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

Tuesday, 12 July 2016: 17:45-19:15
Location: Hörsaal 10 (Juridicum)


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:
Roberto CIPRIANI, University Roma Tre, Italy
Posters:
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Six Narratives in Search of a Future: Current 'Theory' in the Sociology of Religion
James SPICKARD, University of Redlands, USA
13.2
How cultural change can contribute to welfare state change: Tracing cultural and institutional processes
Birgit PFAU-EFFINGER, University of Hamburg, Germany
13.3
Challenges of Biographical Research
Gabriele ROSENTHAL, Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany
13.4
From Legitimation Crises to Movements to Power
Lauren LANGMAN, Loyola University, USA
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