Nordic Civicness Revisited in the Age of Association

Nordic Civicness Revisited in the Age of Association

November 23-25, 2006, Tallinn University

Organized by the Centre for Civil Society Study and Development (KUAK) at Tallinn University in collaboration with the Network on European Voluntary Associations

Program

Thursday, November 23

(Tallinn University, Main Building, Uus-Sadama 5, room 648)

13.00 Opening words by Mats Estonius (Vice-Rector of the University of Tallinn), Erle Rikmann (KUAK, Tallinn) and Henrik Stenius (University of Helsinki)

13.20-18.30 Panel sessions

Panel 1: Civil societies in national contexts (room 648)
Chair: Karl Henrik Sivesind (Institute for Social Research, Oslo)

  • Martti Siisiäinen: (University of Jyväskylä): (, )
  • Johanna Rainio-Niemi (University of Helsinki):
  • Eeva Luhtakallio (University of Helsinki):
  • Peter Hilger (University of Helsinki):
  • Adriana Margareta Dancus (University of Washington): ()
  • Rasma Rozenberga (Central European University, Budapest):
  • Sanna Saksela (University of Helsinki):

Panel 2: Transnationalization of Civil Societies (room 649)
Chair: Henrik Stenius (University of Helsinki)

  • Marta Reuter (Södertörn University College in Stockholm):
  • Pelle Åberg (School of Social Sciences/Baltic and East European Graduate School (BEEGS)
  • Södertörns Högskola): ()
  • Suvi Ervamaa (University of Helsinki):
  • Andrew Prescott (Centre for Research into Freemasonry, Douglas Knoop Centre):
  • Tuomas Ylä-Anttila (University of Helsinki):
  • Riitta Mäkinen (University of Turku): ()
  • Leon E. Irish (International Center for Civil Society Law): The legal challenges and the harmonization of laws affecting the NPOs

Friday, November 24

(Academic Library of Tallinn University, Rävala Avenue 10)

Keynote lectures
Chair: Risto Alapuro (University of Helsinki)

  • 9.45-10.30 Karla W. Simon (Catholic University of America): A Legal History of the Association Form in Europe
  • 10.30-11.15 Mikko Lagerspetz (Åbo Akademi University, Turku and KUAK, Tallinn):
  • 11.45-12.30 Norbert Götz (University of Greifswald): Non-Governmental Organizations: Why a Conceptual Non-Starter Gained Currency

14.00-15.30 Panel
Chair: Sidsel Eriksen (University of Copenhagen)

  • Kristin Strømsnes (University of Bergen) and Dag Wollebæk (University of Bergen):
  • Henrik Stenius (University of Helsinki): Nordic Associational Life in European and Inter-Nordic Perspectives
  • Karl Henrik Sivesind (Institute for Social Research, Oslo):

16.00-18.00 Panel

Chair: Erle Rikmann (KUAK)

  • Niklas Egels-Zandén (Göteborg University) & Peter Hyllman (Stockholm School of Economics):
  • Sidsel Eriksen (University of Copenhagen): Global Social Movements
  • Risto Alapuro (University of Helsinki): ()
  • Annette Zimmer (Universität Münster): Beyond Advocacy: Civil Society Organizations and European Governance