XVII ISA World Congress: Updated RC 34 sessions

Following the central theme of the XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology – Sociology on the Move and its five sub-themes: violence and war, sustainability, worlds of difference, action and imagination, and religion and power, the Research Committee 34 (RC34) has come up with a theme: Sociology of Youth on Move, which aims to accommodate a comprehensive and extensive program addressing both the various sub-themes and specific areas of relevant youth studies in different societies all over the world. Totally the RC34 intends to organize 18 sessions including 12 regular sessions, 2 panel sessions, 1 roundtable session, 1 special session, and 2 joint sessions.  Read more

Young People and Social Change after the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Young People and Social Change after the Fall of the Berlin Wall
Anniversary seminar of youth research, policy and practice

Place: Budapest, Central European University (DISC)
Time: November 20, 2009, 9:30 - 18:00 Read more

After the breakdown of state socialism in Europe the societal role of youth changed dramatically from that of an ideological driving force of communism to that of an agent and carrier of democratisation and marketisation. On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall in November 1989, a symbol of both the raising of the Iron Curtain and the end of the Cold War, this seminar takes a look at how the opening up of these societies to Europe and the world changed the conditions and experiences of growing up in the area. The seminar examines the status of young people in these societies before and after 1989, their living conditions, issues of social participation, the way in which they construct their identity and constitute and represent current social realities, their cultures and gender constructions as well as the interplay of continuities and discontinuities beyond this historical separator.