THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF INEQUALITY
Italia
Giuliano Amato, Pier Francesco Asso, Laszlo Bruszt, Manuela Caiani, Daniele Conversi, Colin Crouch, Donatella della Porta, Anwen Elias, Gregor Fitzi, Montserrat Guibernau, Michael Keating, Manuela Moschella, Heikki Patomäki, Mario Pianta, Silvio Pons, Martin Portos, Chiara Saraceno, Milica Uvalic
Conference of the Carlo Azeglio Ciampi Chair on The political economy and historical dynamics of modern capitalism organised by Donatella della Porta and Mario Pianta.
Previous Conference: I. Inequality, representation, participation | Palazzo Strozzi, 25-26 October 2018
In the context of economic and political crises, rising inequalities challenge the ability of states and political institutions to ensure unity and cohesion. Critiques of economic globalization trigger reactions such as new forms of territorial politics, from regional rescaling to calls for national sovereignty. Economic inequalities, collective identification, political transformations and social activism are combined in shaping such developments. Bridging different approaches, within an interdisciplinary perspective, the conference will address the political framing, social dynamics and economic bases of recent transformations in the territorial bases of politics.
Thursday 22 November 2018
16.00 -19.00OpeningDonatella della Porta, Scuola Normale SuperioreMario Pianta, Scuola Normale Superiore
Chair Mario Pianta, Scuola Normale Superiore
Session 1, Inequality and territoriesMichael Keating, University of AberdeenBeyond the nation state: territory, solidarity and welfare in a multiscalar Europe
Colin Crouch, Warwick University Territorial inequalities in post-industrial economies
Pier Francesco Asso, Università di Palermo New perspectives on old inequalities: Italy’s North-South divide
Discussant Chiara Saraceno, Collegio Carlo Alberto, Torino - Scuola Normale Superiore
20.00 dinner
Friday 23 November 2018
9.30-13.30Chair Manuela Caiani, Scuola Normale SuperioreSession 2, Demands for independence: Catalonia and Scotland
Montserrat Guibernau, Cambridge UniversityBelonging, identities and independence: the case of Catalonia
Anwen Elias, University of AberystwythMaking the economic case of independence: the case of ScotlandDiscussant Silvio Pons, Scuola Normale Superiore
coffee break
Session 3, Brexit, Europe and disintegrating forcesDaniele Conversi, University of the Basque CountryFailed promise: Egalitarian principles and inegalitarian practices in the era of mass nationalism
Heikki Patomäki, University of Helsinki Disintegrative tendencies in Europe
Milica Uvalić, Università di PerugiaLessons from former YugoslaviaDiscussant Manuela Moschella, Scuola Normale Superiore
Buffet
15.00-17.30Chair Giuliano Amato, Associazione Amici della Scuola Normale SuperioreSession 4, Democracy, political institutions and nationalismDonatella Della Porta, Scuola Normale Superiore Martin Portos, Scuola Normale SuperioreThe class basis of Catalan independentism
Gregor Fitzi, University of PotsdamCitizenship, right-wing populism and migration
Discussant Laszlo Bruszt, Central European UniversityGeneral discussion and conclusions
Giuliano Amato, Associazione Amici della Scuola Normale Superiore