Call for Papers

"Young People and Social Change after the Fall of the Berlin Wall" is the topic of the Seminar scheduled for November 20, 2009 in Budapest.

You or your organisation want to participate in the Seminar - submit the paper proposal before August 20, 2009!

Background: 

The Research Committee 34, Sociology of Youth, International Sociological Association; in co-operation with The Directorate for Youth and Sport of the Council of Europe; the Youth Partnership between the Council of Europe and the European Commission; the Italian Sociological Association; the Department of Sociology and Social Research of the University of Milan-Bicocca is organising a seminar of youth research, policy and practice entitled "Young People and Social Change after the Fall of the Berlin Wall" on the 20th November 2009 in Budapest.

The seminar will address such questions through a morning plenary session and four parallel sessions:

1. 1. Youth transitions in post-communism
2. 2. Inequality and uncertainty
3. 3. Western and eastern, or modern youth?
4. 4. Cross-border cooperation in research, policy, and practice

Five papers will be selected for presentation in each of the four sessions. Other papers will be selected for distribution. To the authors of the papers selected for presentation a one day stay in Budapest (including the night from 19 to 20 November) will be offered.

A one page abstract of papers proposal must be sent before August 20, 2009

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