Last call for registration. Please let us know you are coming so that we can get the numbers right for catering.
FRIDAY 19 (EVENING)-SUNDAY 21 MAY 2003, Strathclyde University, Glasgow.
Programme:http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/gs/pdf/May_conference/Programme%20-%20Final.pdf
Book online:http://personal.strath.ac.uk/g.a.yule
Further details: http://www.strath.ac.uk/Departments/gs/
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How does experience in Scotland relate to rampant neo-liberalism across the globe? How is contemporary resistance to its influences shaped? Or is Scotland immune? How does Scotland compare with other EU countries and the wider world? Has devolution delivered what was expected in Scotland? Has the experience of devolution been a
positive one? How do we judge its success? Has Scotland become more Œopen¹ and a new political culture developed?
These crucial questions and many others will be addressed at a major conference at the University of Strathclyde in May. Seven years on from the creation of the first Scottish Parliament, it is time to begin a process of critical reflection and to assess whether devolution has brought about, in the words of Scotland¹s first First Minister, ³a
fair and just settlement for Scotland² that would strengthen democratic control and make the government more accountable. The context for critically assessing the changing nature of post-devolutionary Scottish life in the 21 st Century is the process of capitalist globalisation and the neo-liberal agenda which shapes it.
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:
€ Tommy Sheridan MSP, Mike Gonzalez (author of Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution) and Kevin Dixon from ATTAC on resisting neo-liberalism in
Scotland, Latin America and France. € A debate between Leslie Sklair (author of The Transnational Capitalist Class (2003) and Dieter Plehwe (editor of Neoliberal Hegemony, (2005)) on ŒNeoliberal
Hegemony or the Transnational Capitalist Class?¹ € Neil Davidson (author of The Origins of Scottish Nationhood (2000) and the Deutscher Memorial Prize-winning Discovering the Scottish Revolution (2003)) on the
impact of globalisation on Scottish nationalism. € Chris Ballance MSP on the new dash for nuclear energy.
€ Alastair Macintosh (author of Soil and Soul) on land reform as counter globalisation. € Gregor Gall (author of The Political Economy of Scotland (2005)) on the radical traditions of the Scottish working class.
€ David Miller (author of Open Scotland (2001), editor of Tell Me Lies (2004) and Arguments Against G8 (2005)), on the nature of the contemporary ruling class in Scotland.
€ Christine Cooper on the Scottish Service Tax. € Colin Leys (author of Market Driven Politics (2003) on the neo-liberal war on democracy in the UK.
€ Alex Law and Gerry Mooney on the inadequacy of mainstream sociological attempts to understand modern Scotland. € Colin Clark on what¹s wrong with the 'happiness, health and well-being' agenda.
€ Workshops and roundtable discussions with community activists on the lessons learned from resisting PPP, housing stock transfer and the G8. € Free social on Saturday night and screening of radical films throughout the weekend, including a preview of the new G8 DVD.
CONFERENCE COSTS
Waged - £20.00 (£10.00 for individual days) Unwaged and Students - £10.00 (£5.00 for individual days)
[Institutionally Funded Academics - £120.00 (£65.00 for individual days)] [Institutionally Supported Students - £75.00 (£40.00 for individual days) ]
Tickets include lunch and social events. Individual day tickets include entrance on Friday evening. To book your place go to :
http://personal.strath.ac.uk/g.a.yule/
Professor of Sociology
Dept Geography and Sociology
Strathclyde University
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Glasgow
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