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GLOBALIZATION AND ITS DISCONTENTS

Registration is now open for the international conference on Globalization
and its Discontents to be held at Simon Fraser University's Harbour Centre
campus in Vancouver on July 23 and 24 1998.

REGISTRATION DETAILS AND THE PRELIMINARY CONFERENCE PROGRAMME CAN BE
ACCESSED ON THE CONFERENCE WEB PAGE:

 http://www.sfu.ca/politics/globe98.html

or by fax to  Sherry Lloyd in the Department of Political Science at Simon
Fraser University: Fax: 604-291-4786.

The conference features over 50 papers or presentations on various aspects
of globalization.

Major themes include:

~ Globalization: Concepts and Challenges
~ Globalization and Restructuring
~ Democracy, Legitimacy and Globalization
~ Globalization and the Internationalization of Politics
~  Responses to Globalization

Workshop Sessions  includes papers on:
~ migrant labour and immigration
~ environmental issues
~ developing countries
~ international cities
~ international finance and nation-state capacity
~ labour, business, and social movements
~ Canadian-American issues under NAFTA
~ the Asian crisis
~ politics and globalization in Canada, Australia, Latin America, Japan,
Philippines, eastern Europe
~ agriculture, forestry, and mining in the global era
~ human rights and the welfare state

Speakers and presenters include:
Gary Teeple, Michelle Swenarchuk, Claire Cutler, Hugo Radice, James
Goodman, Isabella Bakker, George Hoberg, Marjorie Griffin Cohen, Michael
Prince, Gerardo Otero, Laurel Ritchie, John Wiseman

Full details:
http://www.sfu.ca/politics/globe98.html

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Michael Howlett, Associate Professor
Department of Political Science, Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, V5A 1S6
Phone (604) 291-3082                    Fax (604) 291-4786
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