upcoming annual conference

The Future(s) of Democratic Citizenship

Association for Legal and Social Philosophy 2010 Conference

8 – 10 April, University of Southampton

In the contemporary world the ideal of democratic citizenship appears to be confronted with many challenges and opportunities, and there is substantial disagreement about how it should respond to them. In the light of changing forms of democratic engagement, the globalisation of political power, the continuing challenge of maintaining a common citizenship in the face of cultural diversity and mass migration, the form democratic citizenship will take in the future is open to question. Contributions to this conference will seek to think through the forms that democratic citizenship might, and should, take in the future. We focus on four sets of themes:

* democratic innovations,

* democratic citizenship: from local to global?,

* democratic citizenship: threats and insecurities

* competing visions of democratic citizenship.

Keynotes confirmed thus far include:

Rainer Baubock (European University Institute)

Stuart White (University of Oxford).

Selected papers from the conference will be published in a special issue of the Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy The closing date for submission of proposals is 1st February 2010.

Details of how to submit an abstract or panel proposal can be found on the conference website, at: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/socsci/alsp/index.shtml