The following session may well be of interest to critical geographers as
well as sociologists.
Cheers,
Damian White
Dr Damian White
Dept of Sociology
Goldsmiths College,
University of London
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CALL FOR PAPERS
International Institute of Sociology, 36th Conference, Beijing, July 7-11
2003 (http:/www.iis2003beijing.com.cn)
Session 'Globalisation and environmentalism'
Session director Hein-Anton van der Heijden
Since the 1992 Unced-Conference in Rio, the environmental movement is
increasingly becoming a global social movement. Participation in
negotiations on UN environmental regimes, the global operations of mass
membership groups like Greenpeace, WWF and Friends of the Earth
International, and the role of numerous environmental groups and activists
in the so-called 'anti-globalisation movement' are just a few examples.
However, how does this globalisation of the environmental movement look like
in different parts of the world, and which theories and concepts are the
most appropriate to analyse them? Does the globalisation of the
environmental movement look like the same in, say, China, the US, Western
Europe and Brazil, and how about the usefulness of concepts like
International Political Opportunity Structure (IPOS), ecological
modernization and multi-level environmentalism?
In this session papers dealing with, or related to, one or more of these
questions are mostly welcomed. Send your paper proposals as soon as
possible!
Hein-Anton van der Heijden is a senior lecturer in political science at the
University of Amsterdam. His research includes work on social movements,
political discourse analysis and comparative politics. His latest article is
'Political Parties and NGOs in Global Environmental Politics', in:
International Political Science Review,Vol. 23 No. 2 (2002), p. 187-201.
Address: University of Amsterdam, Dept. of Political Science, Oudezijds
Achterburgwal 237, 1012 DL Amsterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail:
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