Sociology in times of turmoil:

Comparative approaches

Opening Session and Welcome

Chair
Ayse SAKTANBER, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, Local Organizing Committe Chair
Tina UYS, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, ISA Vice-President National Associations

• Ahmet ACAR, METU Rector
  
  
• Galip YALMAN, President Turkish Social Science Association
  
  
• Ihsan SEZAL, President Turkish Sociological Association

Plenary Session

Chair
Tina UYS, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, ISA Vice-President National Associations

• Current challenges for the international circulation of peripheral social sciences
  Fernanda BEIGEL, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina
  
  
• Sociology in times of turmoil
  Michael BURAWOY, University of Berkeley, USA, ISA President
  
  
• Trajectories of sociology and sociological knowledge in Turkey: An ideological instrument or a critical challenge?
  Ayse SAKTANBER, Middle East Technical University, Turkey, Local Organizing Committe Chair

Session 1A
Transformation /Transition

Chair
Raquel SOSA, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico, ISA Vice-President Program

• The strange trajectory of changes in Albania. A comparative approach
  Leke SOKOLI, Marin Barleti University, Albania, Albanian Sociological Association
  
  
• Social transformation, Europeanization and economic crisis: The case of Croatia
  Siniša ZRINŠČAK, University of Zagreb, Croatia, Croatian Sociological Association
  Paul STUBBS, The Institute of Economics, Croatia
  
  
• Grand theory, democracy and political change: Some reflections on the theory of transformation based on the East Central European experiences
  Grazyna SKAPSKA, The Jagiellonian University, Poland, Polish Sociological Association
  

Session 1B
Politics, democracy and change

Chair
Yildiz ECEVIT, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

• Religion and politics in the Czech Republic: The Roman Catholic Church and the State
  Jakub HAVLICEK, Dusan LUZNY, Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
  
  
• Similarities and differences between the development strategy of Kazakhstan and Turkey
  Sergey KONOVALOV, Centre for Strategic Research and Analysis of the President Administration of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Association of Sociologists of Kazakhstan
  
  
• Challenges to sociology of gender discrimination in the wake of women emancipation turmoil
  Saira SIDDIQUI, Syeda Khizra ASLAM, GC University, Faisalabad, Pakistan, Sociological Association of Pakistan
  

Session 2A
Dealing with Inequality

Chair
Kirsten MEYER , Denmark

• Her-story of democratization in the times of turmoil. Gender inequalities in Turkey
  Dilek CINDOGLU, Mardin Artuklu University, Turkey, ISA Executive Committee member
  
  
• Sociology and inequalities in post-apartheid South Africa: A critical review
  Mokong Simon MAPADIMENG Northwest University, South Africa, ISA Executive Committee member
  
  
• Social inequality as a problem of transition societies
  Valery MANSUROV, Russian Sociological Association, Mikhail CHERNYSH, Russian Academy of Science, Russia
  

Session 2B
Institutional Challenges Facing the Discipline

Chair
Emma PORIO, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, ISA Executive Committee member

• The professionalization of sociology in Argentina. Intellectual and institutional challenges in a time of global and regional transformations
  Diego PEREYRA, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Consejo de Profesionales en Sociología, Argentina
  
  
• What is the role of the University in producing a socially just society?
  Katie HUGHES, Victoria University, Australia, Australian Sociological Association 
  
  
• Does Lebanese unversity enable young sociologists to scientifically assess their societal challenges?
  Hala AWADA, Lebanese University, Lebanon, Lebanese Association of Sociology
  
  
• The institutionalization of sociology in Mozambique: Teaching, research and employability
  Patrício V. LANGA, Eduardo Mondlane University, Mozambique, Mozambican Sociological Association
  
  
• Sociology in Bulgaria: Facing the contemporary scientific and social challenges
  Svetla KOLEVA, Institute Study of Societies, Bulgarian Sociological Association (paper submitted for circulation)
  

Session 3A
Challenges Facing Sociology - Session 1

Chair
Abby PETERSON, Goteborg University, Sweden

• Thinking about sociology and Brazilian society: The role of  turbulence
  Irlys BARREIRA, Federal University of Ceará, Brazil, Brazilian Sociological Association, Tom DWYER, University of Campinas, Brazil, ISA Executive Committee member
  
  
• Post-colonial Nordic Sociology, a contradiction in terms? Social embeddedness and utopias of modernity reconsidered
  Elina OINAS, University of Helsinki, Finland, Finnish Westermarck Society
  
  
• Sociology in times of turmoil: The Indian scenario
  Ishwar Modi, Indian Sociological Society, India, ISA Executive Committee member
  

Session 3B
Challenges Facing Sociology - Session 2

Chair
Jennifer PLATT, University of Sussex, United Kingdom, ISA Vice-President Publications

• Recognizing women as 'intellectual leaders': Instituting novel pedagogical practices in academia
  Vineeta SINHA, National University of Singapore, ISA Executive Committee member
  
  
• Iranian sociologists' response to social gaps and social problems of Iranian society
  Seyed Hossein SERAJZADEH, Iranian Sociological Association, Gholamreza GHAFFARY, University of Tehran, Iran
  
  
• The new demography and social cohesion in Malaysia: Making sense of new realities
  Abdul Rahman EMBONG, Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia, Yok Fee LEE, Universiti Putra Malaysia
  

Plenary Session
Turkish Sociology

Chair
Ayse SAKTANBER, Chair LOC, Turkey

• The role of faith based organizations in poverty alleviation in Turkey
  Mustafa SEN, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
  
  
• Women's movements in Turkey
  Fatma Umut BESPINAR, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
  
  
• Job insecurity in Turkish public sector: observations on the aftermath of Tekel privatization
  Aylin TOPAL, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
  
  
• The contested "nation": The Kurdish question as the battleground of contending nationalisms in Turkey
  Cenk SARAÇOĞLU, Başkent University, Turkey

Session 4A
Sociology in the Global South

Chair
Erdogan YILDIRIM, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

• Turmoil in sociology (modern and ancient Mesopotamia)
  Kemal YILDIRIM, Westcoast University of Panama
  
  
• The crisis of the market and the return of sociology in Mexico
  Fernando CASTAÑEDA SABIDO, Universidad Autonoma de Mexico, Mexican Sociological Association
  
  
• Science, technology and society in the developing world
  J. F. CRONJÉ, North West University, South Africa, South African Sociological Association
  
  
• The challenging new environment of the sociological work in Tunisia
  Mounir SAIDANI, University of Tunis El Manar, Tunisia
  

Session 4B
Future of Sociology

Chair
Ayca ERGUN, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

• Sociology, austerity and the neo-liberal knowledge economy
  John HOLMWOOD, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom, British Sociological Association
  
  
• European sociology today
  Roberto CIPRIANI, University of Rome 3, Italy, European Sociological Association
  
  
• Why are there so many sociological associations in Russia?
  Elena ZDRAVOMYSLOVA, European University, St. Petersburg, Russia, ISA Executive Committee member
  
  
• Deprived knowledge: Struggling for public realm
  Liutauras KRANIAUSKAS, Klaipeda University, Lithuania, Lituanian Sociological Society
  

Session 5A
Social Change: Causes, Interventions, Consequences

Chair
Christine INGLIS, Australia, Editor International Sociology,

• Clinical sociology and dispute intervention
  Jan M. FRITZ, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Washington, USA, ISA Executive Committee member
  
  
• The role of the court-reforms in the context of transition from communist regime to democratic society
  Rufat GULIYEV, Azerbaijani Sociological Association, Baku, Azerbaijan
  
  
• Public sociological frames on the occupy movement in the United States
  Margaret ABRAHAM, Hofstra University, USA, American Sociological Association, ISA Vice-President Research
  

Session 5B
National Revolutions

Chair
Tom DWYER, University of Campinas, Brazil, ISA Executive Committee member

• Liboral authoritarianism, middle class transformations and revolution: The case of Egypt
  Ahmed A. ZAYED, Cairo University, Egypt
  
  
• Reasons and consequences of national revolutions in Kyrgyzstan in 2005 and 2010 within the framework of global politics
  Kusein ISAEV, Kyrgyz-Turkish University Manas, Kyrgyzstan, Sociological Association of Kyrgyzstan
  
  
• Arab uprising and sociological scholarship
  Sari HANAFI, American University of Beirut, Lebanon, ISA Executive Committee member
  

Session 6A
The New Forms of Youth Activism

Chair
Mehmet ECEVIT, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

• Young people experiences of social and political participation in Argentina
  Alicia Itatí PALERMO, Universidad de Luján, Argentina, Argentinian Sociological Association
  
  
• New forms of youth political activism in Europe
  Airi-Alina ALLASTE, Tallinn University, Estonia, Estonian Association of Sociologists
  
  
• Young people and the movement of 'indignados': Potentialities and limits
  Manuel Carlos SILVA, University of Minho, Joao Teixeria LOPES, University of Porto, Porgugal, Ana ROMÃO, Military Academy, Portugal, Portuguese Sociological Association
  

Session 6B
The Sociological View of the Mobilization of Power from Political Leaders

Chair
Feride ACAR, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

• Social state in uncertainty: Between dissatisfied expectations and protest attitudes
  Olga KUTSENKO, Andriy GORBACHYK, National Taras Shevchenko University of Kyiv, Ukraine, Sociological Association of Ukraine
  
  
• Squatters’ politics and its limits
  María José ÁLVAREZ-RIVADULLA, Universidad del Rosario, Colombia
  
  
• Uprising of anti-nuclear energy protest movement after the Fukushima nuclear disaster
  Koichi HASEGAWA, Tohoku University, Japan
  

Session 7A
The Sociological View of Social Capital and Governance

Chair
Margaret ABRAHAM, Hofstra University, USA, American Sociological Association, ISA Vice-President Research

• Life trajectories and social capital in Switzerland: a two cohort study
  E. D. WIDMER, University of Geneva, J.-A. GAUTHIER, G. AEBY, D. JOYE, P.-A. ROCH, University of Lausanne, Switzerland, Swiss Sociological Association
  
  
• Return to (un)happiness? Subjective response of Romanians to the menaces of economic crisis and bad governance between 2009 and 2012
  Sergiu BALTATESCU, University of Oradea, Romania, Romanian Sociological Association
  
  
• Teachers, parents and their children: Expected versus real interaction
  Eva GONÇALVES, Lisbon University Institute, Portugal
  

Session 7B
Sociological Responses to Social Challenges

Chair
Ayse GUNDUZ HOSGOR, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

• Czech sociology of religion and the new religious movements: Liaisons dangerous
  Tomáš KARGER, Jan KALENDA, Jiří POSLT, Palacky University in Olomouc, Czech Republic
  
  
• Sociological responses to social challenges in Saudi Arabia: A qualitative analysis
  Abdullah H. M. AL-KHALIFAH, Saudi Society for Sociology and Social Work, Saudi Arabia
  
  
• Globalization, risk society and course innovations for sociologists in Taiwan
  Ray-May HSUNG, Tzung-Wen CHEN, Yi-Jr LIN, National Chengchi University, Taiwan, Taiwanese Sociological Association
  
  
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Session 8A
Justice and Safety Nets

Chair
Sibel KALAYCIOGLU, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

• Ethiopia from famine and vulnerability towards comprehensive social protection: The case of Productive Safety Nets Program
  Samuel LULE, Ethiopian Society of Sociologists, Social Workers and Anthropologists, Ethiopia
  
  
• Understanding social cohesion in Mongolia
  Dolgion ALDAR, Bold TSEVEGDORJ, Independent Research Institute of Mongolia
  
  
• Non-regular workers trapped in the gap between changing reality and (almost) unchanged institutions
  Yoshimichi SATO, Tohoku University, Japan, ISA Executive Committee member
  

Session 8B
Structures and Mechanisms in Societies

Chair
Ayse AYATA, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

• Insurgent urbanism and deliberative spaces among the poor in Metro Manila: Transforming citizenship and governance systems
  Emma PORIO, Ateneo de Manila University, Philippines, Philippines Sociological Society, ISA Executive Committee member
  
  
• Marital power structure in three Chinese societies: Mechanisms accounting for the variation
  Wen-Yin CHIEN, Chin-Chun YI,Academia Sinica, Taiwan, ISA Executive Committee member
  
  
• Balancing paid work and family in neoliberal times in two policy jurisdictions in Canada
  Patrizia ALBANESE, Ryerson University, Canada, Canadian Sociological Association
  
  
• The Issue of ‘community and society’ in the process of recovery from East Japan great earthquake and Tsunami disaster
  Shujiro YAZAWA, Seijo University, Tokyo, Japan, Japanese Sociological Association
  
  

Closing of the conference

Chair
Michael BURAWOY, University of Berkeley, USA, ISA President

• Overview of the conference
  Galip YALMAN, METU, Turkey, President Turkish Social Science Association
  
  
• Closing remarks
  Tina UYS, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, ISA Vice-President National Associations
  

Chair
Christine INGLIS, Editor International Sociology, University of Sydney, Australia

ISA Council of National Associations Business Meeting

Chair
Tina UYS, University of Johannesburg, South Africa, ISA Vice-President National Associations

Publications Workshop

Chair
Christine INGLIS, Editor International Sociology, University of Sydney, Australia