[movimenti.bicocca] CfP :"Political Participation and its Ch…

International Conference: "Political Participation and its
Challenges: Territories, Collective Action and Modes", Lyon, 10-11
December 2007

The Conference is organised by the UNESCO Chair on Urban Politics and
Citizenship, the Graduate Schoof of Public Works and the UMR CNRS 5600

This conference is holding 6 workshops, each centred on a particular
type of challenge. In order to limit the field of study, and with the
exception of workshop 1, the conference will focus on territorial and/
or urban policies.

Workshop 1 : Participative democracy and its role in building consent
and self-meaning
Workshop 2 : The “experts” of participative politics
Workshop 3 : Participative democracy and social movements
Workshop 4 : Public action and its different “publics”: analyzing the
many forms of citizen participation
Workshop 5 : When participative democracy challenges scales
Workshop 6 : Empowerment: its contribution and limits

Scientific committee: Marie-Hélène Bacqué (Université d’Evry), Loïc
Blondiaux (Université Lille 2), Philippe Genestier (UMR CNRS 5600),
Mona Harb (Université Américaine de Beyrouth), Olivier Ihl (Institut
d’Etudes Politiques de Grenoble), Aziz Iraki (Institut National
d'Aménagement et d'Urbanisme, Maroc), John Flint (Sheffield Hallam
University), Pierre Hamel (Université de Montréal), Bernard Jouve
(UMR CNRS 5600), Vladimir Kolossov (Université de Moscou), Françoise
Lafaye (UMR CNRS 5600), Christian Lefèvre (Université Paris 8),
Laurent Lepage (Université du Québec à Montréal), Gaspar Mairal Buil
(Université de Saragosse), Emmanuel Négrier (Université de
Montpellier, CNRS), Anaïk Purenne (UMR CNRS 5600), Franck Scherrer
(Institut d’Urbanisme de Lyon), Peter Simmons (University of East
Anglia), Yves Sintomer (Université Paris 8), Marie-Gabrielle Suraud
(Université Toulouse 3).

Deadline for proposals : 30 May 2007

Practical information : A title and an abstract (maximum 1 page in
French or in English) giving the number of the workshop in which you
wish to participate, your affiliation, your status (doctoral student,
lecturer and researcher, researcher) and your e-mail address, to be
sent to chaire-unesco@???

During the conference, the working languages will be French and
English. Simultaneous translation facilities will be arranged.

Papers (in French or in English) which have been accepted should be
sent as a Word document (40 000 – 45 000 signs) by 15 November 2007
to chaire-unesco@???

Prize : At the end of the conference, a Prize of 1000 euros will be
awarded by the UNESCO Chair on “Urban politics and citizenship” to
the best contribution made by a doctoral student.