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The theme of our JSA 2008 conference was
Democracy, HOW?
Justice and Democracy in 2008
see the 2008 CONFERENCE SCHEDULE!
It was held June 5 -7, 2008
at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia

Democracy, HOW?
The 2008 JSA conference theme “Democracy, How?”
calls for papers to explore how to come about democracy in a just way, while also grappling with the contradictions within modern democracies.
The divide between the liberal democratic ideal on the one hand and its reality on the other has created many challenges for intellectuals committed to the concept of democracy. Modern democracy has come to represent both the idea of the power of the people and the often contradictory idea of legally guaranteed individual rights and liberties. (How) Can the concept of democracy be a viable form of social organization today? What are the predicaments faced by democracy as both ideal and concrete form of social organization today? Is a just democracy possible? What kind of democracy do we need to work towards social justice?

2008 Conference Program Chairs
Christina Braid
Education, Research, & Scholarship
Crescent School, Toronto, Canada
E-mail: christina.braid@gmail.com
Sabine Milz
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Alberta, Canada
E-mail: sabinemilz@yahoo.ca


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