoretical and
methodological papers are therefore invited from a wide range of
disciplines and fields of research, as long as they explicitly address
forms of past, present, or future intentional communities and the ways
in which the study of these communities can speak to current debates
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Departamento de Ci=E8ncies Pol=EDt=ECca y de la Administracion, =
Carretera
de Colmenar, Ciudad Universitaria de Cantoblanco, 28049 MADRID, Spain
<bold>Email:
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<bold>Institution:
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School of Environmental Sciences, , NORWICH NR4 7TJ, UK
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Workshop Outline:
</bold>Much attention has been given in recent years to the 'macro'
level issues involved in bringing about the widely endorsed objective
of making societies more sustainable. By contrast, very little
attention has been paid to what citizens themselves might, or should,
do in this regard. Citizenship has been very much on the agenda in
recent years as a decline in 'social capital' has been noted at the
same time as its critical importance has been recognised. Governments
alone cannot bring about sustainability as a goal, and citizenship
looks promising as a way of articulating what individuals might do to
help realise this goal. We shall be looking for empirical and
theoretical papers in four broad areas. First, clarification of what
environmental citizenship might mean. Can a theoretically robust
notion of environmental citizenship be articulated? Second, what is
the relationship between citizenship and sustainability. Is there any
evidence that environmental citizens can make a difference? Here we
welcome papers based on empirical research. Third, what might 'doing'
environmental citizenship involve? Is such citizenship activity
located in the realm of production or of consumption? Is it public or
is it private? Is it local or is it global? Finally, we wish to
analyse and assess ways of encouraging environmental citizenship,
ranging from formal education programmes to economic incentives. The
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=
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Derrick PURDUE
<bold>Institution:
</bold>WEST OF ENGLAND, University of the
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Lane, BRISTOL BS16 1QY, UK
<bold>Email:
</bold><color><param>9999,0000,0000</param>
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</bold> Mario DIANI
<bold>Institution:
</bold>TRENTO, Universita degli studi di
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<bold>Email:
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Workshop Schedule (if available):
</bold><color><param>9999,0000,0000</param>Schedule not currently
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Workshop Outline:
</bold>Over the past decade, civil society has been acknowledged to be
of increasing significance within political science, social research
and policy making. The purpose of the workshop is to explore several
conceptual and empirical themes within the context of a changing
structure of civil society. Themes to be explored include: identifying
the main cleavages emerging in civil society at a local, national or
global level; comparison of the role of local traditions in shaping
civil society in different countries or different cities within a
country; structural links between civic organisations; civil society
as a system of organisations rather than an aggregate of
organisations; shared collective identities; how boundary definitions
are constructed within civil society; relations between civil society
state and market. The workshop brings together current research, from
across Europe and also transitional and developing countries, on a
number of different strands of research: civil society, social
movements, social capital, community politics, inter-organisational
collaboration, voluntary sector organisations and public interest
groups. For this workshop we are keen to invite a range of papers on
civil society, from case studies of cities, neighbourhoods and
regions, to comparative work based on large scale survey data. Papers
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