Posted 3/20/08
Centre Lillois d'Etudes et de Recherches
Sociologiques et Economiques
Lille Centre of Sociological and Economic Studies
CNRS: UMR 8019
CALL FOR PAPERS
Deadline: April, 10th 2008
International Conference
Organised by Sciences Po Lille and CLERSE-CNRS (UMR 8019)
With the support of the Charles Gide Association
for the Study of Economic Thought
POVERTY AND MISERY
IN THE
HISTORY OF ECONOMIC THOUGHT
November, 27 - 28, 2008
Sciences Po Lille
84 rue de Trevise, 59000 Lille
France
CALENDAR:
1) Deadline for abstracts: 10 April 2008
2) Acceptance of abstracts: 1 June 2008
3) Deadline for papers: 1 November 2008
4) Sciences Po Lille Conference: 27-28 November 2008
PAPER SUBMISSIONS:
Abstracts at about 3 pages (no more than 5 pages) and
papers should be submitted by E-mail to the following
address:
Email: MAILTO:evelyne.demouveaux@iep.univ-lille2.fr
OVERVIEW:
Economic poverty is seen as one of the most iconic forms of
modern times' misfortunes. Hence, alleviating poverty and
relieving and helping the poor has been a mainstay of
economic policy objectives, with a view to eventually
eradicate poverty from the societies in which we live. It
has not always been that way, however. Poverty has not at
all times been looked at as an ailment that ought to be
cured and rooted out. The materiality and meaning of
poverty within the realm of human experience are thus of a
quite multifarious nature, and while setting sights on the
latest centuries, those during which economic science has
blossomed, one should bear this multifariousness in mind.
Indeed, in particular in current modern times, poverty can
in our view be seen as being dual, encompassing a more
traditional form, on the one hand, as well as another form
specifically related to monetary and capitalist economic
systems, on the other hand, the latter form being called
misery. In that view, the difference between one and the
other is not simply quantitative, as misery is not just a
further stage of poverty. Which leads us to the following
question: has this other form of poverty been conceived in
relation to certain specific forms of wealth? Is it this
extreme form of poverty that governments contemplate
stamping out through the use of the instruments supplied by
economic science? Can headway be made in this quest, and is
there any hope of bringing misery to an end in a
foreseeable future?
Papers dealing with the various issues at hand, i.e.
determining the various forms of poverty, understanding the
genesis of misery in capitalistic economies as well as the
fashion in which misery may be produced by capitalism
itself, possibly superseding in the process poverty in its
previous social form, are sought for this colloquium. To
work towards the end envisioned, rehabilitating writings
that have thus far been ignored is not a path that we
intend to follow, as we would rather, more modestly, look
towards emphasizing the great works of economists,
philosophers and writers of the modern era.
TOPICS:
From this point of view, four subject matters may be
brought forward in the investigation of the issue of
poverty as comprehended in economic works:
- The evolution of categorization and measurement of
poverty
- The economic theory of poverty
- Policies dealing with poverty, social justice and the
extent to which poverty may be curtailed
- Poverty, envy, frustrations and illusory riches
Official languages: French, English
ORGANIZERS:
Arnaud Berthoud - Alain Clement - Annette Disselkamp -
Benoit Lengaigne - Patrick Mardellat - Jean-Claude Perrot
SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE:
Richard Arena (LATAPSES Universite de Nice Sophia
Antipolis) - Arnaud Berthoud (CLERSE-Universite de Lille1) -
Gilles Campagnolo (CEPERC - Universite de Provence) -
Alain Clement (TRIANGLE - Universite de Tours) - Laurent
Cordonnier (CLERSE - Universite de Lille 1) - Ghislain
Deleplace (LED-EPEH - Universite de Paris VIII) - Thierry
Demals (CLERSE - Universite de Lille 1) - Daniel Diatkine
(PHARE - Universite d'Evry) - Annette Disselkamp (CLERSE -
Universite de Lille 1) - Ragip Ege (BETA - Universite de
Strasbourg 1) - Arlette Farge (CRH-CNRS - EHESS) - Bernard
GAZIER (MATISSE - Universite de Paris I) - Gerard Gayot
(Dir. de l'IFRESI - Universite de Lille 3) - Isabelle Garo
(Lycee Faidherbe) - Michel Hastings (CEPEN - IEP de Lille) -
Jimena Hurtado (Universidad de Los Andes - Colombie) -
Catherine Larrere (Dir. de NoSoPhi Universite de Paris I)
Benoit Lengaigne (CLERSE - Universite de Lille 1) - Patrick
Mardellat (CLERSE - IEP de Lille) - Jean-Claude Perrot
(EHESS) - Claire Pignol (PHARE - Universite de Paris I) -
Jacques Rodriguez (CLERSE - Universite de Lille 1) -
Bertram Schefold (J.W. Goethe Universitat Frankfurt am Main -
Allemagne) - Nathalie Sigot (PHARE - Universite de
Littoral) - Ramon Tortajada (CEPSE - Universite Pierre
Mendes France de Grenoble) - Pierre-Yves Verkindt (Dir. du
Centre Rene Demogue - Universite de Lille 2)
CONTACT ORGANIZERS:
CONTACT: Evelyne Demouveaux
Email: MAILTO:evelyne.demouveaux@iep.univ-lille2.fr
Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Lille
84 rue de Trevise, 59000 Lille
Tel: ++ (33) (0)3.20.90.48.55
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