From rozov@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu Tue May 2 21:50:31 MDT 1995 From: rozov@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 23:46:57 -0400 (EDT) To: wsn Subject: basic papers for Russian almanac It is a request for fundamental and recent Western writings on=20 macrohistory, macrosociology, geopolitics, futurology, etc.=20 After the downfall of "Berlin wall" the new "Golden wall"separates now Russ= ian culture and thought from the Western ones:the State "free of ideology" = has no currency for modern Westernbooks and periodicals. The cultural gap b= ecomes even more deepthan duri ng communist regime. Having opportunity to use American library system for a whileand having = some organiz. resources in Russia I wish to make asmall step for filling th= is gap by translating into Russian and=20 publishing an annual almanac (see below the project). I've already selected some writings (mainly by scanning, notby thoughtfu= l reading) but I am sure I missed some fundamentalpapers, books, names. I'll be grateful for any biblio info and comments concerningthe project = given below. The purpose of almanac is to give picture of previous mostbasic and in= fluent as well as recent most discussible andpromising writings of the West= ern thought in the given area. Even new names of authors (maybe + year) are useful: I can finda paper or = book by CARL system. Thanks in advance Nikolai S. Rozov Professor of Philosophy, Novosibirsk St.Un. e-mail: until June 30: rozov@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu constant: rozov@adm.nsu.nsk.su =20 Publishing Project: VREMIA MIRA LE TEMPS DU MOND THE WORLD TIME the almanac for modern studies of historical systems, civilizations and futures Novosibirsk - Moscow Planned issues: 1. Metodology, Ontology, and Basic Concepts (1996) 2. The Structures of Social Space and Historical Time 3. The Dynamics of History and Modern Trends=20 4. Human Values and the Meaning of History ISSUE 1: METHODOLOGY, ONTOLOGY, AND BASIC CONCEPTS=D4 (the main headings, authors) PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY AND THEORETICAL HISTORY F.Braudel,1958 K.Hempel,1942 W.Dray ? Chr.Lloyd. From "The Structures of History" I.Olabarry, 1995 =20 MACROSOCIOLOGY, GEOPOLITICS, AND WORLD ECONOMICS K.Polanyi. (from "The Great Transformation") + ? I.Wallerstein. World-System Analysis,1987. Chr.Chase-Dann. ? M.Mann (from "Sources of Social Power") Ch.Tilly. The Future History + from "Big Structures..." ? THEORY AND HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS L.Febvre.=20 McNeill.? Eisenstadt 1987 ? Hodgson 1993 ? ? ASPECTS OF WORLD HISTORY AND MODERNITY (social movements, religions and ideologies, education,demography, technolo= gy, ecology, etc.) ? FUTUROLOGY AND GLOBAL PROJECTS Curtis 1982 ? Feather 1989 ? Keegan W 1992 ? Goodman 1993 ? Fukuiama ? Feather, 1989 ? Kegley 1994 ? ? From dassbach@mtu.edu Wed May 3 06:38:45 MDT 1995 Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 08:40:12 -0400 To: WSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU From: dassbach@mtu.edu (Carl H.A. Dassbach) Subject: PEWS Book Award Doesn't the PEWS section recognize a new book as being a signficant contribution to the field. If so, I would like to nominate Arrighi, Giovanni, THE LONG 20TH C., Verso, 1994. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Carl H.A. Dassbach E-mail: DASSBACH@MTU.EDU Dept. of Social Sciences Phone: (906)487-2115 Michigan Technological University Fax: (906)487-2468 Houghton, MI 49931 USA From P.J.Taylor@newcastle.ac.uk Wed May 3 07:01:11 MDT 1995 Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 14:02:30 +0100 (BST) From: "P.J. Taylor" To: ipe@csf.colorado.edu Subject: MA in International Cultural Change Subscribers to the list may be interested in a new MA in International Cultural Change offered at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) (Home of the new journal RIPE - Review of International Political Economy). This MA is the result of a new research grouping on International Cultural Change in the Department of Geography at Newcastle. The teaching team comprises Alastair Bonnett, Nina Laurie, Kevin Robins and Peter Taylor. It aims to draw together interesting themes emerging from interdisciplinary studies on culture, gender and 'race' and focuses on the interconnections between them in the context of international change. This is a 12 month full-time MA (part-time students can take the programme over two years). It is based on small group seminar work and evaluation is carried out through long essays and a dissertation. It involves no written exams. 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Fax: +44 (0) 191 222 5421 Postgraduate Administrator: Judith Houston, Tel: +44 (0) 191 222 6450 Course Dirctor: Ash Amin, Tel: +44 (0) 191 222 7740 From chriscd@jhu.edu Wed May 3 18:14:09 MDT 1995 id <01HQ2URMLC3KI3S8Z5@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 03 May 1995 20:15:34 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQ2URL07UOI2LAO9@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 03 May 1995 20:15:32 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 20:15:31 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: Re: May Day (fwd) To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 16:40:07 -0400 From:gsantos@academic.csubak.edu Subject: Re: May Day 1. I thought Martha's sharing of the brief history of May Day from the PSN cellars was as fine as sharing with us a vintage bottle of wine. Thanks. 2. In Mexico, where the capitalist-road version of the single-party state reached its most elaborate & refined mode of corporativism, certainly in the world's South, I grew up watching the fantastic spectacle every May Day, of huge working-class parades displaying banner after banner eulogizing "LOS MARTIRES DE CHICAGO". In Mexico City, since the days of Obregon (1920s), every May Day, hundreds of thousands of workers marched pass the Presidential Palace, waving their banners to the Sen~or Presidente in turn, in a ritual re-affirmation of the social compact between rulers and ruled. Kind of like the Soviet ritual, sans the military components (no superpower imperative here, merely reaffirming the loyalty of workers to the *presidencialista* system). Yesterday, for the *first* time since the 1920s, the ritual was *cancelled*. The "official" union bosses, led by ninety-something Fidel Velazquez of the CTM, declared to the media they were not doing the May Day parade, for "fear the rank-&-file might get out of hand", post-devaluation, post-collapse of the "proyecto neoliberal" of the Salinas Administration. Salinas in his best years had had to endure the "mentadas de madre" (loosely "fuck yous, Mr. President") of the increasingly worse-off workers forced to march past him ("acarreados"), to the point that the TV monopoly network had to deeply censure the coverage of the "celebration". Now, Zedillo send word to his "incondicional" Velazquez: no parade. Instead, yesterday, Zedillo, "momiza", "dinosauros", and asorted pre-selected "workers", celebrated May Day ... in a close-doors auditorium! In the Zocalo, in front of the Presidential Palace, tens of thousands marched, in defiance & protest to the rape of Mexico and the draconian policies of the Zedillo Administration to "rescue" the foreign and domestic speculators behind the whole mess. There were open confrontations with the riot police sent to defend the empty palace. The corporativist model is in its death throes, the neoliberal policies rammed down the throat of the Mexican people now through a two-party alliance (PRI-PAN) with dubious future. But the spell is broken. Open class warfare is the order of the day. The Zapatistas awoke a lot of people not so much to their miserable condition, but from their ruler's siren songs of NAFTA-yeske "BIENESTAR PARA TU FAMILIA" (well-being for your family) just ahead, the PRI slogan in last year's election, but from their own sense of powerlessness against the enduring system of rule. Whether the Mexican Left, better positioned today than ever before since the times of Porfirio Diaz and the Flores Magon brothers, already in possession of a party-vehicle, the PRD of Cardenas et al., with a superb & brilliant rural offensive in Chiapas (with a brilliant young post-Cold War leadership), with all the "objective" and "subjective" conditions it could dream of ever having clearly unfolding (at least domestically) with such force and speed, rises to the historic opportunity and makes full use of it to chart the "first anti-systemic challenge of the XXI Century", as the Mexican Revolution was for this century, is an open question. (phew... what a mouthfull!) I just hope that if and when it does, in today's globalized conditions, it won't become contained, "frozen", and eventually converted into another model of peripheral capitalist "development", as the first challenge did! Now, repeat after me the slogan these days in Mexico City: "Todos Somos Marcos!" G. Santos From chriscd@jhu.edu Wed May 3 18:18:18 MDT 1995 id <01HQ2UWOC0Q8I3S6TM@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 03 May 1995 20:19:38 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQ2UWMPC5SI2L9WO@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 03 May 1995 20:19:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 20:19:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: A Birthday Celebration (fwd) To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 18:48:44 -0400 From: Bill Koehnlein Subject: A Birthday Celebration The Brecht Forum/New York Marxist School 122 West 27 Street, 10 floor New York, New York 10001 (212) 242-4201 (212) 741-4563 (fax) nyms1@nyxfer.blythe.org (e-mail) Monthly Review Press and The Brecht Forum/New York Marxist School invite you to celebrate the Eighty-Fifth Birthday of Paul Sweezy and Annette Rubinstein two very remarkable and unwavering socialists on Friday, May 12 from 7:30 pm until? Admission: $8.50 -music -dancing -refreshments -cash bar at The Brecht Forum 122 West 27 Street, 10 floor (between 6 & 7 Avenues) Manhattan Paul M. Sweezy was born in New York City in 1910, educated at Exeter and Harvard, and after receiving his Ph.D. in 1937 went to the London School of Economics, to Vienna, and to other places on the continent for graduate study. He taught economics at Harvard until 1946. He is now co-editor, with Harry Magdoff, of _Monthly Review_. Paul Sweezy's books include _Monopoly and Competition in the English Coal Trade, 1550-1850_, _The Present as History_, _Cuba: Anatomy of a Revolution_ (with Leo Huberman), _Monopoly Capital_ (with Paul A. Baran), and _The Theory of Capitalist Development_. Annette T. Rubinstein was born in New York. Her parents were socialist activists who ran a progressive school. She received her doctorate in literature from New York University, worked as a literary critic and educator for many years, and served as the education director of the Jefferson School for Social Science. Blacklisted in the 1950s, she supported herself by writing and by giving lectures around the country. A lifelong civil rights activist, Annette Rubinstein was also an organizer for the American Labor Party and was active in Vito Marcantonio's numerous successful electoral campaigns. Annette Rubinstein has taught in China, Czechoslovakia, and the German Democratic Republic, and was one of the founders of _Science and Society_, the world's oldest scholarly Marxist journal, and still serves on its editorial board. She is also on the editorial board of _Jewish Currents_. In addition to numerous articles, her books include _American Literature: Root and Flower_ and _The Great Tradition in English Literature from Shakespeare to Shaw_. She is a long-time friend, supporter, and faculty member of The Brecht Forum/New York Marxist School. //end From chriscd@jhu.edu Wed May 3 18:48:05 MDT 1995 id <01HQ2VXP5L1SI3S9B3@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 03 May 1995 20:49:29 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQ2VXO0R9CI2LA3N@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 03 May 1995 20:49:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 20:49:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Carl Dassbach suggests that Giovanni Arrighi's _The Long Twentieth Century_ (Verso, 1994) should be nominated for the PEWS distinguished scholarship award. I agree and I have heard that the 1995 award committee is considering Arrighi's book. I have just finished reading the book and would like to propose a seminar discussion on wsn focussing on it. I think this is the most important book about the modern world-system yet written. Arrighi solves the riddle of continuities and evolutionary changes in the political and economic structures of the world-system over the past 600 years. I propose the following: subscribers to wsn should obtain and read Arrighi's book as soon as possible. We will begin a discussion of the book on Monday, June 12 on wsn. That should allow all those who are interested enough time to obtain and read the book. chris Professor Christopher Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu From chriscd@jhu.edu Wed May 3 19:22:26 MDT 1995 id <01HQ2X57U8G0I3S9IV@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 03 May 1995 21:23:49 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQ2X56A13KI2LBPL@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 03 May 1995 21:23:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 03 May 1995 21:23:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: HJSR Earthday Issue (fwd) To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Professor Christopher Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 3 May 1995 11:26:57 -0400 From: Linda Hall-Martin To: chriscd@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu Subject: HJSR Earthday Issue Dear Dr. Chase-Dunn: Per Dr. Chew's request, the following information is being sent to you regarding the HJSR Earthday issue. Please let me know if you have any questions. The Humboldt Journal of Social Relations has published a special issue to commemorate the 25thAnniversary of Earth Day. Contributions include: On Environmental Degradation: Let the Earth Live by Sing C. Chew Twenty-Five Years Since Earthday: Reflections of a Sometime Social Activist by Bill Devall Deep Echology: A Quarter Century of Earth Minstrelsy by Jesse Wolf Hardin Using Biodiversity as a Justification for Nature Protection in the US by R. Edward Grumbine Natural Resource Use In A Transnational Treadmill: International Agreements, National Citizenship Practices, and Sustainable Development by Kenneth A. Gould, Adam S. Weinberg, and Allan Schnaiberg Eco-Alienation by Albert Bergesen CPR for the Earth by David Brower Industrial Society, Postmodernity and Ecological Sustainability by Arne Naess For information, please contact: HUMBOLDT JOURNAL OF SOCIAL RELATIONS College of Behavioral and Social Sciences HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY Arcata, CA 95521 707-826-3716 - Phone 707-826-3717 - FAX Linda Hall-Martin hallmartinl@axe.humboldt.edu 707-826-3716-phone 707-826-3717-fax From P34D3611@JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU Wed May 3 22:56:36 MDT 1995 Date: Wed, 03 May 95 21:29:32 EST From: Peter Grimes Subject: Arrighi/Pews To: wsn@CSF.COLORADO.EDU I would like to heartily 2nd Carl's suggestion that Giovanni Arrighi's book be considered for the PEWS award. It both summarizes and transcends the deepest insights of W-S theory to date into the patterns structuring historical capitalism, drawing upon but going beyond the advances of Waller- stein and Braudel. I would also propose that we consider discussing it on the net soon. -Peter Grimes From chriscd@jhu.edu Thu May 4 08:20:32 MDT 1995 id <01HQ3OBV5W2OI3SCR6@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 04 May 1995 10:21:52 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQ3OBT7MN4I2LJSR@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 04 May 1995 10:21:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 04 May 1995 09:12:17 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: IR/IPE Chair and Lectureships Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: Robert O'Brien Subject: IR/IPE Chair and Lectureships Forwarded message: >From MAILER-DAEMON Tue May 2 10:41:40 1995 From: Mail Delivery Subsystem Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 10:41:37 +0100 Subject: Returned mail: Remote protocol error To: ssfc8 The original message was received at Tue, 2 May 1995 09:46:12 +0100 from ssfc8@localhost ----- The following addresses had delivery problems ----- ipe@csf.colorado.edu (unrecoverable error) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- 554 ipe@csf.colorado.edu... Remote protocol error ----- Original message follows ----- From: "Robert O'Brien" Subject: Re: IR/IPE Jobs To: ipe@csf.colorado.edu Date: Tue, 2 May 1995 09:46:11 +0100 (BST) In-Reply-To: from "Lev Gonick" at Apr 22, 95 12:00:12 pm Dear IPE and IR people, The University of Sussex has just posted the following advertisment (minus the typos) CHAIR IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND POLITICS The University of Sussex is committed to a major new development in research in International Relations and Politics. To this end, a new subject group of International Relations and Politics has been formed out of the two previously seperate groups. The University is now looking to appoint an outstanding scholar as Professor who will provide solid academic and organisational leadership and be prepared to chair the new group. The post is open to scholars from any field of International Relations or Politics but applicants should have broad interests and we would particularly welcome scholars who are working on the borderline between the two disciplines. We are anxious to appoint no later than 1st January 1996. Salary will be within the Professorial range. THREE LECTURESHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND POLITICS In addition, the University is also seeking to appoint one permanent lecturer and one temporary lecturer from 1st October 1995 and it is expected that a further permanent lecturer will be appointed from 1st January 1996. The lecturership appointments will be made on either Grade A or B salary scale. Application forms and particulars from Ms. Victoria Lay Personnel Office Sussex House University of Sussex Falmer, Brighton BN1 9RH UK Tel:01273-678201, Fax 01273-678335 Please pass this advertisment on to other people and other lists if you think it is appropriate. Should anyone one wish to speak to me informally about the job I can be reached on Email. (I'm an lecturer in IPE) the address is: R.J.O-Brien@sussex.ac.uk 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@jhu.edu Thu May 4 13:32:13 MDT 1995 id <01HQ3Z6028CWI3SDQC@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 04 May 1995 15:32:30 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQ3Z5S3900I2LOW9@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 04 May 1995 15:32:18 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 04 May 1995 14:22:43 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: US profit rate Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: dhenwood@panix.com (Doug Henwood) Subject: US profit rate Some time ago I offered a table of the profit rate for US nonfinancial business. After much delay, here it is. Doug -- Doug Henwood [dhenwood@panix.com] Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax --------------------------------------- TANGIBLE ASSETS, PROFITS, AND PROFIT RATE OF NONFINANCIAL CORPORATE BUSINESS IN THE UNITED STATES, 1945-94 (billions of dollars, except percentages) profits profit rate tangible ------------------ --------------------- year assets before tax after tax before tax after tax 1945 136.8 17.9 7.7 13.1% 5.6% 1946 175.7 22.1 13.5 12.6% 7.7% 1947 211.4 29.2 18.4 13.8% 8.7% 1948 232.2 31.9 20.1 13.7% 8.7% 1949 236.0 25.2 15.9 10.7% 6.7% 1950 267.5 38.7 21.8 14.5% 8.1% 1951 298.7 39.4 18.2 13.2% 6.1% 1952 313.1 34.0 16.2 10.9% 5.2% 1953 328.0 35.1 16.7 10.7% 5.1% 1954 336.3 32.4 16.7 9.6% 5.0% 1955 368.0 42.3 22.1 11.5% 6.0% 1956 410.8 42.2 22.2 10.3% 5.4% 1957 436.6 40.2 21.1 9.2% 4.8% 1958 445.1 34.2 18.0 7.7% 4.0% 1959 463.5 43.6 22.9 9.4% 4.9% 1960 476.9 40.3 21.1 8.5% 4.4% 1961 490.5 40.1 20.7 8.2% 4.2% 1962 509.9 45.0 24.3 8.8% 4.8% 1963 531.5 49.8 27.0 9.4% 5.1% 1964 562.1 56.0 32.1 10.0% 5.7% 1965 606.5 66.2 39.0 10.9% 6.4% 1966 670.4 71.4 41.9 10.7% 6.3% 1967 725.1 67.5 39.7 9.3% 5.5% 1968 798.1 74.0 40.4 9.3% 5.1% 1969 886.5 70.8 37.5 8.0% 4.2% 1970 968.7 58.1 31.0 6.0% 3.2% 1971 1,057.2 67.1 37.1 6.3% 3.5% 1972 1,168.5 78.6 44.8 6.7% 3.8% 1973 1,342.0 98.6 58.4 7.3% 4.4% 1974 1,621.5 109.2 67.0 6.7% 4.1% 1975 1,792.0 109.9 68.4 6.1% 3.8% 1976 1,965.6 137.3 84.4 7.0% 4.3% 1977 2,186.8 158.6 98.7 7.3% 4.5% 1978 2,485.2 183.5 116.4 7.4% 4.7% 1979 2,863.7 195.5 125.9 6.8% 4.4% 1980 3,278.4 181.6 114.6 5.5% 3.5% 1981 3,674.3 181.0 117.1 4.9% 3.2% 1982 3,860.1 132.9 86.7 3.4% 2.2% 1983 3,979.4 155.9 96.4 3.9% 2.4% 1984 4,215.4 189.0 115.4 4.5% 2.7% 1985 4,399.0 165.5 95.6 3.8% 2.2% 1986 4,545.7 149.1 73.5 3.3% 1.6% 1987 4,750.8 212.0 118.5 4.5% 2.5% 1988 5,056.7 256.6 154.9 5.1% 3.1% 1989 5,334.4 232.9 133.3 4.4% 2.5% 1990 5,325.9 232.1 138.3 4.4% 2.6% 1991 5,042.6 212.4 129.3 4.2% 2.6% 1992 4,818.9 253.4 165.5 5.3% 3.4% 1993 4,964.6 293.5 176.7 5.9% 3.6% 1994 5,265.4est 360.1 215.4 6.8% 4.1% Profit rate = profits/tangible assets. Tangible assets include fixed assets and inventories. 1994 asset figure is an estimate based on yearly investment flow; it is highly approximate, and is only for comparison purposes. Official figures will be released in September 1995. Source: Federal Reserve flow of funds accounts, diskette version, March 1995. The print version is release C.9, Balance Sheets for the U.S. Economy. 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 dassbach@mtu.edu Fri May 5 06:59:14 MDT 1995 Date: Fri, 05 May 1995 09:00:49 -0400 To: WSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU From: dassbach@mtu.edu (Carl H.A. Dassbach) Subject: The Long 20th c. Given that there seems to be some agreement that Arrighi's book should be nominated/awarded the section prize, may I suggest that we nominate the book for some type of ASA prize - I forget what it is - C. Wright Mills Award. How do we (I) go about it? Yes, I agree we shopuld discuss the book in the future - for now, let me re-raise a question that I posed in January - is this book world-system? Carl Dassbach ----------------------------------------------------------------- Carl H.A. Dassbach E-mail: DASSBACH@MTU.EDU Dept. of Social Sciences Phone: (906)487-2115 Michigan Technological University Fax: (906)487-2468 Houghton, MI 49931 USA From SKSANDER@grove.iup.edu Fri May 5 12:59:43 MDT 1995 id <01HQ5BK7ZGH28WWZ1R@grove.iup.edu>; Fri, 05 May 1995 14:59:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 05 May 1995 14:59:25 -0500 (EST) From: s_sanderson Subject: Book Announcement To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Organization: Indiana University of Pennsylvania BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT On May 5th Blackwell is publishing SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS: A GENERAL THEORY OF HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, by Stephen K. Sanderson. This book articulates a comprehensive, formal theory of social evolution and applies it to the last 10,000 years of human history and prehistory by looking at the most fundamental social transformations over this long period: the Neolithic Revolution, the rise of civilization and the state, the rise of modern capitalism in western Europe and Japan in the sixteenth century, and the evolution of the modern world over the past 500 years. An attempt to predict the near-term future by projecting the broad evolutionary trends of the modern era is made in the penultimate chapter. Contents: 1. Evolutionary Materialism: A General Theory of Historical Development 2. The Neolithic Revolution 3. The Rise of Civilization and the State 4. Agrarian States and their Evolutionary Dynamics 5. The Capitalist Revolution and the Beginnings of the Modern World 6. The Evolution of the Modern World, I: The Expanding and Evolving Modern World-System 7. The Evolution of the Modern World, II: The Emergence of the Institutions of Modernity 8. The Question of Progress 9. The Evolving Future 10. Theoretical Reprise 452 pages; ISBN 1-55786-403-9 (cloth, $59.95), 1-55786-404-7 (paperback, $21.95). Copies may be ordered from Blackwell Publishers, 238 Main St., Cambridge, MA 02142 (USA), or 108 Cowley Rd., Oxford, UK OX4 1JF. Examination copies for potential class adoption are available. Prepublication reviews: "A highly readable, even exciting, presentation of the basic case for evolutionary transformation throughout world history. It summarizes clearly, fairly, and intelligently the major viewpoints and puts its own forward quite persuasively. It should be read by students and scholars alike." -- Immanuel Wallerstein "A major contribution to comparative and evolutionary social science. Sanderson's main argument is that an evolutionary theory, once cleansed of methodological errors, is needed to provide an understanding of social change over the long run. Sanderson uses insights from the world-systems perspective and from cultural materialism to develop his own theory of societal evolution. His theoretical approach is original and compelling." -- Christopher Chase-Dunn "Sanderson's book is itself an evolutionary development from major lines of sociological explanation of world history, cross-breeding the materialist evolutionism and conflict theory of Marvin Harris and Gerhard Lenski with the world-system theory of Immanuel Wallerstein. Sanderson opens up an array of fresh insights on topics such as precapitalist world-systems, the independent development of capitalism in Japan and Europe, and the rise and demise of state socialism. The attempt to extrapolate the future on the basis of this theory is striking. In this theoretical lineage, Sanderson's work is the latest stage of evolutionary advance." -- Randall Collins From ba05105@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu Sat May 6 14:44:31 MDT 1995 From: ba05105@bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu Subject: Re: Book Announcement To: SKSANDER@grove.iup.edu Date: Sat, 6 May 1995 16:40:50 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <01HQ5BK7ZGH48WWZ1R@grove.iup.edu> from "s_sanderson" at May 5, 95 01:01:43 pm Re: This book announcement: I'm so tired of this fashion for small scale, narrow interest works! > > BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT > > On May 5th Blackwell is publishing SOCIAL TRANSFORMATIONS: A GENERAL THEORY OF > HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT, by Stephen K. Sanderson. This book articulates a > comprehensive, formal theory of social evolution and applies it to the last > 10,000 years of human history and prehistory by looking at the most fundamental > social transformations over this long period: the Neolithic Revolution, the > rise of civilization and the state, the rise of modern capitalism in western > Europe and Japan in the sixteenth century, and the evolution of the modern > world over the past 500 years. An attempt to predict the near-term future by > projecting the broad evolutionary trends of the modern era is made in the > penultimate chapter. > > Contents: > 1. Evolutionary Materialism: A General Theory of Historical Development > 2. The Neolithic Revolution > 3. The Rise of Civilization and the State > 4. Agrarian States and their Evolutionary Dynamics > 5. The Capitalist Revolution and the Beginnings of the Modern World > 6. The Evolution of the Modern World, I: The Expanding and Evolving > Modern World-System > 7. The Evolution of the Modern World, II: The Emergence of the Institutions > of Modernity > 8. The Question of Progress > 9. The Evolving Future > 10. Theoretical Reprise > > 452 pages; ISBN 1-55786-403-9 (cloth, $59.95), 1-55786-404-7 (paperback, > $21.95). Copies may be ordered from Blackwell Publishers, 238 Main St., > Cambridge, MA 02142 (USA), or 108 Cowley Rd., Oxford, UK OX4 1JF. Examination > copies for potential class adoption are available. > > Prepublication reviews: > > "A highly readable, even exciting, presentation of the basic case for > evolutionary transformation throughout world history. It summarizes clearly, > fairly, and intelligently the major viewpoints and puts its own forward quite > persuasively. It should be read by students and scholars alike." > -- Immanuel Wallerstein > > "A major contribution to comparative and evolutionary social science. > Sanderson's main argument is that an evolutionary theory, once cleansed of > methodological errors, is needed to provide an understanding of social change > over the long run. Sanderson uses insights from the world-systems perspective > and from cultural materialism to develop his own theory of societal evolution. > His theoretical approach is original and compelling." > -- Christopher Chase-Dunn > > "Sanderson's book is itself an evolutionary development from major lines of > sociological explanation of world history, cross-breeding the materialist > evolutionism and conflict theory of Marvin Harris and Gerhard Lenski with the > world-system theory of Immanuel Wallerstein. Sanderson opens up an array of > fresh insights on topics such as precapitalist world-systems, the independent > development of capitalism in Japan and Europe, and the rise and demise of state > socialism. The attempt to extrapolate the future on the basis of this theory > is striking. In this theoretical lineage, Sanderson's work is the latest stage > of evolutionary advance." > -- Randall Collins > > > > > From chriscd@jhu.edu Mon May 8 12:08:47 MDT 1995 id <01HQ9HFBFN5SI2MJQZ@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Mon, 08 May 1995 14:09:39 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQ9HF5GQ8WI2MLCF@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Mon, 08 May 1995 14:09:13 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 08 May 1995 12:59:33 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: International Conference Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: William S Strauss Subject: International Conference _________________________________________ A SYMPOSIUM ON INTERNATIONAL CHANGE Sponsored by The Department of Economics and The Center for the Humanities at The University of New Hampshire OCTOBER 2, 3, 1995 THIRD WORLD DEVELOPMENT: WHY IS THE FUTURE NOT WHAT IT USED TO BE? ________________________________________________________________ THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT FOR A CONFERENCE. THIS INFO CAN ALSO BE SEEN ON THE World Wide Web Pages at http://pubpages.unh.edu/~wss/symp.html Questions? e-mail wss@christa.unh.edu -------------------------------------------------------------- FARTHER BELOW IS A LIST OF THE TITLES OF THE PAPERS TO BE PRESENTED. KEYNOTE AND LUNCHEON SPEAKERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ________________________________ THE CONFERENCE THEME The understandings sought by many analysts of the structures of relations between nations are often based on a synthesis of determinants which transcend 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 based on the work of others selected from outside of the specific discipline. 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 begins on Sunday, October 1). This symposium will be a forum for investigating many of the new questions about international relations that increasing transnationalism has generated. Below are the specific topics to be investigated. In general, the questions attempt to expose to scrutiny the underlying assumptions which influence the prescriptions and judgments which 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. It is hoped that this symposium will help us all to understand why the future is not what it used to be. --------------------------- THE SESSIONS: There will be seven sessions. 1. "The Policy, Politics, and Business of International Interaction" 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. 2. "The Ideologies of Global Progress" This session will provide a focus for an investigation of the underlying discourses that define the set of possibilities from which progress is evaluated. 3. "The Rhetoric of Concern: Who Cares about What and Why?" This session is to be a forum which will explore the motives for international investment and development policy. 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. 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 externalities developed in the pursuit of progress as well as the implications over time of these aspects of global growth. 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 for discussing the spread of Western-style motivational incentives to a diversity of cultures. 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. -------------------- THE PAPERS Symposium Papers (as of May 2, 1995) (no specific order to the list) 1 Dr. Douglas Friedman, College of Charleston, USA, The Politics of Privatization: Comparative Perspectives on Latin America and East/Central Europe 2 Dr. Kwasi Sarfo, York College, USA, The Contemporary Third World Development Experience in Perspective 3 Dr. Albert Dalmolen, Mansfield University, USA, Politics, Markets and Hyperdiversity: Development Dilemmas in the Indonesian Experience 4 Dr. Gopal Iyer, Baruch College, USA, When Too Far East is Not West: The Ideological Excesses of Free Markets and Third World Priorities 5 Dr. Georgia Carvalho, Colorado State University, USA, Environmental Degradation in the Third World and Modes of Insertion into the World Economy 6 Dr. Herbert Stocker, Institut f. Wirtschartstheorie, Austria, International Inequality: Extent, Trends and Reasons Behind 7 Dr. Debra Straussfogel, University of New Hampshire, USA, Beyond GNP: Evaluating Development in Four Dimensions 8 Dr. Burkhard Heer, University of Cologne, Germany, Income and Emission Taxation in a Model of Economic Development, Population Growth and the Environment 9 Dr. Paul Harris, University of New Hampshire, USA, Considerations of Distributive Justice at the Earth Summit 10 Dr. David Waller, University of Texas at Arlington, USA, China into the 21st Century 11 Mr. Robert Ostergard, USA, Intellectual Property Rights Under GATT 12 Doctors Craig Benjamin & Terisa Turner, University of Guelph, Canada, Popular Movements and Global Transformation 13 Dr. Jan Sallinger-McBride, University of Tennessee - Knoxville, USA, Predatory Development: The Opening and Destruction of the Amazon Basin 14 Dr. Ravi Palat, University of Auckland, New Zealand, Transnationalization of Capital and the Paradox of Democracy 15 Dr. George Assibey-Mensah, Indiana University Northwest, USA , Empirical Findings on Third World Social Phenomena and Development Strategies 16 Dr. George Assibey-Mensah, Indiana University Northwest, USA, Why the Future of Global Change May Not Be As Expected: Interviews with the Leaders of Third World Countries 17 Mr. Jeffrey Beatty, Ohio State University, USA, What is Globalization and How Do We Know It When We See It? 18 Dr. Holger Henke, USA , Development in the Caribbean Region: A Study of Psychological and Economic Dependency 19 Dr. Ferdinand Maquito, Japan, Japan's Overseas Development Philosophy: The Principal Agent Paradigm in Action 20 Dr. Adam Cobb, St. John's College, UK, China and World Security 21 Dr. Steven Sherman, Binghamton University, USA, Historical Major World Systems Shifts: The Meaning of Progress Redefined 22 Mr. Louis Crust, Canada, Development in Mexico: A House Becoming of its Foundations. The Effects of Policy on the Development of Housing in Mexico 23 Dr. Lisa Farrow, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, USA, International Institution Building in Response to Global Environmental Change: The Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research 24 Dr. Patrick Dupont, Center for Development Studies, Belgium, The Search for Other Variables: The Limits to the Economic Determinacy of Democratization 25 Dr. Li Xing, Aalborg University, Denmark, The East Asian Development Model: A Template for Third World Modernization 26 Dr. Mohammed A. Bamyeh, University of Massachusetts, USA The Coming Age of Ungovernability 27 Dr. Jennie B. Watson, Kent State University, USA Contradictory Economic Priorities Among Developing Nations and the Failure of the NIEO Movement 28 Ms. Pandora Patton, University of Texas, USA Glasnost in the Market Place? The Emergence of Relationship Marketing THE KEYNOTE AND PRIMARY LUNCHEON SPEAKERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED BY MID-SUMMER. THE KEYNOTE SPEAKER IS EXPECTED TO BE A WELL-KNOWN LEADER FROM A THIRD-WORLD NATION. IT IS ALSO POSSIBLE THAT ARRANGEMENTS WILL BE COMPLETED FOR SEVERAL MAJOR U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TO BE SPEAKING IN THE AREA ON THE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY (SEPT. 30, OCT. 1) JUST PRIOR TO THE CONFERENCE. --------------------- REGISTRATION Send inquiries 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 questions. At the WWW PAGE http://pubpages.unh.edu/~wss/symp.html you can access an electronic form by which you may register or send questions. The Internet Address is wss@christa.unh.edu. ------------------- See the following for details regarding conference fees and accommodations. Conference Fees: For attendees that do not wish to attend the luncheons or receive the published proceedings: One day - $20 Two days - $30. For attendees that do wish to attend the luncheons but do not wish to receive the published proceedings: One day - $40 Two days - $70. For attendees that wish to attend the luncheons and receive the published proceedings: One day - $70 Two days - $100. Conference Fees should be paid at least 30 days prior to the conference. Payment within 30 days will be subject to an added charge of $25. ---------------- Accommodations A block of rooms has been set aside at the New England Center (NEC) located on the University of New Hampshire campus for Saturday, September 30, 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. The 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 that accommodations throughout the area are often booked well in advance. After July 1, 1995, the conference finance committee will begin to release some of the unreserved rooms as contractual milestones are reached in the holding arrangement. Other events will be taking place at the New England Center on the conference dates and it is probable that rooms will be reserved rather quickly. BASICALLY, IT IS ADVISED THAT ROOM ARRANGEMENTS BE COMPLETED BY JULY 1, 1995, OTHERWISE, THERE MAY BE PROBLEMS WITH FINDING NEARBY ACCOMMODATIONS. CALL OR WRITE THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER REGARDING YOUR NEEDS OR TO SET UP ANY SET OF CONTINGENCY PLANS YOU MAY FEEL IS APPROPRIATE. Room rates are as follows: Single room per night - $64 plus 8% room tax. Double 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. _________________ WE FEEL THAT THIS GATHERING WILL FULFILL THE EXPECTATIONS OF THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY THEME THAT INSPIRED THE WORKS TO BE PRESENTED. WE EXPECT ALL PARTICIPANTS TO GAIN AN ENHANCED UNDERSTANDING OF THE "REAL" WORLD AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF OUR REPRESENTATIVE AGENT... A COMBINATION POLITICAL SCIENTIST/ECONOMIST/ GEOGRAPHER/HISTORIAN/PHILOSOPHER/INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS PERSON... COME AND SHARE THE EXPERIENCE. 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 ELENA@JHUVM.HCF.JHU.EDU Tue May 9 00:31:22 MDT 1995 Date: Tue, 09 May 95 02:28:13 EST From: Elena Ermolaeva Subject: May 9! No Wars Any More! Yes, this is really the end of the file ! From chriscd@jhu.edu Wed May 10 08:05:14 MDT 1995 id <01HQC1J9Z4Z4I50ISS@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 10 May 1995 10:06:47 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQC1J92P6OI50QYT@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 10 May 1995 10:06:46 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 08:57:12 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: ruprect@cats.ucsc.edu (Roberto) Subject: >From darkstar.UCSC.EDU!hal.COM!decwrl!enews.sgi.com!sgiblab!rpal.rockwell.com!news.Stanford.EDU!kfps-cppc-dynamic-80.stanford.edu!user Tue May 9 20:56:29 PDT 1995 Article: 5025 of soc.culture.mexican.american Path: darkstar.UCSC.EDU!hal.COM!decwrl!enews.sgi.com!sgiblab!rpal.rockwell.com!news.Stanford.EDU!kfps-cppc-dynamic-80.stanford.edu!user From: midnight@leland.stanford.edu Newsgroups: soc.culture.mexican.american Subject: LATINA JUNIOR FACULTY RESEARCH AND MENTORING GRANTS Date: Tue, 09 May 1995 13:28:58 -0800 Organization: Aztlan, Inc. Lines: 100 NNTP-Posting-Host: kfps-cppc-dynamic-80.stanford.edu ANOUNCING: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH COUNCIL INTER-UNIVERSITY PROGRAM FOR LATINO RESEARCH CALL FOR PROPOSALS LATINA JUNIOR FACULTY RESEARCH AND MENTORING GRANTS (1995-1996) The Social Science Research Council (SSRC) and the Inter-University Program (IUP) announces a grant competition for basic and applied social science research that is interdisciplinary in orientations; examines differences and similarities across Latino groups; and takes gender differences into account. The overall purpose of the Latina Junior Faculty Research and Mentoring Grant program is to support the professional development of Latina junior faculty by funding resarch and by structuring mentoring relationships between Latina, junior scholars and senior faculty. The committee will place particular emphasis on projects which show the building of mentor relationships between senior and junior faculty and students. Porposals for pilot studies or seed money for future larger projects will also be considered. Funds for this project are provided by a grant form the Ford Foundation. The competition is open to projects in the social sciences where the principal investigator is an untenured Latina Faculty member at higher education institutions or two-year colleges. The committee will award between four to six grants of up to $20,000 each. Payment goes directly to the university unit which will administer the grant. At the end of the grant all unspent funds must be returned to the SSRC. Awards will be made based on the scholarly merit of the research project, the extent of collaborations between the junior and senior faculty scholar. Research should have public policy relevance and an interdisciplinary orientation. Research should also allow for the dissemination of its findings. ELIGIBILITY: Untenured Latina faculty at higher education institutions (including two-year colleges). MATERIALS NEEDED IN PROPOSAL: * Reseach proposal (10 double-spaced pages maximum), which includes the following: Abstract, Purpose and project goals, Methodology, Review of literature, Policy implications and Budget. The proposal should also include a breif section explaining how this grant will help the principal investigator's carrer. * Three letters of recommendation, includig one from the senior scholar who will be the mentor in the project. The mentor's letter should address how the project will help advance the career of the principal investigator. * Curriculum vitae of the Principal Investigator and the Senior Mentor. * Letter from a university official specifying which unit will administer the grant. SELECTION CRITERIA: * Scholarly merit of the research project. * Research in the social sciences with an interdisciplinary orientation. * Research with a public policy relevance and that will allow for dissemination of results. * Extensive collaboration with and mentoring by the senior shcolar. * Benefit to the junior facutly's professional development. ALLOWABLE EXPENSES: * Travel. * Research assistanship. * Release time for junior scholar. * Stipend for senior scholar (maximum $1,000). * Research costs such as conducting, transcribing or coding interviews. NON-ALLOWABLE EXPENSES: * Purchase of computer hardware. * Indirect costs or overhead. PAYMENTS: Funds will be distributed to the principal investigator's institution. The principal investigator will receive 80% of the grant at the start of the project. The remaining 20% will be awarded after a final report is mailed to the SSRC. The final report should include a list of the porject's accomplishments. APPLICATION DEADLINE: Proposals shold be postmarked no later than September 15, 1995. THERE IS NO APPLICATION FORM (proposals will not be accepted via fax or e-mail). Grant period is one year beginning at any point between January 1, 1996 and September 1, 1996. Awards will be announced by the first week of November, 1995. both the title and author's name should appear at the top of the cover page. Applicants are required to notify the SSRC if other funding is received for the proposal. Please enclose a self-addressed postcard if you wish receipt of your proposal acknowledged. Send nine complete and individually bound copies of the entire package to: The Social Science Research Council Committee for Public Policy Research on Contemporary Hispanic Issues Latina Junior Faculty Research Mentoring Grants 605 Third Avenue, 17th floor New York, NY 10158 Tel: (212) 661-0280 Fax: (212) 370-7896 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 Ronald.Tuschl@uibk.ac.at Thu May 11 07:53:41 MDT 1995 From: "Ronald Tuschl" Organization: University of Innsbruck, Austria To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 15:55:14 +0200 Subject: literature wanted !!! Hi, my name is Ronald Tuschl and I'm a student at the universtity of Innsbruck/Austria. My current interest is the peace- and conflict-research in Europe, especially the common security system of the NATO and OSCE. I'm currently searching for literature on european security politics in a framement of the modern world-system theory. I'm familiar with I.Wallerstein, A.G:Frank and S.Amin. I hope you can help me.. Greetengs from the hear of Europe! Ronald Tuschl Univercity of Innsbruck/AUSTRIA e-mail: ronald.tuschl@ac.at From fei-ling.wang@inta.gatech.edu Thu May 11 08:48:39 MDT 1995 Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 10:51:47 -0500 To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu From: fei-ling.wang@inta.gatech.edu (Fei-ling Wang) Subject: Conference in Hong Kong Conference Announcement "A "A Changing China In A Changing World" Chinese Scholars of Political Science and Interntaional Studies(CSPSIS), USA August 22-25, 1995, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Chinese Scholars of Political Science and International Studies invites its members and other interested scholars in the United States as well as around the world to its annual conference, to be held with Hong Kong Social Sciences Service Centre (HKSSSC) as co-host, August 22-25, 1995 at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong. The theme of the conference is "a changing China in a changing world."" We welcome papers addressing the following issues concerning China: National Capability and Local Dynamics, Economic Growth and Social Policy, Engagement in International Trade and Eco nomic Interaction, China's Role in the Restructuring World Politics, China and International Relations of East Asia, Relations between Maindland, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Experience of Transformation of Centrally-Planed Economy, East Asian Mode of Political Economy, and Theory and Practice of Civic Society. For invited paper presenters, the CSPSIS will provide minimal financ= ial subsidy for part of their travel cost, and three-night free accommodations at Chinese University of Hong Kong during the conference. The CSPSIS is also aimed at turning quality panels and papers into longer term projects, which would result in pubished volumes. Application Procedures: (1) All those interested in presenting a paper should send in a completed application form and a paper proposal, which should include your name, affiliation and title, postal address, phone/fax number(s), email address(proferable), and full paper title and a 150-word abstract. In the application form attached, you have an option to become a member of the CSPSIS. General membership fee for this year is $10 per person. Benefits include a free copy of CSPSIS publications and newsletters, and a priority in consideration of conference travel subsidy. The completed application form and paper proposal should be sent to Dr. ZHONG Yang, Department of Political Science, 1001 McClung Tower, The Univeristy of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0410, USA (Phone: [615] 974-7187, Fax [615] 974-7037, and E-m ail: PA145348@UTKVM1.UTK.EDU) NO LATER THAN JUNE 15, 1995. You may fax your application/proposal before you mail it to save time. (2) The CSPSIS Board will review and select presenters on the basis = of the quality and topic relevancy of the proposals. Notice of proposal acceptance by the CSPSIS Board will be (e)mailed to you by the end of June. A completed paper and $20 conference registration fee should be sent in by the end of July, in order to be eligible for financial subsidy. (3) For further information about the conference and the CSPSIS in general, please contact Dr. Xiaoming Huang, President of CSPSIS, at (213)740-4292, Fax (213)740-9498, or E-mail: xiaohuan@mizar.usc.edu. For information about the HKSSSC, please contact David Tsui, President, HKSSSC, Flat F, 5/F., Multifield Building, 147-151 King's Road, North Point, Hong Kong. Tel. (852)257-1-0819, and Fax (852)2512-1003. ****************************************************************************= * Application Form and Paper Proposal "A "A Changing China In A Changing World" August 22-25, 1995, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong =A9m=B6W: _________________________ NAME: Mr. Ms. Dr. or Prof.______________= ____ ADDRESS: Street______________________________________________________= __ City______________State (Country)_________ Zipcode__________= __ PHONE: ______________________ FAX:_____________________E-MAIL_______________= __ INSTITUTION: _______________________________________________________________= __ DEPARTMENT:__________________________________TITLE:_________________________= __ CSPSIS MEMBERSHIP: Yes_______ No______ HOUSING PREFERENCE: Male______ Female _______ TRAVEL SUBSIDY AS PRE-CONDITION FOR CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION Yes____No ___= _ PAPER TO PRESENT(A 150-word abstract. Please print on a separate piece of paper and attach it to this form: TITIL:____________________________________________________________ 1995-1996 membership fee is $10. Please make your check payable in US dollars to CSPSIS and send it with this form to: Prof. ZHONG Yang, Department of Political Science, 1001 McClung Tower, The Univeristy of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0410, USA Phone: [615] 974-7187, Fax [615] 974-7037, E-mail: PA145348@UTKVM1.UTK.EDU ************************************************************************* End of File. Please Distribute From Ronald.Tuschl@uibk.ac.at Thu May 11 08:52:23 MDT 1995 From: "Ronald Tuschl" Organization: University of Innsbruck, Austria To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 16:53:29 +0200 Subject: correction of e-mail-adress Sorry! My correct e-mail adress is: ronald.tuschl@uibk.ac.at ! Please correct it. Bye, Ronny From chriscd@jhu.edu Thu May 11 17:40:05 MDT 1995 id <01HQDZW9RYW0I7IDZW@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 11 May 1995 19:41:36 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQDZW5S6OGI69NQ9@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 11 May 1995 19:41:30 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 11 May 1995 19:41:29 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: Intern-Mexico-U.S.-Foreign Relations (fwd) To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 10 May 1995 20:58:13 -0400 From: Carlos Osorio Subject: Intern-Mexico-U.S.-Foreign Relations (fwd) The followwing is an interesting announcement Carlos Osorio National Security Archive Phone: (202) 994-7219 Suite 701, Gelman Library Fax: (202) 994-7005 2130 H St. NW Email: cosorio@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu Washington, D.C. 20037 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- INTERN NEEDED THE NATIONAL SECURITY ARCHIVE, an independent, non-profit research institute and library, seeks an intern to assist this summer on a project concerning U.S. relations with Mexico. The intern will research U.S.-Mexico relations since the 1960s, examining bilateral political, diplomatic, security, trade, migration and narcotics issues. The research will contribute to a broad Archive project on Mexico, resulting in publication of a collection of declassified government documents -- one of several collections undertaken by the Archive to enrich debate on American public policy by making available to scholars, researchers and Congress internal government documentation on a variety of important foreign, defense and intelligence issues. The intern will work out of the Archive's offices on the campus of George Washington University in Washington, DC, participating in the project in a number of substantive ways. Depending on the project's needs and the interests of the intern, those may include: tracking down bibliographies on U.S.-Mexico issues; assembling a set of secondary sources for reference (from Facts on File, specialty journals and newspapers, published chronologies, university theses); attending congressional hearings, seminars and conferences; collecting data from government documents (such as security assistance figures, trade statistics, international lending data, NAFTA-related information); building an extensive chronology of events; drafting glossary entries on key names and organizations; and investigating leads from scholars or journalists already working on U.S.-Mexico relations. In short, the limits of the intern's participation in the project will be largely defined by the intern. The position is available on June 15. Applicants may begin after that date, but no later than July 1. REQUIREMENTS: The Archive is seeking applicants with strong writing and research skills, and some understanding of U.S. policy in Latin America. Proficiency in Spanish is helpful but not required. Please note that applicants must be able to make a commitment for a minimum of eight weeks, 20-40 hours a week. TO APPLY: Respond to: E-mail: kadoyle@gwis2.circ.gwu.edu Mail: Kate Doyle Project Director National Security Archive The Gelman Library, Suite 701 2130 H St. NW Washington, DC 20037 Phone: (202) 994-7035 Fax: (202) 994-7005 Please explain your interest in the project, how your own background or experience relates to the project's focus, and your availability this summer. Be prepared to submit (via fax, mail or e-mail) a resume, short writing sample, one or two recommendations and a transcript. From dassbach@mtu.edu Fri May 12 11:19:08 MDT 1995 Date: Fri, 12 May 1995 13:20:49 -0400 To: WSN@CSF.COLORADO.EDU From: dassbach@mtu.edu (Carl H.A. Dassbach) Subject: Opening closed doors In, I believe, January we had a fairly lengthy discussion about how WSN could be used to make the processes of decision making and governance within PEWS more transparent and accessible. As I recall, Fred Deyo wholeheartedly supported this idea. We now have an opportunity to put this into practice: specifically, I am referring to section award for distinguished scholarship. It is my opinion that this issue should be addressed by the section as a whole (or at least the far larger portion of the section that can be addressed via WSN) instead of some small private committee. After posting some comments about Arrighi's LONG 20TH c and my belief that this book should be nominated for the award, I received a communication from Phil McMichael, PEWS Chair -Elect, informing me that no decision had been made about this award. I was also informed that several people were under consideration. In my reply to Phil, I posed two questions: what were the people/works under consideration and had the members of the award committee (whoever they may be) read all these works. In addition, I also suggested to Phil that we (PEWS) attempt to gain some broader recognition, i.e, an ASA award, for whomever we nominate for a section award. I have not heard from Phil on any of these points and so I have decided to report this situation to other section members on WSN and raise these matters for discussion on the list. Note - before I sent this message to the list, I sent it to Phil. Although he responded, he never answered my original questions. I wouldn't reproduce his response here because I did not ask him if I could but the gist of his response was "the organization (PEWS or, for that matter ASA) has precedence over its members. I you want to do something, go through the approved channels" Needless to say I find this a totally unacceptable, elitist (and insulting) response. At one time, (and mainly because communication was so difficult) we tolerated a small elite running this (or for that matter any other ASA) organization. This is no longer acceptable precisely because we have the means to achieve direct participation - e-mail (which, I should add, in terms of potential participation has to be far superior to the section meetings at the ASA). New procedures should be established to insure that whatever members wish to have input into a section decision, do, in fact, have input. It is no longer necessary to have a small group of individuals, meeting in quasi-secrecy, and making decisions in the name of the section as a whole. . ----------------------------------------------------------------- Carl H.A. Dassbach E-mail: DASSBACH@MTU.EDU Dept. of Social Sciences Phone: (906)487-2115 Michigan Technological University Fax: (906)487-2468 Houghton, MI 49931 USA From pdm1@cornell.edu Mon May 15 08:28:07 1995 Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 10:29:29 -0400 To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu From: pdm1@cornell.edu (Philip McMichael) Subject: Re: Opening closed doors Just to set the record straight the response I gave Carl to his statement, prior to its release to wsn, is reproduced below. Basically I'm telling him that PEWS is an ASA organization, and I have no power personally to reconstitute it. If he perceives this as being elitist so be it. A virtual revolution over e.mail may be the best way to go. But in the meantime let's not misrepresent each other. This is the last word from me - I'm neither Chair, nor Secretary, of PEWS. > >To:dassbach@mtu.edu (Carl H.A. Dassbach) >From:pdm1@cornell.edu (Philip McMichael) >Subject:Re: Opening closed doors > >Carl - I don't mind what you do with your message: beyond virtual reality >there are ways to get Arrighi's book nominated for the ASA award -- >contact the Washington office. In the meantime the section has a duly >constituted organization that takes care of the PEWS award through an >elected, not a private, committee. If you want to change the organization, >bring it to the business meeting at the ASA -- it can't be done over >e-mail as PEWS is an ASA organization. > 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 sonn@cats.ucsc.edu Mon May 15 18:00:04 1995 Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 17:01:49 -0700 To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu From: sonn@cats.ucsc.edu (David A. Sonnenfeld, Sociology, UC Santa Cruz) Subject: RSS/ASA Room-share? I'm planning on attending the RSS and ASA meetings in August, and am interested in sharing hotel rooms (or staying locally) to help keep costs down. Please contact me directly at if you're interested. Non-smoking please. Thanks. David From chriscd@jhu.edu Mon May 15 19:03:23 1995 id <01HQJNVT0KMOI6A80V@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Mon, 15 May 1995 21:02:22 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQJNVO0VN4I7IWE5@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Mon, 15 May 1995 21:02:16 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 21:02:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: Universal Declaration of Human Rights (fwd) To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Universal Declaration of Human Rights On December 10, 1948 the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the full text of which appears in the following pages. Following this historic act the Assembly called upon all Member countries to publicize the text of the Declaration and "to cause it to be disseminated, displayed, read and expounded principally in schools and other educational institutions, without distinction based on the political status of countries or territories." Final Authorized Text UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS PREAMBLE Whereas recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, Whereas disregard and contempt for human rights have resulted in barbarous acts which have outraged the conscience of mankind, and the advent of a world in which human beings shall enjoy freedom of speech and belief and freedom from fear and want has beep proclaimed as the highest aspiration of the common people, Whereas it is essential, if man is not to be compelled to have recourse, as a last resort, to rebellion against tyranny and oppression, that human rights should be protected by the rule of law, Whereas it is essential to promote the development of friendly relations between nations, Whereas the peoples of the United Nations have in the Charter reaffirmed their faith in fundamental human rights, in the dignity and worth of the human person and in the equal rights of men and women and have determined to promote social progress and better standards of life in larger freedom, Whereas Member States have pledged themselves to achieve, in co-operation with the United Nations, the promotion of universal respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms, Whereas a common understanding of these rights and freedoms is of the greatest importance for the full realization of this pledge, Now, Therefore, THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY proclaims THIS UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS as a common standard of achievement for all peoples and all nations, to the end that every individual and every organ of society, keeping this Declaration constantly in mind, shall strive by teaching and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms and by progressive measures, national and international, to secure their universal and effective recognition and observance, both among the peoples of Member States themselves and among the peoples of territories under their jurisdiction. Article 1. All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood. Article 2. Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty. Article 3. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person. Article 4. No one shall be held in slavery or servitude; slavery and the slave trade shall be prohibited in all their forms. Article 5. No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. Article 6. Everyone has the right to recognition everywhere as a person before the law. Article 7. All are equal before the law and are entitled without any discrimination to equal protection of the law All are entitled to equal protection against any discrimination in violation of this Declaration and against any incitement to such discrimination. Article 8. Everyone has the right to an effective remedy by the competent national tribunals for acts violating the fundamental rights granted him by the constitution or by law. Article 9. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest, detention or exile. Article 10. Everyone is entitled in full equality to a fair and public hearing by an independent and impartial tribunal, in the determination of his rights and obligations and of any criminal charge against him. Article 11. (1) Everyone charged with a penal offence has the right to be presumed innocent until proved guilty according to law in a public trial at which he has had all the guarantees necessary for his defence. (2) No one shall be held guilty of any penal offence on account of any act or omission which did not constitute a penal offence, under national or international law, at the time when it was committed Nor shall a heavier penalty be imposed than the one that was applicable at the time the penal offence was committed. Article 12. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks. Article 13. (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of movement and residence within the borders of each state. (2) Everyone has the right to leave any country, including his own, and to return to his country. Article 14. (1) Everyone has the right to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution. (2) This right may not be invoked in the case of prosecutions genuinely arising from non-political crimes or from acts contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. Article 15. (1) Everyone has the right to a nationality. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nor denied the right to change his nationality. Article 16. (1) Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution. (2) Marriage shall be entered into only with the free and full consent of the intending spouses. (3) The family is the natural and fundamental group unit of society and is entitled to protection by society and the State. Article 17. (1) Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others. (2) No one shall be arbitrarily deprived of his property. Article 18. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. Article 19. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. Article 20. (1) Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. (2) No one may be compelled to belong to an association. Article 21. (1) Everyone has the right to take part in the government of his country, directly or through freely chosen representatives. (2) Everyone has the right of equal access to public service in his country. (3) The will of the people shall be the basis of the authority of government; this will shall be expressed in periodic and genuine elections which shall be by universal and equal suffrage and shall be held by secret vote or by equivalent free voting procedures. Article 22. Everyone, as a member of society, has the right to social security and is entitled to realization, through national effort and international co-operation and in accordance with the organization and resources of each State, of the economic, social and cultural rights indispensable for his dignity and the free development of his personality. Article 23. (1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. (2) Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. (3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection. (4) Everyone has the right to form and to join trade unions for the protection of his interests. Article 24. Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay. Article 25. (1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. (2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection. Article 26. (1) Everyone has the right to education. Education shall be free, at least in the elementary and fundamental stages Elementary education shall be compulsory Technical and professional education shall be made generally available and higher education shall be equally accessible to all on the basis of merit. (2) Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms It shall promote understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations, racial or religious groups, and shall further the activities of the United Nations for the maintenance of peace. (3) Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children. Article 27. (1) Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits. (2) Everyone has the right to the protection of the moral and material interests resulting from any scientific, literary or artistic production of which he is the author. Article 28. Everyone is entitled to a social and international order in which the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration can be fully realized. Article 29. (1) Everyone has duties to the community in which alone the free and full development of his personality is possible. (2) In the exercise of his rights and freedoms, everyone shall be subject only to such limitations as are determined by law solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and of meeting the just requirements of morality, public order and the general welfare in a democratic society. (3) These rights and freedoms may in no case be exercised contrary to the purposes and principles of the United Nations. Article 30. Nothing in this Declaration may be interpreted as implying for any State, group or person any right to engage in any activity or to perform any act aimed at the destruction of any of the rights and freedoms set forth herein. Universal Declaration of Human Rights From chriscd@jhu.edu Mon May 15 19:22:06 1995 id <01HQJONBZ5M8I7IWBY@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Mon, 15 May 1995 21:23:46 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQJONB9S1CI7IVZ7@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Mon, 15 May 1995 21:23:45 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 15 May 1995 21:23:45 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: November Conference in Havana (fwd) To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: November Conference in Havana CUBA AND THE CHALLENGES OF THE NEW WORLD ORDER Havana, November 7-9, 1995 Sponsored by CESEU (Centro de Estudios Sobre Estados Unidos/Center for U.S. Studies), University of Havana Announcements regarding the international workshop/conference noted above were circulated earlier this year. For those interested in attending and/or participating in the conference/workshop, please note the following information (especially with regard to obtaining the necessary visa documents). In order to facilitate the issuance of visas, you should provide the following information along with your request for a visa: Your complete name Your address (probably would be a good idea to provide both home and business addresses-- include telephone numbers, fax numbers, etc.) Where you work and in what capacity Your passport number Your date and place of birth A photocopy of the first page of your passport (i.e., the page with your photograph on it) Your planned date of arrival in and departure from Havana (this information is extremely important and must be provided) Send this information to both CESEU and the Cuban Interests Section in Washington, DC. The addresses are: Dr. Graciela Chailloux, Program Coordinator Centro de Estudios Sobre Estados Unidos Universidad de la Habana Calle 33 No. 1421 entre 14 y 8 Miramar, Playa Cuidad de Habana, CUBA Fax: (237) 7-3231 or (237) 32-2557 Telex: 512210DICT-UH E-Mail: ceseu@tinored.cu or ceseu%tinored.cu@igc.org Sr. Armando Amieba First Secretary Cuban Interests Section 2630 16th Street, NW Washington, DC 20009 If you wish to participate in the conference/workshop, please include with the material sent to CESEU the title of your proposed paper or presentation. Although CESEU did not request it, it might be a good idea to include also a short abstract of your proposed presentation. ATT has provided the following information regarding direct telephone dialing to Cuba (the ATT link is now up and running). The basic information that you need is: Internatl Access Code = 011 Cuba's country code = 53 Havana city code = 7 Thus, to call Havana. you would first do whatever your system requires re long distance dialing and then dial: 011-53-7-(Havana number, should be a 5-6 digit number) If you have any problems, you can get dialing info from ATT by calling 800/321-0288. Additional information or assistance can be acquired by contacting (me): Michael Erisman Political Science Department Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN 47809 Tel: 812/237-2429 Fax: 812/237-2567 or 812/237-4382 E-Mail: psmeris@scifac.indstate.edu (Internet) psmeris@indst (Bitnet) From timmons@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu Tue May 16 10:06:01 1995 From: "J. Timmons Roberts" Subject: Emergency Action Alert: NSF AXING US? To: psn@csf.colorado.edu Date: Tue, 16 May 95 11:10:13 CDT Forwarded message: > > From jbenson Mon May 15 19:57:02 1995 > > From: "JANETTE B. BENSON" > > Subject: Emergency Action Alert (fwd) > > > > > > EMERGENCY ACTION ALERT > > > From the Federation of Behavioral, Psychological and Cognitive > > > Sciences > > > The House Budget Committee has recommended the complete elimination of > > > NSF research funding for Psychology, Anthropology, Sociology, > > > Linguistics, Political Science, Economics, Geography, Cognitive Science, > > > Decision, Risk and Management Sciences, History of Science, and > > > Statistical Research for the Behavioral and Social Sciences-- as NSF's > > > contribution to balancing the Federal budget. > > > > > > There is no doubt that NSF funding will be cut in the effort to balance > > > the budget. But to selectively wipe out the behavioral and social > > > sciences goes far beyond simply saving money. This is the most important > > > crisis these sciences have faced since Ronald Reagan attempted to > > > eliminate the same sciences in the early 1980s. Action on this will > > > happen very quickly. The Budget Committee approved the budget package on > > > May 11. The vote on the package by the full House will happen sometime > > > between the 15th and 18th of May. In all likelihood, the budget > > > resolution will pass the House unaltered. The Appropriations Committee > > > will be bound by the spending limits imposed by the Budget Committee. > > > But it need not be bound by the particular cuts recommended by the Budget > > > Committee! Unfortunately, the House leadership has also made it known > > > that no program that lacks a current authorization will be funded. The > > > National Science Foundation is not currently authorized. Efforts to pass > > > its authorization failed last year in the Senate. The House Science > > > Committee Chair, Robert Walker (R-PA) has said that as soon as the budget > > > is passed, the Science Committee will proceed to report its > > > authorizations which include, among other things, NSF, NASA, and the > > > research programs of the Department of Energy. Robert Walker is also the > > > Vice-Chair of the Budget Committee, and he played a key role in > > > determining the selective cuts at NSF. In a news conference on May 12, > > > Walker said that the Directorate containing the research programs > > > mentioned above was created simply because it was "politically correct" > > > and that it is now time to make a correction. This means that there is > > > little chance the NSF authorization from his Committee will contain an > > > authorization for the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences > > > Directorate. If the Committee does not authorize the Directorate, the > > > Appropriations Committee cannot fund the research programs it contains. > > > So scientists must pay close attention to actions of the Budget, > > > Appropriations, and the authorizing committee. > > > > > > The only way the course of events can be changed is for concerned > > > citizens to let their elected representatives know that they as voters do > > > not approve of these ideological cuts masquerading as budget balancing > > > measures. You must take it on yourself immediately to > > > > > > 1) write or call your own representative and senator's office to express > > > your disapproval > > > > > > 2) send a copy of your letter to: Robert Walker, George Brown (ranking > > > minority member of the Science Committee and a likely ally of behavioral > > > and social scientists), Jerry Lewis (Chairman of the House Appropriations > > > Subcommittee that appropriates money for the National Science > > > Foundation). And this next thing is equally important: SEND, FAX OR > > > EMAIL A COPY OF YOUR CORRESPONDENCE TO THE FEDERATION OF BEHAVIORAL, > > > PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES. We have to be able to monitor how > > > great an impact behavioral and social scientists are having, and the only > > > way we can do that is by keeping track of how many contacts from > > > scientists congressional offices have received. Any letter to Congress > > > may be addressed as follows: Representative's name, U.S. House of > > > Representatives (or U.S. Senate) Washington, D.C. 20515 (House) or 20510 > > > (Senate). The Federation email is federation@apa.org. Federation fax is > > > (202) 336-6158. If you need more information, our telephone number is > > > (202) 336-5920. > > > > > > 3) Help us get the word out. Please see that the anthropology, > > > sociology, linguistics, economics, political science, cognitive science, > > > and geography departments on your campus receive this action alert as > > > well. > > > > > > 4) It is very important that elected representatives do not hear only > > > from the scientists affected. If you have acquaintances in the physical > > > or biological sciences or the university administration who would write a > > > letter or make a phone call to an elected representative, do everything > > > you can to get such a communication sent. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > From chriscd@jhu.edu Wed May 17 16:26:09 1995 id <01HQMB31JD68I7JECE@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 17 May 1995 18:27:57 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQMB2Z9L68I7JECK@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 17 May 1995 18:27:54 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 18:27:53 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: pko civilian personnel training course (fwd) To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Date: Tue, 16 May 1995 09:19:31 -0400 From:pkocorso@sssup1.sssup.it To: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY Subject: pko civilian personnel training course TRAINING COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S.ANNA PISA Training Course The civilian personnel of peace-keeping/humanitarian operations and the election monitoring missions: volunteers, officers, observers organized in cooperation with the Istituto Affari Internazionali (Roma), the Centro Militare di Studi Strategici (Roma), the Centro Internazionale di Ricerca, Formazione e Documentazione sulla CSCE (Perugia) and under the patronage of: European Commission (Office for italy) United Nations (Information Centre for Italy) Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Pisa, Italy, 18 September - 7 October 1995 In the last few years, after the end of the cold war, the civilian aspect of the peace-keeping/humanitarian operations has grown enormously. The civilian personnel is involved in a wide range of duties, from the humanitarian assistance to the human rights monitoring, from the national administration to the election monitoring. These developments are evident in some recent operations: in Namibia (UNTAG), in Cambodia (UNTAC), in Salvador (ONUSAL), in Haiti (UNMIH) and in Mozambique (ONUMOZ). In addition to these operations are missions conceived and carried out by regional organizations and in particular of the European Union, as the EU '93 Observer Mission for the Parliamentary Elections in Russia. Multidimensional operations require qualified and readily available civilian personnel. The growing complexity of these operations needs a large group of people qualified and willing to undertake such assignments. As stressed in the 14 December 1993 report of the U.N. Secretary-General (A/48/707), we are facing a specific need of training for civilian peace-keepers. The Training Course: The civilian personnel of the peace-keeping/humanitarian operations and the election monitoring missions: volunteers, officers, observers, organized by the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento S. Anna, Pisa, is intended to fill this lack of training. The aim of this post-graduate Course is to prepare a limited group of participants -having different academic backgrounds- for the tasks usually assigned to the civilian peace-keeping/humanitarian operations and to the election monitoring missions. The Course provides an extremely high and specific preparation in a field where analogous training activities are scarce. The Course keeps strong links with national and international institutions, as the Ministero degli Affari Esteri, the Ministero della Difesa, the United Nations and European Union. Organization: the Course is organized by the Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento S. Anna of Pisa, in cooperation with the Istituto Affari Internazionali (Rome), the Centro Militare di Studi Strategici (Rome) and the Centro Internazionale di Ricerca, Formazione e Documentazione sulla CSCE (Perugia). Patronage: the Course is organized under the patronage of the European Commission (Office for Italy) and the United Nations (Information Centre for Italy). Period: 18 September-7 October 1995. Programme: the programme is made by 5 sections for a total of 150 hours, as follows: I. Context Section of courses for 40 hours: Meaning and categories of peace-keeping and humanitarian operations; International organizations and peace-keeping; Geopolitics of peace-keeping; Establishment and functioning of peace-keeping operations; Features and aims of civilian peace-keeping; Command and control of peace-keeping operations and relationship between civilian and military component. II. Activities. Section of seminars for 40 hours: Administration of territory; Observation and monitoring of human rights; Election monitoring; Humanitarian assistance; Refugee assistance. III.The Personal Profile. Section of workshops and practical training for 30 hours: Selection, recruitment and legal status of the civilian peace-keeper; Fundamental rules of conduct; Techniques and procedures of inspection, observing and report; Personal preventive medicine; Personal security; Social psychology. IV. Conflict Resolution Section of courses and simulations for 25 hours: Conflict resolution; Techniques and experiments of communication and socialisation; Negotiation role-playing. V. Case Studies. Section of 15 hours aimed to examine cases (UNOMSA, ONUSAL, UNPROFOR, the administration of the City of Monstar by the European Union). Method: purpose of the whole Course is a practical training for the activities on the field. Reference to practice and cases will be widely made. Many aspects will be tested in seminars and workshops where the role-playing and simulation techniques will be largely used. Some meetings will be devoted to the personal experiences achieved on the field by participants and faculty members. Lectures and meetings on specific issues are envisaged. Italian and English are the working languages. Faculty: the faculty members, chosen among academics, diplomats, officers of international organizations, police and army officers and ngo's experts, are an highly qualified international teaching staff. Certificate: at the end of the Course the participants will receive a Certificate of Attendance. Follow up: the Course will keep the up-to-date list of the participants and of their subsequent positions and assignements. The participants will be selectively proposed to the rosters and enlistment rolls of international organizations, national agencies, ngo's and research centres. Requirements for Admission: the Course is open to a limited number of participants with a graduate background and fluency in Italian and English. Admission to the Course is competitive based on the personal curiculum vitae et studiorum. An ad hoc Admission Board will be in charge of the selection. Registration: the tuition cost is fixed $ 800 (tuition fee, reference material, lunch). A limited number of scholarships is provided. The scholarship will cover the tuition cost and will be awarded to the applicants on the base of their personal curriculum by an ad hoc Board. There are special terms for those requiring hotel and full accomodation. Admission Procedure: applicants should fill the specific application form. The application should include: - a curriculum vitae et studiorum; - three photographs. Applications will not be acted without all supporting documentation. The completed form should be returned by July 3, 1995, 1 p.m to: Prof. Andrea de Guttry Training Course: The civilian personnel of the peace-keeping/humanitarian operations and the election monitoring missions: volunteers, officers, observers. Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento S. Anna, via Carducci, 40, 56127 PISA (Italy). Those selected to participate will be informed by July 10, 1995. Application should not be sent via fax. Direction: Prof. Andrea de Guttry (Director), Dott. Fabrizio Pagani, Dott.ssa Barbara Carrai (Executive Director). We forward our gratitude for their generous cooperation to: TOP RESIN s.r.l. LIVORNO DOWTY POLYPAC Spa LIVORNO MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA BANCA TOSCANA For the application form and any additional information contact: Prof. Andrea de Guttry Training Course: The civilian personnel of the peace-keeping/humanitarian operations and the election monitoring missions: volunteers, officers, observers. Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento S. Anna Via Carducci, 40 56127 PISA (Italy) fax ++39-50-883210 E-mail: PKOCORSO@SSSUP1.SSSUP.IT From chriscd@jhu.edu Wed May 17 16:33:20 1995 id <01HQMBBX03TCI7JDC7@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 17 May 1995 18:35:06 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQMBBW1LJ4I7JDE7@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 17 May 1995 18:35:05 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 18:35:04 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: New Video on Chiapas (fwd) To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: New Video on Chiapas (fwd) If you are interested, please contact Leopoldo Rodriguez, leopoldo@eco.utexas.edu "Quihubo Videos" currently has 3 independently produced videos available for English speaking audiences and is working on subtitling and narrating others for distribution in the US and Europe. "Quihubo Videos" (previously Imagenes de Mexico) is a non-profit video distribution network created for the dissemination of work by independent producers in Mexico. "Quihubo Videos" hopes to contribute to the democratization of communications and help counteract the misinformation deliberately promoted by the media conglomerates in Mexico and the US. In conjunction with a network of Mexican independent videographers, "Quihubo Videos" will continue to provide documentary videos about the struggles of indigenous people, women, workers, and students in Mexico. Our goal is to produce a regular half-hour video news program for distribution in Mexico and abroad. Videos currently available: CORRIDOS SIN ROSTRO (Ballads Without a Face): In this video produced by Othelo Khanh, Subcomandante Marcos narrates the "Legend of the Men of Corn," the "Band of the EZLN" sing corridos to rebel heroes, and indigenous peasants tell of their way of life and their struggles for "Democracy, Liberty and Justice." Mostly filmed in Zapatista territory between June and August of 1994. English subtitles. 53 minutes. VHS only (no TV airing allowed). $30.00 plus postage. TODOS SOMOS MARCOS: This video compiles images from four major protests in Mexico City following the military invasion of the Selva Lacandona in February 1995 (it is not the Canal 6 de Julio production by the same name). English narration and subtitles. 20 minutes. VHS or 3/4 inch for TV. PRADO PACAYAL: Recorded in the Zapatista territory of Chiapas on March 2, 1995, shows the destruction wrought by the military on this community. The video presents moving testimony by the inhabitants of Prado Pacayal as they return to find their village ransacked by the Mexican army. English subtitles. 26 minutes. VHS or 3/4 inch for TV. TODOS SOMOS MARCOS (TSM) and PRADO PACAYAL (PP) come in one tape only. To order, mail this form to: In Mexico City contact: Quihubo Videos c/o Leopoldo Rodriguez Elliott Young 4814 Ave G eyoung@colmex.mx Austin, Texas 78751 (512) 458-4492 or e-mail to leopoldo@mundo.eco.utexas.edu ---------------------------------------- Order Form Videos: Corridos Sin Rostro, VHS only ($30.00 ea.) $_________ TSM and PP in one VHS tape ($15.00 ea.) $_________ TSM and PP in one 3/4 inch tape ($30.00) $_________ Postage: Regular ($3.00 each tape) Overnight ($15.00 ea.) $_________ Total $_________ INSTITUTIONAL RATE (libraries and universities): Corridos Sin Rostro $200.00 plus postage TSM and PP $50.00 plus postage All proceeds from the sale of these videos will be used to cover mailing and duplicating costs, as well as to help Mexican videographers continue their work. Name:___________________________ Address:_________________________ City, State:______________________ ZIP Code:__________ e-mail address:________________________ From chriscd@jhu.edu Wed May 17 16:37:16 1995 id <01HQMBGR947KI7JDC7@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 17 May 1995 18:39:01 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQMBGQAMV4I7JA5C@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 17 May 1995 18:38:59 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 17 May 1995 18:38:59 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: TOES Alternative Summit Halifax (fwd) To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu The 1995 People's Summit (P7) "From the Ground Up!" NOT INVITED TO THE G-7? . . . THEN COME TO THE P7! The People's Summit is a series of events from June 11 to 18, 1995 being organized in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada to show that there are alternatives to the G-7 Economic Summit. Events are being organized by various communities, nonprofit organizations and other concerned citizens. The events will be diverse, positive, challenging, fun!... and OPEN TO EVERYONE. Confirmed Events * P7 Marketplace Products & Services for People & the Planet. * The Other Economic Summit (TOES) * Neighbourhood Noise Audio Event * Burma Dinner Theatre * Community Economics Leaders Summit * Multinational Development Banks and the effects on the Environment - NGO Workshop * Maritime Money - Public Workshop * International Action Network meeting - 50 Years is Enough Campaign * Community Economics Leaders Summit * Globalization of the World Economy & Human Rights ************************************************************************* If you have access to the World Wide Web, you can get more information from the P7 home page Text-only browsers (for faster loading) include: General Information About the People's Summit Upcoming Events and Meetings How Can I/We Get Involved? Organization of The People's Summit Organizations supporting the P7 If you don't have Web access and you are still interested, keep reading. The following is an abstract of the WWW P7 home page. For more information on the P7 Summit, contact: THE PEOPLE'S SUMMIT (P7) c/o OXFAM 2099 GOTTINGEN STREET HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA B3K 3B2 CANADA tel: 902-425-7677 fax: 902-425-7778 or THE PEOPLE'S SUMMIT c/o International Education Centre St. Mary's University Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 3H5 Canada tel: 902-420-5525 fax: 902-420-5288 email: Juan Tellez for accommodations in Halifax, contact: Greta Regan, e-mail: grd4013@ac.dal.ca ****************************************************************** The People's Summit: A creative, flexible summit welcoming the participation of all with 7 core events. Speaker Series Public Workshops Music and Theatre Festival Educational Displays Alternative Marketplace/Organic Food Fair Academic Forum Media Centre ************************************************************************* Choices for Humanity Do we want a G-7 Society? Gaps between the rich and poor Greed Growth without environmental limits Global control by a few Gender inequality GNP as the only measure of success Guns Exportation or do we want a P7 Society? Poverty elimination and employment Progress for all Protection of the environment Power to the people Promotion of equality and fairness Preservation of cultural diversity Peace *********************************************************************** General Information (Table of Contents) Objectives of the People's Summit Themes of the People's Summit Choices for Humanity What are the 7 P's? How the World Economy got into Such a Mess ************************************************************************* The People's Summit Objectives: * To raise public and media awareness of the impact of the G-7 Summit policies on people, communities and the environment, and to present our analysis to the G-7 decision makers. * To offer public education and media outreach on economic, social and political alternatives to the G-7 agenda - locally and globally. * To demonstrate these alternatives in action and directly support those who provide fair, equitable and environmentally sustainable products and services. * To be a catalyst for sharing and starting alternatives here in the Atlantic region. ******************************************************************* The People's Summit: From the Ground Up! How do we move beyond economic policies that exploit resources and labour for profit? The G7 agenda will focus on debt, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), structural adjustments, etc. where profit is the primary motivation. The attitude that we can, and must, have infinite growth on a finite planet comes with a huge price tag. The People's Summit offers creative alternatives by exploring the following themes: Link Local and Global Concerns Sustainability People's Power and our Collective Responsibility An Inclusive Feminist Perspective Understanding the Past and Changing the Rules ******************************************************************** Confirmed Events More detailed information about each of these events will be added as it becomes available. * P7 Marketplace Products & Services for People & the Planet. * The Other Economic Summit (TOES) * Neighbourhood Noise Audio Event * Burma Dinner Theatre * Community Economics Leaders Summit * Multinational Development Banks and the effects on the Environment - NGO Workshop * Maritime Money - Public Workshop * International Action Network meeting - 50 Years is Enough Campaign * Community Economics Leaders Summit * Globalization of the World Economy & Human Rights ************************************************************************* THE OTHER ECONOMIC SUMMIT (TOES/USA) PROGRAM PROSPECTUS FOR THE PEOPLE'S SUMMIT - JUNE 15-17. Thursday, June 15, 1995 Morning and Afternoon I. Corporate Economic Power and Community Sustainability: The Search for New Patterns of Economic Democracy. The objective of this session is to increase awareness of the extent to which corporations have come to dominate our lives and communities and to strategize together on ways of establishing democratic control over corporate power while promoting community sustainability initiatives. As examples of such initiatives, we will discuss the Program on Corporations, Law, and Democracy; Communities Concerned about Corporations; The Social Audit Movement (in the UK and elsehwere); National Jobs for All Coalition; General Agreement on the New Economy; Strategy for America; and other endeavors of a related character. Organizer: Ward Morehouse, ITDG/NA, Suite 3C, 777, UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017; tel 212-972-9877; Fax. 212-972-9878; email: cipany@igc.apc.org. Thursday, June 15, 1995 Afternoon II. Redefining Sovereignty: Sustainable Economics in the Global Context. This session will discuss how the globalization of the world economy affects the function, scope and accountability of local, regional, national and international political and economic institutions. We will pay particular attention to the impact of such organizations and agreements as The World Bank, the IMF, GATT and NAFTA. The speakers will examine these issues in relation to the current situation in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union (Professor Paul Huber, Department of Economics, Dalhousie University); the perspective of indigenous peoples (Gkisedtanamoogk, Wampanoag and John Mohawk, Seneca - invited speakers); and the effect of the changes in the relations of the United States with its trading partners on the U.S. domestic economy (speaker to be announced). Organizer: Carly Rogers, 505 West 122nd St., New York, NY 10027, tel: 212-662-3410. Friday, June 16, 1995 Morning III. Economic, Political, Social and Ecological Implications of Information Technologies. Robert Pollard, International Synergy Institute, 109 West 28th Street, New York, NY 10001, tel: 212-564-3329, email: rpollard@igc.apc.org Friday, June 16, 1995 Afternoon IV. Producing and Using Electricity. A look at advantages and disadvantages of some different methods of producing electricity, and appropriate and inappropriate uses. Our point of view embraces the idea that decisions should be make by the stakeholders. This is a point of view that all governments, including the G-7, insofar as they are responsive to their people and the portion of the earth that sustains them, should wholeheartedly embrace. We want to look at some megahydro projects; e.g., Glen Canyon Dam, Niagara Falls, Hydro-Quebec, Churchill Falls, Ontario Hydro, TVA, Narmada, Aswan. Also, we will look at sustainable, locally controlled, alternative energy systems, e.g., the Ouje-Bougoumou community in Quebec, Sun Run Farm in Ontario, and SMUD and Real Goods in California. Organizers: Betty Quick and Bob Wallace, 14 Ledge Road, Old Greenwich, CT 06870; tel: 203-637-1345; email: bwallace@igc.org. Saturday, June 17, 1995 Morning V. Coalition for Cooperative and community Economics summit The purpose of the summit is to enable community economics groups to share their most innovative ideas and to strategize for a more effective coalition. Representatives from community development financial institutions, local resource industries, model cooperative community economic enterprises, etc., are being invited. Other groups attending the People's 7 Summit are invited to participate in developing the politics of such a coalition. Organizers: Bill Ellis, TRANET, P.O. Box 567, Rangeley, Maine 04970; tel: 207-864-2252; tranet@igc.apc.org; Brian Hill, Institute for Cultural Ecology, Petaluma, CA 94953; bhill@igc.apc.org; fax: 707-766-8207; and Trent Schroyer, School of Theoretical & Applied Science, Ramapo College, Mahwah, NJ 07430; tel & fax: 914-986-4418. Satuday, June 17, 1995 Afternoon VI. What is Real Wealth? Reformulating the Assumptions of Welfare Economics. A narrow emphasis on GNP, on "growing the economy," on the accumulation of material and monetary wealth, has proven counterproductive. Despite tremendous economic growth at the national level and high levels of material acquisition at the individual level, the general level of satisfaction in the industrial countries is not high. The continued use of GNP by decision-makers as the proxy for well-being contributes to a number of serious problems, among them increasing poverty and inequality at both national and global levels, ethnic violence and other forms of social unrest, resource depletion, loss of biodiversity, environmental degradation, the disintegration of families and communities, and the cyclical insecurity and unpleasantness associated with economic recessions. Arriving at better ways of defining, understanding and measuring wealth and welfare is a necessary precursor to solving these problems. While GNP measures only material wealth and services, most people have a more sophisticated idea of what constitutes real wealth, e.g., personal safety, clean air and water, aesthetically pleasing surroundings, secure and gratifying work, satisfying interpersonal relationships, and a healthy social and community life, not to mention the more abstract components of welfare: a stimulating life of the intellect and the opportunity to enjoy and participate in the arts and humanities. A "welfare theory" worthy of the name should get beyond GNP and at least attempt to internalize these "goods" and "bads." Gandhian and Buddhist economists have made a good beginning. Organizers: Romesh Diwan, Economics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY 12181-3590; tel: 518-272-8873; fax: 518-276-4871, email: diwanr@rpi.edu) and Susan Hunt, Economics, The American University, 4400 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 10016; tel: 215-235-1370; fax: 215-573-2068; email: hunt@ee.upenn.edu. ************************************************************************* Human Security and Development for All: Building a Better World People's Summit Conference Wednesday June 14, 1995, from 8:30 to 16:00 at the Study Union Building, 3rd Floor, Saint Mary's University The objective of the Conference is to analyze Human Security and development prospects for the next century, especially aspects related to the G-7 Summit agenda. Participants at the conference will collectively produce a communique suggesting alternative paths to the G-7, for a more equitable and environmentally sound approach. The conference will evolve in five steps: a) a keynote speaker will present a brief critical analysis of the "Human Development Report, UNDP 1994" and introduce issues that will direct the conference towards the communique; b) Concurrent workshops are scheduled with a team of Resource People who will highlight some aspects from the keynote speaker's speech and present relevant issues regarding the topic for the workshop; c) A first plenary will follow the workshops, to encourage discussion of the main issues in each of the workshops. d) During the second set of concurrent workshops, participants will write a short text to summarize the main issues discussed in both the previous workshops and the plenary. This will be a working paper toward the basis of the communique. e) During the final plenary, participants will discuss core arguments for the communique. Late in the afternoon, the communique will be delivered at the press conference arranged prior to the event. Suggested topics for the IEC's P-7 Conference 1. Taking the Initiative: Building towards a global human development fund. Participants at this workshop will work towards the creation of a global human development fund, a fund dedicated to poverty reduction, productive employment, and social integration for all. The advantages and difficulties of this initiative will be discussed along with the Tobin Tax and other recent initiatives. The final document will outline suggestions to the G-7 as to why and how could this be done. 2. Shouldering the burden? Putting the debt back where it belongs. Participants at this workshop will discuss the impact of external debt payments on people's access to jobs, health and education. This workshop will focus on discussion centered around a need for a new North-South dialogue on global economic issues to secure that the people will not have to bear the burden of the external debt. Discussion for a new North-South dialogue will focus on health, education and therefore greater security. 3. Re-establishing our human-nature relations???? This workshop will discuss measures that could stop the massive decline of bio- and ethno-diversity, particularly in developing countries. discussion will focus on commitments needed to restore the bio- and ethno-diversity, and how we can recommend how the G-7 can contribute to this global concern so that people in developing countries have greater security in relation to their environment. 4. The Rise of Economies and the fall of Civilizations; examining the impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on communities. Participants in this workshop will examine the impact of Structural Adjustment Programs and the decline of the social safety net. Specific issues such as child labor, trade liberalization, informal economies and social participation will be examined. Discussion will stress the urgent need for an economic framework that could improve and secure people's living conditions. 5. Making Human Security Women's Security! Participants at this workshop will discuss women's conditions in developing countries particularly in reference to their social security and development. Discussion will include recommendations to the G-7 in order to ensure that women around the world and especially in the South have the right to a more secure life. ************************************************************************* P7 Marketplace Products & Services for People & the Planet. PRODUCTS & SERVICES FOR PEOPLE & THE PLANET As you know, the Group of Seven (G7) Summit is being held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from June 15 - 17. At most G7 Summits in the past, there has been an alternative, 'shadow' summit. Halifax will be no different. For the past several months, dozens of community groups in the Maritimes have been busy planning the P7 -- a People's Summit. At the P7, there will be speakers, workshops, theatre, displays, food fairs, music, a media centre and much more. One of the activities will be the P7 Marketplace organized by CUSO Atlantic, providing a forum for businesses and community organizations working towards sustainable economic alternatives. --- 'P7' MARKETPLACE --- The Marketplace is designed to meet one of the P7 objectives: "To directly support those who provide fair, equitable and environmentally-sustainable products and services." (When we say 'fair', we mean fair to people -- men AND women! -- fair to the environment, and fair to communities.) THE MARKETPLACE WILL LAST 3 DAYS, JUNE 15-17 FROM 9:00 am - 5:00 pm A selection committee will screen products and services based on the following criteria. Products/services should: a) have social as well as commercial goals b) promote justice and equity as the basis for economic relationships c) be committed to fair and safe employment practices d) be community-based as much as possible e) be produced in balance with the environment and sustainably use natural resources f) complement a self-reliant local economy (in the case of international products) One additional requirement will be that all venders accept Maritime Hours, a local alternative currency. (Venders would, however, be able to set their own policy, e.g., 10 % maximum in Maritime Hours). This supports the principle of putting some wealth back into the local community. For more information Maritime Hours and the many businesses and services that are available. Maritime Hours The Maritime Hour that is a local community-based currency. Maritime Hours actually represent money that otherwise would not exist, and that have value only if they are spent and spent locally. Equivalent to ten Canadian dollars, the Maritime Hour is a powerful means of exchange designed to empower our local economy. Basically a barter trading note, the Maritime Hour has far more reach than direct barter because it is used within a large local network of people offering and requesting products and services. The spendability of Hours, in real terms, increases as the size of the barter network expands. As a greater number of people and businesses trade in Hours, the more valuable they become to the community overall. Local currency provides a means of exchange based on a belief and trust in ourselves and in our community. We can realize our abundant wealth. Local Money Stays Local. Local currency can shift people's buying habits toward local spending. Each time an Hour changes hands it adds that much more value to the local economy. It keeps our wealth recycling within our community. In Ithaca, New York, there is an Hour-style currency which has added hundreds of thousands of dollars to the Ithaca economy in the two years since its inception. THIS IS YOUR INVITATION TO BE INVOLVED. You can do this is in two ways: 1. You could have a booth at the P7 Marketplace -- you would be responsible for setting up and staffing your booth. All proceeds you earn would be your own. 2. If you cannot attend, you can send a limited number of products to CUSO Atlantic, and we will sell them for you in general 'shopping areas' at the Marketplace CUSO Atlantic would receive 5% of total sales in addition to the marketplace fee. Other things you should know: There is a $25 marketplace fee for both vendor booths and those asking CUSO to sell products for them. (We need to charge the fees to pay for promotion, license charges, venue, and staff support.) CUSO cannot pay for shipping of your products. Businesses or community based organizations who offer a totally sustainable product or service will be awarded "The Sustainability Seal". TO GET INVOLVED IN THE P7 MARKETPLACE, please fill out the form and submit it to CUSO Atlantic by May 20th, although the sooner you let us know, the better. Please note that space will be limited. Thanks for your time. We hope to see you at the People's Summit. CUSO ATLANTIC (ATTN: Sean Kelly) 1657 Barrington Street, #508 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3H 1Y7 ******************************************************************* The Other Economic Summit (TOES) Six public workshops will be sponsored by The Other Economic Summit (TOES). As more information becomes available about each workshop, this section will be updated. Corporate Economic Power & Community Sustainability Redefining Real Wealth Cooperative and Community Economics Redefining Sovereignty: Sustainable Economics in the Global Context Hydro-Quebec: Views from the USA Economic Implications of Information Technologies More About T.O.E.S. T.O.E.S. stands for The Other Economic Summit. It emerged for the first time in London, meeting parallel to the G7 summit in 1984 - with a diverse group of alternative economists, greens, community activists making the point that there were other ways of going about things, and challenging the G7 leader's right to speak for the world. Since then TOES has become an umbrella term, travelling around the world meeting - in some form or other, even if its just as a press office - parallel to the G7 summit. So there was a TOES in Tokyo in 1985 which was really exported from the UK, and got themselves involved in the dispute about whether there should be a new airport. The only year missed so far was Italy in 1986. Since then, TOES in the UK became the New Economics Foundation, and there have been alliances of organisations pulling together a series of events for each summit, at which TOES has had a presence. Last year in Naples, the whole range of events rose up a notch in importance because the communist mayor of Naples insisted on having a parallel reception for the alternative summit as he had done for the G7 leaders - a number of mural artists were also arrested for their caricatures of Bill Clinton! ******************************************************************* BACKGROUND TO G-7 SUMMITS, THE BRETTON WOODS INSTITUTIONS (WORLD BANK, IMF, AND THE GATT), AND THE RESISTENCE TO THEM The Bretton Woods Conference In July 1944, as World War Two was drawing to a close, the world's leading politicians mostly from Northern countries - gathered to set forth notions of how to reorganize the world economy. For the first time in human history almost universal institutions - the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the World Bank and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) - were established to solve global economic problems. The common view at the Conference was that the depression of the 1930s and the rise of fascism could be traced to the collapse of international trade and isolationist economic policies. The Conference rejected proposals by the eminent British economist John Maynard Keynes that would have established a world reserve currency administered by a central bank and created a more stable and fair world economy by automatically recycling trade surpluses to finance trade deficits. Keynes' notion did not fit the interests of a US eager to take on the role of the world's economic powerhouse. Instead the Conference opted for a system based on the free movement of capital and goods with the US dollar as the international currency. The Fund and the Bank were limited to managing problems related to deficits and to currency and capital shortages. Rebuilding Europe One of the first tasks assigned to these new institutions was to provid e the capital to help put the war-ravaged European economies back on their feet. Not only did they lack the resources for such a massive undertaking but European finance ministries balked at the harsh 'conditionalities' that accompanied support from the IMF as too great an infringement of their sovereign right to shape their domestic economies. So the much looser Marshall Plan was set up to provide US finance to rebuild Europe largely through grants rather than loans. Southern countries now emerging into independence did not fare so well - from the very beginning any loan was accompanied by pressure to keep their economies completely 'open' to foreign goods and capital. In the late 1 950s the World Bank was pressured into setting up the International Development Association (IDA) this would provide 'soft loans' and so head off attempts by the new countries of the Third World to set up an independent funding agency under UN auspices. New International Economic Order By the early 1960s the South had started demanding a better deal. Rallying in such organizations as the Non-Aligned Movement and the Group of 77, they created the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) where they argued for fairer terms of trade and more liberal terms for financing development. The North responded with pious declarations of its good intentions - but also with a hard-nosed insistence that the proper forum for any economic changes continued to be the Bretton Woods institutions where they held the balance of power. By the late 1960s, however, the Bretton Woods dream of a stable monetary system of fixed exchange rates with the US dollar as the only international currency was collapsing under the strain of US trade and budgetary deficits. A guarded optimism took hold in the South fuelled by moderately high growth rates and a boom in the price of Third World produced primary commodities, particularly oil. This came to a head in 1974 with the declaration of principles for a New International Economic Order. The response to these sweeping demands for change was a few tinkering, inconsequential reforms. The Debt Crisis The windfall surpluses accruing to the oil producing countries of OPEC during the1970's - $310 billion for the period of 1972-1977 alone - created a massive recycling problem. Much of this money went into Northern commercial banks who turned around and loaned it to non-oil producing Third World governments desperate to pay escalating fuel bills and fund their development goals. The debt of the non-oil producing Third World increased five fold between 1973 and 1982, reaching a staggering $612 billion, and the high interest rates of the mid-1980s further exacerbated the problem. Much of this loan money was squandered on ill-considered projects or simply siphoned off by Third World elites into personal accounts in the same Northern banks that had made the original loans. Cash-strapped countries like Peru and Mexico were unable even to pay the interest due on their debts. Northern politicians and bankers began to get nervous that the sheer volume of unpayable loans would undermine the world financial system. They turned to the World Bank and the IMF, who were to restructure Third World economies so they could meet their debt obligations. Rollback The Bank and the Fund have made full use of the new leverage over Third World economies that accrued them during the debt crisis. The right wing economic views made popular - the Reagan- and Thatcherites came the reigning economic orthodoxy at the Bank and the IMF. They launched a policy to 'structurally adjust' the Third World by deflating economies and demanding a withdrawal of government not only from public enterprise but also from compassionate support of the basic health and welfare of the most vulnerable. Exports to earn foreign exchange were privileged over almost all production of food and other foods for domestic use. This structuring was highly successful from the point of view of the private banks who got $178 billion out of the South between 1984 and 1990 alone. The Third World debt continued to grow, reaching $1,300 billion by 1992. Much of this debt has shifted particularly in the case of Africa - from private banks to the IMF and the World Bank themselves. The stark fact that the Fund and the Bank now operate with reverse capital flows - in other words they take more money out of the Third World than they put back in - is sobering for those who believed these institutions were there to help. Peoples of the Third World are resisting structural adjustment either through street riots or less confrontational politics. Protest too is coming from the four million people uprooted or to be uprooted by World Bank mega-projects, particularly the building of large dams. Rejection of all things Western is on the rise. Fundamentalism and the politics of ethnic exclusion (from Somalia to India) are turning political costs into military ones. And the Bretton Woods institutions themselves are coming under direct pressure from community activists and environmentalists calling for either their reform or outright abolition. After 50 years the decisions reached at Bretton Woods need some fundamental rethinking. Many of these themes will be explored at the People's Summit from June 11 to 18, 1995 in Halifax. From chriscd@jhu.edu Fri May 19 17:09:12 1995 id <01HQP55NF1TSIA0C53@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Fri, 19 May 1995 19:10:38 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQP55LQ3TSI8RP8R@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Fri, 19 May 1995 19:10:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 19 May 1995 19:10:35 -0400 (EDT) From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: New at the DSA Web site (fwd) To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Democratic Left, DSA's national journal http://ccme-mac4.bsd.uchicago.edu/DSADL/DemLeft Labor Activist, journal of the DSA Labor Solidarity Committee http://ccme-mac4.bsd.uchicago.edu/DSALA/LabAct.html Religious Socialism, journal of DSA's Religion and Socialism Commission http://ccme-mac4.bsd.uchicago.edu/DSARS/RelSoc.html Eco-Socialist Review, journal of DSA's Environmental Commission http://ccme-mac4.bsd.uchicago.edu/DSAESR.html The Congressional Progressive Caucus Home Page (unofficial) http://ccme-mac4.bsd.uchicago.edu/DSADems/ProgCauc.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ J. Hughes (direct) 312-702-3742 (fax) 312-702-0090 co-editor *EcoSocialist Review* http://ccme-mac4.bsd.uchicago.edu/DSAESR.html From ci1wsc@isis.sund.ac.uk Sat May 20 08:37:01 1995 Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 15:37:57 +0100 From: ci1wsc@isis.sund.ac.uk (Walter.Scales) To: WSN@csf.colorado.edu Subject: Web Qquestionnaires content-length: 708 Hi Can any wsner help me here? I'm working on a European Union project to look at info tech, and as a kind of side issue, I developed a Web questionnaire at htp://orac.sunderland.ac.uk/pepita and I'm just wondering (now that it's too late, of course, seeing as I've already done it!!) if anybody can point me in the direction of anyone who has done any work on **WHY** Web (or email, or faxed for that matter) questionnaires might or might not be better than the more traditional mailed methods? In any event, any comments or thoughts would be greatly appreciated. Thanks for the space on your list, All the best Walter Walter Scales Research Assistant PEPITA Study University of Sunderland UK From eod@dana.ucc.nau.edu Sun May 21 00:08:38 1995 id <01HQQRTGRWZ40005OU@NAUVAX.UCC.NAU.EDU>; Sat, 20 May 1995 23:10:33 -0700 (MST) Date: Sat, 20 May 1995 23:10:30 -0700 (MST) From: "Elii O. Donaldson" Subject: Re:Web Questionairs To: WORLD SYSTEMS NETWORK There is the likihood that your sample will be extrememly biased by only sampling people on the web. *Nearly* everyone has a mailbox and can respond to a mailed questionair, however, the internet, for now is used for the most part by students, by those of the middle and upper class, and by more males than females. Elii Chapman eod@dana.ucc.nau.edu From denemark@strauss.udel.edu Mon May 22 20:24:42 1995 Date: Mon, 22 May 1995 22:26:39 -0400 (EDT) From: Robert Denemark To: world system network Subject: Call for papers (fwd) A forwarded note that I hope will be of interest to readers of this net. Bob Denemark ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 19 May 95 17:16:22 CDT From: Kenneth Thomas To: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY Subject: Call for papers Call for Papers The ISA's International Political Economy Yearbook, published by Lynne Rienner Publishers, is seeking papers for a future volume devoted to regional integration. We would especially be interested in papers which explore the challenges created by economic integration and the responses of both governments and non-governmental actors to them. Comparisons across regional groupings would be most welcome. It may be convenient for potential submitters to first present their paper at the ISA meeting next April in San Diego. If you will be presenting a paper there and would be interested in consideration for publication in the IPE Yearbook, please send a copy of your paper proposal by June 15 (which is the conference submission deadline as well) to: Kenneth Thomas Department of Political Science University of Missouri-St. Louis 8001 Natural Bridge Road St. Louis, MO 63121-4499 USA Papers will be reviewed by the editors and by outside reviewers. We would like to receive initial drafts of papers by February 29, 1996, for a first round of review by the editors. Thank you very much. The Editors Robert Denemark Mary Ann Tetreault Kurt Burch Kenneth Thomas Kenny Thomas Department of Political Science University of Missouri-St. Louis St. Louis, MO 63121-4499 USA Phone: 314-516-5839 Fax: 314-516-6757 E-mail: skpthom@umslvma.umsl.edu From Jodi.Harris@hum.gu.edu.au Mon May 22 20:48:42 1995 (5.65b/IDA-1.4.3 for wsn@csf.colorado.edu); Tue, 23 May 95 12:50:39 +1000 Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 12:50:37 +1000 (EST) From: Jodi Harris To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: international agreements I am currently looking for sources about what cultural and humanitarian organisations and agreements exist between particularly Australia and the Asia-Pacific countries. This information is necessary for a dissertation that I am completing on networks that exist between Australia and the countries in the Asia-Pacific. I have already searched the CIA worldwide factbook but it has not provided me with enough information. If anyone knows where I can access such information could they please mail me. Thanks Jodi Harris Faculty of Humanities Griffith University BRISBANE QLD AUSTRALIA From chriscd@jhu.edu Tue May 23 08:33:53 1995 id <01HQU8CI3EJ4IA0ITI@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 23 May 1995 10:35:38 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQU8CGTL2OI8S4MO@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 23 May 1995 10:35:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 09:25:46 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: [PEN-L:5143] RRPE Special Issue on The Future of Capitalism (fwd) Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: Michael Perelman To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Subject: [PEN-L:5143] RRPE Special Issue on The Future of Capitalism (fwd) This message has been forwarded to several discussion groups. My apologies if you have seen it more than once. peace, patrick l mason ----------------------------Original message---------------------------- Forwarded message: Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 12:12:08 -0400 (EDT) From: David B Houston Subject: RRPE Special Issue on The Future of Capitalism To: michael@ecst.csuchico.edu Dear Michael: Could you do me the favor of forwarding the following announcement to the Pen-L subscribers? Thanks. David CALL FOR PAPERS: RRPE Special Issue, "The Future of Capitalism" Far from ushering in "the end of history," the collapses and changes undergone by socialist countries have made a critical assessment of capitalism more important than ever. What kind of model and prospect do the advanced capitalist nations hold out for the peoples of the world? Mainstream euphoria on this question has subsided as the nineties have progressed, and the need for cogent Left analysis and debate has never been greater. The Review of Radical Political Economics will publish a special issue devoted to furthering this discussion. We invite submissions representing a diversity of perspectives within radical economics and related disciplines. Authors are encouraged to examine policy and political as well as theoretical problems. Questions to be addressed might include, without being limited to, the following. 1. How can the stagnation from which the advanced capitalist economies seem unable to shake free be explained? Will the problems of slow growth and high unemployment be capable of solution, and on what terms? 2. Will high and rising levels of economic and ethnic/racial polarization become permanent features of the landscape? In what ways will women's oppression continue to be reduced, and in what ways entrenched? 3. How do the Third World, and North-South relations, fit into this future? Will the former socialist world's integration into world capitalism significantly affect the advanced capitalist trajectory? 4. What will be the bases of political support for future regimes of capitalism? Are there political or social currents presently visible that will be capable of generating renewed popular resistance? What can be done to facilitate such a process? Potential contributors should send a proposal of up to 500 words (two pages) for consideration by an RRPE editorial committee. The deadline for proposals is June 30, 1995. Send to David Houston, RRPE Managing Editor, Dept. of Economics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh PA 15260, USA or HOUSTON@vms.cis.pitt.edu The committee will provide detailed comments on accepted proposals; for final publication, the completed papers will be due within 6 months of proposal acceptance and be subject to RRPE's usual review procedure. -- Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico, CA 95929 Tel. 916-898-5321 E-Mail michael@ecst.csuchico.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@jhu.edu Tue May 23 08:35:19 1995 id <01HQU8EHQ5N4IA0ITI@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 23 May 1995 10:37:14 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQU8EGFD1SI8S5TP@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 23 May 1995 10:37:12 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 09:27:22 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: Fwd: June 17 Demo: End the U.... Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: ElverG@aol.com Subject: Fwd: June 17 Demo: End the U.... FYI --------------------- Forwarded message: From: iac@nyxfer.blythe.org (International Action Center) To: nyt@nyxfer.blythe.org (NY Transfer News Collective) Date: 95-05-17 14:03:08 EDT June 17 March and Rally to Demand: End the U.S. Economic Blockade of Cuba! As right-wing extremists in Congress declare war on people here with their "Contract with America," they are strengthening the war against the people of Cuba. The Helms-Burton bill aims to further deprive the Cuban people of food and medicine. Let's unite to defeat the "Contract on America" and the "Contract on Cuba!" Clinton: Stop Using Hunger as a Weapon Unite to Defeat the Helms-Burton Bill Pass the Rangel and Serrano Bills Universal Free Health Care: Defend Cuba's & Fight for our Own! SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1995 12 PM WASHINGTON D.C. GENERAL HOSPITAL 19 St. & Massachusets Ave SE MARCH TO THE CAPITOL Sponsored by: June 17 Cuba Coalition DC: 202-543-7714 NYC: 212-633-6646 -- ****************************************************************** * Phone The National People's Campaign Fax * * 212-633-6646 e-mail: iac@nyxfer.blythe.org 212-633-2889 * * WWW: http://www.dnai.com/~abenamer * * 39 West 14th Street #206, New York, NY 10011 * ****************************************************************** 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@jhu.edu Tue May 23 08:55:57 1995 id <01HQU93ZRMTCIA0IMB@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 23 May 1995 10:57:52 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQU93X5RWWI8S5UH@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 23 May 1995 10:57:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 09:47:57 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: ACTION ALERT/HELMS-BURTON BILL Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: "Michael Erisman" Subject: ACTION ALERT/HELMS-BURTON BILL From: Wayne S. Smith, Chair LASA Task Force on Scholarly Relations With Cuba Wayne S. Smith, the Chairman of the CUBA Task Force, with the approval of President Cynthia McClintock, is calling on all LASA members to be in touch with their congressmen and senators to express strong disapproval of the bill now before the Congress introduced by Senator Jesse Helms and Representative Dan Burton. Called "The Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity Act of 1995", the bill calls on the president to go to the UN Security Council in an effort to force other countries to join our embargo against Cuba. It proposes sanctions against countries that continue to trade with and invest in Cuba. It also adds Cuban-American claims to the American claims long registered with the U.S. Claims Commission. Putting forward the claims of those who were not citizens or whose company was not incorporated in the United States at the time the property was nationalized goes against international law and what has always been U.S. practice. Most damaging is that the bill outlines a series of preconditions which must be met before the embargo could be lifted or other steps taken to re-engage with Cuba. One of the key preconditions is that all the nationalized properties mentioned above must be returned or fully paid for. Cuba has already made it clear that it will not accede to this demand. The president's hands would thus be tied and diplomacy would go out the window. There could be no step-by-step approach in dealing with Cuba. Indeed, the door would be closed for good to any chance of improving relations -- or at least for so long as the legislation might be on the books. The legislation could be voted on as early as mid-June so it is important that LASA members weigh in with their congressmen, and even more importantly, with their senators as soon as possible. This legislation must be stopped! Wayne S. Smith Center For International Policy 1755 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 324 Washington DC Tel: 202/232-3317 Fax: 202/232-3440 E-Mail: cip@igc.apc.org 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@jhu.edu Tue May 23 08:59:06 1995 id <01HQU980FCY8IA0IMJ@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 23 May 1995 11:01:02 -0400 (EDT) id <01HQU97Z25M8I8S5D5@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 23 May 1995 11:01:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 23 May 1995 09:51:10 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: Bananas Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: durkhm@soc.duke.edu (Edward Tiryakian) To: chriscd@jhu.edu Subject: Bananas Chris: Since you relay news about the Caribbean, at least about Cuba, did you see in the papers this week a column about Chiquita trying to get US to elbow out Caribbean countries' production of bananas from European markets? Mickey Kantor is seeking to get European countries to accept Chiquita bananas at expense of several small Caribbean producers -- this really might be an example of the "development of underdevelopment". 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 leden@ccs.carleton.ca Wed May 24 07:51:27 1995 From: leden@ccs.carleton.ca (Lorraine Eden) Subject: call for papers: reminder re ISA'96 To: ipe@csf.colorado.edu (IPEnet), wsn@csf.colorado.edu (World Historical Systems Network) Date: Wed, 24 May 95 9:53:09 EDT arsenal@vms.cis.pitt.edu (Simon Reich), pew@csf.colorado.edu (PEW electronic email network), CaseNet@csf.colorado.edu (CaseNet Email Network) Dear IPEnetters and WSnetters: A quick reminder that paper and panel proposals for ISA'96 must be submitted to Simon Reich, Program Chair, IPE Section, ISA, as soon as possible, and must be received [in hard copy form] no later than June 10, 1995. Do NOT send them to me as I will be unable to forward them to him. Simon can be reached at: Professor Simon Reich Graduate School of Public and INternational Affairs University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA 15260 email: arsenal@vms.cis.pitt.edu Please follow the format outlined in my and Simon's earlier emails on this topic, and in the IPE NEWSLETTER. Thanks, Lorraine Eden, President, IPE section, ISA ------------- 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 From THALL@DEPAUW.EDU Wed May 24 08:29:20 1995 id <01HQVK45RBQE000SSE@DEPAUW.EDU>; Wed, 24 May 1995 09:31:41 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 09:31:41 -0500 (EST) From: "Thomas D. [Tom] Hall, THALL@DEPAUW.EDU" Subject: WST in the American Southwest/NW Mexico To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu The following request is forwarded from Spanbord. I replied identifying myself. Like Anita Cohen, I am interested if others are working on the region. For those unfamiliar with the terminology the Spanish Borderlands, in broadest conception runs from Florida thru California including up to Colorado & Nevada, and south to the northern tier of states in Mexico. Chronologically runs from ca 1530 thru the present. The bulk of work in this region has centered on what is now SW US, particularly New Mexico. As always regional definitions are fuzzy and complicated, the above is intended to give a rough idea of the time/region the request covers. Please send replies to me [thall@depauw.edu] AND Anita Cohen (add at end) or to me and I'll forward them to her. As customary, I'll post the results. thanks tom hall ---------- From: IN%"SPANBORD%ASUACAD.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu" "Spanish Borderlands" 24-MAY-1995 Subj: World systems theory Could I get some names of people in the Spanish Colonial field who are still using world systems theory to explain social history? Is anyone still using this model? Anita Cohen-Williams; Reference Services; Hayden Library Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-1006 PHONE: (602) 965-4579 FAX: (602) 965-9169 INTERNET: IACAGC@ASUVM.INRE.ASU.EDU Owner: HISTARCH, SPANBORD From cns@cats.ucsc.edu Wed May 24 10:24:14 1995 From: cns@cats.ucsc.edu Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 09:26:02 -0700 To: aseh-l@unicorn.acs.ttu.edu, ecol-econ@csf.colorado.edu, envst-l@brownvm.brown.edu, envtecsoc@csf.colorado.edu, et-ann@searn.sunet.se, et-parti@searn.sunet.se, forest@cats.ucsc.edu, ipe@csf.colorado.edu, pen-l@anthrax.ecst.csuchico.edu, psn@csf.colorado.edu, wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: CFS: Teaching Political Ecology Please Post ***************************************************************** CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS "Teaching Political Ecology" Political ecology is a new field in universities around the world. To advance and support teaching in this area, the journal, CAPITALISM, NATURE, SOCIALISM, will publish a special pedagogy section in its 2nd quarter, 1996 issue. Submissions are invited in the following categories: * COURSE SYLLABI (e.g., political ecology; political economy/sociology of natural resources; critical ecological economics; radical geography; industrial ecology; social/ socialist ecology; eco-feminism/socialist ecofeminism; environmental justice/racism; development and environment; and related fields) * ARTICLES AND PEDAGOGICAL NOTES about teaching political ecology and related topics * Related TEACHING RESOURCES (e.g., reference materials, films, teaching interest groups) **************************************************************** Deadline: October 1, 1995 Send to: CAPITALISM, NATURE, SOCIALISM P.O. Box 8467 Santa Cruz, CA 95061 email: cns@cats.ucsc.edu **************************************************************** From vest@chaph.usc.edu Wed May 24 11:06:05 1995 Date: Wed, 24 May 1995 10:09:40 -0800 To: ipe@csf.colorado.edu, wsn@csf.colorado.edu From: vest@chaph.usc.edu (Tom Vest) Subject: Reust for UN Conference Info >Dear all, > >Thanks to happy but sudden/unexpected developments, I have an opportunity to >attend the UN World Youth Leadership Conference in Seoul next week. >Unfortunately I've received only the most general info on this event, and have >been unable to find more on UN Web, Gopher sites. > >If anyone can provide me with information on this event, or a hint as to where >I might look myself, I'b be grateful if they'd send it on... > >Thanks, > >Tom Vest >USC School of International Relations > > From Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu Thu May 25 09:53:54 1995 From: Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu id <01HQVK0IOGMOAKUOPR@lawrence.edu>; Thu, 25 May 1995 11:00:53 -0600 (CST) Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 10:52:52 -0600 (CST) Subject: theory question To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Several months ago I asked for suggestions for readings for a senior seminar called "Women at the Margins." I received a lot of wonderful suggestions and have incorporated many into the course, and will send the syllabus to be archived shortly. In the meantime, my students and I have just finished reading Tsing's _In the realm of the diamond queen_, and the following question came up in response to Tsing's theoretical critiques: It seems to us that, despite the language of world-system theory that rejects the linearity and teleology of modernization theory, world-system theory nevertheless implies that the core is essentially more valued than the periphery, and by implication everyone in the world-system wants to be core-like. Conversely, Tsing, as a post-modern theorist, seems to argue that while marginality exists, people in "out of the way places" do not necessarily adopt the meanings and perspectives of the core; their is difference and resistance within marginality that elevates the interpretations of the marginalized relative to those of the core. Any comment? Candice Bradley Candice.Bradley@Lawrence.edu From sonn@cats.ucsc.edu Thu May 25 14:19:56 1995 Date: Thu, 25 May 1995 13:21:40 -0700 To: Candice.Bradley@lawrence.edu From: sonn@cats.ucsc.edu (David A. Sonnenfeld, Sociology, UC Santa Cruz) Subject: Re: theory question I'm still wending my way through IN SEARCH OF THE DIAMOND QUEEN, but I don't recall any mention of electrification, TV, roads, etc. I was surprised, though, how ubiquitous TV (inc. MTV, CNN, etc.) was even in the most out of the way places in West Kalimantan that I visited a year and a half ago. The consumer culture message is so strong. And then there is "integrated rural development": roads, "new" villages, schools, electrification, industrialization ... Not only do they disrupt traditional ways of life, where they have been surviving, but the cultural infusion of monetarized social relations is very powerful... Sortof a one-two punch. I'll look forward to seeing the syllabus. From timmons@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu Thu May 25 15:50:55 1995 From: "J. Timmons Roberts" Subject: Mid-South Opp: Global Sociology To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Date: Thu, 25 May 95 16:51:34 CDT Dear WSN and ENVTECSOC people: I'm organizing a session for the Mid-South Sociological Association conference entitled "Global Issues in Sociology." The session title is very vague, and I'm willing to consider a range of topics dealing with international sociology/development/environment etc. I WELCOME YOUR SUBMISSIONS: even of an abstract or short description of the paper you intend to present. DEADLINE: June 15, 1995 The conference will be held at Ramada in Mobile, Alabama, OCTOBER 25-28, 1995 Note: the Mid-South meetings are unpretentious and relaxed, and have lately become one of the best meetings for environmental sociology. They are also affordable. You can submit paper/abstract by mail or email at address below: J. Timmons Roberts Assistant Professor Department of Sociology/Program in Latin American Studies Tulane University New Orleans, Louisiana 70118 USA timmons@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu Thanks. Timmons From G.McCall@unsw.edu.au Tue May 30 17:05:06 1995 Date: Wed, 31 May 1995 08:58:57 +1000 To: WSN@csf.colorado.edu, info@apnic.net, jsrdc@acad1.alaska.edu, huang@info.Berkeley.EDU, MARIANGLEEHOON@idrc.org.sg, cat@coombs.anu.edu.au, seang@wri.org From: G.McCall@unsw.edu.au (Grant McCall) Subject: Anthropology/Sociology of Korea Please forgive any possible multiple postings, but I hope that someone at one of these addresses may be able to assist me with a Masters student I am supervising. I have a student who wishes to work on the anthropology/sociology of contemporary Korea. Having a position as a small provincial Korean university for the next few years, she is ideally situated to do such a project. Unfortunately, my specialism is the Pacific Islands and not North Asia. How am I her (MA) thesis supervisor? The wonders of modern university life in Australia, that's how. I would be grateful to anyone who could give me some suggestions as to where to look for such information. From the (Australian) National Korean Studies Centre, I have a photocopy of Chapter 10 of "Studies on Korea: A Scholar's Guide" edited by Han-kyo Kim, with the assistance of Kyoo Park (1980, University of Hawaii Center for Korean Studies) and I will take some time over the forthcoming break to do some hunting around myself. I suppose what I would be most grateful for would be evaluative assessments of current work on Korea. In the first instance, I have suggested that my student situate her work within a context of "Globalisation" which, it turns out, is a buzz-word in Korea these days. Thanks in advance for your help, Grant. ***************************************************************************** Grant McCall ! Telephone: (61-2) 385-2408 Centre for South Pacific Studies ! FAX: (61-2) 313-7859 The University of New South Wales ! e-mail: g.mccall@unsw.edu.au Sydney NSW 2052 ** Australia ! **************************************************************************** * From sonn@cats.ucsc.edu Tue May 30 20:32:22 1995 Date: Tue, 30 May 1995 19:34:32 -0700 (PDT) From: David Allan Sonnenfeld Subject: Re: Anthropology/Sociology of Korea To: Grant McCall In-Reply-To: <199505302258.IAA02633@sam.comms.unsw.EDU.AU> Grant, There's tons of stuff. A few quickly off my bookshelf: Alice Amsden, Asia's Next Giant. NY: Oxford, 1989 Walden Bello & Stephanie Rosenfeld, Dragons in Distress. SF: Inst for Food & Development Policy, 1990 Fred Deyo, ed., The Political Economy of the New Asian Industrialism. Ithaca, NY: Cornell, 1987 Gary Gereffi and Donald Wyman, eds., Manufacturing Miracles. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 1990 Stephen Haggard, Pathways from the Periphery. Ithaca: Cornell, 1990 Gordon White, ed., Developmental States in East Asia. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1988 Good luck! David