CHAIR

Laura Katz Olson

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA 18015-1380

LK01@Lehigh.edu

SECRETARY-TREASURER

Carl Swidorski

The College of Saint Rose

Albany, NY 12203

swidorsc@mail.strose.edu

FROM THE EDITORS

You may have noticed on the previous page that the newsletter is now being co-edited with Dennis Moran of the University of Notre Dame. Dennis and I will co-edit the newsletter this year and, if Dennis lives through the experience, he will become the editor next year. Co-editing will allow us to take advantage of the superior staff resources Dennis has at Notre Dame.

This Fall issue of the newsletter feature a series of information about our section, including a column by caucus chair John Beng. It contains reports on the annual business meeting and the executive committee meeting of our journal, New Political Science, as well as information on our new website, section awards, our listserv, and the journal's book series with Routledge. Let me urge you once again, to subscribe to our journal and, even more importantly, get your library to do so. The revenues we receive from Taylor and Francis for operating expenses associated with the journal are partially contingent on subscriptions. A few extra subscriptions, which push us over their baseline number, means a difference of a couple of thousand dollars to our operating budget.

Our journal also continues to need more manuscript reviewers (contact George Katsiaficas, editor) and individuals willing to write book reviews (contact John Berg, reviews editor). George also encourages people to submit proposals for special theme issues or the journals and/or books for our Routledge book series.

I continue to encourage you to submit "blurbs" about your books as well as information about upcoming conferences and events, calls for papers, professional journal information, and activism to:

Carl Swidorski

Department of History and Political Science

The College of St.Rose

Albany, NY 12203

Tel. (518) 458-5325

Fax (518) 458-5446, e-mail: swidorsc@mail.strose.edu

Please send all information in either hard copy, via E-mail, or Microsoft WordPerfect or ASCII Diskette formats. The deadline for the next newsletter is January l5, 2002

NPS NEWS

From the Chair

1. Like many people, and perhaps more than most, I found myself seriously disoriented by the terrorist attacks on September 11. I think of myself as hard-boiled and unemotional - but on September 12, I walked into class planning a discussion of the attacks and their context, and found myself unable to speak. I had to talk about federalism instead. (How is that for a therapeutic method?)

The discussion on the Caucus email list (newpolsci@u.washington.edu) was truly a lifeline. This list is normally reserved strictly for the discussion of Caucus business; but in the situation, it naturally expanded into a debate about the causes of and appropriate response to the attacks. The heated but informative exchange of views among people whose politics and knowledge I respect did a great deal to help me cope with my disorientation and get back into action. If you have not yet subscribed to the list, I recommend it highly. To subscribe, send an email message to listproc@u.washington.edu. The message should have a blank subject line, and the body should read

subscribe newpolsci <your name>

where <your name> is replaced by your name.

2. Our contract with Taylor & Francis provides a subscription to our journal, New Political Science, at a discounted subscription rate for Caucus members - currently $30, far below the normal individual rate of $55. Unfortunately, only a minority of Caucusites subscribe. If you do not subscribe, please do so right away! In addition, I would like your opinion on a possible new policy: making a journal subscription part of the basic Caucus membership. This would mean a substantial dues increase, from the current $5 to about $20 or $25. It would also make it possible to provide the journal to all members at a significantly lower cost than the present rate. One worry is that such a dues increase might cause us to lose members and drop below the APSA minimum, thereby threatening our status as an Organized Section.

What are your preferences? Would you jump at the chance of a cheaper subscription? Or would you prefer the present low dues? Please let me know by email to jberg@suffolk.edu.

John C. Berg, Suffolk University

Chair

Report on Annual Business Meeting

The New Political Science section held its annual business meeting at 5:30 PM on August 31, 2000 at the Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association with Laura Katz Olson, Section Chair, presiding. The agenda included the following items:

Announcements: Highlights and Kudos

Laura Olson began by informing the meeting of several highlights from the previous year. She successfully had recruited Caucus members to serves as press resources and nominated individuals to serve on a variety of APSA committees. She also reported that the listserv was working well in terms of circulating information to members and encouraged individuals to sign up who had not done so yet. Finally, Laura extended kudos to Bruce Wright for setting up a Caucus website (www.apsanet.org/~nps); Michael Forman for creating and moderating the Section's listserv; Mark Mattern for his work on the Caucus membership directory; the individuals who had volunteered their time to work on the Section's award committees, and Carl Swidorski for his work with the newsletter and as secretary.

Treasurer's Report (Attached)

Carl Swidorski, Caucus Treasurer, distributed copies of the 2000-2001 financial report. The sections's ending balance as of June 30, 2001 was $1672.90. Expenses for the year were $1034.71 while income totaled $1368.06. Carl thanked the Women's Caucus for generously picking up the plenary speaker's fee for the presentation by Barbara Ehrenreich at last year's meeting in Washington. Carl also presented, for informational purposes, a proposal to split the current Secretary/Treasurer, newsletter editor position into two. The proposal will be formally discussed and voted on at next year's business meeting.

Report of 2000 Program Coordinator

Michael Forman reported that the Section had its allocation of panels for the 2001 meeting reduced to five. Last year we had nine panels. We also were initially allocated five poster sessions but Michael was able to increase the number to thirteen. This was part of an APSA policy shift which reduced the panel allocations for all smaller sections. In order to compensate, Michael added extra papers to panels as well as continuing the practice of working with other progressive/left sections in APSA to co-sponsor other panels. We ended up with seven panels, one cosponsored by Foundations of Political Theory, one by Race, Ethnicity, and Politics, and two by Ecological and Transformational Politics. He informed the meeting that 125 paper proposals had been submitted with 27 accepted, a 78% rejection rate (APSA's was 69%). Eighteen panel proposals were submitted with four accepted. Michael stressed the importance of attendance at Caucus panels because it was one of the criteria emphasized by APSA in its decisions on allocating panels. A discussion followed about the criteria for accepting panel and paper proposals. Some individuals expressed concern that not enough Caucus members were on the panels (40%) but others pointed out other factors that program chairs traditionally had considered in making decisions, including trying to include graduate students and younger scholars; the compatibility of papers for a panel theme; and reaching out to scholars in other sections. Finally, Laura Olson urged people to consider poster sessions as an alternative.

Report of 2002 Program Chair

John Martin, 2002 Program Chair, stated that he would be guided by past chairs' criteria and also be willing to entertain suggestions from anyone about appropriate criteria to emphasize. At this point, he planned to retain the spirit of the past in trying to offer slots for graduate students and solicit prominent scholars as chairs and discussants. He suggested that joint-authored papers by better known and younger scholars might be attractive. Finally, John said he would explore the possibility of presenting panels outside the official auspices of APSA as some other sections do.

New Political Science Journal Report

George Katsiaficas, journal editor, reported that we were prepared to sign a five-year contract extension with Taylor and Francis. (A proposal to do so was approved later in the meeting and the contract was signed the next day). He provided information on the process of selecting a new editor for the journal over the next year. (George was elected for another two year term at the journal's Executive Committee meeting and under the new policy approved last year, the final year of his term will be shared with the incoming editor). He indicated that there still was a need for manuscript reviewers for the journal and that there would be an overall assessment of the editorial board over the next year. [More detailed information about these matters can be found in the minutes of the Executive Committee of the journal which follows]. George also stated that Eric Nelson, editor of our book series with Routledge, was looking for proposals for edited books. Finally, George introduced Helen Rennie of Taylor and Francis who gave a positive report on the journal. She stated that our subscriptions were now 204, with over 150 being institutional. As a result, we had met the 200 subscription requirement, resulting in additional royalty payments of about $1500 for the journal.

Election of Officers

The following individuals were unanimously elected to two year terms:

Chair, John Berg

2003 Program Chair, Christine Kelly

Secretary/Treasurer, Carl Swidorski

Representatives to the Journal Executive Committee, John Ehrenberg and Carl Boggs

Laura Olson stressed the importance of selecting a new journal editor and urged individuals to consider nominating themselves for the position. Anyone interested should contact the new Chair, John Berg.

Other Business

Chris Storer, National Coordinator of Campus Equity Week (October 28^th - November 3^rd), provided information about the event and urged individuals to participate on their campuses.

John Ehrenberg initiated a brief discussion about changing the name of our book award from the Michael Harringtion Award to the Richard Cloward Award. The meeting agreed that this issue should be discussed over the listserv over the next year and revisited at next year's business meeting if there was interest in doing so.

Bertell Ollman suggested that the Caucus should become more involved with the perestroika movement within APSA. He had attended one of their meeting and reported that approximately 250 people were there, including many young political scientists who were not familiar with the Caucus or its history.

The meeting adjourned at 6:30 PM and those in attendance were invited to proceed to the journal reception being held next door.

Respectfully submitted,

Carl Swidorski

Secretary/Treasurer

NEW POLITICAL SCIENCE SECTION

Treasurer's Report

July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2001

Opening Balance $1339.55

Income

APSA Section Dues Payments $642.01

APSA Mailing Labels 111.05

Non-APSA Memberships 115.00

Contribution from New Political Science 500.00

Total Income $1368.06

Expenses

APSA Plenary Speaker

Hotel $ 457.00

Airfare 442.00

Awards Plaques 104.71

Bank Fees 31.00

Total Expenses $1034.71

Ending Balance $1672.90

Respectfully submitted,

Carl Swidorski, Secretary/Treasurer

Report on Annual Executive Committee Meeting of

NPS Journal

The Executive Committee met in San Francisco at 7:00 PM on Wednesday, August 29, 2001.

1. Carl Swidorski reported that the minutes of last year's meeting had been circulated to the Executive Committee via email during the Fall and approved.

2. Election of Editor. George Katsiaficas stated that he was willing to serve another two-year term as editor and he was unanimously elected. According to policy adopted at last year's Executive Committee meeting in Washington, the final year of George's new term would be shared with the incoming editor, beginning in 2003. The new chair of the Caucus will establish a committee to solicit volunteers and receive nominations during Spring 2002.. (The process and criteria for the search were established last year and were posted over the Caucus listserv last Fall and published in the November, 2000 newsletter.)

3. Editor's Report. George Katsiaficas reported that the journal was doing well and the relationship with Taylor and Francis was excellent. Thirty-seven articles had been submitted the previous year. Seventeen were rejected, nine accepted, four had been returned for revisions, and seven were pending reviews. George pointed out that we needed to continue to work to solicit more manuscripts and that more reviewers were needed. The Committee agreed that the Caucus newsletter and listserv should be used to solicit both. In response to a question about special theme issues, George pointed out that we continued to need a mixture of theme issues both to deal with important topics and to allow time to put together the regular issues. In fact, George stated that there now was a shortage of special theme proposals. In response to questions, George also made clear that the journal is peer-reviewed and that the same process of peer-review should apply to special theme issues. The Executive Committee also approved continuing its relationship with Taylor and Francis. (Two days later, George Katsiaficas and John Berg signed a new five-year extension of our publishing contract with Taylor and Francis).

3. Reviews Editor's's report. John Berg reported that review essays were very popular and it was easy to find individuals willing to write them. Short essays were more problematic and the reviews sections would reflect these realities. John also indicated that more reviewers were needed and it was agreed to again use the newsletter and listserv to try to recruit more reviewers. A question was raised as to whether John Berg wanted to continue to serve as the reviews editor given his pending election as Caucus chair. John said he was willing to continue unless/until someone could be found to take over the position. It was agreed that the journal nominating committee would also solicit nominations for reviews editor as well as editor.

4. Secretary/Treasurer's report. Carl Swidorski submitted the treasurer's report. All contributors for the three Routledge books (After the Fall, the Black Panther Party, and African Philosophy) had been paid during the summer. The journal had reached, but just barely, the magic subscription level of 200 so that once again we received a royalties payment from Taylor and Francis ($1702.51). The Committee agreed that we should use the newsletter and listserv to urge people to try to get their institution's to subscribe to the journal because we have barely reached Taylor and Francis' required level of subscriptions each year. As of the end of the fiscal year we had an operating balance of $6214.10 which included a contingency reserve of $3600.

5. Routledge Book Series. George Katsiaficas stated that Routledge was so pleased with the book series that they were interested in receiving proposals for edited volumes that were not necessarily tied to special theme issues of the journal. Again, efforts would be made to publicize this information to the members of the Caucus. Carl Boggs reported that his special theme issue on militarism was moving ahead and is now scheduled for Volume 24:1 of the journal. George also indicated that his special issue on Korea, co-edited with ??????, is moving forward.

6. Newsstand Distribution. Laura Olson reported that we were still not satisfied with our relationship with DeBoers. We have not received any royalties from them even though they acknowledge that they owe us money and promise to pay us soon. They claim that only about ten issues of each journal sell on newsstands. However, on the other hand, they are distributing the journal and making it accessible to a larger audience. Laura and John Berg have been trying to contact the Independent Press Association to see if they are a possible alternative distributor. However, they had not yet been successful in getting a response. The Committee agreed that John Berg should continue to pursue the Independent Press Association to see if a better working arrangement could be established than the one with DeBoers.

7. Election of Executive Committee Members. The terms of the two Caucus representatives to the Executive Committee were expiring. Because of the vital importance of finding a new editor for the journal and possibly a new reviews editor, the Executive Committee expressed a desire to have representatives selected with strong professional credentials. (Carl Boggs and John Ehrenberg were reelected as at the Section business meeting on August 31^st). The Committee also decided to increase the editorial board representation on the Executive Committee from one to two. Stephen Bronner was nominated and unanimously approved.

Editorial Board Nominations. After extended discussion, the Committee decided not to add any individuals to the editorial board on an ad hoc basis this year. Instead, George Katsiaficas and John Berg were charged with appointing a committee to bring a comprehensive list of nominees

to next year's Executive Committee meeting. They also were asked to recommend removing individuals from the editorial board whom they felt were not fulfilling the responsibilities of the position.

The meeting concluded in jovial spirits at 10:00 PM.

Respectfully submitted

Carl Swidorski, Treasurer

NEW POLITICAL SCIENCE

Treasurer's Report

July 1, 2000 - June 30, 2001

Opening Balance $6987.25

Contingency Reserve (2400.00)

Operating Balance $4587.25

Income

Editorial Expenses (Taylor & Francis) $4095.00

Royalties - 2000 (Taylor & Francis) 1702.51

Royalties - 2001 Advance (Taylor & Francis) 1500.00

Book Advances (Routledge) 4500.00

Contributions for reception (Routledge) 300.00

Interest 61.37

Total Income $12158.88

Expenses

Contributor's Fees - Book Series $3900.00

2000 Executive Committee Dinner and Reception 1523.44

Editorial Assistance 450.00

Editorial Expenses 2685.90

Bank Fees 32.69

Registrations - AESA Conference 240.00

Contribution to Caucus 500.00

Total Expenses $9332.03

Ending Balance $9814.10

Contingency Reserve (3600.00)

Operating Balance $6214.10

Respectfully submitted,

Carl Swidorski, Secretary/Treasurer

Michael Harrington Award

The Section's annual Michael Harrington Award for 2000 was awarded to Stan Luger of the University of Northern Colorado for his book, Corporate Power, American Democracy, and the Automobile Industry. The award is given for an outstanding book that demonstrates how scholarship can be used in the struggle for a better world. The prize, which is named in recognition of the scholarship and activism of the late Michael Harrington, was presented at the APSA annual meeting in San Francisco

The Caucus invites nominations for the 2002 Harrington Award. Nominations can come from any New Political Science members, including the author. Book written by non-Caucus members will be considered as well. The letter of nomination should briefly describe the book and its significance. It must include the basic publishing information. Only books published in 2001 will be considered.

The deadline for nominations is March 15, 2002. Questions and letters of nomination should be sent to:

John Berg

Department of Political Science

Suffolk University

Boston, MA 02108-2770

jberg@world.std.com

Christian Bay Award

The Christian Bay Award, presented annually in honor of the late Christian Bay, a founding member of Caucus for a New Political Science, is given annually to the,best paper Dresented at a section panel during the-previous year's meetings. The 2001 Award was presented to Chenshan Tian of the University of Hawaii, Manoa for his paper "The Reception of Marxist Thought in China: A Chinese Representation of Dialectical Materialism." Michael Forman will chair the committee selecting the 2002 award winner from papers nominated by chairs of panels at last year's meeting.

CHARLES A. McCOY DISTINGUISHED CAREER AWARD

At its 2001 annual business meeting, the New Political Science section decided to establish a third section award in addition to the Harrington and Bay awards. It would be for a career of distinguished scholarship and service to the Caucus and its goals. The Caucus chair was authorized to appoint a committee to make the selection on an annual basis. The award is named after Charles A. McCoy, one of the founding members of the Caucus. This year's selection committee, consisting of Carl Boggs, National University, Los Angles (Chair), Victor Wallis, Berklee College of Music, and R. Claire Snyder, George Mason University, selected Bertell Ollman of New York University as the recipient of the award. Bertell was presented with the section's plenary session in San Francisco. Laura Olson will chair the 2002 selection committee.

NPS LISTSERV

Michael Forman has set up a list for the dissemination of Caucus discussions, particularly in regard to the journal, and other Caucus business. The list is unmoderated but people do have to sign up.

To sign up for the list send e-mail to: listproc@u.washington.edu. Leave the subject line blank. In the body write: Subscribe newpolsci<your name>. Do NOT use <> but do write your first name and your last name. What will happen is that Listproc will send you an e-mail asking if you really mean to subscribe to this list. You need to reply making sure that the "cookie" number in the Listproc message appears within the first couple of lines of your message. At this point, Michael will receive a message from Listproc telling him that you want to sign up and asking for his approval.

If you have further questions or want more info, go to: http://www.washington.edu/computing/listproc/

NEW POLITICAL SCIENCE WEBSITE

Thanks to the hard work of Bruce Wright of California State, Fullerton, we now have a tertific website (www.apsanet.org/~nps/). Please check it out. It contains information about the section and its officers, our journal, the Routledge book series, our most recent APSA program, and NPS section awards. There also are links to other Left sites, the feminist theory site, and the Emma Goldman archive.

New Political Science Books

New Political Science books, published by Routledge, includes the following titles:

Chris Toulouse and Timothy W. Luke, ed., The Politics of Cyberspace (1998).

George Katsiaficas and Teodros Kiros, ed., The Promise of Multiculturalism: Education and Autonomy in the 21st Century (1998).

Rodolfo D. Torres and George Katsiaficas, ed., Latino Social Movements: Historical and Theoretical Perspectives (1999).

Teodros Kiros, ed., Explorations in African Political Thought: Identity, Community, Ethics, with a foreword by K. Anthony Appiah (2001).

George N. Katsiaficas, ed., After the Fall: 1989 and the Future of Freedom (2001).

Kathleen Cleaver and George Katsiaficas, ed., Liberation, Imagination, and the Black Panther Party: A New Look a the Black Panthers and Their Legacy (2001).

Kenton Worcester, Sally Avery Bermanzohn, and Mark Ungar, ed., Violence and Politics: Globalization's Paradox (forthcoming, 2001).

Please consider using these books in your courses or ordrering them for your college/university library.

UPCOMING CONFERENCES / CALL FOR PAPERS

UTOPIAS

PEACE REVIEW

Summer 2002: Volume 14, Number 2

SpecialEditor: Eduardo Mendieta, SUNY

Robert Elias, University of San Francisco

Deadline for Submissions: January 7, 2002

Utopias have been integral to modern world. The technological, political, economic, and sexual utopias of the seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries guided the path of Western societies out of the medieval world to modernity. As Oscar Wilde noted, a map of the world without utopia on it is not worth looking at. Yet, maps with utopia on them have turned into maps of terror. After a century of genocides, world wars, refugees, the atom and hydrogen bombs, gulags, internment camps, racial lynchings and hangings, all putatively executed in name of some ideal order, utopia seems to have become discredited, if not undesirable. Utopias have become dystopias, and to be called utopian has a pejorative connotation. Is there any future for utopias in twenty-frst century? We invite papers that can cover the topics such as (but not limited to):

Utopia and the Project for World Peace

Utopia, Dystopia and Literature (Cyberfiction, Science Fiction, etc.)

Utopia and the Western Imaginary

Critique of Utopian Reason

Technological Utopias Today

Utopia and the Holocaust

Utopia, Eurocentrism, Post-colonialism, Post-Occidentalism

New Utopias, Non-Western Utopias

Sexual and Transsexual Utopias

E-topias, Cyber, Transgenic, Borg utopias

Utopias and Globalization

Peace Review is a quarterly, multidisciplinary, transnational journal of research and analysis, focusing on the current issues and controversies that underlie the promotion of a more peaceful world. We define peace research to include human rights, development, ecology, culture, race, gender and related issues. Our task is to present the results of this research and thinking in short (2500-3500 words), accessible and substantive essays.

For writer&rsquots guidelines or to send essay submissions by email attachment: hieber@usfca.edu Editorial correspondence, including submissions can be sent to: Robert Elias, (eliasr@usfca.edu), Peace Review, Peace and Justice Studies, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA, 94117. Telephone: 415-422-2910 or Fax: 415-4225671, Attn. Elias or Hieber.

COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

POLITICAL ECONOMY AND CONTEMPORARY SOCIAL ISSUES

Schedule 2001-2002

We are pleased to announce this year's schedule of the seminar. Faculty and graduate students from the NY metropolitan area and beyond are invited to particpate. Interested persons should get in touch with the one of the Co-Chairs or the Rapporteur

November 29 Kambhampati S. Sastry

Former Head of the Budget Department, Government of India

Visiting Scholar, USC and Rutgers University (for the past five years)

"Democratic Governance and Economic Management"

Room 1512, International Affairs Buildmg

December 20 Professor David Laibman

Economics, Brooldyn College

"The New Socialism: Alternatives to Capitalism and the InvisibleHand"

Professor David Kotz

Economics, University of Massachusetts

"Socialism and Innovation"

Room 1510, International Affairs Building

January 31 Professor Charles Tilly

Sociology, Columbia University

"Durable Inequalties" (approximate title)

Rm 1512, International Affairs Building

February 28 Professor James H. Miffleman

School of International Service, American University

"Globalization and Resistance"

Rm 1512, Internatianal Affairs Building

March 21 Professor Edward J. Woodhouse

Science and Technology Studies, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

"Bringing the Consumer Back Into Democratic Theory"

Rm 1512, International Affairs Building

April 25 Professor Lucinda Peach

Philosophy and Religion, American University

Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights: A Case of the Cat

Watching the Moon?

Room 1512, International Affairs Building

Dinner: Dinners will be held at 6:30 p.m. (drinks at 6:15 p m.) Faculty

House, 400 West 117tb Street. Contact Jennifer Simon for

reservations:(917)493-1047 or jjs282@columbia.edu

Co-Chairs: Carol Gould Ross Zucker

Phone (212) 662-3274 Home phone (212) 779-7603

Email: cgouldl000@cs.com Office phone (718) 820-4863

Email: rzucker@nyc.rr.com

We ask for your financial support to help defray the seminar's operational expenses. Although the basic expenses are funded by the University Seminars at Columbia University, we rely on your generosity to enhance the seminar's program. We suggest a tax deductable contribution of $25, but any amount you can afford will be appreciated. Please make your check payable to "Columbia University" and specify "Seminar #523 " on the memo line. Please include your address on the check and mail to Jennifer Simon, 195 Claremont St., apt. 21, New York, NY 10027 or bring it to a seminar meeting.

SOCIAL MOVEMENT STUDIES: Journal of Social, Cultural and Political Protest

Social Movement Studies is an international and inter-disciplinary journal providing a forum for academic debate and analysis of extra-parliamentary political, cultural and social movements throughout the world. The journal will be launched in 2002 and we are now actively looking for contributions. Social Movement Studies has a broad, inter-disciplinary approach designed to accommodate papers engaging with any theoretical school and which study the origins, development, organization, values, context and impact of historical and contemporary movements active in all parts of the world. We understand our inter-disciplinary approach to include both contributions that engage with particular schools of thought relevant to social movements and popular protest and c~on/t~ butions that extend across disciplinary boundaries. ~ ocial MovementCStudies) aims to publish soundly researched analyses and to re-establish writing as intervention. From this broad and inclusive perspective we will be interested in contributions dealing with social movements, popular protests and networks that support protest. This includes contributions dealing with but not restricted to:

* movements of all types including gender, race, sexuality, indigenous people's rights, disability, ecology, peace, youth, age, religion,animal rights and others,

* forms of communication, media and representation engaged with social change, including the Internet and cybercultures,

* networks of support and broad 'ways of life' engaged with alternative social systems,

* appraisals of popular reactionary movements or populist movements of the 'right',

* subcultures and countercultures, including such things as the place of dance, pleasure or music in resistance,

* identities and the construction of collective identities

* relations between protests and social structures, including situating movements in local, regional, national, international and global socio-economic and cultural contexts

* theoretical reflections on the significance of social movements and protest.

If you work in these or related areas we would be very pleased to hear from you with a contribution. If you would like to discuss your potential contribution please contact the editors at social-movement-studies@open.ac.uk or Social Movement Studies, C/-Pavis Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Faculty of Social Sciences, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK. If in the USA you can contact Ann Mische, Dept. of Sociology, Rutgers University, 54 Joyce Kilmer Avenue, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA or email at mische@rci.rutgers.edu. For further details on how to submit a paper, including full 'Notes for Contributors' please visit http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/carfax/14742837.html. Manuscripts can be sent to the same addresses, though please first look at the Notes for Contributors.

Tim Jordan, Adam Lent, George McKay, Ann Mische,

The Editors

social-movement-studies@open.ac.uk

HOW CLASS WORKS

CALL FOR PAPERS

A Conference at SUNY Stony Brook

June 5-9, 2002

The Group for the Study of Working Class Life is pleased to announce the How Class Works Conference, to be held at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, June 5-9, 2002. Proposals for papers, presentations, and sessions are welcome until December 15, 2001 according to the guidelines below. For more information, visit our Website at www.workingclass.sunysb.edu.

Purpose and orientation. The conference seeks to explore ways in which an explicit recognition of class helps to understand the social world in which we live, and ways in which analysis of society can deepen our understanding of class as a social relationship. Presentations should take as their point of reference the lived experience of class; proposed theoretical contributions should be rooted in and illuminate social realities. All presentations should be accessible to an interdisciplinary audience.

While the focus of the conference is in the social sciences, presentations from other disciplines are welcome as they bear upon conference themes. Presentations are also welcome from people outside academic life when they sum up social experience in a way that contributes to the themes of the conference. Academic presenters will be expected to prepare a paper for the conference. For non-academic presenters, papers will be welcome but are not required.

Conference themes. The conference welcomes proposals for presentations that advance our understanding of any of the following themes.

The mosaic of class, race, and gender. To explore how class shapes racial, gender, and ethnic experience and how different racial, gender, and ethnic experiences within various classes shape the meaning of class.

Class, power, and social structure. To explore the social content of working, middle, and capitalist classes in terms of various aspects of power; to explore ways in which class and structures of power interact, at the workplace and in the broader society.

Class and community. To explore ways in which class operates outside the workplace in the communities where people of various classes live.

Class in a global economy. To explore how class identity and class dynamics are influenced by globalization, including experience of cross-border organizing, capitalist class dynamics, international labor standards.

Middle class? Working class? What's the difference and why does it matter? To explore the claim that the U.S. is a middle class society and contrast it with the notion that the working class is the majority; to explore the relationships between the middle class and the working class.

Class and public policy. To explore how class affects public policy, with special attention to health care, the criminal justice system, labor law, poverty, tax and other economic policy, housing, and education.

Pedagogy of class. To explore techniques and materials useful for teaching about class, at K-12 levels, in college and university courses, and in labor studies and adult education courses.

Proposals.

Proposals for presentations must include the following information: a) title; b) which of the seven conference themes will be addressed; c) a maximum 250 word summary of the main points, methodology, and slice of experience that will be summed up; d) relevant personal information indicating institutional affiliation (if any) and what training or experience the presenter brings to the proposal; e) presenter's name, address, telephone, fax, and e-mail address. A person may present in at most two conference sessions. To allow time for discussion, sessions will be limited to four fifteen-minute principal presentations. Sessions will not include official discussants.

Proposals for sessions are welcome. A single session proposal must include proposal information for all presentations expected to be part of it, as detailed above, with some indication of willingness to participate from each proposed session member.

Submit proposals as hard copy by mail to the How Class Works Conference, Group for the Study of Working Class Life, Department of Economics, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4384.

Timetable. Proposals must be postmarked by December 15, 2001. Notifications will be mailed on January 15, 2002. The conference will be at SUNY Stony Brook June 5-9, 2002. Conference registration and housing reservations will be possible after January 15, 2002. Details and updates will be posted at www.workingclass.sunysb.edu.

Conference coordinator:

Michael Zweig

Group for the Study of Working Class Life

Department of Economics

SUNY

Stony Brook, NY 11794-4384

mzweig@notes.cc.sunysb.edu

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

* * * Kent Worcester. The Social Science Research Council: 1923-1928. Social Science Research Council. 2001

The Social Science Research Council: 1923-1998 was prepared by Caucus member Kent Worcester to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the world's oldest national organization of the social sciences. It is available at no charge from the Social Science Research Council (810 Seventh Avenue, NY NY 10019), and it is also available on the SSRC's website (www.ssrc.org). The history touches on a number of themes that may be of interest to Caucus members, including the behavioral agenda of Charles Merriam and others active in Council affairs, the multifaceted research agendas undertaken by SSRC committees, the controversial role of the Council and the major foundations during the early Cold War period, and the impact of the protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s on the social science establishment.

* * * Peter Dreier, John Mollenkopf and Todd Swanstrom, Place Matters: Metropolitics for the 21^st Century (University Press of Kansas, 2001), paperback: $15.95.

The central thesis is that increasing economic segregation (or spatial inequality) in American metropolitan areas has profound costs for American society. Economic segregation is an important cause of widening income inequality and it also is a driving force behind suburban sprawl. These problems are not the result of individual choice in the free market but have been powerfully shaped by shortsighted government policies. The book outlines a coherent set of policies to reduce economic segregation and level the field of metropolitan development. After analyzing the political forces behind present policies, the authors show how a different coalition could be assembled to support a new metropolitics for the 21st century. Written in a clear and accessible style, the book is well suited for course use.

ACTIVISM

CAMPUS EQUITY WEEK

October 28-November 3

Faculty from across the United States and Canada promote a week of campus activities highlighting the poor pay and working conditions of part-time and non-tenure-track faculty. Campus Equity Week, sponsored by a coalition of U.S. and Canadian organizations, educated the public about facts such as:

• •Part-time professors account for 43 percent of all faculty appointments.

• •Graduate assistants and full-time, contingent faculty, another growing segment of the teaching profession, often work without adequate compensation or the protections of academic freedom.

• •Only 40 percent of all faculty now working hold or are eligible to hold full-time, tenured appointments.

As part of a larger movement seeking to address inequities of contingent work, Campus Equity Week will issue with the use of temporary and part-time labor elsewhere on campus.

Professors for Peace

Professors for Peace is an international network of educators committed to promoting non-violent solutions to global conflicts and to countering racism and anti-immigrant aggression. Established in the aftermath of the events of September 11, 2001, PfP works to respond to violent conflict by advocating resolutions that ensure racial, sexual, economic, and ecological justice. As educators, we recognize our responsibility to foster constructive dialogue in our classrooms, on our campuses, and in local, national, and international forums. We seek to work in alliance with other organizations and movements striving for peace, justice, and democracy. To find out about the working group lists of Professors for Peace, please go to our webpage: http://actiontank.org/pfp

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Assistant Professor of U.S. Politics

The College of Saint Rose invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professorship in United States politics to begin in Fall 2002, pending budgetary approval. The ideal candidate should have broad teaching interests in U.S. politics, institutions, and processes (excluding Public Law) and the ability to teach courses in Women and Politics and feminist theory. The position entails teaching introductory level, upper-division, and M.A. courses in an interdisciplinary department. A commitment to scholarship also is encouraged. Teaching load is twelve hours per semester. Send letter of application, c.v., three letters of recommendation, and transcripts to Professor Carl Swidorski, Chair, Political Science Search, The College of Saint Rose, 432 Western Avenue, Albany, New York 12203. Review of applications will begin January 2, and will continue until position is filled. The College is committed to AA/EO and seeks to enhance the diversity of its Faculty by encouraging women and minorities to apply.

The Institute of Natiology (New York) has developed a course instruction for an Introduction to Natiology class. Faculty members may order course materials free of charge via online order form: http://www.natiology.com/orderform.html. Included are: a syllabus, the book Natiology: Social Science for the Third Millenium, and three original documentary films on the League of Nations, 1920-1935 (VHS, 40 mins total running time), provided by the United Nations. See more at http://www.apsanet.org/teach/syllabi.cfm.

New Political Science

Journal of the Caucus for a Political Science

New Political Science is the journal of the Caucus for a New Political Science. The focus of New Political Science is on developing analyses which reflect a commitment to progressive social change as well as those which are within exploratory phases of developrnent in political science. Thus, the editors seek manuscripts that make contributions to critical thinking and progressive politics and which fit the following criteria:

1. The preferred form of communication is by e-mail. Articles should be submitted by E-mail but five copies suitable for blind anonymous peer review should simultaneously be sent by snail mail.

2. Manuscript should be typed, double-spaced on one side of 8 l/: by 11 paper.

3. Submitted works should not normally exceed forty pages.

4. Submitted works should be accompanied by an abstract of approximately 150 words.

5. Submitted works should be accompanied by a brief autobiographical sketch of author(s) of around 25 words.

6. All footers should appear at the bottom and be numbered consecutively. Full citations should be presented within footnotes using the following example guideline:

Books: David Helvarg, The War Against the Greens (San Francisco: Sierra Club Books, 1994), p. 287.

Articles: Edward P. Morgan, "America's Post-Vietnam Stress Disorder," Peace Review 8:2 (1996), pp. 237-38.

Ibd, and Op. Cit. may be used.

Manuscripts accepted for review are evaluated by a minimum of two scholars active in the field. Because we use anonymous peer reviews, the copies of the paper should have separate title pages. Manuscripts accepted for publication must be submitted on computer disc formatted on Word Perfect 5.1 of Word 6.0. Authors are expected t o promptly (within 48 hours) return corrected proofs. Fifty off prints of each published article and complete copy of the revenant journal issue will be sent to the senior author.

Manuscripts should be submitted to:

George Katsiaficas, Editor

New Political Science / Wentworth Institute of Technology

550 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

katsiaficasg@wit.edu

Book Review queries may be sent to:

John Berg

Reviews Editor, New Political Science

Department of Political Science

Suffolk IJniversity

Boston, MA 02108-2770

jberg@world.std.com

In the spirit of supportive criticism, we welcome all correspondence and responses to published articles, and will upon occasion publish such pieces with permission of the author(s).

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Thank you

I want to express heartfelt thanks, on my own behalf and that of the Caucus, to the College of St. Rose, especially Dr. William Lowe, Vice President for Academic Affairs, And the University of Notre Dame for supporting the publishing and distribution of this newsletter.

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