The Future of World Society Theory
Stanford University
Friday August 15, 2014
Graduate School of Education
Cubberly Hall, Room 130
485 Lasuen Mall
Stanford, CA 94305
Overview
The mini-conference is focused on the future: the next generation of scholars studying world society theory. The goal of the conference is to bring together people interested in world society theory, to establish and strengthen connections among scholars, and to provide a forum for early career scholars to present their work and receive feedback.
World society theory emerged in the 1980s from a community of scholars linked to Stanford University. With the success of the perspective, and the continual diaspora of Stanford graduates, a new generation of world society scholars are emerging and flourishing in many parts of the US and across the globe. This conference provides an opportunity to strengthen dialog and ties among the increasingly diverse group of scholars interested in world society theory. More concretely, the conference is an opportunity for young scholars to present work and get feedback and advice from peers and senior scholars in the field.
Conference Schedule
8:30-9:00 Arrival and continental breakfast (Cubberly 130)
9:00-9:15 Welcome
9:15-10:45 Panel 1
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Panel 2
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Panel 3
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:45 Panels 4A and 4B
4:45-5:00 Closing
5:00-7:00 Reception and light dinner (Cubberly 130)
Food will be served in Cubberly Hall, Room 130. Presentations will be in Cubberly Hall, Room 128, unless otherwise indicated.
Presentations
9:15-10:45 Cubberly 128: Panel 1
Wade Cole. University of Utah. “Decoupling, Reconsidered: International Human Rights in Policy and Practice.”
Anja P. Jacobi. University of London. “World Society Theory, Actors and Inst
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Colin Beck. Pomona College. “The Comparative-Historical Sociology of World Society Theory.”
Wesley Longhofer. Emory University. “When Do International Organizations Matter? Policy Adoption in the Cases of Abortion and the Environment”
Chair/Discussant: John Boli
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-12:30 Cubberly 128: Panel 2
Selina Gallo-Cruz. College of the Holy Cross. “Globalizing the Repertoire: 20th Century Nonviolence as Pre-figurative Global Change.”
Patricia Bromley. University of Utah. “A Tale of Two Worlds: The Interstate System and World Society in Social Science Textbooks, 1950-2011”
Vaughn Schmutz, UNC Charlotte and Michael A. Elliott, Towson University. “World Heritage and the Scientific Rationalization of ‘Outstanding Universal Value’”
Jeong-Woo Koo. Sungkyunkwan University. “Who Thinks and Behaves According to Human Rights? Analysis of the South Korean Human Rights Survey.”
Chair/Discussant: Yasemin Soysal
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30-3:00 Cubberly 128: Panel 3
Alwyn Lim. University of Southern California. “Constructing Global Fields: Actorhood and Otherhood in the Moral Regulation of the Global Economy.”
Jennifer E. Givens. Washington State University. “World Economic and World Society Integration and the Ecological Efficiency of Well-Being.”
Kristen Shorette. SUNY—Stony Brook. “Culture and Power in Cross-National Carbon Dioxide Emissions.”
Soo-yong Byun & Hee Jin Chung. Pennsylvania State University “Cross-National Differences in Shadow Education: Search for Explanatory Factors.”
Chair/Discussant: George Thomas
3:00-3:15 Break
3:15-4:45 Cubberly 130: Panel 4A
Mana Nakagawa. Stanford University. “Cross National Analysis of Women Faculty in Higher Education Institutions”
Laura Valkeasuo, University of Tampere Finland. “Institutional identities and interests of European science policy makers.”
Matthew Pearce. University of California, Irvine. “Cultural Explanations for the global diffusion of internet participation.”
Lir (Cheng-Tong) Wang. University of California, Irvine. “From Global to Local: Diffusion Mechanisms behind the Isomorphic Development of Taiwan’s Environmental Movement.”
Shawn Pope. Stanford University. "The Great Corporate Name Shrink."
Chair/Discussant: TBA
3:15-4:45 Cubberly 128 (Room 115)
Joseph Svec. University of Minnesota. “A Cross-National Comparison of Abortion Law and Inequality.”
Yan Long. Stanford University. "Between Blood and Sex: Common Decoupling, Divergent Outcomes among the Chinese AIDS NGOs."
Chan S. Suh. Cornell University. “When Norms Collide with Security: The Politics of Torture in a Globalizing World.”
Jeffrey Swindle. University of Michigan. “The Developmental Hierarchy: Measuring the Use of Cultural Keywords that Rank Societies by their Level of Development, 1700-2012”
Nolan Phillips. University of California, Irvine. “Explaining Countries' Centrality in the INGO Network, 1953-2008.”
Chair/Discussant: TBA