CfP: Conference on Social Movement Governance

The University of South Florida invites paper and panel proposals for the Conference on Social Movement Governance, The Poor an the New Politics of the Americas to be held Feb. 204, 2011, in Tampa, Florida. This is the first large meeting of its kind to bring together leading scholars (in dialogue with other actors) from throughout the world to collectively advance our understanding of what new forms of governance are emerging in the Americas and how they relate to the poor. The conference attempts to mobilize critical research on these themes by bringing researchers, based in the Americas or working on the Americas, together with those affecting and affected by the emergence of such new forms of politics and governance in the Americas, such as actors in civil society organizations, social movements and practitioners. The program chairs seek participants from a broad range of actors, scholars, leaders of social movements and practitioners operating in all regions of the Americas, including the U.S. and Canada, with a particular emphasis on interrelations across the Americas. Proposals are due by May 1, 2010. For more information please see the conference website.