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Liebe Mitglieder des AK IPÖ,<br>
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anbei ein CfP, der bei einigen von Ihnen auf Interesse stoßen
könnte.<br>
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Herzlich,<br>
Joscha Wullweber<br>
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SORRY FOR CROSS-POSTING:<br>
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<big><b>„Power, Finance and the Crisis“</b></big><br>
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<big>Conference of the COST-Action IS0902: World financial Crisis.
Systemic Risks, Financial Crisis and Credit<br>
Berlin (Germany), 12. - 13. September 2013</big><br>
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The recent economic crisis has stimulated debates about power in the
field of finance. The financial ruptures seem to have challenged the
existing power constellations and raised questions about a
transformation of financial power relations. While the international
debate about the political economy of finance was dominated by
rather technical terms so far, the crisis has increasingly drawn
attention to the multifaceted power constellations in financial
relations: from the central role of finance in contemporary
capitalism and the growing influence of rating agencies vis-à-vis
national governments, to geo-economic power-constellations among
monetary blocks, and to the power of financial imaginaries and
their impact on peoples’ everyday practices. Though power-sensitive
perspectives on finance are on the move, the systematic academic
exploration of power-related questions in the field of finance is
still at an early stage. There has yet to be substantial a
discussion of theoretical foundations as well as empirical
investigation of different forms and dimensions of power in
financial relations.<br>
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The COST Conference is therefore committed to an exploration of the
various power relations in the field of finance. We welcome
proposals for panels and papers that engage the following themes:<br>
• <u>Assessing different forms of power in the field of finance:</u>
What forms of power in the field of finance are to be explored? How
to conceptualize theoretically different forms of financial power,
such as structural, agental, discursive etc.? What are respective
sources and resources of power in the field of finance?<br>
•<u> Exploring dimensions of power in finance:</u> for example
hierarchies among nations and economic blocks, the role of
international organizations in global finance, financial power and
the EU, financialization of the state, finance versus workers,
consumers, or industrial capital, everyday finance, and other
relevant topics.<br>
• <u>Dynamics of change:</u> Did the recent crisis change financial
power relations, e.g. in the international arena or in the field of
everyday finance? What are the origins of transformation of power in
finance, what are forces of inertia?<br>
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Alongside these topics, there will be space for panels and papers
covering other aspects of a powersensitive analysis of financial
relations. We encourage potential contributors to include a
gendersensitive analysis whenever possible.<br>
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Panel proposals should be based on the assumption of 1½-hour time
slots. They should have no more than 250 words, containing a theme
as well as a rationale for the session, names of the panel-
organizers, including institutional affiliations and contact
information.<br>
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<b>Deadline</b>: Please submit your panel and paper proposal at
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:COST2013@icdd.uni-kassel.de">COST2013@icdd.uni-kassel.de</a> by <b>May 31st 2013</b><br>
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<u>Supported by:</u><br>
International Center for Development and Decent Work<br>
University of Kassel<br>
International Political Economy working group of the German
Political Science Association (DVPW)<br>
COST-Action<br>
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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Dr Joscha Wullweber
University of Kassel
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of "Globalization & Politics"
Nora-Platiel-Str. 1
D-34127 Kassel, Germany
Phone + 49 (0) 561 804-7367
Fax + 49 (0) 561 804-3464
Mail <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:joscha.wullweber@uni-kassel.de">joscha.wullweber@uni-kassel.de</a></pre>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">--
Dr Joscha Wullweber
University of Kassel
Faculty of Social Sciences
Department of "Globalization & Politics"
Nora-Platiel-Str. 1
D-34127 Kassel, Germany
Phone + 49 (0) 561 804-7367
Fax + 49 (0) 561 804-3464
Mail <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:joscha.wullweber@uni-kassel.de">joscha.wullweber@uni-kassel.de</a></pre>
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