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Call for Papers "The Dynamics of Citizenship in the Post-Political World" International Conference Department of Political Science, Stockholm Univeristy Stockholm (Sweden) 26-28 May 2010 __________________________________________________ Citizenship is a dynamic and multidimensional concept that plays a central role in theoretical and empirical political science. In political theory it conjures up normative expectations about designing justice in opportunities, activities, and outcomes. For empirical political scientists, citizenship is a state of political affairs in a continuous state of development and, therefore, in constant need for new field investigations. This conference invites scholars to theoretically, empirically, and critically study the idea and reality of citizenship in the post-political world. It focuses on contemporary post-political challenges to citizenship thought, institutions, processes, and practices. It takes its point of departure in two identified important post-political processes — de-politicization and politicization — and explores their impact on citizenship. The process of “de-politicization” entails the decreasing centrality of the state (nation-state parliamentary actors and government institutions) in protecting and providing for its citizens, guaranteeing them social and environmental rights, and regulating the allocation of common values and resources in global society. The process of “politicization” concerns the political responsibility given to non-governmental actors and institutions as well as the political role of personal life and societal roles other than the voter. It also involves the political agency now given to market actors and the increased importance of market forces generally in politics and as social welfare service providers, thus the term “corporate citizenship”. How are these contemporary parallel post-political processes affecting citizenship norms, status, entitlements, and practices in the world today? Are they triggering new notions, locations, forms, and identities of citizenship? The conference assesses both theoretically and empirically the impact of these processes on citizenship and its core values of political equality, political representation, political participation, and political responsibility. It investigates the effects of the post-political processes on how citizens understand and use their citizen rights, the new locations of politics and their impact on citizenship as a notion and practice, and the development of new citizenship identities. Workshops: - Citizenship Gaps - Post-Political Participation - Human Rights and European and Global Citizenship - Global Economy and Citizenship - Citizenship as New Notions of Belonging and Identity Please send your abstracts by November 16th to: [email protected] Conference website: http://www.statsvet.su.se/English/Research/citizenship_conference.html Contact: Prof. Michele Micheletti Department of Political Science Stockholm University S-106 91 Stockholm Phone: +46 (0)8 16 30 65 Fax: +46 (0)8 15 25 29 Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.statsvet.su.se/English/Research/citizenship_conference.html __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org
