PEWS XXII: CALL FOR PAPERS
The twenty-second annual conference of the Political Economy of the
World-System (PEWS) section of the American Sociological Association
will take place March 23-25, 1998 on the campus of Northwestern
university situated in the Chicago suburb of Evanston. It is
co-sponsored by the Center for International and Comparative Studies and
the Department of Sociology.
The organizers are Bruce Cumings, Michael Loriaux, and Georgi Derlugian.
The theme of this conference is
THE SHIFTING GEOPOLITICS OF THE MODERN WORLD-SYSTEM, 1945 - 2025.
Researchers are invited to submit papers or abstracts on the following
questions and topics for consideration by the organizers:
>>>1. The core triad (Europe, USA, Japan): competitors or colluders?
>>>2. Future world wars or world peace? Are world wars eliminated from the geopolitical cycle? World empire, global multilateralism, or world anarchy?
>>>3. China and Russia: evolving roles of semiperipheral giants in the
world-system. Adjunct competitors? Or possible allies against the core?
>>>4. Withering away of the State or states? Which states? Is stateness
declining in the strong states as well? What replaces statehood in the
areas where state structures collapse? How do such stateless zones
(presumably, much of Africa and Central Asia) affect the general
morphology of the interstate system?
>>>5. World antisystemic movements: do they exist? Will they exist? Are they new in style or content?
We expect to be able to provide lodging and some meals for the
participants who present papers.
Selected papers will be published in the annual volume by Greenwood
Press.
The deadline for submissions is December 15, 1997. Please forward
materials to:
Georgi M. Derluguian, PEWS XXII coordinator, e-mail: GDerlug@nwu.edu
Center for International and Comparative Studies (CICS)
Northwestern University
618 Garrett Place
Evanston, Illinois 60208
tel. (847) 467-2770 (CICS)
(847) 491-2741 (Derluguian)
fax.( 847) 467-1996