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• 07 déc 2009

  08 déc 2009

  Nogent-sur-Marne

  Conference, symposium - Sociology

  From debt to over-indebtedness in southern countries: Processes, practices and meanings

  International Workshop, Paris-IEDES, 7-8 december 09

  Organized by UMR 201, RUME India, Mexico, Madagascar, CIESAS (Mexico) (www.rume-rural-microfinance.org). The main purpose of this interdisciplinary workshop will be a theoretical and empirical examination of over-indebtedness from the perspective of southern countries, with the following underlying hypothesis: to define and analyze the process of indebtedness requires first an understanding of the complexity and diversity of debt relationships. The following questions might be addressed: 1) The social meaning of debt, creditworthiness and over-indebtedness. 2) Financial ‘markets’ and financial providers. 3) Financial culture. 4) Impoverishment and accumulation. 5) Over-indebtedness.

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• 28 aoû 2009

  Geneva

  Call for papers - Sociology

  Combating poverty and exclusion – Social Work in times of crisis

  Second International Congress of the Swiss Social Work Society (SGSA-SSTS)

  Destiné aux professionnels du travail social (enseignant-e-s, praticien-ne-s, chercheur-e-s) et aux collègues de disciplines voisines, ce congrès se veut une plateforme de débats et d’échanges sur la question de savoir quels rôle, sens, place et fonction peut prendre le travail social dans un contexte de crise socio-économique et plus largement de crise d’un modèle de société ? Que deviennent les valeurs de justice et de solidarité sociales aujourd’hui et comment les traduire dans les pratiques ?

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