[Conference 2013 CfP] Neoliberalism Working Group

Alfredo Saad Filho (SOAS, University of London, UK)

Kean Birch (York University, Toronto, Canada)

The theme of the 4^th IIPPE Conference is “Political Economy, Activism and Alterative Economic Strategies” (see http://iippe.org/wp/). Neoliberalism occupies a central position within this field, and the IIPPE Neoliberalism Working Group will be organising a stream of papers for presentation at the Conference. Submissions are invited on and around the following areas:

• Neoliberal economic policies and policy alternatives.

• Global neoliberalism, international relations and policy alternatives.

• Social structures, social change, and modalities of political representation under neoliberalism.

• Neoliberalism, activism, social mobilisation and resistance.

• Transcending neoliberalism.

Submissions on other aspects of neoliberalism will also be considered.

Abstracts (500 words maximum) should be submitted, with “abstract submitted iippe2013” in the subject line, to iippe2013@iss.nl and to both Alfredo Saad Filho (as59@soas.ac.uk) and Kean Birch (keanbirch@gmail.com) by 10 February 2013.