U.S. - Argentina Planning Visit: Reframing Poverty: What Role for the Middle Classes?

这项美国-阿根廷计划访问提案将在华盛顿大学维多利亚·劳森博士的指导下，支持来自美国的四名高级研究人员和两名研究生在2010年5月至2011年9月期间对阿根廷进行两次计划访问。该项目汇集了一个由阿根廷、挪威和美国的社会学、政治理论、法律和地理研究人员组成的跨学科团队。美国调查人员将与阿根廷布宜诺斯艾利斯大学和挪威卑尔根大学的同事以及国际舞台上的政策制定者密切合作。后者是可能的，因为所有团队成员都是关键全球贫困研究网络（CGPS）的一部分，该网络为这项研究提供了知识背景和制度平台。在这次合作中，研究人员将调查中产阶级参与者如何理解和应对美洲各地的贫困，因为新形式的经济全球化正在改变中产阶级群体的经济地位、身份和贫困政治。该小组将会见来自布宜诺斯艾利斯大学的政治理论教授Atilio Boron博士、社会科学教授Susana Murillo博士和政治学教授Alberto Cimadamore博士。研究人员计划向国家科学基金会、地理和空间科学项目以及挪威研究委员会提交研究建议。该项目通过在阿根廷和美国招收博士生，促进了两国教育和研究能力的发展。美国研究生是来自不同经济背景的女性，她们将获得宝贵的教育机会，参与实质性研究的创造，学习如何参与国际合作。

This U.S - Argentina Planning Visit proposal will support four senior researchers and two graduate students from the U.S., under the direction of Dr. Victoria Lawson of University of Washington, on two planning visits to Argentina between May, 2010 and September, 2011. The project brings together an interdisciplinary team of researchers in sociology, political theory, the law and geography in Argentina, Norway and the U.S. The U.S. investigators will collaborate intensively with colleagues from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina and from the University of Bergen, Norway as well as policy-makers in the international arena. The latter is possible because all team members are part of the Critical Global Poverty Studies network (CGPS) that forms the intellectual backdrop and institutional platform for this research. In this collaboration, researchers will investigate how middle class actors understand and respond to poverty across the Americas as new forms of economic globalization are transforming the economic position, identities and poverty politics of middle class groups. The team will meet with Dr. Atilio Boron, Professor of Political Theory, Dr. Susana Murillo, Professor of Social Sciences, and Dr. Alberto Cimadamore, Professor of Political Science, all from the University of Buenos Aires. The investigators plan to submit research proposals to the National Science Foundation, Geography and Spatial Sciences Program and the Norwegian Research Council.The project contributes to the development of educational and research capacity in Argentina and the U.S. through its involvement of PhD students in both countries. The U.S. graduate students are women from diverse economic backgrounds who will have an invaluable educational opportunity, being involved in the creation of substantive research and learning how to engage in international collaboration.