April 11: Development Theory and Social Theory from/in the Global South

Join us via Zoom on Thursday, April 11 from 9 A.M. to 10:30 A.M. EST for the inaugural event of the Global South Interest Group (GSIG), which seeks to discuss how development has been imagined as different normative goals, strategies, and historical experiences across the Global South. Situating development within broader social theory, senior scholars …

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Sociology of Development Conference 2024

The next Sociology of Development section conference will be held October 18-20, 2024 at Johns Hopkins University with the theme “Solving Global Poverty.” The conference website is at the following link:https://socdev2024.weebly.com We invite abstracts for papers due April 2, 2024. While the theme is “Solving Global Poverty,” we welcome submissions on any topic relevant to …

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Publishing Global South Cases Webinar: Thursday, March 21

Join us on Thursday, March 21 at 1pm EST for a webinar hosted by the Sociology of Development Section of the American Sociological Association. Panelists include Erin McDonnell, author of Patchwork Leviathan: Pockets of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in Developing States, Margaret Frye, author of "Moralizing the Production and Sale of Student Papers in Uganda", Luis Vilaça, …

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