Topics: - Studies of specific forms of pledge, such as guarantee, pawn, token, hostageship, collateral, and surety; - Evolution of contract security (e.g. lien, chattel, security interest) in different legal systems and relation to political security for agreements (e.g. pledge of territory,...

The idea of our workshop is to understand economics as a phenomenon that is involved in many different power games. Power, authority and domination cannot be reduced to sovereignty, ideology and strategic capacities. It is rather a complex phenomenon that accounts for the special role of...

Proposals covering economic research in the areas of agriculture, food, environment and development are welcome.