Workshop organizzato da ESA ed ECPR all'Istituto Universitario Europeo.
Deadline per abstract, 20 Ottobre. Segue call for paper. Alice
*ESA Research Network Social Movements *in cooperation with *ECPR Standing
Group ‘Forms of Participation’ holds *the ESA RN 25 Mid-Term Conference
“Transnational Democracy: mobilization, organisation and communication”
European University Institute – Florence – Italy, 20- 21 January 2011
The second mid-term conference of the RN Social Movements will take place in
Florence (It) at the
European University Institute in January 2011. The workshop “Transnational
Democracy: mobilization, organisation and communication” is jointly
organised with the ECPR Standing Group on “Forms of Participation”, and aims
at bringing together scholars with different disciplinary perspectives who
are interested in the theme of democracy and organizational innovation in
movements in transnational publics and pluralist societies.
The workshop addresses the transnational condition of participation in
globalized societies and Europe’s multilevel polity to explore the cultural
and political context for democracy and organization in social movements.
Theories of global democracy and political communication have addressed the
potential of social movements to re-invent cultures of democracy and
organization by creating transnational participatory publics and
cross-border networks. New work on political sociology and protest shows the
relevance of transnational citizen assemblies, public spaces and online
forums as a promising field to explore democratic and organizational
innovation created through collective action in pluralist polities and
globalized societies. Contrasting low participation in electoral politics
and political parties, comparative analysts of European integration note an
increase in forms of transnational participation, reaching from interest
groups over populist resistance and protests on issues such as social
justice, climate change or privatization in the EU or at the global level.
What is the democratic potential, and the access points to emerging
transnational public spaces created in social movements, given structural
and linguistic hurdles? How do social and political organizers build
cultural strategies of translation, and which constraints do they face
trying to communicate over ICT and/or organize joint collective action?
The workshop will bring together social movement scholars interested in
democracy and cultures of
participation with media scholars and political analysts of protest and
comparative politics. When
activists from different countries decide on joint protest on EU politics or
frame their local events as
part of global protest, they need very specific skills, resources and
cultural practices to network with
others or to reach a broader public. Transnational discourse settings also
present challenging
opportunities for institutional organizers of citizen assemblies or European
policy-making to
interact with protesters, NGOs and lobbyists. Workshop participants may
explore how transnational
protest activities and practices of communication transform traditional
cultures of organizing,
participating and decision-making in social movement groups or civil society
institutions.
Paper givers may want to explore how the transnational context of action, or
new media
technologies and ICT environments transform traditional cultures of
organizing, decision-making
and protest in social movement groups and institutions.
We welcome papers with a focus on:
- challenges for democracy in globalized social movements (e.g. translation,
communication)
- innovations in the organizing of (transnational) protest
- local networking, and (transnational) alternative media cultures
- citizen assemblies and online forums for public deliberation
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*Abstract Submission*
Please submit your abstract (max 300 words) by email to ESA RN25 Social
Movements
Coordinators Emanuela Bozzini and Nicole Doerr, using
esasocialmovements@???
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*Key Dates*
Deadline for abstract submission: 20 October 2010
Registration (by email) 30 October
Deadline for papers: 15 December 2010
Conference: 20 – 21 January 2011
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