> Conference explores globalization and political authority
Conference explores globalization and political authority
Contact:
Yildiz Atasoy, SFU Sociology, yatasoy@sfu.ca; 604.291.5520
Susan Jamieson-McLarnon, jamieson@sfu.ca; 604-291-5151
Related web info: http://www.sfu.ca/cgpe/
Yildiz Atasoy, SFU Sociology, yatasoy@sfu.ca; 604.291.5520
Susan Jamieson-McLarnon, jamieson@sfu.ca; 604-291-5151
Related web info: http://www.sfu.ca/cgpe/
February 22, 2007
An international conference, Hegemonic Transitions and the State, will explore the complex interconnections between capitalist globalization and political authority on Feb. 23 and 24 at Simon Fraser University's Vancouver campus, 515 West Hastings St. Topics range from promoting democracy to deregulating the labour market, and from the human right to food to the politicizing of bio-nanotechnology.
Philip McMichael, a development sociologist at Cornell University and author of Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, will give the keynote address at 9:30 am on Feb. 23. McMichael says that while the western world may be accustomed to a commercial culture, there are many others that are not and "globalization is not necessarily a universal aspiration." His talk, States, Sovereignty and Crisis in the Neo-Liberal Development Project, is open to the public.
The conference sessions address topics such as: the post-Cold War reshaping of global power; cultural politics in Latin America and the Middle East; the development of a transnational capitalist class; the movements of indigenous peoples in Latin America; global governance; neo-liberalism in the Middle East and South East Asia; global finance; and social and political movements.
Philip McMichael, a development sociologist at Cornell University and author of Development and Social Change: A Global Perspective, will give the keynote address at 9:30 am on Feb. 23. McMichael says that while the western world may be accustomed to a commercial culture, there are many others that are not and "globalization is not necessarily a universal aspiration." His talk, States, Sovereignty and Crisis in the Neo-Liberal Development Project, is open to the public.
The conference sessions address topics such as: the post-Cold War reshaping of global power; cultural politics in Latin America and the Middle East; the development of a transnational capitalist class; the movements of indigenous peoples in Latin America; global governance; neo-liberalism in the Middle East and South East Asia; global finance; and social and political movements.