Sociology and Demography
Chair: John MacInnes, University of Edinburgh (UK)
"Birth Decline and Welfare States: A Comparative Perspective"
Wolfgang Walter, University of Würzburg (Germany)
"Registered Same-Sex Partnership: A Multi-Disciplinary Approach"
Marie Digoix, INED (France) and Patrick Festy, University of Paris (France)
"The Reproductive Revolution"
Julio Peréz Diaz and John MacInnes, Autònoma de Barcelona
(Spain)
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"Orientation Of Siberian Youth Towards Marriage And Parenthood"
Anna Mikheeva, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences
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Abstract (141 kB)
"Blended Families in Portugal: An Extensive Analysis"
Susana Atalaia, University of Lisbon (Portugal)
Distributive Paper
"Morrocan Inhabitants in Galicia"
Montse Golias, University of Corunna (Spain)
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Sociology and the Economic Sciences
(Semi-Plenary session)
Chair: Robert Erikson, Stockholm University
"Economic Analysis of Social Interactions"
Charles F. Manski, Northwestern University (USA)
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"The Sociological Frontiers of Economics - and Vice-versa"
Neil J. Smelser, University of California, Berkeley (USA)
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Sociology and the Historical Sciences
(Semi-Plenary session)
Chair: Saïd A. Arjomand, State University of New York at
Stony Brook and Princeton University (USA)
"The Necessity of Historical Sociology"
Craig Calhoun, New York University (USA)
"Historical Sociology: Precursors, Preconditions and Possibilities"
Philip S. Gorski, Yale University (USA)
"Social Theory and World History: Cultural Crystallizations and
Institutional Transmutations"
Björn Wittrock, The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social
Sciences (SCASSS)
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Sociology and Ideology
(Plenary session)
Chair: Eliezer Ben-Rafael, Tel-Aviv University
"Sociology and the Two Relativisms"
Raymond Boudon, Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques, Paris
(France)
"Ideology, Utopia and the Reshaping of Religious Memory"
Danièle Hervieu-Léger, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
Sociales (France)
"Return to Values and Valuations in Recent Sociological Theory"
Piotr Sztompka, Jagiellonian University in Krakow (Poland)
"The Passions and the Intellects: Arguments for Sociology before
and after Its Triumph"
Björn Wittrock, The Swedish Collegium for Advanced Study in the Social
Sciences (SCASSS)
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Sociology and the Mathematical and
Statistical Sciences
(Semi-Plenary session)
Chair: Peter Hedström, Nuffield College, Oxford University
Charles Manski, Northwestern University
"Causation, Statistical Models and Longitudinal Data Analysis"
Hans-Peter Blossfeld, Bamberg University
"What do Randomized Studies of Housing Mobility Demonstrate?: Causal
Inference in the Face of Interference"
Michael Sobel, Columbia University (USA)
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Sociology and the Natural Sciences
(Semi-Plenary session)
Chair: Peter Weingart, University of Bielefeld (Germany)
"The Social Stance and Its Relation to Levels of Intersubjectivity"
Peter Gärdenfors, Lund University
"Social Science Utilization of Natural Science Theories and Research
Methods"
Renate Mayntz, Max-Planck-Institute für Gesellschaftsforschung, Köln
"Frontier and Other Kinds of Research: What Is There to Explore
for Sociology?"
Helga Nowotny, Wissenschaftszentrum, Wien
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Sociology and the Political Sciences
(Semi-Plenary session)
Chair: Peter Wagner, European University Institute
"Sociology and Political Science: Learning and Challenges"
Jack Goldstone, George Mason University (USA)
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"Social Capital: From Sociology to Political Science"
Bo Rothstein, Göteborg University (Sweden)
"Sociology, Government and Political Science"
Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Brown University (USA)
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Sociology and Religion
(Semi-Plenary session)
Chair: S.N. Eisenstadt, The Van Leer Jerusalem Institute
"Religion in Three Alternative Visions of the Global (dis-)Order:
Cosmopolitanism, the Clash of Civilizations and Multiple Modernities"
José Casanova, New School University, New York:
"Religious Individualisation and New Forms of Religious Sociability
in a Time of Uncertainties"
Danièle Hervieu-Léger, L'Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences
Sociales
"Faith in the Age of Contingency"
Hans Joas, Max Weber Center, University of Erfurt, University of Chicago
and SCASSS
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Sociology at the Frontiers of Psychology,
Session A
Chair: Gwyn Øverland, Psychosocial Team for Refugees (Norway)
"The Intersection Between Foucauldian Discourses and the Individual's
Life World in Therapy"
Anne Lise Holmesland, Sørlandet Hospital Trust (Norway)
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Abstract (134 kB)
"Transgressing Borders between Sociology and Psychology: The Case
of Intergenerational Solidarity"
Eva-Maria Merz, Free University Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
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(139 kB)
"Punitiveness across Cultures: How Human Nature and Social Conditions
are Intertwined"
Michael Bang Petersen, Aarhus University (Denmark)
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Abstract (138 kB)
"The Habitus Process. A Biopsychosocial Conception"
Andreas Pickel, Trent University (Canada)
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Abstract (133 kB)
"The <<Concept of Latence>> of Biographic Junction
in the Voluntary Professional Change"
Catherine Negroni, University of Lille (France)
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Sociology at the Frontiers of Psychology,
Session B
Chair: Gwyn Øverland, Psychosocial Team for Refugees (Norway)
"Character Analysis and its Influence in Norwegian Sociology"
Hans Petter Sand, Agder University College (Norway)
"Resilience and Generosity: Studies in Survival"
Gwyn Øverland, Sorlandet Hospital Trust (Norway)
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"A Sociology of Psychological Representations"
James Moir, University of Abertay Dundee (UK)
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"Sociology at the Frontiers of Psychology: The Example of 'Moral
Harassment' in the French Workplace"
Laila Salah-Eddine, University of Paris, Sorbonne (France)
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Sociology, Knowledge and Science
(Semi-Plenary session)
Chair: Helga Nowotny, Wissenschaftszentrum, Wien
"Gambling in Science: Reflecting on Actors´ Engagement in
Bio-science"
Thora Margareta Bertilsson, University of Copenhagen
"Critical Realism and the Theory and Practice of Interdisciplinarity"
Roy Bhaskar, The Centre for Critical Realism, London
"Changing Publics of Science and Risks of Communicating Knowledge"
Peter Weingart, University of Bielefeld
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Sociology of Post-Soviet Societies, Session
A
Chair: Pamela Abbott, Glasgow Caledonian University (UK)
"Professional Biographies in Transition. Comparing Experences of
Workers and Business People in Post-Communist Poland"
Markieta Domecka and Adam Mrozowicki, Catholic University Leuven (Belgium)
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"Moral Struggles in a Post-Socialist Society: Kyrgyzstanis' Reflections
on the Market Transition"
Balihar Sanghera, University of Kent at Canterbury (UK) and Elmira Satybaldieva,
American University-Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan)
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"An Indigenous Agricultural Revolution in Uzebekistan?: The Potential
of Local Agricultural Knowledge"
Caleb Wall, University Bonn (Germany)
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Abstract (134 kB)
"Social Embeddedness of Foreign Direct Investment in the Structure
of Business Networks in Russia"
Yulia Makrushina, The Ural State University (Russia) and HESP/Academic
Fellowship Program
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Abstract (84 kB)
"Barter and Transition to the Market Economy: Between 'Normalisation'
and New Forms of Exchange in
Contemporary Russian Inter-Company Relations"
Caroline Dufy, Ecole des Hautes en Sciences Sociales, Paris (France)
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Distributive Papers
"An Organisational Resource Mobilization Approach to Recent Protest
Among Polish Farmers"
Sarah Valdez, University of Washington (USA)
"Military Doctrines in Transition: Post-Soviet Militaries and Regional
Cooperation between Central Asian States"
Erica Marat, University of Bremen (Germany)
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Sociology of Post-Soviet Societies, Session
B
Chair: Pamela Abbott, Glasgow Caledonian University (UK)
"Childhood Poverty in Kyrgyzstan"
Elmira Satybaldieva, American University-Central Asia (Kyrgyzstan) and
Mehrigiul Ablezova
"Theorising the Post-Communist Condition: Search for New Forms
of Social Integration"
Külliki Korts, University of Tartu (Estonia)
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Abstract (136 kB)
"Social Networks as the Asset for Mobilizing Civil Society in Post-Soviet
Lithuania"
Jurga Bucaite, Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania)
"Migration, Identity and Integration in Eurasia"
Ajay Patnaik, Jawaharual Nehru University (India)
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"Modernisation Discourses in Poland"
Mikolaj Lewicki, Warsaw University (Poland)
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Sociology of Post-Soviet Societies, Session
C
Chair: Pamela Abbott, Glasgow Caledonian University (UK)
"Trust, Confidence and Social Environment in Post-Communist Societies"
Roger Sapsford, University of Tesside (UK) and Pamela Abbott, Glasgow
Caledonian Univerity (UK)
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Paper (241 kB)
"Problems of Socialisation of Young People in Russia in Transition"
Elena I. Pronina, Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
"Emergent Class Divisions Among Young Adulta in the Former Soviet
Union"
Ken Roberts, University of Liverpool (UK) and Jochen Tholen, University
of Bremen (Germany)
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"Conceptualizing Family and Career Woman in Lithuania: The Standpoint
of Young People"
Irena Juozliuniene, Zivile Norvilaite and Jurgita Cyziute, Vilnius University
(Lithuania)
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"Dimensions of Fertility in Post-socialist Ukraine"
Brienna Perelli-Harris, University of Michigan (USA)
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Abstract (134 kB)
"Divide and Rule: Privatisation in Poland and the Working Class"
Jacek Tittenbrun, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan (Poland)
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Paper (182 kB)
Distributive Paper
"Families at Social Risk"
Eda Heinla, Tallinn Pedagogical University (Estonia)
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Abstract (136 kB)
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Sociology of Post-Soviet Societies, Session
D
Chair: Pamela Abbott, Glasgow Caledonian University (UK)
"Young People’s Political Commitment in Russia Today"
Vera Nikolski, Ecole Normale Superieure - Ulm / EHESS, Paris (France)
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Abstract (134 kB)
"Linking Present with Past: How Post-Communist Multiple Transitions
Affect Individual's Attitudes Towards the European Union. Generation,
Social Class and Political Value Perspectives"
Katarzyna Wilk, Yale University (USA)
"Communist Sources of Post-Communist Corruption: The Case of Poland
under Transition"
Maciej Tyminski and Piotr Korys, Warsaw University (Poland)
"Comrade Prophet:Hizb ut Tahrir and Post Socialist Islam"
Cheryl Benard, Rand Organisation (USA)
Distributive Papers
"Soviet Middle Strata and the Post-Soviet Transformation"
Rafael Mrowczynski, University of Hanover (Germany)
"Creation of Management Elite in Russia: Social-cultural Aspects"
Albert I. Kravchenko, Moscow State University (Russia)
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State and Economy in the Age of Transformation
(Semi-Plenary session)
Chair: Renate Mayntz, Max-Planck-Institute für Gesellschaftsforschung,
Köln (Germany)
"No Longer Needed? The State's Role in Globalizing Markets"
Jens Beckert, Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung, Köln
(Germany)
"A New Theoretical Mapping of the State Economy Relationship"
Fred Block, University of California, Davis (USA)
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Abstract (133 kB)
"Sectoral Specialization: Politics and the Nation-State in a Global
Economy"
Wolfgang Streeck, Max-Planck-Institute für Gesellschaftsforschung,
Köln (Germany)
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Studying Immigrant Families
Conveners and Chairs: Eva Bernhardt, Stockholm University (Sweden)
and Gunilla Bjerén, Stockholm University (Sweden)
Discussant: Ron Lesthaeghe
"It is About Time! Norms on the Timing of Demographic Transitions
and the Role of Intergenerational Transmission among Different Migrant
Groups and Native Dutch"
Helga de Valk and Aart Liefbroer, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic
Institute
"Investigating Gender Differences in Propensities toward Bilingualism:
A look at the Role of Family Dynamics"
Amy Lutz and Stephanie Crist, Syracuse University (USA)
"Gender and Family Transitions to Adulthood: Studying the Adult
Children of Immigrants in Sweden"
Calvin Goldscheider, Brown University (USA); Frances Goldscheider, Brown
University (USA) and Gunilla Bjeren, Stockholm University (Sweden)
"The Japanese Descendent Families in Brazil and Japan"
Eunice Akemi Ishikawa, Shizuoka University (Japan)
"Being in between: Am I German or Turkish?"
Erhan Ekarcay, Anadolu University (Turkey)
Distributive Papers
"Double Tension in an Immigrant Community"
Rachel Sharaby, Bar-Han University and the Ashkelon Academic College (Israel)
"Venezuelan and Argentine Entrepreneurs: Ethnic Entrepreneurs in
Galicia"
Maria Villares, University of Corunna (Spain)
"Mexican Women Immigrant, Domestic Workers to El Paso Texas"
Ofelia Woo Morales, Universidad Guadalajara (Mexico)
"Social Mobility of Brazilian Migrants in the Japanese Society:
Case Study Involving Two Generations"
Lucia Yamamoto, Tohoku University (Japan)
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