Invitiamo proposte di papers per un panel relativo a movimenti e proteste contro mafie e corruzione, organizzato nel contesto del prossimo convegno SISP, a Firenze dal 12 al 14 Settembre 2013.
Panel 6.4: And now kill us all. The challenges of mobilizations against corruption and organized crime
Chairs: Francesca Forno e Alice Mattoni
Discussant: Donatella della Porta
Political corruption and organized crime are two crucial issues in contemporary societies. In the field of social and political sciences, literature flourished in the last decades about the mechanisms supporting the development and thriving of political corruption and organized crime. A growing body of studies is also focusing on the anti-corruption and anti-organized crime policies at the level of national and local public administration as well as on the incorporation of these issues in the agendas of political parties, not only during electoral campaigns. The role of civil society and social movement actors in fighting against corruption and organized crime, on the contrary, remains a heavily understudied topic. This panel aims at attracting empirical contribution on grassroots mobilizations against corruption and organized crime in the Global South and the Global North. In particular, we are interested in papers that: 1) explore the organizational patterns, forms of protest, mobilization of resources, communication/mediation practices, and/or contentious discourses that civil society and social movement actors develop when mobilize against corruption and organized crime; 2) explain the outcomes of civil society and social movement actors mobilizations against corruption and organized crime, with particular attention to the outcomes at the level of policy making at the local and national level; 3) discuss the methodological challenges that the study of such mobilizations, that span from high-risk and high-visibility protests to high-risk and low-visibility actions, imply for scholars approaching them. We welcome papers employing qualitative, quantitative or mixed-methods approaches. Comparative studies, contrasting different mobilizations, different countries, and/or different periods of time are also welcome.
La proposta di partecipazione ad un gruppo di lavoro deve essere inviata via email entro il 15 maggio 2013 a alice.mattoni@??? e francesca.forno@???
La proposta di partecipazione deve contenere nome, cognome, affiliazione e indirizzo del proponente, titolo della relazione ed un breve riassunto. Accettiamo proposte sia in inglese che in italiano.
Saluti,
Alice e Francesca
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Alice Mattoni
Research Fellow
Centre on Social Movement Studies
Political and Social Science Department
European University Institute
www.alicemattoni.com
New Book: Mediation and Protest Movements, co-edited with Bart Cammaerts and Patrick McCurdy
http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/books/view-Book,id=4917/
New Book: Advances in the Visual Analysis of Social Movements, co-edited with Nicole Doerr and Simon Teune
http://www.emeraldinsight.com/books.htm?issn=0163-786x&volume=35
Apply Now! Summer School on Methods for the Study of Political Participation and Mobilization:
www.eui.eu/pam_summerschool_2013
