Call for papers on Urban and Regional Political Economy,

Third International Conference of Political Economy, Paris, 5-8 July 2012

Following two highly successful the International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy (IIPPE) conferences, the Association for Heterodox Economics, the French Association of Political Economy and IIPPE are jointly coordinating the Third International Conference of Political Economy in Paris, July 5-8, 2012. The theme of the conference is “Political Economy and the Outlook of Capitalism”.

Most of the analysis of the global economic crisis takes place in terms of national economies, treated as unitary entities, interacting in the world economy. This stream aims to open the ‘black-box’ of national economies and look at the social relations and processes that occur in localities and regions at the sub-national level. Processes and developments at the level of localities can vary a great deal within and between countries yet they are crucial to both local and national outcomes.

We call for papers that analyse local relations and processes and those that link localities with larger-scale territories. In particular, we encourage work around the following themes:

* the internal relations between space – territory, distance, scale – and social processes, and the way in which social actors use space.

* the social processes and relations of the monetised ‘economy’, waged and unwaged work, the reproduction of people within homes and neighbourhoods using commodity consumption and public services, associated cultures of work and social life, popular collective organisations, and the interventions of the state;

* the distinct sites and spaces of industries, public and private services, domestic work, housing, transport, the built and natural environment, public space, and the state.

* the local as a site of oppression and exploitation and of struggles against them

 In addition to submission of individual papers, we are open to the submission of panel proposals of 2-4 presentation each. The conference will also provide an opportunity to further the work of the IIPPE Urban and Regional Political Economy Working Group.

Abstracts of individual papers (max. 250 words) or panel proposals (max. 250 words plus abstracts of the individual papers) should be sent to

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Please send the abstracts to us in the first instance, rather than the conference organisers, to avoid confusion.

Best wishes,

Paris Conference Organisers, IIPPE Urban and Regional Political Economy Working Group

For more information about the working group please visit:

http://www.iippe.org/wiki/ Urban_and_Regional_Political_ Economy_Working_Group

Dr Jamie Gough

Senior Lecturer,

Department of Town and Regional Planning,

University of Sheffield,

Sheffield, S10 2TN,

England

0114 222 6909