Invitation to the fourth International Conference
organised by the Danish Network on Political Theory:
Globalisation and the Political Theory of the Welfare State and Citizenship
Aalborg University, Denmark 4-6 May 2006
The conference is organised by the Danish Network on Political Theory,
Aarhus University, Department of History, International and Social
Studies and Department of Economics, Politics and Public
Administration, Aalborg University.
The purpose of the fourth conference of the Political Theory network is
to analyse how Western welfare state values, citizenship and conceptual
foundations are challenged by globalisation.
Confirmed keynote speakers are
Professor Will Kymlicka (Queen's University, Kingston, Canada)
Professor Ruth Lister (Loughborough University, England)
Professor Bryan Turner (University of Singapore, Singapore)
Professor Jørgen Goul Andersen (Aalborg University, Denmark)
The conference is organised around four themes, which represent new
challenges to Western welfare states and social and political
citizenship:
1. The tension between trans-national politics, equality and social rights;
2. The tension between universalism and particularism;
3. The tension between citizenship rights and human rights;
4. The tension between welfare solidarity and migration.
Venue
Aalborg University, Denmark.
Time
4-6 May 2006.
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