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9th Annual Conference of the Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia
Del 29/11/2011 al 16/12/2011; University of Pittsburgh (Estados Unidos de América).
Call for Papers for the 9th Annual Conference
of the Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia
Rightly Stated?
Contemporary and Historical Considerations of the State in Eastern
Europe and Eurasia
Featuring Keynote Speaker Professor Eugene Huskey
University of Pittsburgh
February 24-26, 2012
Deadline for submissions: December 16, 2011
Submissions: Visit goseca.pitt.edu for registration, online submission
and other useful information
A little over 20 years ago, the collapse of communism in Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union sparked an eastward flow of western
consultants bearing recommendations for remaking the former communist
states. While their prescriptions ranged from more presumptuous
formulations such as "shrinking the state" to seemingly more agnostic
calls to "right-sizing" it, a shared assumption was that the West had
somehow gotten the state "right" and needed to share its experience
with eastern counterparts who had historically gotten the state so wrong.
Twenty years later, the "state of the state" in the former communist
countries remains as problematic as ever. Moreover, state reform in
the contemporary era is further complicated by western democracies'
deep crisis of confidence in their own cherished models of the state.
Traditionally social democratic states find themselves burdened with
debt while their more classically liberal counterparts ponder whether
their free market models are to blame from increasingly wrenching boom
and bust cycles. Amidst declarations of the "failure of
multiculturalism," established western democracies struggle to
redefine what it means to be a citizen. The European Union, which
challenged traditional concepts of state sovereignty and presented
itself as a "post-state" future, is struggling with the potentially
fatal contradictions of a supranational economy layered over still
very traditional state-centric polities. In short - the former
communist states are still searching for models, but these no longer
flow so unambiguously from the West.
Acknowledging the intellectual challenges of this new era of
uncertainty, this year's GOSECA conference focuses on the theme of the
state in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. While contemporary events
certainly warrant such a focus, we feel that specific historical and
contemporary characteristics of our region make this an especially
fitting topic. Throughout history this region has produced a vast
array of state entities and state-related phenomenon. States have
disintegrated, expanded and failed. Empires, supranational and
international organizations have delayed state creation or challenged
the traditional sovereignty of existing states. In terms of the state
as a center of power or as a bureaucratic structure, our region has
boasted some of history's weakest states - and certainly one of its
strongest. A glance across the region reveals a startling variety of
state policies in the realms of the economy, culture, citizenship and
immigration, security, governance, the environment and many other
areas. Clearly the state remains a major entity and an enduring point
of contention in the region. Students of all disciplines, covering a
broad range of historical periods will certainly find ample questions
to explore under this wide-ranging theme.
The broad focus on the State in Eastern Europe and Eurasia could
encompass a very broad array of paper topics including, but certainly
not limited to:
* The State, economy and financial institutions
* Communism/socialism and the State
* State policies towards languages and cultures
* The design and evolution of state policy-making institutions
* State policies towards minorities and other at-risk populations
* State sovereignty and the promotion or protection of human rights
* State relations with international and supranational organizations
* Authoritarianism, democracy and the state
* Questions of citizenship and immigration policies
* Non-state actors and the state
* The State and agriculture and natural resources
* Arts, cultural policies and the state
* The state and the environment
* Historical memory and the creation of state identities
* Political participation and the state
* Social programs and the distribution of economic resources
* The State and civil society
* State security and international relations
*Please note that GOSECA welcomes submissions covering these and
similar topics from any historical period*
of the Graduate Organization for the Study of Europe and Central Asia
Rightly Stated?
Contemporary and Historical Considerations of the State in Eastern
Europe and Eurasia
Featuring Keynote Speaker Professor Eugene Huskey
University of Pittsburgh
February 24-26, 2012
Deadline for submissions: December 16, 2011
Submissions: Visit goseca.pitt.edu for registration, online submission
and other useful information
A little over 20 years ago, the collapse of communism in Eastern
Europe and the former Soviet Union sparked an eastward flow of western
consultants bearing recommendations for remaking the former communist
states. While their prescriptions ranged from more presumptuous
formulations such as "shrinking the state" to seemingly more agnostic
calls to "right-sizing" it, a shared assumption was that the West had
somehow gotten the state "right" and needed to share its experience
with eastern counterparts who had historically gotten the state so wrong.
Twenty years later, the "state of the state" in the former communist
countries remains as problematic as ever. Moreover, state reform in
the contemporary era is further complicated by western democracies'
deep crisis of confidence in their own cherished models of the state.
Traditionally social democratic states find themselves burdened with
debt while their more classically liberal counterparts ponder whether
their free market models are to blame from increasingly wrenching boom
and bust cycles. Amidst declarations of the "failure of
multiculturalism," established western democracies struggle to
redefine what it means to be a citizen. The European Union, which
challenged traditional concepts of state sovereignty and presented
itself as a "post-state" future, is struggling with the potentially
fatal contradictions of a supranational economy layered over still
very traditional state-centric polities. In short - the former
communist states are still searching for models, but these no longer
flow so unambiguously from the West.
Acknowledging the intellectual challenges of this new era of
uncertainty, this year's GOSECA conference focuses on the theme of the
state in Eastern Europe and Eurasia. While contemporary events
certainly warrant such a focus, we feel that specific historical and
contemporary characteristics of our region make this an especially
fitting topic. Throughout history this region has produced a vast
array of state entities and state-related phenomenon. States have
disintegrated, expanded and failed. Empires, supranational and
international organizations have delayed state creation or challenged
the traditional sovereignty of existing states. In terms of the state
as a center of power or as a bureaucratic structure, our region has
boasted some of history's weakest states - and certainly one of its
strongest. A glance across the region reveals a startling variety of
state policies in the realms of the economy, culture, citizenship and
immigration, security, governance, the environment and many other
areas. Clearly the state remains a major entity and an enduring point
of contention in the region. Students of all disciplines, covering a
broad range of historical periods will certainly find ample questions
to explore under this wide-ranging theme.
The broad focus on the State in Eastern Europe and Eurasia could
encompass a very broad array of paper topics including, but certainly
not limited to:
* The State, economy and financial institutions
* Communism/socialism and the State
* State policies towards languages and cultures
* The design and evolution of state policy-making institutions
* State policies towards minorities and other at-risk populations
* State sovereignty and the promotion or protection of human rights
* State relations with international and supranational organizations
* Authoritarianism, democracy and the state
* Questions of citizenship and immigration policies
* Non-state actors and the state
* The State and agriculture and natural resources
* Arts, cultural policies and the state
* The state and the environment
* Historical memory and the creation of state identities
* Political participation and the state
* Social programs and the distribution of economic resources
* The State and civil society
* State security and international relations
*Please note that GOSECA welcomes submissions covering these and
similar topics from any historical period*
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