The Social Question in a Global Perspective is a Conference organized by the Amsterdam Institute of Social Science Research and the International Institute of Social History in collaboration with Re: Work Berlin and the University of Hamburg.
Researchers from India, Brasil, Africa, Hungary, the Netherlands and other countries will rethink the concept of the working class and the ways in which it can further its interests. Traditional forms of collective action that have developed in the North Atlantic region are gradually losing much of their impact. New forms are emerging, though these are often still at an embryonic stage.
If you would like to participate, please send a message to Marcel van der Linden or Jan Breman.
Monday, November 17, 2014
9.00-9.30 Registration of participants
Morning session
9.30-10.00 The central questions (Marcel van der Linden)
10.00-11.00 The social question and social policy in contemporary China (Ching-Kwan Lee; commentator Jan Breman)
11.00-13.00 The social question and social policy in contemporary India (KP Kannan, Ghanshyam Shah; commentator Kevan Harris)
13.00-14.30 Lunch break
Afternoon session
14.30-16.30 The social question and social policy in contemporary Africa (Andreas Eckert, Ben Scully; commentator Henry Bernstein)
16.30-16.45 Tea break
16.45-17.45 The social question and social policy in the contemporary Middle East (Kevan Harris; commentator Touraj Atabaki)
Dinner
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Morning session
9.00-10.00 The social question and social policy in contemporary Eastern Europe (Don Kalb; commentator Göran Therborn)
10.00-11.00 The eclipse of the welfare state (Kees Schuyt; commentator Göran Therborn)
11.00-13.00 The origins of social-security arrangements in Western Europe: are there lessons to be ? (Abram de Swaan; Göran Therborn; Commentator Marcel van der Linden)
12.00-13.00 Lunch break
Afternoon session
13.00-14.00 Pauperism – Past and Present (Jan Breman)
14.00- 15.00 First comparisons (improvisation by Henry Bernstein)
15.00-15.30 Break
15.30-16.30 Connecting the threads: ‘development’ in reverse (plenary dicussion)
16.30-17.00 Follow-up plans (Breman and Van der Linden)
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