CES to Sponsor Conference On Automotive Industries

The Center for European Studies will sponsor a four-day conference about the economic crises of the declining automotive industries in Detroit and Turin to convene in Detroit on December 10.

The conference organized by Peter Lange, former associate professor of Government and now visiting associate professor of political science at Duke University; Paolo Ceccarelli, professor of planning at Venice University and MIT and Barry Bluestone, associate professor of economics at Boston College, deals with the "problems of particular cities tied to a single industry," Bluestone said yesterday.

Both Detroit and Turin face economic decline, and "rather than just looking at the autombile industry per se, we felt it was necessary to concentrate more on its effects on the city and its residents." Abby Collins, assistant director of the Center said yesterday.

The conference will open with keynote addresses by the mayors of Detroit and Turin, and will include speakers who "represent the political structures, industry, and trade unions," of both cities as well as economic and political experts, Bluestone said yesterday.

The conference will focus on whether "a rising tide raises all ships," as President Reagan's economic policy assumes, or whether areas with special problems like Detroit's need more attention. Bluestone said.