The conference aims at enlarging and deepening the research agenda on social issues in Central and Eastern Europe. In order to better understand the social mechanisms from the region, the conference aims at answering various challenging questions: the general features of trade unionism in Central and Eastern European countries by putting together the analysis of major sectoral developments of trade unions in the region and the complex roles played by the labor organizations in the multiple processes of democratic transformation (i.g. the context of privatization) ; the
various status and features of trade unions during the communist regime, by highlighting the main differences between Central and Eastern European countries and pointing out to the regional continuities and discontinuities in the past and, mainly, in the present.
Language: English, French
Deadline for abstracts: October 15, 2006
Contact: Ninucia-Maria Pilat, Chercheur MiniArc, Centre d'étude de
la vie politique (CEVIPOL) Université libre de Bruxelles, Institut
de Sociologie Av. Jeanne 44 - 1050 Bruxelles; Jean- Michel De Waele,
Professeur de Science Politique, Université libre de Bruxelles, Av.
F.D. Roosevelt, 39 - 1050 Bruxelles
Tel.: +32 2 650 34 86;+32 2 650 44 81
Fax: +32 2 650 35 21; +32 2 650 30 68
E-mail: jmdewael@ulb. ac.be, npilat@ulb.ac. be
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