1412 - Lessons from Abroad

Session Submission Type: Invited Session

Description

During a time of increasing isolation from the rest of the world, socially, politically, economically, legally, sociologists recognize that U.S. political leaders, as well as academics, have much to learn from other countries. The lessons are manifold: the growth of right-leaning parties, violence, and demise of the welfare state, among others. This session will offer perspectives on what sociologists can learn from lessons abroad, and how these lessons can inform our scholarship.

Sub Unit

• Thematic Session

Session Organizer

• Bandana Purkayastha, University of Connecticut

Presider

• Debra Street, State University of New York-Buffalo

Individual Presentations

• Global Adoption of Restrictive NGO Laws and Its Consequences: Lessons for U.S. Foreign Policy - Jeong-Woo Koo, Sungkyunkwan University

• Responding to Closing Space for Civil Society: Lessons Learned from Multi-country Feminist Law Reform Advocacy Study - Yakin Erturk, Middle East Technical University

• Politics and Markets: Lessons about Inequality from the Swedish Experience - Joakim Palme, Uppsala University