[apologies for cross posting]

Dear all,

I am co-chairing a panel on workers movements at the next ECPR General
Conference in Reykjavik, 25th - 27th
Aug. 2011. Here comes the call for paper. Please note that the panel is
inserted in the section "Contentious Politics in Times of
Crisis"<http://www.ecprnet.eu/conferences/general_conference/Reykjavik/section_details.asp?sectionid=65>,
where there are other panels that might interest you.

*Panel Title*
"Workers movements in times of transformation and crisis"

*Panel Chair(s) *
Alice Mattoni alice.mattoni[at]eui.eu
Annika Zorn annika.zorn[at]eui.eu

*Panel Abstract:*
Due to recent labour market transformations and the current economic crisis,
the literature on workers movements faces new challenges. The very research
focus, namely workers movements across the Global North and the Global
South, is changing and so are: the political arenas of contention in which
they act, the material and immaterial claims they formulate; and the forms
of collective action they undertake. This is especially true with regard to
mobilizations of vulnerable, precarious and temporary workers in a variety
of labour market sectors worldwide, as well as unemployed people. But, this
is also true with regard to mobilization of full-time and open-ended
workers, whose working places are no more secure as they were in the past
decades due to the current economic crisis and delocalization processes.
This panel intends to contribute to reflections related to movements
addressing the topic of work in times of transition and crisis, with a focus
on contemporary local, regional, national and transnational struggles
related to the labour realm. The aim of this panel is to bring together
papers based on empirical analysis and which focus on the repertoire of
action, organizational patterns, framing activities and/or the mobilizations
of resources with regard to collective actions involving people facing
labour market transformations and the current economic crisis worldwide.
Paper employing both qualitative and quantitative methods are welcome and a
comparative perspective will be particularly appreciated.
*
Paper Proposals*
The paper proposal should contain the following information:

   - Title of the proposed paper
   - Abstract of paper (up to 300 words)
   - Name of author
   - Email of author
   - Institution of author
   - Name of co-author (if applicable)
   - Email of co-author (if applicable)
   - Institution of co-author (if applicable)

*Deadlines*
Panel proposals are due the 1st of February 2011.

*How to submit your paper proposal*
Please consider that they can be submitted via the ECPR conference
website<http://www.ecprnet.eu/conferences/general_conference/Reykjavik/>only.

Kindest regards,

Alice Mattoni

-- 
Alice Mattoni, PhD
Department of Political and Social Sciences
European University Institute

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