[Bilimsel Haber] International Symposium on Risk, Social Stratification, and Changes in Institutions, Feb., 3-4, 2011, Bryn Mawr College

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*International Symposium on Risk, Social Stratification, and Changes in 
Institutions*
*Location:* 	Pennsylvania 
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Risk, Social Stratification, and Changes in Institutions
International symposium to be taken place at Bryn Mawr College on 
February 3-4, 2011
Abstract Submission deadline: October 20, 2010

In the context of globalization advanced industrial societies have 
become more diverse and their local institutions have adapted to the 
changing environment. In this context, risk has increased, and it is 
likely to have affected some segments of the population more than 
others, such as non-regular workers, women, the elderly, immigrants, and 
racial/ethnic minorities.

The long-term employment practice in Japan, for example, has become 
weaker because many of the firms with the practice can no longer 
maintain it due to their increasing exposure to global competitions. 
This deterioration of the practice has naturally led to the increase in 
risk of the livelihood of workers. Workers who used to enjoy high job 
security and decent income under this practice now face lower salaries 
or even risk losing their jobs, as Japan's labor market becomes more 
fluid. Furthermore, the rapid increase in the share of non-regular 
workers has made regular workers vulnerable to fall into the non-regular 
work sector. Given substantive differences in income, job security, and 
social security between regular and non-regular workers, becoming a 
non-regular worker increases the risk of one's livelihood, especially if 
he/she is a single bread-winner.

However, the above-mentioned argument misses one important aspect of 
society---social stratification. While the long-term employment practice 
has clearly deteriorated, it is less clear whether it has affected all 
workers in the same way. Some studies report that workers at large firms 
and in the public sector are still protected by the practice, while 
workers at small and mid-sized firms have been hit particularly hard by 
recent changes.

This symposium attempts to widen the scope to understand the dynamic 
interplay between institutional changes, risk re-allocation, and social 
stratification in the age of globalization.

We are especially interested in exploring the issue in comparative 
perspective.

To collectively address the issue, we propose to organize a two-day 
workshop at Bryn Mawr College on 3-4 February 2011 to discuss such 
topics as risk of non-regular workers, minorities and immigrants, risk 
and institutions, change in mobility regime, divorce, and risk and 
social stratification.

With financial support from the Center for the Study of Social 
Stratification and Inequality, Tohoku University, we are able to cover 
the cost of transportation, accommodation, and meals for 5-10 participants.

We will consider publication of submitted papers in a special issue of 
an academic journal or an edited volume. One purpose of the workshop is 
to discuss and improve papers that will have been circulated beforehand.

If you are interested in participating, please send us (see contact 
information below) an abstract of about 300-400 words with contact 
information and a brief CV by 20 October 2010. You will hear from us by 
the beginning of November 2010.

Organizers:
Yoshimichi Sato (CSSI, Tohoku University)
Ayumi Takenaka (CSSI, Tohoku University and Department of Sociology, 
Bryn Mawr College)
Jun Imai (CSSI, Tohoku University)

	Jun Imai
Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality, Tohoku 
University, Japan
Email: jimai at sal.tohoku.ac.jp <mailto:jimai at sal.tohoku.ac.jp>

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