Political Sociology Section Open Call Paper Session Session is open with regard to topics, methodologies, and theoretical orientation. We have ten open session slots this year and will strive to create paper panels that reflect existing and emerging debates and areas of inquiry within our sub-field. Session Participants: Session Organizers: Josh Pacewicz, Brown University; Mathieu H. Desan, University of Colorado-Boulder Religion and Populism (Co-sponsored by Sociology of Religion Section) Please note: This is a co-sponsored session. Submissions for this section will be made in the portal under the Sociology of Religion Section. With rising populism around the world, many people are hearkening back to a nostalgic, imagined past. Alongside this has been a resurgence of Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and other forms of religious nationalism. In this session, we invite papers that examine the relationships and overlaps between populism and religion and how it affects voting, policy, women’s and LGBTQ+ rights, the administrative state, and other political behavior, as well as imagined national pasts and futures. Session Participants: Session Organizer: Rhys H. Williams, Loyola University-Chicago Political Sociology Section Roundtables Session Participants: Session Organizers: Josh Pacewicz, Brown University; Mathieu H. Desan, University of Colorado-Boulder
Democratic Backsliding and the Erosion of Human Rights (Co-sponsored by Sociology of Human Rights Section) Please note: This is a co-sponsored session. Submissions for this section will be made in the portal under the Sociology of Human Rights Section. This open session co-sponsored by Political Sociology and Section on Human Rights will explore implications of democratic backsliding and rising authoritarianism on the erosion of human rights. Papers drawing from comparative and historical perspectives are encouraged. Session Participants: Session Organizers: Wesley Longhofer, Emory University; Josh Pacewicz, Brown University Democratic Institutions and the Law (Co-sponsored by Sociology of Law Section) Please note: This is a co-sponsored session. Submissions for this section will be made in the portal under the Political Sociology Section. Session Participants: Session Organizers: Josh Pacewicz, Brown University; Sarah Brayne, Stanford University Macro Determinants of Inequality: The Role of Politics, Policies, and Institutions (Co-sponsored by Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section) Please note: This is a co-sponsored session. Submissions for this section will be made in the portal under the Political Sociology Section. Session Organizers: Josh Pacewicz, Brown University; Masoud Movahed, University of California – Santa Barbara Political, Social, and Welfare Consequences of Economic Inequality (Co-sponsored by Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section) Please note: This is a co-sponsored session. Submissions for this section will be made in the portal under the Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility Section. Session Participants: Session Organizer: Manuel Schechtl, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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