Institute of Social and Policy Sciences invited papers for the ...

Islamabad:The Institute of Social and Policy Sciences (I-SAPS) has invited papers for the first annual colloquium on Public Action in Pakistan: Vacillating between Apathy and Anger.
The colloquium is the first in a series of annual multi-disciplinary colloquia which will allow different social sciences perspectives leverage and enrich each other. Beyond its scholarly goals, it would inform the debates on public policy and development agenda in Pakistan.

I-SAPS is inviting scholars in local as well as international academia to discuss the difficulties with social change, especially in developing and Muslim societies like Pakistan from multi-disciplinary aspects and with special reference to individual s personal behaviour and its relation to societal changes. While noticing the non-existence of robust movements of social action in Pakistan, the academic wisdom identifies the supposedly widespread apathy towards public action in Pakistani society as one of the major reasons.

Dubbed at times as social malady, many observers claim that apathy is a commonly observed phenomenon in developing countries. Its symptoms include lack of participation and social responsibility, resulting in meek public actions, allowing either the status quo or worsening of individual rights and liberties. While most continue with their daily toil despite a perception of worsening social milieu, many are caught by raw anger, which could vent out itself in self-destructive individual or group behaviour.

Before the recent upheaval in the Arab world, it was generally believed that apathy has become epidemic in Muslim societies. The phenomenon also exists in the developed world, where mass apathy towards political events and social movements has recently been getting serious and closer academic attention.

The colloquium aims to study the dynamics of social change with special reference to Pakistan. I-SAPS has welcomes theoretical and empirical contributions from historians, anthropologists, sociologists, political scientists, economists, psychologists, media specialists, development practitioners, etc. elaborating the historical and cultural contexts of the phenomena of apathy and anger in Pakistan and proposing solutions to the social problems caused by them.

I-SAPS is expecting the abstracts of proposed papers by May 31, 2011. The Institute hopes to sponsor the participation of a limited number of scholars in the colloquium in Lahore. Finalized papers shall be submitted by October 5, 2011, which will be sent out for a peer review. The accepted papers will be circulated to the participants prior to the event. After the colloquium, developed versions of the papers presented in the colloquium will be eligible for publication by March 2012. Further information can be obtained by sending a email at (info-colloquium@i-saps.org).The news I-SAPS invites papers for colloquium on public action

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