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Common Session 2A - The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World

Tuesday, 12 July 2016: 17:45-19:15
Location: Hörsaal I (Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG))


The Common Sessions present distinguished speakers from the ISA's Research Committees (RC), Working Groups (WG), and Thematic Groups (TG) who address from their perspective the common theme �The Futures We Want: Global Sociology and the Struggles for a Better World.� The purpose of these plenaries is to foster dialogue and exchange new insights and inspirations across research units by jointly focusing on the theme of the Forum, on forward-oriented modes of sociology, on the future visions of different social actors, their struggles for a better world, and global sociologies� contributions to these debates.
Chair:
Dilek CINDOGLU, Abdullah Gul University, Turkey
Posters:
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Sociology, Feminisms and the Global South: Back to the Future
Rhoda REDDOCK, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
12.2
Participation, Organizational Democracy and Self Management: Past, Present, and Future
Isabel DA COSTA, CNRS-IDHES, France; Julia ROZANOVA, Yale University, USA; Fatima ASSUNCAO, University of Lisboa, Portugal; Eleni NINA-PAZARZI, University of Piraeus, Greece; Catherine CASEY, University of Leicester, United Kingdom
12.3
The Complex Discursivity of Global Futures in the Making
Reiner KELLER, University of Augsburg, Germany, Germany
12.4
History is Not Bunk: Why Comparative Historical Sociology is Indispensable When Looking to the Future
Stephen MENNELL, University College Dublin, Ireland
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