POLITSCI '17 / V. International Political Science Conference

POLITSCI '17 / V. International Political Science Conference will be held at Nippon Meeting Halls in Istanbul. The conference is coordinated by DAKAM (Eastern Mediterranean Academic Research Center) and will be organized by BILSAS (Science, Art, Sport Productions).

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All abstracts are going to be selected according to double blind reviews and accepted papers will be published in the Conference Proceedings E-Book with an ISBN number that will be given to you in a DVD box during conference registration.

We invite you to join us at the event in Istanbul and would like to emphasize that proposals from different parts of the world are welcomed.

THEMES

I. Political System and Institutions

The State: Coercion and Hegemony
Democracy and authoritarian regimes
Authoritarian populism
Illiberal democracy
Authoritarianism and neo-liberalism
Securitization in politics
Repression, police, and surveillance networks

Ideological Apparatuses
Education and Legitimization
Mass Media, Social Media and Politics of Authority and Resistance

Social Movements and Counter-Hegemony
Ways of Resistance to Authoritarianism
Gender and political power
Gendered effects of the rise of authoritarianism
Ecologism and resistance
Humor and Politics

II. Political Thinking and Ideologies

Political Philosophy
Legitimacy of Political Power: Philosophical Insights
Waning of the public space and the public citizen

Religion and Politics
The power of religion in the public sphere
Religious Extremism: Identity, Class and Propaganda

Political Symbols and Political Memory
The use of symbols and rituals in politics 
Political memory: Centenary and millenary anniversaries
Art, architecture and politics
Spaces of memory

All papers will be published in proceedings e-book as DVD (with an ISBN number) and then in DAKAM's online library. A selection will be made in the relevant DAKAM journal that will be reviewed by Thomson&Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index