Post-Socialist Economies, Nationalistic Conflicts and Labour in Central-Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union Workshop
Friday 29 May, 9.30 to 18.00
Middlesex University, London NW4 4BT, Hendon Campus, College Building, room C114
For further information, and to register at the workshop, please contact:
Claudio Morrison ([log in to unmask]) or Ryan Buchschacher ([log in to unmask]
Programme outline
9.30 – 10.00 Registration and coffee
Welcome by Professor Richard Croucher (MUBS Director of Research) and Dr Claudio Morrison (PLSG Convenor)
10.00 - 11.45
Session 1: Protests and Trade Unions in Post-Socialist Europe: what prospects for Labour?
Chair: Olga Cretu
o Ukraine: between competing nationalisms and competing imperialisms, Volodymyr Ishenko (Centre for Social and Labour Research, Kiev);
o Social Protests between Spontaneity and Organisation: the case of the 2014 Bosnia Uprising’, Goran Markovic (East Sarajevo University, Sarajevo Plenum);
o Labour protests in Russia: protection of labour rights or revolt against the power?, Petr Bizyukov (Centre for Social and Labour rights, Moscow);
o Trade unions in Poland: Pathways into the 21st century, Dr Vera Trappman (University of Leeds)
11.45 – 12.00 Coffee break
12.00 – 13.20
Session 2: Post-Socialist Europe between crises and conflict: The Politics of Nationalism
Chair: Hanna Danilovich
o Passive Revolutions of the XXI Century: capitalist restoration and nationalist conflicts in post-socialist Europe, Dr Claudio Morrison (Middlesex University)
o Conflict in the post-communist Yugoslavia: the case of Serbia: An examination of the consequences of the varying political discourse of nationalism from Tito through to the neoliberal order of today, Dr. Jelena Timotijevic (University of Brighton)
o Russian external threats and the ‘enemy within’: government policies and public responses, Biziukova (Levada Analytical Centre, Moscow)
13.20 – 14.20 Lunch break
14.20 – 15.45
Session 3: The Political Economy of Post-Socialism: Economics, Debt and Conflict (1)
Chair: Marian Rizov
o How Can We Explain Continuing Dysfunction in Post Socialist Economies?, Professor Martin Upchurch (Middlesex University);
o The Polish "beggar imperialism" and uneven development of the Eastern Europe, Dr Filip Ilkowski (Institute of Political Science, Warsaw)
o Social Polarisation - history or politics? The case of Ukraine, Dr Daryna Grechyna (Economics, Middlesex University)
15.45 – 16.00 Coffee break
16.00 – 17.00
Session 4: The Political Economy of Post-Socialism: Economics, Debt and Conflict (2)
Chair: Martin Upchurch
o Ukraine’s Economy of Debt, Professor John Grahl (economics, Middlesex University)
o The Russian Federation and its ‘neighbourhood’: A Eurasian Economic Space?, Dr Hanna Danilovich (LWO, Middlesex University)
17.00 – 17.40
Plenary Session:
The way forward: Prospects and challenges for future research and social impact
Discussant: Richard Croucher
Martin Upchurch
Professor of International Employment Relations
Middlesex University Business School
The Burroughs
Hendon
London NW4 4BT
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