International Conference, Local Institution Building for the Environment : Perspectives from East and West .
Organised by the Institute of International Sociology of Gorizia (ISIG)  collaboration with the Department of Human Sciences of the University of Trieste and the Research Committee RC24 Environment and Society  of the International Sociological Association (ISA).
It aims at addressing a wide range of environmental issues related to institution building and institutional change, including the implications of the transition of the Eastern Countries to democracy and market, the relationships between local, national and supra-national institutions, the different aspects of institutionalisation processes considered from cultural, historical, organisational and regulatory viewpoints.

Contact: Giorgio Osti, ostig@sp.univ.trieste.it,
web: www.lscmt.univ.trieste.it/osti