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Session 1. Opening sessionRising challenges of participation,organisationall democracy and self-management in the globalization contextLos nuevos retos dela participación,la democracia organizacional y la autogestión en el contexto de la globalizaciónDéfis nouveaux pour la participation, la démocratie organisationnelle et I'autogestion dans le contexte de la mondialisationChairs:Walter Frantz, Brazil, wfrantz@unijui.tche.br, Gyórgy Szell,Germany, gszell@uni-osnabrueck.de,Vera Vratusa,Yugoslavia,vvratusa@dekart.f.bg.ac.yuA. Sessions focussed on congress symposia themesSession 2. Knowledge, creativity and communication:participation as a long learning processChairs:Richard Ruzicka,Czech Republic,richard.ruzicka@pedf.cni.cz,Heinz Süenker,Germany,suenker@uni-wuppertal.de
B. Sessions on other topicsSession 3. Workers' direct and representative participation in new organisational formsChairs: Bill Harley,Australia,b.harley@ecomfac.unimelb.edu.au,Jan Kees Looise,Netherlands,j.c.looise@sms.utwente.nl
Session 4. Participation and property: privatization and/or democratization?Chairs: Volkmar Kreissig,Bulgaria,vOlkmar@mlsp.government.bg,Michal Palgi,Israel,palgi@research.haifa.ac.il
Session 5. Participation in various cultural areas and communities: diversity and common challengesParticipación en áreas culturales y comunidades diversas:diversidad y retos comunesChairs:Dasarath Chetty,South Africa,tdchetty@pixie.udw.ac.za,Richard Harris,USA,richard_harris@monterey.edu
Session 6. Financial participation and/or organisational democracyChairs: Litsa Nicolaou-Smokoviti,Greece,Inicola@otenet.gr,Edward Zammit,Malta,ezam1@um.edu.mt
Session 7. Participation in network organisations and societyLa participation dans des organisations et une société en réseauChair: Aake Sandberg,Sweden, ake.sandberg@niwl.se
Session 8. Co-operatives,social enterprises and social auditing: engaging members and other stakeholdersChair: Leslie Brown,Canada,leslie.brown@msvu.ca
Session 9. Participation at globallevel: Porto Alegre and the World Social ForumParticipación en el plano global: Porto Alegre y el Foro Social MundialChairs: Azril Bacal,Sweden,azril@spray.se,Candido Grzybowski,Brazil,candido@ibase.br
Session 10. Participative management in Third World countries: retrospect and prospectChair: Shashi Hiremath,slhiremath1 @rediffmail.com,India
C. Sessions proposed by RC10 Ibero-American SubcommitteeSession 11. Partipación en comunidades: un balance de perspectivas teóricas y prácticasChairs: Sergio Contreras,Chile,scontreras@cis.es,Carlos Gadsden,Mexico,cgads@prodigy.net.mx
Session 12. La sociedad de la información: conocimiento y poderChairs: Antonio Lucas,Spain,lucas@eucmax.sim.ucm.es,Alejandro Piscitelli,Argentina,apiscitelli@austral.edu.ar
D. RC10 Sessions organized in cooperation with other organizationsSession 13.Multi-Ievel participation in industrial relations systemsOrganized with the Study Group on Participation of the International Industrial Relations AssociationChair:Wiking Ehlert,Germany,wiking-ehlert@t-online.de,Ray Markey,Australia, rmarkey@uow.edu.au
Session 14. Nouvelles formes de gestion participative et nouveaux équilibres de pouvoir dans I'entrepriseOrganized with the Research Committee on Sociology of Industrial Relations and of TradeUnionism of AISLFChairs:Reynald Bourque,Canada,reynald.bourque@umontreal.ca,Habib Guiza,Tunisia,habibguiza@yahoo.fr,Annette Jobert, France,annette.jobert@u-paris1 O.fr
Session 15. Actors' participation in the research processes:participatory research and action-researchOrganized with three international networks Humanization of Work and Organizational Democracy,In Search of the Good Society-the Kibbutz and Other Experiences,and Regional and Local Development of Work and Labour.Chairs: Davydd Greenwood,USA,djg6@cornell.edu,Manfred Moldasch,Germany,manfred.moldaschl @soziologie.wiso.tu-muenchen.de,Bruce Wilson,Australia,zbruce@minyos.its.rmit.eu.au
Special session 1. Nouveaux et anciens acteurs des conflitset des négociationsNuevos y viejos actores en los conflictos y los procesos de negociaciónJoint session of RC10 and RC30 Sociology of Work (to be confirmed)Chairs: Armando Steinko,Spain,asteinko@emp.ucm.es,Diane-GabrielleTremblay, Canada,diane-gabrielle_tremblay@teluq.uquebec.ca
Focussed session. The ambivalence of participation in organisational change. Challenges for democracy and efficiency
Special integrative session of RC10 Participation and Self-Management, RC17 Sociology of Organization, RC18
Political Sociology, RC26 Sociotechnics, Sociological Practice, RC32 Women and Society, RC36 Alienation Theory and
Research
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