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Contents:
- Calls for Papers
- Conferences and Seminars
- Job Vacancies
- Fellowships
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Partnership and Projects
- Reviews, Publications, Resources
- Miscellaneous
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1. Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies (AACPCS) - Australian National University, Canberra, Australia - February 4-5, 2005.
The Australasian Association for Communist and Post-Communist Studies invites proposals for panels and papers for the 7th Biennial Conference to be held at the ANU in Canberra on 4-5 February 2005. The event will be jointly hosted by the Transformation of Communist Systems Project, theCentre for Arab and Islamic Studies (the Middle East and Central Asia), Contemporary China Centre, and the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies.
The Conference theme is "Systemic Transformation of Communism: The Record of the Past Quarter Century in Communism and Post-Communism".
Proposals for panels and paper topics relating to all aspects of scholarship in the social sciences and humanities on European and Asian communism and its aftermath will be welcome. Existing panels, their themes and chairpersons are listed below:
- Domestic Change in the Former Soviet Union (Chair: Stephen Fortescue) <s.fortescue@unsw.edu.au>
- Russian Foreign Policy From Gorbachev to Putin (Chair: Robert F. Miller) <rfm306@coombs.anu.edu.au>
- Geopolitical Challenges in Central Asia and the Caucasus (Chair: Geoffrey Jukes) <gejukes@ozemail.com.au>
- Alternative Paths of Transformation and Emergent Socio-Economic Problems: Comparing Asian Communism and/or European Post-Communism (Chair: Anita Chan) <anita@coombs.anu.edu.au>
- Cultural and Educational Aspects of Transformation (Chair: Kevin Windle) <Kevin.Windle@anu.edu.au>
- Transnational Security Threats in Post-Communist Eurasia (Chair: Kirill Nourzhanov) <kirill.nour@anu.edu.au>
Submission of Proposals for Paper Presenters:
1) Name
2) Current
Institutional Affiliation,
3) Title/Position
4) E-mail address
5)
Postal address
6) Telephone number
7) Fax no.
Title of paper
9)
Abstract of paper (200-300-word summary)
10) Any audio-visual equipment
required (specify: overhead projector,
slide projector, video player)
11) A brief CV containing information for panel chairperson's
introduction).
Deadline for Papers: 30 November 2004.
Conference Registration Fee: $25.00
Conference-Related Correspondence Should Be Addressed to:
Jill Wolf
Research
Assistant
CAIS
Australian National University
Canberra, ACT 0200
Australia
Tel. 61 2 6125 4928
Fax 61 2 6125 5410
E-mail jill.wolf@anu.edu.au
Note:
AACPCS DOES NOT have funds to support the costs of conference participation. Participants should obtain their own funding.
2. "Globalisation and Representation: Politics, Visuality, Performance, Construction, Reception - University of Brighton, UK - March 12-13, 2005.
The study of globalisation is of unprecedented interest across the humanities, the arts, and the social and political sciences. Hosted by the Faculty of Arts and Architecture at the University of Brighton, this conference will provide a unique, critical forum to debate the relationship between globalisation and the problem of representation at the start of the c.21st. Can globalisation be represented, or is globalisation a further challenge to the possibility of representation itself? This two-day conference will bring together academics, practitioners, journalists and activists to transgress both the traditional disciplinary boundaries and the theory/practice divide.
- The Global City
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International Relations, Politics and Economics
- Virtuality and
Representation
- Poetics and Analytics: Literature, Economics, Philosophy
- Globalising Identity
- Objects and Spaces: Architecture and Design
- Culture Industry Revisited
- Globalisation: Sophistry or Theory?
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Politics and Representation
- Imaging The Globe: Art And Ethics
These questions and panel topics are only some that will be represented
at the conference. They are only indicative of possibilities. Proposals for
twenty-minute papers, or for complete panels (of three or four papers delivered
within 60 minutes) in related areas, should be submitted in the form of a 250
word abstract by 10th January, 2005 to Anita Rupprecht (A.Rupprecht@brighton.ac.uk). Early
submissions are strongly encouraged. Submissions should be accompanied by a
completed booking form. There will be publication of selected essays. Unless
stated to the contrary, it will be presumed that authors of all submitted papers
wish them to be considered for publication. For further information, see the
foot of this page.
For further infomation please visit: http://www.brighton.ac.uk/globalisation/Pages/call4pprs.html
3. "Nation and Empire" - 15th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) - London School of Economics - April 20-21, 2005.
The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) is holding its 15th Annual Conference, entitled Nation and Empire, on Wednesday and Thursday, April 20-21, 2005, at the London School of Economics.
The first day of the conference is dedicated to a discussion of the topic of “Nation and Empire” by leading scholars in the field, including: Selim Deringil, Peter Heather, Geoffrey Hosking, Dominic Lieven, Michael Mann and Alexander Motyl.
The second day offers opportunities for scholars to examine the significance of empire in the context of the study of nationalism in a series of panel sessions. Suggested themes include:
Ancient Empire
Myths and
Memories of Empire
The Collapse of Empire and the Rise of Nations
The
American Empire and Post-Imperialism
Empire and Representation – Art and
Image
The 2005 Conference Committee is now calling for papers to be presented on Thursday, April 21, 2005. To submit your proposal please use the online form on http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/conference2005.htm. The application is open to any researcher who is interested in the study of nationalism, and PhD students and young scholars are particularly encouraged to apply. The deadline for applications is November 1, 2004 and the Committee will notify applicants by November 30, 2004. Suggestions for panels and additional themes are also welcome.
Papers submitted to the conference will also be considered for publication in a special issue of Studies in Ethnicity and Nationalism (SEN).
Please note that ASEN cannot cover travel and accommodation costs. Presenters are expected to register for the conference.
Please direct any further enquiries to asen@lse.ac.uk
ASEN 2005 Conference
Committee
London School of Economics
Houghton Street
London WC2A 2AE,
UK
4. VIII Congreso de Cultura Europea - Universidad de Navarra, Espana - del 26 al 29 de Octubre de 2005.
If you wish to submit a paper, please, contact :
Centro de Estudios
Europeos
Universidad de Navarra
Edificio de Derecho
31080
Pamplona
Tfno.: 948 425634 - Fax: 948 425622
E-mail: ebanus@unav.es
5. “Is Democracy Working?”- 20th World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) - Fukuoka, Japan - July 9 to 13, 2006.
The Japanese Political Science Association invites you to participate at the 20th World Congress of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) in Fukuoka, Japan. Join us for this stimulating meeting on the theme “Is Democracy Working?” that will be held from July 9 to 13, 2006.
Call for paper: until March 31st 2005.
For futher information please visit: http://www.fukuoka2006.com/en/default.asp
1. "Political Concepts beyond the Nation State: Cosmopolitanism, territoriality, democracy" - University of Copenhagen, Dept. of Political Science - October 28-30, 2004.
A Conference under the auspices of the Danish Political Theory Network.
Whilst not straightforwardly
confronted with "the end of the state", we are facing the end of the privileged
position of the state in our political thinking. It is that challenge to our
thinking which this conference aims to address. We propose to consider what
political concepts there are, or could be, "beyond" the nation state, in the
sense that: they capture political realities occurring outside the nation state,
or before it came into being; their formulation does not need the national state
as precondition; or they address a future in which the position of the state and
of politics in relation to the state have been fundamentally
altered.
This challenge to the position of the state in our thinking
raises four areas of reflection:
1. Conceptualizations of political order(s)
not dependant on the nation state - federalism, regionalism, governance
networks, associations, borderlands, transnational communities etc
2.
Political concepts covering earlier, non-nation-state conditions: empires,
republics, protectorates, feudal networks, civilizations, confessional orders,
ethnies etc
3. Presentday political concepts that may be independent of the
idea of the nation state: cosmopolitanism, communitarianism, universal human
rights, multiculturalism, ecologism etc
4. Reformulations of political
concepts previously implicated in the earlier idea of the nation state:
sovereignty, territory, autonomy, democracy, government etc.
The
conference will be addressed by a mix of academic specialists:
Mogens Herman
Hansen (University of Copenhagen)
Martin Shaw (Professor of International
Relations & Politics, University of Sussex)
Peter J. Taylor (Professor of
Geography, University of Loughborough)
Grahame F. Thompson (Professor of
Political Economy, Open University)
R.B.J. Walker (Professor of International
Relations, University of Keele)
Contacts:
Noel Parker, Department of
Political Science, University of Copenhagen: np@ifs.ku.dk
Anders Berg Sorensen, Department
of Social Science, University of Roskilde: andersbs@ruc.dk
2. Reflections of an Irish EU Council Presidency - Dublin, Ireland - 4-5 November 2004.
An analysis of the last Irish EU Council Presidency with a focus upon the proposed constitutional treaty and the Presidency's response to major internal and external security challenges. Each of six panels will be organised around presentations from practitioners and analysts. In most circumstances this will entail the Minister or senior civil servant responsible for that issue area presenting their analysis of the presidency with a subsequent critique offered by a noted academic in that field. Each panel is to be moderated and will include a Q&A discussion to conclude. Keynote address envisaged by Taoiseach/senior minister.
For Conference programme and registration form please visit: http://www.uaces.org/D410436.htm
Contact: Ben Tonra, Dublin European Institute, University College Dublin (ben.tonra@ucd.ie)
3. "Does Size Matter? The Size of States and their Behaviour in the European Union" - Manchester - Friday 5 November 2004.
The colloquium will examine the importance of size in shaping the behaviour of states in the EU and in determining the influence they wield. The sessions will be designed to enable both general and comparative aspects and country-specific perspectives to be brought to bear on the issue of size of states within the EU.
For Conference programme and registration form please visit: http://www.uaces.org/D410437.htm
Contact: Clive Archer, Manchester Metropolitan University (c.archer@mmu.ac.uk)
4. 1st Congress on Local Politics in Europe “Political and Electoral Reforms At The Local Level”- Ghent, Belgium - 16-17 December 2004.
The Vakgroep Politieke Wetenschappen of the Universiteit Gent and the Centre d’étude de la vie politique of the Université libre de Bruxelles are pleased to invite you to their first congress on local politics in Europe. The congress will be held on 16-17 December 2004 in Ghent (Belgium).
Topic : In the last decades, discourses about a hypothetical growing distance between citizens and their representatives have raised all over Europe. Some claims put the democratic functioning under strain. Several answers were given to close this gap. Often, the local level was a kind of experimental laboratory to test such remedies.
In such a context, new dynamisms have raised in the field of local politics. The conference organised by the Universiteit Gent and the Université libre de Bruxelles aims to give a new opportunity for comparative works on this issue.
For further information visit http://www.ulb.ac.be/soco/cevipol/activites/Local-Politics.htm or contact Kristof Steyvers (kristof.steyvers@UGent.be) or Herwig Reynaert (herwig.reynaert@UGent.be).
5. 2nd Global
Conference - Pluralism: Exploring Critical Issues - Vienna, Austria - Monday 6th
December - Wednesday 8th December 2004.
This inter-disciplinary
and multi-disciplinary research and publications project is a critical
examination of the theme of 'pluralism' and the challenges it is posing across
the world today. Pluralism has unleashed a reaction of paradigm consolidation in
political, economic, social, religious and cultural areas that are having a
major impact on all aspects of our lives.
In particular, the theme of the
second conference is Managing Pluralism. The significance of this theme is the
special importance given to finding ways to manage processes, structures and
processes differently. The theme is both timely and significant as tendencies to
pull in different directions are causing tremendous frustrations amongst policy
makers, administrators and recipients. There is a cry for 'doing things
differently' but there is an intellectual vacuum that the conference is
intending to fill, namely, how to do things differently in the light of the
existence of pluralism.
The conference seeks to
learn and inform from both successful and unsuccessful attempts to better manage
pluralism. Pluralism in the context of this conference is conceptualized as
being related to context rather than direction. It is not about differences but
about
alternatives.
For further details about the project, please go
to: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ci/pluralism/pluralism.htm
For
further details about the conference, please go to: http://www.inter-disciplinary.net/ci/pluralism/p2/cfp2.htm
1. Full-time Professor and Chair in Comparative Politics - University of Tartu (Estonia).
The Department of Political Science at the University of Tartu (Estonia) invites applications for a full-time Professor and Chair in Comparative Politics, beginning in February 2005. Appointment is for five years and is renewable.
Candidates should have a strong publishing record in comparative politics as well as relevant teaching experience, including at the graduate level. Knowledge of Estonian language is not a requirement. The professor will be responsible for graduate-level teaching and advising, as well as maintaining an integrated research program for the chair. No specific sub-field of CP is required, although topics related to democratic development, public opinion research and Eastern European studies will be preferred.
The position offers a unique opportunity to do primary research and teaching in a new region of the European Union and NATO. The University of Tartu is the national university of Estonia and the Department has been internationally accredited both at the academic and research levels. The Department has a staff of 12 faculty and researchers and a student enrollment of 150, including 13 PhD candidates.
The salary (negotiable) is highly competitive for the Baltic region.
Information about the Department can be found under http://www.ut.ee/SOPL/ and on the University under http://www.ut.ee
Interested applicants should
contact:
Eiki Berg, Professor of International Relations
Ulikooli
18
50090 Tartu
Estonia
tel. +372-737-5311
e-mail eiki.berg@ut.ee
Deadline: 31 October 2004.
1. Democracy Fellowships
The National Endowment for Democracy (NED) invites applications to its Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program. Established in 2001 to enable activists, scholars, and journalists from around the world to deepen their understanding of democracy and enhance their ability to promote democratic change, the fellowship program is based at NED's International Forum for Democratic Studies, in Washington, D.C.
Program: The program offers two tracks: a practitioner track (typically three to five months) to improve strategies and techniques for building democracy abroad and to exchange ideas and experiences with counterparts in the United States; and a scholarly track (typically five to ten months) to conduct original research for publication. Projects may focus on the political, social, economic, legal, and cultural aspects of democratic development and include a range of methodologies and approaches.
Eligibility: The Reagan-Fascell Democracy Fellows Program is intended primarily to support practitioners and scholars from new and aspiring democracies. Distinguished scholars from the United States and other established democracies are also eligible to apply. Practitioners are expected to have substantial experience working to promote democracy. Scholars are expected to have a doctorate, or academic equivalent, at the time of application. The program is not designed to support students working toward a degree. A working knowledge of English is an important prerequisite for participation in the program.
Support: The fellowship year begins October 1 and runs through July 31, with major entry dates in October and March. All fellows receive a monthly stipend, health insurance, travel assistance, and research support through the Forum's Democracy Resource Center and Internship Program.
Application: For further details and instructions on how to apply, please download the "Information and Application Forms" booklet available online at http://www.ned.org/forum/R-FApplication.pdf or visit www.ned.org and follow the link to Fellowship Programs. Please note that all application materials must be type-written and in English.
Deadline: Applications for
fellowships in 2005-2006 must be received no later than November 1,
2004. Notification of the competition outcome is in April
2005.
For questions, please contact:
Program Assistant, Fellowship
Programs
National Endowment for Democracy
1101 15th Street, N.W., Suite
800
Washington, DC 20005
Tel.: (202) 293-0300
Fax: (202)
293-0258
E-mail: fellowships@ned.org
Internet: www.ned.org
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1. Call for Stream Convernors - Third ESPAnet annual conference - "Making social policy in the postindustrial age" - Fribourg Switzerland - 22-24 September 2005.
Deadline for submissions: 1st November 2004 to the following email address: espanet05@unifr.ch
The organisers of the 2005 ESPAnet annual conference are inviting expressions of interest from colleagues willing to act as stream convenors. Stream convenors are responsible for one or more sessions organised within a stream (the total number of sessions will depend on the number of papers submitted). They participate in the selection process of papers submitted for presentation within their stream, and chair their respective session(s).
Streams can be organised within any sub-area of social policy research, but in order to guarantee an even coverage of the field, we will initially try to cover the themes mentioned in the list below. Stream themes can either be general, aiming to cover an entire topic, or more specific, pointing to particular aspects or approaches. They should in any case be able to appeal to a wide number of researchers. We anticipate organising between 15 and 20 streams.
Stream topics :
1.
European social policy
2. Comparative methodology
3. Disability
4.
Welfare reform
5. Immigration and social policy
6. The territorial
dimension of social policies
7. Pension reform
8. Labour market policy
9. The third sector
10. Gender equality and social policy
11. Public
Opinion and Social Policy
12. Health care systems
13. Family change and
social policy
14. Social Capital and the Welfare State
15. Social
exclusion, poverty and the welfare state
16. - 20. Open sessions
An expression of
interest must include:
1. A stream title
2. A short description of the
topic, including a description of the types of papers that are expected (max 200
words).
3. Full contact details of the stream convenor
2. Call for participation of epsNet-members in an epsNet project: "The Bologna Process: Chances and Risks for Political Science as a Discipline".
The Bologna process generates new structures and processes in European academia. Teaching and research are called upon to adapt to a broader European space. There is little chance to ignore this development. However, active participation may be a possibility to influence political decision-making.
Political science is part of this process of change. A discussion has started which weighs chances and risks of this development for our discipline. One example for a potential positive aspect is the necessity to re-think what constitutes the core of political science. What are the essential elements a student of political science should learn and know? How should a core curriculum be organized and how quality of teaching and research assessed? What are the consequences for student and teacher mobility and how can networking between institutions be achieved? A serious matter of concern remains the question how diversity and specific profiles can be protected which have grown out of long-term national traditions.
epsNet proposes to make these and related topics a core concern of its agenda and turn them into the following set of ten integrated research projects:
1) The development of
European policies of higher education and research and their consequences for
political science as a discipline
2) What belongs to the core of political
science? A compilation and evaluation of (dis-) agreements
3) BA in Political
Science: On the relation of standardization and national specialization
4) MA
in Political Science: On the relation of standardization and national
specialization
5) PhD - studies: On the interplay between political science
and related disciplines
6) Assuring quality control of teaching and research:
A stock-taking of current procedures
7) Assuring quality control of teaching
and research: A contribution to the development of adequate criteria
8)
Conditions of student and teacher mobility: An empirical assessment
9)
Conditions of student and teacher mobility: The potential for improvement
10)
Chances and risks of the Bologna process for political science: A summary
assessment
There may be other aspects which need to be taken into
account. Suggestions are welcome. If you are interested to participate let
Attila Fölsz, the epsNet Secretary General (email: folsza@ceu.hu) know until November 31,
2004. After formation of project groups a joint proposal will be worked
out and submitted for funding.
Today we should decide who takes on responsibility for the organization of the project. As soon as we have a proposal at hand I would be willing to try to get funding which also should include overhead to help epsNet to survive financially.
3. Call for papers for publication.
Topic: When is assassination justified?
Publication Outlet: Papers will be published in a book, tentatively titled When is Assassination Justified? All manuscripts will be blind refereed.
Submission Deadline: March 1, 2005
Length: 3,000 to 10,000 words
Style: Papers must be in English. Place references in footnotes at the bottom of the page.
Submit electronically to: Prof. Robert W. McGee (Barry University, Miami, USA) bob414@hotmail.com
The topic is extremely
open-ended. A nonexhaustive list of topics and issues might include:
- What
set of criteria must be met to justify assassination?
- What ethical and
philosophical issues are relevant in determining when assassination is
justifiable?
- May a politician justifiably be assassinated for merely
advocating a political agenda, or must the politician actually do something
first?
- Does it make any difference how the political leader came to power
(through election, seizure of power, etc.)?
- What categories of
nonpoliticians might justifiably be assassinated? (lawyers, religious
fundamentalists, corrupt bureaucrats, judges, tax collectors, people who are
just plain nasty)
- What tools of economic analysis may be applied to
assassination?
- Choose one or more individuals who have been (or should be)
assassinated and discuss why the assassination is or is not justified.
- Is
assassination culture specific or are there universal rules?
REVIEWS, PUBLICATIONS, RESOURCES
1. Barbara Budrich Publishers - presentation and website.
Barbara Budrich Publishers was founded in May 2004 by Barbara Budrich. Before, she had worked for some ten years as an editor with Leske + Budrich-then the biggest German publisher in the social sciences-, a publishing house that had been founded by her father, Edmund Budrich, who himself had managed Leske + Budrich for some thirty years. In 2003, Leske + Budrich was sold, thus, Barbara Budrich decided to found her own business.
On the one hand, Barbara Budrich Publishers offer publishing opportunities to young as well as experienced academics. And thus, Barbara Budrich Publishers offer high standard literature for research and teaching in the social sciences.
On the other hand, Barbara Budrich Publishers publish books that are meant for a wider, educated public dealing with interesting subjects from the social sciences.
Barbara Budrich Publishers' list of social science publications represents the academic fields of
- educational science
-
gender studies
- political science
- social work
-
sociology
Many publications are in German. However, the list includes English language publications as well.
For more information please visit the website: http://www.barbarabudrich.net/
2. Annonce de parution.
Guy Michelat, Michel Simon, Les ouvriers et la politique. Permanence, ruptures, réalignements. 1962 - 2002, 378 p., ISBN 2.7246.0935.2, SODIS 949 863.3.
Le dernier ouvrage de Guy Michelat (CEVIPOF, Centre de recherches politiques de Sciences Po) et de Michel Simon (université de Lille), publié aux Presses de Sciences Po, retrace 40 ans de l'évolution de la classe ouvrière française et analyse ses permanences, ses ruptures et ses mutations. Cette recherche s'appuie sur des entretiens et des enquêtes menés entre 1962 et 2002 par les auteurs.
Les auteurs avaient construit, dans les années 1960, le modèle d’une culture politique ouvrière dans laquelle appartenance au groupe ouvrier, sentiment d’appartenir à la classe ouvrière, rejet du libéralisme économique et républicanisme débouchaient sur un vote de gauche, notamment com-muniste. Les mutations et ruptures intervenues dans les années 1980-1990 ont conduit, dans un esprit de retour critique, à cette recherche fondée sur des entretiens non directifs et dix-huit enquêtes par sondage réalisées entre 1962 et 2002.
Si le « classisme de gauche » ouvrier s’affirme encore en 1978, il implose ensuite. Le sentiment d’appartenir à la classe ouvrière reflue brutalement, mais plus on est ouvrier plus on continue d’exprimer un « antilibéralisme protestataire ». Plus aussi, sous l’effet conjugué des ruptures sociales et des déceptions politiques, on marque une indifférence hostile au système politique et plus, enfin, on manifeste des propensions autoritaires et racistes. Le « vote de classe » pour la gauche régresse, le vote communiste s’effondre. Au recul électoral de la gauche et à celui, non moins prononcé, de la droite parlementaire, corres-pondent la montée de l’abstention et celle du vote Front national.
Quelle que soit leur classe sociale, les jeunes générations sont plus réceptives aux « thèmes de gauche » que leurs aînées, mais encore d’avantage en rupture avec la politique instituée. Leur évolution et celle de leur composante ouvrière dépendent pour beaucoup des réponses qui seront faites à leurs attentes.
Les auteurs ont notamment publié ensemble : Classe, religion et comportement politique, Presses de Sciences Po-Editions Sociales, 1977 ; « Religion, classe sociale, patrimoine et comportement électoral : l'importance de la dimension symbolique », dans D. Gaxie, Explication du vote, Presses de Sciences Po, 1985.
Guy Michelat est directeur de recherche émérite au CNRS (CEVIPOF-Sciences Po). Il a publié, entre autres : Dimensions du nationalisme (avec J.P.H Thomas), Presses de Sciences Po, 1966 ; Les Français sont-ils encore catholiques ? (en coll.), Cerf, 1991 ; Religion et sexualité, (en coll.) L’Harmattan, 2002 ; L’héritage chrétien en disgrâce, (en coll.), L’Harmattan, 2003.
Michel Simon est professeur émérite à l’Université des sciences et Technologies de Lille (CLERSE-IFRESI, CNRS-Lille I). Il a publié de nombreuses études sur l’idéologie, les classes sociales et les phénomènes politiques.
Pour commander cet ouvrage : http://www.sciences-po.fr/edition/
3. Annonce de parution.
Le nouveau désordre électoral : Les leçons du 21 avril 2002, sous la direction de Bruno Cautrès, Nonna Mayer, Presses de Sciences Po, 949 871.8 03.04 ISB 2.7246.0938.7 34 € TTC
En France, particulièrement lors du «coup de tonnerre » d ’avril 2002, comme dans la plupart des grandes démocraties occidentales,’abstention bat des records, la volatilité électorale s’accroît, le vote pour des partis hors système augmente, les électeurs se décident de plus en plus tardivement et leurs choix paraissent de moins en moins prévisibles, sinon contradictoires. Qu’est-ce qui explique ces retournements spectaculaires de l ’électorat et peuvent-ils demain se reproduire ? Est-on entré dans une période d ’instabilité et de désordre électoral généralisés ?
À partir d ’une série d ’enquêtes, et surtout du Panel électoral français de 2002, la plus large enquête réalisée en France à ce jour, une équipe de chercheurs reconstitue les cheminements et les chassés- croisés qui ont marqué en 2002 quatre tours d’ élections pas tout à fait comme les autres, et retrace les grandes tendances du comportement électoral des Français.
Les clivages anciens n ’ont pas disparu mais se sont profondément transformés. D’autres apparaissent, entre hommes et femmes et autour de l ’appartenance générationnelle. De nouveaux enjeux s ’imposent : multiculturalisme, Europe, mondialisation, défense de l’environnement. Derrière l ’apparent désordre lentement mais sûrement se dessine un nouveau paysage électoral.
Destiné aux universitaires, aux hommes politiques, aux journalistes et à un public averti, cet ouvrage propose un ensemble complet d ’analyses et de nouveaux modèles d ’interprétation qui permettront d ’anticiper les futures échéances électorales, surtout celles de 2007.
ONT CONTRIBUÉ À L’OUVRAGE : Richard Balme, Céline Belot, André Blais, Daniel Boy, Pierre Bréchon, Mathieu Brugidou, Philippe Caillot, Bruno Cautrès, Jean Chiche, Claude Dargent, Bernard Denni, Élisabeth Dupoirier, Florence Haegel, François Héran, Anne Jadot, Pierre Martin, Nonna Mayer, Pascal Perrineau, Guillaume Roux, Olivier Rozenberg, Annie-Claude Salomon, Mariette Sineau, Vincent Tiberj, Vincent Tournier.
Compléments statistiques disponibles sur : www.cidsp.com et www.cevipof.msh-paris.fr
Pour commander cet ouvrage : http://www.sciences-po.fr/edition/
4. Two Web sites on political philosophy.
1. UACES Student Forum (www.uacesstudentforum.org).
The Student Forum of the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES) brings together research students from all over Europe involved in researching different aspects of Europe. Researchers from all social science disciplines are represented in the organisation. The aim of the Student Forum is to facilitate dialogue and the exchange of information between PhD students specialising in contemporary European studies across universities. To promote a Europe-wide network for research students, it organise conferences, workshops and study groups and manage a database and a mailing list.
The UACES Student Forum and UACES arrange a number of conferences and events throughout the year. The next conference will be held at King's College, London on Monday 15 November, 2004. This one day conference is aimed at research students in the field of EU studies and caters for the needs of students at different stages in their research. The emphasis of the conference will be on practical matters associated research such as how to get published, developing an employment strategy and getting started on doctoral research, among others. The conference programme features a multi-panel approach. Those attending will have a choice of which panels to attend depending on their interest and particular year of study. The conference also presents an ideal opportunity to become more involved in the Student Network and to make contact with other European Studies research students. The deadline for registrations is Monday 8th November 2004. For conference programme, registration form and further details please visit the website: http://www.uacesstudentforum.org/conferences.shtml
The Student Forum has its own mailing list, Euroresearch, where news about conferences, workshops and other activities are regularly posted. On the website, there is a Research Database, which aims to facilitate contacts between graduate researchers in European Studies. It allows you to find out details of other researchers working in your field. While this may be of use for simply informal contacts, the UACES Student Forum is also able to help with the organisation and funding of Specialist Study Groups, designed to facilitate the creation and consolidation of a network of research students specialising in a specific area.For more details and information on how to join the research database and mailing list, and on all our other activities, please visit the UACES Student Forum's website at http://www.uacesstudentforum.org or email the Chair of the Student Forum, Sara Hobolt (sbh28@cam.ac.uk).
2. The "Bolzano/Bozen Declaration on the Protection of Minorities in the Enlarged European Union".
Respect for and protection of minorities is one of the prominent Copenhagen criteria that candidate countries to the European Union have been obligated to fulfill in the past decade. Various pre-accession instruments have served to streamline candidates' attitude regarding their minority populations. In the EU's internal sphere, however, this topic has remained very much a non-topic. Will minority protection vanish from the EU "scene" now that the candidate states acquired full EU membership?
In response to this question, the Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (LGI) of the Open Society Institute (OSI) and the European Academy Bolzano (EURAC) organized the conference "Minority Protection and the EU: The Way Forward." This conference was hosted by EURAC in Bolzano/Bozen/Bulsan, Italy, January 30-31, 2004, and co-sponsored by LGI and the European Commission (for details PLEASE see http://www.eurac.edu/pecede).
On the basis of this conference the "Bolzano/Bozen Declaration on the Protection of Minorities in the Enlarged European Union" was signed on May 1, 2004. This declaration is now being presented to the EU-institutions as well as its member states, old and new, for urgent consideration. It has been drafted by a group of 16 independent experts in the field and comprises a package of policy proposals for an enlarging EU in the area of minority protection.
The declaration builds on a rising policy consensus that the Union-in addition to the member states, the Council of Europe, and the OSCE-has to play a definitive role when it comes to the protection of European minorities. Nevertheless, the declaration takes account of the special nature of the EU, the principle of subsidiarity, the danger of possible duplications, and the existing diversity of approaches regarding minorities. Though neutral in its opinion, the declaration highlights what is politically and legally possible within existing policy and demonstrates how the protection of minorities can be strengthened in a consistent manner.
The full text (in pdf format) is available on http://www.eurac.edu/Org/Minorities/ELD/Projects/Pecede/Policy_Recommendations.htm