Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (SASE)

CALL FOR PAPERS

19th Annual Meeting on Socio-Economics CBS, International Center for Business and Politics, Denmark Copenhagen, Denmark, June 28-30, 2007 http://uk.cbs.dk/cbp

Changing Political Economies: Macro Trends and Micro Experiments

In economic and political debates, it is widely assumed that in the last 25-30 years major changes have occurred in the political economies of the second postwar settlement. It is also assumed that these changes can largely be understood as a process of liberalization designed to strengthen the role of the market in governing economic activity in the face of a number of general trends challenging the previous order.

Opinions diverge, however, as to the characteristics and dynamics of the overall process. Against popular convergence theories, empirical research apparently indicates that, beneath the surface of similar major discontinuities at the macro level, the directions and the results of change can differ even dramatically at lower levels, where more or less purposive experiments and unexpected but inventive reactions may take place. The innovative role sometimes taken on by local governments and local-level actors in promoting original labor-market and industrial policies, or the multiform initiatives, often at territorial level, aimed at reconfiguring the employment relations and/or revitalizing the role of the trade unions, are but examples of these experimental attempts at readjustment and innovation.

The outcomes are contrasting processes of change, exhibiting divergent developments at the macro and micro levels, which still need to be satisfactorily investigated and interpreted. The conference will focus on the social and economic transformations occurring at various levels, with particular attention to the interplay between these levels and to the distinct processes of change that may derive from it.

Program Co-Chairs

Sabina Avdagic (University of Sussex, UK) - Josh Whitford (Columbia University, USA)

How to Submit Proposals

If you are interested in organizing a panel or presenting a paper, fill out the Paper Proposal Form or the Session Proposal Form on the SASE website: www.sase.org and designate a network for your proposal. Your proposal will be sent both to the Network Organizer and the SASE office. Participants are strongly encouraged to organize their own sessions - either related to the theme of the meeting or any other topic related to socio-economics.

Paper proposals require a paper title and an abstract of up to 200 words, and complete contact information. Session proposals require a session title, an abstract of up to 200 words for the session, paper titles, and complete contact information for each of the presenters.

The deadline for submitting proposals is January 15, 2007.