From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Thu Mar 2 11:49:04 MST 1995 >From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Thu Mar 2 11:49:03 1995 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id LAA00490 for ; Thu, 2 Mar 1995 11:49:00 -0700 Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <1185-7>; Thu, 2 Mar 1995 13:48:47 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Thu, 2 Mar 1995 12:40:08 -0500 From: "Chris Chase-Dunn" Sender: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Message-Id: <49208.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Fw: March 8, 1995 ------------------------------ From: Berch Berberoglu Thu, 2 Mar 1995 04:44:39 -0500 To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: March 8, 1995 Dear PSNers: As current chair of the Marxist Sociology section of the ASA and a former student of Al Szymanski, I would like to bring to your attention an important date, Wednesday, March 8, 1995, which marks the 10th anniversary of the untimely death of Al Szymanski. Like me, some of you were Al's students; others were friends and associates. Some, like myself, agreed with much of what Al had to say while others were critical and sometimes even hostile to his views and beliefs. Whatever may be the case, one thing is clear: Al occupied a central place within the radical/Marxist sociological tradition from the 1960s through the '70s and the early '80. Besides my academic experience with Al at Oregon (he served as chair of both of my comprehensive exam committees and my dissertation committee) my most memorable days were our weekly Insurgent Sociologist editorial collective meetings and quarterly typesetting and mailing parties that usually ended at Al's back yard with homemade chili and volleyball games. Enough of the nostalgia. Al will always be remembered by friends and foe alike. In commemoration of this 10th anniversary (which, according to the note he left behind, it has a special significance--for he referred to "March 8, International Women's Day") I would like to initiate a special 1995 Al Szymanski Memorial Thesis or Dissertation Research Award with a prize of $500 each to be given to four graduate students nationwide. This means that our goal will be to raise $2000. With $100 tax-deductible contributions each, we will need 20 donors to accomplish this task. At $50 each 40 are needed etc. Whatever one can afford, I think this would be a great way to honor Al and at the same time help four graduate students pursue their thesis or dissertation research in Al's footsteps. Similar to the Section's Szymanski student paper award (which does not come with a cash prize) this award will be administered through the section with details of publicity and the setting up of a selection committee to be worked out later but in time for the awards to be given at the ASA meetings in Washington in August. Although all contributions will be sent by each donor directly to the ASA for deposit in the Section account under the designated special fund, I would like all initial pledges to be made to me directly via e-mail. These can be publicly posted to the PSN address or can be sent to me privately indicating whether the person wishes her or his name to be announced publicly as part of the donors' list on PSN in the Marxist Section Newsletter, and at the meetings. Whatever the procedure, and here I welcome comments and suggestions regarding the mechanics, the important thing is to make this happen in remembrance of Al. To kick off the pledge campaign, I, Berch Berberoglu, pledge $100 to start with, plus $1 for each pledge of $25 or more (up to a total contribution of $200 from me). If my math is correct, to secure $200 from me we will need a minimum of 100 donors contributing $25 each, which adds up to $2700, in which case I propose to contribute the $700 to the section general fund to be used to recruit new (subsidized) student members to increase our section membership. Well, what do you say? Is it a deal? OK, now repeat after me: I PLEDGE $.... I look forward to hear from all of you as soon as possible; my target date reach our goal is, you guessed it, MARCH 8. Thanks for your support. In Solidarity, Berch =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Berch Berberoglu, Chair Phone: (702) 784-6647 (office) Department of Sociology and (702) 786-4497 (home) Director, Institute for International Studies University of Nevada, Reno Fax: (702) 784-1358 Reno, NV 89557 USA E-mail: berchb@scs.unr.edu =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 3 08:38:08 MST 1995 >From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 3 08:38:07 1995 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id IAA07777 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 1995 08:38:05 -0700 Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <225-3>; Fri, 3 Mar 1995 10:37:48 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Fri, 3 Mar 1995 09:29:13 -0500 From: "Chris Chase-Dunn" Sender: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Message-Id: <37753.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Fw: Re: note to Simon re IPE (fwd) > > INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY SECTION > PAPER/PANEL PROPOSALS FOR 1996 ISA CONVENTION > > Please give some thought to forming a panel, presenting a paper and/or acting > as a chair or discussant, in an IPE-sponsored panel at the next International > Studies Association conference to be held in San Diego, California, April > 16-20, 1996. > > Complete and return this conference proposal to the IPE Program Chair, Simon > Reich, as soon as possible. > > NOTE THAT THE DEADLINE FOR RECEIPT OF ALL SUBMISSIONS, BOTH > INDIVIDUAL PAPERS AND PANELS, IS JUNE 15, 1995. ANY PROPOSALS > RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR > THE PROGRAM. > > Send all paper and panel proposals for IPE sponsorship to: > > Professor Simon Reich > 3E37 Forbes Quad > Graduate School of Public and International Affairs > University of Pittsburgh > Pittsburgh, PA 15260 > Telephone: 412 648 7611 > E-mail: Arsenal@vms.cis.pitt.edu > > > All proposals should be sent in hard copy form by regular or air mail. Copies > of proposals can also be submitted by electronic mail. Please do NOT fax > proposals to the Program Chair. Faxed proposals will not be accepted as > applications. Acknowledgement of receipt will be by electronic mail where > possible, in order to reduce mailing costs, so please enclose your full email > address. > > The IPE section will look most favorably on proposals for: > > (1) complete panels (i.e. the proposal consists of three paper givers, one > chair and one discussant; full mailing addresses, including email addresses, > for all participants; a session abstract; and individual paper abstracts). NO > PANEL WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL ALL OF THIS INFORMATION HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY THE > CHAIR AND/OR PARTICIPANTS, INCLUDING THE ABSTRACTS. > > > (2) the program has put a emphasis on panel proposals that combine faculty > from different countries, disciplines and ranks. Special efforts should be made > to include papers by advanced graduate students, those in their last year of > work on their doctorate; proposals where all faculty are from the same > university are discouraged and those submitting such proposals should offer a > compelling abstract to justify acceptance. > > (3) "meet the author" panels on new and innovative books are encouraged, > as are anniversary panels recognizing the continued contribution of landmark > works. Roundtables, however, are discouraged in this year's program. > > Additional notes: > > 1. Note that each individual is only allowed to participate in two panels in > this year's program regardless of role (e.g. as paper giver and chair, or > discussant and chair, or round table participant and paper giver). > > 2. Paper/panel proposals that fall under the General Themes of the ISA > Convention may -- instead of going to the IPE section -- be sent directly to > the ISA Program Co-Chairs. Their addresses are: > > Professor Stephen Haggard > The Graduate School of International Relations > and Pacific Studies > University of California, San Diego > 9500 Gilman Drive > La Jolla, California 92093-0519 > Telephone: 619 534 5781 > Email: shaggard@ucsd.edu > > Professor David Lake > Research Director > Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation > University of California, San Diego > La Jolla, California 92693-0518 > Telephone: 619 534 0347 > Email: dlake@ucsd.edu > > > > 3. Last year several faculty submitted the same paper/panel > proposal to two or more sections of ISA and/or also to the ISA co-chairs. This > caused enormous confusion and disarray when two sections accepted the same > paper proposal; whole panels had to be reconstructed as a result of these > actions. The decision of the ISA Governing Council was to prohibit "double > submissions" to the 1996 ISA Convention. Do NOT submit your paper/panel > proposal to more than one section/theme in the ISA. If it is not clear which > section > is most appropriate for your paper/panel proposal, send it directly to the ISA > Program Co-Chairs, David Lake and Stephen Haggard. > > 4. Papers for the World Historical Systems subsection can be sent directly to > Professor Robert Denemark, Department of Political Science, University of > Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716, USA. Phone 302-451-2009. Email: > denemark@strauss.udel.edu. > > The following is the prescribed proposal form. Incomplete proposals will NOT be > forwarded for consideration. > > > IPE SECTION 1995 PAPER/PANEL PROPOSAL > > PERSONAL INFORMATION > > Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Institution. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Rank/Position. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Mailing Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Office Phone ......................Office Fax. . . . . . . . . . > > Email Address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > I would like to ORGANIZE A PANEL on the following theme (to be formally > considered as a panel proposal, the IPE Program Chair must have received > details of all panelists together with full mailing addresses and paper > abstracts, PLUS a paragraph description of the panel theme before June 15, > 1995): > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > I would like to PRESENT A PAPER on the following topic (to be > formally considered, the IPE Program Chair must have received a one or two page > abstract of the paper before June 15, 1995 plus full mailing information): > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > KEY WORDS THAT DESCRIBE MY PAPER/PANEL PROPOSAL ARE: > Topic: _______________________ (e.g. debt, GATT, services, MNEs) > Region: _______________________________ (e.g. Europe, East Asia) > Method: ___________________(e.g. statistical, theoretical) > Linked panel: (if yes) linked with panel: _____________________ > Other possible ISA section sponsor or co-sponsor:_________________ > > I am willing to CHAIR A SESSION on the following topics: > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > I am willing to be a DISCUSSANT on the following topics: > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Note that (1) participants can appear on the program in a maximum of two > capacities (e.g. as a chair in one session and paper giver in another); (2) > proposals must be submitted either to one section or to the ISA Conference > Co-Chairs, but not to both simultaneously. > > -- ------------- Lorraine Eden Professor of International Affairs The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6 CANADA Phone 613-788-2600x6661 [office] 613-788-6655 [department] Fax 613-788-2889 Email leden@superior.ccs.carleton.ca Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 3 14:44:38 MST 1995 >From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 3 14:44:38 1995 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id OAA14968 for ; Fri, 3 Mar 1995 14:44:36 -0700 Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <285-1>; Fri, 3 Mar 1995 16:43:34 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Fri, 3 Mar 1995 15:35:00 -0500 From: "Chris Chase-Dunn" Sender: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Message-Id: <59701.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: world-system web pages I put up World Wide Web pages about WSN and the World-Systems Archive at csf. If you have a web browser please have a look and give me some feedback. The address is http://csf.colorado.edu and then select world systems. chris Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu From pdm1@cornell.edu Tue Mar 7 05:48:06 MST 1995 >From pdm1@cornell.edu Tue Mar 7 05:48:05 1995 Received: from postoffice.mail.cornell.edu (POSTOFFICE.MAIL.CORNELL.EDU [132.236.56.7]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id FAA29250 for ; Tue, 7 Mar 1995 05:48:04 -0700 Received: from [132.236.102.43] (CU-DIALUP-0029.CIT.CORNELL.EDU [132.236.102.43]) by postoffice.mail.cornell.edu (8.6.9/8.6.9) with SMTP id HAA26425 for ; Tue, 7 Mar 1995 07:47:46 -0500 Date: Tue, 7 Mar 1995 07:47:46 -0500 X-Sender: pdm1@postoffice.mail.cornell.edu (Unverified) Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu From: pdm1@cornell.edu (Philip McMichael) Subject: PEWS award Just to set the record straight, the PEWS Award (for which nominations are being solicited until March 31, to be sent to Philip McMichael, Rural Sociology, Cornell U, Ithaca, NY 14853) is formally designated for "any work of comparative or international sociology concerned with the relationship between domestic and global social, economic and political processes. It must be in English or made available to the nominating committee in an authorized English translation. Any work may be nominated by anyone, regardless of the disciplinary, section, or ASA affiliation of either the author of nominator. Self nominations are welcome. Letters should include complete publication information. Eligible for the 1995 award are a book, article, or series of articles published in the three calendar years 1992, 1993, 1994." Following previous practice, the Awards committee does not consider edited collections appropriate. From: Philip McMichael Department of Rural Sociology Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-7801. Ph: 607-255-5495 Fax: 607-255-9984 email: pdm1@cornell.edu From dgleiser@riscadmin.uniandes.edu.co Thu Mar 9 06:50:58 MST 1995 >From dgleiser@riscadmin.uniandes.edu.co Thu Mar 9 06:50:57 1995 Received: from cdcnet (cdcnet.uniandes.edu.co [157.253.1.13]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id GAA16203 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 1995 06:50:54 -0700 Received: from DGleiser (dgleiser.uniandes.edu.co) by cdcnet (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA05677; Thu, 9 Mar 95 08:49:14 EST Message-Id: <9503091349.AA05677@cdcnet> X-Sender: dgleiser@cdcnet.uniandes.edu.co X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 1.4.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 07:44:04 -0500 To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu From: dgleiser@riscadmin.uniandes.edu.co (David Gleiser) Is anyone in the list acquainted with sources of information about drug traffic and its implications on the world system? Please send info about internet resources that you may know of. Thanks From SKSANDER@grove.iup.edu Thu Mar 9 13:18:09 MST 1995 >From SKSANDER@grove.iup.edu Thu Mar 9 13:18:08 1995 Received: from acorn.grove.iup.edu (acorn.grove.iup.edu [144.80.128.8]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id NAA18588 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 1995 13:18:06 -0700 Received: from grove.iup.edu by grove.iup.edu (PMDF V4.3-13 #2467) id <01HNXOP2XESM8WW6RD@grove.iup.edu>; Thu, 09 Mar 1995 14:52:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 09 Mar 1995 14:52:34 -0500 (EST) From: s_sanderson Subject: Book Publication To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <01HNXOP2XESO8WW6RD@grove.iup.edu> Organization: Indiana University of Pennsylvania X-Envelope-to: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-VMS-To: NETMAIL%"wsn@csf.colorado.edu" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT A macrosociology reader, SOCIOLOGICAL WORLDS:COMPARATIVE AND HISTORICAL READINGS ON SOCIETY, edited by Stephen Sanderson, has just been published by Roxbury Publishing Co. Complimentary copies for classroom consideration may be ordered from the publisher at 537 N. Orlando Ave. #3, Los Angeles, CA 90048. When ordering be sure to indicate the course(s) for which you will be considering it. The book is 360 oversized pages long, contains 34 selections, and has a suggested retail price of $25.95. Contents: PART I: PREINDUSTRIAL AND PRECAPITALIST SOCIETIES 1. Marshall Sahlins, "The original affluent society." 2. Allen Johnson, "Horticulturalists: economic behavior in tribes." 3. Eric Wolf, "Peasants." 4. Frances Berdan, "Trade and markets in precapitalist states." PART II: CAPITALISM, SOCIALISM, AND INDUSTRIALISM 5. Immanuel Wallerstein, "The rise and future demise of the world capitalist system: concepts for comparative analysis." 6. Thomas D. Hall, "Incorporation in the world system." 7. Charles Tilly, "Protoindustrialization in Europe." 8. Eric Wolf, "The emergence and expansion of industrial capitalism." 9. Christopher Chase-Dunn, "Socialist states in the capitalist world-economy." 10. Krishan Kumar, "The revolutions of 1989: socialism, capitalism, and democracy." PART III: DEVELOPMENT AND UNDERDEVELOPMENT 11. W.W. Rostow, "The stages of economic growth. 12. Andre Gunder Frank, "The development of underdevelopment." 13. Immanuel Wallerstein, "Three paths of upward mobility within the capitalist world-economy." 14. Bruce Cumings, "The origins and development of the Northeast Asian political economy." PART IV: STRATIFICATION SYSTEMS 15. Rae Lesser Blumberg, "The evolution of social stratification." 16. William and Arline McCord, "Social stratification in agrarian societies." 17. Maurice Zeitlin, "Corporate ownership and control: the large corporation and the capitalist class." 18. Raymond Murphy, "The theory of social closure." PART V: POLITICAL SYSTEMS 19. Marshall Sahlins, "Rich man, poor man, big man, chief: political types in Melanesia and Polynesia." 20. Timothy Earle, "Property rights and the evolution of chiefdoms." 21. Marvin Harris, "The origin of pristine states." 22. Charles Tilly, "The formation of European states, AD 990-1990." 23. Dietrich Rueschemeyer, Evelyne Huber Stephens, and John D. Stephens, "Capitalist development and democracy." 24. Jack A. Goldstone, "State breakdowns in the early modern world." PART VI: RACE AND ETHNICITY 25. Eric Williams, "Capitalism and slavery." 26. Pierre L. van den Berghe, "A typology of race relations." 27. Siyabonga W. Ndabezitha and Stephen K. Sanderson, "The origins of apartheid in South Africa." 28. Anthony D. Smith, "The ethnic revival in the modern world." PART VII: GENDER RELATIONS 29. M. Kay Martin and Barbara Voorhies, "The status of women in agrarian societies." 30. Janet Thomas, "Women and capitalism: oppression or emancipation?" 31. Rae Lesser Blumberg, "A general theory of gender stratification." PART VIII: EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS 32. Randall Collins, "Some comparative principles of educational stratification." 33. John Boli, Francisco O. Ramirez, and John W. Meyer, "Explaining the origins and expansion of mass education." 34. Ronald Dore, "Educational qualificationism and the late-development effect." From BAMYEHM@aspen.uml.edu Fri Mar 10 09:53:54 MST 1995 >From BAMYEHM@aspen.uml.edu Fri Mar 10 09:53:53 1995 Received: from willow.uml.edu (willow.uml.edu [129.63.152.1]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id JAA01425 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 1995 09:53:49 -0700 Received: by woods.uml.edu (MX V4.1 VAX) id 10397; Fri, 10 Mar 1995 11:51:59 EST Date: Fri, 10 Mar 1995 11:51:52 EST From: BAMYEHM@aspen.uml.edu To: WSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU X-VMSmail-To: WSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Message-ID: <0098D265.CC81ACC0.10397@woods.uml.edu> Subject: new book series Book proposals are being invited for a new series entitled 'World Heritage Studies on Multiculturalism and Transnationalism,' to be published by World Heritage Press. This series aims to examine various aspects of the two phenomena in a systematic and comparative manner. Examinations should move clearly beyond the existent parameters and exhibit a certain degree of interdisciplinarity. The concept of multiculturalism is broadly defined so as not to be limited to internal US debates but to include global and historical discussions and examinations of cross-cultural knowledge systems. Transnationalism is understood as an overarching term for processes of globalization. Novel perspectives should highlight its epochal significance, diverse paths of unfolding, or far-reaching cultural ramifications, rather than be limited to questions of immediate policy and economic expediency. This series offers a forum in which the two phenomena are subject to comparative, systematic and interdisciplianry inquiry. Books within it are expected to be typified by a rich combination of substantive orientation and theoretical rigor. Submissions are invited from sociologists, literary critics, cultural commentators, historians, political scientists, anthropologists, philosophers, economists, and others. Please send proposals and inquiries to series editor: Mohammed A. Bamyeh Dept of Sociology University of Massachusetts Lowell, MA 01854, USA (508) 934-4305 Fax: (508) 934-3023 e-mail: bamyehm@woods.uml.edu From OWENJACK@fs.isu.edu Sat Mar 11 12:36:44 MST 1995 >From OWENJACK@fs.isu.edu Sat Mar 11 12:36:43 1995 Received: from ux1.isu.edu (ux1.isu.edu [134.50.254.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id MAA09136 for ; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 12:36:41 -0700 Received: from FS.ISU.EDU ([134.50.250.3]) by ux1.isu.edu with SMTP (1.37.109.15/16.2) id AA219120527; Sat, 11 Mar 1995 12:35:27 -0700 Received: from FS/MAILQUEUE by FS.ISU.EDU (Mercury 1.13); Sat, 11 Mar 95 12:39:44 -0600 Received: from MAILQUEUE by FS (Mercury 1.13); Sat, 11 Mar 95 12:39:23 -0600 From: "J B Owens" Organization: Idaho State University To: WSN@csf.colorado.edu Date: Sat, 11 Mar 1995 12:39:21 MDT Subject: Query: concept "State" (x-post) Priority: normal X-Mailer: Pegasus Mail v3.22 Message-Id: <3BB6CF8209F@FS.ISU.EDU> From: Jack Owens Tom Hall recently (2 March) republished on H-WORLD his review of Frank and Gills (eds.), *The World System* (1993), from the *Journal of World-Systems Research*. Rereading the review reminded me that I need help with the application of the concept of State, especially in its application to Hall's "precapitalist world-systems". I admit to considerable confusion about this issue and hope that this query is at least somewhat clear about the sources of my confusion. The concept "State" appears to embody a nineteenth-century deductive theory that we apply to empirically-discovered phenomena. Once defined, "State" is then often reified so that we speak about the "State" doing things or having things done to it. The danger of the uncritical application of familiar deductive theories is that we may thereby obscure aspects of the human situation studied whose examination is fundamental for our understanding. Perhaps if we are discussing some of the highly-centralized, bureaucratic, and militarily-dominant (over the local population at least) regimes of recent centuries, such reification does little harm to the world-systems approach. However, as one moves the research focus to periods prior to about 1750, defining what one means by "State" becomes more problematic. The issue strikes me as particularly important for the work of Hall and Christopher Chase-Dunn because they attempt to define world-systems on the basis of interaction networks. What I often see in works of a macrosociological bent is the lumping together under the rubric "State" of interaction networks whose nature may be a crucial empirical element in the development of world-systems theory. One will not get the necessary empirical data to achieve clarity of definition in the development of this theoretical approach if the essential research subject is obscured by the use of a particular conceptual vocabulary. Is there a conceptual content to the term "State" that makes it worth using in talking about the last 5,000 years or so? If so, where is the State in, for example, the Kingdom of Castile during the reign of Philip II of Habsburg? or in the Spanish Monarchy during the period 1580-1640? Any help will be most appreciated. Jack J. B. "Jack" Owens Department of History Idaho State University Pocatello, ID 83209 USA Voice: (208) 233-8589 e-mail: owenjack@isu.edu www: http://isuux.isu.edu/~owenjack From THALL@DEPAUW.EDU Sun Mar 12 08:24:19 MST 1995 >From THALL@DEPAUW.EDU Sun Mar 12 08:24:19 1995 Received: from depauw.edu (DEPAUW.EDU [163.120.1.1]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id IAA23264 for ; Sun, 12 Mar 1995 08:24:16 -0700 Received: from DEPAUW.EDU by DEPAUW.EDU (PMDF #5830 ) id <01HO1MT3FNKW00KKLK@DEPAUW.EDU>; Sun, 12 Mar 1995 10:27:52 EST Date: 12 Mar 1995 10:27:52 -0500 (EST) From: "Thomas D. [Tom] Hall, THALL@DEPAUW.EDU" Subject: Owens's query on state To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <01HO1MT3FNKY00KKLK@DEPAUW.EDU> X-VMS-To: WSN MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Jack asked: Once defined, "State" is then often reified so that we speak about the "State" doing things or having things done to it. The danger of the uncritical application of familiar deductive theories is that we may thereby obscure ... What I often see in works of a macrosociological bent is the lumping together under the rubric "State" of interaction networks whose nature may be a crucial empirical element in the development of world-systems theory. ********* Jack, Start with reading relevant sections of Chris Chase-Dunn's _Global Formatiion_ on the modern world-system; then look at two of our papers: 1993. "Comparing World-Systems: Concepts and Working Hypotheses." Social Forces 71:4(June):851-886. 1994. "The Historical Evolution of World-Systems." Sociological Inquiry 64:3(Summer):257-280. What you are asking about is precisely the issue we address at some length, as do Frank & GIlls, especially Barry Gill's Chapter. The issues you raise are really quite old in this end of sociology, and one of the many useful insights of Wallerstein is precisely that the 19th (and 16th and 17th ect) form of the state is large part a product of and reflection of the world-system. Thus most WS writer use the term "state" as generic term for all of these. Those of us who discuss precapitalist (a better term would have been non capitalist but we are more or less 'stuck' with the pre term) issues have all argued that those states are radically different from 19th or 20th century. tom hall From rozov@adm.nsu.nsk.su Tue Mar 14 04:07:03 MST 1995 >From adm!adm.nsu.nsk.su!rozov@nsu.nsk.su Tue Mar 14 04:07:02 1995 Received: from nsu.nsk.su (mx.nsu.nsk.su [193.124.209.71]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id EAA02367 for ; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 04:05:26 -0700 Received: by nsu.nsk.su (8.6.9/8.6.9) id QAA08819 for wsn@csf.colorado.edu; Tue, 14 Mar 1995 16:54:06 +0600 Received: by adm.nsu.nsk.su (UUPC/@ v5.09gamma, 14Mar93); Tue, 14 Mar 1995 16:51:45 +0600 To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Message-Id: Organization: Novosibirsk State University From: "Nikolai S. Rozov" Date: Tue, 14 Mar 1995 16:51:44 +0600 X-Mailer: Mail [v1.8 MSDOS] Subject: contacts, lectures in US Lines: 64 Sorry for crossposting. I am a Russian philosopher (Novosibirsk St Univ) dealing with problems of Philosophy of History, World-System Analysis, Methodology of Social Sciences, Axiology, Futurology, Philosophy of Education (see titles of my books in the bottom). (If you are not interested in these topics and in contacts with Russian scholars - press DEL now. Sorry) Having research grant for April-June in Fernand Braudel Center (Binghamton,NY) and some possibilities for travelling I wish to see collegues in other US Universities for exchanging ideas, arranging inter-univ. contacts,etc. I wish to give 2-3 lectures on the following topics: 1.Integration of Rational Thought and the Prospects of Global Intellect (how to bring togeather efforts of Philosophy, Humanities, Social Sciences, Sciences, Engineering and Cyber-Space in order to meet the challenges of 21st century) 2.Modern Systemic Megatrends of World Development and Images of the Future (three strong global complexes of positive feed-back are revealed; modern crossroads for US and Russia) 3.Value Consciusness and the Principles of Global Education (new paradigm of cardinal values; how to make future education appropriate simultaneously to the unity of modern global problems and to inevitable cultural and ideological diversity) I would be grateful for information of conferences, workshops in April-June connected with these topics. I am also interested very much in unformal contacts with colleagues, mountain tourism, water sports. I plan to make some visits near Binghamton in April-May and then make a trans-US trip in June. Surely the plan is flexible. Please contact me personally before March 25, Thanks Nikolai ################################################################## Moderator of the e-list PHILOFHI (PHILosophy OF HIstory) Nikolai S. Rozov, Ph.D., Dr.Sc.(Social Philosophy) Dept.Philosophy, Novosibirsk State University ADDRESS: 630090, Novosibirsk, Pirogova 2, Russia FAX: 7/3832/35 52 37 E-MAIL: rozov@adm.nsu.nsk.su ################################################################## BOOKS: 1. N.S.Rozov. Struktura Tsivilizatsii i Tententsii Mirovogo Razvitiya (The Structure of Civilization and the World Development Trends). Novosibirsk, Novosibirsk St. Univ.,1992. 215 p. 2. N.S.Rozov.Kultura, Tsennosti i Razvitiye Obrazovaniya (Culture, Values and the Development of Education) Moscow, 1992, 154 pages. 3. N.S.Rozov. Filosofiya Gumanitarnogo Obrazovaniya (The Philosophy of Social Sciences and Humanities in Higher Education). Moscow, The Research Center for Specialists Training, 1993. 195 p. 4. N.S.Rozov. Tsennosti v Problemnom Mire: Filosofskie Osnovaniya (Values in the World of Problems: The Philosophical Basis and Social Applications of Constructive Axiology) forthcoming, 400p. From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Wed Mar 15 14:35:20 MST 1995 >From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Wed Mar 15 14:35:20 1995 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id OAA26420 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 14:35:19 -0700 Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <429-8>; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 16:35:26 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 15:26:31 -0500 From: "chris chase-dunn" Sender: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Message-Id: <59191.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Fw: Conference on International Change ------------------------------ From: William S Strauss Wed, 8 Mar 1995 10:44:00 -0500 To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Conference on International Change CALL FOR PAPERS The International Symposium on World Change to be held in New Hampshire on October 2, 3, 1995 is looking for participants. Please use the WWW at http://pubpages.unh.edu/~wss/call4.html to see all about the conference and submit an abstract by electronic form. Or, e-mail me: William Strauss wss@christa.unh.edu for info to be sent by regular mail or electronically (FAX or e-mail). So far we have some very interesting submittals. Also, we have received some positive response from several major presidential candidates who will be campaigning in NH with regards to speaking or debating on the Saturday and Sunday prior to the conference. Please submit abstract by April 1, 1995. If you wish to attend but not participate, please contact me and I will send you an agenda by early May. Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Wed Mar 15 14:46:13 MST 1995 >From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Wed Mar 15 14:46:12 1995 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id OAA27148 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 14:46:10 -0700 Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <26-2>; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 16:46:14 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 15:37:23 -0500 From: "chris chase-dunn" Sender: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Message-Id: <59844.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Fw: Final RETHINKING MARXISM Conference Schedule (fwd) ------------------------------ From: Martha Gimenez Thu, 9 Mar 1995 11:06:59 -0500 To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Final RETHINKING MARXISM Conference Schedule (fwd) CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT! MARXISM AND THE POLITICS OF ANTIESSENTIALISM Hosted by RETHINKING MARXISM When: April 21 and 22, 1995. Where: Campus Center, University of Massachusetts--Amherst ALL CONFERENCE ACTIVITIES FREE OF CHARGE! Contact person: For more information, e-mail vanderve@econs.umass.edu or call Rick Wolff at (413) 545- 6351. CONFERENCE SCHEDULE Friday, April 21, 1:00-3:00 p.m. GENDER AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR Campus Center 904-08 Chair and discussant: Shelley Feldman, Development Sociology, Cornell University Presenters: S. Charusheela, Dept. of Economics, UMass-Amherst "Gender and Finance in Informal Sector Households" Usha Rao Banerjee, Dept. of Anthropology, UMass-Amherst "Changing Images of the Informal Sector in Development Discourse" Marjolein Van Der Veen, Dept. of Economics, UMass-Amherst "Hustling in the Global Economy: Sex and the Informal Sector" CULTURAL PRACTICE, CULTURAL RESISTANCE Campus Center 917 Chair: Susan Jahoda, Dept. of Art, UMass-Amherst Presenters: Susan Minnich, Artist "How Does Your Garden Grow? A Regional Activist Artist's Perspective" 2 Robert Blake, International Center of Photography, New York "Got It: Getting It: Giving It Up" Danielle Abrams and Sarah Brown, San Francisco-based Performance Artists "Sonny" Friday, April 21, 3:30-5:30 p.m. STRATEGIC ANTIESSENTIALISM: THE POLITICS OF POSTMODERN IDENTITY Campus Center 917 Chair: Sut Jhally, Dept. of Communication, UMass-Amherst Presenters: Katherine Gibson, Centre for Women's Studies, Monash University "Beyond Patriarchy and Capitalism: Rethinking Political Subjectivity" David Mertz, Dept. of Philosophy, UMass-Amherst "Cyborg Bodies from Haraway through Bataille (or, Two Ways to Lose a Self)" HYBRIDAXE Susan Jahoda/Robert Blake "Changing the Subject" WHAT COMES AFTER DEVELOPMENT? Campus Center 904-08 Chair and discussant: Satyananda Gabriel, Dept. of Economics, Mt. Holyoke College Presenters: Arturo Escobar, Dept. of Anthropology, UMass-Amherst "After Development: Identity and Constructions of Nature in Tropical Rainforest Areas" David Ruccio, Dept. of Economics, University of Notre Dame; Serap Kayatekin, School of Business and Economic Studies, University of Leeds; Julie Graham, Dept. of Geology and Geography, UMass-Amherst "After Development: Renegotiating the Role of Class" 3 Friday 5:30-6:30 CASH BAR, Campus Center 904-08 Saturday, April 22, 10-11:30 a.m. DERRIDA/MARX Campus Center 904-08 Chair and discussant: Stephen Cullenberg, Dept. of Economics, UC-Riverside Presenters: Andrew Parker, Dept. of English and Dept. of Women's and Gender Studies, Amherst College "Derrida's Marx: The State of the Debt" Julie Graham, Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture, Rutgers University; Dept. of Geology and Geography, Umass-Amherst "Ghosts" CLASS ANALYTICS MEETS THE FAMILY Campus Center 917 Chair and discussant: Rick Wolff, Dept. of Economics, UMass-Amherst Presenters: Harriet Fraad, Psychotherapist "Motherhood, Apple Pie, and Class Exploitation: Marxism Meets the Kids" Jenny Cameron, Dept. of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University "Ironing Out Family Structures: Class and Power in the Household" Saturday, April 22, 1:00-3:00 p.m. QUEER THEORY/REPRODUCING PUBLICS Campus Center 917 Chair and discussant: Jack Amariglio, Dept. of Economics, Merrimack College Presenters: 4 Michael Moon, Dept. of English, Duke University "Semipublics" Michael Warner, Dept. of English, Rutgers University "Repro Culture" Cindy Patton, Dept. of Communications, Temple University "God's Space, Queer Space: Counting Down to the Apocalypse" GLOBALIZATION, COMMUNITY AND POLITICAL ACTION Campus Center 904-08 Chair and discussant: Carmen Diana Deere, Dept. of Economics, Umass-Amherst Panelists: Stephen Cullenberg, Dept. of Economics, UC-Riverside "Global (Dis)order and the New Internationalism" George DeMartino, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver "Anti-essentialism Against Relativism: The Case of Global Economic Integration" Fred Curtis, Dept. of Economics, Drew University "The Economics of Community, Place and Land: Wendell Berry and the Alternative Critique of Capitalism" Saturday, April 22, 3:30-5:30 p.m. ACTS OF EXCLUSION: FEMINISTS EXAMINE ECONOMICS Campus Center 917 Chair and discussant: Rob Garnett, Dept. of Economics, Denison University Presenters: Cecilia Rio, Dept. of Economics, UMass-Amherst "You Can't Have Your Cake and Eat It Too" Ulla Grapard, Dept. of Economics, Colgate University "A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words" Suzanne Bergeron, Dept. of Economics, Ohio Northern University; Bruce Pietrykowski, Dept. of Economics, University of Michigan-Dearborn "Can There be a Genre in Economics?" 5 OUTSIDE/IN: IDEOLOGIES OF HOMELESSNESS Campus Center 904-08 Moderator: Ellen Pader, Regional Planning Program, Umass-Amherst Presenters: Martha Rosler, Dept. of Art, Rutgers University "If We Still Lived Here..." Vin Callo, Dept. of Anthropology, UMass-Amherst "Economic Change, Hegemony and Homelessness: Exploring the Link Between Ideology and Public Policy" Saturday 5:30-6:30 CASH BAR, Campus Center 904-08 Saturday, April 22, 8:00-10:00 p.m. Mahar 108 PLENARY SESSION MICHAEL ERIC DYSON, Dept. of Communication Studies, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill "Material Witness: Race, Identity, Language and Politics" ************************************************************************* Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Wed Mar 15 14:47:17 MST 1995 >From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Wed Mar 15 14:47:17 1995 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id OAA27206 for ; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 14:47:15 -0700 Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <110-7>; Wed, 15 Mar 1995 16:47:25 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Wed, 15 Mar 1995 15:38:38 -0500 From: "chris chase-dunn" Sender: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Message-Id: <59918.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Fw: Re: WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT FACULTY POSITION (FWD) ------------------------------ From: Martha Gimenez Thu, 9 Mar 1995 11:25:12 -0500 To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Re: WOMEN AND DEVELOPMENT FACULTY POSITION (FWD) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am forwarding this message on behalf of Ravi Palat. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Faculty Position at the ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY "Faculty Position - Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment Resources and Development (SERD), Asian Institute of Technology, P O Box 2754, Bangkok 10501, Thailand - Fax (66-2) 524-6071 Email: weber@ait.ac.th Applications are invited from qualified persons for this faculty position at Associate Professor rank. The suitable candidate will be appointed initially for a period of two years with a possiblity of extension. Prospective candidates should have a Ph.D degree from a well recognized institution in a discipline that related directly to gender and development studies. He or she must also have a strong research background in the area of women as well as gender and development, documented through publications of academic and scientific standing. Teaching experience at the post-graduate level and a field research track record in Asia are expected. Duties will encompass teaching courses in theory and practice foucsed on interdisciplinary approaches to gender and development studies in relation to resource management; agricultural, aquatic, bioprocess, postharvest, energy and environmental technologies; and regional and urban planning. A particular requirement is the capability to further develop the curriculum for Gender and Development Studies, based on the School's existing courses which are "Women, Development and Technology" and "Gender Analysis", so as to reach out into the various existing specializations. In addition, duties will include supervising student research at Master's and doctoral degree levels, conducting sponsored and individual research, consultancy, and outreach activities including short-course training, seminars and workshops. The successful applicant will receive a salary that is highly competitive in the region, with generous benefits including housing and children educational allowances, contribution to an AIT provident fund, and air fares to and from Thailand at the begining and at the end of the employment period. Income tax on salary drawn from AIT is paid directly by the Institute to the Royal Thai Government. The application should include full personal particulars, details of qualifications and expereince, list of publications, the name and address of three referees, and the approximate date by which the applicant would be available, to be submitted to the Vice President for Academic Affairs. It should reach there not later than 1 April, 1995." Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Thu Mar 16 09:40:20 MST 1995 >From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Thu Mar 16 09:40:18 1995 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id JAA07521 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 1995 09:40:15 -0700 Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <1740-9>; Thu, 16 Mar 1995 11:26:12 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Thu, 16 Mar 1995 10:17:13 -0500 From: "chris chase-dunn" Sender: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Message-Id: <40634.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Fw: ASA roundtables ------------------------------ From: "Alan Spector" Sat, 11 Mar 1995 16:20:38 -0500 To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: ASA roundtables Last time..... This is the way the Section on Marxist Sociology Refereed Roundtables have been organized for the ASA in August. It has been sent in to ASA. I'd like to thank the members for contributing. Some of the roundtables have obvious common themes with other ones. I made the decision, as I mentioned before, to err on the side of organizing them separately in deference to the particular roundtable leaders. It is relatively easy, on the spot, to decide to combine two or more. It is more difficult to try to break one up if it is too large, and, especially, if it has too many formal presentations. If organizers think about this in advance, I suspect that it will go smoothly. My only regret is that there are too many interesting subjects. It definitely shows that sociology in the Marxist tradition is an exciting, vibrant arena of research, discussion, and struggle. The roundtables are the start of discussions, rather than the end, and they provide an opportunity to develop ties that can grow as members maintain communication throughout the year. ================================================================== March 11 Version (last one, I hope) The following people/topics are currently planned for the Section on Marxist Sociology as roundtables at the 1995 ASA Meetings. I have listed it according to the style outlined in the Organizer's Manual ======================= Session Sponsor: Section on Marxist Sociology Session Category: Refereed Roundtables Session Title: n/a Topics: Marxism, Political Sociology, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, Political Economy of World Systems, Occupations, Culture, Theory Tables: 1) The Survival Economy: Informal Work Responses to the Capitalist Crisis. Monica Kuumba, Buffalo State College 2) Progressive Population Studies. Martha Gimenez, University of Colorado, Boulder 3) Racism and the Right. Amy Ansell, Bard College 4) Trends in the Labor Movement. Presider: Art Jipson, Miami University of Ohio Future Directions of the Labor Movement, Art Jipson, Miami University of Ohio The Geography of U.S. Union Dis-Organization: A State-Level Analysis, 1975-1982, Tim Nickel, Florida State University 5) Through Their Own Eyes: Workers' Explanations for Their Own Unemployment. Anne O'Neill, University of Chicago 6) Fordism and Beyond. Presider/Discussant: Carl Dassbach, Michigan Technological University The Three Faces of Fordism: 1913-1970. Carl Dassbach, Michigan Technological University 7) Points of Convergence and Divergence between Human Capital Theories and 'New Class' Theories. Larry Miller, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth and Chuck Ogg, Aberdeen, South Dakota 8) Elena Ermolaeve, Johns Hopkins University: Culture Globally: Symbolic Networks in World Systems Presider/Discussant: Elena Ermolaeve, Johns Hopkins University Discourse Construction of Global Economy. Teivo Teivainen, University of Helsinki Symbolic Networks and Anti-Systemic Movements. William J. Haller, University of Pittsburgh Symbolic Networks in World Systems: Conceptual Issues. Elena Ermolaeve, Johns Hopkins University 9) The Politics of Development. Presider/Discussant: Sara Schoonmaker, University of the Redlands: The Politics of Free Trade: The Case of Brazil. Sara Schoonmaker, University of the Redlands The Politics of Self-Reliance: The Case of the Eritrean Nationalist Movement. Tekle Woldemikael, University of the Redlands "Contradicciones y Alternativas: Desarrollo Social Cubano en Periodo Especial" (Alternatives and their Contradictions: Cuban Social Development in the Special Period). Dr. Elena Diaz, Directora Facultad Latinoamericana de ciencias Sociales - Programa Cuba Universidad de la Habana, La Habana, Cuba 10) Class Structure and Class Struggle in the post Cold War Era. Presider/Discussant: Berch Berberoglu, University of Nevada, Reno The Continuing Relevance of Class Analysis in Contemporary Society. Berch Berberoglu, University of Nevada, Reno 11) It's Rare to Find a Medium Well-Done---the Exclusion of the Left in the Popular Press. Ken Muir, West Virginia University 12) Political Correctness and the University Rhonda Levine, Colgate University 13) The Ordinary Fascism in Modern Academia. Tugrul Itler, University of Oregon 14) Dissing the Discourse: The 'Unpopular' Language Discourse in Academia. Shelley Kowalski, Lee Jones, and Celia Winkler, University of Oregon 15) African Politics and Economics. Presider: Moustapha Diouf, University of Vermont The Political Economy of Development in Africa. Moustapha Diouf, University of Vermont The South African Transition to Democracy. Kathleen Schwartzmann, University of Arizona and Kristie A. Taylor, University of Arizona 16) Topics in Racial-Ethnic Violence. Presider: Tom Hall, DePauw University Teaching about Ethnic Violence from a World Historical Perspective. Tom Hall, DePauw University The Best Defense: Law Enforcement and African American Men in the Inner City. Rebecca Hensley, Florida State University 'Somos los Autenticos Coletos' of Chiapas (We are the Authentic Coletos of Chiapas): Race and Class in the Current Conflict in Chiapas. Deborah Billings and Sarah Hernandez, University of Michigan 17) Nicaragua's Counter-Revolution in Health. Frank T. Fitzgerald, College of St. Rose, and Pamela M. Robert, Center for Women in Government, SUNY, Albany 18) Global Tourism Research: A Political Economy Synthesis. Mike-Frank G. Epitropoulos, University of Pittsburgh Please contact me if there are any questions. Thanks, Alan Spector, Ph.D. Phone: 219-989-2387 Behavioral Sciences Department FAX : 219-989-2008 Purdue University Calumet E-Mail: SPECTOAJ@VAXB.CALUMET.PURDUE.EDU Hammond, IN 46323 USA Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Mon Mar 20 09:32:04 MST 1995 >From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Mon Mar 20 09:32:03 1995 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id JAA20666 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 09:31:55 -0700 Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <2351-9>; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 10:31:56 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 09:22:59 -0500 From: "chris chase-dunn" Sender: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Message-Id: <37380.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Lund Conference Subject: Lund Conference Program Below is a description of a conference on World Historical Systems that is being held at the University of Lund in Sweden March 25-28,1995. The World Historical Systems Group is a sub-section of the International Political Economy Section of the International Studies Association. Objectives: We seek to hold a conference of the world historical systems group's present active members and invited specialists. The meeting would have two primary goals. First, we would review and assess the adequacy of the existing conceptual equipment for dealing with the 5000 years of world system history: its evolution, its transformations, and the regularities underlying these processes. Second, we would clarify the possibilities of convergence among extant approaches on substantive and methodological issues, and as regards data collection. Structure: In order to accomplish these goals we will need to provide clear statements of the fundamental propositions of each of the four perspectives. These perspectives would have to be addressed to each other in a manner as to both clarify positions and open genuine dialogue. They would have to be evaluated by both other world system scholars, and those equipped to provide more specific information on critical historical issues and areas. A final requirement would be to bring greater clarity to a number of critical concepts. Each of the perspectives deals in a somewhat different manner with a series of critical concepts. An important barrier to a more unified perspective lies in the different (or inadequate) ways in which these concepts have been used. Hence we will focus our discussions around the following: l. The "World System" While fundamental to each of the perspectives, the term "world system" continues to draw methodological fire for its lack of specificity. Critical questions remain open. What constitutes a system? What are to be considered legitimate parameters? By what processes is such a system defined? Does systemic logic undergo fundamental transformations, or are all systems basically the same? Has there been a single evolving world system, have there been areas external to it, or have alternative systems existed side by side? Can different world systems be compared? 2. Perspectives on center-periphery relations By what processes are centers and peripheries created? Do all intersocietal systems have center-periphery hierarchies? Do center-periphery relations work in basically the same ways in all systems, or are there fundamental differences that emerge by context? 3. Hegemonies, leadership, and zones of innovation The nature of global leadership is among the most hotly contexted issues in contemporary political science, and plays a fundamental role in each of the four perspectives offered by world historical system authors regardless of discipline. The rise and decline of various areas, and the reasons for the implications of that process, require concerted attention. 4. World economy: long-range and evolutionary approaches Questions about the world economy mirror those regarding the world system. The term is not consistently defined, nor are the nature of its units and the processes which link them consistently identified. The relevance of evolutionary conceptions of the economy as a complex adaptive system may need to be explored. Content/Agenda The proposed meeting is designed to accomplish these goals. Each of the principal perspectives will be represented by a paper that expresses its fundamental position and deals in an explicit manner with each of the critical concepts that we have agreed upon and listed above. Half day sessions will be scheduled for each. Discussants will be assigned to each major perspective, one of whom will be from among the other principal perspectives, and another, or other, particularly relevant scholars. Other papers will also be presented providing important additional information or perspectives. Papers dealing with possible convergence or synthesis will be presented on the final day and serve to open general discussion of future research directions. * * * * * Conference Mechanics It is particularly important that the four principal papers be destributed as quickly as possible. Please forward these to as many people on the list as possible. Papers can be reproduced for others if needed at the conference. The more specific papers should also be forwarded as soon as possible to as many participants as possible. Again, it is vital that Denemark and Friedman receive these immediately. These papers may also be reproduced at the conference for those who have not yet received them. For those who wish to transmit the papers to Friedman for reproduction at the conference you should try to do so via ftp. Jonathan has an external server. (host gemini.ldc.lu.se, the ID is socjfr - it should come up on the screen - and the password is kivik.) The ftp is a windows model. Sending in wordperfect or word format would be best. On the attached program please note your tasks and the times scheduled for them. Papers presenters will be allowed 30 minutes, though papers that have been distributed well in advance may require only cursory introduction so that more time may be devoted to discussion. Discussants are to be given 20 minutes. We hope to leave significant time for general interaction. A number of publishers have expressed an interest in our project. We ae moving ahead with plans for a volume based on the conference. If possible, discussants should have written copies of their presentations. Most travel and hotel expenses are being covered by the conference. Please keep all receipts, ESPECIALLY ORIGINAL TRAVEL RECEIPTS, to help us with our bookeeping. North American participants are traveling as a group. Meet near the relevant desk in Newark. We will be met at the airport in Copenhagen and escorted to the Hovercraft to be taken across to Sweden. Transportation to Lund has also been taken care of. North Americans should have their tickets. If not, please contact Patti Kirkpatrick. Non-North Americans should be hearing from Jonathan Friedman quite soon with final arrangements. We are working to cover the cost of some meals as well. We will let you know how these efforts develop. Our group is a large one and we had some difficulties getting a sufficient block of hotel space. Our first night in Lund will be at the very small Hotel Concordia on Stlbrogatan. Their telephone is 46 46 l35050 and fax is 46 46 137422. The first session is in the Grand Hotel, Piratensalen (Pirate Room). It is just around the corner from the Hotel Concordia. The second day we will all move to the Grand Hotel. The rest of our sessions will all be in the seminar room at Palais d'Ask. All of us are looking forward to a successful meeting. See you in Lund. * * * * * * PRELIMINARY PROGRAM WORLD SYSTEM HISTORY: THE SOCIAL SCIENCE OF LONG-TERM CHANGE MARCH 25 l:00 Welcome: Kajsa Ekholm Friedman SESSION l l:l5-3:30 Chair: Robert A. Denemark Paper: "The Five Thousand Year World System in Theory and Praxis" Andre Gunder Frank and Barry K. Gills Discussants: Stephen Sanderson David Wilkinson Kajsa Ekholm Friedman BREAK 3:30-4:00 SESSION 2 4:00-6:30 Chair: Andre Gunder Frank Paper: "World System Evolution: I. A Perspective; II. Comparing Perspectives" George Modelski and William R. Thompson Discussants: Claudio Cioffi-Revilla Chris Chase-Dunn MARCH 26 SESSION 3 9:00-ll:30 Chair: Thomas Hall Paper: "Civilizations as World Systems" David Wilkinson Discussants: William H. McNeill Barry K. Gills Michael Rowlands LUNCH ll:30-3:00 SESSION 4 3:00-5:30 Chair: Jonathan Friedman Paper: "Rethinking the Evolution of World-Systems -- Another Round" Christopher Chase-Dunn and Thomas Hall Discussants: William R. Thompson Andrew Sheratt DINNER MARCH 27 SESSION 5 8:30 - l0:30 Chair: David Wilkinson Papers: "Information and Transport Nets in World History" William H. McNeill "Can We Situate the Bronze Age Indus Civilization Within A World System?" Shereen Ratnagar "Cyclical World System Regularities in the Prehisory of Europe (lst and 2nd millenium BC)" Kristian Kristiansen BREAK l0:30-ll:00 SESSION 6 ll:00-l:00 Chair: Michael Rowlands Papers: "World System and Social Change in Agrarian Societies, 3000 BC to l500 AD" Stephen Sanderson "The Evolution of the World-City System 3000 BC to 2000AD" Andrew Bosworth "Some Thoughts on the Genesis of C/P Systems" Andrew Sherratt l:00 Break for the rest of the day MARCH 28 SESSION 7 9:00-ll:30 Chair: Chris Chase-Dunn Papers: "Neglecting Nature: World Accumulation and Core-Periphery Relations 2500 BC to l990AD" Sing Chew "World Systems in the Andes" Alf Hornborg "Origins and Evolution of War and Politics" Claudio Cioffi-Revilla LUNCH ll:30 - l:00 SESSION 8 l:00-2:30 Chair: Barry K. Gills Papers: "World Systemic Crises and the Importance of Cultural Strategies" Jonathan Friedman and Kajsa Ekholm "Cumulation and Direction in World Historical Systems Research" Robert A. Denemark BREAK 2:30-3:00 SESSION 9 3:00-5:00 Chair: George Modelski General Discussion DINNER * * * * * LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Andrew Bosworth 2535 Los Altos N. #432 Tucson AZ 85705 Christopher K. Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore MD 2l2l8-2685 USA e-mail chriscd@jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu Sing Chew Department of Sociology California State University - Humboldt Arcata CA 9552l USA e-mail chews@axe.humboldt.edu Claudio Cioffi-Revilla Long Range Analysis of War Project Department of Political Science, Campus Box 333 University of Colarado - Boulder Boulder CO 80309 USA e-mail cioffi_c@cubldr.colorado.edu Robert A. Denemark Department of Political Science University of Delaware Newark DE l97l6 USA e-mail denemark@strauss.udel.edu Kajsa Ekholm Department of Social Anthropology University of Lund S22l 00 Lund Sweden Jonathan Friedman Department of Social Anthropology University of Lund S22l 00 Lund Sweden e-mail jonathan.friedman@soc.lu.se Barry K. Gills Department of Politics University of Newcastle upon Tyne Newcastle upon Tyne NEl 7RU United Kingdom e-mail b.k.gills@newcastle.ac.uk Andre Gunder Frank H. Bosmansstraat 57 l077 XG Amsterdam, Holland e-mail gunderfrank@alf.let.uva.nl Thomas Hall Department of Sociology and Anthropology DePauw University Greencastle IN 46l35-0037 USA e-mail THALL@Depauw.edu Alf Hornborg Department of Human Ecology University of Lund Lund Sweden Kristian Kristiansen Department of Archaeology Gothenburg University William H. McNeill P.O. Box 45 Colebrook CT 0602l USA George Modelski Department of Political Science University of Washington Seattle WA 98l95 USA e-mail modelski@u.washington.edu Shereen Ratnagar Centre for Historical Studies J. Nehru University New Delhi ll0067 India Stephen Sanderson Department of Sociology and Anthropology Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana PA l5705-l087 USA e-mail sksander@grove.iup.edu Andrew Sherratt Ashmolean Museum University of Oxford Oxford OXl 2PH United Kingdom William R. Thompson Department of Political Science Indiana University Bloomington IN 47405 USA e-mail wthompso@u.indiana.edu David Wilkinson Department of Political Science University of California - Los Angeles Los Angeles CA 90024 USA e-mail wilkinso@polisci.sscnet.ucla.edu --------end------- Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu From P34D3611@JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU Mon Mar 20 14:51:25 MST 1995 >From P34D3611@JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU Mon Mar 20 14:51:24 1995 Received: from JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.2]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id OAA16445 for ; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 14:51:12 -0700 Message-Id: <199503202151.OAA16445@csf.Colorado.EDU> Received: from JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7803; Mon, 20 Mar 95 16:44:31 EST Received: from JHUVM (NJE origin P34D3611@JHUVM) by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 7801; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 16:44:28 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Mar 95 16:44:14 EST From: Peter Grimes Subject: INTERNET CRISIS To: wsn@CSF.COLORADO.EDU PLEASE READ!! IT IS *IMPORTANT* IT AFFECTS ALL OF US! THE SENATE IS TRYING TO CENSOR US. READ AND FORWARD TO OTHER LISTS. -Peter Grimes ======================================================================== 1016 Return-Path: <@VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU:owner-cudigest@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU> Received: from JHUVM (NJE origin JHUSMTP3@JHUVM) by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 2243; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 01:38:04 -0500 Received: from VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Mon, 20 Mar 95 01:38:00 EST Received: from VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU by VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9237; Mon, 20 Mar 95 01:39:41 EST Received: from VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU (NJE origin LISTBIT@VTBIT) by VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 9967; Mon, 20 Mar 1995 01:39:40 -0500 Date: Mon, 20 Mar 1995 00:36:00 CST Reply-To: TK0JUT2@MVS.CSO.NIU.EDU Sender: CU-DIGEST list From: "Cu Digest (tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu)" Subject: Cu Digest, #7.22 To: Multiple recipients of list CUDIGEST Computer underground Digest Sun Mar 19, 1995 Volume 7 : Issue 22 ISSN 1004-042X Editors: Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer (TK0JUT2@NIU.BITNET) Archivist: Brendan Kehoe Semi-retiring Shadow Archivist: Stanton McCandlish Correspondent Extra-ordinaire: David Smith Shadow-Archivists: Dan Carosone / Paul Southworth Ralph Sims / Jyrki Kuoppala Ian Dickinson CONTENTS, #7.22 (Sun, Mar 19, 1995) File 5--Campaign to Defeat Comm. Decency Act (Mar 17 Update) File 6--Reprint of Textof SB 314 CuD ADMINISTRATIVE, EDITORIAL, AND SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION APPEARS IN THE CONCLUDING FILE AT THE END OF EACH ISSUE. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 14:08:03 -0600 From: Stephen Smith Subject: File 5--Campaign to Defeat Comm. Decency Act (Mar 17 Update) CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE US COMMUNICATIONS DECENCY ACT (S. 314/H.R. 1004) (Note this is not the electronic "defeat S314" petition) Update: - Telecomm Reform bill scheduled for markup Thu 3/23/95 - Sen. Leahy (D-VT) expresses "serious concerns", seeks alternatives that protect free speech - Coalition Internet campaign has an impact PLEASE WIDELY REDISTRIBUTE THIS DOCUMENT WITH THIS BANNER INTACT DO NOT REDISTRIBUTE AFTER MAY 1, 1995 DO NOT REPRODUCE THIS ALERT IN NON-POLITICAL FORUMS Mar. 17, 1995 Distributed by the Voters Telecommunications Watch (vtw@vtw.org) --------------------------------------------------------------------- [3/17/95: Yet even more organizations have joined us. Welcome aboard! Next week (Mar 23, 1995) the telecomm reform bill will be marked up in the Commerce committee. If the Communications Decency Act is added to the reform bill as an amendment, it will be *very difficult to stop*. The result of this bill becoming a law will be to change the nature of the Internet as we know it. The volume of information we take for granted will slow to a trickle. Win this battle, and we've won the fight for this year and stopped the bill. Lose it and we'll be on the ropes in the Senate for the rest of the session. Only you can make the difference, and it will only take two minutes. -Shabbir] --------------------------------------------------------- In order to use the net more effectively, the following organizations have joined forces on a single Congressional net campaign to stop the Communications Decency Act, S. 314 (in alphabetical order): the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the American Communication Association (ACA), the Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), the Center for Public Representation (CPR), the Computer Communicators Association (CCA), the Computing Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), the CyberQueer Lounge, an online resource for the gay community, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), (Note the above DC-based EFF has no local chapters) the Electronic Frontier Foundation-Austin (EFF-Austin), the Electronic Frontiers Australia, (EFA) the Electronic Frontiers Houston, (EFH) the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), the Florida Coalition Against Censorship (FCAC), the Hands Off! the Net petition drive, the National Coalition Against Censorship, (NCAC) the National Libertarian Party, (NLP), the National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN), the National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981 AFL-CIO), (NWU) the People for the American Way (PFAW), the Society for Electronic Access (SEA), and the Voters Telecommunications Watch (VTW) These organizations are using the Voters Telecommunications Watch (VTW) as a conduit for legislative feedback. When you contact Congress about the Communications Decency Act and send your feedback to vtw@vtw.org, that information is being fed back to all participating organizations. If your organization would like to sign on to this campaign and receive legislative feedback, contact vtw@vtw.org. (Note the Fidonet and FTN mailing directions below) ------------------------------------------------------------- CONTENTS What you can do Introduction Background Current status of S. 314/H.R. 1004 Where can I learn more about the bill? (URL & Fidonet/FTN included) Where will I learn about updates to this alert? Current list of participating organizations --------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT YOU CAN DO (IN ONLY TWO MINUTES) 1. Contact Sen. Larry Pressler (R-SD, Commerce Committee Chairman), Sen. J.J. Exon (D-NE, sponsor of the bill), and Sen. Bob Packwood (ROR, Chairman, Communications Subcommittee). Note: although contacting your own Senators is important, these members hold the keys at this point in time. If you want to contact your own Senators, that's great, but between now and Thursday Pressler, Exon and Packwood are the ones to focus on. Time is of the essence: *Phone calls* are best, faxes only partially effective, email has the least impact. P ST Name and Address Phone Fax = == ======================== ============== ============== R SD Pressler, Larry 1-202-224-5842 1-202-224-1259* 243 RSOB larry_pressler@pressler.senate.gov Washington, D.C. 20510 *Note this is the Senate Commercommittee's fax machine D NE Exon, J. J. 1-202-224-4224 1-202-224-5213 528 HSOB Washington, D.C. 20510 R OR Packwood, Robert 1-202-224-5244 1-202-228-3576 259 RSOB Washington, D.C. 20510 Urge them to keep S.314 from being incorporated into telecommunications reform legislation and to support Senator Leahy's efforts to explore alternatives to the Exon bill. Follow the communique at the bottom if you need to. 2. Feel free to use the following communique: SAMPLE COMMUNIQUE I'm a resident of _______. Please support Senator Leahy's efforts to explore alternatives to S. 314. Please keep S. 314 out of the telecommunications reform bill, and remove S. 314 from the fast track. Thanks. See below for a brief description of Leahy's initiative. His letter to CDT is in the VTW gopher. Concern over S.314 is not limited to the U.S. Among many international expressions of support, two have stood out in the first two weeks. EF-Australia is a member of the growing coalition, and IndiaNet has circulated our alert widely. If you are not a citizen of the United States you can still express your concern. A sample message to Senator Pressler follows: Dear Senator Pressler: The Exon bill will cripple the U.S. portion of the Internet and thereby devastate the growing global information community. Internation commerce and social and political cooperation will suffer greatly. I urge you to refrain from incorporating S.314 into any telecommunications reform legislation and to support Senator's Leahy initiatives to explore alternatives to S314. Both US citizens and non-US citizens should remember to be polite when speaking to legislators, even their own. 3. DON'T FORGET TO DROP A NOTE TO VTW@VTW.ORG to tell us who you contacted. (See below for FTN -> Internet emailing instructions.) We'll tally the results and feed them back to all participating organizations. It's crucial we have this feedback, even if you just got a form letter, or a "thank you" to your phone call. Please, when you report back, tell us what state you are in! This will help us track constituent calls, which are the most effective. 4. Feel good about yourself. You've just participated in democracy without leaving your seat. 5. (Extra bonus activism) Pass this alert to your friends, especially if they're in South Dakota, Nebraska, or Oregon. These states need to have as much constituent contact with their Senators as possible. Also, you might send a thank-you note to Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) for his continuing efforts on behalf of free speech and the free flow of information in cyberspace. He can be reached at: P ST Name and Address Phone Fax = == ======================== ============== ============== D VT Leahy, Patrick J. 1-202-224-4242 1-202-224-3595 433 RSOB senator_leahy@leahy.senate.gov Washington, D.C. 20510 Don't forget to Cc: vtw@vtw.org on your mail to him, so we can tally the response. --------------------------------------------------------------------- INTRODUCTION Dear Net Citizens: Legislation has been introduced before the Senate which would severely restrict your freedom of speech, halt the free flow of information on the net, and require all telecommunications carriers to censor your public and private communications. The "Communications Decency Act of 1995" (S. 314), introduced in early February by Senators Exon (D-NE) and Gorton (R-WA), would place substantial criminal liability on telecommunications carriers (including traditional telephone networks, Internet service providers, commercial online services such as America Online and Compuserve, and independent BBS's) whenever their networks are used to transmit any material which is deemed indecent or harassing. In order to avoid these penalties, carriers would be forced to restrict the activities of their subscribers and censor all public and private communications. We must act quickly to stop the progress of S. 314. The bill may soon be incorporated into Senate telecommunications reform legislation, which is currently being drafted by the Senate Commerce Committee. The telecommunications reform bill may be introduced as early as mid March, and is expected to be considered on a fast track. If S. 314 is included in this bill, it will be extremely difficult to change or remove and could pass quickly. We are asking you to join us in urging key members of the Senate to prevent S. 314 from being included in Senate telecommunications reform measures and to hold open, public hearings on the issue. --------------------------------------------------------------------- CURRENT STATUS OF S. 314/H.R. 1004 The bill was introduced on February 1, 1995 by Senators Exon (D-NE) and Gorton (R-WA). It is currently pending before the Senate Commerce Committee (chaired by Senator Pressler (R-SD)). No committee action has been scheduled as of March 9, 1995. The telecommunications reform bill is scheduled for hearing starting March 21, 1995. It is possible that S. 314 will be folded into the bill during markup next week. H.R. 1004 (worded the same as S. 314) was introduced on February 21, 1995 in the House by Representative Johnson (SD) and has been referred to the House Commerce and Judiciary committees. No committee actions in the House have been scheduled as of March 17, 1995. --------------------------------------------------------------------- BACKGROUND S. 314 would expand current law restricting indecency and harassment on telephone services to all telecommunications providers and expand criminal liability to all content carried by all forms of telecommunications networks. The bill would amend Section 223 of the Communications Act (47 U.S.C. 223), which requires carriers to take steps to prevent minors from gaining access to indecent audiotext and criminalizes harassment accomplished over interstate telephone lines. If enacted, S. 314 would compel service providers to severely restrict your online activities. Your access to email, discussion lists, usenet, the world wide web, gopher, and ftp archives would be substantially reduced or cut off entirely. The bill would also force providers to closely monitor and pre-screen your electronic mail, and refuse to transmit any message or other content which may be considered to be indecent. This bill poses a significant threat to freedom of speech and the free flow of information in cyberspace. The bill also raises fundamental questions about the right of government to control content on communications networks, as well as the locus of liability for content carried in these new communications media. Recently, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) has requested the Center for Democracy and Technology's Public Interest/Industry working group IWG (Interactive Working Group) to explore other solutions to the problems that S. 314 attempts to solve. The working group must be allowed to examine current legislation and explore technical alternatives that are consistent with the First Amendment and the free flow of information. We've received over 400 messages in two weeks, with our log showing over 700 letters, faxes, phone calls, and email messages (many people contacted more than one Senator. At least two respondents wrote all 19 members of the committee!) Of course many more people have probably contacted Congress without sending that note to VTW. Almost 200 messages went to Pressler, who may be getting the point. His staff told one caller, "Why are you calling us? It's Exon's bill!" (This is why phone calls to Pressler are so important.) One citizen wrote to Senator Gorton, a co-sponsor: "I, frankly, am amazed at the audacity of your proposed bill. We are not children sir, nor do we need your misplaced guidance in raising our children!" Along the same lines, another wrote to his own Senator: "While I am pleased, being an enthusiastic supporter of anti-harassment legislation, with many of the provisions of this bill, I am frankly astounded and appalled with others." Someone came up with metaphor that frankly we aren't clever enough to have thought of: "A few years ago, a tanker laden with a crude, noxious substance ran aground in the virginal territories of the Alaskan coastline. It poisoned the land and sea for many miles around.... We are now faced with another 'Exon Valdez'... a vehicle filled with crude legislation, currently at risk of running ashore on our pristine rights." Finally, someone writing to Pressler spoke for all of us to all of us: "At a time when communications between ordinary citizens has been all but drowned out by the barrage of mass media, online communication has become the last bastion of real citizen deliberation and has become the "public square" so to speak, of the nation. This bill would destroy this great experiment in the rejuvenation of grassroots democracy. Please do all you can to prevent its passage." We are encouraged by the success so far of the campaign, and hope that you take the time to participate at this crucial time. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WHERE CAN I LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BILL? (URL INCLUDED) The Voters Telecommunications Watch has set up a gopher page where you can get a copy of the bill (including analyses by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Center for Democracy and Technology, the Electronic Messaging Association, and others). Here's the URL: WWW URL: gopher://gopher.panix.com/11/vtw/exon Gopher command : gopher -p 1/vtw/exon gopher.panix.com If you have difficulty getting to this gopher page, or if you don't have access to Mosaic/gopher, drop a note to: vtw@vtw.org BBS Network Users: You can FREQ the files from the EFF BBS, 1:109/1108, 1-202-861-1224. The "magicword" for a list of relevant files is S314. You do NOT have to be nodelisted to get the files, or in any particular network. Just create a dummy nodelist entry with our phone number if you need to do so. Those in QWK nets or otherwise not able to File REQuest can download the files manually from the BBS, in the ALERTS file area. Feel free to login as ANONYMOUS, password GUEST to bypass newuser questionnaires. To send mail to vtw@vtw.org from FidoNet or other FTN systems, create a netmail message to your local UUCP host. Search the nodelist for the GUUCP flag, and use the address of that system: To: UUCP, [GUUCP system's address here. "To:" name MUST be set to UUCP] From: [you] Subject--S.314 --------------------------------------------------------------- To: vtw@vtw.org [Message starts here on 3rd line. The second "To:" line with the internet email address MUST be the first line of the message body, and the blank line following that is REQUIRED. Mail will not be delivered by the gateways without it.] To email one of the Senators in the list above, just put the Senator's email address in place of "vtw@vtw.org" in the above example. If you are unsure whether your FTN has an Internet gateway, or suspect it may use something other than a GUUCP nodelist flag, ask your network coordinators. ----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- WHERE WILL I LEARN ABOUT UPDATES TO THIS ALERT? We will post updates to this alert in three places: -On the account vtw@panix.com (finger vtw@panix.com) -On Usenet (comp.org.eff.talk, comp.org.cpsr.talk, and alt.privacy) -Through our announcements mailing list, vtw-announce@vtw.org. To subscribe, simply send a message to listproc@vtw.org with the following in the message body: subscribe vtw-announce Firstname Lastname --------------------------------------------------------------------- CURRENT LIST OF PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS At this time, the following organizations have signed onto this campaign and are receiving the legislative feedback that VTW is compiling: American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), infoaclu@aclu.org American Communication Association (ACA), comminfo@cavern.uark.edu Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT), ask@cdt.org Center for Public Representation (CPR), mgpritch@facstaff.wisc.edu Computer Communicators Association (CCA), community@pigpen.demon.co.uk Computing Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR), cpsr@cpsr.org CyberQueer Lounge, tomh@cyberzine.org (Note that the DC-based EFF has no local chapters) Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), ask@eff.org Electronic Frontier Foundation-Austin (EFF-Austin), eff-austin@tic.com Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA), efa-info@efa.org.au Electronic Frontiers Houston (EFH), efh@efh.org Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), info@epic.org Florida Coalition Against Censorship (FCAC), PIPKING@mail.firn.edu Hands Off! the Net petition drive, slowdog@wookie.net National Coalition Against Censorship (NCAC), ncac@netcom.com National Libertarian Party (NLP), lphq@access.digex.net National Public Telecomputing Network (NPTN), info@nptn.org National Writers Union (UAW Local 1981 AFL-CIO), kip@world.std.com People for the American Way (PFAW), jlessern@reach.com Society for Electronic Access (SEA), sea@sea.org Voters Telecommunications Watch (VTW), vtw@vtw.org Note that the Voters Telecommunications Watch does not speak for these organizations. Any opinions contained herein are those of the author, and not necessarily endorsed by participating organizations. ------------------------------ Date: Sun 19 Mar 1995 19:19:22 CST From: CuD Moderators Subject: File 6--Reprint of Textof SB 314 ((MODERATORS' NOTE: Here, from ftp.eff.org's site, is the text of the original statute and the changes that are proposed. For more information, also check out slowdog's homepage at: http://www.phantom.com/~slowdog ============== 47 USC 223 (1992) Sec. 223. [Obscene or harassing telephone calls in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communications] OBSCENE OR HARASSING UTILIZATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICES AND FACILITIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA OR IN INTERSTATE OR FOREIGN COMMUNICATIONS" (a) Whoever-- (1) in the District of Columbia or in interstate or foreign communication by means of [telephone] TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE-- (A) [makes any comment, request, suggestion or proposal] MAKES, TRANSMITS, OR OTHERWISE MAKES AVAILABLE ANY COMMENT,REQUEST, SUGGESTION, PROPOSAL, IMAGE, OR OTHER COMMUNICATION which is obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, or indecent; [(B) makes a telephone call, whether or not conversation ensues, without disclosing his identity and with intent to annoy, abuse, threaten, or harass any person at the called number;] "(B) MAKES A TELEPHONE CALL OR UTILIZES A TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, WHETHER OR NOT CONVERSATION OR COMMUNICATIONS ENSUES,WITHOUT DISCLOSING HIS IDENTITY AND WITH INTENT TO ANNOY, ABUSE, THREATEN, OR HARASS ANY PERSON AT THE CALLED NUMBER OR WHO RECEIVES THE COMMUNICATION; (C) makes or causes the telephone of another repeatedly or continuously to ring, with intent to harass any person at the called number; or [(D) makes repeated telephone calls, during which conversation ensues, solely to harass any person at the called number; or] (D) MAKES REPEATED TELEPHONE CALLS OR REPEATEDLY INITIATES COMMUNICATION WITH A TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, DURING WHICH CONVERSATION OR COMMUNICATION ENSUES, SOLELY TO HARASS ANY PERSON AT THE CALLED NUMBER OR WHO RECEIVES THE COMMUNICATION, (2) knowingly permits any [telephone facility] TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY under his control to be used for any purpose prohibited by this section, shall be fined not more than $[50,000]100,000 or imprisoned not more than [six months] TWO YEARS, or both. (b)(1) Whoever knowingly-- (A) within the United States, by means of [telephone] TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICCE, makes (directly or by recording device) any obscene communication for commercial purposes to any person, regardless of whether the maker of such communication placed the call or INITIATED THE COMMUNICATION; or (B) permits any [telephone facility] TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY under such person's control to be used for an activity prohibited by subparagraph (A), shall be fined in accordance with title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than two years, or both. (2) Whoever knowingly-- (A) within the United States, [by means of telephone], makes BY MEANS OF TELEPHONE OR TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, MAKES, TRANSMITS, OR MAKES AVAILABLE(directly or by recording device) any indecent communication for commercial purposes which is available to any person under 18 years of age or to any other person without that person's consent, regardless of whether the maker of such communication placed the call OR INITIATED THE COMMUNICATION; or (B) permits any [telephone facility] TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITY under such person's control to be used for an activity prohibited by subparagraph (A), shall be fined not more than $[50,000] 100,000 or imprisoned not more than [six months] TWO YEARS, or both. (3) It is a defense to prosecution under paragraph (2) of this subsection that the defendant restrict access to the prohibited communication to persons 18 years of age or older in accordance with subsection (c) of this section and with such procedures as the Commission may prescribe by regulation. (4) In addition to the penalties under paragraph (1), whoever, within the United States, intentionally violates paragraph (1) or (2) shall be subject to a fine of not more than $[50,000] 100,000 for each violation. For purposes of this paragraph, each day of violation shall constitute a separate violation. (5)(A) In addition to the penalties under paragraphs (1), (2), and (5), whoever, within the United States, violates paragraph (1) or (2) shall be subject to a civil fine of not more than $[50,000] 100,000 for each violation. For purposes of this paragraph, each day of violation shall constitute a separate violation. (B) A fine under this paragraph may be assessed either-- (i) by a court, pursuant to civil action by the Commission or any attorney employed by the Commission who is designated by the Commission for such purposes, or (ii) by the Commission after appropriate administrative proceedings. (6) The Attorney General may bring a suit in the appropriate district court of the United States to enjoin any act or practice which violates paragraph (1) or (2). An injunction may be granted in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. (c)(1) A common carrier within the District of Columbia or within any State, or in interstate or foreign commerce, shall not, to the extent technically feasible, provide access to a communication specified in subsection (b) from the telephone of any subscriber who has not previously requested in writing the carrier to provide access to such communication if the carrier collects from subscribers an identifiable charge for such communication that the carrier remits, in whole or in part, to the provider of such communication. (2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), no cause of action may be brought in any court or administrative agency against any common carrier, or any of its affiliates, including their officers, directors, employees, agents, or authorized representatives on account of-- (A) any action which the carrier demonstrates was taken in good faith to restrict access pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection; or (B) any access permitted-- (i) in good faith reliance upon the lack of any representation by a provider of communications that communications provided by that provider are communications specified in subsection (b), or (ii) because a specific representation by the provider did not allow the carrier, acting in good faith, a sufficient period to restrict access to communications described in subsection (b). (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2) of this subsection, a provider of communications services to which subscribers are denied access pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subsection may bring an action for a declaratory judgment or similar action in a court. Any such action shall be limited to the question of whether the communications which the provider seeks to provide fall within the category of communications to which the carrier will provide access only to subscribers who have previously requested such access. ********************************************* NOTE: This version of the text shows the actual text of current law as it would be changed. For the bill itself, which consists of unreadable text such as: [...] (1) in subsection (a)(1)-- (A) by striking out `telephone' in the matter above subparagraph (A) and inserting `telecommunications device'; (B) by striking out `makes any comment, request, suggestion, or proposal' in subparagraph (A) and inserting `makes, transmits, or otherwise makes available any comment, request, suggestion, proposal, image, or other communication'; (C) by striking out subparagraph (B) and inserting the following: `(B) makes a telephone call or utilizes a [...] See: ftp.eff.org, /pub/EFF/Legislation/Bills_new/s314.bill gopher.eff.org, 1/EFF/Legislation/Bills_new, s314.bill http://www.eff.org/pub/EFF/Legislation/Bills_new/s314.bill ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Mar 1995 22:51:01 CDT From: CuD Moderators Subject: File 7--Cu Digest Header Info (unchanged since 19 Mar, 1995) Cu-Digest is a weekly electronic journal/newsletter. Subscriptions are available at no cost electronically. 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Digest contributors assume all responsibility for ensuring that articles submitted do not violate copyright protections. ------------------------------ End of Computer Underground Digest #7.22 ************************************ From jml@waikato.ac.nz Tue Mar 21 18:22:25 MST 1995 >From jml@waikato.ac.nz Tue Mar 21 18:22:24 1995 Received: from truth.waikato.ac.nz (truth.waikato.ac.nz [130.217.64.3]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id SAA14601 for ; Tue, 21 Mar 1995 18:22:20 -0700 From: jml@waikato.ac.nz Received: from [130.217.176.58] by waikato.ac.nz; Wed, 22 Mar 95 13:22 +1300 Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 13:26:12 +1200 Subject: Immigration and the modern world-system To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Hi, I am Jacquie Lidgard, a doctoral student working at the University of Waikato in New Zealand. My current research is exploring the utility of the world-system framework to contextualise the international migration systems in New Zealand. In the past I have worked extensively on return migration. I'm currently searching for literature specifically on international migration in a world-system framework. I'm familiar with the work of Chase-Dunn and Hall, Kritz, Lim, Zlotnik, Shannon, Taylor P., and the IUSSP work. I am also very interested to hear from, or of, anyone working in the field of international migration since the 1970s. Jacquie Lidgard University of Waikato JML@waikato.ac.nz From spector@calumet.purdue.edu Wed Mar 22 12:56:15 MST 1995 >From spector@nwi.calumet.purdue.edu Wed Mar 22 12:56:14 1995 Received: from nwi.calumet.purdue.edu (nwi.calumet.purdue.edu [128.210.101.10]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id MAA15432 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 1995 12:55:58 -0700 Received: from [128.210.108.26] (e01-07b-026.calumet.purdue.edu [128.210.108.26]) by nwi.calumet.purdue.edu (8.6.5/8.6.5) with SMTP id NAA22736 for ; Wed, 22 Mar 1995 13:56:17 -0600 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 13:58:12 -0600 (CST) From: "Alan Spector" Sender: spector@calumet.purdue.edu Reply-To: spector@calumet.purdue.edu Message-Id: <50295.spector@nwi.calumet.purdue.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Fw: Undergraduate summer in England--- Sorry if you've seen this on another network.... I will very probably be teaching a course in England from July 10- August 10 and invite members of this list to solicit applications from among their students. The program is sponsored by Purdue University and will be held on the campus of Oxford-Brookes College in Oxford (about an hour via easy transportation to London.) The students are all from the U.S., mostly from Purdue. There are currently eight courses offered in two time slots: 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Monday-Thursday for five weeks, although every Wednesday will be taken up with a field trip for the whole program. The four 9 a.m. classes are Sociology (mine) New Europe in the New World Order; Shakespeare; History: A Generation at War (Europe, especially England from 1914-1945) and Art & Design (British Modernism)==the four 11:15 classes are Music Appreciation; The Literature of Oxford and London; Political Science (The U.S. and Europe after the Cold War); and Introduction to Ancient History. Students will have a great deal of free time to explore Britain or even other parts of Europe (after 1 p.m. daily, and from 1 p.m. Thursday until Monday morning). Oxford is very lively in the summer and of course London would be a terrific experience for most U.S. students. There are no pre-requisites for any of the courses, except that the student must have completed a year of college and not be on academic probation. The instructors were chosen on the basis of teaching orientation and the students will have a work load that is reasonable, and in the context of using the experience as part of the course experience. There are currently about 47 students in the program. They are aiming for 60. (I'm also aiming for a few more in my course; because I'm on a working class commuter campus with lower income students, AND am on sabbatical this semester, I'm at a bit of a disadvantage, although my class has attracted some interest as well.) Besides, this is a social science list and presumably we would want our students to pick up a sociology course over the summer..... I'm sure that the course credits will be accepted at virtually any college or university in the U.S., at least as regular literature, or sociology, or History, or Political Science, Music or Art & Design. The cost, including 6 credit hours tuition, a program fee, insurance, and housing in a modern dormitory: $2228 for Indiana residents and $3896 for non-Indiana residents. That is, of course, out of reach for many students. However, it does include six credit hours and housing for five weeks. Furthermore, STUDENTS WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR FINANCIAL AID DURING THE SUMMER MAY BE ABLE TO HAVE A MAJOR PART OF THE COST COVERED BY THAT AID. For Indiana residents, the tuition and program fees total about $1568 and for non-residents, the tution and program fees total about $3236, which may be covered by various financial aid packages, leaving the students with the housing costs, ($610), and food and entertainment costs. Purdue has also arranged an inexpensive flight (550 from Chicago) for those who want to fly with the group. Furthermore, students at private colleges and students that attend public universities as non-residents might not find these costs out of reach, especially considering that it does include the experience of being in England for five weeks, as well as 6 credits of tuition). In any case, I thought I would post this on WSN. I realize that most students would not have the money for a program such as this. On the other hand, there are over 300 people on WSN, and I would estimate that the teachers on this network probably have between 10,000 and 20,000 students. With numbers like that, it is possible that a few might be interested in the program. A few even signed up from my campus. The deadline is approaching within about 7 days. I would appreciate it if as many as you that can would announce this to your classes, to advisees, etc. To really speed things along--if you find anyone that is interested, please e-mail their phone numbers to me: SPECTOAJ@vaxb.calumet.purdue.edu and ALSO have them call my office/machine at 219-989-2387 leaving their name and phone number. I would be happy to discuss this with them. Keep in mind that while the cost is high, there are certain groups of students, Indiana residents, or students who pay out of state tuition anyhow, or students at private universities, or students on financial aid---or students that come from families where these expenses might be within reach=====that might result in a few more students taking advantage of this opportunity. They can also directly call the main Purdue campus to sign up--317-494-2383 and say that it is in reference to the Oxford-Brookes Summer School; a note to me would be helpful too, though. Thanks for any help you can give. Alan Spector BHS Dept. Purdue Calumet Hammond, IN 46323 219-989-2387 email: spectoaj@vaxb.calumet.purdue.edu ############################################################################ Alan Spector, Ph.D. Phone: 219-989-2387 Behavioral Sciences Department FAX : 219-989-2008 Purdue University Calumet E-Mail: SPECTOAJ@VAXB.CALUMET.PURDUE.EDU Hammond, IN 46323 USA {Editor of REVS--- an email network for Racial-Religious-EthnoNationalist Violence Studies} ############################################################################ From gonick@csf.Colorado.EDU Thu Mar 23 07:23:58 MST 1995 >From gonick@csf.Colorado.EDU Thu Mar 23 07:17:28 1995 Received: (from gonick@localhost) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) id HAA07452; Thu, 23 Mar 1995 07:17:25 -0700 Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 07:17:25 -0700 (MST) From: Lev Gonick To: ipe cc: saul landau , Michael Shuman , Carol Thompson , Mary Ann Steger , wsn@csf.Colorado.EDU, psn@csf.Colorado.EDU, gpe <3rt2bdy@cmuvm.csv.cmich.edu>, Alan Fenna , ambr@midway.uchicago.edu, amcgee@netcom.com, anderson@chip.mic.cl, anne , Arni Mikelsons , cbenjami@uoguelph.ca, chriscd@jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu, cmurphy@sallie.WELLESLEY.EDU, Cy Gonick , Don Roper , gellis@du.edu, harry browne , hveltmeyer@husky1.stmarys.ca, jagdish@igc.apc.org, Jana Everett , kbanks@gn.apc.org, lgonick@csf.Colorado.EDU, Martha Gimenez , nelda pearson , ocroci@nickel.laurentian.ca, Ralph Pettman , rob_borland@mango.apc.org, sapes@mango.apc.org, "Sarah J. Tisch" , Spike_Peterson , Susan Heald , tony porter , wgraf@css.uoguelph.ca Subject: Summer Institute on Global Economy + Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII The Institute for Policy Studies (Washington DC) + Northern Arizona University (Flagstaff AZ) announce a 6 part summer workshop entitled "Investigating & Defining Tomorrow's World" from July 12-25 1995 at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. Outlined below are the 6 workshops, contact and logistical information. _________________________________________________________________________ RESEARCHING THE GLOBAL ECONOMY with John Cavanagh and Harry Browne. July 12-18, 1995. John Cavanagh is senior fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, and co-director of the Global Economy Project at IPS. He is author of many books, articles and policy papers on Global Economic Issues. His most recent book is co-authored with Richard Barnett and is entitled "Global Dreams" (1994). He has co-founded three citizen's networks on world economy issues. Harry Browne is a research associate at the Interhemispheric Resource Center in Albuquerque New Mexico and editor of the Center's newsletter Borderlines. His most recent book (with Beth Sims) is entitled, Runaway America: US Jobs and Factories on the Move. Workshop Description: Technological innovation and the congruence of diverse political systems into liberal democracies offer hope for a 21st century of equal opportunity and freedom around the world. Yet, the threats to this release of human ingenuity are serious, such as the subordination of local resources to global agendas, with weakened national democracies unable to respond to expectations of their electorates. The workshop builds skills that are necessary to analyze these contrasts and to develop public policy alternatives. Tuition $750. CRITICAL DOCUMENTARY VIDEO MAKING with Saul Landau and Haskell Wexler (July 12-18) Saul Landau is senior fellow at IPS and award-winning filmmaker (Cannes, Venice), winner of an Emmy, political analyst, syndicated columnist, radio commentator (Pacifica Radio) and author. Haskell Wexler is Oscar award winning cinematographer and director. His latest film is "The Secret of Roan Inish", directed by John Sayles. Workshop Description: In this workshop, Haskell Wexler and Saul Landau will supervise students though the conception and execution process of making short videos. In class, and on location, this team will lead the students from visualization to budgeting to writing narration, electing music, directing, lighting, shooting, and editing. A video festival of Wexler and Landau's work will run throughout. Tuition: $1000 REDEFINING GENDER THROUGH FILM with Olivia Olea (July 19-25) Olivia Olea is a nationally known feminist filmmaker whose 1994 film, Por La Vida: Street Vending and the Criminalization of Latinos has gained much critical acclaim. Workshop Description: Olivia Olea will join forces with other scholars to explore the redefinition of gender through films. The workshop has two purposes: (1) to develop an understanding of how ethnic minorities and American independent filmmakers rework gender identity in their films, and (2) to investigate the relationships between constructions of gender and contemporary public policy. Tuition $750 REVISTING RACE & CLASS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA with Warren Day, Carol Thompson & Lev Gonick (July 19-25) Warren Day is an environmental health engineering consultant in Southern Africa. Extensive academic and field experience in medical faculties in Tanzania and Zimbabwe - was director of developmental NGOs in Southern Africa. Carol Thompson is professor of political science and a consultant on regional food security in Southern Africa and international trade (GATT). More than 15 years of direct experience in the Southern Africa region. Lev Gonick is a professor of global political economy with specialized interest in mining, trade and debt issues. Currently working in Zimbabwe on popular movement responses to economic structural adjustment. Also an information technology consultant involved in grassroots computer communications. Workshop Description: Beginning with an understanding of the political victory over apartheid in South Africa, this workshop will investigate the lessons from Southern Africa for the rest of the world: formulating new race relations, expanding individual human rights into social rights, and sharing human resources among 11 countries in the Southern Africa region. Although economic apartheid endures, the region offers policy alternatives, such as exemplary primary health care systems, new approaches to reducing inequity, and environmental protection. Tuition $750 PRACTICING INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM with Scott Armstrong (July 19-25) Scott Armstrong is author, investigative journalist - former staff writer for the Washington Post - his work has appeared on ABC and CBS News, CNN, Frontline, Bill Moyers, and various news magazines and newspapers - co-author with Bob Woodward of _Brethern, Inside the Supreme Court_. Workshop Description: The workshop on the art and skills of investigative journalism will use both classic and innovative methods to explore hidden cultural issues of Native American, Hispanic, and African American peoples in the southwestern US. Workshop participants will research and begin writing a publishable article on a subject of their choosing that investigates, frames, and explores issues that are hidden from mainstream America's view. Particular emphasis will be put on how to document and pursue government and corporate malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance using government information and public resources. A familiarity with Nexus or Data Times or Dialogue databases is preferred but is not essential. Tuition $1000 LARGE FORMAT BLACK & WHITE FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY: A ROAD MAP TO THE ART OF EXPRESSIVE PHOTOGRAPHY with Larry Janss (July 19-25) Larry Janss was assistant to Ansel Adams from 1969 to 1974. Larry has won the Arts of California Magazine Gold and Silver Awards and has placed 2nd in the City of Thousand Oaks Juried Art and Photography Show. Workshop Description: This is an intensive workshop for the advanced amateur black and white photographer, which emphasizes large format (4x5) landscape photography and includes field work, extensive darkroom work, printmaking, and the mounting and matting of prints for archival permanence and exhibition. Tuition $1000 ______________________________________________________________________ Workshop Format: Each of the workshops covers a week - Wednesday through Tuesday, with the weekend reserved for field work, speakers, panel discussions, films, concerts, and the beauty of northern Arizona. Location: Flagstaff is a mountain community of 50,000 located 140 miles north of Phoenix at the base of the San Franciso peaks. With its 7,000 foot elevation, Flagstaff's four-season climate offers pleasant summers. The Grand Canyon National Park and many national monuments, forests, deserts, mountains, lakes and varied geological and historical sites are easily accessible from the city. Costs: Tuition for the workshop(s) you attend. Lodging in dorms and 3 meals on campus - $44/day per person (based on double occupancy in a two-room suite with shared bathroom) $54/day for single occupancy ________________________________________________________________________ REGISTRATION INFORMATION Registration is limited. Please send for your application materials immediately. You can call (in the US) 1-800-628-8060 to receive application materials. Outside the US Fax requests to (520) 523-5990 or the conference email address is OMDCBA@NAUVAX.UCC.NAU.EDU Snail Mail is to: Northern Arizona University Mangement Development PO Box 15066 Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5066 USA Lev Gonick lev.gonick@csf.colorado.edu From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 24 07:53:38 MST 1995 >From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 24 07:53:37 1995 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id HAA00996 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 07:53:34 -0700 Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <2767-4>; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 09:53:59 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 08:44:57 -0500 From: "chris chase-dunn" Sender: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Message-Id: <35097.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: new World Wide Web Home Page for JWSR Dear Systemites: I have put up a Web home page for the _Journal of World-Systems Research_. Please give me some feedback on form and content. point your web browser at http://csf.colorado.edu and choose World-Systems and then choose the link to JWSR. thanks. chris Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu From pericles@astro.ocis.temple.edu Fri Mar 24 08:10:58 MST 1995 >From pericles@astro.ocis.temple.edu Fri Mar 24 08:10:57 1995 Received: from astro.ocis.temple.edu (astro.ocis.temple.edu [155.247.165.100]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id IAA02049 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 08:10:56 -0700 Received: by astro.ocis.temple.edu (5.61/25) id AA16322; Fri, 24 Mar 95 10:11:22 -0500 Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 10:11:21 -0500 (EST) From: "Daniel P. Tompkins" To: wsn Subject: Brunei dollar Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Does anyone know where I can find the falue of the Brunei dollar from day to day on the internet? (This is for my daughter's soc. studies project.) Dan Tompkins From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 24 08:19:27 MST 1995 >From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 24 08:19:27 1995 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id IAA02772 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 08:19:26 -0700 Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <2338-1>; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 10:19:51 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 09:10:57 -0500 From: "chris chase-dunn" Sender: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Message-Id: <36657.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: jwsr home page Dear Systemites: I have put up a home page for the _Journal of World-Systems Research_ on the World Wide Web. Those of you with web browsers have a look at http://csf.colorado.edu/wsystems/jwsr.html Please let me know what you think and give suggestions for improvements. thanks chris Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 24 08:47:21 MST 1995 >From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 24 08:47:20 1995 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id IAA05769 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 08:47:18 -0700 Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <3437-3>; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 10:47:41 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 09:38:38 -0500 From: "chris chase-dunn" Sender: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Message-Id: <38319.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: paper on the gulf wars Dear Systemites: A paper entitled "Lessons from the Gulf Wars: hegemonic decline, semiperipheral turbulence, and the role of the rentier state" by Cynthia Siemsen Maki and Walter Goldfrank has been deposited in the World-Systems Archive. The address is: csf.colorado.edu/wsystems/papers/goldfrank_walter_l/ chris Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu From Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu Fri Mar 24 09:20:33 MST 1995 >From Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu Fri Mar 24 09:20:33 1995 Received: from ellen.acad.lawrence.edu (ellen.acad.lawrence.edu [143.44.128.1]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id JAA07977 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 09:20:31 -0700 From: Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu Received: from lawrence.edu by lawrence.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #3646) id <01HOIED4VRAOA4LSUE@lawrence.edu>; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 10:24:48 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 10:22:33 -0600 (CST) Subject: positions of African countries To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Cc: Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu Message-id: <01HOIEHCYSUUA4LSUE@lawrence.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Question: I am writing a paper about fertility decline in Africa and need info on the relative positions/rankings of African countries in the w-s, preferably 1970's and 1980's-1990's. Leads on articles which have made this analysis would be very much appreciated. Candice.Bradley@Lawrence.edu Appleton, WI From Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu Fri Mar 24 09:34:10 MST 1995 >From Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu Fri Mar 24 09:34:08 1995 Received: from ellen.acad.lawrence.edu (ellen.acad.lawrence.edu [143.44.128.1]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id JAA09026 for ; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 09:34:06 -0700 From: Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu Received: from lawrence.edu by lawrence.edu (PMDF V4.3-9 #3646) id <01HOIED4VRAOA4LSUE@lawrence.edu>; Fri, 24 Mar 1995 10:38:25 -0600 (CST) Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 10:26:14 -0600 (CST) Subject: the unusual life of tristan smith/peter carey To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Cc: Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu Message-id: <01HOIEY8TRUOA4LSUE@lawrence.edu> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT I heard a public radio interview with Peter Carey the other day about his latest novel, The unusual life of Tristan Smith (1995, Knopf). This is a post-modern novel about two "countries" and their relationship to one another. Efica is a small place and marginal. Voorstand is large and central. Both have a circus, but in Efica the circus is a "circus" with animals and folks. In Voorstand, the "Sircus" has very high-paid participants but the risks are very high. The Sircus is populated with cartoon characters and laser lights -- very absurd. The book is about the relationship between the two, stated explicitly on the first page. This is definitely a world-systems novel. Carey came up with the idea for the novel while attending a conference on Australian lit in Florida (he is an Australian living in NY). After two days he got bored with the conference (provicial, like Efica) and went to Disney World. There he envisioned the characters suddenly as being real people; it was an imagined US of the future (Voorstand). I would like to discuss this novel with others who have read it or are interested in it. I can see The unusual life of Tristan Smith as a good reading for undergrads, a futuristic postmodern, postcolonial fiction on the world-system. Candice.Bradley@Lawrence.edu Appleton, WI From P34D3611@JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU Mon Mar 27 14:25:18 MST 1995 >From P34D3611@JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU Mon Mar 27 14:25:17 1995 Received: from JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (jhuvm.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.2]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id OAA24807 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 1995 14:25:13 -0700 Message-Id: <199503272125.OAA24807@csf.Colorado.EDU> Received: from JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 9210; Mon, 27 Mar 95 16:23:30 EST Received: from JHUVM (NJE origin P34D3611@JHUVM) by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 9205; Mon, 27 Mar 1995 16:23:28 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Mar 95 16:23:20 EST From: Peter Grimes Subject: NET CENSORSHIP (Update) To: wsn@CSF.COLORADO.EDU Return-Path: <@VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU:owner-cudigest@VMD.CSO.UIUC.EDU> Received: from JHUVM (NJE origin JHUSMTP3@JHUVM) by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 0310; Mon, 27 Mar 1995 02:36:23 -0500 Received: from VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU by JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with TCP; Mon, 27 Mar 95 02:36:19 EST Received: from VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU by VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 5601; Mon, 27 Mar 95 02:38:16 EST Received: from VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU (NJE origin LISTBIT@VTBIT) by VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with BSMTP id 3989; Mon, 27 Mar 1995 02:38:15 -0500 Date: Mon, 27 Mar 1995 01:35:00 CST Reply-To: TK0JUT2@MVS.CSO.NIU.EDU Sender: CU-DIGEST list From: "Cu Digest (tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu)" Editors: Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer (TK0JUT2@NIU.BITNET) CONTENTS, #7.24 (Sun, Mar 26, 1995) File 1--"Communications Decency Act" Update --------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 Mar 1995 14:45:05 -0500 From: ACLU Information Subject: File 1--"Communications Decency Act" Update March 23, 1995 A Cyber Liberties Alert >From the ACLU Senate Committee Backs Cyber Censorship, and Imposes Criminal Penalties WHAT JUST HAPPENED The Senate Commerce Committee adopted late this morning a modified version of the Exon bill, the so-called "Communications Decency Act" (originally introduced as Senate Bill 314). Senator Slade Gorton (R-WA), who had cosponsored S. 314 with Senator James Exon (D-NE), proposed the amendment in Exon's absence. It was adopted on voice vote as an amendment to the Telecommunications Competition and Deregulation Act of 1995. The amendment would subject on-line users to scrutiny and criminal penalties if their messages were deemed to be indecent, lewd, lascivious or filthy -- all communications that are protected by the Free Speech Guarantees of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. Although protecting children from pornography is its most often cited rationale, this is really a "bait and switch" with your rights at stake. Note that the amendment in fact goes way beyond child pornorgaphy. It's like the opponents of TV violence who first said children should be protected and then made "Murder She Wrote" with Angela Landsbury their number one target. Or like the censors who banned "Huckleberry Finn," "Where's Waldo?" and even Webster's Dictionary (it has "bad" words in it, after all). The Exon/Gorton Amendment would invite active interference in the basic speech of everyone using any telecommunication device -- simply because some government bureaucrat somewhere thought the speech was indecent or lascivious. All senators on the committee had been informed that the Exon/Gorton amendment would violate the Constitution, assault the liberties of net users, stifle development of new technologies (many of which offer greater choice and control by all users -- including parents), and spawn expensive litigation -- while not succeeding at reducing access by children to pornography. A coalition of civil liberties organizations -- including the ACLU -- and numerous commercial companies warned against adopting the Exon/Gorton amendment, which originally would also have made all online service providers (in fact, anyone transmitting an offensive message) criminally liable. Some commercial companies offered Exon and Gorton language exempting themselves from liability while still letting their subscribers be prosecuted. Today Senator Gorton said that the amendment had been modified to exempt those merely "transmitting" the message. The amendment would, however, still cover anyone who originates a message deemed indecent, lascivious etc. WHAT YOU CAN DO 1. Contact the senators from your state, and all senators on the Commerce Commitee expressing your disappointment with this morning's action. Thank Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Larry Pressler (R-SD) for not including the Exon/Gorton amendment in his proposed bill, and urge him to support action on the Senate floor to remove the anti-cyber amendment. 2. Contact your online service providers and ask them what they have been doing about this Exon/Gorton assault on your liberties. Some providers are still standing up for your rights; others may not have.Urge them, not to support any legislation that protects them, but violates your free speech rights. Urge them to oppose the modified Exon/Gorton amendment. 3. Contact all the other senators and urge them to support deletion of the Exon/Gorton amendment when the bill comes to the Senate floor. 4. Stay tuned for further information and action items for both House and Senate. The American Civil Liberties Union is a nationwide, nonpartisan organization of over 275,000 members. Now in its 75th year, the ACLU is devoted exclusively to protecting the civil liberties guaranteed by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, whereever these liberties are at risk--in a bookstore, in school, on the street, in cyberspace, wherever. The ACLU does this through legislative action, public education and litigation. --------------------------------------------------------------- Send your letter by e-mail, fax, or snail mail to: Senator Larry Pressler, S.D. Chairman, Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation SR-254 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-6125 (202) 224-5842 (phone) (202) 224-1259 (fax of Commerce Committee) e-mail: larry_pressler@pressler.senate.gov To maximize the impact of your letter, you should also write to the members of the Senate Commerce Committee and to your own Senators. Majority Members of the Senate Commerce Committee ------------------------------------------------- Senator Bob Packwood, Ore. SR-259 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-3702 (202) 224-5244 (phone) (202) 228-3576 (fax) Senator Ted Stevens, Alaska SH-522 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-0201 (202) 224-3004 (phone) (202) 224-1044 (fax) Senator John McCain, Ariz. SR-111 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-0303 (202) 224-2235 (phone) (202) 228-2862 (fax) Senator Conrad Burns, Mont. SD-183 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-2603 (202) 224-2644 (phone) (202) 224-8594 (fax) Senator Slade Gorton, Wash. SH-730 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-4701 (202) 224-3441 (phone) (202) 224-9393 (fax) e-mail: senator_gorton@gorton.senate.gov Senator Trent Lott, Miss. SR-487 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-2403 (202) 224-6253 (phone) (202) 224-2262 (fax) Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Tex. SH-703 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-4303 (202) 224-5922 (phone) (202) 224-0776 (fax) e-mail: senator@hutchison.senate.gov Senator Olympia J. Snowe, Maine SR-174 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-1903 (202) 224-5344 (phone) (202) 224-6853 (fax) Senator John Ashcroft, Mo. SH-705 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-2504 (202) 224-6154 (phone) (202) 224-7615 Minority Members of the Senate Commerce Committee ------------------------------------------------- Senator Ernest F. Hollings, S.C. SR-125 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-4002 (202) 224-6121 (phone) (202) 224-4293 (fax) Senator Daniel K. Inouye, Hawaii SH-772 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-1102 (202) 224-3934 (phone) (202) 224-6747 (fax) Senator Wendell H. Ford, Ky. SR-173A Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-1701 (202) 224-4343 (phone) (202) 224-0046 (fax) e-mail: wendell_ford@ford.senate.gov Senator J. James Exon, Neb. SH-528 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-2702 (202) 224-4224 (phone) (202) 224-5213 (fax) Senator John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV, W. Va. SH-109 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-4802 (202) 224-6472 (phone) (202) 224-1689 (fax) Senator John F. Kerry, Mass. SR-421 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-2102 (202) 224-2742 (phone) (202) 224-8525 (fax) Senator John B. Breaux, La SH-516 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-1803 (202) 224-4623 (phone) (202) 224-2435 (fax) Senator Richard H. Bryan, Nev. SR-364 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-2804 (202) 224-6244 (phone) (202) 224-1867 (fax) Senator Byron L. Dorgan, N.D. SH-713 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510-3405 (202) 224-2551 (phone) (202) 224-1193 (fax) You can also write or fax your own Senator at: The Honorable ______________________ U.S. Senate Washington, D.C. 20510 Senate directories including fax numbers may be found at: gopher://ftp.senate.gov:70 gopher://una.hh.lib.umich.edu:70/0/socsci/polscilaw/uslegi Additional information about the ACLU's position on this issue and others affecting civil liberties online and elsewhere may be found at: gopher:\\aclu.org:6601 OR request our FAQ at infoaclu@aclu.org -- ACLU Free Reading Room | American Civil Liberties Union gopher://aclu.org:6601 | 132 W. 43rd Street, NY, NY 10036 mailto:infoaclu@aclu.org| "Eternal vigilance is the ftp://ftp.pipeline.com | price of liberty" ------------------------------ ************************************ From wss@CHRISTA.UNH.EDU Thu Mar 30 06:05:27 MST 1995 >From wss@gloin.unh.edu Thu Mar 30 06:05:27 1995 Received: from unh.edu (unh.edu [132.177.132.50]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id GAA16250; Thu, 30 Mar 1995 06:05:25 -0700 Received: from gloin.unh.edu by unh.edu with SMTP id AA05910 (5.67b+/IDA-1.5); Thu, 30 Mar 1995 08:06:03 -0500 Received: (from wss@localhost) by gloin.unh.edu (8.6.11/8.6.10) id IAA00826; Thu, 30 Mar 1995 08:05:57 -0500 Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 07:55:50 -0500 (EST) From: William S Strauss X-Sender: wss@gloin.unh.edu To: isafp@csf.colorado.edu, WSN@csf.colorado.edu Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Below is a full description of an International Symposium to be held Oct. 2, 3, 1995 at the University of New Hampshire. Note the deadline for abstracts is April 15. Please email me with questions. Note that at the URL http://pubpages.unh.edu/~wss/call4.html there is also a full description AND an electronic form for submitting an abstract. So far, we have people presenting work from almost every continent. Also, for evening entertainment, we are trying to (and have received some positive responses) have several of the major US presidential candidates speak at the Conference Center during the weekend prior to the Monday and Tuesday Symposium. Thank you for your consideration, William Strauss, Symposium Coordinator. ______________________________ _________________________________________ A SYMPOSIUM ON INTERNATIONAL CHANGE Sponsored by=20 The Department of Economics and The Center for the Humanities=20 at=20 The University of New Hampshire THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT: WHY IS THE FUTURE NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE? ________________________________________________________________=20 THIS IS A CALL FOR PAPERS World Wide Web Page at http://pubpages.unh.edu/~wss/call4.html e-mail wss@christa.unh.edu --------------------------------------------------------------=20 CONFERENCE THEME The understandings sought by many analysts of the structures of relations= =20 betweennations are often based on a synthesis of determinants which transce= nd a single category or discipline. Thus, although explanations or predictions for action may be framed in the discourse of economics, political science, history, communication, sociology, philosophy or one of many other perspectives on the ways in which humankind moves through time, these explanations often incorporate assumptions which are taken as a priori base= d on the work of others selected from outside of the specific discipline.=20 This thesis, which explicitly recognizes the interdisciplinary nature of perceiving and prescribing the process of international change, is the foundation for a two day symposium to be held at the University of New Hampshire's New England Center on October 2 and 3, 1995 (Registration begin= s on Sunday, October 1). This symposium will be a forum for investigating ma= ny of the new questions about international relations that increasing transnationalism has generated. Below are the specific topics to be inve stigated. In general, the questions attempt to expose to scrutiny the underlying assumptions which influence the prescriptions and judgments whic= h are made with regard to international relations; specifically, those international relations that connect the "developed" world with the "less developed" world. Clearly, even the use of the words "development" and "third-world" carry implications that delimit the possibilities for understanding. =20 It is hoped that this symposium will help us all to understand why the futu= re is not what it used to be.=20 Academics and practitioners from the social sciences, the humanities, and science are invited to submit current or recent work that is relevant to th= e topics to be discussed (see below). Manuscripts selected by the sessions committee will be placed in a bound volume to be distributed to all participants who select this option with registration. All attendees who select this option will also receive a follow-up volume with the written comments and transcripts of the discussions.=20 THE SESSIONS: There will be seven sessions. =20 1. "The Policy, Politics, and Business of International Interaction"=20 Participants in this session will engage in a multi-level critique of the current understandings of what is defined as positive action in the interactions of government and businesses between developed and less developed nations.=20 2. "The Ideologies of Global Progress" This session will provide a focus f= or an investigation of the underlying discourses that define the set of possibilities from which progress is evaluated.=20 3. "The Rhetoric of Concern: Who Cares about What and Why?" This session i= s to be a forum which will explore the motives for international investment a= nd development policy.=20 4."Measuring and Evaluating Change" Participants will specifically investigate the methodologies and the selection of variables which provide the inputs for perceiving and judging change.=20 5. "Global Growth: Who Gets Better, Who Doesn't, and for How Long?" This session will focus on the distribution of well-being and on the externaliti= es developed in the pursuit of progress as well as the implications over time = of these aspects of global growth.=20 6. "Democracy and Free-Market Economics in World Development: Are the Norms of the West Best for the Rest?" This session will provide an opportunity f= or discussing the spread of Western-style motivational incentives to a diversi= ty of cultures.=20 7. "Aggression and Enforcement in World Affairs" Participants in this session will investigate the relationships of social systems, culture, and the interactions of international governmental and business policy with violence.=20 There will be a keynote address by a well-known participant in development activities. The luncheon speaker the first day will speak on foreign polic= y vis-=85-vis the First World, the Third World, and the structure of corporat= e transnationalism. This topic is intended to inspire a review of the linkag= es between the foreign policies of governments and the foreign policies of multinational businesses. The luncheon speaker on the second day will be fr= om a large multinational corporation and will speak on the visions of world business for success in the next century.=20 Please respond with an intention to participate by April 1, 1995. Abstract= s will be due April 1, 1995. Notification of selection will be made by April 25, and papers will be due by September 1, 1995. A tentative agenda will be mailed out to all who respond on May 1, 1995, including identification of the keynote and luncheon speakers on each day.=20 Send responses to William Strauss, Symposium Coordinator, Box 22, The Whittemore School of Business and Economics, McConnell Hall, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH, 03824. Call (603) 862-3457 if you have=20 questions.=20 At the WWW PAGE http://pubpages.unh.edu/~wss/call4.html there is an elect= ronic form by which you may submit an abstract under a link found after pushing= =20 the "Response deadline" button. Internet Address wss@Christa.unh.edu. See the following for details regarding conference fees and accommodations. Conference Fees =09For attendees that do not wish to attend the luncheons or receive the published proceedings: One day - $20 Two days - $30. =09For attendees that do wish to attend the luncheons but do not wish to receive the published proceedings: One day - $40 Two days - $70. =09For attendees that wish to attend the luncheons and receive the published proceedings: One day - $70 Two days - $100.=20 =09 =09Fees may be paid upon registration at the New England Center. Accommodations =09A block of rooms has been set aside at the New England Center (NEC) located on the University of New Hampshire campus for Saturday, September 3= 0, Sunday, October 1, and Monday October 2, 1995. The New England Center is a full service conference center surrounded by the hardwoods of northern New England. The NEC offers a secluded environment for meetings coupled with a full service hotel and restaurant. The NEC is one hour from Boston and one hour from Portland, Maine.=20 =09The symposium will occur during the peak of the New England fall foliage season. Thus, although this timing offers attendees the benefit of viewing the spectacular colors of the New England Autumn, it also means tha= t accommodations throughout the area are often booked well in advance.=20 =09A deadline of September 1, 1995 for reservations must be honored to assure the availability of rooms at the NEC. Room costs must be paid at th= e time of registration.=20 =09Room rates are as follows: =09Single room per night - $64 plus 8% room tax. =09 =09Double room per night - $69 plus 8% room tax. The New England Center can be reached at: 15 Stafford Avenue University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 (603) 862-2801 Mention the Conference on "International Change" Attendees for whom reservations have been made will receive a brochure describing the Center and providing guidance for transportation from Boston or Portland. A custom shuttle service is provided by the NEC to and from Boston's Logan airport for $35 per person.=20 From SKSANDER@grove.iup.edu Thu Mar 30 18:23:13 MST 1995 >From SKSANDER@grove.iup.edu Thu Mar 30 18:23:13 1995 Received: from acorn.grove.iup.edu (acorn.grove.iup.edu [144.80.128.8]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id SAA06051 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 1995 18:23:12 -0700 Received: from grove.iup.edu by grove.iup.edu (PMDF V4.3-13 #2467) id <01HORCYI161299DRLP@grove.iup.edu>; Thu, 30 Mar 1995 20:23:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 20:23:25 -0500 (EST) From: s_sanderson Subject: Sanderson's SOCIOLOGICAL WORLDS To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Message-id: <01HORCYI1FOO99DRLP@grove.iup.edu> Organization: Indiana University of Pennsylvania X-Envelope-to: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-VMS-To: NETMAIL%"wsn@csf.colorado.edu" MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Recently I posted a blurb on my new reader in macrosociology, SOCIOLOGICAL WORLDS, and apparently there is a lot of interest. Members wishing to order complimentary copies can do so easily through Roxbury's e-mail address: ROXBURY@CRL.COM. When ordering, the publisher would like you to indicate what course(s) you are considering it for. Stephen Sanderson From appelbau@alishaw.ucsb.edu Thu Mar 30 19:37:36 MST 1995 >From appelbau@alishaw.ucsb.edu Thu Mar 30 19:37:36 1995 Received: from hub.ucsb.edu (hub.ucsb.edu [128.111.24.40]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id TAA08618 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 1995 19:34:56 -0700 Received: from alishaw.ucsb.edu by hub.ucsb.edu; id AA18468 sendmail 4.1/UCSB-2.1-sun Thu, 30 Mar 95 18:35:13 PST for wsn@csf.colorado.edu Received: by alishaw.ucsb.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA16576; Thu, 30 Mar 95 18:34:34 PST Date: Thu, 30 Mar 95 18:34:34 PST From: appelbau@alishaw.ucsb.edu (Rich Appelbaum) Message-Id: <9503310234.AA16576@alishaw.ucsb.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: textbook incorporating globalization Bill Chambliss and I have just published an introductory sociology textbook with HarperCollins that seeks to inetgrate the theme of globalization throughout (along with an emphasis on diversity and critical thinking). If you are interested in further information, please contact me (appelbau@alishaw.ucsb.edu) or melissa.mashburn@harpercollins.com. Richard P. Appelbaum ----------------------------------------------------------- | Richard P. Appelbaum, Professor of Sociology | | Director, Community and Organization Research Institute | | Co-Director, Center for Global Studies | | (805) 893-7230 phone (805) 893-2790 fax | | email: appelbau@alishaw.ucsb.edu | ----------------------------------------------------------- From eweber@cati.csufresno.edu Thu Mar 30 23:19:30 MST 1995 >From eweber@cati.csufresno.edu Thu Mar 30 23:19:30 1995 Received: from CATI.CSUFresno.EDU (caticsuf.cati.csufresno.edu [129.8.100.15]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with ESMTP id XAA15952 for ; Thu, 30 Mar 1995 23:19:27 -0700 Received: (eweber@localhost) by CATI.CSUFresno.EDU (8.6.10/8.6.5) id WAA25718 for wsn@csf.colorado.edu; Thu, 30 Mar 1995 22:19:03 -0800 Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 22:19:03 -0800 From: Eberhard Weber Message-Id: <199503310619.WAA25718@CATI.CSUFresno.EDU> X-Mailer: idsmail 4.0 To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Re: textbook incorporating globalization Please provide additional information on this book. The topic is central to my work which is rooted in systems theory, viewing all human systems and future-oriented thought and models within a global context. Should you be interested in alternative socio-economic concepts in this context, perhaps you may wish to glance at a paper entitled "forging a new economy". You can retrieve it by e-mail by send ing the one-line message : send forging to glosys-pubs@netcom.com BTW, I am also one of ca 200 people worldwide working on the Milenium Project of the United Nations University which by its very nature is concerned with global interrelationships. Best regards, Eberhard Weber -------------------------------------------------------------------------- eweber@cati.csufresno.edu | 232 W. Lexington Avenue #102 | Fresno CA 93711 (209) 448-0462 | From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 31 07:08:01 MST 1995 >From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 31 07:08:00 1995 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id HAA06289 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 1995 07:07:54 -0700 Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <1314-3>; Fri, 31 Mar 1995 09:08:29 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 07:59:28 -0500 From: "chris chase-dunn" Sender: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Message-Id: <32368.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Fw: November 1995 Havana Conference (fwd) > > "CUBA AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER" > November 7-9, 1995 > Universidad de La Habana > > The Center for the Study of the United States (CESEU) of the > University of Havana, together with Wayne Smith, Director of Latin > American Studies Program, Johns Hopkins/Cuba Exchange and Michael > Erisman, Chair, Dept. of Political Science, Indiana State > University convene the International Scientific Workshop CUBA AND > THE CHALLENGES OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER, to be held at the University > of Havana from 7 through 9 November, 1995. > > Over the last three decades Cuban foreign policy has succeeded > in establishing diplomatic, economic, cultural and political links > with almost all the countries of the world. These links have been > and remain a main factor in the development and stability of the > Cuban national project. > > The knowledge of the actual trends in the important changes > that are taking place in the current system of international > relations, that is, the transit from the contemporary world to a > new world order, plays a decisive scientific and practical role for > Cuba, as well as for other international actors. > > That is why the Scientific Workshop is aimed at becoming a > forum for the debate of the peculiarities, scope, and limits > available to the various international actors, particularly Cuba, > in the new world order that is still undergoing a process of > development and organization. > > > FORUM TOPICS > > THE CHALLENGES TO THE SECURITY OF THE NATIONS: the legacy of > the Cold War; new concepts about security; economic confrontation > versus strategic-military confrontation; conflicts and their impact > on the emergence of new areas of influence. > > THE ECONOMIC CHALLENGES: globalization versus > regionalization; North-South conflict; regional trading > arrangements. > > THE POLITICAL CHALLENGES: unipolarism, multipolarism or > policentrism?; multilateral organizations; contemporary society and > cultural patterns. > > THE CHALLENGES OF CUBAN FOREIGN POLICY: relations with Latin > America, the United States, Asia, Europe, Africa and the Middle > East--potentialities and limits. > > > PRE-WORKSHOP COURSE > > Before holding the event, CESEU will organize a postgraduate > course entitled: "Challenges For The United States As It Confronts > The Year 2000". > > This course includes five two-hour lectures in the mornings > and debates in the afternoons. > > The lectures will be given by specialists from CESEU and other > institutions from the University of Havana as well as from other > Cuban institutions. > > > Subject Contents > > 1. The Global Challenges for the United States Foreign Policy in > the so-called Post-Cold War. > > 2. Regional conflicts and the U.S. Foreign Policy in the so- > called Post-Cold War. > > 3. The bilateral conflict Cuba-United States in the New World > Order. > > > GENERAL INFORMATION > > If you are interested in participating in the workshop you > should: > > 1) Send us the title of your paper and let us know your > willingness to attend the workshop before September 30th, > 1995. > > 2) Send us before October 9th, 1995 all your personal data and a > photocopy of your passport's first page for visa arrangements. > > U.S. CITIZENS--current law and policy requires that you obtain > a license from the Treasury Department order to travel to > Cuba. Information and application forms can be obtained by > contacting: Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign > Assets Control, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC > 20220. You should familiarize yourself with the regulations > governing travel to Cuba (e.g., must be purely for research > and related academic activities) before making application. > Allow 4-6 weeks for processing of your application. > > 3) Bring along with you ten copies of your presentation as well > as a WP5.1 diskette copy for a better organization of the > event. > > 4) A U.S. $80.00 registration fee in cash is payable upon arrival > in Cuba. > > 5) You are entitled to a University tourist package that includes > for U.S. $40.00/day, lodging, breakfast and dinner, in and > out airport transfer and transportation from/to the event. > > 6) All expenses inside Cuba must be paid in cash. > > > > Esteban Morales Ph.D. > Organizing Committee President > > Lic. Carlos A. Batista Odio > Organizing Committee Vice-president > > Graciela Chailloux Laffita Ph.D. > in charge of the Scientific Program > > Center for the Study of the United States > CESEU > University of Havana > International Scientific Workshop > Cuba and the Challenges of the New World Order > > Calle 33 No. 1421 > e/ 14 y 18 > Miramar, Playa > Ciudad de La Habana > CUBA > > PO BOX 23054 ZIP CODE 11600 > > Fax: (Country Code 53) (City Code 7) > > 33-1908 31-4163 78-3231 > > Telex: 911277 > > Tels. (Country Code 53) (City Code 7) > > 23-8541 23-5807 > > E-Mail: ceseu@tinored.cu > > > For more information or assistance, you can contact: > > Dr. H. Michael Erisman > Chair, Political Science Department > Indiana State University > Terre Haute, IN 47809 > > Tel: 812/237-2429 > Fax: 812/237-3445 > > E-Mail: psmeris@scifac.indstate.edu > Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhu.edu From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 31 07:08:04 MST 1995 >From chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Fri Mar 31 07:08:03 1995 Received: from jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu [128.220.2.5]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.6.11/8.6.9/CNS-3.5) with SMTP id HAA06292 for ; Fri, 31 Mar 1995 07:08:00 -0700 Received: from [128.220.25.44] ([128.220.25.44]) by jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu with SMTP id <1496-4>; Fri, 31 Mar 1995 09:08:29 -0500 X-NUPop-Charset: English Date: Fri, 31 Mar 1995 07:59:28 -0500 From: "chris chase-dunn" Sender: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Message-Id: <32369.chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu> To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Fw: Marcos the man (fwd) ------------------------------ From: Mike Gurstein Thu, 30 Mar 1995 22:40:34 -0500 To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: Marcos the man (fwd) This might be of interest... Mike Gurstein ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 30 Mar 1995 11:17:52 -0800 From:al@powergrid.electriciti.com To: prj@garnet.msen.com Subject: Marcos the man MARCOS THE MAN The rebellion that has caught the imagination of the world began in the old capital of Chiapas, San Christobal de las Casas. This town of about 100,000 people is set in the mountains and surrounded by rain forest. The streets are narrow and the houses and buildings are whitewashed in the manner of the old Colonial towns and cities in southern Mexico. The streets have sidewalks and high curbs to help control the run off of rainwater that pours through the town. The church here, and some of the people, help support the man who calls himself subcomandante Marcos. They respect the green press cards that say "war correspondent" designed and issued by Marcos to journalists and writers allowed into the Zapatista zone. Showing one, and asking for an interview, somehow gets back into the rain forest and one soon sees Marcos in a side street, or receives an invitation to go deeper into the territory. He is the leader that has taken a ragtag group of native insurgents, some armed only with wooden guns, into the international spotlight. More importantly, he and the Zapatistas as a whole, have become a force that the government of Mexico has had to deal with. With all of his effectiveness and his place in international news, very little is known about Marcos. He is larger, broader shouldered, than his companeros, about five foot eight inches tall. He is a light skinned mestiso and you can see green eyes peering out at you from behind the ski mask. He almost always either smokes an oversized pipe, or simply pulls it out and handles it like an old friend. He is apparently in his thirties. His English has been called only fair, but his ability to use historical and literary allusion, and his sophisticated and witty conversation, as well as his apparent US education, belies the reality of this. He has said that he has lived in northern Mexico, but most of the people in the area believe he is from one of the wealthy families of Jalisco or Veracruz. It is very obvious that he has not been raised in the Indian culture and, in fact, needs the help of a translator (although less and less) when working with those who speak only the Mayan dialect of the area. He says he spent ten years preparing for the revolution and he says that he and five comrades arrived in Chiapas twelve years ago with the intention of starting a guerrilla movement. That preparation almost certainly included a university education in the Untied States. Many believe he went to school in San Francisco; perhaps the University of San Francisco, in California; but, the classical nature of allusions and references suggest one of the eastern schools may be more likely. Wherever he was educated, he obviously took pains to learn about communication, public relations, and political science, as well as a fine traditional program. The most popular rumor about him is that he is, or has been, a Jesuit priest; but, there is no evidence for this. In fact, his constant companion and aide is a young Mayan woman that seems to adore him, and may be a very special friend. The most certain thing is that he is a poet and writer. I was told that he personally wrote the more than three hundred pages of the Zapatista book called Era; all while he was directing his companeros in their revolt and dealing with the international press almost daily. He writes under his persona as Marcos and, at other times, as a companseno; a poor native farmer. That is how the official notices from the EZLN, signed by him and the Committee Clandestino Revolucionario Indgena-Coordinadora General, the communal governing authority of the Zapatistas, are written for the local and international press. In his letters and announcements, he asks for, and seems to genuinely need, the emotional support of his readers. He ends many of his communiqu=E9s with the line "smoking and thinking" and you can almost see him as he walks into the trees, hands clasped behind his back as is his style. Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhu.edu