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First ISA Forum of Sociology
Sociological Research and Public Debate
Barcelona, Spain
September 5 - 8, 2008


Working Group on
Local Global Relations WG01

Main theme
States and nations between local and global. Global challenges and local responses


Programme Coordinator
Nataliya Velikaya, Russia, velik69@mail.ru

Venue of WG01 sessions:

Faculty of Communication Blanquerna
University of Ramon LLull
Valldonzella, 23
08001 Barcelona, Spain, map

Session 1: Opportunities and prospects of sustainable development in the conditions of globalization

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Krzysztof Ostrowski, Pultusk School of Humanities, Poland, ostrowskikrzysztof@yahoo.com

Session 2: Territorial, national and political identities: new social challenges

Saturday, September 6, 2008, 15:30-17:30
Chair: Henry Teune, University of Pennsylvania, USA, hteune@ssc.upenn.edu  

Session 3: Rural societies and rural communities in the global world

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 09:00-11:00
Chair: Nataliya Velikaya, Russian State University for the Humanities, Russia, velik69@mail.ru

Session 4: Transformation of democratic principles in conditions of European integration: progress or regress

Sunday, September 7, 2008, 11:30-13:30
Chair: Janna Grishenko, Belorussian State University, Minsk, Belorussia, grishchenko@tut.by