6-0465 LOCAL TIDES AND GLOBAL STRUCTURES: MULTI-DISCIPLINARY CONNECTIONS

Sunday, November 20, 2011: 12:15-14:00

Abstract not available in preliminary program.

12:15

Translating Global Discourses Into Local Dialects: The Convention On the Rights of the Child, Community Based Organizations and Programs for At-Risk Youth In Juiz De Fora, Brazil

Penelope K Morrison (RAND/University of Pittsburgh)

12:30

Traditional Community Water Management In the Thar Desert: On the Idea of Reviving the Past to Heal the Present

Karine Gagné (Université de Montréal)

12:45

Illuminating Empire In the Dark: Remembering Corruption and Violence While Living without Electricity In the Dominican Republic

Karen Laraine O'Connor (York University)

13:00

Society without the State: Fair Trade Social Premiums and Neoliberal Development In the Global Recession

Mark A Moberg (Univ of S Alabama)

13:15

Microfinance As Global Development: Taking Stock of the Profits

John Brett (University Colorado Denver)

13:30

Freedom for All: Defining the Anti-Trafficking Movement In the United States

Cecilia Maria Salvi (California State University, Los Angeles)

13:45

Discussion

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