SSSP 2025 Annual Meeting
Date: Friday, August 8
Time: 12:30 PM - 2:10 PM
Session 013: Militarization, Forced Migration, and Authoritarianism
Room: Kimball Room
Sponsor: Global
Organizer &
Presider: Nicole M. Butkovich Kraus, West Texas A&M University
Description: This paper session will address militarization, forced migration, and authoritarianism. It includes work from a variety of theoretical perspectives and empirical methods, particularly focusing on cases of global interest.
Papers:
“Conceptualizing Pan-African Militarism in the 21st Century: The Incorporation of the Sahel into the Capitalist World-economy,” Tamas Gerocs, SUNY Binghamton
“Forced Migration and the Politics of Crisis: Discursive Constructions of Agency and Safety in U.S. Immigration News,” Emma-Claire LaSaine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
“Polish Community and Organizational Responses to Ukrainian War Refugees,” Nicole M. Butkovich Kraus, West Texas A&M University
“Political Reproduction in the Transition Society: Parental Communist Party Membership and Offspring Political Behaviour,” Ekaterina Baldina, Indiana University Bloomington
“Rethinking Queer Migration: The Case of Skilled Chinese LGBTQ+ Migrants in North America,” Tori Shucheng Yang, University of British Columbia
“Sacrificing the Feminine to Fit in and Embracing the Feminine to Stand out: Servicewomen’s Response to the Essentialist Gendered Practices of the U.S. Military,” Stephanie Bonnes, University of New Haven