Ben Fordham, SUNY Binghamton, bfordham@binghamton.edu

The Conflict Processes section invites proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables presenting rigorous theoretical analysis and empirical research about the causes and consequences of violent conflict. In keeping with this year’s theme, “Categories and the Politics of Global Inequalities,” we are especially interested in proposals that examine the relationship between inequality and conflict. Inequality relates to a range of issues that are important for those of us who do research on conflict. Economic and political inequality may influence the outbreak of domestic and international conflict. Conflict between adversaries who are very unequal in power has long been an important question in the field, has enormous contemporary relevance in light of the ongoing war in Iraq. Conflict may also affect the distribution of political and economic power, shaping future inequalities within and between states. Proposals on these and other topics are welcome.