RC09 Social Transformations and Sociology of Development

Program Coordinators:

Ulrike M.M. SCHUERKENS, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales, France, uschuerkens@gmail.com

Habibul KHONDKER, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates, habibul.khondker@zu.ac.ae


Sessions:


Alternative Futures of the South

Changing Development-Scape and Unchanging Development Theories

Constructing Urban Spaces: Reconfiguring Cities and Governance Systems

Contested Futures of the South

Crafting Insurgent Urbanism and Democratic Spaces:Transforming Citizenship and Governance Systems in Cities

Development and its Theories

Development, Social Transformations and New Gender Relations: Africa and the World

Development, Social Transformations and New Gender Relations: Asia and Both Sides of the Pacific

Futures of Development

Futures of Individualization in Local, Regional and Global Contexts

Gender-Technology Interface: Implications for Social Transformation and Development

Globalization, New Forms of Work and Inequality

How Did Environment Call Development Pathways out?

Monetary Practices in the Global South

Political and Economic Developments in Postsocialist Countries

Recent Breakthroughs in Development Sociology

Socio-Economic Development in Postsocialist Countries: Comparative Perspectives

The Battle of Ideas in NGO's: How Development Specialists Change Their Minds About Changing the World