The West as Center (as part of the conference theme "Global Inequalities: Hegemonic Shifts and Regional Differentiations")

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Description

The 39th Conference of the American Sociological Association’s Section on Political Economy of the World-System (PEWS) delved into the core interests of the section, that is to explain the production and reproduction of asymmetric power relations and macro and micro-level inequalities in their world-historical context. More precisely, the conference focused on the theme of "Global Inequalities: Hegemonic Shifts and Regional Differentiations". Sub-themes were i) Reconsidering semiperipheries: evolutionary, epistemic, or antisystemic potential? ii) Latin America and Eastern Europe facing the East Asian challenge; iii) Coloniality of power and the imperial difference and iv)Migration and global social mobility.
Period19 Mar 2015 → 22 Mar 2015
Event typeConference
LocationGermanyShow on map

Fields of science

  • 504 Sociology

JKU Focus areas

  • Social Systems, Markets and Welfare States
  • Social and Economic Sciences (in general)

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