Call for Papers, XXXII ASA Political Economy of the World-System
Section Annual Conferences
The XXXII Political Economy of
the World-System (PEWS) Conference will take place 24-26 April, 2008, at
Keynote Speakers: I. Wallerstein
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A focus on the migration of
people attempts to address the migration literature and invites people who
study the multiple experiences of migrants across different zones of the world-system to enter into a
dialogue with world-systems analysis. The central goal of this conference is to
create multiple spaces for conversations about the movement of people across
the world-system
and, in symbiosis, the money flows that create the structural conditions in
which the migration process occurs. The four sub-themes to be addressed in four
different panels are: flows of people; flows of money; the incorporation of
immigrants and immigrant experiences; and the intersection between migration
studies and studies of global finance.
The Conference organizers invite
abstracts on these four sub-themes as part of the overall theme elaborated
above. Paper topics could include any of
the following:
1. Flows of people
- What are the past and current dynamics of mass migration?
- How are different regions dealing with various migration
pressures?
- What are the
current theoretical and methodological issues that allow those in the field of
migration studies to understand present dynamics in the world-system?
- To what extent do past migration
flows explain current trends?
2. Flows of money
- What is the significance of remittances of various migrants from the core to the periphery?
- What are the consequences of Foreign Direct Investment
and Portfolio Investment in the Triad as well as in the Periphery?
- What are the implications of the recent deregulations of
financial markets across the world-system, and the link with migration flows in
the world-system?
- What are the challenges related to the Dollarization in parts of the Periphery, the emergence of
the Euro, financial speculation in World Cities, or the future of Petrodollars?
-What relationships exist between the liquidity roles of
banks, financial fragility and economic growth in the long run?
- How will foreign capital penetration impact future
standards of living in the periphery?
- What is the relation between foreign direct investments and mass migration in the world system?
-How
does NAFTA create a context for differential treatment of skilled migrants,
goods and flows of money on the one hand and unskilled migrants on the other
hand?
3. The Incorporation of Immigrants
We invite papers in this section pertaining to the
following topics:
-human smuggling & trafficking;
-the differential incorporation of migrants;
-racism and discrimination towards immigrants;
-the gendered dimension of migration;
-migrant laborers and state practices;
-public policies and asylum seekers;
-unions and immigrants;
-the future of dual citizenship; and
-the transformation of immigrants into
ethnic minorities.
4. The
intersection of migration studies and studies of global finance
The last panel will attempt to
reflect upon the intersections of broadly conceived migration studies and the
analysis of financial flows. Theoretical and methodological reflections as well
as case-studies in which both topics are addressed (e.g. the Argentine crisis
of 2002; the significance of remittances) are welcome, including papers that
invite reflection upon past and present challenges to the world-system
perspective, most notably in how to successfully incorporate migration studies
and the analysis of financial flows into the evolving paradigm.
Please send your 2-3 page proposals (abstracts) or entire
paper as an electronic attachment to: pews2008@yahoo.com
Alternatively, you can contact the Conference Organizers by
mail:
Dr.
Terry-Ann Jones & Dr.
Dept.
of Sociology & Anthropology, Donnarumma Hall 212
The deadline to submit proposals is December 31, 2007.
Participants whose papers have been accepted will be
provided with free lodging and free meals for the duration of the conference,
which is free and open to the public. Tenured and tenure-track participants are
encouraged to seek funding from their home institutions for transportation to
the conference in
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