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"Participation", as a call for empowering local stakeholders in decision making, is taking root in an increasing number of issue areas of global governance. Based on case studies of biodiversity management schemes in Brazil and the Carribeans (St Lucia), we look at participation as a “governmentality technique" that produces and regulates local autonomy, modifies local practices to help produce "global public goods". From the problem solving view, we study the effectiveness, accountability and locally felt legitimacy of this technique and ways in which international donors promote it. From a critical viewpoint, we explore its less explicit impacts upon local ways of life, including marketisation, changes in social expectations, ethical and political cultures. We show that, whether effective or not in terms of its explicit global ends, participation contributes to the global wave of "modernisation" and has many anti-traditional effects upon local societies. Olivier Charnoz is visiting fellow at the Centre for the Study of Global Governance and a researcher of the AFD, France's international development agency. He was previously a research assistant to its CEO and is now responsible for a three year research programme concerned with local community practices impacting Global Public Goods, with case studies in six countries. He is also a Phd Candidate at the LSE. 
research seminar series 2008/914-Oct-2008, 13:00-14:00, M101, LSEThe Globalization of Cosmetic Surgical Culture
From London to New York, Madrid to Melbourne, Singapore to Tehran, the demand for cosmetic surgery is soaring. Botox injections, collagen fillers, breast implants, microdermabrasion, mini face-lifts: extreme reinvention is all the rage, and now on a global scale. This paper considers the global rise of cosmetic surgery, and situates the economy of the makeover industries in the context of recent debates on globalization. Elliott argues that cosmetic surgical culturehas become increasingly global in our own time as a result of major institutional changes dominating public life in Western societies. He further contends that personal vulnerabilities have reached the point where people turn to surgical culture in an effort to reinvent themselves and improve their life prospects. Anthony Elliott was appointed Professor of Sociology at Flinders University in 2006, where he has also served as Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research). He also holds a Visiting Research Professorship in the Department of Sociology at the Open University, UK. He was formerly Chair of Sociology at the University of Kent at Canterbury, and prior to that Foundation Director of the Centre for Critical Theory at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol. Professor Elliott's writings have been translated into seventeen languages. He has lectured at about one hundred academic institutions worldwide. His recent books include with Charles Lemert THE NEW INDIVIDUALISM (2006), THE CONTEMPORARY BAUMAN (2007), MAKING THE CUT: HOW COSMETIC SURGERY IS TRANSFORMING OUR LIVES (2008), with Paul Du Gay IDENTITY IN QUESTION (2008) and CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL THEORY: AN INTRODUCTION (2008).
research seminar series 2008/921-Oct-2008, 13:00-14:00, M101, LSEFrom the Cold War to the War on Terror: Gulf Security in a Changing World
Kristian Ulrichsen is a Post-doctoral Research Fellow on the Kuwait Research Programme on Development, Governance and Globalisation in the Gulf States. He completed his PhD, entitled The Logistics and Politics of the British Campaigns in the Middle East, 1914-1922, at the University of Cambridge. Before joining the Centre for the Study of Global Governance, he was Senior Middle East Analyst at the Gulf Centre for Strategic Studies in London. His areas of research focused on political, economic, military and security trends in the member-states of the Gulf Cooperation Council. This resulted in the publication of a monograph (Alternative Strategies to Gulf Security in 2007) and numerous journal articles on aspects of energy and homeland security in the Gulf, the proliferation of trans-national threats to regional stability, and the future evolution of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
research seminar series 2008/928-Oct-2008, 13:00-14:00, M101, LSECivil Society, Communication and Iran
research seminar series 2008/918-Nov-2008, 13:00-14:00, M101, LSEFinding Principles for Global Governance
Martin Albrow is a sociologist, honorary Vice-President of the British Sociological Association, Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics, and Professor Emeritus of the University of Wales. He has taught and researched in the USA and Germany as well as in the UK. His books include 'Do Organizations have Feelings?' and the prize winning, 'The Global Age'.
conference31-Mar - 02-Apr-2009Nationalism and Globalisation
The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) is holding its 19th Annual Conference, entitled “Nationalism and Globalisation”, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, 31st March - 2nd April 2009, at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Nationalism and globalisation are complex phenomena generating vigorous academic debates. Yet, there has been little sustained theoretical and empirical consideration of their relationship, and no framework devised capable of satisfactorily dealing with the interactions between the two, especially as these change over time and vary from place to place. Yet nationalism has both shaped, and been shaped by globalization. This conference seeks to explore the relationship between nationalism and globalisation in its various forms, primarily focusing on the impact of globalisation on national identity, national sovereignty, state-formation, and the ways in which nationalism has shaped globalising processes. The conference will include keynote addresses from leading scholars in the field, along with opportunities for scholars from various disciplines to examine the relationship between nationalism and globalisation in a series of panel sessions. Suggested themes include: - Conflicting or complementary phenomena? - Nationalism and global political conflict - Global migration patterns and national identities - Globalisation and the emergence of new forms of nationalism - The impact of globalisation on national culture - Nationalism versus supranationalism - Pan-nationalism The first day will explore the theoretical and historical relationship between globalisation, nationalism and national identities. The second day will examine current issues such as migration, arms proliferation, financial crisis, multinational corporations and global consumer culture and their impact on the nation-state and national identities. The third day will focus on the interaction between globalisation and novel forms of nationalism and regional identities as well as nationalist responses to supranationalism, including European integration. The conference will adopt a multi-disciplinary approach focusing on historical, theoretical and contemporary aspects of the theme. call for papersDeadline: 01-Nov-2008 The 2009 Conference Committee is now calling for papers to be presented at the conference. The application is open to any researcher who is interested in the study of nationalism. The abstracts of the proposed papers should not exceed 500 words and are expected by November 1st, 2008. Abstracts should make clear (a) the particular focus of the paper in terms of evidence and method, (b) its discipline location, (c) its relevance to the nationalism/globalisation topic, and (d) what specific theme/panel it would best fit into. Only abstracts directly related to nationalism will be considered. The Committee will notify applicants of its decisions by November 30th, 2008. Please see the ASEN website for more information and to submit your proposal.
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