From chriscd@jhu.edu Sun Sep 3 19:25:03 1995 id <01HUUR6L38409D4BW6@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Sun, 03 Sep 1995 21:29:21 -0400 (EDT) id <01HUUR6I23AO986TMN@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Sun, 03 Sep 1995 21:29:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 03 Sep 1995 21:29:07 -0400 From: Christoph Chase-Dunn Subject: Call for papers (fwd) To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu CALL FOR PAPERS AND SESSIONS ANNUAL MEETING OF THE MIDWEST SOCIOLOGICAL SOCIETY Chicago, April 3-6, 1996 I am the World Systems topic organizer for the 1996 Annual MSS meeting. My perception is that MSS has long been dominated by micro-sociology, but this has been changing in recent years, and the meetings are becoming more interesting for those of us interested in bigger processes, larger structures, and huger comparisons. I encourage you to consider participating in 1996. Send me your ideas for sessions, papers, and abstracts dealing with world-system research and theory. MSS Program Chair, Anthony Orum, has designated the theme for these meetings as "the relationship between sociology and other academic disciplines." While it is not necessary that all papers and topics adhere to this theme, I think it provides a good opportunity for many who are working to understand the world-system (or other world-systems). Please contact me with your paper or session ideas by September 1, 1995--or as soon as possible. I'll accept until 9/28. ------------------------------------------------------- Michael Timberlake Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work Kansas State University Manhattan, KS 66506 Fax: (913) 532-6978 Phone: (913) 532-6865 email: timber@ksuvm.ksu.edu ------------------------------------------------------- From chriscd@jhu.edu Wed Sep 6 11:44:12 1995 id <01HUYHXU8O40987GJY@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 06 Sep 1995 13:48:15 -0400 (EDT) id <01HUYHXG82V4987D4O@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 06 Sep 1995 13:47:52 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 12:36:45 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: Virtual Seminar on the Global City and Social Movements Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: Lev Gonick To: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY Subject: Virtual Seminar on the Global City and Social Movements Please feel free to x-post The Virtual Seminar on Global Political Economy is a 13 week seminar conducted online with 24 full time faculty and virtual tutors. The course is open to grad students and upper division students. Everyone enrolled in the seminar must take the course for academic credit (or academic audit). This term we are dealing with the topic of Global Cities and Social Movements. Our term begins this week (Sept 5-10). As of September 5th there are 62 students enrolled in the seminar. Please visit our WWW site at http://csf.colorado.edu/gpe Full registration details are available online. For additional information (that you can not find online), please contact Lev Gonick Faculty Coordinator lev.gonick@csf.colorado.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 Wed Sep 6 11:44:15 1995 id <01HUYHXWKVSW9877L8@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 06 Sep 1995 13:48:15 -0400 (EDT) id <01HUYHXG82V4987D4O@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 06 Sep 1995 13:47:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 12:36:45 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: Interested in Marxist Sociology? Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: Sara Schoonmaker To: PROGRESSIVE SOCIOLOGISTS NETWORK Subject: Interested in Marxist Sociology? The Section on Marxist Sociology of the American Sociological Association had some great sessions at the meetings in August in D.C. We also planned our sessions for next year's meetings, to be held in New York in mid-August. We welcome paper submissions for the following sessions: 1) The Current State of Development Theory 2) Marxism and Social Transformation: Opportunities, Constraints and Struggles 3) The Dialectics of Resistance: Community Responses to the Right We will also have roundtables, that can be organized on a wide range of topics. Paper submissions aren't until the end of December, so this is an early notice of things to come. We're doing a membership drive this month for the section. We need to get 25 more members in order to have all 3 sessions on next year's program. So if you're a member of ASA and would like to join the Marxist Section, please let me know. OR if you're already a section member and would like to recruit some new members, that would be great too. I'd like to see us really grow the section, and encourage more people to submit papers for the sessions. This is a key vehicle for us to share our work, and dialogue with other marxist scholars and activists. It's also a good place for radicals to come together within the ASA, and for grad students to find some like-minded folks to read and discuss each other's work. Let's shoot for 400 members by the end of this month, and 600 members by Sept. of '96! Best, Sara Schoonmaker (Chair, Section on Marxist Sociology) 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 Wed Sep 6 11:53:40 1995 id <01HUYI7YRD0W9ED9IH@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 06 Sep 1995 13:55:33 -0400 (EDT) id <01HUYI7V27PC987DL5@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Wed, 06 Sep 1995 13:55:28 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 06 Sep 1995 12:44:23 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: Conference in New Hampshire, October 1, 2, 3, 1995 Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: William S Strauss To: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY Subject: Conference in New Hampshire, October 1, 2, 3, 1995 _________________________________________ A SYMPOSIUM ON INTERNATIONAL CHANGE Sponsored by The Department of Economics and The Center for the Humanities at The University of New Hampshire OCTOBER 1, 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 Page 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 SPEAKER 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 eight 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. "Gender, Global Restructuring, and Alternative Futures" This session will investigate gender-based issues as both forces for and restrictions to global change. 5."Measuring and Evaluating Change" Participants will specifically investigate the methodologies and the selection of variables which provide the inputs for perceiving and judging change. 6. "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. 7. "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. 8. "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. ____ SYMPOSIUM AGENDA Note that the Session numbers correspond to the original "Call for Papers" numbering. Thus "Session 1" is not necessarily before "Session 3". Also, some sessions have been split into two time slots denoted by "a" and "b" Sunday, October 1, 1995 Session 3 "The Rhetoric of Concern: Who Cares about What and Why?" Berkshire Room 3:00 PM Considerations of Distributive Justice at the Earth Summit Mr. Paul Harris University of New Hampshire 4:00 PM Contradictory Economic Priorities Among Developing Countries and the Failure of the NIEO Movement Dr. Jennie Watson Kent State University 5:00 PM Why the Future of Global Change May Not Be As Expected: Interviews with the Leaders of Third World Countries Dr. George Assibey-Mensah Indiana University Northwest Session 4 "Measuring and Evaluating Change" AND Session 7 "Aggression and Enforcement in World Affairs" Kearsarge Room 3:00 PM Beyond GNP: Evaluating Development in Four Dimensions Dr. Debra Straussfogel University of New Hampshire 4:00 PM China and World Security Mr. Adam Cobb St. John's College, Cambridge UK 5:00 PM Empirical Findings on Third World Social Phenomena and Development Strategies Dr. George Assibey-Mensah Indiana University Northwest Monday, October 2, 1995 Keynote Address 8:00 AM "The Development of International Structure" Presenter to be announced Session 1 "The Policy, Politics, and Business of International Interaction" Kearsarge Room 9:00 AM The Politics of Privatization: Comparative Perspectives on Latin America and East/Central Europe Dr. Douglas Friedman College of Charleston 9:50 AM Historical Major World Systems Shifts: The Meaning of Progress Redefined Dr. Steven Sherman Binghamton University 10:40 AM Cursed to be Subordinate: Africa's Position in the International Community Dr. Tayo Odumosu Sussex University, Brighten UK 11:30 AM East vs. West: In Search of Rationalizing Social Market Capitalism Dr. Claudia Secara Pace University Session 6a "Democracy and Free-Market Economics in World Development: Are the Norms of the West Best for the Rest?" Berkshire Room 9:00 AM Politics, Markets and Hyperdiversity: Development Dilemmas in the Indonesian Experience Dr. Albert Dalmolen Mansfield University 10:00 AM Transnationalization of Capital and the Paradox of Democracy Dr. Ravi Arvind Palat University of Auckland, NZ 11:00 AM Presentor to be Announced Luncheon Address 1:00 PM Andre Gunder Frank "Why the Past is not What it Used to be -- But Really/Always Was" Session 5a "Global Growth: Who Gets Better, Who Doesn't, and for How Long?" Kearsarge Room 2:00 PM Environmental Degradation in the Third World and Modes of Insertion into the World Economy Dr. Georgia Carvalho Colorado State University 3:00 PM International Inequality: Extent, Trends and Reasons Behind Dr. Herbert Stocker Institut f. Wirtschartstheorie, Innsbruck, Austria 4:00 PM Amazon Development: Social and Economic Considerations Dr. Marc Herold University of New Hampshire, Durham Session 8 "Gender, Global Restructuring, and Alternative Futures" Berkshire Room 2:00 PM The Places of Women in Trading Places: Gendered Global/Regional Regimes and Inter-nationalized Feminist Resistance Dr. Anne Runyan SUNY, Potsdam 3:00 PM Globalization and Its Intimate Other: The Filipina Maid Community in Hong Kong Doctors Lily Ling & Kimberly Chang Syracuse University, Hong Kong University 4:00 PM Feminist Futures: Science Fiction and the Art of Possibilities Dr. Neta Crawford Brown University Tuesday, October 3, 1995 Session 2a "The Ideologies of Global Progress" Berkshire Room 8:30 AM China into the 21st Century Dr. David Waller University of Texas at Arlington 9:30 AM Popular Movements and Global Transformation Doctors Craig Benjamin & Terisa Turner University of Guelph, Canada 10:30 AM The Coming Age of Ungovernability Dr. Mohamad Bamyeh University of Massachusetts Session 5b "Global Growth: Who Gets Better, Who Doesn't, and for How Long?" Kearsarge Room 9:00 AM Development in the Caribbean Region: A Study of Psychological and Economic Dependency Dr. Holger Henke Nutley, NJ 10:00 AM The Search for Other Variables: The Limits to the Economic Determinacy of Democratization Dr. Patrick Dupont Center for Development Studies, Antwerp 11:00 AM Predatory Development: The Opening and Destruction of the Amazon Basin Dr. Jan Sallinger-McBride University of Tennessee - Knoxville Luncheon Address 1:00 PM "An Alternative Interpretation of the Global Crisis" Dr. Melvin Burke, University of Maine - Orono Session 2b "The Ideologies of Global Progress" Kearsarge Room 2:00 PM The East Asian Development Model: A Template for Third World Modernization Dr. Li Xing Aalborg University, Denmark 3:00 PM The Contemporary Third World Development Experience in Perspective Dr. Kwasa Sarfo York College 4:00 PM What is Globalization and How Do We Know It When We See It? Mr. Jeffrey Beatty Ohio State University Session 6b "Democracy and Free-Market Economics in World Development: Are the Norms of the West Best for the Rest?" Berkshire Room 2:00 PM Development in Mexico: A House Becoming of its Foundations. The Effects of Policy on the Development of Housing in Mexico Mr. Louis Crust Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada 3:00 PM Glasnost in the Market Place?: The Emergence of Relationship Marketing Ms. Pandora Patton University of Texas 4:00 PM Intellectual Property Rights Under GATT Mr. Robert Ostergard Binghamton, NY 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. Registration can be accomplished by e-mail or regular mail. Simply send a note regarding your attendance and how you will pay. Hotel reservations (discussed below) are your responsibility. 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 - $40 Two days - $55 Three days - $65 For attendees that do wish to attend the luncheons but do not wish to receive the published proceedings: One day - $65 Two days - $95 Three days - $110. For attendees that wish to attend the luncheons and receive the published proceedings: One day - $95 Two days - $125 Three days - $140. Make check payable to "Symposium on International Change" ---------------- 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. 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" Travel arrangements to and from either Boston or Portand airports can be made. _________________ 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 alvinyso@hawaii.edu Wed Sep 6 17:39:29 1995 Date: Wed, 6 Sep 1995 13:42:31 -1000 Sender: Alvin So From: Alvin So To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: A new book announcement very sorry for the cross-listing. EAST ASIA AND THE WORLD ECONOMY by Alvin Y. So and Stephen W.K. Chiu. Sage Publications, Inc. Hardcover $49.95. Paperback $24.00. Order through Sage Publications, Inc. P.O.Box 5084, Thousand Oaks, CA 91359-9924. Phone order: 805-499-9774, FAX order: 805-499-0871. In contrast to the literature's focuses on market, culture, state, and dependency, this volume points to the crucial role of geopolitical and regional factors in East Asian development. The authors provide a cohesive review of the world-systems analysis as it applies to East Asia, exploring its intellectual heritage, the historical context through which it arose, its basic assumptions, and its policy implications. To illustrate how this world-system analysis works in East Asia, the authors examine the historical development of the political economies of Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, South Korea, and Japan. Contents I. THEORETICAL INTRODUCTION 1. Current Perspectives on East Asian Development II. INCORPORATION 2. The Decline of the Chinese Empire 3. The Great Escape of Japan III. REGIONALIZATION 4. Japan and its Colonial Empire 5. The Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Communist Revolution IV. ASCENT 6. The Socialist Trajectories of China and North Korea 7. The "Corization" of Japan 8. The Semiperipheralization of the NIEs (Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan) V. CENTRALITY 9. United States-Japan Hegemonic Rivalry 10.The Chinese Triangle of Mainland-Taiwan-Hong Kong 11.Conclusion From pdm1@cornell.edu Thu Sep 7 05:56:12 1995 Date: Thu, 7 Sep 1995 07:57:36 -0400 To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu From: pdm1@cornell.edu (Philip McMichael) Subject: ASA sessions PEWS Members and PEWS Wannabes, the following are the Sessions submitted to the American Sociological Association office for next year's ASA conference. Remember, we'll only get the THREE sessions if we have more than 400 members, which means we need to sign up about a half dozen additional members, at least, by the END OF SEPTEMBER. [Graduate students who belong to ASA cost $5 to sign up.] To sign someone up send memo specifying PEWS Section, with check, to: Elizabeth Czepiel, Sections Governance American Sociological Association 1722 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036. >1996 ASA Annual Meeting Sessions: Political Economy of the World-System Section >>Session 1. >>Topic: Globalization: Myths and Realities >>Organizer: Philip McMichael >>Address: Department of Rural Sociology >> Cornell University >> Ithaca, NY 14853-7801. >>Phone: 607-255-5479 >>E-mail address: pdm1@cornell.edu >> >>Session 2. >>Topic: The Environment and the World Economy >>Organizer: Al Bergesen >>Address: Department of Sociology >> University of Arizona >> Tucson, AZ 85721. >>Phone: 520-621-3303 >>E-mail: aberg@ccit.arizona.edu >> >>Session 3. >>Topic: The Social Regulation of Global Capitalism >>Organizer: Fred Deyo >>Address: Department of Sociology >> SUNY at Brockport >> Brockport, NY 14420. >>Phone: 716-395-5655 >>E-mail: fdeyo@acspr1.acs.brockport.edu >> >>Roundtables >>Organizers: Miguel Korzeniewicz Farshad Araghi >Address: Department of Sociology Department of Sociology, Social Sciences >> University of New Mexico Florida Atlantic University >> Albuquerque, NM 88130. 2912 College Avenue >> Davie, FL 33314. >> >>Phone: 505-277-3911 305-476-4553 >>E-mail: miguel@unm.edu araghi@acc.fau.edu > >> > From: Philip McMichael Rural Sociology Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-7801. Ph: 607-255-5495 Fax: 607-255-9984 email: pdm1@cornell.edu From chriscd@jhu.edu Thu Sep 7 08:52:28 1995 id <01HUZQ7POY689ED9VX@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 07 Sep 1995 10:55:17 -0400 (EDT) id <01HUZQ7F6W80987MEW@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 07 Sep 1995 10:55:00 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 07 Sep 1995 09:43:54 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: A New Book Announcement Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English From: Alvin So To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: A New Book Announcement EAST ASIA AND THE WORLD ECONOMY by Alvin Y. So and Stephen W.K. Chiu. Sage Publications, Inc. Hardcover $49.95. Paperback $24.00. Order through Sage Publications, Inc. P.O.Box 5084, Thousand Oaks, CA 91359-9924. Phone order: 805-499-9774, FAX order: 805-499-0871. In contrast to the literature's focuses on market, culture, state, and dependency, this volume points to the crucial role of geopolitical and regional factors in East Asian development. The authors provide a cohesive review of the world-systems analysis as it applies to East Asia, exploring its intellectual heritage, the historical context through which it arose, its basic assumptions, and its policy implications. To illustrate how this world-system analysis works in East Asia, the authors examine the historical development of the political economies of Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, South Korea, and Japan. Contents I. THEORETICAL INTRODUCTION 1. Current Perspectives on East Asian Development II. INCORPORATION 2. The Decline of the Chinese Empire 3. The Great Escape of Japan III. REGIONALIZATION 4. Japan and its Colonial Empire 5. The Sino-Japanese War and the Chinese Communist Revolution IV. ASCENT 6. The Socialist Trajectories of China and North Korea 7. The "Corization" of Japan 8. The Semiperipheralization of the NIEs (Hong Kong, South Korea, Taiwan) V. CENTRALITY 9. United States-Japan Hegemonic Rivalry 10.The Chinese Triangle of Mainland-Taiwan-Hong Kong 11.Conclusion 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 FXSONG@KSUVM.KSU.EDU Fri Sep 8 08:42:32 1995 Date: Fri, 8 Sep 95 09:43 CDT From: Subject: two WS related news To: ======================================================================== From: CND-Global Editors Organization: China News Digest (CND) Subject: CND-Global, September 8, 1995 +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ C h i n a N e w s D i g e s t +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ (1) Sharp Exchanges Between China and Japan at Disarmament Conference [CND, 09/06/95] BEIJING -- Chinese Ambassador to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, SHA Zukang, told Japan not to make a fuss "over a few limited number of nuclear tests," KRF reported quoting Xinhua. In his speech, Sha urged Japan not to pose as a victim of atomic bombing while "deliberately covering up or writing off its own [wartime] crimes" at the same time. A Japanese delegate rebutted that "the disarmament conference is... [for] future disarmament, not for arguing about the past," JEN reported. Japan has halted grants-in-aid to China to protest its two underground nuclear tests conducted this year. Beijing received much criticism when it demanded earlier in the conference that Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) be enacted only if all nations taking part in the Disarmament Conference ratify it. As a compromise, Beijing eventually dropped this demand; but in exchange it proposed that nuclear tests for peaceful purposes be exempted from the CTBT, which will make it difficult to monitor suspect nuclear tests. (Ray ZHANG, Jian LIU, Daluo JIA) ___ ___ ___ (6) Demonstration Against U.S. Imperialism Held at NGO Forum [CND, 09/06/95] BEIJING -- Xinhua reported yesterday that "several hundred women" held the "longest-lasting demonstration" since the opening of the NGO Forum meeting in Huairou. The theme of demonstration was "against imperialism." The report did not mention what other demonstrations had been held. The line is reportedly about 200 meters long, composed of women of all colors mainly from The Philippines, India, Nepal, Germany, Denmark, Egypt and other Arabic countries. Some women from the United States were also in the line. It is unclear from the report whether Chinese women were present. The demonstrators carried banners with slogans such as "Down with U.S. Imperialism! Women of the Working Class, Unite!" The report also cited similar slogans put up by Danish and German delegates, as well as some "written in Russian." CND has not seen western media reports on the event. Some demonstrators gave speeches condemning the "exploitation of working class women in the third world by imperialists." The whole event, said to be initiated by a Filipina women organization, lasted for about two-hours. An organizer told Xinhua that "U.S. imperialists not only exploit us economically, especially our natural resources, and interfere with internal affairs of other nations, but also control the media to spread misinformation to mislead people." A U.S. woman reportedly agreed and said the U.S. government policies are not only harmful to women in other countries, but to working class women in the U.S. as well. (Hong TANG, Bo XIONG) From chriscd@jhu.edu Fri Sep 8 11:30:52 1995 id <01HV1A1ZW3WW9EDAB9@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Fri, 08 Sep 1995 13:34:03 -0400 (EDT) id <01HV1A1WPQ0W987ZAG@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Fri, 08 Sep 1995 13:33:58 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 08 Sep 1995 12:22:49 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: announcement (fwd) Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------ From: "A. Gunder Frank" To: Chris Chase-Dunn Subject: announcement (fwd) ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 28 Aug 95 21:40:35 +0700 From: Rozov To: agfrank@epas.utoronto.ca Subject: announcement ############################################################# PLEASE POST PLEASE POST PLEASE POST PLEASE POST PLEASE POST ############################################################# ANNOUNCEMENT Dear colleagues! You are invited to take part in the Discussion of PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY & THEORETICAL HISTORY (PH&TH) problems. Title of List: PHILOFHI (PHILosophy OF HIstory & theoretical history) Moderator: Nikolai S. Rozov Level: academic How to subscribe: to GET the file PHILOF HISTORY (list PHILOSOP) and then to get in touch with the list owner Nikolai S. Rozov. Description: During each 3 months phase a definite group of problems is discussed (see below). The philosophical and social ideas of Kant, Hehel, K.Marx, H.Rickert, M.Weber, O.Spengler, A.Toinby, K.Jaspers, R.Collingwood, B.Malinowski, A.Kroeber, F.Braudel, K.Popper, I.Wallerstein and many other authors are considered. Original systemic, rational, constructive, value and wide worldview approaches to the History and Futures of Humanity are especially appreciated. There is a file PHILOF HISTORY (list PHILOSOP) which contains the following information concerning this Discussion: 1. ANNUAL AGENDA OF DISCUSSION (for 1994). 2. The formulation of 10 groups of PROBLEMS FOR DISCUSSION in the field of PH&TH: "Exterior problems"(EP) - the PH&TH problems that are not only interesting to professional philosophers and specialists in Social and Historical Sciences. EP1. PROBLEMS OF HISTORICAL MECHANISMS EP2. PROBLEMS OF THE STRUCTURE OF HISTORY EP3. PROBLEMS OF THE MEANING OF HISTORY EP4. PROBLEMS OF SELF-DETERMINATION IN HISTORY EP5. PROBLEMS OF ETHICAL & PRACTICAL ISSUES "Interior problems"(IP) - the PH&TH problems that are mainly interesting for specialists in Philosophy, Social and Historical Sciences. IP1. "THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY" PROBLEMS IP2. METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS of PH&TH IP3. ONTOLOGICAL PROBLEMS of PH&TH IP4. VALUE PROBLEMS of PH&TH IP5. EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS of PH&TH 3. The Goals and Organization of Discussion (primary suggestions). 4.PROFESSIONAL ETHICS OF DISCUSSION. 5.THE LIST PHILOFHI 5.1. "Home" problem 5.2. List Files 5.3. Some recommended literature 6. The APPEAL to Discussion Participants. If you are interested, you can GET the file PHILOF HISTORY (list PHILOSOP), i.e. send to e-mail address in Internet: LISTSERV@VM1.YorkU.CA or in Bitnet: LISTSERV@YORKVM1 (from England): LISTSERV@EARN.YORKVM1 the command: GET PHILOF HISTORY PHILOSOP Addition July 1994: The following files are attainable for everybody by the same way: -- --- ----- ------- ------------------------------------- PHILOFHI ANBIBL rozov@adm.nsu.nsk.su ANnotated BIBLiography for 'PHILosophy OF HIstory and theoretical history' problematique + English Summaries of the books: Nikolai S. Rozov. The Structure of Civilization and World Development Trends. Novosibirsk, 1992, Nikolai S. Rozov. Values in the Real World: Philosophical Foundations and Social Applications of Constructive Axiology (forthcoming). -- --- ----- ------- ------------------------------------- PHILOFHI EPIS rozov@adm.nsu.nsk.su The Initial Statement about the 'structure of history' concepts (historical systems, historical transitions, historical transformations, intersystem changes, etc.) for 'PHILosophy OF HIstory and theoretical history' discussion. -- --- ----- ------- ------------------------------------- PHILOFHI IPIS rozov@adm.nsu.nsk.su The Initial Statement about the typology (on the ontological basis) of philosophical, historical, macro-social paradigmas in Western tradition for 'PHILosophy OF HIstory and theoretical history' discussion. ################################################################## This Announcement is free to repost ################################################################## Moderator of the list PHILOFHI (info file: PHILOF HISTORY PHILOSOP) Nikolai S. Rozov, Ph.D., Dr.Sc.(Social Philosophy) Dept.Philosophy, Novosibirsk State University ADDRESS: 630090, Novosibirsk, Pirogova 2, Russia FAX: 7/3832/35 52 37 E-MAIL: rozov@adm.nsu.nsk.su ################################################################## 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 rozov@ns.cnit.nsk.su Sat Sep 9 01:14:52 1995 To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Organization: Centre of New Information Technologies From: "Rozov" Date: Sat, 9 Sep 95 14:19:22 +0700 Subject: addition to anncmnt >From rozov Sat Sep 9 14:12:50 1995 Sorry, I just prepared the new version of announcement, but the old one is already distributed in wsn. In new version there is a direct info how to subscribe and new brief and precise description of the focus of discussion, Sorry again for doubling, Nikolai ############################################################# PLEASE POST PLEASE POST PLEASE POST PLEASE POST PLEASE POST ############################################################# ANNOUNCEMENT 1995-6 Dear colleagues! You are invited to take part in the Discussion of PHILOSOPHY OF HISTORY & THEORETICAL HISTORY Title of List: PHILOFHI (PHILosophy OF HIstory & theoretical history) Moderator: Nikolai S.Rozov Level: academic How to subscribe: to send the command: SUBSCRIBE PHILOFHI to the address: mailserv@odie.ccs.yorku.ca Description: The list is open to all subjects and information connected with philosophy of history, metahistory, futures studies, global projects, etc. At the same time we focus mostly on philosophical understanding of History based on comparing and bridging the paradigms and results of various theoretical and empirical approaches, such as: world-system analysis, comparative studies of civilizations, macrosociology and social evolution, theory and history of geopolitics and general wars, systemic and cybernetical approaches to historical dynamics, world history, global history, social history, etc. ############################################################# Moderator of the list PHILOFHI (PHILosophy OF HIstory and theoretical history) Nikolai S. Rozov Professor of Philosophy, Ph.D., Dr.Sc.(Social Philosophy) Dept.Philosophy, Novosibirsk State University ADDRESS: 630090, Novosibirsk, Pirogova 2, Russia FAX: 7/3832/35 52 37 E-MAIL: rozov@adm.nsu.nsk.su rozov@ns.cnit.nsk.su ################################################################## From appelbau@sscf.ucsb.edu Sat Sep 9 23:04:56 1995 Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 22:09:46 -0700 From: Rich Appelbaum To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Subject: psa meetings I have been asked to organize a session for the annual meetings of the Pacific Sociological Association on the topic, "Theorizing the State in the World System." The meetings will be held March 21-24, 1996, in Seattle, Washington. If you wish to submit a paper for this session, please let me know immediately; send me a title and abstract. October 15 is the official deadline for submission of proposed papers for the session, although there is some flexibility. (December 1 is the final date for decisions.) Please contact me at appelbau@alishaw.ucsb.edu. ----------------------------------------------------------- | Richard P. Appelbaum, Professor of Sociology | | Director, Community and Organization Research Institute | | Co-Director, Center for Global Studies | | (805) 893-7230 phone (805) 893-2790 fax | | email: appelbau@alishaw.ucsb.edu | ----------------------------------------------------------- From OWENJACK@FS.isu.edu Mon Sep 11 10:13:31 1995 From: "J B Owens" Organization: Idaho State University To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 10:23:04 -0600, MDT Subject: ahc 1996 Conference I thought perhaps this message would be of interest to some on the list. Jack Owens, Idaho State University ================================================================ XI International Conference of the Association for History & Computing DATA MODELLING MODELLING HISTORY August 21-24, 1996 Moscow State University Russia ==================================================================== DATA MODELLING MODELLING HISTORY Processing historical data with the aid of computers is now at least three decades old. As a result historical computing has achieved the status of a mature empirical discipline in its own right. Yet it is important that further advances in historical computing should be undertaken within a clear conceptual and theoretical framework. This will require further developments to be applied alongside advanced data modelling techniques and methods of computer-assisted modelling of historical processes. Such models, if utilised with care can become powerful tools for connecting data and theory, but they also make demands on the nature of both the theoretical framework and the data applications used. Should models be theory-driven or data-driven? Should a project's analytical aims, its software, and its data modelling be considered independently? What are the particular features of historical data which make them different from other data processed by computers? The eleventh International AHC Conference will offer a platform to discuss the modelling and processing of different kinds of historical data - from census-type data to free text and images - as well as advanced analytical tools in the broader context of continuous computer-aided historical research, starting with the "correct" treatment of digitalized sources, arriving at theoretically grounded and convincing research results. ===================================================================== Themes to be addressed at the conference unclude. I. Historical Data Modelling: - historical text models; - historical software benchmark; - new database models/techniques; - modelling highly structured historical data; - models of historical images; - fuzzy models of historical data. II. Modelling History: - statistical models of historical structures; - modelling dynamics of historical processes; - event history analysis; - modelling of spatial historical structures; - simulation of processes in the past; - the pros and cons of counterfactual modelling; - statistical text analysis -- benefits and limitations for historical research; - artificial intelligence models in historical research; - simulation in computer-assisted teaching of history; - multimedia presentation of historical evidence; - history on the Internet -- a model of information exchange in the professional community. III. Towards theory of historical computing: - the bridge between historical data modelling and analysis. ================================================================= Organizing committee Dr Leonid Borodkin, Moscow Dr Sergey Kashchenko, St.-Petersburg Dr Vladimir Vladimirov, Barnaul Dr Irina Garskova, Moscow Dr Dilyara Ibragimova, Moscow Mg Valery Lazarev, Moscow International Programme Committee Dr Onno Boonstra, Nijmegen Dr Leonid Borodkin, Moscow Dr Peter Denley, London Dr Peter Doorn, Leiden Dr Stefan Fogelvik, Stockholm Dr Jose Igartua, Montreal Dr Jan Oldervoll, Bergen Dr Manfred Thaller, Goettingen Call for papers Proposals are invited for sessions, papers and other contributions for main sessions (30 min. reading time), special sessions (20 min.), project presentations (10 min.) and demonstrations, all related to one of the mentioned themes or sub-themes. Please fill out the form on the other side of this leaflet. You can also send the information requested on the form by E-mail. The form on the other side is meant for preliminary registration and the submission of a proposal. If you only want to visit the conference and do not want to participate in the programme, please only fill out the first part of the form. Conference language will be English ================================================================ Registration form I wish to: participate at the conference present a paper or demonstration receive further mailing but do not yet want full registration Preliminary registration Name: Institution: Full address: Telephone: FAX: E-mail: For paper presentations only Title: Type of contribution: O Main session O Special session O Project presentations O Demonstration Sub-theme: Dates to remember Deadline for submission of proposals: January 15, 1996 Deadline for submission of abstract: March 1, 1996 Final registration, including hotel booking: June 15, 1996 The conference itself: August 21- 24, 1996 The conference is organized by: Association for History & Computing Assotsiatsiia "Istoriia i Komp'uter" (AIK) (CIS AHC-Branch) In co-operation with: Faculty of History, Moscow State University Russian Academy of Sciences Please direct all communications to: AHC'96 Lab for Historical Information Science Faculty of History Moscow State University Vorobyevy Hills 119899 Moscow Russia Tel/Fax: (095) 939-11-65 E-mail: ahc96@hyst.chem.msu.su ======================================================== From chriscd@jhu.edu Mon Sep 11 14:04:21 1995 id <01HV5MBGS54G9EDB30@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 16:08:28 -0400 (EDT) id <01HV5MB8DJB4988RAQ@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Mon, 11 Sep 1995 16:08:22 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 11 Sep 1995 14:56:56 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: new info on wsystems archive Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English The World-Systems Archive (wsystems) at Communications for a Sustainable Future (csf) now contains the most recent issue of the Fernand Braudel Center Newsletter and updated biographical and publications information from Immanuel Wallerstein. I would also remind subscribers to WSN to contribute relevant materials to the archive. This can be done by emailing them to me or by sending an IBM-compatible diskette in the regular mail. Our archive can be accessed at csf.colorado.edu/wsystems The World Wide Web page address is http://csf.colorado.edu/wsystems/wsarch.html chris Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhu.edu From maki@cats.ucsc.edu Sun Sep 17 12:56:34 1995 Date: Sun, 17 Sep 1995 12:01:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Cynthia Siemsen Maki Subject: encampment at Ward Valley (fwd) To: envtecsoc@csf.colorado.edu, wsn@csf.colorado.edu ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 17 Sep 95 11:55:25 PDT From: Hal Aronson To: maki@cats.ucsc.edu Subject: encampment at Ward Valley (fwd) Hal Aronson writes: > From halarons Sun Sep 17 11:51:46 1995 > Subject: encampment at Ward Valley > To: envtecsoc@csf.colorado.edu, wsn@csf.colorado.edu > Date: Sun, 17 Sep 95 11:51:45 PDT > From: Hal Aronson > Cc: pklasky@sfsu.edu, Hal Aronson > X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3 PL0] > > Dear Sociology Brothers and Sisters, > > Just wanted to say Hello and alert you to this encampment which could be vital > and enriching and a chance to re-connect. > Please pass on the info to whomever you think may want to join in or help out. > > Best to you all, > > > Hal > sort of at UCSC > > > > > > > > > Encampment to Save Ward Valley > > October 10-15, 1995 > > Ward Valley, California > > > > Join us for a week-long encampment to save Ward Valley and the > > Colorado River from nuclear contamination, preserve critical > > habitat for an endangered species, and protect American Indian > > sacred lands. > > > > Ward Valley is located 22 miles west of Needles, CA in the > > beautiful East Mojave desert. Plans are to bury long-lasting and > > highly dangerous radioactive wastes from nuclear power plants in > > shallow, unlined trenches above an aquifer and just 18 miles from > > the Colorado River. Ward Valley is located directly adjacent to > > the new Mojave National Preserve and is surrounded by five > > wilderness areas. Area Indian tribes consider Ward Valley sacred > > homeland and have vowed to defend their traditions, land, water > > and culture. Ward Valley is critical habitat for the threatened > > Desert Tortoise. Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt has > > announced his intention to transfer the land at Ward Valley to > > the state of California. Once Governor Wilson gets hold of the > > land, construction of the dump could begin in a few months. > > > > Join us for six days of actions and events! > > > > Workshops and meetings > > *Nonviolence training > > *Peacekeeper training > > *Alliance building > > *Campaigns to stop nuclear dumps in other states > > *Action strategies > > > > Cultural events > > *Pow Wow and parade on the Fort Mojave Indian Reservation > > *Spirit Run (relay run through the desert) > > *Traditional song and dance > > *Music, singing and dancing > > > > Actions > > *Bannering along Interstate 40 > > *Plans for Emergency Response Network > > *Spokescouncil meetings > > > > Community meals, water and sanitation provided. Come prepared > > for desert camping. We will walk lightly on the land, protect > > critical habitat and leave no traces. We are asking for a $15 > > donation in advance, $20 at the site. No one turned away for > > lack of funds. > > > > FOR REGISTRATION INFORMATION do one of the following: > > > > *E-mail Phil Klasky at pklasky@sfsu.edu > > > > *Call 415-752-8678, 415-369-6690, or 800-454-3016 > > > > *Write BAN Waste Coalition > > 2760 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA 94118 > > > > Encampment is located off Interstate 40, 22 miles west of > > Needles, CA. Go South at Water Road Exit. Follow signs 1/2 mile > > to encampment. > > > > Sponsors/Endorsers: Ward Valley Coalition, Greenpeace, BAN Waste > > Coalition, Fort Mojave Indian Tribe, Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, > > Colorado River Indian Tribes, Western Shoshone Indian Tribe, > > Indigenous Environmental Network, California Communities Against > > Toxics (CCAT), Alliance for Survival, Americans for a Safe > > Future, Toxic Links Coalition, Plutonium Free Future, 20/20 > > Vision, Desert Survivors, All Peoples' Congress, Desert > > Environmental Response Team (DERT), Physicians for Social > > Responsibility, Nuclear Information and Research Service, Water > > Information Network (partial list). > >  > > .- > > > > > -- > .- > -- From OWENJACK@FS.isu.edu Mon Sep 18 11:52:20 1995 From: "J B Owens" Organization: Idaho State University To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Date: Mon, 18 Sep 1995 12:02:20 -0600, MDT Subject: Gulbenkian Commission Report The opening item in the new issue of the Fernand Braudel Center Newsletter is the table of contents of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation report of the Commission on the Restructuring of the Social Sciences, entitled *Open the Social Sciences*. The report is being translated into a number of languages. Does anyone know if there will be an on-line version somewhere? The report seems well worth the attention of WSN members, especially part III, "What Kind of Social Science Shall We Now Build?" Does anyone know more about the distribution of the report beyond the limited information in the Newsletter? Jack Owens Idaho State University From appelbau@sscf.ucsb.edu Tue Sep 19 16:36:54 1995 Date: Tue, 19 Sep 95 16:28:04 CST From: "Rich Appelbaum" To: edcivic@libertynet.org, gpe@csf.colorado.edu, wsn@csf.colorado.edu, listserv@ursus.jun.alaska.edu, mailbase@mailbase.ac.uk, listserv@unmvma.unm.edu, res-econ@unixg.ubc.ca, soc-econ@unmvma.unm.edu Subject: Announcing a New Journal Announcing a new journal... COMPETITION AND CHANGE: The Journal of Global Business and Political Economy EDITORS: Richard P. Appelbaum, Center for Global Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA Jeffrey Henderson, Manchester Business School, Manchester, UK Volume 1, Number 1 (October 1995): The Hinge of History: Turbulence and Transformation in the Global Economy - Richard Appelbaum and Jeffrey Henderson The Crisis of Cost Recovery and the Waste of the Industrial Nations - Karel Williams -- comments by Martin Carnoy and Grahame Thompson Industrial Restructuring and International Trade: Explaining Business Supports for Regional Trade Agreements - Ronald Cox The Geographic Foundations of Industrial Performance - Allen Scott The State and the Global City: Notes Towards a Conception of Place-Centered Governance - Saskia Sassen EDITORIAL BOARD: Samir Amin, Forum du Tiers Monde, Senegal Alice Amsden, M.I.T., USA Robert Boyer, CEPREMAP, France Martin Carnoy, Stanford University, USA Manuel Castells, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain Edward Chen, University of Hong Kong Peter Dicken, Univesity of Manchester, UK Yves Doz, INSEAD, France Pang Eng Fond, National University of Singapore Gary Gereffi, Duke University, USA Anthony Giddens, University of Cambridge, UK Gary Hamilton, University of Washington, USA Domenico Nuti, London Business School, UK Michael Porter, Harvard University, USA Saskia Sassen, Columbia University, USA Allen Scott, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Kyoko Sheridan, University of Adelaide, Australia Barbara Stallings, UN Economics Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, Chile Ivan Szelenyi, University of California, Los Angeles, USA Robert Wade, University of Sussex, UK Richard Whitley, University of Manchester, UK AIMS AND SCOPE Competition and Change is a new journal that examines the changing nature of business organization in a highly competitive global economy. The journal draws on recent scholarship in business economics, political economy, organizational sociology, economic geography, international relations and developmental studies to explore the interplay of economic, political and social forces contributing to global integration and regional fragmentation. COMEPTITION AND CHANGE SEEKS TO: Promote an understanding of the evolving processes of global competition, and their impact on the changing organizational structure of business and economics. Understand more comprehensively the interplay of globalizing and localizing forces in the world economy, as they contribute to the geographic extension of business and the intensification of uneven development. Create an understanding of the interrelationships between the dynamics of global competition and the social, economic, political, and environmental conditions throughout the world. Discuss matters of business strategy and its relation to political initiatives at regional, national and local levels. Explore the geo-political implications of economic transformation as a global phenomenon. It will feature articles on such issues as organizational and technological innovation; the emergence and impact of international regulatory frameworks; national and regional economic policy; labor conditions and standards; the local impacts of global competition; the role of corporate and national cultures; the geo-politics of economic transformation; the dynamics of economic and business organizations; the future of the manufacturing industry; transnational corporations; commodity chains and the changing international division of labor; globalization and the future of the nation state. TO ORDER COMPETITION AND CHANGE: Base List Rate per volume $45 U.S. 4 issues per volume / ISSN 1024-5294 Current Subscription (1995-6) Payment may be made by: VISA, MASTERCARD, CHECK or MONEY ORDER Order through: North/South America:International Publishers Distributor, PO Box 27542, Newark, NJ 07101-4731 USA Tel: (800) 545-8398 Fax: (215) 750-6343 Europe: International Publishers Distributor, c/o PO Box 90, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 8JL, UK Tel: +44 (0) 1734 568316 Fax:+44 (0( 1734 568211 Australia/Asia: International Publishers Distributor, Kent Ridge, PO Box 1180, Singapore 9111 Tel: +65 741 6933 Fax: +65 741 6922 FOR SUBMISSION OF MANUSCRIPTS: Please forward three copies of the article you would like to have considered for publication to: Valgeet Johl, Managing Editor Competition and Change The Center for Global Studies Community and Organization Research Institute University of California, Santa Barbara California 93106 ----------------------------------------------------------- | Richard P. Appelbaum, Professor of Sociology | | Director, Community and Organization Research Institute | | Co-Director, Center for Global Studies | | (805) 893-7230 phone (805) 893-2790 fax | | email: appelbau@alishaw.ucsb.edu | ----------------------------------------------------------- From chriscd@jhu.edu Thu Sep 21 09:28:42 1995 id <01HVJBEQI5PC9EDDM1@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 11:27:36 -0400 (EDT) id <01HVJBENOTPC98BFIM@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 21 Sep 1995 11:27:33 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 21 Sep 1995 10:16:11 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: pews section membership Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English As has already been discussed, the Political Economy of the World-System (PEWS) section of the American Sociological Association needs more members in order to get more sessions at the ASA meetings. One way to increase the membership would be for individual current members of PEWS to find members of other sections (e.g. Marxist, Environment and Technology, and Comparative Historical) who are not members of PEWS and agree with these to join theirs if they join ours. The deed needs to be done by September 30. To join a section send a check to Elizabeth Czepiel, ASA, 1722 N St. NW, Washington, DC 20036 or fax to 202 785 0146. The ASA accepts Visa and Mastercard. The costs of joining are as follows: regular student low-income PEWS $10 $5 $8 Marxist $10 $7 $8 Envir&Tech $12 $5 $8 Comp.Hist. $10 $5 $8 Do it now. chris Prof. Chris Chase-Dunn Department of Sociology Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD. 21218 USA tel 410 516 7633 fax 410 516 7590 email chriscd@jhu.edu From chriscd@jhu.edu Tue Sep 26 10:40:47 1995 id <01HVQDEUBT4G9EDE7Z@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 12:40:29 -0400 (EDT) id <01HVQDEUCO5S98DMDJ@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 12:40:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 11:29:21 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: Fw: ASA and PEWS membership Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English this is a note terry boswell sent to grad students at Emory. you'all do the same at your home institutions. ------------------------------ From: "Terry Boswell" To: miguel@unm.edu, fdeyo@acspr1.acs.brockport.edu, pdm1@cornell.edu, Subject: ASA and PEWS membership I made this up for my students and thought others might could use it. ==================================================================== I strongly urge all grad students to join the ASA. I also would encourage all students in the comparative political economy and the stratification and organizations areas (and everybody else too for that matter) to join the Political Economy of the World-System (PEWS) section. As I have done in the past, I will pay for the PEWS membership of any grad who is an ASA member. Below is a form that you can print and mail with $5. Let me know and I will pay you back, or if you are strapped, let me know now. This must be in by the end of September. -------------------------------------CLIP----------------------------- To: American Sociological Association 1722 N. Street N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 From: _______________________________ _______________________________ _______________________________ ____ I am an ASA member, and want to join the Political Economy of the World-System Section. Enclosed is $5.00 for Section dues for this year. Make checks payable to the American Sociological Association -------------------------------------CLIP----------------------------- The following are the Sessions submitted to the American Sociological Association office for next year's ASA conference. We only get the THREE sessions if we have more than 400 members, which means we need to sign up about 10 additional members, at least, by the END OF SEPTEMBER. >1996 ASA Annual Meeting Sessions: Political Economy of the World-System Section >>Session 1. >>Topic: Globalization: Myths and Realities >>Organizer: Philip McMichael >>Address: Department of Rural Sociology >> Cornell University >> Ithaca, NY 14853-7801. >>Phone: 607-255-5479 >>E-mail address: pdm1@cornell.edu >> >>Session 2. >>Topic: The Environment and the World Economy >>Organizer: Al Bergesen >>Address: Department of Sociology >> University of Arizona >> Tucson, AZ 85721. >>Phone: 520-621-3303 >>E-mail: aberg@ccit.arizona.edu >> >>Session 3. >>Topic: The Social Regulation of Global Capitalism >>Organizer: Fred Deyo >>Address: Department of Sociology >> SUNY at Brockport >> Brockport, NY 14420. >>Phone: 716-395-5655 >>E-mail: fdeyo@acspr1.acs.brockport.edu >> >>Roundtables >>Organizers: Miguel Korzeniewicz Farshad Araghi >Address: Department of Sociology Department of Sociology, Social Sciences >> University of New Mexico Florida Atlantic University >> Albuquerque, NM 88130. 2912 College Avenue >> Davie, FL 33314. >> >>Phone: 505-277-3911 305-476-4553 >>E-mail: miguel@unm.edu araghi@acc.fau.edu 1995-96 Section Chair Philip McMichael Rural Sociology Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-7801. Ph: 607-255-5495 Fax: 607-255-9984 email: pdm1@cornell.edu ASA sessions 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 Sep 26 14:36:42 1995 id <01HVQLMLLYDC9EDEOP@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 16:35:49 -0400 (EDT) id <01HVQLMNGPRK98DICD@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Tue, 26 Sep 1995 16:35:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 26 Sep 1995 15:24:43 -0400 From: chris chase-dunn Subject: new article in _JWSR_ Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English A new article is now published in the _Journal of World-Systems Research_. It is an essay by Kurt Burch (Political Science, University of Delaware) entitled "Invigorating world system theory as critical theory: exploring philosophical foundations and postpositivist contributions." Prof. Burch's essay is #18 of Volume 1 in _JWSR_. It can be retrieved for free over the Internet from csf.colorado.edu/wsystems/journals The Web address is http://csf.colorado.edu/wsystems/jwsr.html 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 pdm1@cornell.edu Thu Sep 28 12:01:44 1995 Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 14:01:39 -0400 To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu From: pdm1@cornell.edu (Philip McMichael) Subject: RE: PEWS membership Colleagues - PEWS (as a section with 3 panels at the ASA meetings) i s safe for another year, in quantitative terms! >Date: Thu, 28 Sep 95 09:07 EST >From: ASA Governance Sections > >To: mcmichael >Subject: RE: PEWS membership >Status: U > > >Hello Dr. McMichael >PEWS has 405 members as of the 26th of September. >Best, >Elizabeth Czepiel >Governance Coordinator >ASA_Governance_Sections@mcimail.com > ---------- >From: ASA Executive Office >To: ASA Governance Sections >Subject: FW: PEWS membership >Date: Wednesday, September 27, 1995 9:53AM > > > ---------- >From: Philip McMichael >To: EXECUTIVE >Subject: PEWS membership >Date: Tuesday, September 26, 1995 10:43AM > >Dear Elizabeth -- can you tell me what the PEWS membership count is right >now? > >Thanks, Phil McMichael (PEWS Chair) > >From: > >Philip McMichael >Rural Sociology >Cornell University >Ithaca, NY 14853-7801. >Ph: 607-255-5495 >Fax: 607-255-9984 >email: pdm1@cornell.edu > >MCI:Philip McMichael > EMS: INTERNET > MBX: pdm1@cornell.edu > From: Philip McMichael Rural Sociology Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853-7801. Ph: 607-255-5495 Fax: 607-255-9984 email: pdm1@cornell.edu From SOCTB%EMUVM1.BITNET@vaxf.Colorado.EDU Thu Sep 28 13:10:54 1995 by VAXF.COLORADO.EDU (PMDF V5.0-4 #12962) 28 Sep 1995 13:09:00 -0600 (MDT) by EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU (LMail V1.1d/1.7f) with RFC822 id 5484; Thu, Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 13:09:00 -0600 (MDT) Date-warning: Date header was inserted by VAXF.COLORADO.EDU From: SOCTB@EMUVM1.CC.EMORY.EDU Apparently-To: Forwarded from Phil McMichael: PEWS Book Award, 1996. Nominations are called for the 1996 Political Economy of the World Sy= stem Section Book Award for distinguished scholarship. The criteria are as follows: Any work of comparative or international sociology concerned= with the relationship between domestic and global social, economic and pol= itical processes. It must be in English or made available to the nominating committee in an authorized English translation. Any work may be nomin= ated by anyone, regardless of the disciplinary, section, or ASA affiliatio= n of either the author or nominator. Self nominations are welcome. Letters should include complete publication information. Eligible for the 199= 6 award are books published in the three calendar years 1993, 1994, 199= 5. Nominations should reach the Award Committee chair no later than Marc= h 31, 1996. Chair: Terry Boswell, Department of Sociology, Emory University= , Atlanta, GA 30322. PEWS Article Award, 1996. Nominations are called for the 1996 Political Economy of the World Sy= stem Section Award for the most distinguished article. The criteria are a= s follows: Any work of comparative or international sociology concerned= with the relationship between domestic and global social, economic and pol= itical processes. It must be in English or made available to the nominating committee in an authorized English translation. Any work may be nomin= ated by anyone, regardless of the disciplinary, section, or ASA affiliatio= n of either the author or nominator. Self nominations are welcome. Letters should include complete publication information. Eligible for the 199= 6 award are articles published in the three calendar years 1993, 1994, = 1995. Nominations, with three copies of the article should reach the Award Committee chair no later than March 31, 1996. Chair: Philip McMichael= , Department of Rural Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853-7= 01. =FF=FF Re: PEWS BOOK AND ARTICLE AWARDS From chriscd@jhu.edu Thu Sep 28 16:28:54 1995 From: chriscd@jhu.edu id <01HVTE712O9C98D7AM@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 28 Sep 1995 16:36:08 -0400 (EDT) id <01HVTE2POPM89EDJLW@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Thu, 28 Sep 1995 16:34:36 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 15:15:18 -0400 Subject: bibliorequest Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English Dear Colleagues; Sorry to bother the net, but I've used ALL my sources and still can't find what I need. I'm responding to the copy editor of the forthcoming festschrift for Gunder Frank. Samir Amin cites the following: Bernard Founou-Tchuigoua. l993. "Afrique subsaharienne: La quart mondialization en crise," In S. Amin et. al. _Mondialisation et Accumulation_. L'Harmattan, Paris. Who else edited this book? Anyone happen to know the page numbers of the chapter mentioned? My eternal thanks to whoever might have access to this info and is kind enough to pass it along. Best, Bob Denemark Dept. of Political Science University of Delaware Newark DE l97ll denemark@strauss.udel.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 ROZOV@nw.cnit.nsk.su Fri Sep 29 07:07:24 1995 29 Sep 95 19:06:09 NSK-7 From: "Nikolai Sergeevich Rozov" Organization: Center of New Informational Tech. To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 19:05:52 -0700 (NSK) Subject: collapse of communism X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Nikolai Sergeevich Rozov" X-pmrqc: 1 I am Russian but the collapse of Russian communism is out of my professional focus now. I am forwarding the following request to wsn because the question seems to be one of the best challenges for the explanative and predictive abilities of w-s- approach. I hope somebody will help Dr.Kim and it will be interesting for us all. Nikolai. S. Rozov Hi, Professor Rozov. Sorry for this intrusion. I have a "burning" question that I thought perhaps you can guide me to the right direction. I noticed in previous postings that you are a keen observer of the Russian (Soviet) politics and I thought that you might offer some insights into this question. Why did the Soviet Communism collapse? How shall we explain the sudden collapse of the Soviet Communism? Why did it happen in the Soviet Union, not in China? Why did it happen in 1989, not earlier? I have read several papers and propaganda materials but I have not seen any good explanations as yet. If you want, you can perhaps bring this question (copying my query when you respond to this posting) to the netwide discussion of WSN. If you do not want to do it that way, I would appreciate if you can just share your thoughts with me. I would appreciate if you can pass on to me some good works with which you concurr on this issue. Quee-Young Kim Department of Sociology University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Kim@uwyo.edu Nikolai S. Rozov Professor of Philosophy PhD., Dr.Sc. Moderator of the mailing list PHILOFHI (PHILosophy OF HIstory and theoretical history) Dept. of Philosophy Tel.: (3832) 397488 Novosibirsk State University Fax.: (3832) 355237 630090, Novosibirsk E-mail: rozov@nw.cnit.nsk.su Pirogova 2 rozov@adm.nsu.nsk.su From chriscd@jhu.edu Fri Sep 29 09:38:04 1995 From: chriscd@jhu.edu id <01HVUGY4XGLC98EAFB@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 11:13:51 -0400 (EDT) id <01HVUGO1T9M89JD1UE@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 11:04:40 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 08:18:16 -0400 Subject: collapse of communism Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English ------------------------------------------------------------ 29 Sep 95 16:56:54 NSK-7 From: "Nikolai Sergeevich Rozov" Organization: Center of New Informational Tech. To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 16:56:25 -0700 (NSK) Subject: collapse of communism X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Nikolai Sergeevich Rozov" X-pmrqc: 1 I am Russian but the collapse of Russian communism is beyond my professional competence. I am forwarding the following request to wsn because the question seems to be one of the best challenges for the explanative and predictive abilities of w-s- approach. I hope somebody will help Dr.Kim and it will be interesting for us all. Nikolai. S. Rozov Hi, Professor Rozov. Sorry for this intrusion. I have a "burning" question that I thought perhaps you can guide me to the right direction. I noticed in previous postings that you are a keen observer of the Russian (Soviet) politics and I thought that you might offer some insights into this question. Why did the Soviet Communism collapse? How shall we explain the sudden collapse of the Soviet Communism? Why did it happen in the Soviet Union, not in China? Why did it happen in 1989, not earlier? I have read several papers and propaganda materials but I have not seen any good explanations as yet. If you want, you can perhaps bring this question (copying my query when you respond to this posting) to the netwide discussion of WSN. If you do not want to do it that way, I would appreciate if you can just share your thoughts with me. I would appreciate if you can pass on to me some good works with which you concurr on this issue. Quee-Young Kim Department of Sociology University of Wyoming Laramie, WY 82071 Kim@uwyo.edu Nikolai S. Rozov Professor of Philosophy PhD., Dr.Sc. Moderator of the mailing list PHILOFHI (PHILosophy OF HIstory and theoretical history) Dept. of Philosophy Tel.: (3832) 397488 Novosibirsk State University Fax.: (3832) 355237 630090, Novosibirsk E-mail: rozov@nw.cnit.nsk.su Pirogova 2 rozov@adm.nsu.nsk.su From chriscd@jhu.edu Fri Sep 29 09:56:57 1995 From: chriscd@jhu.edu id <01HVUH56A5WG9JD1T0@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 11:49:38 -0400 (EDT) id <01HVUGXMPV749JD259@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 11:21:11 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 07:59:41 -0400 Subject: Fw: ISA-West Annual Meeting Program link Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English re International Studies Assoc western regional meeting ------------------------------ From: Lev Gonick To: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY Subject: ISA-West Annual Meeting Program link The complete program of the ISA-West Region Annual Meeting, (20-21 October 1995) is available on line. Point your web browser to http://csf.Colorado.EDU:80/isa/regionalconf.html For Information, contact: James R. Scarritt Program Chair ISA-West Department of Political Science Campus Box 333 University of Colorado Boulder, CO 80309-0333 Ph: 303.492.2140 Fax: 303.492.0978 scarritt@spot.colorado.edu From chriscd@jhu.edu Fri Sep 29 10:32:54 1995 From: chriscd@jhu.edu id <01HVUH7EQ2J49JD1SY@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 11:46:44 -0400 (EDT) id <01HVUGXMPV749JD259@jhmail.hcf.jhu.edu>; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 11:19:47 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 08:12:44 -0400 Subject: Fw: ISA-Northeast Annual Meeting Program link Sender: chriscd@jhu.edu To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu X-NUPop-Charset: English international studies northeast. the point is if you want to know what is happening you need to get to the web. ------------------------------ From: Lev Gonick To: INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL ECONOMY Subject: ISA-Northeast Annual Meeting Program link The complete program of the ISA-Northeast Region Annual Meeting, (9-11 Novemeber 1995) is available on line. Point your web browser to http://csf.Colorado.EDU:80/isa/regionalconf.html For Information, contact: Mark A. Boyer Department of Political Science U-24 University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269-1024 Ph: 203.486.3156 Fax: 203.486.3347 boyer@uconnvm.uconn.edu From wxhst3+@pitt.edu Fri Sep 29 13:20:04 1995 ID for ; Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 15:15:12 -0400 (EDT) From: Bill Haller Subject: Re: Latina/o section status (fwd) To: wsn To all A.S.A. members, In the flurry of section membership drives, I decided to check on how the Latina/Latino section is doing. I just received the following reply from Ramiro Martinez Jr. It appears the situation for the Latina/o section is more problematic than I thought. Many of us are members of sections concerned about getting more members for expansion. The Latina/o section needs more members for survival. It's no secret that 1) Latinas and Latinos are grossly underrepresented in sociology in the United States, and that 2) some of the most productive and influential sociologists in the United States today are Latinas and Latinos. You don't have to be a member of the "Hispanic" minorities to join. (I'm not.) So, please, consider helping to assure the survival of the Latina/o section when you mail in your A.S.A. membership renewal. Reposting this message to other lists is both welcome and appreciated. -------------------------------- ------------------------------ Bill Haller ^ University Center for Department of Sociology ^ Social and Urban Research University of Pittsburgh ^ 121 University Place Pittsburgh, PA 15260 ^ Pittsburgh, PA 15260 --------------------------------^------------------------------ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 10:52:09 -0400 (EDT) From: Ramiro Martinez To: Bill Haller Subject: Re: Latino/a section status Bill, It is definitely a matter of survival for the Latina\o section. Everybody who was initially sympathetic dropped out once we achieved section status. As a result, we are now dangerously close to the 200 minimum requirement and could lose section status. It is imperative that everybody check off the box before XMAS. My best, Ramiro From SKSANDER@grove.iup.edu Fri Sep 29 14:10:29 1995 id <01HVUR7JVLZA8Y5YZ6@grove.iup.edu>; Fri, 29 Sep 1995 16:10:06 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 29 Sep 1995 16:10:06 -0400 (EDT) From: s_sanderson Subject: collapse of communism To: wsn@csf.colorado.edu Organization: Indiana University of Pennsylvania This is in response to Quee-Young Kim's questions concerning the collapse of communism. In the 3rd edition of my MACROSOCIOLOGY, I have a discussion of the collapse of communism on pp. 314-21. I review a couple of explanations of the collapse, in particular that offered by Randall Collins and David Waller, which is a Weberian theory relying on the notion of the overextension of the Soviet empire. I advance my own interpretation by way of two main points: The Soviet economy was severely hampered after a time (i.e., about 1975) because of its extreme bureaucratic centralization, and thus massive economic problems were produced; and the constraints on the Soviet economy exerted by the surrounding capitalist world-economy also produced severe economic problems. The combination was deadly. To understand the collapse you need to know something about the economic and political reforms initiated by Gorbachev after 1985. I discuss these on pp. 188-195, and in the later discussion (pp. 314-21) the two parts of the overall argument are linked. References to other important discussions of the collapse of communism can, of course, be found in my discussions. I particularly recommend the analyses by Collins and Waller and by Krishan Kumar. The latter has written an extremely insightful article on the collapse. This should get you started. Your reaction to my argument is quite welcome. Stephen Sanderson