Sub-theme 04: [SWG] Social Movements, Alternative Organizations, and the Democratization of the Economy
Convenors:
Simone Schiller-Merkens, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany
Philip Balsiger, University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Sébastien Mena, University of Fribourg & Hertie School, Switzerland/Germany
Session Time Corridor 1: Thursday, July 09, 08:30 to 12:00, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
Session 1, 08:30-10:00 CEST, 4 first papers - Prefigurative Politics & Alternative Organizing /// Session 2, 10:30-12:00 CEST,
4 last papers: Democracy, Deliberation & Participation
Break 1: 10:00 to 10:30
Chair: Session 1: Simone Schiller-Merkens /// Session 2: Philip Balsiger
Nicolas Balas and Clara Roussey
The Prefigurative Politics of Renewable Energy Co-Ops: Counter-Power Imaginary and the Re-Generation of Democratic Organizing
Discussant(s): Fey et al; Castello et al
Itziar Castelló Molina, Debjyoti Chakravorty and Joelle Evans
From Contentious to Prefigurative Narratives: Constructing Collective Truths for Democratic and Sustainable Economies
Discussant(s): Balas et al, Maier et al
Fabian Maier, Adèle Gruen and Simon Parker
Prefigurative temporalities amidst accelerating climate crisis: A race against time or for resilience?
Discussant(s): Balas et al; Fey et al
Laura Fey and Elke Schüßler
The Lausitz Festival as a prefigurative organization for societal democratization
Discussant(s): Castelló et al; Maier et al
Nazik Beishenaly, Emily S. Block and Johanna Mair
Democratizing by enacting emancipation
Discussant(s): Stal et al; Schiller-Merkens et al
Riku Routarinne
Enacting workplace deliberation: Practices for legitimate and efficient democratic organizing
Discussant(s): Beishenaly et al; Stal et al
Herman Stål and Lydia Milly Certa
Populist reasons to deliberate? – Extinction Rebellion’s support for climate assemblies
Discussant(s): Routarinne et al; Schiller-Merkens et al
Simone Schiller-Merkens, Valentin Rottensteiner and Christoph Kirtzel
Democratizing policymaking for food system transformation: Agonistic and deliberative perspectives on food policymaking
Discussant(s): Beishenaly et al; Routarinne et al
Session Time Corridor 2: Thursday, July 09, 16:00 to 17:30, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
Session 3 - Economic Democracy & Democratization in the Economy
Chair: Philip Balsiger
Jan S. Danko
The Participation Gap: Class, Habitus, and the Paradox of Democratizing Work
Discussant(s): Srivastava et al, Baileche et al
Akash Srivastava and Swati Ghulyani
Economic democracy and social mobilization: The case of the Indian farm laws
Discussant(s): Aguilar-Vinas et al, Baileche et al
Léa Baileche, Thérèse Albertini and Christian Cristofari
Between democratization and enclosure: the myth of agricultural land co-use
Discussant(s): Aguilar-Vinas et al, Srivastava et al
Daniel Aguilar-Vinas, Thomas Bauwens and Ferran Torres Nadal
Times of polarization: the dark side of affect within alternative organizations
Discussant(s): Danko et al, Baileche et al
Session Time Corridor 3: Friday, July 10, 08:30 to 12:00, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
Session 4, 08:30-10:00 CEST, 4 first papers - Collective Action & Activism in the Economy /// Session 5, 10:30-12:00 CEST,
4 last papers - Alternative Organizing & Cooperatives (1)
Break 1: 10:00 to 10:30
Chair: Session 4: Simone Schiller-Merkens /// Session 5: Sébastien Mena
Anna Schlueter, Peter Eberl and Stefan Gold
Struggling for collective action against precarious work: A critical discourse analysis of collective identity framing in
the gig economy
Discussant(s): Agnihotri et al, Voegtlin et al
Miheer Agnihotri and Rebecca Hewett
From organizational participation to civic participation: A spillover perspective
Discussant(s): Voegtlin et al, Bedford et al
Paul M. Bedford
When Business Becomes Activism: How Owner-Managers Politicise Small Firms
Discussant(s): Agnihotri et al, Schlueter et al
Christian Voegtlin, Florian Roth and Thorsten Busch
Pro-democracy Corporate Sociopolitical Activism as Allyship for the Democratic Common Good
Discussant(s): Bedford et al, Schlueter et al
Niels Grote, Caroline Ruiner, Martin Möller and Birgit Apitzsch
Learning to steer through turbulence. How cooperatives of solo self-employed maintain course under external pressures
Discussant(s): Gouteux et al, Pohl et al
Mathilde Gouteux
Eternal reinvention of the spotted democracy. Study of regeneration practices in an alternative organization.
Discussant(s): Grote et al, Buzzao et al
NIcholas Pohl, Philip Balsiger, Philip Balsiger and Victoria Becerril Nito
Mapping Shapes and Orientations of Alternative Organizing
Discussant(s): Gouteux et al, Buzzao et al
Giacomo Buzzao , Ludger Voigt and Richard Lang
Between Values and Visibility: Cooperative Identity and Employer Image in a Multilevel Analysis
Discussant(s): Grote et al, Pohl et al
Session Time Corridor 4: Friday, July 10, 16:00 to 17:30, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
Session 6 - Alternative Organizing & Cooperatives (2)
Chair: Sébastien Mena
Konstantin Hondros and Sigrid Quack
Aging of Utopia? The Passage of Time in Alternative Organizing
Discussant(s): Borgmann et al, Ivanovski et al
Elias G. Borgmann, Erik Mygind du Plessis and Erik Mygind du Plessis
‘Where’s mum?’ – Collective negotiation of leadership and followership, and the conditions for resonance in alternative organizations.
Discussant(s): Hondros et al, Ivanovski et al
Stefan Ivanovski
Militancia vs. Hacking: Legal Form as Organizing Strategy in Tech Worker Cooperatives in Argentina and the UK
Discussant(s): Hondros et al, Borgmann et al
Session Time Corridor 5: Saturday, July 11, 08:00 to 12:30, Virtual Colloquium (Digivents)
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