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Enjoy visual arts, music, and dance in this lively city, home to hundreds of museums and galleries, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art and its 225,000 piece collection. Philadelphia is also the mural capital of the world, with more than 3,000 indoor and outdoor murals created by the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program.
Philadelphia in summer boasts a variety of outdoor festivals and concerts.
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Steeped in history, the cradle of American democracy, Philadelphia was the site of the first Congress of the United States, which met in Philadelphia Congress Hall.
The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were written and signed in nearby Independence Hall. The first American flag was designed in Philadelphia, and Benjamin Franklin lived and worked there.
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Philadelphia may be famous for the Philly cheese steak, but it is also one of America’s finest culinary destinations. Click here for Philadelphia Weekly’s 50 “Must-Eats”Remember, in Philadelphia many restaurants are BYOB, which stands for “bring your own bottle".
Visitors bring their own beer or wine – a great way to save money while sampling extraordinary fare from around the world.
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Temple University has organized special rates for SASE members. Click here for a list of these hotels.
SASE members wishing for more information on places to stay in Philadelphia my click here.
Philadelphia is centrally located, with fast an easy transport to both New York City and Washington, DC. More information on travel to and within the city here.
From sports games (Philadelphia is home to the Philadelphia Phillies Major League Baseball team) to botanical gardens to a trip to the zoo, Philadelphia is great fun for the whole family. Click here for more information on sports and outdoor activities.
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One year after a highly successful and thought-provoking conference in Paris on Capitalism in Crisis, SASE turns its attention to an issue underpinning current debates on our global economy and society. This year, the annual meeting will focus on emerging forms of transnational governance - public, private, and hybrid - in the global economy, examining its development, dynamics, impact, and implications. We welcome contributions on topics such as the organization of multinational corporations, professional service firms, global supply chains, and financial and commodity markets; the operation of rule-making and standard-setting bodies like the WTO, the European Union, the International Accounting Standards Board, and private rating agencies; "civil regulation" of labor and environmental standards through corporate codes of conduct and certification schemes; and the role of business and/or civil society actors in transnational rule making. Participants might also choose to examine themes such as the interplay among governance processes at different levels (transnational, regional, national, subnational) or the impact of transnational regulation on national institutions and policies in developed and developing countries, its influence on the strategies of different types of actors, and its consequences for the distribution of power and resources. Finally, we invite contributors to consider the explanatory and evaluative challenges raised by the current development of transnational governance. How far, for example, can this be explained in terms of the Polanyian "double movement" of disembedding and re-embedding of markets in society, still perhaps the most widespread paradigm in socio-economics? What alternative theoretical frameworks are available? How should we evaluate transnational governance arrangements, individually and in the aggregate? Are they effective, accountable, legitimate, and sustainable? Are they, or could they become, democratic? Temple University, Philadelphia. 
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