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[ecrea] Call for Panels: Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA)

Tue Nov 15 20:30:20 GMT 2016




Call for Panels

Interpretive Policy Analysis (IPA) Conference
5-7 July 2017
Department of Politics and Public Policy, De Montfort University,
Leicester, UK

Sponsored by the Ideology and Discourse Analysis Programme, Department of
Government, University of Essex, UK

IPA 2017: Activism, Populism, and the Future of the Democratic State
There is little doubt that the contemporary condition is marked by a
major challenge to accepted values, institutions, styles of policymaking,
forms of governance and modes of political engagement. The rise of new
political forces and movements has undermined apparently fixed political
arrangements (such as the European Union or mainstream political
parties), as well as sedimented ideologies and mentalities, such as
liberal democracy, globalization or neoliberalism. The global problems of
climate change, immigration, wars and uneven economic development have
provoked radical movements and activism from the Left and the Right of
the spectrum across the globe. They have also bequeathed a series of
wicked policy problems of great complexity.

³Activism² and ³populism", "the activist" and "the people", campaigning
and protest, often stand in opposition to the ethos, practices and
processes of policy-making and governance. Technocratic appeals to
expertise, the hierarchical design of participatory forums, and the
coercive dynamics of collaborative spaces have all encouraged the drawing
of sharp boundaries between policy, the state and activism. For many
observers, these boundaries appear to have hardened, leading to new forms
of campaigning and popular protest. Yet, at the same time, the ?accepted
realities? of activism are also called into question. Different types of
activism are increasingly recognised within the state apparatus, which
are driven in part by individuals working at the borders of the state and
civil society. Equally, innovative forms of co-production are arguably
forging new alliances between state institutions and lay experts as
shifting coalitions come together to address societal challenges such
as climate change, mobility or social cohesion. Indeed, such reflections
are challenging traditional models of the academic, calling for new ways
of engaging with communities under the banner of the academic-activist.
With these debates in mind, IPA 2017 aims to trigger a dialogue to
critically evaluate existing conceptions of activism and populism within
the policy process.

It seeks to question what we mean by ³activism" and
³activists", ³populism" and "the people", and their impact on governance,
policymaking and capitalist democracies in different contexts. It also
aims to grapple with the array of public controversies that have recently
surfaced in contemporary politics and society, while inquiring into the
emergence of alternative visions, imaginaries and policy styles. Here the
conference plans to assess the potentialities of innovative forms of
democratic policymaking and political engagement in harnessing and
channelling the new forces at play.

The organisers of the 12th international conference on interpretive
policy analysis are pleased to invite proposals for panels. We welcome
panels that address the broad themes of the conference or issues across
the range of approaches associated with interpretive policy analysis.

Call for Panels - Deadline 12 December 2012

Proposing a Panel: The Process
As in previous years, the conference call has two steps. In the first
step, proposals for paper panels and alternative panel formats should be
emailed to
(IPAconference2017 /at/ dmu.ac.uk)<mailto:(IPAconference2017 /at/ dmu.ac.uk)> by Monday
12 December 2016.  The list of accepted panels and convenors will be
published on the conference website in mid-December.

In the second step, a call for papers will be made in mid-December -
details will be on a conference website that will be launched shortly.
Panel convenors will assess and select papers for their panel.

Submitting a Panel Proposal
Paper panels follow a traditional conference format and consist of 3-4
papers per panel. Panel proposals may address theoretical, empirical,
methodological or practice issues in any area of interpretive policy
analysis.

Proposals should be emailed to
(IPAconference2017 /at/ dmu.ac.uk)<mailto:(IPAconference2017 /at/ dmu.ac.uk)> in the
body of an email by 12 December 2016.

Proposals should include:
Title of Panel
Name, Role, Institutional Affiliation and Email of the Panel Convenor(s)
Topic Overview (250-300 words)

At this stage, no paper abstracts are required. The call for papers will
be made in mid-December.

Alternative Panel Proposals
We are happy to receive proposals for alternative conference formats that
trigger new dialogues and interactions. Past IPA conferences have
included:

Author Meets Critics panels
Practitioner panels
Mentoring panels
Professional Practice panels (teaching, using new software or hardware,
career development)

Alternative format panel proposals should be emailed to
(IPAconference2017 /at/ dmu.ac.uk)<mailto:(IPAconference2017 /at/ dmu.ac.uk)> by 12
December 2016. They should include:

Panel Title
Name, Role, Institutional Affiliation and Email of the Panel Convenor(s)
and Participants
Overview of the Rationale of the Panel (250-300 words)

Methodology Workshops
Conference organisers hope to host a series of methodology workshops
during the programme. These will be the subject of a separate call which
will open at the same time as the call for papers.

For general inquiries concerning the conference, please use the
conference email:
(IPAconference2017 /at/ dmu.ac.uk)<mailto:(IPAconference2017 /at/ dmu.ac.uk)>.






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