From: Eric Kaufmann [mailto:e.kaufmann@bbk.ac.uk]
Call for Papers
Political Demography: Ethnic, National and Religious Dimensions 29-30 September , 2006 London School of Economics
Proposal Deadline: 15 July 2006
Sponsored by the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN), in association with the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and British Academy
Demography - chiefly in the form of international migration and differential
fertility rates - has enormous socio-political implications and is soaring
in importance. Demography is the most predictable social phenomenon, yet
demographers and social scientists inhabit parallel worlds. One goal of
this conference is to initiate a conversation between demographers and scholars
of ethnicity, nationalism and religion which will result in future
research projects and publications.
Plenary Speakers
Jack Goldstone - George Mason University
Michael Hout - University of California Berkeley
Monica Duffy Toft - Harvard University
Suggested Paper Themes:
Demographic Perspectives
. Patterns of differential population growth between ethnic groups,
religious denominations and nation-states due to fertility and migration
. The role of cultural factors in explaining fertility differences
. The impact of religious, ethnic or nationalist activity on
individual-level fertility Social Science Perspectives
. Differential population growth and ethnic/religious/national conflict
. Demographic nationalism: immigration control, pronatalism,
transmigration
. Demographic shifts and politics: elections, censuses and demographic
propaganda
For Further Information see the conference website at: www.lse.ac.uk/collections/
<http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/demography.htm>
ASEN/demography.htm
Submit Paper Proposals Online at:
http://www.lse.ac.uk/ <http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/ASEN/Demog_proposal.htm>
collections/ASEN/Demog_proposal.htm
