32nd Annual Conference of the Political Economy of the World-System Section of the American Sociological Association

5:00-
6:30 p.m.

Reception

Dolan School of Business Lobby

6:45 p.m.

Welcome and Introduction of Dean Poincelot
(Terry-Ann Jones & Eric Mielants)

Opening of the Conference and Introduction of the Keynote Speaker: Immanuel Wallerstein, Yale University

Keynote Address: Free Flows and Real Obstacles: Who Wants Laissez-faire?

Egan Chapel

8:00-
9:00 a.m.

Breakfast

Media Library Lobby

9:00-
10:45 a.m.

Panel 1: Labor Migrations /
Environmental Challenges
Moderator: Richard Ryscavage (Fairfield University)

Branch Migration: Finnish Immigration to Sweden within the Pulp and Paper Industry
-Lars Hansson, Vaxjo University, Sweden

Does Environmental Degradation Influence Migration? Emigration to Developed Countries in the Late-1980s and 1990s
-Rafael Reuveny, Indiana University

Foreign Direct Investment, the Scale of Degradation, and Ecoefficiency: A Panel Study of Carbon Dioxide Emissions in Less-Developed Countries, 1975-2000
-Andrew K. Jorgenson, North Carolina State University

Female Migrant Labor and the Global Integration of Health Care Labor Markets
-Salimah Valiani, Carleton University

Media Library

10:45-
11:00 a.m.

Coffee Break

11:00-
12:15 p.m.

Panel 2: Challenges on the U.S. Border
Moderator: David Crawford (Fairfield University)

Neoliberalism, Migrations, and Labor Substitutions: U.S.-Mexico Trade: Poultry Goes South, Labor Comes North
-Kathleen C. Schwartzman, University of Arizona

Immigration, Racism, and the Post-9/11/01 Anti-Immigrant Movement
-Carina A. Bandhauer, Western Connecticut State University

Global Migrations: Multidimensional Aspects Traced Through Aesthetic and Documentary Representations
-Gita Rajan, Fairfield University

Media Library

1:45-
3:30 p.m.

Panel 3: Foreign Direct Investment,
Migration, and Economic Change
Moderator: William Vasquez-Mazariegos
(Fairfield University)

A World-Historical Perspective on Inequality and Immigration
-Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz, University of Maryland and Timothy Patrick Moran, SUNY Stony Brook

Globalization and International Migration: A Cross-National Analysis, 1970-2000
- Matthew R. Sanderson, University of Utah and Jeffrey D. Kentor, University of Utah

The Limits to Dollarization: Ecuador (2000-07)
-Matías Vernengo, University of Utah and Matthew Bradbury, Queen’s College

The Effects of Foreign Banks on the Turkish Banking System and Crisis
-Suleyman Degirmen, Mersin University, Turkey

Media Library

3:30-
3:45 p.m.

Coffee Break

3:45-
5:30 p.m.

Panel 4: Financial Crises,
Remittances, and Inequality
Moderator: Dennis Hodgson (Fairfield University)

Mobile-based Money Transfer: Weaving Together Financial and Migration Fluxes
-Dana Diminescu, Ecole d'Ingénieur TELECOM ParisTech, Fondation de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, France

World-Systems Analysis and Unequal Exchange: The Turkish Economy during the Trade and Financial Liberalization Process
- Filiz Elmas Ozag, Gazi University, Turkey

Does Money Matter Under Inflation Targeting: The Turkish Economy
-Suleyman Degirmen, Mersin University, Turkey and Zeynel Abidin Ozdemir, Gazi University, Turkey

Whose money is it any way? Remittances, transnational savings and elites in Central America
-José Luis Rocha, Universidad Centroamericana, Nicaragua

Media Library

8:00-
9:00 a.m.

Breakfast

Media Library Lobby

9:00-
10:30 a.m.

Panel 5: Migration and "Development" in Asia
Moderator: Qin Zhang (Fairfield University)

Transnational Migration, Money Order Economy, and Developmental/Cultural Tensions: The New Integration of the Kerala (India) Economy
-K. Ravi Raman, Manchester University, U.K.

Internal Migration and East Asian Resurgence
-Ganesh K. Trichur, St. Lawrence University

Peripheralization of China
-Miin-wen Shih, Gettysburg College

Media Library

10:30-
10:45 a.m.

Coffee Break

10:45 a.m.-
12:15 p.m.

Panel 6: Immigrants and Resistance:
Agency in the World System
Moderator: Gisela Gil-Egui (Fairfield University)

From National Identity to Transnational Citizenship: Participation of Bulgarian Transnational Migrants in Spanish and Bulgarian Elections
-Monica Ibañez-Angulo, Universidad de Burgos, Spain

Transregional Political Advocacy Networks for Guatemalan and Salvadoran Migrant Rights in a Changing Region
-Susanne Jonas, University of California, Santa Cruz

Solidarity, Connectivity, and Political Resistance in the Education without Frontiers Online Network
-Matthieu Renault, Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales and Fondation de la Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, France

Media Library

1:15-
3:00 p.m.

Panel 7: Historical and Theoretical Analyses
of Migration in the World System:
Past, Present, and Future
Moderator: Rose Rodrigues (Fairfield University)

Destination Choice in a Globalized World
-Anju Mary Paul, University of Michigan

Class vs. other: Selective Incorporation of Migrants into Theory
-Manuela Boatca, Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt, Germany

A World-Systems View of Human Migration Past and Present: Providing a General Model for Understanding the Movement of People
-Thomas D. Hall, DePauw University and P. Nick Kardulias, College of Wooster

The Caribbean in the Global Flow of People and Money during the Mercantilist Era
-Hakiem Nankoe, Cornell University and Margo Nankoe, Ithaca College

Media Library