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Renewing the Social Contract

The Challenge of Inclusivity and Democratic Government in Social Contract TheoryÌý

International Conference

Center for Critical Democracy Studies, The American University of Paris

December 17-19, 2024

December 17

CO3 HorizonÌýEurope Consortium:ÌýResilient Social Contracts for Democratic Societies

* Participants in the International Conference on December 18-19, are also welcome to attend the Consortium presentations

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December 18-19

International Conference:ÌýRenewing the Social Contract: The Challenge of Inclusivity and Democratic Government in Social Contract Theory

Keynotes | Myriam Hunter-Henin (UCL), Albert Weale (UCL)

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Organizers

• Stephen Sawyer | ssawyeraup.edu
• Roman Zinigrad | rzinigradaup.edu
• Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger | ncolinjaegeraup.edu
• Emilia Palonen | emilia.palonenhelsinki.fi
• Anna Björk | anna.bjorkdemoshelsinki.fi

Tuesday, December 17

CO3 HorizonÌýEurope Consortium:ÌýResilient Social Contracts for Democratic Societies

* Participants in the International Conference on December 18-19, are also welcome to attend the Consortium presentations

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9h00-9h30Ìý-ÌýWelcome & Coffee

09h30-10h45Ìý- T2.1

Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ | Overview of Social Contract Theories

Stephen Sawyer Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ | Sociological Social Contracts

Other proposals for T2.1

10h45-11h00Ìý- Break

11:00-12:15Ìý- T2.4

Cristiano Gianolla University of Coimbra | States, Empires, Post-colonialism and the Social Contract

Other proposals for T2.4

12h15-13h30Ìý- Lunch

13h30-14h45Ìý- T2.3

Emilia Palonen University of Helsinki | Polarization and the Social Contract

14h45-15h00Ìý- Break

15h00-16h15Ìý- T2.2

Claudia Wiesner Fulda University and Ruzha Smilova Sofia University | Social Contract in the European Union

16h15-17h30Ìý- Discussion of WP2 // Links with WP3

17h30-19h00Ìý- Break

19h00 -ÌýDinner

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December 18-19

International Conference:ÌýRenewing the Social Contract: The Challenge of Inclusivity and Democratic Government in Social Contract Theory

Keynotes | Myriam Hunter-Henin (UCL), Albert Weale (UCL)

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Wednesday, December 18

9h00-9h30Ìý- Coffee

09h30-11h00Ìý- Session 1

Social Contracts Revisited

9h15-9h30Ìý- Welcome remarks

11h00-11h15Ìý- Break

11h15-12h45Ìý- Parallel Sessions 2 & 3

• Session 2 Post-colonial Perspectives on the Social Contract
• Session 3 Social Contract in Non-ideal Conditions

12:45-14:00 - Lunch

14h00-15h30Ìý- Parallel Sessions 4 & 5

• Session 4 Les fondements du contrat social (in French)
• Session 5 Alternative Social Contracts

15h30-16h30Ìý- Coffee & discussion break

16h30-17h30 - Keynote

Albert Weale UCL | Political Contracts and Democratic Values: What Can Constitution Making Tell Us?

17h30-19h00Ìý- Reception at Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ

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Thursday, December 19

9h00-9h30Ìý- Coffee

9h30-11h00Ìý- Parallel Sessions 6 & 7

• Session 6 Critiques des théories traditionnelles du Contrat Social (in French)
• Session 7 Capitalism, Public Reason and the Social Contract

11h00-11h15Ìý- Break

11h15-12h45Ìý- Keynote

Myriam Hunter-Henin UCL | The Regulation of Religious Interests: A Test for the Resilience of Social Contract Theory

14h00-15h30Ìý- Parallel Sessions 8 & 9

• Session 8 Constitutional Norms and The Social Contract
• Session 9 Extending the Social Contract

12:45-14:00Ìý- Lunch

15h45-16h45Ìý- Session 10

• Capitalism, Democracy, and the Social Contract

16h45-17h00Ìý- Break

17h00-17h45Ìý- Concluding round table discussion:

Anna Björk Demos Helsinki

Nathanaël Colin-Jaeger Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ

Emilia Palonen University of Helsinki

Stephen Sawyer Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ

Roman Zinigrad Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ

Session 1: Social Contracts Revisited

• Chair | Annabelle Lever SciencesPo
• Zachary Swirski McMaster University | Hegel’s Rabble and Nomadic Becomings
• Fabien Lechevalier Université Paris-Saclay | Crafting the Future: A New Social Contract for the Digital Age
• Olivia Custer Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ | Consent to the Social Contract in the Wake of #metoo

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Session 2: Post-colonial Perspectives on the Social Contract

• Alnusf Marzouq Kuwait University | The Global Aspect in the Racial Critique of Social Contract Theory
• Vanda Amaro Dias & Cristiano Gianolla University of Coimbra | The Articulation of Mythologies Through the Social Contract in Empires, Nation-States and Europe: Challenges to DemocratisationÌýin Modern Liberal Polities
• Andrew Stewart Chapman University | Counterstories and the Social Contract

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Session 3: Social Contract in Non-ideal Conditions

• Daniel Smilov Sofia University | The Concept of Social Contract in the Theories of European Integration
• Ana Matan University of Zagreb | Realist Utopia for a Compound Democratic Community of States
• Théophile Pénigaud Yale University | Engaging with the Non-ideal Behind the Veil of Ignorance

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Session 4: Les fondements du contrat social (in French)

• Clara Lucas Centre Émile Durkheim, ScPo Bordeaux | Le Contrat social jaune : Rousseau et les GiletsÌýjaunes
• Simone Leotta LIER-FYT/EHESS | Du nouveau sous l’ancien ? Le statut de la « religion civile » dans le Contrat social
• Maude Vidal EHESS | Contrat social et norme fondamentale, Kelsen lecteur de Vaihinger

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Session 5: Alternative Social Contracts

• Chair | Zach Freig UC Berkeley
• David Peters Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ | James Wilson’s Revolutionary Critique of and Alternative to Contract Theory
• Kevin Leportier Université de Caen Normandie | Freedom, crises and liberal social contracts
• Clémence Pellissier Trinity College Dublin | The Social Contract versus Autonomy? A Study on Arendt’s Critique of Rousseau’s Theory

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Session 6: Critiques des théories traditionnelles du Contrat Social (in French)

• Léa Antonicelli SciencesPo | Une critique féministe intersectionnelle de l’utilité publique pour refonder un contrat social inclusif
• Djamel Chikh Ottawa University
• Valentin Avenard Université de Nantes | En finir avec un contrat social

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Session 7: Capitalism, Public Reason and the Social Contract

• Chair | Leora Dahan Katz Hebrew U
• Tonci Kursar University of Zagreb | How to restore democratic capitalism as a social contract? Controversies of Streeck’s understanding of ‘interregnum’
• Elias Moser University of Graz | Nozick’s Individualist Anarchist and a Libertarian Argument for Redistribution
• Cyril Hédoin Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne | Living in Disagreement: Public Reason and Jurisdictional Rights

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Session 8: Constitutional Norms and The Social Contract

• Chair | Roman Zinigrad Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ
• Mohsin Bhat QMUL School of Law | Adjudicating Belonging: Citizenship and the Identity of the Constitutional Compact
• Vandana Singh USLLS | Jurisprudential Foundation of Rule of Law through Prism of Social Contract Theory
• Tamar Hostovsky Brandes Ono Academic College | Is solidarity necessary for democracy?

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Session 9: Extending the Social Contract

• Aviezer Tucker University of Ostrava | Panarchy: Non-territorial Contractarianism
• Nefeli Lefkopoulou Sciences Po | FRenewing the social contract through city empowerment
• Xhejn Xhindi Université libre de Bruxelles
• Oliver Feltham Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ | Locke’s state of nature as colonial practice: social contract and ecology

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Session 10: Capitalism, Democracy, and the Social Contract

• Peter Hägel Â̾ÞÈËÊÓƵ | Customizing Social Contracts for Consumer Society?
• Anja Thomas Hochschule Fulda/University of Lille/EUI | A Question of the Underlying Social Contract? About the Differentiated Impact of Populism on Policy-Making in Proportional and in Majoritarian Democracies
• Elijah Okpanachi Federal University of Lafia, Nigeria | Democracy in the 21st Century: Current Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities for Democratic Governance