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CONTENTS page XIII World Congress of Sociology 3 Report from the outgoing President T. K. Oommen 5 ISA Executive Committee Officers 1994-1998 8 Letter from the President 1.Wallerstein 14 Congratulations for Fernando H. Cardoso, ISA President 1982-86 20 1998 World Congress of Sociology 20 Second Worldwide Competition for Young Sociologists 21 Fellowships, Positions, Call for Papers 22 Calendar of Future Events 24

The ISA Bulletin is the official publication of the Secretariat of the Intemational Sociological Association. Editor: lza.beIa Barlinska Design and lay-out: ESTUART Three issues peryear appear in Spring, Fall and Winter with an average printing of 3500 copies. The ISA Bulletin is distributed free of charge to members of the 1SA. Published by !he IntemationaJ Sociological Association under the auspices of ISSC and with the financiaJ assistance of UNESCO. UNESCO subvention 1994-1995/SHS/lDS/41 ISSN 0383-8501 Printed by .6?11.:) __ ~, Madrid, Spain. Depósito legal: M.25817-1987 Layi Erinosho Members: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Ogun State University Linda Christiansen-Ruffman, Ijeby-Ode, Nigeria Vincenzo Ferrari, Jan Marie 1994-1998 Fritz, Jorge A. González, Vincenzo Ferrari Christine Inglis, Jennifer Platt, President: University of Milano Arnaud Sales, Piotr Sztompka Immanuel Wallerstein Milano,Italy Binghamton University Publications Committee Binghamton, NY, USA Jan Marie Fritz Chair: James Beckford University of Cincinnati EC representatives: Vice-President, Program Cincinnati,OH, USA Layi Erinosho, Nigeria, Alberto Martinelli Bernadette Bawin-Legros, University of Milano Jorge González Belgium Milano,ltaly Universidad Colima RCC representative: Colima, Mexico Jorge A. González, Mexico Vice-President, Current Sociology: Research Council Christine Inglis Robert Brym, Editor, Stella R. Quah University of Sydney Nikolai Genov, Bulgaria, National University Sydney, Australia Gyórgy Széll, Germany of Singapore International Sociology: Singapore Jennifer Platt Roberto Cipriani, Editor, University of Sussex Elizabeth King, Assistant Vice-President, Publications Brighton, United Kingdom Editor, James A. Beckford Céline Saint-Pierre, Canada, University of Warwick Arnaud Sales Mel Kohn, USA Coventry, United Kingdom Université de Montréal Sage Studies in International Montréal, Canada Sociology: Vice-President, Neil Guppy, Editor Membership & Finance Piotr Sztompka Sociological Abstracts: Jürgen Hartmann Jagiellonian University Miriam Chall, Editor University College Falun Cracow, Poland SAGE Publications: Borlánqe, Sweden Stephen Barr, Chris Rojek, UK Góran Therborn Past President 1990-1994 University of Góteborg Representatives to ISSC T.K.Oommen Góteborg, Sweden UNESCO Jawaharlal Nehru University Delegate: Daniel Bertaux, New Delhi, India Peter Weingart France University of Bielefeld Alternate: Karl van Meter, Bielefeld, Germany France MEMBERS Shujiro Yazawa Representatives to ICSSID Bernadette Bawin-Legros Hitotsubashi University UNESCO Université de Liege Tokyo,Japan Richard Grathoff, Germany Liege, Belgium Executive Secretary: Representatives to United Roberto Briceño-Leon Izabela Barlinska Nations LCS, Universidad Central Vienna: Jürgen Hartmann, Caracas, Venezuela Sweden, Piotr Sztompka, SUB-COMMITTEES Poland Maria Carrilho Geneva: t.b.a. ISCTE New York: Linda Christiansen- Lisbon, Portugal Membership & Finance Ruffman, Committee Canada, Vera Zolberg, USA Linda Christiansen-Ruffman Chair: Jürgen Hartmann, Saint Mary's University Members: Juan Díez-Nicolás, Representative to WHO Halifax, NS, Canada Arnaud Sales, Christine Inglis t.b.a.

Juan Díez-Nicolás Research Coordinating Representative to Universidad Complutense Committee IISL Oñati Madrid, Spain Chair: Stella R. Quah, Vincenzo Ferrari, Italy WORLD CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY 18-23 July 1994, Bielefeld, Germany

The XIII World Congress of substitute RichardGrathofffrom Sociology celebrated at the Executive the University of Bielefeld. Universityof Bielefeld(Germany) Committee Research Coordinating on July 18 through 23, 1994, Committeeapproved following attracted nearly 4.000 partici- changes of status: pants from 84 countries who On the following pages we * Research Committee status attended over 500 sessions of publish a broad account of the has been granted to WG 01 symposia, research commit- ISA activities in the last four Collective Behaviour and Social tees, working groups, thematic years. Below come the most Movements which will become and ad hoc groups. recent decisions of the Execu- RC 48 providing that it changes The Congress was officially tive Committee and its sub- its name to differ clearly from opened by the President of the committees taken during their RC 47. WG 04 Sociology of Federal Parliament of the State meetings held in July 1994 and Mental Health is re-instated as a of Northrhine-Westphalia as- chaired by the out-going Presi- Research Committee, becom- sisted by the Burgmaster, the dent T.K. Oommen. ing RC 49. WG 051nternational Rector Magnifico, Presidents of Membership Committee Tourism becomes RC 50 with a the German Sociological Asso- accepted, pending receipt of request that it broadens its ciation and of the International annual membership fees, the scope to the economic aspects Sociological Association. following three national socio- oftourism. The academic program ofthe logical associations as regular * Working Group status has Congress started with the first collective members of the ISA: * been granted to TG 03 Sociol- plenary session where ISA Association of Anthropologists ogy of Childhood which be- President T.K. Oommen and and Sociologists of Angola, * comes WG 03, and to TG 06 invitedspeakers Niklas Luhman, Chilean Sociological Society, Sociology of Occupational Alain Touraine and William J. and * Chinese Sociology Asso- Groups which becomes WG 02. Wilson, spoke on the general ciation. * WG 07 on National Move- theme of the Congress Con- Moreover, the Institute of mentsand Imperialism hasbeen tested Boundaries and Shifting Sociology of the Academy of demoted to a Thematic Group So/idarities. The Congress con- Sciences of Ukraine, the Centro (TG 04). cluded with the second plenary de Infomación, Documentación chaired by Neil Smelser, Vice- e Investigación Literaria at Los President in charge of the Palos, Cuba, and the Interna- Elections Congress Program, at which tional Network for Social Net- S.N. Eisenstadt, Saad Eddin work Analysis at Toronto Uni- The recently adopted new Ibrahim and Helga Nowotny versity, Canada, have been ac- Statutesofthe /SA provideforthree presented their views on the cepted as affiliated collective separate elections of ISAexecu- theme of the Congress. members, pending receipt of tiveofficers.Thefollowingelections During, before and after the annual membership dues. were conducted by: World Congress week, several Publications Committee (1) the Research Council meetings of the ISA adminis- approved of two changes of which elected 8 members ofthe trative bodies - Executive editorship: for Sage Studies in Executive Committee: Linda Committee and its sub-com- /nternationa/ Soci%gy, Robert Christiansen-Ruffman RC32 mittees, Research Council, Brym hands over his responsi- (Canada),VincenzoFerrariRC12 Council of National Associa- bilities to Neil Guppy from the (Italy), Jan Marie Fritz RC43. tions, and Assembly of Council University of Vancouver, (USA),Jorge A. González RC14 - were held. The main decisions Canada; and for /nternationa/ (Mexico), Christine Inglis RC05 taken by these bodies are pre- Soci%gywhere Robert Cipriani (Australia), Jennifer Platt RC08 sented below. of the University of Rome will (UK), Arnaud Sales RC02

3 (Canada),PiotrSztompka RC16 Díez-Nicolás (Spain), Layi Beckford (UK), Publications, (Poland); Erinosho (Nigeria), Goran Jürgen Hartmann (Sweden), (2) the Council of National Therborn (Sweden), Peter Membership and Finances, Associations which elected 8 Weingart (Germany), Shujiro Alberto Martinelli (Italy), Pro- members of the Executive Yazawa (Japan); gram, and Stella R. Quah (Sin- Committee: Bernadette Bawin- (3)the Assembly of Councils gapore), Research Council. Legros (Belgium), Roberto which elected the President, See following pages of the Briceño-León (Venezuela), ImmanuelWallerstein (USA)and BuJ/etin for the presentation of Maria Carrilho (Portugal), Juan four Vice-Presidents: James the newly elected officers.

XIII WORLD CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY Registered Congress Participants: 3678

CENTRALEUROPE 398 11% WESTERN EUROPE 1857 50%

ASIA 296 8%

AFRICA 67 2%

OCEANIA 103 3%

LATINAMERICA 189 5%

NORTHAMERICA 768 21%

UK 232 7%

NETHERLANDS 203

GERMANY 591 17% CANADA 179 5%

FRANCE 162 5%

ITALY 122 3% OTHERS 1066 30% RUSSIA 113 3% JAPAN 109 3% POLAND 98 3% AUSTRALIA 94 3% INTERNATIONAL .SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

4 GERMANY 591 KOREA 24 ARABIAN EMIRATES 3 USA 589 ROMANIA 21 ARMENIA 3 UK 232 GREECE 19 CROATIA 3 NETHERLANDS 203 CZECH REPUBLlC 15 LEBANON 3 CANADA 179 SLOVENIA 15 MALTA 3 FRANCE 162 CHILE 13 THAILAND 3 ITALY 122 TURKEY 13 TUNISIA 3 RUSSIA 113 CHINA 11 COSTA RICA 2 JAPAN 109 NIGERIA 11 KUWAIT 2 POLAND 98 UKRAINE 11 MALAYSIA 2 AUSTRALlA 94 EGYPT 10 PHILlPPINES 2 FINLAND 94 IRELAND 9 SAUDI ARABIA 2 SWEDEN 90 TAIWAN 9 BANGLADESH 1 SPAIN 81 VENEZUELA 9 BARBADOS W.I. 1 BRAZIL 67 ESTONIA 8 CONGO 1 MEXICO 57 NEW ZEALAND 8 GUATEMALA 1 HUNGARY 56 HONG KONG 7 ICELAND 1 SWITZERLAND 55 SLOVAKIA 7 LlBIA 1 NORWAY 53 COLOMBIA 6 LUXEMBOURG 1 INDIA 48 INDONESIA 5 MAROCCO 1 ISRAEL 46 PUERTO RICO 5 PERU 1 BELGIUM 44 SERBIA 5 SENEGAL 1 AUSTRIA 35 SINGAPORE 5 SRI LANKA 1 PORTUGAL 34 ALGERIA .4 SUDAN 1 BULGARIA 32 BYELORUSSIA 4 TRINIDAD 1 DENMARK 28 KENYA .4 URUGUAY 1 SOUTH AFRICA 28 LATVIA 4 YEMEN 1 ARGENTINA 26 ALBANIA 3 ZIMBABWE 1

REPORT FROM THE OUTGOING exECUTIVE COMMITTEE by T.K. Oommen, President 1990-1994

when Itook overoButthe change also puts greater responsibility on your shoulders. To mention just one of them, we need to hold an interim meeting of the CNA between the World Con- gresses which will provide you with an opportunity not only to discuss organizational but also professional and academic matters. I have no doubt that the CNA will rise to the occa- sion. In my brief report, I shall only deal with some of the highlights of the period under reference, namely 1990-94.

Membership

Distinguished delegates and meeting held in August 1993. The strength of an associa- dear colleagues (*), The ISAwas constituted in 1949 tion can be broadly measured I am delighted to welcome and this is the 45th year of its through the size and growth of you all to the first meeting of the existence which is to say that it its membership. In 1991 ISA Council of NationalAssociations took nearly half a century to had 2003 individual members, (CNA), which came into being bring aboutthe radical changes by 1994 it increased to 3073, on the 1st of January 1994, re- in the Statutes. I look upon the registering an addition of more placing the erstwhile ISACoun- change with great satisfaction than athousand. But increase in cil, consequent to the revision as it was one of my ardent de- membership does not neces- of the ISA Statutes undertaken sires to make the ISA Council sarily ensure its satisfactory dis- at the historie Gavle (Sweden) more meaningful and active tribution from the perspective of

5 an association. One of the $ 50,000 which was only one- that it rides on two horses; an avowed objectives of the ISA is third of our total income. On the enthusiastic and energetic one, to become an authentic world other hand, our expenditure for the Research Council drawn body through an adequate dis- theyearwasUS$280,000. That from the representatives of Re- persal of its membership.ln fact, is, we have had a deficit of US$ search Committees (RCs), and the imbalance in geographical 130,000 in 1993 which we have the other one, the reluctant and distribution has slightly in- drawn from past savings. The inactive ISACouncil, constituted creased in the last four years, in deficit was caused due to the by the representatives of na- that 75 per cent of our individual suspension of the Spanish tional associations. Now the members are drawn from West subvention which was to the imbalance between the horses Europeand North America. And, tune of US$ 150,000 per year, is rectified and the enthusiasm our weakest link is Africa ac- which were getting for six years, of the Research Council is re- counting for less than one per- 1987-1992. Therefore, the ma- tained. As usual the Research centofthetotal individual mem- jor task which awaits us is to Council held its interim meeting bership. One may argue that the make the financial situation of in Oñati (Spain) in April 1992. distributional imbalance only ISA more viable. I must admit The theme of the meeting was, reflects the strong or weak that my own initiatives in this the Market Situation of Social presence of sociology as a dis- area have not been entirely Researchand Expertise, indeed cipline across the various re- fruitfu1. an al/uring and timely theme. gions of the world. And yet, it is At present there are fifty only part of the story. Irrespec- seven research groups, the tive ofthefactors which contrib- Publications break-up being: 47 Research ute to the imbalance in the dis- Committees, 5Working Groups tribution of individual member- One of our major activities - and 5 Thematic Groups. The ship, Iwantto underline herethe ISA's window to the world - is Research Council has been ex- implications of the ISA being publications. We publish two tremely careful in preventing con verted into an individual journals Current Sociology and the proliferation ofthe research membership association. Which International Sociology, and the groups and yet two new RCs isthat the ISAwil/ be completely ISA-SAGE book series Sage «Cfinical Socioloqy» and «So- dominated by sociologists Studies in International Sociol- cial Classes and Social Move- drawn from certain regions of ogy. And yet, we have not had a rnents», and one TG «Sociol- the world. clear organizational structure to ogy of Occupational Groups» The silver lining here is the handle it. This is the rationale have been established during distribution patters of col/ective behind creating the position of a 1990-1994. On the other hand membership which remained new vice-president exclusively an old RC«Social Ecoloqy» and more or less stable over the for publications. a new TG on «Environrnent- years. We have at present 144 The market performance of have amalgamated to become col/ective members of which 48 Current Sociology has not yet a new RC «Environrnent and are regular col/ective members been very stable. In 1991 sub- Society». that is, national associations af- scription to the joumal was 365 While the RCs are very active filiated to the ISA. Of these as but in 1994 it fel/ to 319. In professional/y, there are two many as 45 are 'active', that is, contracts, International Sociol- basic organizational problems they have paid the annual sub- ogy shows an upward trend. In thatthe ISAfaced vis-a-visthem. scription til/ 1993. Nearly 50% 1991 the journal's subscription First, there was no organic link- of our regular col/ective mem- stood at 1511 but by 1994 it age between the RCs and the bership isdrawn from outside of rose to 1706. The SAGE book ISAinterms of membership and the West European and North series SSISpublished afew very financial obligations. This is be- American belts. Thus, it is important books during the pe- ing rectified through the new through the regular col/ective riod under reporto Statutes. Second, the RCswere members represented in the Let me conclude the report not always very democratic in CNA that the international char- on publications with a reference their governance. By prescrib- acter of ISA is maintained. And, to Sociological Abstracts. Its ing norms - insisting on the if we want to remain interna- founder Leo P. Chall, who adoption of Statutes, stipulat- tional at least in a modest way worked closely with the ISA for ing the size and distribution of this seems to be the only route the past several years, is no membership, sharing the available to us as of now. more with usoHe wil/ be sadly membership fee, etc - the RCs missed.1welcome Miriam Chal/, are rendered adequately whosucceeded Leo,tocontinue democratic. Finance our fruitful co-operation. Programme Given the increase in mem- Research bership there has been an in- crease of income through Council Ifthe Research Committees membership. For 1993 the total are the micro-cosmos of the revenue we have had from When I started working for ISA, the World Congress membership fees was about US the ISA in mid-1980s, Iwas told manned by the Programme

6 Committee isour macro-event. ISA so that our avowed objec- ciations of the magnitude, The Congress has in turn two tive, namely the internationali- spread and complexity such as dimensions: the Academic and zation of sociology is pursued the ISA cannot function well the organizational. The aca- relentlessly by a band of com- without the devotion and co- demic part is handled by the petent and committed social 0- operation of a large number of ISA Programme Committee, gists in the years and decades committed professionals drawn fifty percent of its membership to come. I am happy to report from the different parts of the being drawn from outside the that the difficult process of world. Iwant to place on record Executive Committee to pro- evaluation is over and you will my appreciation for the vide for adequate representa- have the pleasure of meeting unstinting co-operation ex- tion to gender and geography. some of the participants of the tended to me in the last four The Committee has chosen a competition during the Con- years by the members of the very current and sexy theme gress week (seefollowing pages Executive Committee and its for the XIII World Congress for the results). sub-committees, the Editors of Sociology: Contested and the Executive Secretary. Boundaries and Shifting Soli- Permit me to thank themall on darities. The organizational The Secretariat your and on my own behalf. aspects of the Congress are Let me clase this necessarily jointly managed by the Con- brief report by profusely thank- gress Contract Committee, I have spoken about the two ing you all, the leaders of the consisting of representatives models of Secretariat we have profession drawn from all over of ISA and our hosts, had and their relative advan- the world, for your interest, sup- Gesellschaft für Internationale tages and disadvantages at the port and commitmenttothe ISA. Soziologie. I do hope that we Gavle meeting and Ido not want You have proved the typical so- will have an excellent Congress to repeat the same. In the cial science theory and eventhe both academically and or- meantime there is a new devel- widely acknowledged folk- ganizationally. opment. We have established wisdom wrong by voluntarily in 1993 a scientific secretariat in surrendering power and willingly Paris, where we have adequate sharing it with others. By Young Sociologists' office space and one staff amending the old Statutes of Competition memberfully paid bythe CNRS. the ISA and by consensually During 1993-94 we also ob- adopting the New Statutes you tained a subvention from the have demonstrated your altru- The project was initiated French government to the tune ism and your ability to act re- by our predecessors and we of US$ 125,000. While the Paris sponsibly and responsively. held the second world-wide secretariat has taken over the Keep it up. competition. The idea is not only preparation of the Congress to create a world-wide Programme Book, the Madrid (*) Report to the Council of sensitization about the disci- Secretariat continues to work NationalAssociations presented pline among young sociologists with efficiency and commitment. on July 17, 1994, in Bielefeld, but also to attract them to the Friends, professional asso- Germany.

7 SA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OFFICERS 1994-1998

We are presenting below (1971-1976). Visiting Professor dent of the Association for the short biographical information at Alicante, British Columbia, Sociology of Religion in (1988- and photos the ISA Executive Chinese University of Hong 89). Committee members (1994- Kong, Dar-es-Salaam, IlIinois, 1998) elected by the Council of Montpellier, Montreal, Napoli, National Associations, the Re- Ottawa, Texas. search Council and the Assem- Professional Activities: Chair, bly of Councils during the XIII Gulbenkian Commission on the World Congress of Sociology in Restructuring of the Social Sci- Bielefeld, July 1994. ences, 1993-1995; Member, Board of Directors, Social Sci- ence Research Council, 1979- President 1985; Members, Executive Council, International African Institute, 1978-1984; Members, Comitato Scientifico, Istituto Int. di Storia Economica «Francesco Datini»,Prato, 1977-; President, Commission de Recherche, CentreQuébécois des Relations Internationales, 1974-1975; President, African Studies As- As Editor of Current Sociol- sociation 1972-1973. ogyfrom 1980to 1987heserved Books: The Modern World- on the ISA Publications Com- System (3 volumes thus far); mittee. Historical Capitalism; The His current research is con- Capitalist World-Economy; cerned with civic religion, chap- Race, Nation, Class: Ambigu- laincies and with the relation ous Identities; Geopolitics and between religion and politics. Geoculture; Unthinking Social IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN Science; 26 others. Vice-President, Ph.D. at Columbia University (1959), Dr. honoris causa of Vice-President, Membership & Université de Paris-Denis Publications Finances Diderot (1976). Academic Posts: Distin- JÜRGENHARTMANN guished Professor of Sociology JAMES A. BECKFORD and Director of the Fernand Professor of Sociology at the Received his academic Braudel Center for the Study of University of Warwick (United training in sociology at the Uni- Economies, Historical Systems, Kingdom), specializing in the versity of Cologne (Germany) and Civilizations, Binghamton sociology of religion, social and Uppsala University (Swe- University, 1976-; Directeur movements and sociological den). Since 1973 hold a tenure d'études associé, Ecole des theory. He taught previously at position at the Department of Hautes Etudes en Sciences the University of Durham and at Sociologyat Uppsala Univer- Sociales (Paris), repeatedly Loyola University of Chicago. sity, and in 1978-79 was Dean since 1976. Previously taught at Hewas Presidentof Research of Social Sciences at the Uni- Columbia University (1958- Committee on Sociology of Re- versity College of Falun/ 1971) and McGill University ligion in (1982-86) and Presi- Borlánge (Sweden). Head of

8 and Technology of Italy. ganizations, editorial work in in- President ofthe ISAResearch temational professionaljournals, Committee on Economy and and organizational work with the Society (1986-90), ISA Execu- International Sociological As- tive Committee member (1990- sociation: Chairperson, Re- 1994). search Committee on Sociol- Author of a number of books ogy of Health (1990-94), Sec- in the field of problems of or- ond Vice-Chairperson, Corn- ganizations, entrepreneurship mittee on Family Research, ISA and management, and eco- Executive Committee member nomic development. Member (1990-94) of Editorial Boards of several academic reviews. Members Vice-President, Research at the UN-European Centre for Social Welfare in Vi- Research enna (80-82), Project Director Council for a number of international research projects on youth and employment, education and youth travel for the UN, EC, Unesco, WTO. President of Research Corn- mittee on Sociology of Youth (1986-90), Member of the ISA Executive Committee and Re- search Coordinating Commit- tee, Chair Finance Committee (1990-94). About 50 books and other publications inthe field of social welfare, youth research, youth BERNADETTE BAWIN- integration in society, educa- LEGROS tion and youth travel. Professor of Sociology at the University of Lieqe (Belgium), obtained her degrees in sociol- Vice-President, ogy at the Indiana University STELLA R. QUAH Program and at the University of Liege. Professor of sociology and She has also taught at the Laval researcher at the Department of University in Quebec (Canada), Sociology, National University andtathe UniversityofTouluse- of Singapore. She has been in- le-Miral (France). vited as visiting scholar to the Director of numerous re- University of California at search in the field of sociology Berkeley, MIT, and Harvard of family, sex abuse, youth, University. conditions of life of households. Herareasof specialization are Director of the Belgian Panel of medical sociology, sociology of households financed by Euro- thefamily, sociology ofthe pro- pean Science Foundation Net- fessions and social policy. She work (Strasbourg). has also conducted compara- She has published 3 main tive studies involving countries books and over 60 articles in in Asia, Europe, Australia and international journals of sociol- the Americas. ogy; memberofEditorial Boards ALBERTO MARTINELLI She has published seven of various reviews. Dean of the Faculty of Politi- books, four monographs, and President of the Association cal Sciences at the University of more than 35 articles in profes- des Sociologues Belges de Milan (ltaly),where he is profes- sional journals and chapters in Langue Francaise (1983-87), sor of political science; he is books, on the areas of social Member of the Executive Corn- also professor of sociology at policy, medical sociology, soci- mittee of the Association the University of Bocconi. He ology of the family, sociology of Internationale des Sociologues taught also at the Stanford Uni- the professions and social de Langue Francais (1985- versity and at the University of stratification. Her professional 1992),Chairperson ofthe Corn- California, Berkeley. Memberof activities cover consultancy to mittee on Research of Family in the National Council for Science international and national or- theAISLF.

9 MARIA CARRILHO nadian Sociology and Anthro- pology Association (Vice-Presi- Professor of Political Sociol- dentand President),theAtlantic ogy and Coordinator of the Association of Sociologists and Master Programme on Euro- Anthropologists (Vice-President pean Societies and Politics at and President), the Canadian the Department of Sociology, Research Institute for the Ad- Instituto Superior de Ciencias vancement of Women. do Trabalho e da Empresa (ISCTE) in Lisbon, Portugal. Lectureron political and defense issues in Portugal and abroad. Member of the Consultant Group on Strategy at the Portu- guese Ministry of Defense. Di- rector of the Opinion Poli Pro- ROBERTO BRICEÑO-LEON gramme on Defense and Secu- rity at the National Institute of Doctor in Social Sciences, Defense. Director of the Laboratory of Social Sciences and Professor at the Sociology and Architec- ture Schools of the Universidad Central de Venezuela. He has also been a visiting professor at Oxford University and invited lecturer at diverse universities. Author of several publications Has worked in urban and resulting from the above men- housing research and was ac- tioned experience and her re- tive inurban strugglesofshanty- search in women studies. town inhabitants in low-middle- Has been involved in the ac- class neighborhoods in Ven- tivities of the ISA Research ezuela. Has investigated in so- Committee on Women in Soci- cial structure and moderniza- ety since 1974: member of the tion and social change proc- RC32 Council, RC32 Chairper- esses of oil exporter societies Author and co-author of sev- son, overall coordinator of the as ell as in rent-seeking behav- eral books published in Portu- RC32 programme planning iour and the values originated in gal and abroad. Chapters and process that successfully at- this type of societies concern- articles in Portuguese and in- tracted a variety of sociologists ing work and riches. Last years ternational scientific journals on from around the globe, organ- he has been researching in the political and military issues. izer of various conferences and field of health sociology and in Past Vice-President of the of an international competition community participation pro- Portuguese Sociological Asso- forscholarsfrom less industrial- grams for housing and health ciation and President ofthe Ex- ized countries (1993). improvement of Latin American ecutive Committee of the First peasant populations, specifi- Portuguese Congress of Soci- cally in programs relating topi- ology (1988). Former President calor vector-borne diseases. of the Portuguese Women's Has published a number of Studies Association. important books in the above Member of the ISA Executive mentioned areas of sociologi- Committee (1990-94) and Pub- cal research as well as multiple lications Committee (1986-90), articles in several languages. member of Editorial Board of President of the Venezuelan Current Socioioqy, Associate Sociology Association, Ex- Editor of /nternationa/ Socio/- ecutive Secretary of the Latin ogy, Board member of the Re- American Small Grants Pro- search Committee on Armed gram for Social Sciences and Forces and Society. Tropical Diseases ofthe World Health Organisation, TDR LINDA CHRISTIANSEN- Program, and regional coor- RUFFMAN dinator of the International JUAN DIEZ-NICOLAS Forum for Social Sciences in Professor of Sociology at the Health; member of the Con- Saint Mary's University in Hali- Studied political sciencesand sulting Committee for Health fax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She sociology at the University Research ofthe Pan-American has led and studied different Complutense in Madrid (Spain) Health Organisation. types of organizations: the Ca- and University of Michigan at

10 AnnArbor (USA).Visiting scholar cial and Management Sciences, 1990-1994. Member of the atvarious universitiesinthe USA, Ogun State University, Ago- Board of Directors, International France as well as many social Iwoye (1985-90). External ex- Institute for the Sociology of science research foundations. aminer for undergraduate and Law, Oñati (Spain). Since 1972 has a tenure posi- postgraduate degrees in about tion at the Department of Soci- fourteen Sociology Depart- ology, University Complutense, ments in Africa and External Madrid. In the years 1972-73 Assessor for Chair of Sociology occupied the position of a Vice- in not less than ten universities Rector at the University of Ma- in Nigeria. laga (Spain) and in 1974-77 of Areasofspecialization include the Rector of the Open Univer- health and psychiatric sociol- sity in Madrid. ogy. Consultant to Federal Held high positions in the Ministry of Health, USAID,World Spanish public administration, Bankand an adviserto WHO on among others, Director of the several programmes. Publica- Center for Sociological Re- tions include six single authored search (1977-79), Vice-Minister or edited monographs and 50 of the Public Works and articles in international journals. Urbanism (1979-81), Chief of President of the Social Sci- Staff for the Vice-President for ence Council of Nigeria (1990- Political Affairs, Presidency of 91) and since 1987 President of Government (1982). the Nigerian Anthropological President of the Economic, and Sociological Association. JAN MARIE FRITZ Political and Sociological Analysis Center, and of the At present she is Coordinator Center for Social Reality Re- of the Graduate Program in search. Memberof international Health Planning Administration research groups on World Val- and Associate Professor of ues Study, International Social Planning and Health Policy at Survey Program and the Com- the University of Cincinnati, parative Study of Electoral Sys- Ohio. Her teaching experience tems. Has published over 14 includes: Assistant Professor at books and 160 articles in pro- Georgetown University (1975- fessional journals. 85), Associate and Assistant Professor at California State University, San Bernardino (1989-1993). Vast experience in consult- ing, counseling, research, lec- turing and analysis for, among VINCENZO FERRARI others: California Department of Health Services, Department of Professor inSociology of Law Preventive Medicine at Loma at the Universities of Cagliari Linda University, Nationallnsti- (1980-83), Bologna (1983-90), tute of Health in Washington. and Milan (1990) where since Over 50 publications, single 1991 he is Director of the Insti- and co-authored; editedand co- tute of Philosophy and Sociol- edited. ogy of Law. Was a visiting pro- Elected positions include: fessor or lecturer at the Univer- Past President of Research sities in Brazil, Bulgaria, Egypt, Committee on Clinical Sociol- LAYI ERINOSHO Finland, France,Japan, Mexico, ogy, Past President of the So- Poland, Rumania and Spain. ciological Practice Association, Studied sociology at the Holds a degree in law, has Past Chair of the Section on Ibadan University (Nigeria) and exercised as a lawyer since Sociological Practice of the at the University of Toranto 1965, admitted to the Supreme American Sociological Asso- (Canada). Currently is Profes- Court in 1979; is a founding ciation. sor of Sociology at the Ogun partner of a law firmo State University at Ago-Iwoye Editor-in-chief of Sociologia JORGE A. GONZALEZ (Nigeria) and Visiting Research del diritto, member of Editorial Director at the Social Develop- Board of various professional Doctor in Social Sciences ment Division of the Nigerian journals. Author or editor of from the Iberoamerican Univer- Institute of Social and Economic about 90 scientific publications. sity in Mexico City (1986), has Research in Ibadan. Board Member, Research acquired teaching and research Founding Professor of Soci- Committee on Sociology of Law experience at the Universities ology and Dean, Faculty of So- since 1978 and President in Metropolitana, Xochimilco and

11 Fellow at the Institute of South- where is currently Professor of eastAsian Studies inSingapore, Sociology. University of California Berkeley Her main professional activi- and the Australian National Uni- ties include: Editor, Sociology versity; a Senior Fulbright Fel- (1985-7), President, British So- lowship to the Department of ciological Association (1987-9); Sociology, University of Wash- Member of diverse national ington. committees connected with She has a longstanding inter- sociology and the social sci- est in ethnic relations and edu- ences generally. eational issues in the Asia-Pa- Published a number of arti- cific region and was a member cles and chapters on case study . of the Executive and Secretary method and the history of re- of the Asian Studies Associa- seareh methods. Iberoamericana (Mexico); since tion ofAustralia (1980-90).Since SecretaryandVice-President, 1984 works at the University of 1990, she has been a member ISAResearch Committeeon the Colima (Mexico). of the Editorial Board of the History of Sociology, (1992-); Founder and Coordinator of ASAA's Women in Asia Publi- the Research Programme for eation Series. the Study of the Contemporary Current research interests in- Cultures of the University of eludethe impact of globalisation Colima. Collaborator and direc- on migration in the Asia-Pacific tor of several research projects region, the settlement experi- on analysis of contemporary ences of recent Asian immi- culture, specifically inareas like: grants to Australia, the educa- peasant popular theatre, tional attainment and experi- Zapatist music, peasant oral ences of migrant and second narrative, beliefs and festivities, generation minority youth in popular religion. Australia. Author of numerous Currently, Director of a na- books and articles. tion-wide project Formation and A member ofthe Executive of transformation of cultural offer- the Research Committee on ings and its publics in México: Ethnic, Race and Minority Rela- genea/ogies,cartographies, and tion since 1986,shewas elected cultural practices in the XXth President of this Research century in which are participat- Committee in 1994. ing more than 135 researchers and advanced students from 15 ARNAUD SALES different Mexican Universities. Editor of Estudios sobre las Holds degrees in Psychology culturas contemporáneas, a and Sociology from the Univer- social research review. sity of Aix-Marseille and Univer- sity of Paris VII (France). From the post at the Laboratory of Economy and Sociology of Work, CNRS, in Aix-en-Pro- vence (France)he moved (1969) to the University of Montreal (Canada)where at present he is Professor of Sociology. In the years 1987-1992 he was Vice- Dean of the Faculty of Superior Studies of the University of Montreal. Current research interest: JENNIFER PLATT differentiation professional/ manager and eareer of univer- Completed her studies at the sity graduates; academie study Universities of Cambridge, Ox- program and life conditions of CHRISTINE INGLlS ford, Chicago and Leeds. university students. Started her professional ca- Numerous publications on Director of the Multicultural reer as a Junior Research Of- sociology of the economic and Centre of the University of Syd- ficer at the Cambridge Univer- political elites, and relations ney (Australia) and a Senior sity working on Affluent Worker between economy and politics. Lecturer in the School of Social project, andsince 1964hasbeen Member of various scientific and Policy Studies in Educa- working at the University of associations, Vice-President tion. She has been a Visiting Sussex in Falmer, Brighton (UK) (1986-90) and President (1990-

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13 ETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT, No. 1 by Immanuel Wallerstein

This is the first long letter Iam impact on the institutions of While these have been from addressing to all members of knowledge production. the beginningverygreatdebates ISA (individual members, na- The ISA was founded in an within «socioloqy» and more tional associations, research era of U.S. hegemony in the generally within the social sci- committees). I intend to send world-system, when the U.S. ences about perspectives and such letters regularly - via E- was supreme in the world- paradigms, theories and meth- mail as soon as our network is economy, dominated the geo- odologies, most scholars were fully established (with mailed political arena, and was able to previously quite self-confident copies to those without E-mail impose its cultural norms with that the approaches they facilities). I hope this will serve considerable success. It was favored were valid and fruitful as a mode of direct communi- thus no surprise that U.S. soci- and that in time and with work cation that goes two ways. I ologists were numerically by far they would surely reach a state therefore welcome direct com- the largest group and that, for a of greater knowledge and clar- munications from you in return. while, the U.S. was the main ity. There was a scientific opti- Atthe end ofthis letter, Ishalllist locus, even the only major one, mism that reflected a social the possible ways of communi- of intellectual production. But of optimism, itself the expression cating with me. course that changed. of the seeming success story of I am aware of great and dif- Western Europe revived «modernity». fuse dissatisfaction with the economically and intellectually. For 25 years now, symboli- state of our organization. I have The U.S. quasi-monopoly re- cally since 1968, this scientific heard complaints (at Bielefeld, ceded. The so-called Third optimism has been receding, since then, and before then) World asserted itself politically reflecting a decline in social about the relevance and the and the number of sociologists optimismoThe events ofthe last quality of our intellectual dis- in these areas expanded dra- few years - most notably the course, and the difficulties of matically. The ex-Soviet world collapse of the Communisms - communication, both among decided to make a reentry into has not stanched this decline in ourselves at meetings and be- the world scientific institutions optimismo If anything, it has fed tween the members and the in the late 1950's and «sociol- it further. officers ofthe association. Ihave oqy» became a legitimate label In the world of knowledge, heard directly opposing com- under which to do work. And sociology has been facing new plaints about the excessive role Japan and East Asia surged challengestoitsself-image. The in the meetings and in the forward in the world-economy. first is the serious blurring that governance structures of, on The amount of intellectual pro- has occurred between the pre- the one hand, North Americans duction grew accordingly. sumably separate disciplines of and, on the other hand, of per- So, if our baseline is 1945, the social sciences. The tradi- sons from the Third World. Most then there has been an interna- tional categories of economics, of these complaints are diffuse tionalization of sociology from a political science, sociology, and not specific, but they U.S.-centered discipline. If our history, and anthropology have nonetheless add up to a dis- baseline is 1914, sociology has losttheirdistinctiveness inmany content that is troubling. grown beyond the boundaries ways: as topical arenas, as Ibelievemyselfthat, whilethe of the five countries in which particular methodologies, as grumbling within the association most of the previous work had competing epistemologies. It is is of course in part the result of been done: Great Britain, quite clearly the case that the its internal history, it is also in France, Germany, Italy, and the functional overlap today is part the reflection of the larger U.S. But of course the growth enormous. unease that exists within the has been very uneven, and the Even more importantly, the world-system as a whole, an economic bases for scientific «three cultures- (of Wolf unease which has had a direct activity is still quite polarized. Lepenies) are in the process of

14 blurring aswell.To besure, there tion of ideas and perspectives is Any language solution has have always been arguments both essential in itself and in pluses and minuses. I intend to about the two (or three) cul- order to attract back to our or- explore these with you in a fu- tures. Butwhen C.P.Snow wrote ganization all those who have ture letter. But I am convinced his book some 40 years ago, he shown their disinterest and that geopolitically and scientifi- had no doubt (and his readers disdain by staying away. We cally we have moved past the had no doubt) that science and must however do more than peak of monolinguism, and that literature were quite different revitalizethe Congress.We must the future of knowledge institu- intellectual enterprises. The make sure that all our research tions lies in multilinguality. As point of his book was to promote committees are doing what sociologists, we should analyze intercultural understanding. A some are doing very well: pro- the roots of the phenomenon, few years ago, however, a viding a means by which both the social costs of varying solu- French mathematician, Ivar the senior scholars in particular tions, and offer some guidelines Ekeland, wrote a book to dem- fields and younger scholars can to useful ways of maximizing onstrate that the issues dis- contribute effectively to our social benefit. cussed in Icelandic sagas and world-Ievel enterprise. Finally, I wish to say that we those at the cutting edge of We will therefore have to pay arean international organization contemporary mathematics attention to the structures of whose de tacto outreach is less werethesame issues. The point governance and participation, than it ought to be. We need to of his book was to suggest that both inthe research committees be more truly global, not for the two cultures were one cul- (which for most members are political reasons, but for intel- ture. the arenas of discussion most lectual ones. We need this in This is not the moment to immediately relevant to them) order to be the beacon of pro- discuss my own views of how and in the centrallSA structure. bitYand excellence which is our weshould deal intellectuallywith ISA has constructed itself on scholarly duty. I hope you will this new «confusion» in arenas three pillars: the national asso- work with me to make it so. that seemed so relatively sepa- ciations, the research commit- We are approaching the year rate not so long ago. Rather, I tees, and the individual mem- 2000. The world-system is in wish simply to make the point bers. With our new statutes, we turmoil and I believe in crisis. that the ISA itself must become havefinallyinvolvedthe research Thesymbolism of 2000 matches a central locale for the discus- committees for the first time in the reality. Let us try to make sion about the serious and very the choice of officers. We must ISAan institution that can aid us fundamental issuesthat face us now find a way to involve the in the transition through which as scholars and which open up individual members aswell. This the world is going. questions about discipline as a will be on the agenda of the To communicate with me: discipline. To do this, we must Executive Committee. I would transform the focus of our con- also liketo find meaningful ways Between January and June: gresses. They must cease to be to involve, more than up to Maison des Sciences de places where various persons now, the growing number of I'Homme successively read papers on regional or language-based 54, boul. Raspail diversetopics, which audiences transnational sociological as- 75270 Paris Cedex 06 tolerate with increasing impa- sociations in the ongoing life of France tience. They must return to the the organization. Telephone:(33-1)49 54 20 48 original function of scientific This then brings me to the Fax: (33-1) 45 48 83 53 congresses, and become once question of language. We have E-mail: [email protected] again forums of focused, intel- long had two official languages Between July and December: lectually serious, direct debate and have recently added Fernand Braudel Center about the major intellectual is- Spanish to French and English. Binghamton University sues that confront uso I hope Despite this fact, Bielefeld was P.O. Box 6000 that the XIVth World Congress the most monolingual Congress Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 of Sociology in Montreal (July I have attended since 1959. We USA 1998) will provide precisely this must do something to make ISA Telephone:(1-607)777 4924 kind of debate. an arena inwhich all sociologists Fax: (1-607) 777 4315 A focus on central issues,and can feel linguistically comfort- E-mail: iwaller@bingsuns. a renewal of direct confronta- able. cc.binghamton.edu

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15 LETTRE DU PRESIDENT, No. 1 par Immanuel Wallerstein

Celle-ci est la prerniere longue dominaient l'arenaqéopolitique, et le travail ils attendraient a lettre que j'adresse a tous les et q u' ils pouvaient imposer leu rs coup sur un état de plus grande membres de I'AIS (membres normes culturelles avec un connaissance et clarté. 11 yavait individuels, associations succes considérable. 11 n'était un optimisme scientifique qui nationales, comités de recher- donc pas une surprise que les reflétait un optimisme social, chelo Je me propose d'envoyer sociologues des Etats-Unis expression par soi-rnérne de de ces lettres avec régularité via fussent de loin le groupe le plus I'apparente histoire de succes courrier électronique une fois nombreux et que, pour un de la «rnodernité». que notre réseau soit tout a fait temps, les Etats-Unis fussent le Depuis a peu pres 25 ans, établi (en envoyant des copies principal foyer, rnérne le seul symboliquement depuis 1968, par la poste a tous ceux qui majeur, de production inte- cet optimisme scientifique a été n'aient pas les facilités du lIectuelle. Mais naturellement en retrait, reflétant le déclin de courrier électronique). J'espere cela a changé. I'optimisme social. Les que cela servira de communi- L'Europe Occidentale ravivait événements des récentes cation directe dans les deux economiquement et inte- dernieres années - plus sens. Je recevrai pourtant avec Ilectuellement. Le quasi- notablement I'écroulement des plaisir vos communications monopole des Etats-Unis Communismes - n'ont pas directes en retour. A la fin de s'éloigna. Le dit Tiers Monde arrété ce déclin de I'optimisme. cette lettre je ferai une liste avec s'affirmait politiquement et le lis I'ont plutót alimenté les possibles modes de com- nombre de sociologues dans davantage. munication avec moi. ces zones se déploya Dans le monde de la Je sais combien I'insatis- dramatiquement. Le monde ex- connaissance, la sociologie fait faction sur I'état de notre orga- Soviétique décida de faire une front a de nouveaux défis pour nisation est grande et répandue. rentrée dans le monde des insti- son propre image. Le premier J'ai entendu des plaintes (a tutions scientifiques dans la fin est la sérieuse brouille qui est Bielefeld, depuis lors et avant) a des années 1950's et la survenue entre les disciplines propos de la relation et de la -socioloqie» devint uneétiquette présumablement séparées des qualité de nos propos légitime sous laquelle on fut sciences sociales. Les intellectuels, et des difficultés permis de travailler. Et le Japon catégories traditionneles de de communication, aussi bien et l'Asie de l'Est surgirent en I'économie, lascience politique, entre nous dans les réunions avant dans I'économie-monde. la sociologie, de I'histoire et qu'entre les membres et les Le chiffre de production I'anthropologie ont perdu leur officiers de I'association. J'ai intellectuelle s'accrüt en caractere distinctif de diverses entendu des plaintes conséquence. tacons: en tant que des sujets directement opposées au róle Ainsi, si notre ligne de base de recherche, en tant que des excessif au cours des réunions en est le 1945, il a eu alors une méthodologies particulieres, en et dans les structures de internationalisation de la tant que d'épistémologies en gouvernement, d'une part, de sociologie a partir d'une disci- concurrence. C'est evident que Nord-Américains et, de I'autre pline centrée aux Etats-Unis. Si l'enchevétrernent fonctionnel part, de personnes du Troisierne notre ligne de base en est le est énorme aujourd'hui. Monde. La plupart de ces 1914, la sociologie s'est accrue Encore d'une tacon plus plaintes sont diffuses et non au-delá des frontieres des cinq importante, les «trois cultures» spécifiques, mais nonobstant pays dans lesquels la plupart de (de Wolf Lepenies) sont aussi el les s'additionnent a un I'antérieur travail avaint été fait: dan s un preces de mécontentenment qui est la Grande Bretagne, la France, confondement. Sans doute, il y troublant. l'Allemagne, l'ltalie, et les Etats- a toujours eu des arguments a Je me crois que, tandis que le Unis. Mais naturellement propos des deux (ou trois) cul- murmure en dedans I'asso- l'accroissernentaététres inégal, tures. Mais quand C.P. Snow ciation est naturellement en et les bases économiques pout écrivit son livre il ya quelques 40 partie le résultat de son histoire I'activité scientifique sont encore ans, il n'avait pas de doute (et interne, il est aussi en partie tres polarisées. ses lecteurs n'en avaient pas de reflet du plus grand malaise Tandis qu'il y avaient des doute) que la science et la existant dans le systerne I'origine de tres grands débats Iittératu re étaient des entreprises mondial en général, un malaise au sein de la «socioloqie- et intellectuelles tres différentes. qui a eu un impact direct sur les plus généralement au sein de Le but de son livre était de institutions de production de sciences sociales a propos de favoriser la compréhension connaissance. perspectives et de paradigmes, interculturelle. 11 y a quelques L'AIS a été fondée a une ere dethéories et de méthodologies, années, cependant, un d'hégémonie dans le systeme la plupart des érudits auparavant mathématicien francais, Ivar mondial, quand les Etats-Unis assez súrs de la validité et la Ekeland, écrivit un livre pour étaient suprérnes dans rentabilité de leurs approches, démontrer que les questions I'économie-monde, qu'ils considérant qu'avec le temps discutées dans les sagas

16 islandaises et celles au fil ce que quelques uns sont en je suis convaincu que du point coupant des mathématiques train de tres bien faire: pourvoir de vue géopolitique et contemporaines étaient les les moyens par lesquels aussi scientifique nousavonsdépassé rnérnes questions. Le but de bien les plus connus dans des la cime du monolimguisme, et son livre était de suggérer que champs particuliers que les que le future des institutions les deux cultures en étaient une jeunes chercheurs puissent repose sur la multilingualité. En seule culture. contribuer efficacement a notre tant que sociologues, nous Ce n'est pas le moment de entreprise a niveau mondial. devrions analyser les racines du discuter mes propres points de Nous devrons en con sé- phénornene, les coúts sociaux vue sur comment nous devrions quence faire attention aux des diverses solutions, et en traiter intellectuellement cette structures de gouvernement et offrir des guides quantaux facon nouvells «confusión» dans des de participation, aussi bien dans utiles de maximiser le bénéfice arenes qui semblaienttellement les comités de recherche (qui social. séparées relativement il y a peu sont pour la plupart des Finalement, je voudrais dire de temps. Je voudrais plut6t membres des arenes de dis- que nous sommes une organi- signaler tout simplement que cussion plus immédiatement sation internationale dont la I'AIS doit devenir un emplace- applicable a eux) que dans la portée est de tacto moindre qu'il ment central pour y discuter les structure centrale de l'AIS. L'AIS devait l'étre, Nous devons étre sérieuses ettres fondamentales a été consrtuite elle-rnéme sur vraiment plus globaux, et non questions auxquelles nous trois piliers: les associations pourdes raisonspolitiques, mais faisons face en tant qu'érudits nationales, les comités de re- pourdes raisons intellectuelles. et qui ouvrent des interrogations cherche, et les membres Et nous le devons afin d'étre le a propos de ladiscipline comme individuels. Avec nos nouveaux phare de la probité et de discipline. Pour le faire, nous statuts, nous avons finalement I'excellence qui est notre devoir devons transformer le style entraí'né pour la premiere fois d'érudits. J'espere que vous de nos congreso lis doivent les comités de recherche dans travaillerez avec moi pour y cesser d'étre des lieux ou lechoix d'officiers. Nous devons parvenir. diverses personnes lisent maintenant trouver la tacon Nous nous approchons al' an succéssivement des papiers sur d'entraí'ner également les 2000. Le systerne mondial est des rnatieres diverses, que membres individuels. Cela sera en agitation et je crois en crise. I'audience tolere avec une irn- a I'ordre du jour du Comité Le symbolisme des 2000 patience croissante. lis doivent Exécutif. J'aimerais aussi s'accorde avec la réalité. retoumer a leurfonction originale trouver une voie significative Essayons de faire de I'AIS une de conqres scientifiques, et pour entraí'ner, davantage que institution qui puisse nous aider devenir une fois des plus des [usqu'a présent, le nombre dans la transition ou en est le forms de miseau point de débats croissant d'associations monde. directs et intellectuellement sociologiques régionales ou Pourvous communiquer avec sérieux a propos des principales transnationales de langues moi: questions intellectuelles que particulieres dans la vie de nous affrontons. J'espere que I'organisation. Entre Janvier et Juin: le xlverne Conqres Mondial de Et cela me conduit a la Maison des Sciences de Sociologie a Montréal (Juillet question de la langue. Nous I'Homme 1998) présentera justement avons eu pendant longtemps 54, boul. Raspail cette sorte de débat. deux langues officielles et 75270 Paris Cedex 06 Une concentration sur des récemment nous avons ajouté France questions centrales, et une l'Espagnol au Francais et a Telephone:(33-1)49 54 20 48 rénovation dans la confronta- l'Anglais. Malgrécefait, Bielefeld Fax: (33-1) 45 48 83 53 tion directe d'idées et de per- en a été le Conqres le plus E-mail: [email protected] spectives est aussi bien monolingual auquel j'ai assisté Entre Juillet et Décembre essentielle par soi-rnérne qu'a depuis 1959. Nous devons faire Fernand Braudel Center lafin d' attirerde nouveau a notre quelque chose pour convertir Binghamton University organisation tous ceux qui ont I'AIS en une arene ou tous les P.O. Box 6000 montré leur désintérét et leur sociologues puissent setrouver Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 mépris par leur absence. Nous linguistiquement a leur aise. USA devons cependant en faire plus Toute solution de la langue a Telephone:(1-607)7774924 que revitaliser leCongresoNous ses pour et ses contra. Je Fax: (1-607) 777 4315 devons nous assurer que tous prétends les explorer avec vous E-mail: iwaller@bingsuns. nos comités de recherche font dans une prochaine lettre. Mais cc.binghamton.edu

17 CARTA N.o 1 DEL PRESIDENTE por Immanuel Wallerstein

Esta es la primera carta ex- la escena geopolítica, y conse- optimismo científico que refle- tensa que escribo a todos los guían imponer sus normas cul- jaba un optimismo social que a miembros de la Asociación In- turales con gran éxito. Por ello, su vez era la expresión del apa- ternacional de Sociología no sorprende que los sociólo- rente éxito de la «modernidad». (miembros individuales, aso- gos estadounidenses formaran, Desde hace 25 años, simbó- ciaciones nacionales, comités por un tiempo, el grupo numéri- licamente desde 1968, este de investigación). Es mi inten- camente mayor, ni que Estados optimismo científico esta dis- ción enviar frecuentemente Unidos fuera el lugar principal minuyendo, reflejando así un cartas como ésta vía correo de la producción intelectual. declive en el optimismo social. electrónico tan pronto como Pero todo esto, por supuesto, Los acontecimientos de los últi- nuestra red esté totalmente es- ha cambiado. mos años, el más destacable el tablecida (o por correo normal Europa Occidental revivió colapso de los Comunismos, para los que no tengan correo económicamente e intelectual- no han conseguido parar este electrónico). Espero que esto mente. El quasi-monopolio de declive. Al contrario, lo han ali- sirva como una forma de co- los Estados Unidos retrocedió. mentado. municación directa de doble El llamado Tercer Mundo se En el mundo del conocimien- sentido. Por esta razón serán afirmó a sí mismo políticamente to, la sociología se ha enfrenta- bienvenidas sus respuestas. Al y el número de sociólogos de do a nuevos retos contra su final de esta carta, indico las estas regiones creció de forma propia imagen. El primero es la distintas maneras de comuni- espectacular. El mundo ex-so- situación borrosa entre las pre- carse conmigo. viético decidió hacer la suntamente separadas discipli- Soy consciente de que hay reentrada en el mundo de las nas de las ciencias sociales. una gran insatisfacción difusa instituciones científicas al final Las categorías tradicionales de con el estado de nuestra orga- de los años 50 y «sociología» se economía, ciencias políticas, nización. He oído quejas (en convirtió en una palabra legiti- sociología, historia y antropolo- Bielefeld, antes y después) so- mada bajo la cual trabajar. Y gía han perdido sus diferencias bre la relevancia y calidad de Japón y Asia Oriental surgieron en muchos sentidos: 'temas de nuestro discurso intelectual, y con fuerza en la economía- discusión', metodologías parti- sobre las dificultades de comu- mundo. Por lo tanto, la cantidad culares, epistemologías com- nicación, tanto entre nosotros de producción intelectual ha petidoras. Está claro que mismos durante las conferen- crecido también. hoy existe un enorme cias como entre los miembros y Entonces, si nuestro punto solapamiento. los ejecutivos de la asociación. de partida es el año 1945, se ha Todavía más importante es He oído quejas directamente producido una internaciona- que las «tres culturas»(de Wolf opuestas en contra del excesi- lización de la sociología desde Lepenies) también han entrado vo papel, de los representantes una disciplina centrada en Es- en este proceso de hacerse de América del Norte por un tados Unidos. Si nuestro punto borrosas. Es cierto que siempre lado y del Tercer Mundo por de partida es 1914, la sociolo- ha habido argumentos sobre otro lado, en las conferencias y gía ha crecido más allá de las las dos (o tres) culturas. Pero en las estructuras de gobierno fronteras de los cinco países en cuando C.P. Snow escribió su de la asociación. Aunque la los que más trabajo previo ha- libro hace unos 40 años, no mayoría de esta quejas son di- bía sido hecho: Gran Bretaña, tenía ninguna duda (y tampoco fusas, no específicas, revelan Francia, Alemania, Italia y los sus lectores) de que ciencia y un sentimiento de descontento Estados Unidos. Pero, por su- literatura eran empresas inte- que es perturbador. puesto, el crecimiento ha sido lectuales muy diferentes. El Personalmente creo que, muy desigual, y las bases eco- propósito de este libro fue pro- aunque este descontento es, nómicas para la actividad cien- mover un entendimiento por supuesto, resultado en par- tífica siguen estando bastante intercultural. Hace algunos te de la historia interna de la polarizadas. años, sin embargo, un mate- asociación, es también en parte Aunque dentro de la «socio- mático francés, Ivar Ekeland, el reflejo de un malestar más logía» y mas en general dentro escribió un libro para demostrar profundo que existe en el siste- de las ciencias sociales ha habi- que los temas tratados en los ma mundial en general, un ma- do un gran debate sobre las cuentos de Islandia y los temas lestar que tiene un impacto di- perspectivas y paradigmas, punteros de la matemática recto sobre las instituciones de teorías y metodologías, la ma- moderna son los mismos. El la producción de conocimiento. yoría de los académicos tenían propósito de este libro fue su- LaAISfuefundadaen laépo- bastante confianza en que sus gerir que las dos culturas son ca de la hegemonía de los Esta- enfoques eran válidos y prove- una sola cultura. dos Unidos en el sistema mun- chosos y que con tiempo y con Este no es el momento para dial, cuando los Estados Uni- trabajo seguramente llegarían a discutir mis propias ideas de dos tenían la supremacía en la un nivel de conocimiento y cla- cómo deberíamos tratar inte- economía-mundo; dominaban rificación más profundo. Fue un lectualmente esta nueva «con-

18 fusión» en disciplinas que hasta en los comités de investigación miento está enelmultilingüismo. hace poco parecían relativa- (que para muchos miembros Como sociólogos debemos mente separadas. Quiero sim- son los foros de discusión más analizar las raíces de este fenó- plemente apuntar que la AIS inmediatos) como en las es- meno, los costes sociales de las debe llegar a ser un centro para tructuras centrales de laAIS. La distintas soluciones, y ofrecer la discusión de los problemas AIS se ha construido así misma algunas pautas para maximizar fundamentales que tenemos sobre tres pilares: Las asocia- el beneficio social. que afrontar como académicos ciones nacionales, los comités Finalmente, me gustaría de- y que plantean cuestiones so- de investigación y los miembros cir que somos una organización bre nuestra disciplina como individuales. Con nuestros internacional que de facto no disciplina. Para conseguir esto nuevos estatutos hemos incor- llega tan lejos como debería. tenemos que transformar el porado por fin, a los comités de Necesitamos ser verdadera- enfoque de nuestros congre- investigación a la elección de mente globales, no por razones sos. Tienen que dejar de ser los miembros de lajunta ejecu- políticas, sino por razones inte- lugares donde numerosas per- tiva. Debemos ahora buscar el lectuales. Lo necesitamos para sonas leen sucesivamente po- camino para incorporar también ser el faro de probidad y exce- nencias sobre diversos temas a los miembros individuales. lencia que es nuestra obligación que la audiencia tolera con im- Esto estará en la agenda de la académica. Espero que traba- paciencia creciente. Tienen que junta ejecutiva. Me gustaría jemos todos juntos para con- recuperar su función original de también encontrar vías ade- seguirlo. congresos científicos, y llegar a cuadas para vincular más que Nos estamos acercando al ser otra vez un foro de debate hasta ahora a lasactividades de año 2000. El sistema mundial intelectualmente serio y direc- la asociación a un creciente está en desorden y, creo yo, en to, sobre los principales proble- número de asociaciones so- crisis. El simbolismo del 2000 mas intelectuales a que nos en- ciológicas regionales y a las está a la altura de la realidad. frentamos. Espero que el XIV asociaciones transnacionales Intentemos hacer de la AIS una Congreso Mundial de Sociolo- centradas en un idioma. institución que nos pueda ayu- gía en Montreal (Julio 1998)nos Esto me lleva al asunto de los dar en latransición por la que el ofrecerá precisamente este tipo idiomas. Desde hace mucho mundo atraviesa. de debate. tiempo hemos tenido dos idio- Centrarse en temas impor- mas oficiales y recientemente Para comunicar conmigo: tantes y volver a la confronta- hemos sumado el español al Entre julio y diciembre: ción directa de ideas y perspec- francés e inglés. Sin embargo, Maison des Sciences de tivas son esenciales para atraer Bielefeld ha sido el congreso I'Homme de nuevoa nuestra organización más monolingüe al que yo he 54, boul. Raspail a los colegas que han mostrado asistido desde 1959. Tenemos 75270 Paris Cedex 06 su desinterés y desengaño que- que hacer algo para conseguir Francia dándose fuera. Sin embargo, que la AIS sea un foro en el que Teléfono: (33-1) 49 54 20 48 tenemos que hacer más que todos los sociólogos puedan Fax: (33-1) 45 48 83 53 revitalizarelcongreso. Debemos sentirse lingüísticamente có- Correo electrónico: asegurarnos de que todos modos. [email protected] nuestros comités de investiga- Cualquier solución lingüística Entre enero y junio: ción estén haciendo loque algu- tiene sus ventajas e inconve- Fernand Braudel Center nos hacen tan bien: dar oportu- nientes. Intentaré discutir esto Binghamton University nidad para que veteranos y jó- en una próxima carta. Pero es- P.O. Box 6000 venes de campos particulares toy convencido de que Binghamton, NY 13902-6000 puedan contribuir eficazmente a geopolíticamente y científica- Estados Unidos nuestra mundial empresa. mente ya hemos pasado Teléfono: (1-607) 7774924 Tendremos pues que prestar el punto más alto del Fax: (1-607) 777 4315 atención a las estructuras de monolingüismo, y que el futuro Correo electrónico: iwaller@ gobierno y participación, tanto de las instituciones del conoci- bingsuns.cc.binghamton.edu

19 CONGRATULATIONS FOR FERNANDO H. CARDOSO, ISA PRESIDENT 1982-86

ISA President and three Vice-Presidents at the Research Council meeting in Jablonna, Poland, August 1980 (from left to right): Fernando H. Cardoso, UIf Himmelstrand (President), Ralph Turner and Magdalena Sokolowska.

We ali join in warmest con- atthe TorontoWorld Congressof chargeofMembership& Finances gratulations for Fernando H. Sociology he was coordinator of (1978-1982),and in Mexico City Cardoso on his election as the Working Group on Economy (1982),attheXWorld Congressof President of Brazil. andSociety.AttheUppsalaWorld Sociology, he was elected ISA FemandoH.Cardosohasbeen Congress (1978),Femando was President for the years 1982 active inthe ISAsince 1974when elected ISA Vice-President in through 1986.

XIV WORLD CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY Montreal 1998

ISA XIV World Congress of Sociology will take place in Montreal on July 29 through August 3, 1998 on an invitation from the Association Canadienne des Sociologues et Anthropologues de Langue Franc;:aisewith the support of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association.

Signature of accord between ISA and Coordinator of the Canadian Local Organizing Committee: Jürgen Hartmann, ISA Vice- President, Finance; Immanuel Wal/erstein, ISA President; Gil/es Pronovost, Coordinator CLOC.

20 ECOND W RLDWIDE COMPETITION FOR YOUNG SOCIOLOGISTS

The Grand Jury of the ISA Outdegree Analysis and The Grand Jury of the ISA Second Worldwide Competi- Multilevel Analysis: Introducing Second Worldwide Competition tion for Young Sociologists the Network Concepts in Stud- for Young Sociologists was announces that the top win- ies of Hidden Populations chaired by the ISA President, ners of the Competition 1993- Xinyi Xu (USA): Organisa- Prof.T.K.Oommen (Jawaharlala 1994 are: tional Control in Chinese Work Nehru University, New Delhi, Units India), and the members were: Mario Fuks (Brazil): Theo- Professors Margaret Archer retical and Practical Considera- (University of Warwick, Coven- tions on Environment-Related try, UK), Daniel Bertaux(CEMS- Litigation CNRS, Paris, France), Richard Oleg Kharkhordin (Russia): Grathoff (University of Bielefeld, The Corporate Ethic, the Ethic Germany), Elizabeth Jelin of 'Samostoyatelnost' and the (CEDES, Buenos Aires, Argen- Spirit of Capitalism: Reflections tina), Alberto Martinelli (Univer- on Market-Building in Post-So- sity of Milano, Italy), Neil J. viet Russia Smelser (University of Califor- Tia de Nora (United King- nia, Berkeley, USA), Veronica dom): Intimate Knowledge / lo- Stolte-Heiskanen (University of cal experience: the politics of Tampere, Finland), Ayse Oncü knowledge in alternative con- (Bogazici University, Istanbul, traception 1960-1991" Veronica Stolte-Heiskanen Turkey). Chikako Takeishi (Japan): The Japanese national identity The winning essays have The Second Worldwide in transition: who want to send been selected from 153 papers, Competition tor Young Soci- soldiers ebroed» written in one of ten languages ologists was organized by Pro- Natan Uriely (Israel): Rhe- of the Competition, received fessor Veronica Stolte- torical Ethnicity of Permanent from all overtheworld (41coun- Heiskanen (University of Sojourners: The Case of Israeli tries). They were evaluated first Tampere, Finland) and her as- Immigrants in the Chicago Area by 19 different juries who chose sistant Minna Nurro, and two Marinus Sprees and Ronald 37 finalists (see ISA Bulletin 63), other Executive Committee Zwaagstra (The Netherlands): out of which the Grand Jury members: Daniel Bertaux and Personal Network Sampling, selected seven top winners. Richard Grathoff.

21 ELLOWSHIPS, POSITIONS, CALL FOR PAPERS

The Pearl Resnick Post-Doc- no more than three pages; a Fellowships at the toral Fellowship provides a sti- reprint or other sample of their pend of $ 40,000 for the aca- writing; a résumé; a proposed United States demic year. Applications from budget; and the names, ad- Holocaust any country are welcome from dresses, and telephone num- persons who have received a bers of two persons who can Research Ph.D. or equivalent degree and provide information about their Institute are no more than 40 years of abilities, achievements, and age. Applicants should submit characterto: Medical Ethicsand a brief project description and the Holocaust, United States The United States Holocaust work plan; a reprint or other Holocaust Research Institute, Research Institute, the schol- sample of their writing; a cur- Office ofthe President,NewYork arly division ofthe United States riculum vitae; and the names, AcademyofMedicine, 1216Fifth Holocaust Memorial Museum, addresses, and telephone Avenue, New York, NY 10029, seeks applications for the Pearl numbers of three references to: USA. Resnick Post-Doctoral Fel- Dr Wesley A. Fisher, Deputy Di- lowship Program, established rector, Research Institute, with support from Pearl Resnick United States Holocaust Me- Positions at the and Burton P. Resnick to pro- morial Museum, 100 Raoul European vide young, promising scholars Wallenberg Place, SW, Wash- with a year in residence at the ington, DC 20024-2150, USA, University Research Institute. Fax (1-220)4799726. Institute in The Institute fosters research The United States Holocaust in Holocaust and Genocide Research Institute, the schol- Florence Studies broadly defined. Fields arly division ofthe United States of inquiry include, but are not Holocaust Memorial Museum, Department of Social and limited to historiography and with support from the Merck Political Sciences of the Euro- documentation of the Holo- Company Foundation has es- pean University Institute in Flor- caust; ethics and the Holocaust; tablished a Fellowship Pro- ence (Italy) invites applications comparative genocide studies; gram for Research on Medi- or nominations for two vacant and the impact of the Holocaust cal Ethics and the Holocaust. chairs to be filled in Autumn, on contemporary society and Fellowship will be awarded to 1995: Chair in Public Policy and culture. Other areas of concern assist health professionals, sci- Chair in Political and/ar Social include refuge and rescue, and entists, and other scholars with Theory. Candidates with an propaganda and mass media research projects that draw di- established interest in research as they relate to genocide. The rectly on the resources of the on comparative and European Institute welcomes a variety of Museum to link contemporary public policy will be preferred. approaches by scholars in his- issues in medical ethics with the Preference will also be given to tory, political science, philoso- lessons of the Holocaust. Fel- candidates with skills on re- phy, religion, sociology, litera- lows will be appointed far up to search methodologies. ture, psychology, and other six months. The maximum sti- Applications and requests for disciplines. It especially en- pend will be $ 10,000. Fellows further information should be courages scholarly work that will be selected by a panel of addressed to: M. Dominique utilizes the extraordinarily rich distinguished experts in medi- Delaunay,Advisorfor Academic archival materials that the Mu- cine, history, and ethics. Appli- Affairs, European University In- seum has collected in Eastern cants should normally hold stitute, 1-50016San Domenico Europe,Germanyandtheformer doctoral degrees. They should di Fiesole (FI), Italy, Fax (39- USSR. submit a project description of 55)4686405.

22 over 300 scholars, representing Street, London EC2A 4PU, UK, World Society over 20 disciplines. Fax (44-71)3748741, E-mail: For details and application [email protected] Foundation forms writeto: Faculty Exchange Center, 952 Virginia Avenue, The Foundation for the Pro- Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603, Evaluation: The motion of Social Science Re- USA. International search on World Society, World Society Foundation, funds se- Journal of Theory, lected proposals for research European Journal Research and on the structure of, and changes of Industrial in world society. Practice Information and application Relations forms are available from: World Evaluation: The International Society Foundation, c/o Socio- In March 1995 SAGE Publi- JournalofTheory, Researchand logical Institute, University of cations will be launching the Practice is being launched in Zurich, Rarnistr, 69, CH-8001 European Journal of Industrial July 1995. The Journal will pub- Zurich, Switzerland. Relationsto beedited by Richard lishoriginal evaluation research, Hyman, University of Warwick. both theoretical and empirical, This major new journal will be as well as reviews of relevant Faculty Exchange principal English language fo- literature and overviews of de- Center rum for advancing understand- velopments in evaluation policy ing of the key developments, and practice. and their theoretical and prac- Evaluation will encourage Faculty Exchange Center, tical implications, in industrial dialogue between different founded in 1973 to meet the relations in Europe. Adopting a evaluation traditions such as ever-increasing competition for broad definition of industrial re- programme evaluation, tech- fully-funded travel grants, ena- lations, welcoming contention nology assessment, auditing, bles college/university faculty and controversy inthis debated value added studies, policy interested in teaching ex- arena, the journal will publish evaluation and quality assess- changes, to contact each other. rigorous and innovative work ment. Thejournal will also bridge EveryFalland Spring the Center from, and on, all European domains where evaluation is publishes a Directory and a countries from the Atlantic to currentlytaking place ineluding: Supplement respectively, con- the Urals. Education, Science and Tech- taining the names ofthe instruc- Themes addressed will in- nology Policy; Criminal Justice; tors and their institutions, their elude: the organization and ex- Healthcare and Social Services rank and areas of specializa- perience of work and the work- Vocational Training; and Re- tion, the regions or countries ing environment; gender, eth- gional development. Evaluation where they prefer to teach, and nicity and work; employment will be interdisciplinary and whether they are willing to ex- and unemployment; manage- welcomes contributions from change their house. ment organization and employ- across the social sciences and ISA members may register ment policies; the structuring related disciplines. without any payment; simply and segmentation of labour If you are interested in con- mark clearly the name of this markets. tributing to the journal contact: Association on the form that If you would like to submit a Elliot Stern Director, Evaluation, FECwill provide allrespondents. manuscript to the journal please Development & Review Unit, 30 Registrants will receive the ros- contact: Richard Hyman, In- Tabernacle Street, London ter of their discipline as these dustrial RelationsResearchUnit, EC2A 4DE, UK. lists appear in the current FEC SIBS, University of Warwick, If you are interested in sub- Directory and Supplement. They Coventry CV4 7AL, UK. scribing contact: Jane Makoff, will next receive the list that will If you would like further in- SAGE Publications, 6 Bonhill inelude their names. The cur- formation on the journal, you Street, London EC2A 4PU, UK, rent 1993-94 directory and sup- should contact Jane Makoff, Fax (44-71)3748741, E-mail: plement have a total listing of SAGE Publications, 6 Bonhill [email protected]

23 ALENDAR OF FUTURE EVENTS

Vblerkunde, Universitatzu Kbln, Zylberberg, Dept Political Sci- 12-14 Janvier 1995 Albertus-Magnus-Platz, D- ence, Univ Laval, Sainte-Foy, 50923 Kbln, Germany, Fax (49- Québec, Canada G1K 7P4, Fax 221)4705117, Internet: (1-418)6567861 Société internationale pour [email protected] I'histoire des infirmités, déficiences, inadaptations, 4-8 September 1995 handicaps 8-10 June 1995 Lieu: 3rd European Population Marly-Ie-Roi, France Social Change in Taiwan: Conference Therne: Longitudinal and Place: Le handicap a-t-il une Comparative Perspectives Milano, Italy histoire? Les associations et Place: Themes: l'Etat dans la construction Taipei, Taiwan Family formation and the first sociale du handicap au XX Aims: phase of the life course; Stratifi- siecle To stimulate research on the cation and mobility; International Inscription: social, economic, and political mobility; Ageing and Dr Janine Bourlois, 5 rue development ofT aiwan society. generational solidarity; Health, Froissart, 75003 Paris, France, Specifically, the conference is morbidity, mortality and quality Fax 42721510 intendedto provide anacademic of life; Approaches to popula- forum for studies that substan- tion studies: data, models and 24-26 April, 1995 tially draw upon the Taiwan theories; The future of Europe's Social Change Surveys. The population; The demographic data files and users' guide are impact of policies. Research Committee on now available for distribution. Sociology of Ageing Information: 23-26 October 1995 Intercongress Meeting Prof. Ly-yun Chang, Institute Place: of Ethnology, Academia Sinica, International Conference on Melbourne, Australia Nankang, Taipei, Taiwan, Fax Ethnic Identity and Race Theme: (8862)7855836, E-mail: Relations in Latin America [email protected] The Contribution of Sociology Place: to Promoting Justice, Empow- Salvador, Bahia, Brazil erment and Well-being in an Ageing Society 26-30 June 1995 Topics: Mestizaje, creaolisation and Information: syncretism; the terminology of DrVictor Minichiello,School of XXIII International Conference of the ethnic identity and colour; ne- Behavioral Health Sciences, l.a gotiation and resistance; ethnic Trobe Univ, Bundoora, Victoria International Society for the Sociology of Religion organization and public policies; 3083, Australia, Fax ethnic identity and colour in the (61-3)4792750, E-mail: Place: labour market, ineducation, and [email protected] Université Laval, Sainte-Foy, in relationship with poverty; Québec, Canada social mobility; ethnic identity 29-31 May, 1995 Theme: and religion; modernity, Religious regulation of body globalization and ethnic identity; and nature; AIIcurrent research Information: 17th Annual Conference of topics in Sociology of Religion Dr J. Teles dos Santos, the Gypsy Lore Society, and in related fields Graduate Program in Sociology North American Chapter Information: & Anthropology, Universidade Place: ISSR,Prof.Grace Davie,Dept Federal da Bahia, Estrada de State University of Leiden, Sociology, Univ Exeter, Exeter Sao l.azaro 197, Bairro Leiden, The Netherlands EX4 4R5, UK, Fax (44- Federacao, CEP 40210-730 Information: 392)263302, and ISSR Local Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, Fax Aparna Rao, Institut für Committee, Prof. Jacques 55(71)2354635

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