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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM

RC36 Alienation Theory and Research


4
Alienation Theory Revisited. Part I
Chair: Devorah KALEKIN-FISHMAN

RC25 Language and Society


5
Analyzing Racist Discourses
Session Organizer: Sergey RYAZANTSEVChair: Sergey RYAZANTSEV

RC54 The Body in the Social Sciences


6
Body in Culture and Society: Embodiment, Theory and Practice
Session Organizer: Jacqueline LOWChair: Claudia MALACRIDA

RC53 Sociology of Childhood


7
Children, Society and Exclusions. Part I-A in English
Session Organizer: Ethel KOSMINSKY

RC07 Futures Research


8
Citizenship and Experiences of Participation / Ciudanía y Experiencias de Participación
Session Organizers: Raquel SOSA and Edgardo LANDERChair: Edgardo LANDER

RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis


9
Community: A Key Sociological Concept
Session Organizers: Pablo DE MARINIS and Alejandro BIALAKOWSKYChair: Victoria HAIDARCo-Chair: Ana Lucía GRONDONA

RC11 Sociology of Aging


10
Connecting generations: Societal policies and family relations
Session Organizer: Anne MARTIN-MATTHEWSChair: Susan MCDANIEL

RC20 Comparative Sociology


11
Cultural Changes and Values in Comparative Perspective
Session Organizers: Marita CARBALLO and Frederick TURNERCo-chairs: Frederick TURNER and Marita CARBALLO

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


12
Democracy and Surveillance Technologies: Relationships between Global South and Global North
Session Organizer: David LYON

RC32 Women in Society


13
Democracy, Work and Gender Equality: A Comparative and Cross-Cultural Perspective
Session Organizers: Solange SIMOES and Bila SORJCo-chairs: Solange SIMOES and Bila SORJ

RC31 Sociology of Migration


14
Disasters and Social Justice for Migrants
Session Organizers: Mari SHIBA , Hideki TARUMOTO and Kazuhisa NISHIHARACo-chairs: Kazuhisa NISHIHARA , Hideki TARUMOTO and Mari SHIBA

RC43 Housing and Built Environment


15
Housing Markets: Comparative, Latin America

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


16
Imaginaires Démocratiques Contemporains Co-Organized with Aislf GT 12 Socioanthropologie Politique
Session Organizers: Christiana CONSTANTOPOULOU and Olivier CHANTRAINEChair: Raul-Enrique ROJO

RC49 Mental Health and Illness


17
Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment and the Misuse of Psychiatric Institutions as Instruments of Political Oppression
Session Organizer: Reinhold KILIANChair: Reinhold KILIAN

RC24 Environment and Society


18
Leisure and Tourism: Social and Environmental Concerns. Part I
Session Organizers: Ishwar MODI and Stewart LOCKIECo-chairs: Rosario RADAKOVICH and Esra DEMIRKOL

RC03 Community Research


19
Local Institutions/Global Frames: Dynamics of Durability and Transformation
Chair: Maria Jesus RODRIGUEZ GARCIA

RC55 Social Indicators


20
Measuring and Monitoring Social Progress I
Session Organizer: Heinz-Herbert NOLLChair: Heinz-Herbert NOLL

RC44 Labor Movements


21
Migrant Workers, Labour Unions and Collective Protests
Session Organizer: Jennifer CHUN

RC34 Sociology of Youth


22
New Alliances among the Young: Political Action, Citizenship, and Engagement
Session Organizer: Howard WILLIAMSONChair: Ani WIERENGA

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


23
New Trends and Theoretical Approach in the Field of Social Mobilizations and Social Change
Session Organizer: Benjamín TEJERINA

RC30 Sociology of Work


24
New Work Organization, New Work Division and New Skills. Part I: Comparative Analysis of the Practices of Work and Management of Employment
Session Organizer: Emilie LANCIANO

RC18 Political Sociology


25
Politics of Community and Community Development in the South: An Epistemological Engagement
Session Organizers: Arun KUMAR and Eswarappa KASI

RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups


26
Professions and Democracy. Part I
Session Organizer: Mike SAKSChair: Mike SAKS

RC10 Round Table: Social justice and participation: The role of higher education. Part I


27
RC10RC04 Part I: Round Table 1 Stakeholders in School and Work

RC10 Round Table: Social justice and participation: The role of higher education. Part I


28
RC10RC04 Part I: Round Table 2 Participation and Citizenship

RC10 Round Table: Social justice and participation: The role of higher education. Part I


29
RC10RC04 Part I: Round Table 3 Expansion of Opportunities

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


30
RC19 Business Meeting

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology Round Table Session: Logic and methodology in sociology


31
RC33 Round Table: Empirical Methods in Aging Research. Part II
Session Organizer: Godfrey ST. BERNARD

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology Round Table Session: Logic and methodology in sociology


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RC33 Round Table: Epistemology and Research Design
Session Organizer: Godfrey ST. BERNARD

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology Round Table Session: Logic and methodology in sociology


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RC33 Round Table: Process-Oriented Methodology and Theories in Historical and Comparative Sociology. Part II
Session Organizer: Godfrey ST. BERNARD

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology Round Table Session: Logic and methodology in sociology


34
RC33 Round Table: Qualitative Methods in the Sociology of Religion. Part III
Session Organizer: Godfrey ST. BERNARD

RC22 Sociology of Religion


35
Religion and the Challenges of the Contemporary World
Session Organizer: Eloísa MARTINChairs: Hugo José SUAREZ and Felipe GAYTAN ALCALA

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


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Researching Racism and Nationalism in an Increasingly Challenging Academic Environment
Session Organizers: Karim MURJI and Peter RATCLIFFEChair: Peter RATCLIFFE

RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development


37
Social Change, New Technology and Democratization in the Middle East and North Africa Region
Chair: Habibul H. KHONDKER

RC24 Environment and Society


38
Social Justice, Democratization and Environmental Sociology
Session Organizer: Stewart LOCKIEChair: Mikael KLINTMAN

RC04 Sociology of Education


39
The Role of Professional Ethics in Promoting Social Compromise. Part I
Session Organizer: Anita HIRSCH ADLERChair: Anita HIRSCH ADLER

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


40
Towards Better Healthcare for All: What Matters in the Transformation of Healthcare Systems and Policy. Part I
Session Organizers: Ellen KUHLMANN and Claus WENDT

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


41
Urban Studies and the Challenge of Travelling Concepts and Comparative Methods
Session Organizer: Jeremy SEEKINGS

10:45 AM-12:15 PM

RC41 Sociology of Population


47
Demographic challenges in societies
Chair: Maria Guadalupe VEGA-LOPEZCo-Chair: Armando DOMINGUEZ

RC11 Sociology of Aging


48
Age- and Gender- based Inequalities: Recent Research and Challenges
Session Organizers: Clary KREKULA and Neal KINGChair: Julie MCMULLIN

RC36 Alienation Theory and Research


49
Alienation Rheory Revisited. Part II
Session Organizer: Vessela MISHEVA

RC37 Sociology of Arts


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Analyzing Art Works as a Way to Social Knowledge. Part I
Session Organizer: Paulo MENEZESChair: Arturo RODRIGUEZ MORATO

RC26 Sociotechnics, Sociological Practice


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Borders, Cultural Citizenship and Sustainability: Human Networks in Action
Session Organizer: Marie Louise CONILH DE BEYSSAC

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


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Bridging sociologies. Globalisation, cosmopolitanism and the individual
Chair: Henri LUSTIGER THALER

RC53 Sociology of Childhood


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Children, society and exclusions. Part I-B in English
Session Organizer: Ethel KOSMINSKY

RC43 Housing and Built Environment


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Comparative Housing Policy
Session Organizer: Kenneth GIBB

RC12 Sociology of Law


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Comparative Legal Culture
Chair: Marina KURKCHIYAN

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


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Creativity, emotion and risk
Session Organizer: Helena FLAMChair: Helena FLAM

RC20 Comparative Sociology


57
Current research in comparative sociology
Session Organizer: Jean-Pascal DALOZChair: Jean-Pascal DALOZCo-Chair: Masamichi SASAKI

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


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Discours à propos de la démocratie Session co-organized with AISLF GT 21 Socio-Anthropologie Politique
Session Organizers: Olivier CHANTRAINE and Christiana CONSTANTOPOULOUChair: Lise DEMAILLY

RC25 Language and Society


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Discourse & Identity
Session Organizer: Federico FARINIChair: German FERNANDEZ VAVRIK

RC49 Mental Health and Illness


60
Distinguished Speaker Panel: Emerging Issues in the Sociology of Mental Health
Session Organizer: Bronwen LICHTENSTEINChair: Bronwen LICHTENSTEIN

RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis


61
Epistemological challenges presented by the experience of modernity in non-Western contexts 1
Session Organizer: Sergio TAVOLAROChair: Oliver KOZLAREK

RC46 Clinical Sociology


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Essentials of Community Intervention
Session Organizer: Jan Marie FRITZ

RC02 Economy and Society


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Global Stratification
Session Organizer: Hiroko INOUE

RC15 Sociology of Health


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Health care choice: Discourses, perceptions and experiences
Session Organizers: Kirsten HARLEY , Jonathan GABE and Michael CALNAN

RC44 Labor Movements


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Innovative approaches to informal work
Session Organizer: Rina AGARWALA

RC13 Sociology of Leisure


66
Leisure in turbulent times (Presidential Session of ISA RC 13)
Session Organizer: Ishwar MODIChair: Ishwar MODI

RC55 Social Indicators


67
Measuring and Monitoring Social Progress II
Session Organizer: Robert BIJLChair: Robert BIJL

RC31 Sociology of Migration


68
Migration of labour and human rights issues: Reflections on global context
Session Organizers: Bishnu BARIK and Smita VERMAChair: Smita VERMA

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


69
New work in the study of science, technology and knowledge
Session Organizer: Ralph MATTHEWSChair: Ralph MATTHEWS

RC24 Environment and Society


70
Nuclear power, risk and climate change
Session Organizers: Midori AOYAGI and Nick PIDGEONChair: Ritsuko OZAKI

RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management


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Participation and its relationship to social justice and democracy. Part I
Session Organizer: Isabel DA COSTACo-Chair: Michal PALGI

RC18 Political Sociology


72
Political Inequality Outside of the West. Part I
Session Organizer: Joshua DUBROW

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


73
Poverty and social policy in Latin America
Session Organizers: Camila ARZA and Daniel BELANDChair: Jennifer PRIBBLE

RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups


74
Professional competence and careers
Session Organizer: Jens-Christian SMEBYChair: Christine HARRINGTON

RC34 Sociology of Youth Round Table Session 1: Youth and work in a globalized world


75
RC34 Round Table: Desigualdades y precariedades en las trayectorias laborales / Inequalities and precariousness in employment trajectories
Session Organizer: Claudia JACINTO

RC34 Sociology of Youth Round Table Session 1: Youth and work in a globalized world


76
RC34 Round Table: Efectos de las características y cambios de la economia sobre el empleo juvenil / Effects of economy changes on youth employment
Session Organizer: Rosa María CAMARENA-CÓRDOVA

RC34 Sociology of Youth Round Table Session 1: Youth and work in a globalized world


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RC34 Round Table: Nuevos fenomenos laborales en un mundo globalizado / New labour phenomena in a globalized world
Session Organizer: Ada FREYTES FREY

RC34 Sociology of Youth Round Table Session 1: Youth and work in a globalized world


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RC34 Round Table: Políticas de formación laboral y de empleo juvenil / Youth employment and training policies
Session Organizer: Ana MIRANDA

RC34 Sociology of Youth Round Table Session 1: Youth and work in a globalized world


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RC34 Round Table: Subjetividades, representaciones sociales y sentidos del trabajo / Subjectivities, labour representations and meanings
Session Organizer: María Eugenia LONGO

RC22 Sociology of Religion


80
Religion and the rights of social minorities
Session Organizer: Tânia Mara ALMEIDA

RC45 Rational Choice


81
Social capital: Current research on the construction of social capital
Session Organizer: Hanno SCHOLTZ

RC42 Social Psychology


82
Social Justice and Democratization
Session Organizer: Deepak Kumar VERMA

RC29 Deviance and Social Control


83
Social justice and Democratization: Diffuse Violence and Social Control
Session Organizers: Juan PEGORARO and Abdul-Mumin SA'AD

RC07 Futures Research


84
Social Justice, Equality and Participation
Session Organizer: Celi SCALONChair: Celi SCALON

RC51 Sociocybernetics


85
Systemic perspective to think knowledge and cultural management development. Part III
Session Organizer: Margarita MAASS

RC54 The Body in the Social Sciences


86
The body in network society: Memory, communication and cultural practices on the social web and abroad
Session Organizer: María Eugenia BOITOCo-chairs: María Eugenia BOITO and Belen ESPOZ

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


87
Urban outskirts: Renewed conflicts in a comparative perspective
Session Organizers: Neiva VIEIRA DA CUNHA and Gabriel DE SANTIS FELTRAN

RC17 Sociology of Organization


88
What Makes an Organization
Session Organizer: Paul DU GAY

RC38 Biography and Society


89
Where Are You From? Experiences of Exclusion, Marginalization and Racism. Part I
Session Organizers: Helma LUTZ and Roswitha BRECKNERChair: Helma LUTZ

RC32 Women in Society


90
Women, violence and social justice. Part I.
Session Organizers: Evangelia TASTSOGLOU and Antoinette HETZLERChair: Evangelia TASTSOGLOU

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology


96
Process-Oriented Methodology and Theories in Historical and Comparative Sociology
Session Organizer: Fumiya ONAKAChair: Fumiya ONAKA

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

RC54 The Body in the Social Sciences


98
Body, emotions and spatial cognition in the information society
Session Organizer: Bianca Maria PIRANIChair: Bianca Maria PIRANI

RC42 Social Psychology


99
(In)justice and inequalities in a globalized (democratic) world
Session Organizer: Clara SABBAGH

RC45 Rational Choice


100
Actors, choices, and rationality in the Global South
Session Organizer: Hanno SCHOLTZ

RC36 Alienation Theory and Research


101
Agency and empowerment in the life world
Session Organizer: Lauren LANGMAN

RC07 Futures Research


102
Alternatives to neoliberal globalization: Comparing counter-hegemonic projects - Part I
Session Organizers: William CARROLL and Markus S. SCHULZChairs: William CARROLL and Markus S. SCHULZ

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


103
Anti-nuclear movements after Fukushima disaster
Session Organizer: Shujiro YAZAWAChair: Seung Kuk KIM

RC37 Sociology of Arts


104
Art, (il)legitimacy and consecration processes? I
Session Organizer: Alain QUEMINChair: Ling-Yun TANG

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


105
Beyond risk: Governing unknowns
Session Organizer: Matthias GROSS

RC38 Biography and Society


106
Biography and Ethnography
Session Organizer: Catherine DELCROIXChair: Andreas Oskar KEMPF

RC11 Sociology of Aging


107
Caring for older adults with dementia
Session Organizer: Neena CHAPPELLChair: Kate O'LOUGHLIN

RC26 Sociotechnics, Sociological Practice


108
Cellular globalization: Social theory as projected on applied sociology
Chair: Nikita POKROVSKY

RC53 Sociology of Childhood


109
Children's rights and social justice
Session Organizer: Loretta BASS

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


110
Collective action and the rebirth of social movements for social and economic justice in Chile: Causes, demands and result in a global world
Session Organizer: Francisco BAEZ URBINAChair: Francisco BAEZ URBINA

RC46 Clinical Sociology


111
Community Development and Social Justice
Session Organizer: Emma PORIO

RC20 Comparative Sociology


112
Comparative studies of historical and contemporary civilising and decivilising shifts in politics, culture and morality
Session Organizers: Robert VAN KRIEKEN and Stephen VERTIGANS

RC41 Sociology of Population


113
Current issues in population and social justice
Session Organizer: Elena BASTIDA-GONZALEZ

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


114
Diaspora and ethno-national conflict
Session Organizers: Ipek DEMIR and Nira YUVAL-DAVISChair: Nira YUVAL-DAVIS

RC25 Language and Society


115
Discourses of Exclusion and Resistance
Session Organizer: Viviane RESENDEChair: Viviane RESENDE

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology


116
Empirical Methods in Aging Research 1
Session Organizers: Valentina HLEBEC and Kathrin KOMP

RC24 Environment and Society


117
Environmental problems, natural disasters, and socio-technical risks
Session Organizer: Raymond MURPHYChair: Matthias GROSS

RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups


118
Globalisation and its impacts on professions and organisations
Session Organizers: Daniel MUZIO and Ellen KUHLMANN

RC34 Sociology of Youth


119
Itinerary of research on youth studies in Argentina: Key analysis, perspectives and interdisciplinary views
Chairs: Pedro NUNEZ and Carles FEIXADiscussant: Melina VAZQUEZ

RC30 Sociology of Work


120
La crisis del trabajo y políticas de vida digna: Diagnósticos, reclamos y alternativas
Session Organizer: Laura L ORTIZ-NEGRÓN

RC12 Sociology of Law


121
Law and migration
Session Organizer: Susana NOVICKChair: Susana NOVICK

RC13 Sociology of Leisure


122
Leisure, urbanization, migration and ethnic relations
Session Organizers: Azril BACAL , Ishwar MODI and Yuri KAZEPOVCo-chairs: Azril BACAL and Talja BLOKLAND

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


123
Models of social assistance in Latin America
Session Organizers: Armando BARRIENTOS and Maxine MOLYNEUX

RC31 Sociology of Migration


124
Out of Place Emotions: Managing emotions from a distance
Session Organizers: Loretta BALDASSAR and Paolo BOCCAGNI

RC18 Political Sociology


125
Party Members and Activists in Latin America
Session Organizer: Wolfgang RÜDIGDiscussant: Luis RAMIRO

RC02 Economy and Society


126
Political Economy, Knowledge, Ecology
Session Organizers: William CARROLL and Carla LIPSIG-MUMME

RC32 Women in Society Round Table Session: Women, social justice and democratization, Part I


127
RC32 Round Table: Challenging gendered spaces and categories
Session Organizer: Vappu TYYSKA

RC32 Women in Society


128
RC32 Round Table: Violence: Expressions and solutions
Session Organizer: Vappu TYYSKAChair: Vappu TYYSKA

RC32 Women in Society


129
RC32 Round Table: Women in action: Images and realities
Session Organizer: Vappu TYYSKA

RC32 Women in Society Round Table Session: Women, social justice and democratization, Part I


130
RC32 Round Table: Women's work environments
Session Organizer: Vappu TYYSKA

RC32 Women in Society Round Table Session: Women, social justice and democratization, Part I


131
RC32 Round Table: Women, welfare & economic (re)structuring
Session Organizer: Vappu TYYSKA

RC22 Sociology of Religion


132
Religious pluralism and struggle for justice in secular democracies
Session Organizer: Deepak Kumar VERMA

RC55 Social Indicators


133
Social Indicator Databases
Session Organizer: Ruut VEENHOVEN

RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management


134
Social participation and the economic and social crisis
Session Organizer: Francesco GARIBALDO

RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development


135
Socio-political orders beside the state or the limits of the Leviathan
Session Organizers: Dieter NEUBERT and Artur BOGNERChair: Dieter NEUBERT

RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis


136
Subjectivity, symbolic power and social justice
Session Organizers: Jochen DREHER , Hermilio SANTOS and Daniela LOPEZChair: Daniela LOPEZ

RC51 Sociocybernetics


137
Systemic Perspective to think knowledge and cultural management development. Part II
Session Organizer: Margarita MAASS

RC29 Deviance and Social Control


138
The dilemmas of the public safety, social inequalities, social control and deviance
Session Organizers: Mariano Hernan GUTTIERREZ and APRIL BERNARD

RC04 Sociology of Education


139
The role of professional ethics in promoting social compromise. Part II
Session Organizer: Anita HIRSCH-ADLERChair: Maria Ligia DE OLIVERA BARBOSA

RC15 Sociology of Health


140
The transformation of lives: Making up people through biotechnologies
Session Organizers: Johanne COLLIN and Annette LEIBING

RC44 Labor Movements


141
Unfree labour: States, capital and the struggles of migrant and immigrant workers for social and economic justice
Session Organizers: Aziz CHOUDRY and Mark THOMASChair: Jennifer CHUN

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


142
Urban planning and public policies for social and ethnic mix: 'Faith-based displacement activities' or effective instruments against socio-spatial exclusion?
Session Organizers: Claire COLOMB and Sonia ARBACI

2:30 PM-4:00 PM

RC37 Sociology of Arts


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Analyzing art works as a way to social knowledge II
Session Organizer: Paulo MENEZESChair: Paulo MENEZES

RC22 Sociology of Religion


152
Asian religions in the era of globalization
Session Organizer: Ronan PEREIRA

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


153
Basic universalism: Is Latin America getting closer or further away?
Session Organizer: Juliana MARTÍNEZ FRANZONI

RC53 Sociology of Childhood


154
Children's lives, voices and well being. Poster session & RC 53 Reception.
Session Organizer: Margaret SIMS

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


155
Conflicts, social movements and democracy in the global era
Session Organizer: Yvon LE BOTChair: Fernando CALDERONCo-Chair: Marie-Christine DORAN

RC41 Sociology of Population


156
Current issues in population research
Session Organizer: Encarnación ARACIL RODRIGUEZChair: Rosa Maria CAMARENA-CORDOVA

RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management


157
Diversity of civic participation patterns in a globalizing world
Session Organizer: Pawel STAROSTAChair: Pawel STAROSTACo-Chair: Alicia VILLAFANE

RC36 Alienation Theory and Research


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From alienation to empowerment. Part I
Chair: Marvin PROSONO

RC46 Clinical Sociology


159
Gender, Sexuality, Disability and Social Justice
Chair: Anastasia- Valentine RIGASCo-Chair: Marlos Alves BEZERRA

RC07 Futures Research


160
Globalization, futures of management, and resistance movements. Part I
Chair: Ulrike M.M. SCHUERKENS

RC24 Environment and Society


161
Governing global socio-ecological systems
Session Organizers: J. David TABARA and Ilan CHABAYChair: J. David TÀBARA

RC54 The Body in the Social Sciences


162
Human/machine social interaction: The felt presence of absent bodies performing the sonic and visual streams
Session Organizer: Adrián SCRIBANOChair: Adrián SCRIBANO

RC11 Sociology of Aging


163
Images, Meaning, and Discourses of Ageing
Session Organizer: Julie MCMULLINChair: Kyriakos MARKIDES

RC34 Sociology of Youth


164
Juvenile violence, policing and access to justice
Session Organizer: Arturo ALVARADO

RC25 Language and Society


165
Language and Migrations/ Lengua y Migraciones
Session Organizers: Roland TERBORG and Rodolfo GUTIERREZChairs: Roland TERBORG and Rodolfo GUTIERREZ

RC02 Economy and Society


166
Latin America and global social change
Session Organizer: Christopher CHASE-DUNN

RC12 Sociology of Law


167
Law and politics
Chair: Agelica CUELLAR VAZQUEZ

RC13 Sociology of Leisure


168
Leisure and tourism: Social and environmental concerns. Part II
Session Organizers: Ishwar MODI and Stewart LOCKIECo-chairs: Kemal AYDIN and Vehbi BASER

RC15 Sociology of Health


169
Medications and pharmaceuticalization: Continuity and change
Session Organizers: Noemia LOPES and Jonathan GABE

RC38 Biography and Society


170
Methodological Challenges in Biography Research
Session Organizer: Feiwel KUPFERBERGChair: Feiwel KUPFERBERG

RC55 Social Indicators


171
Methodological issues in constructing complex social indicators
Session Organizer: Filomena MAGGINO

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


172
New media, democracy and social justice Part I
Session Organizers: Isleide FONTENELLE and Jeffrey HALLEYChair: Isleide FONTENELLE

RC51 Sociocybernetics


173
Observing, measuring and reconstructing emergent meaning
Session Organizer: Liliana RAMIREZ RUIZ

RC04 Sociology of Education


174
Opportunities and barriers to educational access and equity in developed nations: Issues of race, ethnicity and immigration on schooling in a globalizing world
Session Organizer: A. Gary DWORKINChair: David KONSTANTINOVSKY

RC31 Sociology of Migration


175
Out of Place Emotions: Ambiguity of being
Session Organizers: Loretta BALDASSAR and Paolo BOCCAGNI

RC30 Sociology of Work


176
Panel session. Democracy at work and social justice: An international perspective
Session Organizer: Delphine MERCIERPanelists: Delphine MERCIER , Marcos SUPERVIELLE and Paul BOUFFARTIGUE

RC44 Labor Movements Round Table Session: Emerging alternatives for the labor movement: New visions, new contexts, new strategies


177
RC44 Round Table 2: Strategies for organizing informal workers
Session Organizer: Chris TILLY

RC44 Labor Movements Round Table Session: Emerging alternatives for the labor movement: New visions, new contexts, new strategies


178
RC44 Round Table 3: The solidarity economy, the labor movement and the fight against precarious employment
Session Organizer: Ana Margarida ESTEVESChair: Jacklyn COCK

RC44 Labor Movements Round Table Session: Emerging alternatives for the labor movement: New visions, new contexts, new strategies


179
RC44 Round Table 4: New strategies for bringing union democracy to unions with diverse memberships
Session Organizers: Sophie BÉROUD and Karel YON

RC44 Labor Movements Round Table Session: Emerging alternatives for the labor movement: New visions, new contexts, new strategies


180
RC44 Round Table 5: Organizing Strategies, Diversity and Union Democracy
Session Organizer: Cécile GUILLAUME

RC32 Women in Society


181
Researching women's lives in post-colonial contexts: Challenges and transformations in decolonizing self and research
Session Organizer: Akosua ADOMAKO AMPOFOChair: Akosua ADOMAKO AMPOFOCo-Chair: Dilek CINDOGLU

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


182
Science institutions and society: Mutual interactions and adaptations
Session Organizers: Luis SANZ-MENENDEZ and Juha TUUNAINEN

RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups


183
Science, innovation and professional development
Session Organizers: Helena SERRA and Lorenzo SPERANZAChair: Lorenzo SPERANZA

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


184
The role of design and social justice in 21st century cities: Paradoxes and challenges
Session Organizers: Verónica DEVALLE and Carla RODRÍGUEZ

RC29 Deviance and Social Control


185
The sociological explanations of deviance, crime and social control
Session Organizers: Robert NASH PARKER , Francesco SIDOTI and Salo DE CARVALHO

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


186
Violencia e interculturalidad / Violence and interculturality. Part I
Session Organizers: Daniel GUTIERREZ MARTINEZ and Nelson ARTEAGA BOTELLOChair: Nelson ARTEAGA BOTELLO

WG02 Historical and Comparative Sociology


193
Social Positioning in Comparative/Historical Perspective
Session Organizers: Manuela BOATCA and Vilna Bashi TREITLERChair: Trica KEATON

Thursday, August 2, 2012

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM

RC30 Sociology of Work


196
Articulating work and family: Gender or professional group differences?/ Conciliar empleo y familia: ¿Unas diferencias de género, de grupo profesional o otras?
Session Organizers: Diane Gabrielle TREMBLAY and Bernard FUSULIER

RC55 Social Indicators


197
Assessing quality of life and social development: Notions, approaches and indicators
Session Organizers: Graciela TONON and Agustin SALVIAChair: Agustin SALVIA

RC38 Biography and Society


198
Bodies in motion
Session Organizer: Kathy DAVISChair: Susan BELL

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


199
Changing dynamic in research organizations
Session Organizers: Laura CRUZ-CASTRO , Luis SANZ-MENENDEZ , Hebe VESSURI and Pablo KREIMERChair: Hebe VESSURI

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


200
Consumer culture and social issues
Session Organizers: Jeffrey HALLEY , Oksana LYCHKOVSKA and Isleide FONTENELLEChair: Indhu RAJAGOPAL

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


201
Contemporary Racisms, Problematic Positionalities and Marginalised Voices: The Methodological Challenge
Session Organizer: Alice FELDMANChair: Alice FELDMAN

RC20 Comparative Sociology


202
Death and politics: Socio-historical and comparative approaches. Part I
Session Organizers: Gabriel KESSLER and Sandra GAYOLDiscussants: María Carolina ZAPIOLA and Carolina SCHILLAGI

RC13 Sociology of Leisure


203
Democratization and the promise of leisure
Session Organizer: Ishwar MODIChair: Christianne Luce GOMES

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


204
Democratization movements and human rights. Part I
Session Organizer: Sharon BARNARTT

RC07 Futures Research


205
Democratizing futures and digital inclusion: Participatory opportunities and pitfalls
Session Organizer: Laura ROBINSON

RC02 Economy and Society


206
Diversity in corporate networks
Session Organizers: Meindert FENNEMA and Eelke HEEMSKERK

RC45 Rational Choice


207
Embedded rational choice in institutional change
Session Organizer: Hanno SCHOLTZ

RC54 The Body in the Social Sciences


208
Empowerment, Language and the Body
Session Organizers: Celine-Marie PASCALE and Bianca Maria PIRANIChair: Celine-Marie PASCALE

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology


209
Ethnography
Session Organizers: Grit PETSCHICK and Robert J. SCHMIDT

RC49 Mental Health and Illness


210
Gender, social justice, and mental health
Session Organizer: Silvia KRUMM

RC24 Environment and Society


211
Global Commodity Chains And Environmental Flows
Session Organizers: Peter OOSTERVEER and Júlia S. GUIVANTChair: Júlia S. GUIVANT

RC43 Housing and Built Environment


212
Housing and the right to the city. Part I
Session Organizers: Manuel B. AALBERS and Kenneth GIBB

RC44 Labor Movements


213
Labor movements and the State: What happens when political allies take power?
Session Organizers: Ruy BRAGA and Ruy BRAGAChair: Ruy BRAGADiscussant: Ruy BRAGA

RC11 Sociology of Aging


214
Later life decision making: Consumption, home care, and end of life
Session Organizer: Lucie VIDOVICOVAChair: Neena CHAPPELL

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


215
Latin American social movements and social justice in the Global South
Chair: Emilio TADDEIPanelists: Flávia LESSA DE BARROS and Céli Regina JARDIM PINTO

RC34 Sociology of Youth


216
Mass higher education, employment opportunities, and youth
Session Organizer: Vinod CHANDRA

RC31 Sociology of Migration


217
Migration In (Post-) Socialist Societies
Session Organizer: Angelica WEHRLIChair: Habibul H. KHONDKER

RC32 Women in Society


218
Movimientos de mujeres por la justicia social y la democratización en América Latina/ Women`s movements for social justice and democratization in Latin America Part I
Session Organizers: Alicia Itati PALERMO , Alicia DAMBRAUSKAS and Marlise MATOSChairs: Alicia DAMBRAUSKAS and Alicia Itati PALERMO

RC17 Sociology of Organization


219
Organizational critique before (and after?) Critical Management Studies/ Mechanisms of innovation
Session Organizers: Alan SCOTT , Cristina BESIO and Uli MEYER

RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups


220
Professions and democracy. Part II
Session Organizer: Mike SAKSChair: Helena SERRA

RC36 Alienation Theory and Research


221
Race, alienation and everyday life
Session Organizer: Lauren LANGMAN

RC10 Round Table: Social justice and participation: The role of higher education. Part II


222
RC10RC04 Part II: Round Table 1 Profesionales, universidades y conocimiento

RC10 Round Table: Social justice and participation: The role of higher education. Part II


223
RC10RC04 Part II: Round Table 2 Desafíos de inclusion

RC10 Round Table: Social justice and participation: The role of higher education. Part II


224
RC10RC04 Part II: Round Table 3 Desigualdad escolar

RC18 Political Sociology Roundtable Session: Democratization and political behavior in the Latin America


225
RC18 Round Table 1: Democratization and elections in Latin America
Session Organizers: Rosario QUEIROLO and María Fernanda BOIDIDiscussant: Manuel ALCANTARA SAEZ

RC22 Sociology of Religion


226
Regimes of religious regulation I: Government and social regulation of religion
Session Organizer: David LEHMANN

RC31 Sociology of Migration


227
Repeat migration and social inequalities and equalities
Session Organizer: Caroline PLÜSS

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


228
Segregation(s) and urban inequalities in major cities around the world. Part I
Session Organizers: Jesús LEAL and Thomas MALOUTAS

RC04 Sociology of Education


229
Social inequalities and secondary education: Theories, methods and research findings
Session Organizers: Analia MEO and Cora STEINBERGCo-chairs: Analia MEO and Cora STEINBERG

RC15 Sociology of Health


230
Sociology of complementary and alternative medicine. Part I
Session Organizers: Nelson BARROS , Betina FREIDIN , Anahita GRISONI , Joana ALMEIDA , Albert BANERJEE and Pamela SIEGEL

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


231
Towards better healthcare for all: What matters in the transformation of healthcare systems and policy. Part II
Session Organizers: Claus WENDT and Ellen KUHLMANN

10:45 AM-12:15 PM

RC37 Sociology of Arts


235
Artistic and non-artistic markets: Entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation
Session Organizer: Marta HERREROChair: Florent GAUDEZ

RC36 Alienation Theory and Research


236
Bodies, emotions, alienation and everyday life
Session Organizers: Miriam ADELMAN and Richard MISKOLCIChair: Richard MISKOLCI

RC53 Sociology of Childhood


237
Childhood in democracy's infancy
Session Organizer: Doris BUEHLER-NIEDERBERGER

RC44 Labor Movements


238
China's emerging working class and the future of the labor movement
Session Organizer: Pun NGAI

RC46 Clinical Sociology


239
Corruption and Globalization: Open discussion
Session Organizer: Tina UYS

RC20 Comparative Sociology


240
Death and politics: Socio-historical and comparative approaches. Part II
Session Organizers: Gabriel KESSLER and Sandra GAYOL

RC49 Mental Health and Illness


241
Disaster, society, and mental health
Session Organizer: Takashi ASAKURA

RC42 Social Psychology


242
Discursive and narrative approaches to identity research
Session Organizer: Antonio STECHER

RC24 Environment and Society


243
Environmental attitudes and behaviours
Session Organizers: Riley DUNLAP and Ritsuko OZAKIChair: Riley DUNLAP

RC32 Women in Society


244
Gender, science and technology: Post-colonial and feminist perspectives
Session Organizer: M. Laura CORRADIChair: Josephine BEOKU-BETTS

RC43 Housing and Built Environment


245
Housing policies: Latin America, popular housing, comparative

RC55 Social Indicators


246
Human Relations and its Importance for Well-Being
Session Organizer: Emilio MOYANO

RC29 Deviance and Social Control


247
Human rights violations
Session Organizers: Ines IZAGUIRRE and Jaime ZULUAGA

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


248
Imagining futures: Social movements, publics, and contentious politics - Part I
Session Organizers: Ligia TAVERA FENOLLOSA , Markus S. SCHULZ and Benjamin TEJERINA MONTAÑAChair: Benjamín TEJERINA

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


249
International science and technology cooperation: The role of academic mobility
Session Organizer: Nadia ASHEULOVA

RC18 Political Sociology


250
Intra-party conflicts: Enhancing or diminishing democracy at large?
Session Organizer: Emilie VAN HAUTE

RC31 Sociology of Migration


251
Latin American migration, development and transnational citizenship: A South-North academic dialogue
Session Organizers: Jean-Michel LAFLEUR , Elisa BREY and Isabel YÉPEZChair: Jean-Michel LAFLEURCo-Chair: Elisa BREY

RC12 Sociology of Law


252
Legal professions. Part 1
Chair: Hilary SOMMERLAND

RC13 Sociology of Leisure


253
Leisure across disciplines: Theories and methods
Session Organizer: Kenneth ROBERTSChair: Thomas HENRICKS

RC25 Language and Society


254
Lenguas Indígenas/ Indigenous Languages
Session Organizer: Amado ALARCONChair: Amado ALARCON

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


255
Local Welfare: Changing States, Stakeholders Mobilization and Policy Rescaling
Session Organizers: Enzo MINGIONE , Susana PEÑALVA and Gilles VERPRAET

RC51 Sociocybernetics


256
Modern sociological systems theory in social practice. Part II
Session Organizers: Karl-Heinz SIMON and Michael PAETAU

RC30 Sociology of Work


257
New career theory and new realities of work in the Knowledge Economy/ Nuevas teories de la carerra y nuevas realidades de trabajo en la Economia del Conocimiento
Session Organizers: Diane Gabrielle TREMBLAY and Anne GILLET

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


258
New media, democracy and social justice Part II
Session Organizers: Isleide FONTENELLE and Jeffrey HALLEYChair: Oksana LYCHKOVSKA

RC11 Sociology of Aging


259
Participation and cultural sociology of the life course. Part I
Session Organizers: Julia ROZANOVA and Andreas HOFFChair: Julia ROZANOVACo-Chair: Andreas HOFF

RC38 Biography and Society


260
Pictures, biographies and families
Session Organizers: Susan BELL and Roswitha BRECKNERChair: Kathy DAVIS

RC41 Sociology of Population


261
Population Challenges in Health Equity
Session Organizer: Guillermo Julian GONZALEZ-PEREZ

RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis


262
Power and slavery
Session Organizers: David STRECKER and Resarch Committee on Political Power IPSA RC 36Chair: Craig BROWNE

RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups


263
Professional governance and health human resource management: The challenges of equality, diversity and inclusion. Part I
Session Organizers: Ellen KUHLMANN and Ivy BOURGEAULTChair: Ivy BOURGEAULT

RC34 Sociology of Youth Round Table Session 2: Youth identity construction: Between individualization and collective experiences of belongingness and resistance


264
RC34 Round Table: Class,place and identity
Session Organizer: Natalia WAECHTER

RC34 Sociology of Youth Round Table Session 2: Youth identity construction: Between individualization and collective experiences of belongingness and resistance


265
RC34 Round Table: Identity construction processes between individualization and collective experiences. Part I
Session Organizer: Mariana CHAVES

RC34 Sociology of Youth Round Table Session 2: Youth identity construction: Between individualization and collective experiences of belongingness and resistance


266
RC34 Round Table: Identity construction processes between individualization and collective experiences. Part II
Session Organizer: Julieta INFANTINO

RC34 Sociology of Youth Round Table Session 2: Youth identity construction: Between individualization and collective experiences of belongingness and resistance


267
RC34 Round Table: Identity, education and resistance
Session Organizer: Pedro NUNEZ

RC34 Sociology of Youth Round Table Session 2: Youth identity construction: Between individualization and collective experiences of belongingness and resistance


268
RC34 Round Table: Youth activism and resistance in the process of identity construction
Session Organizer: Ada FREYTES FREY

RC45 Rational Choice


269
RC45 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Hanno SCHOLTZ

RC22 Sociology of Religion


270
Regimes of religious regulation II: Multiculturalism and the management of religion
Session Organizer: Alejandro FRIGERIO

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


271
Social protection for older adults in Latin America and beyond
Session Organizer: Camila ARZA

RC54 The Body in the Social Sciences


272
The body and difference in society: Embodiment, theory and social control
Session Organizer: Claudia MALACRIDAChair: Jacqueline LOW

RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development


273
The cultural politics of economic development
Session Organizer: Frederick WHERRY

RC04 Sociology of Education


274
The democratic schooling: Limits, possibilities, and consequences, and national agendas in a globalizing world
Session Organizers: Lawrence J. SAHA and Carol REIDCo-chairs: Lawrence J. SAHA and Carol REID

RC02 Economy and Society


275
Theorizing gender, state and economy
Session Organizer: Heidi GOTTFRIED

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


276
Tracking Contemporary Racisms on Virtual spaces and Print media
Session Organizers: Bandana PURKAYASTHA and Millsom HENRY-WARINGChair: Bandana PURKAYASTHA

RC17 Sociology of Organization


277
What makes consumer market organizations?
Session Organizer: Liz MCFALL

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


278
¿Repolitización de las movilizaciones sociales en América Latina?
Chair: Maria da Glória GOHNPanelist: Manuel Antonio GARRETON

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

RC22 Sociology of Religion


286
Alternatives religiosities and beliefs in contemporary world
Session Organizer: Felipe GAYTAN ALCALA

RC07 Futures Research


287
Alternatives to neoliberal globalization: Comparing counter-hegemonic projects - Part II
Session Organizers: William CARROLL and Markus S. SCHULZCo-chairs: Christopher CHASE-DUNN and Sylvia WALBY

RC53 Sociology of Childhood


288
Children's bodies
Session Organizer: Lars ALBERTH

RC26 Sociotechnics, Sociological Practice


289
Community empowerment and regional cohesion policy in times of crisis
Co-chairs: Luis LLAMBÍ and Christina MARCHETTI

RC30 Sociology of Work


290
Conciliar empleo y familia: ¿Unas diferencias de género, de grupo profesional o otras?
Session Organizers: Bernard FUSULIER and Diane Gabrielle TREMBLAY

RC02 Economy and Society


291
Economy, economists & public decision making
Session Organizer: Mariana HEREDIA

RC54 The Body in the Social Sciences


292
Embodiment and creation: Metropolitan bodies and the flows of tradition
Session Organizer: Shinsuke SAKUMICHIChair: Shinsuke SAKUMICHI

RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis


293
Epistemological challenges presented by the experience of modernity in non-Western contexts 2
Session Organizer: Sergio TAVOLAROChair: Sergio TAVOLARO

RC38 Biography and Society


294
Food as a special symbol in the migration process
Session Organizer: Julia BERNSTEINChair: Lena INOWLOCKI

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


295
Forms of social justice: Localism and globalism in Asian context
Chair: Daishiro NOMIYA

RC46 Clinical Sociology


296
Health and Justice
Session Organizer: Norma TAKEUTI

RC04 Sociology of Education


297
Higher education policies to promote retention and graduation
Session Organizer: Ana GARCÍA DE FANELLIChair: Ana GARCÍA DE FANELLI

RC49 Mental Health and Illness


298
HIV/AIDS, social change, and social justice
Session Organizer: J. Gary LINNCo-Chair: Bronwen LICHTENSTEIN

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


299
Housing and the right to the city. Part II
Session Organizers: Manuel B. AALBERS and Kenneth GIBB

RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups


300
In-between fragmentation and new identities: Professional socialisation within established and emerging fields of professionalism. Part I
Session Organizer: Christiane SCHNELLChair: Christiane SCHNELL

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


301
Interfaces between the technical world and the lived reality.
Session Organizer: Czarina SALOMA-AKPEDONU

RC12 Sociology of Law


302
Legal professions. Part 2
Chair: Hilary SOMMERLAND

RC13 Sociology of Leisure


303
Leisure education: Social justice in life-long learning. Part I
Session Organizers: A. Gary DWORKIN and Ishwar MODICo-chairs: Dionysios GOUVIAS and Karl SPRACKLEN

RC31 Sociology of Migration


304
Migrant 'illegality' and non-citizen precarious status in the Americas
Session Organizer: David BARTRAMChair: Ewa MORAWSKA

RC25 Language and Society


305
Nationalism and Identity
Session Organizer: Nadya GEORGIEVAChair: Nadya GEORGIEVA

RC15 Sociology of Health


306
Obesity: A 21st century plague?
Session Organizer: Karen GRANT

RC17 Sociology of Organization


307
Organizing climate change
Session Organizer: Stewart CLEGG

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


308
Panel discussion: The quality of social policy: Explaining cross-national and sub-national differences
Session Organizer: Evelyne HUBERDiscussant: Camila ARZA

RC11 Sociology of Aging


309
Panel: The life-course perspective in Latin America
Session Organizer: María Julieta ODDONEDiscussant: Hugo José SUAREZ

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


310
RC05 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Ann DENIS

RC36 Alienation Theory and Research Round Table Session: Alienation and culture


311
RC36 Round Table 1: Alienated labor in the production of cultural and social capital
Session Organizers: Gabriele DE ANGELIS and Tilman REITZ

RC55 Social Indicators


312
RC55 Business Meeting
Chair: Ruut VEENHOVEN

RC37 Sociology of Arts


313
Social justice and democratization: Avant-gardes (then and now), art, and change I
Session Organizer: Jeffrey HALLEYChair: Jeffrey HALLEY

RC42 Social Psychology


314
Social resource theory: Challenges, insights, and prospects. Panel session
Session Organizer: Ali KAZEMI

RC44 Labor Movements


315
The attack on public sector unionism and labor's response
Session Organizer: Kim VOSS

RC51 Sociocybernetics


316
The challenge of Sociocybernetics for Cultural and Political Knowing
Session Organizers: Juan Carlos BARRON PASTOR and Michael PAETAU

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology


317
Videography and the Analysis of Visual Knowledge and Culture
Session Organizers: Hubert KNOBLAUCH , René TUMA and Christiana CONSTANTOPOULOU

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


318
Visual Representation of Injustice and Exclusion
Session Organizers: Malgorzata BOGUNIA-BOROWSKA and Piotr SZTOMPKAChair: Piotr SZTOMPKACo-Chair: Malgorzata BOGUNIA-BOROWSKA

RC41 Sociology of Population


319
Who's afraid of population decline? Challenges, responses and consequence
Session Organizers: Reinhold SACKMANN and Walter BARTL

RC32 Women in Society


320
Women, violence and social justice. Part II
Session Organizers: Antoinette HETZLER and Evangelia TASTSOGLOUChair: Antoinette HETZLER

RC34 Sociology of Youth


321
Working with, for, and through young people: Community, public care and custody
Chair: Trudi COOPER

RC29 Deviance and Social Control


322
Youth and violence
Session Organizers: Nilia VISCARDI and Alex TEIXEIRA

RC24 Environment and Society


326
The Sociogenesis of Environmental Injustice and Inequality in Latin America: Historic-Comparative Sociological Approaches
Session Organizers: José Esteban CASTRO , Gustavo ANTON and Lorena BOTTARO

2:30 PM-4:00 PM

RC04 Sociology of Education


329
Academic capitalism: Transformation of justice or democracy development?
Session Organizer: Svetlana SHARONOVAChair: Svetlana SHARONOVA

RC22 Sociology of Religion


330
Beliefs in the city: Religious transformations in urban areas
Session Organizer: Hugo José SUAREZ

RC34 Sociology of Youth


331
Citizenship and in/exclusion
Session Organizer: Darcie VANDEGRIFT

RC18 Political Sociology


332
Civil society and the state in Latin America and beyond: New patterns of relationship. Part I
Session Organizers: Elisa REIS and Graziella MORAES SILVA

RC29 Deviance and Social Control


333
CULTURAL DIMENSIONS OF CRIME AND VIOLENCE
Session Organizers: Alex TEIXEIRA and Yakov GILINSKIY

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


334
Cultural industries, new media and art in the global world
Session Organizers: Isleide FONTENELLE , Oksana LYCHKOVSKA and Jeffrey HALLEYChair: Paul LOPES

RC54 The Body in the Social Sciences


335
Embodied players: Re-thinking the role of the physical in leisure
Session Organizer: Arvinder ANSARICo-Chair: Amin PIRZADA

RC11 Sociology of Aging


336
Extending working lives: Are workplace practises convergent with recent policy directions?
Session Organizers: Elizabeth BROOKE and Julie MCMULLINChair: Julie MCMULLIN

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


337
Forms of interaction between science, universities and society: Knowledge mobilization, regulation and the societal impacts of scientific knowledge
Session Organizer: Juha TUUNAINEN

RC36 Alienation Theory and Research


338
From alienation to empowerment. Part II.

RC26 Sociotechnics, Sociological Practice


339
Governance, civil society and new models of democracy
Chair: Arianna MONTANARI

RC41 Sociology of Population


340
Health and migration: Current issues in population health
Session Organizer: Elena BASTIDA-GONZALEZ

RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management


341
Ibero-American views on participation, social justice and democracy
Session Organizer: Jaime PRECIADO CORONADOChair: Martha Nelida RUIZ URIBE

RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups


342
In-between fragmentation and new identities: Professional socialisation within established and emerging fields of professionalism. Part II
Session Organizer: Christiane SCHNELLChair: Helena SERRA

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


343
Indigeneity, autochthony and the politics of belonging
Session Organizer: Nira YUVAL-DAVISChair: Scott POYNTING

RC53 Sociology of Childhood


344
Leisure, democracy and diversity of lifestyles: Children and the youth
Session Organizers: Ishwar MODI and Loretta BASSCo-chairs: Kenneth ROBERTS and Loretta BASS

RC31 Sociology of Migration


345
Migrating out of the home and into the gendered and racialized globalized market of household labor
Session Organizers: Shobha Hamal GURUNG and Mary ROMEROChair: Mary ROMERO

RC55 Social Indicators


346
Migration and Quality of Life. Part I
Session Organizer: David BARTRAMChair: David BARTRAM

RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development


347
Migration and Social Change
Session Organizer: Emma PORIO

RC51 Sociocybernetics


348
Modern sociological systems theory in social practice (A): Applications to societal problems
Session Organizer: Karl-Heinz SIMON

RC32 Women in Society


349
Movimientos de mujeres por la justicia social y la democratización en América Latina/ Women`s movements for social justice and democratization in Latin America Part II
Session Organizers: Alicia Itati PALERMO , Alicia DAMBRAUSKAS and Marlise MATOSChair: Marlise MATOS

RC30 Sociology of Work


350
New work organization, new work division and new skills. Part II. Transnationalisation of work practices
Session Organizer: Emilie LANCIANO

RC17 Sociology of Organization


351
Organizing markets
Session Organizers: Daniel FRIDMAN , Jose OSSANDON and Dean PIERIDES

RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis


352
Postcolonialism and decoloniality: A dialogue
Session Organizer: Gurminder BHAMBRAChair: John HOLMWOOD

RC07 Futures Research Round Table Session 1


353
RC07 Roundtable 1A: Politics of the Future
Session Organizer: Emilia ARAUJO

RC07 Futures Research Round Table Session 1


354
RC07 Roundtable 1B: Memory's futures: Human rights and transitional justice/ El futuro de la memoria: derechos humanos y políticas de transición: verdad, justicia y reparación
Session Organizer: Gabriela FRIED AMILIVIAChairs: Y. Michal BODEMANN and Carlos DEMASI

RC07 Futures Research Round Table Session 1


355
RC07 Roundtable 1C: Imagining futures: Social movements, publics, and contentious politics
Session Organizers: Ligia TAVERA FENOLLOSA , Markus S. SCHULZ and Benjamín TEJERINAChair: Arlene TORRES

RC07 Futures Research Round Table Session 1


356
RC07 Roundtable 1D: Technology/media/futures
Session Organizers: Laura ROBINSON and Angharad VALDIVIAChair: Laura ROBINSON

RC07 Futures Research Round Table Session 1


357
RC07 Roundtable 1E: Alternatives to neoliberal globalization: Comparing counterhegemonic projects
Session Organizers: William CARROLL and Markus S. SCHULZChair: Henry VELTMEYER

RC25 Language and Society


358
RC25 Business Meeting

RC43 Housing and Built Environment


359
RC43 Business Meeting

RC44 Labor Movements


360
RC44 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Jennifer CHUN

RC46 Clinical Sociology


361
RC46 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Jan Marie FRITZ

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


362
Social policy in Latin America - Part I
Session Organizers: Camila ARZA and Daniel BELANDChair: Carmen MIDAGLIA

RC24 Environment and Society


363
Sustainable consumption and environmental behaviours
Session Organizer: Magnus BOSTROMChair: Magnus BOSTROM

RC42 Social Psychology


364
The social psychology of extreme political actions
Session Organizer: Guillermina JASSO

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


365
Towards better healthcare for all: What matters in the transformation of healthcare systems and policy. Part III
Session Organizers: Ellen KUHLMANN and Claus WENDT

RC38 Biography and Society


366
Transnational family migrations
Session Organizers: Ursula APITZSCH and Irini SIOUTIChair: Irini SIOUTI

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


367
Urban conflicts, comparative studies and planning. Part I
Session Organizer: Carlos VAINER

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


368
Urban movements in the new metropolitan context
Session Organizer: Fernando DIAZ ORUETAChair: Pierre HAMEL

RC12 Sociology of Law


369
Urban problems
Chair: Antonio AZUELA

RC37 Sociology of Arts


370
Uses and misuses of the arts in the public sphere I
Session Organizer: Jan MARONTATEChair: Florent GAUDEZ

4:15 PM-5:45 PM

RC04 Sociology of Education


380
Academic choices and barriers on the transition to tertiary education: Issues of social justice
Session Organizer: Iasonas LAMPRIANOUChair: Iasonas LAMPRIANOU

RC18 Political Sociology


381
Civil society and the state in Latin America and beyond: New patterns of relationship. Part II
Session Organizers: Elisa REIS and Graziella MORAES SILVA

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


382
Comparative social assistance models
Session Organizers: Armando BARRIENTOS and Maxine MOLYNEUX

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


383
Democratization movements and human rights. Part II
Session Organizer: Sharon BARNARTTChair: Sharon BARNARTT

RC31 Sociology of Migration


384
Food, family and migration
Session Organizer: Ethel KOSMINSKYChair: Ethel KOSMINSKY

RC07 Futures Research


385
Futures, values, and sociological theory - Part I
Session Organizers: Elisa REIS and Markus S. SCHULZChair: Elisa REIS

RC32 Women in Society


386
Gender & Arab revolts: Where are the women?
Session Organizers: Ashraf MAHMOUD and Zakia SALIMEChair: Zakia SALIME

RC34 Sociology of Youth


387
Generations and intergenerational relationships in the global age
Session Organizers: Dan WOODMAN and Carles FEIXAChair: Carmen LECCARDI

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


388
Governing cities: A comparison of large cities
Session Organizers: Patrick LE GALÈS and Mike RACO

RC55 Social Indicators


389
Keynote speaker session: Ruut Veenhoven: Quality of life: Its past and its future
Session Organizer: Mariano ROJASChair: Mariano ROJAS

RC30 Sociology of Work


390
Leisure, work, time-budgets and the economic crisis
Session Organizers: Ishwar MODI and Emilie LANCIANOCo-Chair: Alan LAW

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


391
Media, cultural diversity and identity transformations in a global world
Session Organizers: Jeffrey HALLEY , Isleide FONTENELLE and Oksana LYCHKOVSKAChair: Jochen DREHER

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


392
Memoria indígena: ¿Otra dimensión de las luchas políticas actuales de los pueblos originarios de Latinoamérica?
Session Organizers: Natividad GUTIERREZ CHONG and Claudia VILLAGRAN MUNOZChair: Natividad GUTIERREZ CHONG

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology


393
Methodology and its Role in Interrogating Social and Demographic Dynamics
Session Organizer: Godfrey ST. BERNARDChair: Linda HEWITTCo-Chair: Godfrey ST. BERNARD

RC31 Sociology of Migration


394
New migration profiles in a globalised world and changing paradigms of migration
Session Organizer: Catherine DE WENDENChair: Catherine DE WENDEN

RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management


395
Participation and its relationship to social justice and democracy. Part II
Session Organizer: Isabel DA COSTAChair: Martine LEGRIS REVEL

RC02 Economy and Society


396
RC02 Business Meeting

RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development


397
RC09 Business Meeting
Session Organizers: Ulrike M.M. SCHUERKENS and Habibul H. KHONDKER

RC11 Sociology of Aging


398
RC11 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Anne MARTIN-MATTHEWS

RC15 Sociology of Health


399
RC15 Business Meeting

RC20 Comparative Sociology


400
RC20 Business Meeting

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


401
RC23 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Ralph MATTHEWS

RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis


402
RC35 Business Meeting

RC36 Alienation Theory and Research


403
RC36 Business Meeting

RC37 Sociology of Arts


404
RC37 Business Meeting

RC51 Sociocybernetics


405
RC51 Business meeting
Session Organizer: Eva BUCHINGER

RC46 Clinical Sociology


406
Social Justice and Democratization
Session Organizer: Olga GUZHVA

RC24 Environment and Society


407
Social learning for sustainability: Knowledge, democracy and justice
Session Organizers: Edwin ZACCAI and Alejandro PELFINICo-chairs: Alejandro PELFINI and Edwin ZACCAI

RC42 Social Psychology


408
The social psychology of language.
Session Organizer: Eva MEYERSSON MILGROM

RC44 Labor Movements


409
Trade unions in the green economy
Session Organizers: Jacklyn COCK , Nora RÄTHZEL and David UZZELL

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


410
When, where, and how do movements matter? Consequences of social movements
Session Organizer: Larry ISAACChair: Larry ISAAC

Friday, August 3, 2012

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM

RC18 Political Sociology


420
Age of democracy, age of inequality
Session Organizer: Joshua DUBROW

RC04 Sociology of Education


421
As the world turns: Higher education for democratic participation or status quo elitism?
Session Organizers: Walter ALLEN and Andrey REZAEVCo-chairs: Walter ALLEN and Andrey REZAEV

RC38 Biography and Society


422
Biography, biographical research and politics. Part I
Session Organizers: Michaela KOETTIG and Lena PEREZChair: Michaela KOETTIG

RC53 Sociology of Childhood


423
Children, society and exclusions. Part II-A in Spanish
Session Organizers: Valeria LLOBET , Carla VILLALTA and Isabella COSSE

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


424
Ciudadanía digital, e-democracia y e-competencia en las sociedades contemporáneas
Session Organizer: Elias SAID HUNGChair: Magdalena FELICE

RC24 Environment and Society


425
Conflicting economies, livelihoods and social-environmental interactions
Session Organizers: Mark STODDART and William CARROLLCo-Chair: Mark STODDART

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


426
Contested science, risk and governance
Session Organizers: Eugene (Gene) ROSA and Thomas DIETZ

RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management


427
Cooperatives, social economy and economic policies for justice and participation in the new millennium
Session Organizer: Maria FREGIDOU-MALAMAChair: Maria FREGIDOU-MALAMA

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


428
Economic development and the role of social policy: Latin America and East Asia
Session Organizer: Huck-ju KWON

RC22 Sociology of Religion


429
Ethnicity, beliefs and religiosities
Session Organizer: Daniel GUTIERREZ MARTINEZ

RC15 Sociology of Health


430
Exploring boundaries of pathology and normality, bodies and minds following the emergence of the new neurosciences: Sociological challenges
Session Organizers: Kerstin SANDELL and Shai MULINARI

RC32 Women in Society


431
Gender policies in Latin America: A route to social justice?
Session Organizers: Maria Salet Ferreira NOVELLINO , Gloria Jovita GUADARRAMA and Jussara PRAChair: Breno CYPRIANO

RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis


432
Global modernity. Sociology facing the post-western age
Session Organizer: Volker H. SCHMIDTChair: Volker H. SCHMIDT

RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development


433
Globalization, futures of management, and resistance movements. Part II
Session Organizer: Markus S. SCHULZ

RC43 Housing and Built Environment


434
Housing policy and processes

RC34 Sociology of Youth


435
Keywords in youth studies
Session Organizer: Nancy LESKO

RC13 Sociology of Leisure


436
Leisure and the arts: Identity and self-expression
Session Organizer: Ishwar MODIChair: Lynne CIOCHETTO

RC31 Sociology of Migration


437
Migration, migrants and the development of inclusive urban cultures and identities. Part I
Session Organizers: Marco MARTINIELLO and Yuri KAZEPOVChair: Yuri KAZEPOV

RC49 Mental Health and Illness


438
New challenges in mental health policies
Session Organizer: Breno FONTES

RC44 Labor Movements


439
New roles for intellectuals in the labor movement?
Session Organizer: Marcos ANCELOVICI

RC25 Language and Society


440
Old & New Media: Changing Public Spheres
Session Organizer: Lynne CIOCHETTOChair: Anahí FARJI NEER

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


441
Policies on Inequality, Racialization and Migration
Session Organizers: Vilna Bashi TREITLER and Manuela BOATCAChair: Vilna Bashi TREITLER

RC20 Comparative Sociology


442
Public spaces put to the test. A Europe-Latin America comparison
Session Organizer: Gabriel NARDACCHIONEChair: Emilio DE IPOLA

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology


443
Qualitative Methods in the Sociology of Religion. Part I
Session Organizers: Eloísa MARTÍN , Bernt SCHNETTLER and Regine HERBRIK

RC17 Sociology of Organization


444
Responsibility, participation and communication in organisations. Experiencias de participación y comunicación: Responsabilidad social en organizaciones de Latinoamérica
Session Organizers: Antonio LUCAS and Kathia SERRANO-VELARDE

RC11 Sociology of Aging


445
Retirement, older workers, and pension policy
Session Organizer: John WILLIAMSONChair: John WILLIAMSON

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


446
Segregation(s) and urban inequalities in major cities around the world. Part II
Session Organizers: Jesús LEAL and Thomas MALOUTAS

RC45 Rational Choice


447
Social capital: Current research on bases and outcomes
Session Organizer: Hanno SCHOLTZ

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


448
Social Movement 2.0
Chair: Antimo Luigi FARRO

RC12 Sociology of Law


449
Social systems and legal systems: transnormative reflexivity in a multidimensional society. Part 1 / Reflexividad transnormativa en una sociedad multidimensional. Parte 1
Chair: Vitorio OLGIATI

RC51 Sociocybernetics


450
Society, ciberculture and sociocybernetics, and sociology on the move
Session Organizer: Margarita MAASS

RC26 Sociotechnics, Sociological Practice


451
Sustainable communities, social capital and the globalisation of work
Chair: Nataliya VELIKAYA

RC31 Sociology of Migration


452
Temporary labour migrations: The resurgence of guestworker programs
Session Organizer: Gustavo VERDUZCOChair: Gustavo VERDUZCO

RC29 Deviance and Social Control


453
The debate on policing models
Session Organizers: Leticia SCHABBACH and Marcelo DURANTE

RC46 Clinical Sociology


454
The History and Current Status of Clinical Sociology in Nations and Regions: Open Discussion
Chair: Viviana ARBELO

RC37 Sociology of Arts


455
The sociology of art and sociological theory: Intersections and new dialogues
Session Organizer: Eduardo DE LA FUENTEChair: Eduardo DE LA FUENTE

RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups


456
Theoretical challenges for professions and professionalism: Social justice, democratisation and transformative change
Session Organizer: Mike SAKSChair: Jens-Christian SMEBY

RC30 Sociology of Work


457
Work and immigration
Session Organizers: Delphine MERCIER and Annalisa LENDARO

10:45 AM-12:15 PM

RC46 Clinical Sociology


470
Accreditation of Clinical, Applied and Engaged Public Sociology and Interdisciplinary Programs in the US and Other Countries: Open Discussion
Session Organizer: Harry PERLSTADT

RC18 Political Sociology


471
Age of Democracy, Age of Inequality - part II
Session Organizer: Joshua DUBROW

RC37 Sociology of Arts


472
Art as research tool and/or sociological data: Visual, sound and sensory methodologies
Session Organizer: Eduardo DE LA FUENTEChair: Eduardo DE LA FUENTE

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


473
Authors meets actors: Dialogues between academia and Latin American social movements
Chair: Manuel Antonio GARRETON

RC38 Biography and Society


474
Biography, biographical research and politics. Part II
Session Organizers: Michaela KOETTIG and Lena PEREZChair: Lena PEREZ

RC36 Alienation Theory and Research


475
Bodies, emotions, alienation and resistance: Studies in contemporary culture/ Cuerpos, emociones, alienación y resistencia: Estudios sobre cultura contemporânea
Session Organizers: Miriam ADELMAN and Richard MISKOLCIChair: Miriam ADELMAN

RC53 Sociology of Childhood


476
Children, society and exclusions. Part II-B in Spanish
Session Organizers: Valeria LLOBET , Carla VILLALTA and Isabella COSSE

RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis


477
Democracy and democratisation
Session Organizer: Craig BROWNEChair: David STRECKER

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


478
Desarrollo social y cooperación 2.0 Co-organized with AISO
Session Organizer: José A. RUIZ SAN ROMANChair: Leticia PORTO PEDROSA

RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development


479
Economic globalization, culture, and the transformation of management practices
Session Organizer: Ulrike M.M. SCHUERKENS

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology


480
Experimental Sociology
Session Organizer: Klarita GËRXHANI

RC07 Futures Research


481
Futures, values, and sociological theory - Part II
Session Organizers: Markus S. SCHULZ and Elisa REIS

RC41 Sociology of Population


482
Global issues in fertility and reproductive health
Chair: Dudley POSTON

RC43 Housing and Built Environment


483
Housing and the Right to the City. Part III
Session Organizers: Kenneth GIBB and Manuel B. AALBERS

RC32 Women in Society


484
Identity politics and skilled migration: Negotiating social justice issues
Session Organizers: Glenda BONIFACIO and Cynthia JOSEPH

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


485
Inclusion and exclusion in ethnically diverse non-settler societies
Session Organizers: Vilna Bashi TREITLER and Ann DENISChair: Peter RATCLIFFE

RC02 Economy and Society


486
Informal economies and the ethnography of economic life.
Session Organizer: Daniel FRIDMAN

RC11 Sociology of Aging


487
Intergenerational solidarity: Bringing the public and the private into dialogue
Session Organizers: Virpi TIMONEN and Thomas SCHARFChair: Virpi TIMONEN

RC30 Sociology of Work


488
Labor solidarity in the era of neo-liberal globalization
Session Organizer: Adeline GILSON

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


489
Leisure and digital transformation: Emerging patterns of communication and electronic community/ El ocio y las transformaciones digitales/ Les loisirs et les transformations numériques
Session Organizers: Ishwar MODI , Christiana CONSTANTOPOULOU and Ralph MATTHEWSChair: Ryoichi HORIGUCHICo-Chair: Tania Maria Freitas BARROS MACIEL

RC49 Mental Health and Illness


490
Mental health and illness in modern societies
Session Organizer: Dirk RICHTER

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


491
Movimientos sociales actuales en América Latina II. Posturas frente a la arena político-institucional: Participación, oposición, articulación.
Session Organizers: Antonia MUÑOZ , Fernanda Valeria TORRES and Lidia VILLARChair: Fernanda Valeria TORRES

RC24 Environment and Society


492
Natural resource governance: Participation, citizenship and democratization
Session Organizers: José Esteban CASTRO and Pedro Roberto JACOBIChair: José Esteban CASTRO

RC44 Labor Movements


493
Organizing the production of alternative visions to support social justice
Session Organizers: William CARROLL and Vishwas SATGARChair: Michelle WILLIAMS

RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management


494
Participation and cultural sociology of the life course. Part II
Session Organizer: Julia ROZANOVAChair: Andreas HOFF

RC22 Sociology of Religion


495
Politics and Religion
Session Organizer: Jualynne DODSON

RC04 Sociology of Education Round Table Session: Issues of democracy and justice in education


496
RC04 Round Table 1: Democracy
Chair: M'hammed SABOUR

RC04 Sociology of Education Round Table Session: Issues of democracy and justice in education


497
RC04 Round Table 2: Teachers and schooling
Chair: Mariano FERNÁNDEZ-ENGUITA

RC04 Sociology of Education Round Table Session: Issues of democracy and justice in education


498
RC04 Round Table 3: Educational issues in Latin America

RC04 Sociology of Education Round Table Session: Issues of democracy and justice in education


499
RC04 Round Table 4: Educational issues of globalization
Chair: Jason Chien-chen CHANG

RC04 Sociology of Education Round Table Session: Issues of democracy and justice in education


500
RC04 Round Table 5: Issues of ethics in education
Chair: Ibarra Rosales Esther IBARRA ROSALES ESTHER

RC17 Sociology of Organization


501
RC17 Business Meeting

RC26 Sociotechnics, Sociological Practice


502
RC26 Business Meeting

RC29 Deviance and Social Control


503
RC29 Business Meeting
Chairs: Juan PEGORARO , Robert NASH PARKER and Alex TEIXEIRA

RC20 Comparative Sociology


504
Social distinction and globalization
Session Organizer: Jean-Pascal DALOZChair: Jean-Pascal DALOZ

RC12 Sociology of Law


505
Social systems and legal systems: Transnormative reflexivity in a multidimensional society. Part 2 / Reflexividad transnormativa en una sociedad multidimensional. Parte 2
Chair: Germano SCHWARTZ

RC51 Sociocybernetics


506
Sociocybernetic approach to democratization processes
Session Organizer: José AMOZURRUTIA

RC54 The Body in the Social Sciences


507
The cultural nature of time: How many kinds of time?
Session Organizer: Roberto CIPRIANIChair: Roberto CIPRIANI

RC45 Rational Choice


508
The evolution of networks and social co-operation
Session Organizer: Hanno SCHOLTZ

RC15 Sociology of Health


509
The health workforce governance continuum: Good professionals, safer patients and the right to health care
Session Organizer: Stephanie SHORT

RC32 Women in Society


510
The Role of Language in Shaping Gender Justice and Sexual Rights Movements
Session Organizers: Melanie HEATH and Evangelia TASTSOGLOUChair: Melanie HEATH

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


511
The social and environmental impacts of nanotechnologies and other emerging technologies
Session Organizers: Alison ANDERSON and Paulo Roberto MARTINS

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


512
Transnational actors and processes in social policy: Latin America and beyond
Session Organizer: Daniel BELANDChair: Ito PENG

RC31 Sociology of Migration


513
Undocumented immigrants and social justice
Session Organizer: Peter KIVISTOChair: Peter KIVISTO

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


514
Urban conflicts, comparative studies and planning. Part II
Session Organizer: Carlos VAINER

RC42 Social Psychology


515
Work, identities, and labor subjectivities in the new capitalism: Psychosocial readings
Session Organizer: Antar MARTINEZ GUZMÁN

RC55 Social Indicators


516
World suffering
Session Organizer: Ronald ANDERSONChair: Ronald ANDERSON

RC34 Sociology of Youth


517
Young people as actors of development in transitional countries: Ethnic majority and minority youth
Chair: Ilze KOROLEVA

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

RC25 Language and Society


528
Bilingüismo y Jerarquía Social / Bilingualism and Social Hierarchy
Session Organizer: Lourdes NERIChair: Lourdes NERI

RC13 Sociology of Leisure


529
Cultural and spiritual leisure values of the East and West
Session Organizer: Ishwar MODICo-chairs: Veena SHARMA and Ma HUIDI

RC41 Sociology of Population


530
Developments in the study of mortality
Session Organizer: Yonathan ANSONCo-Chair: Claudia A SERNA

RC24 Environment and Society


531
Environmental movements, organizations and civil societies
Session Organizer: Brian GAREAUChair: Catherine Mei Ling WONG

RC15 Sociology of Health


532
Health Inequalities Across European Health Systems
Session Organizers: Mara TOGNETTI and Annalisa ORNAGHI

RC07 Futures Research


533
Imagining futures: Social movements, publics, and contentious politics - Part II
Session Organizers: Markus S. SCHULZ , Ligia TAVERA FENOLLOSA and Benjamín TEJERINAChair: Benjamín TEJERINA

RC11 Sociology of Aging


534
Intergenerational Relations: Intimate Ties and Solidarity
Session Organizer: Julie MCMULLINChair: Edmund Kenneth MUGAYEHWENKYI

RC04 Sociology of Education


535
Justice in schools and civic education
Session Organizers: Nura RESH and Clara SABBAGHCo-chairs: Nura RESH and Clara SABBAGH

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


536
Latin America in the global science system
Session Organizer: Koen JONKERS

RC44 Labor Movements


537
Making transnational networks more effective vehicles for North-South and South-South labor solidarity
Session Organizer: Cesar RODRIGUEZChair: Robert O'BRIEN

RC31 Sociology of Migration


538
Migration and Development I
Session Organizers: Eric POPKIN and Wade ROBERTSChair: Eric POPKIN

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


539
Movimientos sociales actuales en América Latina. Part III
Session Organizer: Antonia MUÑOZChair: Antonia MUÑOZ

RC02 Economy and Society


540
Neoliberalism and recomposition of Latin American elites. Part I
Session Organizer: Alejandra SALAS-PORRAS

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology


541
Organizations and Mixed Methods. Possibilities and Requirements of a Meso-Level Sociology
Session Organizers: Cristina BESIO , Robert J. SCHMIDT and Kathia SERRANO-VELARDE

RC20 Comparative Sociology


542
Qualitative Interviews in Comparative Sociology
Session Organizer: Fumiya ONAKAChair: Fumiya ONAKADiscussant: Cecile VERMOT

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


543
Radical movements examine a political and social order
Chair: Antimo Luigi FARROCo-Chair: Silvana QUEIROZ

RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management


544
RC10 Business Meeting

RC12 Sociology of Law


545
RC12 Business Meeting
Session Organizers: Germano SCHWARTZ and Vitorio OLGIATI

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


546
RC14 Business Meeting

RC18 Political Sociology Roundtable Session: Socio-political identities, stigmatization and redress of rights


547
RC18 Round Table 1: Responses to stigmatization and redress rights - A comparative study of Brazil, Israel and United States
Session Organizer: Graziella MORAES SILVADiscussants: Hanna HERZOG , Jessica WELBURN , Elisa REIS and Vilna Bashi TREITLER

RC18 Political Sociology Roundtable Session: Socio-political identities, stigmatization and redress of rights


548
RC18 Round Table 2: Transcending the national borders: Social forces and socio-political identities in international politics
Session Organizer: Mikhail A. MOLCHANOVChair: Fernando LOPEZ-ALVES

RC22 Sociology of Religion


549
RC22 Business Meeting

RC30 Sociology of Work


550
RC30 Business Meeting

RC32 Women in Society


551
RC32 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Evangelia TASTSOGLOU

RC42 Social Psychology


552
RC42 Business Meeting
Chair: Guillermina JASSO

RC46 Clinical Sociology


553
RC46 Business Meeting and Award Presentations
Session Organizer: Jan Marie FRITZ

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


554
Social justice and voice: Urban suffering between transformations of the city and participation
Session Organizers: Lavinia BIFULCO , Vando BORGHI and Hugo MERCER

RC51 Sociocybernetics


555
Sociocybernetic principles: Technology, ecology and globalization
Session Organizer: Eva BUCHINGER

RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development


556
The Arab revolution of 2011 in comparative perspective
Session Organizer: Saïd ARJOMAND

RC54 The Body in the Social Sciences


557
The body and the habitat: Mapping the environment
Chair: Damayanthie ELUWAWALAGE

RC36 Alienation Theory and Research


558
The Internet, alienation and overcoming alienation
Session Organizer: Matthew DAVID

RC29 Deviance and Social Control


559
The social construction of the police: Dilemmas of police learning
Session Organizers: Jaime ZULUAGA and Jose Vicente TAVARES DOS SANTOS

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


560
The uneasy relationship between CCTs and universalism in Latin America
Session Organizer: Juliana MARTÍNEZ FRANZONI

RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis


561
Time and Society
Session Organizers: Hartmut ROSA and Journal TIME AND SOCIETYChair: Robert HASSAN

RC55 Social Indicators


562
Translating research on subjective well-being into public policies
Session Organizer: Esteban CALVO

RC37 Sociology of Arts


563
Uses and misuses of the arts in the public sphere II
Session Organizer: Jan MARONTATEChair: Jan MARONTATE

RC38 Biography and Society


564
Where are you from? Experiences of exclusion, marginalization and racism. Part II
Session Organizers: Roswitha BRECKNER and Helma LUTZChair: Roswitha BRECKNER

RC34 Sociology of Youth


565
Youth cultures and new social movements in the context of the digital revolution
Session Organizer: Dan WOODMANChair: Airi-Alina ALLASTE

2:30 PM-4:00 PM

RC51 Sociocybernetics


574
Book Presentation : Sociocibernética, cibercultur@ y Sociedad
Panelists: José AMOZURRUTIA , Juan Carlos BARRON PASTOR and Héctor ZAMORANO

RC44 Labor Movements


575
Building Transnational Solidarity among National Labor Movements
Session Organizer: Robert O'BRIENChair: Edward WEBSTER

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


576
Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Yuri KAZEPOV

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


577
Civil society against violence
Chair: Hyun-Chin LIMCo-Chair: Suk-Ki KONG

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


578
Cuestiones en torno a la comunicación contemporánea / Contemporary communication issues
Session Organizers: Ryoichi HORIGUCHI , Isleide FONTENELLE , Oksana LYCHKOVSKA and Jeffrey HALLEYChair: Ana RIVOIR

RC41 Sociology of Population


579
Demographic challenges associated with aging populations in the developing world
Session Organizer: Zachary ZIMMER

RC32 Women in Society


580
From subordination to representation: Democratization, social justice and empowerment in the Middle East
Session Organizers: Suaad Zayed AL-ORAIMI and Nazanin SHAHROKNIChairs: Suaad Zayed AL-ORAIMI and Nilay Cabuk KAYA

RC32 Women in Society


581
Gender empowerment and microfinance: Theoretical and empirical perspectives
Session Organizer: Bahira Sherif TRASK

RC43 Housing and Built Environment


582
Informal settlements: Land and housing markets, policies and formalisation

RC42 Social Psychology


583
International Encyclopedia of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Panel session
Session Organizer: James D. WRIGHT

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


584
Keynote lecture

RC02 Economy and Society


585
Neoliberalism and recomposition of Latin American elites. Part II
Session Organizer: Alejandra SALAS-PORRAS

RC55 Social Indicators


586
Objective living conditions, poverty, and social status
Session Organizer: Jan DELHEYChair: Jan DELHEY

RC18 Political Sociology


587
Participatory institutions, political clientelism and democratization within the State
Session Organizer: Felix LOPEZ

RC15 Sociology of Health


588
Professional governance and health human resource management: The challenges of equality, diversity and inclusion. Part II
Session Organizers: Ellen KUHLMANN and Ivy BOURGEAULT

RC04 Sociology of Education


589
RC04 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: A. Gary DWORKINChair: A. Gary DWORKIN

RC07 Futures Research


590
RC07 Business Meeting

RC24 Environment and Society Round Table Session: Current research in environmental sociology 1


591
RC24 Table 1. Environmental governance: From local to global (English)
Chair: Luigi PELLIZZONI

RC24 Environment and Society Round Table Session: Current research in environmental sociology 1


592
RC24 Table 2. Natural resource governance in Latin America (Spanish/English)
Chair: Fernanda SANT ANNA

RC24 Environment and Society Round Table Session: Current research in environmental sociology 1


593
RC24 Table 3. Environmental conflict in Latin America (Spanish/English)
Chair: Ana VARA

RC24 Environment and Society Round Table Session: Current research in environmental sociology 1


594
RC24 Table 4. Energy, climate and risk (English)
Chair: Koichi HASEGAWA

RC31 Sociology of Migration


595
RC31 Business Meeting

RC38 Biography and Society


596
RC38 Business Meeting
Session Organizers: Roswitha BRECKNER , Michaela KOETTIG and Irini SIOUTI

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


597
RC48 Business Meeting

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


598
Risk, disaster, and sustainability: Remodelling on Fukushima
Session Organizer: Miwao MATSUMOTO

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


599
Social inclusion (or its absence) in settler societies
Session Organizers: Ann DENIS and Vilna Bashi TREITLERChair: Ann DENIS

RC10 Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self-Management


600
Social justice and democratization through participation and/or self-management?
Session Organizer: Vera VRATUSAChair: Vera VRATUSA

RC37 Sociology of Arts


601
Social justice and democratization: Avant-gardes (then and now), art, and change II
Session Organizer: Jeffrey HALLEYChair: Ilaria RICCIONI

RC25 Language and Society


602
The Language of Collective Memory
Session Organizer: Roberta VILLALONChair: Roberta VILLALON

RC32 Women in Society


603
Women, leisure and family in the age of transformations
Session Organizers: Ishwar MODI and Evangelia TASTSOGLOUCo-chairs: Bula BHADRA , María Cristina TAMARIZ and Kuang-chi CHANG

RC46 Clinical Sociology


604
Work and Clinical Sociology
Session Organizer: Jenifer CARTLAND

RC34 Sociology of Youth


605
Youth cultures from a cosmopolitan perspective
Session Organizer: Vincenzo CICCHELLI

Saturday, August 4, 2012

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9:00 AM-10:30 AM

RC32 Women in Society


617
Aging and the care crisis
Session Organizer: Francesca DEGIULI

RC32 Women in Society


618
Challenging the logic of neoliberalism: Labor-feminist coalitions and work-family policy campaigns
Session Organizers: Ruth MILKMAN and Linda CHRISTIANSEN-RUFFMANChair: Linda CHRISTIANSEN-RUFFMANDiscussant: Janet GORNICK

RC41 Sociology of Population


619
Changing populations and its consequences
Session Organizers: Gopalsamy RAMATHIRTHAM and Rajendra PATIL

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


620
Community governance: Contesting power and socio-spatial inequality
Session Organizers: Ismael BLANCO , Mike GEDDES and Joan SUBIRATS

RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis


621
Decentering sociology: Reconceptualizations for a global era
Session Organizer: Boris HOLZERChair: Boris HOLZER

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


622
Do urban planning and practice contribute to social justice and democratization in cities?
Session Organizers: Geraldo COSTA , Heloisa MOURA COSTA and Daniel SCHUGURENSKY

RC11 Sociology of Aging


623
Generations: Connections across the life course
Session Organizer: Marc SZYDLIKChair: Marc SZYDLIK

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


624
Hybridity, border crossings and indigenous knowledges
Session Organizers: Vince MAROTTA and Paula MURACACo-chairs: Vince MAROTTA and Paula MURACA

RC07 Futures Research


625
Imagining futures: Social movements, publics, and contentious politics - Part III
Session Organizers: Markus S. SCHULZ , Ligia TAVERA FENOLLOSA and Benjamín TEJERINAChair: Ligia TAVERA FENOLLOSA

RC31 Sociology of Migration


626
In and out of place: Participation of transnational migrants in civil society
Session Organizer: Mónica IBÁÑEZ-ANGULOChair: Mónica IBÁÑEZ-ANGULO

RC55 Social Indicators


627
Inequality in Quality of Life, Well-Being and Happiness
Session Organizer: Christian SUTERChair: Christian SUTER

RC54 The Body in the Social Sciences


628
Integration, interaction and synchronization
Session Organizer: Thomas S. SMITHChair: Thomas S. SMITH

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


629
Jóvenes y comunicación Co-organized with ALAS
Session Organizer: Silvia LAGOChair: Silvia LAGO

RC53 Sociology of Childhood


630
La infancia en las sociedades de disciplinamiento y exclusión social
Session Organizer: Elinor BISIG

RC29 Deviance and Social Control


631
Late modernity and social control
Session Organizers: Maximo SOZZO and José Luiz RATTON

RC18 Political Sociology


632
Leaders and Leadership: How the Presidentialization of Politics Affected the Balance of Powers within Parties
Session Organizer: Gianluca PASSARELLIChair: Gianluca PASSARELLIDiscussant: Gianluca PASSARELLI

RC15 Sociology of Health


633
Men's health: Intersections between culture and science
Session Organizer: Elianne RISKA

RC31 Sociology of Migration


634
Migration and development Part II
Session Organizer: Eric POPKINCo-Chair: Wade ROBERTS

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


635
Movimientos sociales actuales en América Latina I. Posturas frente a la arena político-institucional: Participación, oposición, articulación.
Session Organizers: Antonia MUÑOZ , Fernanda Valeria TORRES and Lidia VILLARChairs: Antonia MUÑOZ and Lidia VILLAR

RC24 Environment and Society


636
Natural resource rights and other environmental issues and solutions in developing countries
Session Organizers: Lotsmart FONJONG and William MARKHAMChair: Justin PAGE

RC30 Sociology of Work


637
Precarity and new forms of employment
Session Organizer: Emilie LANCIANO

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology


638
Qualitative Methods in the Sociology of Religion. Part II
Session Organizers: Bernt SCHNETTLER , Eloísa MARTIN and Regine HERBRIK

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


639
RC47 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Antimo Luigi FARROChair: Antimo Luigi FARRO

RC04 Sociology of Education


640
Social compromise in higher education for social cohesion
Session Organizer: Antonio TEODOROChair: Antonio TEODORO

RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups


641
Teachers and teaching of social sciences in Latin America
Session Organizer: Amurabi OLIVEIRAChair: Amurabi OLIVEIRA

RC02 Economy and Society


642
The ethnography of economic life
Session Organizer: Daniel FRIDMAN

RC26 Sociotechnics, Sociological Practice


643
The info-communication network industry and sociality
Chair: Shehina FAZAL

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


644
Towards better healthcare for all: What matters in the transformation of healthcare systems and policy. Part IV
Session Organizers: Claus WENDT and Ellen KUHLMANN

RC13 Sociology of Leisure


645
Transformation of leisure and ageing perspectives
Session Organizers: Ishwar MODI and Laura HURD CLARKECo-chairs: Francis LOBO and Laura HURD CLARKE

RC38 Biography and Society


646
Victims and perpetrators in socio-political (post) conflict settings
Session Organizer: Gabriele ROSENTHALChair: Hermilio SANTOS

10:45 AM-12:15 PM

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


655
Acciones colectivas y luchas democratizadoras en Latinoamérica, Europa, y Norte de Africa / Collective action and democratization struggles in Latin America, Europe, and North Africa.
Chair: Graciela DI MARCO

RC38 Biography and Society


656
Biography and experiences with violence
Session Organizer: Hermilio SANTOSChair: Beate LITTIG

RC47 Social Classes and Social Movements


657
Climate justice, 'buen vivir' and voluntary simplicity: New lifestyles and political commitments
Chairs: Maria da Glória GOHN and Geoffrey PLEYERS

RC35 Conceptual and Terminological Analysis


658
Critical theories: A dialogue between Europe and Latin America
Session Organizer: Oliver KOZLAREKChair: Hartmut ROSA

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


659
Del Sistema de Consulta de Organizaciones Indígenas y Conflictos Étnicos en las Américas (SICETNO)
Session Organizer: Natividad GUTIERREZ CHONGChair: Paula MURACADiscussant: Héctor CALLEROS RODRIGUEZ

RC31 Sociology of Migration


660
Diasporas, nation-states and regional integration
Session Organizer: Oluyemi FAYOMIChair: Theophilus FADAYOMI

RC02 Economy and Society


661
Economic sociology: New approaches from Latin America
Session Organizer: Gaston BELTRAN

RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups


662
Environmental issues
Session Organizer: Charles GADEAChair: Charles GADEA

RC53 Sociology of Childhood


663
Globalization and new contours of childhood
Session Organizer: Vinod CHANDRA

RC30 Sociology of Work


664
Health and safety at work: Occupational hazards and technological risks/ Salud y seguridad en el trabajo: Riesgos laborales y tecnológicos
Session Organizer: Jorge WALTER

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


665
IJURR Lecture: Resourceful cities and citizens: Chances and challenges of comparative urban studies
Session Organizer: Yuri KAZEPOV

RC18 Political Sociology


666
Intra-party democratization
Session Organizer: Wolfgang RÜDIG

RC13 Sociology of Leisure


667
Leisure education: Social justice in life-long learning. Part II
Session Organizers: A. Gary DWORKIN and Ishwar MODICo-chairs: Shaheeda ESSACK and Pekka RÄSÄNEN

RC15 Sociology of Health


668
Men and reproduction
Session Organizers: Maria LOHAN , Lorraine CULLEY and William MARSIGLIO

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology


669
Methods for the Sociological Analysis of Affect and Emotion 1
Session Organizers: Regine HERBRIK and Christian VON SCHEVEChairs: Gesche SCHAUENBURG and Sonja FÜCKER

RC55 Social Indicators


670
Migration and Quality of Life. Part II
Session Organizer: Sergiu BALTATESCUChair: Sergiu BALTATESCU

RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development


671
Networks, Cities Governance, and Global Markets
Session Organizer: Kuang-chi CHANG

RC11 Sociology of Aging


672
Old age and society: Views from Latin America
Session Organizer: María Julieta ODDONEPanelists: Liliana GASTRON , Paulina OSORIO , Leonor NAVA and Montes de Oca VERONICADiscussant: Blanca DE LIMA

RC34 Sociology of Youth


673
Priorities in youth studies in the BRICS countries: Changes and challenges for the future
Session Organizer: Tom DWYERDiscussant: Peilin LI

RC07 Futures Research Round Table Session 2


674
RC07 Roundtable 2A: Futures of water: Scenarios and struggles/ Futuros del agua: Escenarios y luchas

RC07 Futures Research Round Table Session 2


675
RC07 Roundtable 2B: Memory's futures: Human rights and transitional justice/ El futuro de la memoria: derechos humanos y políticas de transición: verdad, justicia y reparación
Session Organizer: Gabriela FRIED AMILIVIAChair: Valentina SALVI

RC07 Futures Research Round Table Session 2


676
RC07 Roundtable 2C: Imagining futures: Social movements, publics, and contentious politics
Session Organizers: Markus S. SCHULZ , Benjamín TEJERINA and Ligia TAVERA FENOLLOSA

RC07 Futures Research


677
RC07 Roundtable 2D: Tehcnology/Media/Futures
Session Organizers: Laura ROBINSON and Angharad VALDIVIAChair: Marcelo CASTANEDA

RC07 Futures Research Round Table Session 2


678
RC07 Roundtable 2E: New approaches
Session Organizer: Emilia ARAUJO

RC24 Environment and Society


679
RC24 Business Meeting

RC49 Mental Health and Illness


680
RC49 Business meeting
Chair: Bronwen LICHTENSTEIN

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


681
Redes y transformaciones sociales Co-organized with ALAIC
Session Organizer: Cesar BOLANOChair: Cesar BOLANO

RC22 Sociology of Religion


682
Religion, rights, mobility, migration
Session Organizer: Verónica GIMENEZ BELIVEAU

RC04 Sociology of Education


683
Social distinctions and gender patterns in higher education and opportunities and barriers on the labor market
Session Organizer: Ann-Katrin WITTCo-Chair: M CUESTA

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


684
Social policy in Latin America - Part II
Session Organizer: Camila ARZAChair: Rosalia CORTES

RC41 Sociology of Population


685
Sociology of population: Dimensions of child and the overarching global transformation
Session Organizer: Rajendra PATIL

RC32 Women in Society


686
The ethics of intersectional politics and the challenges to alliances and coalition building in and outside academe
Session Organizer: Sirma BILGEChair: Sirma BILGE

RC25 Language and Society


687
The Language of Resistance: Social Change & Social Justice
Session Organizer: Melissa STEYNChair: Roberta VILLALON

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


688
The New Frontiers of the Digital Divide: Technological Inequalities and Social Justice
Session Organizer: Jose Manuel ROBLES

RC12 Sociology of Law


689
The quest for justice and the limits of law. Panel session
Session Organizer: Reza BANAKARChair: Vitorio OLGIATIPanelists: Arvind Kumar AGRAWAL , Reza BANAKAR and Germano SCHWARTZ

RC29 Deviance and Social Control


690
The Social Selectivity of Criminal Justice
Session Organizers: Michel MISSE and Maria Stela GROSSI PORTO

RC42 Social Psychology


691
Topics in social psychology
Session Organizer: Robert SHELLYChair: Pavan MAMIDI

RC46 Clinical Sociology


692
Using Clinical Sociology to Improve Society
Session Organizer: Abdul-Mumin SA'AD

RC44 Labor Movements


693
Worker's taking over factories as a response to capital taking away jobs: Reflections on experiences in Argentina and elsewhere
Session Organizers: José ITZIGSOHN and Julian REBON

12:30 PM-2:00 PM

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


702
Democracies in transition: The political cultures of excluded groups (gender, race, ethnicity)
Session Organizers: Natividad GUTIERREZ CHONG and Ulrike VIETENChair: Ulrike VIETEN

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


703
Democratising science and technology through protests and mobilizations for social justice
Session Organizer: Binay K. PATTNAIK

RC13 Sociology of Leisure


704
Future of leisure in a troubled world
Session Organizer: Scott NORTHChair: Scott NORTH

RC07 Futures Research


705
Futures of education: Alternative experiences and new politics between inequality and democratization/ Futuros de la educación: Experiencias alternativas y nuevas políticas entre desigualdad y democratización
Session Organizers: Raquel SOSA , Hiroyuki TOYOTA and Sonsoles SAN ROMÁNChair: Hiroyuki TOYOTACo-Chair: Gustavo FISCHMAN

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


706
Global social policy
Session Organizers: Daniel BELAND and Camila ARZAChair: Hildegard THEOBALD

RC11 Sociology of Aging


707
Images of old age
Session Organizer: Kathrin KOMPChair: Elizabeth BROOKE

RC25 Language and Society


708
Language and Discourse in Online Social Media
Session Organizers: Corinne KIRCHNER and Diana PAPADEMASChair: Sheila AMADO

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology


709
Methods for the Sociological Analysis of Affect and Emotion 2
Session Organizers: Regine HERBRIK and Stefan HÖHNEChairs: Regine HERBRIK and Stefan HÖHNE

RC31 Sociology of Migration


710
Migration, migrants and the development of inclusive urban cultures and identities II
Session Organizers: Marco MARTINIELLO and Yuri KAZEPOVChair: Marco MARTINIELLO

RC24 Environment and Society


711
New directions in environmental sociology
Session Organizers: David SONNENFELD and Dayong HONG

RC34 Sociology of Youth


712
Open session on the Forum theme: Social justice and democratization
Session Organizer: Ani WIERENGAChair: Howard WILLIAMSON

RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development


713
Political inequality outside of the West. Part II
Session Organizer: Joshua DUBROW

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


714
Public spaces in global metropolises: Form, function, and meaning. Part I
Session Organizers: Diane E. DAVIS and Nora Ruth LIBERTUN DE DUREN

RC02 Economy and Society Round Table Session


715
RC02 Round Table 1: Focus on Latin America

RC02 Economy and Society Round Table Session


716
RC02 Round Table 2: Politics, Economy and Society

RC02 Economy and Society Round Table Session


717
RC02 Round Table 3: States and Economies: case studies

RC41 Sociology of Population


718
RC41 Business Meeting

RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups


719
RC52 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Mike SAKS

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


720
Social movements as embodied collective acts
Session Organizer: Tova BENSKIChair: Tova BENSKI

RC38 Biography and Society


721
The foundation of professional identities in life experiences
Session Organizers: Henning SALLING OLESEN and Maria Helena MENNA BARRETO ABRAHÃOChair: Rosa María BRANDHORST

RC29 Deviance and Social Control


722
The metamorphosis of prison
Session Organizers: Maximo SOZZO and Ligia MADEIRA

RC04 Sociology of Education


723
The policies for tertiary education: Does diversification mean democratization?
Session Organizer: Maria Ligia DE OLIVERA BARBOSAChair: Maria Ligia DE OLIVERA BARBOSADiscussant: Adriana MARRERO

RC15 Sociology of Health


724
The role of the 'Third Sector' in health care reforms
Session Organizer: Guido GIARELLI

RC12 Sociology of Law


725
The sociology of human rights. Part 1
Chair: Dani RUDNICKI

RC32 Women in Society


726
Women, Islamic piety and social justice:'The headscarf ban' at the intersections of intimate and public democratization
Session Organizer: Dilek CINDOGLUChair: Nazanin SHAHROKNIPanelists: Gul OZYEGIN , Ayse SAKTANBER , Gökce YURDAKUL and Asli CIRAKMAN DEVECI

2:30 PM-4:00 PM

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology


732
Analyzing Communities on the Internet
Session Organizers: Melanie WENZEL and Andraz PETROVCICChairs: Andraz PETROVCIC and Melanie WENZEL

RC07 Futures Research


733
ICTs for Science and Technology Development in Latin America and the Economic South: Present and Future
Session Organizers: Jaime JIMENEZ and Markus S. SCHULZ

RC07 Futures Research


734
Memory´s futures: Human rights and transitional justice - Part I / El futuro de la Memoria: Derechos Humanos y Políticas de Transición: Verdad, Justicia y Reparación - Parte I
Session Organizer: Gabriela FRIED AMILIVIAChair: Lynn RAPAPORTDiscussant: Lynn RAPAPORT

RC13 Sociology of Leisure


735
Multi-dimensionality of leisure in a multicultural world
Session Organizer: Ishwar MODICo-chairs: Claudia MARTINEZ MULLEN and Shalini MODI

RC17 Sociology of Organization


736
Organizing global and domestic finances
Session Organizers: Jose OSSANDON and Liz MCFALL

RC11 Sociology of Aging


737
Public policies to promote healthy and happy aging
Session Organizers: Esteban CALVO and Adriana FASSIOChair: Adriana FASSIO

RC21 Regional and Urban Development


738
Public spaces in global metropolises: Form, function, and meaning. Part II
Session Organizers: Diane E. DAVIS and Nora Ruth LIBERTUN DE DUREN

RC24 Environment and Society Round Table Session: Current research in environmental sociology 2


739
RC24 Table 1. Environmental movements and civil society (English)
Chair: Brian GAREAU

RC24 Environment and Society Round Table Session: Current research in environmental sociology 2


740
RC24 Table 2. Theoretical innovation in environmental sociology (English)
Chair: Raymond MURPHY

RC24 Environment and Society Round Table Session: Current research in environmental sociology 2


741
RC24 Table 3. Sustainable development in Latin America (Spanish/English)

RC24 Environment and Society Round Table Session: Current research in environmental sociology 2


742
RC24 Table 4. Global environmental governance (Spanish/English)

RC14 Sociology of Communication, Knowledge and Culture


743
Responsabilidad social, participación y medios de comunicación Co-organized with AISO
Session Organizer: Isabel DE LA TORRE PRADOSChair: Isabel DE LA TORRE PRADOS

RC31 Sociology of Migration


744
Sexualities and migration
Session Organizers: Bernadetta SIARA and John SOLOMOSChair: Bernadetta SIARA

RC15 Sociology of Health


745
Sociology of health and health care
Session Organizer: Ivy BOURGEAULT

RC34 Sociology of Youth


746
Special session on the Forum theme: Are the available youth sociology discourses adequate to capture the biggest questions of our time? Where are we going, what are we missing?
Session Organizer: Ani WIERENGAChair: Howard WILLIAMSON

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


747
Strange bedfellows: Activist affinities across difference
Session Organizer: Deborah GOULDChair: Deborah GOULD

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


748
The politics of welfare policy in Latin America
Session Organizers: Camila ARZA and Daniel BELANDChair: Ingrid WEHR

RC12 Sociology of Law


749
The sociology of human rights. Part 2
Chair: Dani RUDNICKI

RC04 Sociology of Education


750
Twenty years of educational democratization in Taiwan: Forms and consequences
Session Organizer: Jason Chien-chen CHANGChair: Jason Chien-chen CHANG

RC32 Women in Society


751
Violence, liberty and constitutionalism: Feminist perspectives
Session Organizer: Kalpana KANNABIRANChair: Kalpana KANNABIRAN

RC05 Racism, Nationalism and Ethnic Relations


752
Violencia e interculturalidad / Violence and interculturality. Part II
Session Organizers: Nelson ARTEAGA BOTELLO and Daniel GUTIERREZ MARTINEZChair: Daniel GUTIERREZ MARTINEZ

RC32 Women in Society


753
Women, poverty and the struggle for survival
Session Organizers: Anita DASH and Sattish SHARMA

4:15 PM-5:45 PM

RC24 Environment and Society


758
Cities and climate change
Session Organizers: Louis GUAY and Pierre HAMEL

RC04 Sociology of Education


759
Education: A catalyst for human development, sustainable equity and enduring redress. What does it mean for developing and under-developed countries in the global 21st century?
Session Organizer: Shaheeda ESSACKChair: Shaheeda ESSACK

RC07 Futures Research


760
Futures of water: Scenarios and struggles/ Futuros del agua: Escenarios y luchas - Part I
Session Organizer: José Esteban CASTROChair: José Esteban CASTRO

RC19 Sociology of Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy


761
Gender and family policy
Session Organizers: Daniel BELAND and Camila ARZAChair: Debora LOPREITE

WG02 Historical and Comparative Sociology


762
Inequality, Racialization/Ethnicization, and Migration
Session Organizers: Vilna Bashi TREITLER and Manuela BOATCAChair: Scott POYNTING

RC23 Sociology of Science and Technology


763
Knowledge based economies and networks of knowledge transfer
Session Organizers: Julian CARDENAS and Gabriel VELEZ-CUARTAS

RC48 Social Movements, Collective Actions and Social Change


764
La voz en las calles Ibero Americanas: Las manifestaciones públicas como modo de acción
Session Organizers: Sergio TAMAYO and Michael VOEGTLIChairs: Sergio TAMAYO and Michael VOEGTLI

RC33 Logic and Methodology in Sociology


765
Methods for Sociology of Memory (Spanish Language Session)
Session Organizers: Alejandro BAER and Bernt SCHNETTLER

RC13 Sociology of Leisure


766
RC13 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Ishwar MODI

RC18 Political Sociology


767
RC18 Business Meeting
Session Organizer: Piero IGNAZI

RC32 Women in Society Round Table Session: Women, social justice and democratization, Part II


768
RC32 Round Table: The shifitng ground of feminist action and analysis
Session Organizers: Vappu TYYSKA and Linda CHRISTIANSEN-RUFFMAN

RC32 Women in Society Round Table Session: Women, social justice and democratization, Part II


769
RC32 Round Table: Women in social movements
Session Organizers: Vappu TYYSKA and Linda CHRISTIANSEN-RUFFMAN

RC32 Women in Society Round Table Session: Women, social justice and democratization, Part II


770
RC32 Round Table: Women, mothers, families
Session Organizers: Vappu TYYSKA and Linda CHRISTIANSEN-RUFFMAN

RC34 Sociology of Youth


771
RC34 Business Meeting
Chair: James COTE

RC54 The Body in the Social Sciences


772
RC54 Business Meeting and conclusions
Session Organizer: Bianca Maria PIRANI

RC24 Environment and Society


773
Social justice and the environment
Session Organizer: Ivan LOPEZChair: Ivan LOPEZ

RC15 Sociology of Health


774
Sociology of complementary and alternative medicine. Part II
Session Organizer: Nelson BARROSPanelists: Camila GONÇALO , Anatilde IDOYAGA MOLINA , Sailesh BHATTARAI , Márcio Luiz MELLO and Cristiane SPADACIO