[SSC] FW: Sociology CFP in social movements

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movements [mailto:SOCIAL-MOVEMENTS at LISTSERV.HEANET.IE] On Behalf Of
Laurence Cox
Sent: 01 March 2013 10:49
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Subject: Sociology CFP in social movements

This may be of interest to some listmembers.

Laurence

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Sociology special issue: Sociology and the global economic crisis
Deadline for submissions: August 31 2013

We hear it on the radio. We see it on television. We read it in the
newspapers, online magazines, and blogs. We think about it on public
transport and in hospital corridors; while taking children to school or
queuing in supermarkets; at meetings and parties. Our imaginaries and
daily experiences are saturated by the global economic crisis. Yet, to
what extent are we able to translate this quotidian reality into
adequate forms of knowledge? Has the crisis highlighted important limits
in our sociological imagination linked either to the subdivision of our
discipline or, more fundamentally, questioned the contemporary relevance
of sociology as a social science? 

In an important sense, the global economic crisis presents sociology
with a dilemma: can it continue to think its object of knowledge without
rethinking the epistemological and methodological assumptions on which
this knowledge rests. There is an urgent need to deconstruct and
interrogate the formulation and reality of global economic crisis, and
systematically and critically to investigate the specifically social
processes underpinning its development and intensification. While
sociologists have demonstrated how economic crises are precipitated
through the social construction of markets, economies and economic
knowledge, and the cultural-institutional configurations of late
capitalism, there is a need to take this critical view conceptually
beyond empiricism and hermeneutics, methodologically beyond the confines
of disciplinary insularity, and practically towards public engagement.

This special issue, to be published in October 2014, invites
contributions that will: 

1.	Explore how sociology can contribute to a better understanding
of (the lived experience of) the global economic crisis; and/or 

2.	Reflect on how social processes and movements confronting the
crisis can inspire a new sociological imagination. 

To address the first objective, papers could either critically engage
with debates in sociological theory on the crisis tendencies of late
capitalism, or deal empirically with a range of social problems
generated by the crisis which could inform conceptual debates in
sociology. The editors would especially welcome papers focussed on the
'crisis' in ways that challenge the dominant existing theorizations of
crises as:

*	an ontological or existential problem associated with the
disembedding of established categories and identities; 
*	the declining legitimacy of states, markets, industries and
corporations; 
*	the misalignment of the institutions of work and welfare
governance from the economic realities or values of late capitalism; 
*	the inability of liberal or social democratic regimes to mediate
societal conflicts within the confines of the territorial, legislative
and legalistic apparatus of the nation state. 

To address the second objective, contributions could consider how the
'economic' crisis is shaping new subjectivities and identities. The
crisis has been associated with the emergence of new or intensified
ethical discourses premised on fairness and justice and papers could
explore the ways in which these ethical discourses are not only linked
to modes of popular protest, but demonstrate how social mobilisation
could nurture epistemological innovation. Papers could explore how:

*	resistance to the crisis is redefining the boundaries of
sociology or renewing the sociological imagination; 
*	generating new social subjectivities that challenge the
universalizing assumptions of sociology and encouraging the
'indigenisation' of sociology and new ways of thinking 'other-wise'; 
*	renewing ethical or normative thinking in ways that could
facilitate a shift from regulatory to emancipatory sociological
paradigms; 
*	epistemological diversity helps to emancipate sociology by
moving away from taking crises for granted or employing regulatory
paradigms seeking partial solutions to crises. 

This ambitious special edition aims to bring together contributions
that:

*	Bridge disciplines. 
*	Unsettle conventions. 
*	Cosmopolitanise epistemologies. 
*	Renew sociology. 

Editorial Team
Ana C. Dinerstein, University of Bath, UK

Gregory Schwartz, University of Bath, UK

Graham Taylor, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

The editors welcome contributions on relevant topics in any field of
social science engaging with sociological research, from early career
and established academics, and from those outside academia. 

Submission details:

Deadline for submissions: 31 August 2013  (full papers)

Word limit:  8000 words

Queries: To discuss initial ideas or seek editorial advice, please
contact the special issue editors by email on
sociology.specialissue.2014 at gmail.com. 

Submit:  http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/soc

Full submission instructions are available on this site on the
'Instructions and Forms' page.  Please read these in full well before
submitting your manuscript.

All manuscripts will be subject to the normal referee process, but
potential authors are welcome to discuss their ideas in advance with the
editors.

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National University of Ireland Maynooth
Co. Kildare, Republic of Ireland

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