We particularly welcome papers on the benefits and risks of social capital across a range of themes, such as: - Theme 1: Social capital and public policy trajectories - Theme 2: The role of social capital in managing volunteers - Theme 3: Social capital and international CSOs - Theme 4: Social...

This conference will bring together social scientists, economists, policymakers, social workers and the widest spectrum of the involved players to explore the issues arising in an increasingly multiethnic society. The objective is to make progress on the understanding of these issues, by...

We invite research papers on a broad range of topics in the social-scientific study of religion. We especially welcome proposals that concern one or more of the following: - Religious markets, competition, monopoly, and regulation - Economic growth, development, poverty, and inequality - Social...

The congress organisation welcomes papers on a range of issues and developments such as: Track 1: Social Capital as a Production Factor Track 2: Regions, Communities and Social Capital Track 3: Social Capital in Historical Perspective; Change and Continuity Track 4: Social Capital and Work...

Dance is also a metaphor for the relationship between and among individuals and organisation(s). The latter seems to have changed over the past decades. Examples include the development from the industrial and organizational man of the 1960s to post-modern notions of individuals, from...

Session 1: Making Markets Work for the Rural Poor Session 2: The Role of Religion in Twentieth Century Political Economy: Insights from Hayek, Knight, Smith, and Viner