Poster Session: Technological Change and Societal Conflict

• In Event: Poster Session: Foundations of Political Theory & Technological Change and Societal Conflict

Session Submission Type: Poster Session

Session Description

The panel explores the intersection of technology, politics, and labor, highlighting their impact on democracy and society. Papers include examinations of the political conflict potential of digitalization, the rise of a new political class amidst technological change, the effects of robots replacing trade unions in Western Europe, the limits of deregulating atypical employment for German women, and the welfare politics surrounding the individualization of employment relationships.

Sub Unit

• Division 14: Comparative Politics of Advanced Industrial Democracies

Individual Presentations

• Technological Change and the Rise of a New Political Class - Paolo Agnolin, Bocconi University

• The Political Conflict Potential of Digitalization - Alvaro Canalejo Molero, University of Lucerne; Alexander H. Trechsel, University of Lucerne; Mathilde M. van Ditmars, University of Lucerne

• The Welfare Politics of the Individualization of Employment Relationships - Maxime Borg

Chair

• Semih Cakir University of Vienna

Discussant

• Despina Alexiadou University of Strathclyde