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D "Research Committees and International Sociological Association" by Arnaud Sales, Vice-President for Research, with an introduction by Alberto Martinelli, President 1

D Reports from the Research Committees, Working and Thematic Groups 7

D In Memoriam: Niklas Luhmann (1927-1998) 24

D Publications of the ISA Books Reviews section of International Sociology by Jennifer Platt 26 Announcing New Editor of the Sage Studies in International Sociology 26

D Short Report from XIV World Congress of Sociology by Gilles Pronovost, CLOC 27

D Calendar of Future Events 28

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Published by the Intemational Sociological Association ISSN0383-8501 Editor: lzabela Barllnska. Lay-out: José 1. Reguera. Printed by Fotocopias Universidad S.A. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Fa 111998 - Summer 2002

Presldent: Jan Marie FRITZ Publlcatlons Commlttee Alberto MARTINELLI University of Cincinnati Chair: Christine Inglis University of Milano Cincinnati, USA EC representatives: Bernadette Milano, Italy Bawin-Legros, Roberto Briceño- Jorge GONZÁLEZ SÁNCHEZ Leon Universidad de Colima RCC representative: Peter Vlce-Presldent, Research Colima, Mexico Weingart Current Sociology : Susan Arnaud SALES McDaniel (Editor),2 Université de Montréal Bert KLANDERMANS representatives tba Montréal, Canada Free University International Sociology. Said Amsterdam, The Netherlands Arjomand (Editor), Orlando Fals- Vlce-Presldent, Programme Borda, Ina Wagner Piotr SZTOMPKA ClausOFFE Sage Studies in International Jagiellonian University Humboldt University Sociology.Julia Evetts (Editor), 2 Cracow, Poland Berlin, Germany representatives tba International Review of Sociology : Vlce-Presldent, Publlcatlons Sujata PATEL Mino Vianello (Editor) Christine INGLlS University of Pune Sociological Abstracts : Miriam University of Sydney Pune, India Chall (Editor) Sydney, Australia SAGE Publications:Stephen Barr (Director) Jennifer PLATT Vlce-Presldent, Membershlp & University of Sussex Membershlp & Flnance Flnance Brighton, United Kingdom Com m Ittee Juan DiEZ-NICOLÁS Chair: Juan Díez-Nicolás Universidad Complutense Gilles PRONOVOST Members: Vincenzo Ferrari, Jan- Madrid, Spain Université de Québec Marie Fritz, Bert Klandermans, Ari 'Irois-Blvieres, Canada Sitas Past Presldent 1994-98 Immanuel WALLERSTEIN Ari SITAS ISA Representatlves to Binghamton University University of Natal UNESCO-ISSC Binghamton, USA Durban, South Africa Delegate: Bernadette Bawin- Legros Goran THERBORN Alternate: Peter Weingart Members SCASSS Bernadette BAWIN-LEGROS Uppsala, Sweden ISA Representatlves to Université de Liege UNESCO-ICSSID Liége, Belgium Peter WEINGART tba University of Bielefeld Roberto BRICEÑO-LEÓN Bielefeld, Germany ISA Representatlves to Unlted Lacso, Universidad Central de Natlons New York: Delegate: Jan-Marie Venezuela Shujiro YAZAWA Fritz Caracas, Venezuela Hitotsubashi University Alternate: Linda Christiansen- Tokyo, Japan Ruftman Linda CHRISTIANSEN- Geneva & Vienna: Alberto RUFFMAN Executlve Secretary Martinelli Saint Mary's University Izabala BARLlNSKA Halifax, Canada ISA Representatlve to WHO Research Coordlnatlng Eugene B. Gallagher, RC15 Layi ERINOSHO Commlttee Ogun State University Chair: Arnaud Sales ISA Representatlve to Onatl Ago-Iwoye, Nigeria Members: Linda Christiansen- Internatlonal Instltute of Ruftman, Vincenzo Ferrari, Jan Sociology of Law Vincenzo FERRARI Marie Fritz, Bert Klandermans, Vincenzo Ferrari, Italy University of Milano Jorge A. González, Jennifer Platt, Milano, Italy Gilles Pronovost, Peter Weingart EC representatives: Claus Ofte, Sujata Patel, Shujiro Yazawa International Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79/1

The Research Committees of the International Sociological Association

Foreword by Alberto Martinelli, President of the ISA

This issue of ISA Bulletin is dedicated to the intellectual exchange takes place among countries - , the request to Research Research Committees which, together with smaller groups of members. Committees to produce 'state of the art' the national and regional associations of I have asked Arnaud Sales, volumes with an international perspective as sociologists, are the major source of Vice-President for Research, to outline the well as textbooks of Sociology for intellectual and professional vitality and major projects for the next four years. These professional users outside our discipline. dynamism in ISA. projects are coherent with the strategies that Let me also invite you to foster The 53 Research Committees - plusthe I developed in the Presidential Letter membership in your own Research 3 Working Groups - constitute basic published in ISA Bulletin 77 and that I Committees and in the ISA as a whole. The networks of scientific research, intellectual reaffirmed in the recent Executive ISA's Executive Committee decided to debate and professional exchange. At the Committee meeting in South Africa. I fully allocate time and space in the next last Montreal Congress they have organized support these projects. And I want to stress Congress according to the number of m than 750 sessions with more than once again the need for more cooperation members in good standing both for the 2 papers. In the four years period and integration among Research Research Committees and the ISA as a betWeen world congresses many high Committees, the pledge to foster whole. quality scientific conferences, meetings and comparative research projects made by fully My best wishes of good work to you all. workshops are organized. Several international teams - with special concern Alberto Martinelli newsletters are published, and continuous for a growing participation from developing

Research Committees and International Sociological Association by Arnaud Sales, Vice-President for Research

The World Congress of Sociology, the the Research Committees, in collaboration cases. Several conferences are announced quadrennial event of the Association, which with the national and regional sociological in this ISA Bulletin. I had also expressed was held in Montreal last year, drew associations. The 53 Research my hope that the chairpersons of the together some 4500 participants. The Committees and 3 Working Groups are Committees would seek to establish closer Research Committees and Working primary networks behind the links with national and regional sociological Groups, due to their specialized vocation communications, exchanges and research associations when they organized these and the international scope of their activities of ISA, thanks to the conferences conferences. As recent experience has networks, contributed enormously to the they organize, the publication of books and shown, such bridges are essential for success of this event. In fact, they were scientific journals, the diffusion of sparking new initiatives, for increasing sponsible for organizing 750 sessions of information by means of newsletters, etc. membership, and for creating a larger me Congress, 700 of which were academic They also playa key role in membership. I audience for the Research Committees' in nature, and in which 2300 papers were invite you to follow and participate in these work. presented. That is indeed an impressive activities on a regular basis; they contribute 2. Integrative Conferences for feat! On behalf of the Research to forming international networks and Research Committees Coordinating Committee and the Research relationships at the forefront of the field Over the past four years ago, Immanuel Council, I wish to thank the program which facilitate the circulation of knowledge Wallerstein opened a debate on an issue coordinators of the Research Committees, and international collaboration in research. that is of pressing importance for our the sessions organizers, Professor Gilles What projects and orientations are on the discipline: the increase in areas of Pronovost, President of the Local agenda for the next three years? specialization to such a point that Organizing Committee of the Congress, as 1. Research Committees International Sociology with its 50-plus sub-fields seems well as all this Committee members for Conferences to be balkanized. This often creates their tireless efforts in ensuring the success Last October 1998, I encouraged the "islands" of specialized networks, giving of this event. Research Committees officers to start rise to overlapping areas of work, and Between now and the World Congress preparing the international conferences consequently, redundancy in research to be held in Brisbane, Australia in 2002, they wish to organize. A number of subjects and findings (Wallerstein, 1997). the intellectual life of our Association will Committees set to work and calls for This problem will not be solved by an continue to prosper through the activities of papers have already been put out in many administrative decision. What we need to 2/lnternational Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79 do is create more favorable conditions for activity depends directly on the sustained played in the diversification of sociological intellectual exchange among committees interest and involvement of everyone in the discourse. Wider access to work from the working in closely related fields, promote discipline. South or from Asia would also collaboration around current theoretical 4. Research Council International considerably enrich the perspectives of the and methodological concerns across the Conference: Social Translormations at the discipline. Following a discussion within discipline. This integrative strategy can be Turn of the Millennium. the Research Coordinating Committee, a implemented in a few ways: 1) by The theme of the ISA Research Council's sub-committee was formed to study ways gathering information on collaborative international conference to be held in 01 promoting, within the Research efforts between committees so as to draw Montreal, Canada, July 28 to 30, 2000 is Committees, recognition 01 sociological up a sort of portrait of inter-committee Social Transformations at the Turn of the research work carried out in Africa, Asia relations within the Association. Several Millennium: Sociological Theory and and Latin America. This sub-committee is committees already work in collaboration Current Empirical Research. The chaired by Sujata Patel (Poona University, through joint sessions in world congresses conference is especially addressed to the India), and made up of Linda Christiansen- or joint conferences; 2) by promoting the representatives of the Research Council Ruffman (St. Mary's University, Canada), organization of integrative conferences and will locus on one of the founding Jorge Gonzalez, (University of Colima, which group together several committees projects 01 the discipline: the understanding Mexico), Jan Marie Fritz (University of with common interests, over the next three of large-scale changes affecting societies. Cincinnati, USA), Stella Quah (National years; 3) by reserving special sessions for It will enable a global picture of current University of Singapore) and Ari Sitas such exchanges in the program of the social changes in the lields covered by the (Natal University, South Africa). Brisbane World Congress. Research Committees and at the same 6. Participation in Your Research 3. Promoting Comparative Research time facilitate discussion among the Committee The international character of our representatives of the Research Council. The Research Committees, through their Association has often facilitated several Note that this conference takes place numerous activities, play a very important comparative research projects. President immediately belore the World Congress of role in facilitating intellectual exchanges Alberto Martinelli and several members of Political Science which will be held in among specialized researchers, as w s the Association have expressed their Quebec City, August 1 to 6, 2000. In this in the internationalization of socioloyf"al interest in re-stimulating comparative way, Research Council members will have research networks. They ensure continuity research activities, so as to flesh out one of the chance to participate in both meetings. 01 ISA's academic activities between world the fundamental elements of the Research 5. Establishment of a Sub-committee on congresses. Indeed the scope and Committees' mission. While it is usually the Contribution of Africa, Asia, and Latin achievements of the Research Committees the work of the Research Committees that America to Sociological Research. are often impressive. We must, as a provides substance for the intellectual The field of sociology has, lor collective, continue to develop these exchanges ato world congresses and at historical reasons, been widely defined in Committees as open research networks, mid-term conferences, we don't often hear Europe and North America, and olten continuously seeking to enhance the about current comparative research rellects the problems, cultural models, scientific quality of their activities and their activities involving the collaboration and modes of access, production and diffusion achievements so that they would continue integration of ISA members world-wide. of knowledge of Western countries or to be a recognized source of inspiration in Mattei Dogan, a distinguished comparatist, countries where Western intellectual all fields of the discipline. agreed to prepare a text on this issue. In traditions dominate. Social issues specific For a small contribution, valid for four fact, he did better than that, he proposed to to non-Western cultures or developing years, you can subscribe to and participate get the Research Committees involved in countries have Irequently been in the activities of an international the preparation of a volume having as its marginalized or ignored. Major sociological academic network at the forefront of the theme Fields in Comparative Sociology: communities in Latin America or Asia still discipline, offering regular and stimulating Between Theory and Substance. The ISA find it difficult to situate their research exchanges on theoretical and empirical Research Council and the Society for concerns and their theoretical research. II you haven't as yet subscribed Comparative Research, which was founded developments not only within the to the committee of your choice, or il yo in 1994 and which groups together 180 framework and discussion of general haven't as yet renewed your subscriptio ~ comparatists, will be responsible for this theories that the West has universalized, do so without delay by using the collective publication. but also in international sociological subscription form provided in this ISA But, beyond that, I urge ISA members conlerences and world congresses. We all Bulletin. to set about conceiving and/or supporting know the role major Western philosophical Arnaud Sales. specific comparative research projects over traditions and social science theories have the coming years. The success of such International Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79/ 3 Les Comités de Recherches de l'Association Internationale de Sociologie

Introduction par Alberto Martinelli, Président de l'AIS

Cette édition de ISA Bulletin est d'dédiés entre les membres des groupes plus petits. participation des pays en voie de aux Comités de Recherches qui, avec les développement, la requéte aux Comités de associations nationales et régionales de J'ai demandé a Arnaud Sales, Vice- Recherche de produire les volumes state of sociologues, sont la principale source de présidente de la recherche, de présenter the art avec une perspective internationale, vitalité intellectuelle et professionelle et de les projets principaux pour les quatre et aussi les livres de texte de Sociologie dynamisme dans I'AIS. années a venir. Ces projets sont cohérents pour les usagers professionnels hors de Le 53 Comités de recherche et les 3 avec les stratégies que j'ai développe dans notre discipline. Groupes de Travail constitue les réseaux la lettre du Présidente publiée dan s le ISA Je voudrais vous inviter a promouvoir les basiques de la recherche scientifique, du Bulletin 77 et que j'ai réaffirmé pendent la affiliation a votre Comité de Recherche et a débat intellectuel at de I'échange récente réunion du Comité Exécutif en I'AIS comme telle. Le Comité Exécutif de professionnel. Lors du dernier Conqrés a Afrique du Sud. J'apporte mon appui pour I'AIS a décidé d'attribuer pendant le Montréal ils ont organisé plus de 750 ces projets. Une fois de plus je voudrais prochain Congres le temps et I'espace a sessions avec plus de 2300 présentations. souligner le besoin d'une plus grande chaque Comité de Recherche selon le ndant les quatre années entre les coopération et intégration entre les nombre de membres ayant payé las gres mondiaux, de nombreuses Comités de Recherche, le voeu cotisation aux Comités at a I'AIS. conférences de grande qualité, des d'encourager les projets de recherches réunions et des ateliers ont été organisés. comparatifs réalisés par les équipes Je vous souhaite a tous mes meilleures Plusieurs bulletins ont été publiés, et cornpleternent internationales - avec une voeux pour votre bon travaíl. I'échange intellectuel continu prend place spéciales préoccupation pour augmenter la Alberto Martinelli

Les Comités de recherche et le rayonnement de l'Association Internationale de Sociologie par Arnaud Sales, Vice-président a la recherche

Avec le Conqrés Mondial de Sociologie de portée par les activités des Comités de chantier la préparation des conférences Montréal, nous venons de participer a Recherche en conjonction avec les internationales qu'ils souhaitent organiser. I'événement quadriennal de l'Association associations nationales et régionales. Les De nombreux Comités sont a I'reuvre et, qui a réuni plus de 4500 personnes. Les cinquante-trois comités et les trois dans de nombreux cas, I'appel de Comités de Recherche et les Groupes de Groupes de Travail sont des réseaux communications a déja été lancé. Travail, qráce a leur vocation spécialisée et privilégiés au fondement des Plusieurs conférences sont annoncées a I'étendue internationale de leurs réseaux communications, des échanges et des dans ce ISA Bu/letin. Nous avons suggéré ont tres largement contribué au succes de activités de recherche de I'AIS par les aux présidents des Comités d'établir des cet événement. En effet, au cours du conférences qu'ils organisent, par la liens plus étroits avec les associations Conqres, ils ont organisé plus de 750 publication de livres et de revues nationales ou régionales de sociologie sessions dont 700 de nature académique, scientifiques, par la diffusion d'informations chaque fois qu'ils organisaient une telle ou 2300 communications ont été au moyen de bulletin, etc. lis jouent conférence. Plusieurs expériences présentées. 11 s'agit la d'un résultat finalement un róle clé dans I'affiliation. montrent qu'il est dans l'intérét des impressionnant et je tiens a remercier tres Nous vous invitons a suivre et a participer Comités de Recherche d'obtenir le chaleureusement, au nom du Comité de réqulierernent a ces activités car elles parrainage et la collaboration des Coordination de la Recherche et du contribuent a la formation de réseaux associations nationales et vice-versa. Ce Conseil de Recherche, les coordonnateurs internationaux a la pointe du domaine, pont au sein rnérne de notre Association des programmes des Comités de facilitant la circulation du savoir et la est essentiel pour faire jaillir de nouvelles Recherche, les organisateurs de session, collaboration internationale dans les initiatives, pour donner a nos conférences en meme temps que le Professeur Gilles activités de recherche. un public plus large et pour étendre le Pronovost, Président du Comité local Quels sont les projets et orientations qui recrutement de nouveaux membres. d'organisation du Conqres ainsi que tous nous occuperont au cours des trois 2. Conférences d'intégration entre les les membres de ce comité d'avoir assuré prochaines années ? Comités de Recherche le succes de cet événement. 1. Conférences internationales de Comités Au cours des quatre demieres années, En attendant le Conqrés Mondial de de Recherche Immanuel Wallerstein a introduit un débat Brisbane de 2002, la continuité de la vie Des le mois d'octobre 1998, nous avons sur un therne de discussion important pour intellectuelle de notre Association sera encouragé les Comités a mettre en notre discipline. 11s'agit de I'accroissement 4/lnternational Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79 de la spécialisation a un point tel que la et d'associer les Comités de Recherche ont encore de la difficulté a inscrire leurs sociologie avec plus de cinquante champs dans la préparation d'un ouvrage sur le préoccupations de recherche et leurs reconnus apparalt aujourd'hui balkanisée. therne Fields in Comparative Sociology: avancées théoriques, non seulement dans Ceci conduit souvent a un isolationnisme Between Theory and Substance. Cet le corpus et les débats de théorie générale des réseaux spécialisés qui facilite ouvrage serait préparé sous les auspices universalisée par l'Ouest, mais aussi dans I'empiétement des champs de du Conseil de Recherche et de la Society les conférences internationales et les spécialisation et par voie de conséquence, for Comparative Research qui fondée en conqres mondiaux de notre discipline. On une forte redondance des objets et des 1994, réunit 180 comparatistes. Au dela, connait I'influence des grandes traditions résultats de recherche (Wallerstein, 1997). nous aimerions que des projets occidentales philosophiques et des Ce problérne ne peut étre résolu par une comparatifs spécifiques puissent se mettre sciences sociales dans la diversification du décision administrative. Mais, nous en place dans les années a venir et nous discours sociologique. L'ouverture plus devons créer des conditions plus vous convions a en concevoir, car ce grande aux travaux venant du Sud ou de nombreuses d'échanges intellectuels entre travail s'appuie fondamentalement sur l'Orient peut, elle aussi, a terme, enrichir les comités travaillant dans des champs I'intérat et I'engagement important de considérablement les perspectives de notre voisins, créer entre eux des habitudes de colleques. discipline. Suite a un débat au sein du collaboration autour des préoccupations 4. Conférence internationale du Comité de Coordination de la Recherche, théoriques et méthodologiques Conseil de Recherche de I'AIS sur les un sous-comité a été formé pour étudier contemporaines. Nous souhaitons Transformations sociales au tournant du les moyens d'encourager, au sein des amorcer ce travail d'intégration de trois Millénaire. Comités de Recherche, la reconnaissance tacons: 1° en collectant I'information sur La conférence internationale du Conseil de des préoccupations de recherche les expériences de collaboration entre les Recherche de l'Association Internationale sociologique en Afrique, en Asie et en Comités pour tracer une sorte de portrait de Sociologie aura pour theme Amérique Latine. Ce sous-comité présidé des relations inter-comités au sein de notre Transformations sociales au tournant du par Sujata Patel (Université Pune, Inde) est Association. Nombre d'entre eux millénaire: Théorie sociologique et composé de Linda Christiansen-Ruffman collaborent déjá au moyen de sessions recherche empirique contemporaines. (Saint Mary's Université, Canada), ~ conjointes dans les conqres mondiaux, Cette conférence, qui s'adresse en priorité Marie Fritz (Université de Cincinnati, US ¡, parfois de conférences conjointes; 2° en aux représentants du Conseil de Jorge Gonzalez (Université de Colima, encourageant I'organisation de quelques Recherche, sera centrée sur I'un des Mexique), Stella Ouah (Université National conférences intégratives regroupant projets fondateurs de la sociologie comme de Singapour) et Ari Sitas (Université plusieurs Comités aux intéréts communs discipline, soit la compréhension des Natal, Afrique du Sud). au cours des 3 prochaines années; 3° en changements de grande envergure 6. Participation a votre Comité de réservant des sessions spéciales affectant nos sociétés. Elle permettra de Recherche consacrées a ces échanges dans le faire le point sur les transformations Par leurs nombreuses activités, les programme du Conqres Mondial de actuelles dans les domaines couverts par Comités de Recherche jouent un róle tres Brisbane. les Comités de Recherche tout en important dans les échanges entre 3. Encouragement de la recherche favorisant les échanges entre les chercheurs spécialisés, en mame temps comparative représentants des Comités. Elle se que dans I'internationalisation des réseaux Le caractsre international de notre déroulera a Montréal, Canada du 28 au 30 de recherche en sociologie. lis assurent la Association a, dans le passé, facilité la juillet 2000, c'est-á-dire immédiatement continuité des activités académiques de mise en place de plusieurs projets de avant le Conqres Mondial de Science I'AIS entre les congreso Leur envergure et recherche comparative. Notre Président, Politique qui se tiendra a Ouébec, du 1er au leurs réalisations sont souvent Alberto Martinelli et plusieurs membres de 6 Aoüt 2000. Cette date permettra aux impressionnantes. Nous devons I'AIS croient qu'il faut aujourd'hui stimuler a participants d'assister, s'ils le désirent, a collectivement continuer a les développer nouveau le développement de tels projets cet important conqres scientifique. comme des réseaux de recherche ouverts, pour mettre en ceuvre I'un des éléments 5. Création d'un sous-comité sur la tout en cherchant a élever la qualité fondamentaux de la mission des Comités contribution de l'Afrique, l'Amérique Latine académique de leurs activités et de leur de Recherche. Ceux-ci fournissent le plus et l'Asie a la recherche sociologique réalisations pour qu'ils soient une source ./ souvent des occasions d'échanges Le domaine sociologique a, pour des d'inspiration reconnue dans tous les intellectuels dans les conqrés mondiaux ou raisons historiques, été largement défini domaines de notre discipline. les mid-term conferences. Mais, nous dans l'hé mlsphe re Nord, tout Pour une cotisation minime valable 4 ans, entendons rarement parler a I'heure partlcullerement en Europe et en Amérique vous pouvez vous inscrire et participer aux actuelle de recherche comparative du Nord, et il reflete souvent les activités d'un réseau académique permettant d'intégrer a I'échelle problématiques, les modeles culturels, les international de premier plan, porteur internationale des équipes de chercheurs, modes d'acces, de production et de d'échanges stimulants réguliers au plan de membres de I'AIS, mame si les domaines diffusion du savoir des pays occidentaux la recherche tant théorique qu'empirique. spécialisés de la sociologie font de plus en ou de pays oú prédominent les traditions Si vous n'avez pas encore adhéré au(x) plus appel a des comparaisons intellectuelles occidentales. Ont été Comité(s) de votre choix, ou si vous n'avez internationales. fréquemment marginalisées ou ignorées pas encore renouvelé votre cotisation, C'est pourquoi, j'ai demandé a Mattei des questions sociales propres aux faites le sans tarder en utilisant le Dogan, un comparatiste distingué, de cultures non-occidentales et aux pays en formulaire d'adhésion se trouvant en ce rédiger un texte sur cette question. développement. De fortes communautés ISA Bulletin. Réagissant avec enthousiasme a cette sociologiques, telles celles que I'on Arnaud Sales proposition, Mattei propose d'aller plus loin rencontre en Amérique Latine ou en Asie International Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79 I 5

Los Comités de Investigación de la Asociación Internacional de Sociología

Introducción por Alberto Martinelli, Presidente de la AIS

Este número del ISA Bulletin está dedicado intelectual entre los grupos más pequeños. participación de paises en desarrollo -, la a los Comités de Investigación que junto Pedí a Arnaud Sales, Vicepresidente de solicitud a los Comités de Investigación de con las asociaciones nacionales y Investigación, que presentara los producir libros 'state of the art' con una regionales de sociólogos son la mayor principales proyectos para los próximos perspectiva internacional asi como libros fuente de vitalidad intelectual y profesional cuatro años. Estos proyectos son de texto de sociología para usuarios y del dinamismo en la AIS. coherentes con las estrategias que yo profesionales fuera de nuestra disciplina. Los 53 Comités de Investigación - más los presenté en la Carta del Presidente Me gustaría también invitaros a promover tres Grupos de Trabajo - constituyen la red publicada en el ISA Bulletin 77 y que la afiliación a vuestros Comités de básica de la investigación científica, reafirmé en al reciente reunión del Comité Investigación y a la AIS como tal. El debate intelectual e intercambio Ejecutivo en Africa del Sur. Apoyo Comité Ejecutivo de la AIS decidió dar profesional. En el último congreso en totalmente estos proyectos. Me gustaría tiempo y espacio en el próximo Congreso Montreal organizaron más de 750 sesiones subrayar una vez más la necesidad de una según el número de miembros al corriente n más de 2300 ponencias. En el período mayor cooperación e integración entre los de pago de sus cuotas de afiliación al cuatro años entre congresos mundiales Comités de Investigación, el compromiso Comité de Investigación y a la AIS. se organizan numerosas conferencias de fomentar proyectos de investigación científicas de alta calidad, reuniones y comparada coordinados por equipos Con mis mejores deseos. talleres. Se publican varios boletines, y se totalmente internacionales - con una Alberto Martinelli desarrolla un continuo intercambio especial preocupación en el aumento de la

Los Comités de Investigación y la Asociación Internacional de Sociología por Arnaud Sales, Vicepresidente de investigación

El Congreso Mundial de Sociología, el Asociación continuará progresando a número de Comités empezó a trabajar y en acontecimiento más importante de la AIS través de las actividades de los Comités muchos casos las convocatorias ya han cada cuatro años, que se celebró en de Investigación en colaboración con las salido. En este ISA Bulletin se anuncian Montreal, Canada, el último año, reunió a asociaciones sociológicas nacionales y varias conferencias. También expresé mi cerca de 4500 participantes. Los Comités regionales. Los 53 Comités de deseo de que los presidentes de los de Investigación y los Grupos de Trabajo, Investigación y 3 Grupos de Trabajo son Comités intentasen establecer contactos gracias a su vocación de especialización y una estructura primaria sobre la que se más estrechos con asociaciones al alcance internacional de sus basan las comunicaciones, intercambios y nacionales y regionales cuando organicen actividades, han contribuido enormemente actividades científicas de la AIS, gracias a estas conferencias. Como ha demostrado al éxito del Congreso. De hecho, son las conferencias que organizan, la la experiencia reciente, estos lazos son responsables de la organización de 750 publicación de libros y revistas científicas, esenciales para provocar nuevas sesiones del Congreso, 700 de las cuales la difusión de información a través de sus iniciativas, para conseguir más fueron académicas y en las que se boletines, etc. También tienen un papel participación en las conferencias y para el presentaron 2300 ponencias. Esto es un clave en la afiliación. Le invito a seguir y aumento de la afiliación en los Comités. logro impresionante. En nombre del participar regularmente en estas 2. Conferencias de Integración para los Comité de Coordinación de Investigación y actividades que contribuyen a establecer Comités de Investigación. del Consejo de Investigación me gustaría redes internacionales y relaciones en lo En los últimos cuatro años, Immanuel agradecer a los coordinadores de más avanzado de la disciplina y que Wallerstein abrió un debate sobre un programa de los Comités de Investigación, facilitan la difusión del conocimiento y la asunto de una gran importancia para a los organizadores de sesiones, al colaboración científica internacional. nuestra disciplina: el incremento de los Profesor Gilles Pronovost, Presidente del ¿Qué proyectos y orientaciones tenemos campos de especialización hasta tal punto Comité Local de Organización del en agenda para los próximos tres años? que la Sociología con sus más de 50 Congreso, así como a otros miembros de 1. Conferencias internacionales de los subcampos parece balcanizada. Esto crea, este Comité por su incansable esfuerzo Comités de Investigación a menudo, un aislamiento de grupos para asegurar el éxito de esta reunión. En octubre de 1998, animé a los especializados que facilita el solapamiento Desde ahora hasta el Congreso Mundial responsables de los Comités de de áreas de trabajo y en consecuencia una que se celebrará en Brisbane, Australia, en Investigación a preparar las conferencias redundancia de temas y resultados el 2002, la vida intelectual de nuestra internacionales que tenían planeadas. Un científicos (Wallerstein, 1997). Este 6/lnternational Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79 problema no puede ser resuelto por una comparada durante los próximos años. El las principales tradiciones filosóficas decisión administrativa. Necesitamos crear éxito de esta actividad depende occidentales y las teorías de las ciencias unas condiciones más favorables para el directamente del interés mantenido y del sociales han jugado en la diversificación intercambio intelectual entre los Comités compromiso de cada uno en la disciplina. del discurso sociológico. El acceso más que trabajan en campos afines, 4. Conferencia Internacional del Consejo amplio al trabajo del Sur o de Asia puede necesitamos promover su colaboración en de Investigación: "Transformaciones enriquecer considerablemente las los temas teóricos y metodológicos sociales en el cambio de milenio", Julio, perspectivas de la disciplina. Como actuales. Esta estrategia integradora 2000. resultado de las deliberaciones del Comité puede ser implementada de la siguiente El tema de esta conferencia que se de Coordinación de Investigación se forma: 1) reuniendo información sobre las celebrará en Montreal, Canadá, del 28 al estableció un subcomité para estudiar la actividades de colaboración entre los 30 de julio del 2000 es:"Transformaciones forma de promover, dentro de los Comités Comités para tener una idea de las sociales en el cambio de milenio: Teoría de Investigación, el reconocimiento de la relaciones inter-Comités en la AIS. Varios sociológica e investigación empírica investigación sociológica llevada a cabo en Comités ya colaboran a través de sesiones actual". La conferencia estará África, Asia y América Latina. Este conjuntas en los congresos u otras especialmente dirigida a los delegados del subcomité está coordinado por Sujata conferencias; 2) promoviendo la Consejo de Investigación y se centrará en Patel (Universidad de Poona, India) y está organización, durante los próximos tres uno de los proyectos primarios de la compuesto por Linda Christiansen- años, de conferencias integradoras que disciplina: la comprensión de los cambios Ruffman (Universidad St. Mary's, Canadá), agrupen varios Comités con intereses a gran escala que afectan a las Jorge González (Universidad de Colima, comunes; 3) reservando sesiones sociedades. Facilitará una imagen global México), Jan Marie Fritz (Universidad de especiales para este tipo de intercambios de los cambios sociales actuales en los Cincinnati, EEUU), Stella Quah en el programa del Congreso Mundial en campos en los que trabajan los Comités de (Universidad Nacional de Singapur) y Aré Brisbane. Investigación y, al mismo tiempo, Sitas (Universidad Natal, África del Sur). 3. Promoción de la investigación promoverá el debate entre los delegados 6. Participación en su Comité comparada. del Consejo de Investigación. Esta Investigación. , El carácter internacional de nuestra conferencia tendrá lugar inmediatamente Los Comités de Investigación a través de Asociación ha facilitado a menudo varios antes del Congreso Mundial de Ciencias sus numerosas actividades tienen un papel proyectos de investigación comparada. El Políticas que se celebrará en la ciudad de muy importante en facilitar intercambios Presidente Alberto Martinelli y varios Quebec del 1 al 6 de agosto del 2000. Por intelectuales entre investigadores, así miembros de la Asociación han expresado lo tanto, los delegados tendrán la como en la internacionalización de redes su interés en reestimular este tipo de posibilidad de participar en ambas de investigación sociológica. Aseguran la investigación para subrayar uno de los reuniones. continuidad de las actividades académicas elementos fundamentales de la misión de 5) La creación de un subcomité sobre la de la AIS entre congresos mundiales. los Comités de Investigación. Aunque por contribución de África, Asia y América Realmente el alcance y los logros de los lo general el trabajo de los Comités de Latina a la investigación sociológica. Comités de Investigación son Investigación es la sustancia para el Por razones históricas, el campo de la impresionantes. Nosotros, como colectivo, intercambio intelectual en los Congresos sociología ha sido definido, en gran debemos continuar el desarrollo de los Mundiales y las conferencias intermedias, medida, en Europa y América del Norte, y, Comités como redes de investigación no es frecuente tener noticias sobre a menudo, refleja los problemas, modelos abiertas, buscando continuamente elevar investigación comparada actual que culturales, modos de acceso, producción y la calidad científica de sus actividades y de involucre la colaboración e integración de difusión del conocimiento de los países de sus logros para que sigan siendo los miembros de la AIS de todo el mundo Occidente o países donde predominaron reconocidos como fuente de inspiración en Mattei Dogan, un comparativista las tradiciones intelectuales occidentales. todos los campos de la disciplina. distinguido, aceptó preparar un texto sobre Los problemas sociales específicos para Pagando una pequeña contribución, válida este problema. De hecho, hizo más que las culturas no-occidentales o para los para cuatro años, puede afiliarse y esto y propuso involucrar a los Comités de países en desarrollo han sido participar en las actividades de una red Investigación en la preparación de un frecuentemente marginalizados o académica internacional en la vanguardia volumen titulado "Fields in Comparative ignorados. Las comunidades sociológicas de la disciplina, que ofrece uno continuos y Sociology: Between Theory and más importantes en América Latina o Asia estimulantes intercambios en investigación Substance". El Consejo de Investigación tienen todavía dificultades en situar sus teórica y empírica. Si todavía no se ha de la AIS y la Society for Comparative preocupaciones científicas y desarrollos afiliado a algún comité de su interés, o si Research, que fue fundada en 1994 y que teóricos no solamente dentro del marco y no ha renovado todavía su afiliación, agrupa 180 comparativistas, serán discusión de las teorías generales hágalo sin demora utilizando la hoja de responsables de esta publicación colectiva. universalizadas en Occidente sino también inscripción incluida en este ISA Bulletin. Pero, además de esto, animo a los en las conferencias sociológicas Arnaud Sales. miembros de la AIS a presentar y/o apoyar internacionales y congresos mundiales. proyectos específicos de investigación Todos somos conscientes del papel que International Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79/ 7 Reports from the Research Committees, Working and Thematic Groups

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Board 1998-2002 Election of Board 1999-2002 in process. Board 1998-2002 President: Eugene B. GALLAGHER, Dept Board 1994-1998: President: Kay LAWSON, 389 Gravatt Dr, Behavioral Sciences, Univ Kentucky, Co-Chairs: Ron EYERMAN, Dept Berkeley, CA 94705, USA, Fax 1-510- College Medicine Office Bid., Lexington, Sociology, Uppsala Univ, POB 821, 75108 8839624, [email protected] KY 40536-0086, USA, Tel 1-606-3235804, Upsala, Sweden, TeI46-18-4711168, Fax Vice-Presidents: Richard G. Fax 1-606-3235350, 46-18-4711170, [email protected] BRAUNGART, USA, Eva ETZIONI- [email protected] Hans JOAS and Bryan TURNER HALEVY, Israel, Birgitta NEDELMANN, Vice-President: Judith SHUVAL, Israel Secretary-Treasurer: Ron EYERMAN, Germany Secretary- Treasurer: Eugene B. Sweden Secretary: David FARRELL, Dept GALLAGHER, USA Government, Univ Manchester, Members: Donald W. LlGHT, USA, Newsletter: Newsletter Theory, a Manchester M13 9PL, UK, TeI44-161- Vicente NAVARRO, USA quarterly. 2754902, Fax 44-161-2754925, Membership: Dues $25 for a 4-year [email protected] Keywords: Health care, medical care, periodo social epidemiology, health and Keywords: Political institutions; power development, doctor-patient relationship and violence; classics of political RC17: Sociology of sociology; theories of political sociology; Cross-Interest: RC11 Sociology of Organization political participation; political culture; civil Ageing, RC46 Clinical Sociology, RC19 society; polítical stratification (the social Mental Health bases 01 politics); political parties; social Board 1998-2002 movements; interest groups; elítes and President: Jean-Francois CHANLAT, Ecole ,... blications: E. Gallagher and E. Riska democracy; the politics of poverty; the des Hautes Etudes Commerciales, 3000 political sociology of public policy; are co-editing a collection of papers rising Chemin Cóte St., Chatherine, Montréal, mainly from the XIV ISA World Congress methodology and theory. QUE H3T 2A7, Canada, TeI1-514- Sociology, Montreal 1998 (forthcoming 01 3406359, Fax 1-514-3405635, jean- Working Groups: in 2000) [email protected] WG Parties and Elections Vice-President: Stewart R. CLEGG, Convenor: Kay LAWSON, Newsletter: Published once a year. Editor: Australia [email protected] Elianne RISKA, Finland, Treasurer: William B. STEVENSON, USA [email protected], tax 358-22-6544808 Members: Genevieve DAHAN-SELTZER, WG Internationalizing Political Institutions France, Tania FISCHER, Brazil, Paul Du Convenor: Birgitta Nedelmann, Forthcoming activities: GAY, United Kingdom, Yitzhak SAMUEL, [email protected] November 20-22, 199, University 01 Israel Jan SPURK, France Singapore WG Contemporary Democracy RC15 co-sponsored International Forthcoming activities: Convenor: Eva ETZIONI-HALEVY, Conlerence on Socio-Cultural and Policy July 11-15, 1999, Tel Aviv, Israel [email protected] Dimensions 01 Health Care. The majar Organizational Adaptation to Globalization. purpose 01 the conference is to stimulate RC17 session organized at the 34th World Newsletter: CPS News produced twice a contact between medical and social Congress 01 the International Institute of year. Editors: David FARRELL, CPS researchers at the National University of Sociology Organizer: Yitzhak SAMUEL, Secretary, and Adam MCCARTHY Singapore and the international community Dept Sociology & Anthropology, Univ 01 health care experts. Main themes are: Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa 34746, Israel, Tel Forthcoming activities: Challenges to health care linancing; The 972-4-82-49-646, Fax 972-4-82-40-819, 11-15 July, 1999, Tel Aviv, Israel impact of new technology on health care [email protected] provision and utilization; Socio-cultural and CPS Panel s on Multiple Modernities in an Era 01 Globalization organized in policy dimensions 01 health behavior and December 14 - 15, 2000, Faculty of conjunction of the 34th World Congress of health promotion; From doctor-patient Business, University 01 Technology, the International Institute of Sociology, interaction to ethics committees; The Sydney, Australia http://spirit.tau.ac.il/soc/IIS99 family in health and illness. It is planned Asia Pacilic Researchers in Organization that the edited proceedings 01 the Studies (APROS) conference on Membership: Dues $30 to be paid directly conference will be published under the title Organizing Knowledge Economies and to CPS Secretary Socio-Cultural and Policy Dimensions of Societies. Organized in collaboration with the Health Careo ISA Research Committees Economy & Organizer: Stella Quah, Society (RC02) and Sociology of [email protected], tax 65-777-9579 Organizations (RC17) See above RC02 lar Organizing Membership: Dues $60 ($20 discount) for Committee & Sub-themes. a 4-year periodo Membership: Dues $50 tor a 4-year periodo 12/lnternational Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79

2000: Tilburg, The Netherlands Helsinki, Finland, Tel 358-0-4513876, Fax RC19: Sociology of Poverty, This year the Dutch social security scheme 358-0-465077, [email protected] Social Welfare And Social celebrates 100 years. Contact: Wim van Board Members: Nicholas BUCK, UK, P r Oorschot, University of Tilburg, Sophi BODY-GENDROT, France, Kuniko _O;;...I.;.C""y [email protected] FUJITA, Japan, Licia VALLADARES, Brazil Board 1998-2002: 2001 : Oviedo, Spain Ex-officio: John LOGAN, USA, Patrick LE President: Stein RINGEN, Social Studies Contact: Ana Guillen, University of Oviedo, GALES, France Faculty Cntr, Univ Oxford, George St., [email protected] Newsletter Editor: Patrick MULLlNS, Oxford OX1 2RL, UK, Tel 44-1865- Australia 278715, Fax 44-1865-278725, Membership: Contact RC19 Secretary Representative to Research Council: [email protected] Christopher PICKVANCE, UK Vice-Presidents: Barbara HOBSON, Sweden, John MYLES, USA RC20: Comparative Sociology RC21 Listserver: RC21 e-mail listserver is Secretary-Treasurer: Torben FRIDBERG, shared with members of the ASA Danish Nafllnst Social Research, Herluf Board 1998-2000: Community and Urban Section, Trolles Gade 11, 1052 Copenhagen K, President: Mattei DOGAN, CNRS 72 Blvd [email protected] Denmark, Tel 45-33-480847, Fax 45-33- Arago, 75013 Paris, France, Tel 33-1- 480833, [email protected] 45358052, Newsletter: RC21 Newsletter is published Board Members: Maurizio FERRERA, Fax 33-1-47071222, twice a year. Editor: Patrick MULLlNS, Italy, Karl HINRICHS, Germany, Joakim [email protected] Dept Sociology, Univ Oueensland, PALME, Sweden, Sheila SHAVER, Vice Chair: H. TEUNE, USA Oueensland 4072, Australia, Australia Secretary: Frederick TURNER, Univ San [email protected], fax 61-7- Andres, Vita Dumas 284, 1644 Victoria, 33651544 Objectives: Buenos Aires, Argentina, tel 54-1- The purpose of this Research Committee 7462608, fax 54-1-7465090 Forthcoming activities: is to promote theoretically grounded Members: Nikolai GENOV, Bulgaria, 28-31 July 1999, Shanghai Academy of empirical research on: the sources and Wolfgang JAGODZINSKI, Germany, K. Social Science, China character of social problems; the planning LAWSON, USA, Peter MERKL, USA, RC21 sessions at the conference on the and administration of social programs; and Ricardo SCARTEZZINI, Italy, Erwin Future of Chinese Cities: A research more generally, public policies and SCHEUCH, Germany, Joji WATANUKI, Agenda for the 21 Century. Program intervention strategies aimed at alleviating Japan Coordinator: John LOGAN, Dept social problems and influencing the society Sociology, Univ Albany, Albany, New York in that regard (Articie I of the Statutes of Working Groups: 12222, USA, Fax 1-518-4424936, Te11- RC 19). The Committee especially The Comparative Method 518-4424656, [email protected] encourages comparative research. Thus, Chair: Fred Riggs, [email protected] membership to RC19 is open to scholars Globalization: Autonomy and Membership: Dues $30 for a 4-year actively engaged in research and/or Interdependence periodo teaching on the subjects mentioned above. Chair: Henry Teune, [email protected] Newsletter: Once or twice ayear Comparing Values in Advanced Societies RC22: Sociology of Religion distributed by e-mail/mail. Edited by the Chair: Wolfgang Jagodzinski, RC19 President and the Secretary. [email protected] Board 1998-2002 Comparing East European Societies President: Richard H. ROBERTS, Dept Forthcoming activities: Chair: Nikolai Genov, Religious Studies, Lancaster Univ, RC19 Annual conferences: [email protected] Lancaster LA1 4YG, UK, TeI44-1524- September 9-12, 1999 Prague, Czech Democracy and Violence 592423, Fax 44-1524-847029, Republic Chair: D. Rapoport, [email protected] Societal Changes and Social Policy [email protected] Secretary-Treasurer: Luigi TOMASI, Dipt Responses. Part of the conference will Teoria, Storia Ricerca Soc, Univ Trento, focus on the reflection of the development Membership: No dues required. Via Verdi 26, 38100 Trento, Italy, Tel 39- of social conditions and social policies 0461-881429, Fax 39-0461-881449, between 1989 and 1999 in Central and RC21: Regional and Urban [email protected] Eastern Europe; other sessions will be Executive Committee:Africa: Yahya based on contributed papers. Development DIALLO, Senegal, Europe: Irena Organizer: Masaryk Czech Sociological BOROWIK, Poland, Karel DOBBELAERE, Association, Institute of Sociology of the Board 1998-2002: Belgium, North America: Helen RALSTON, Academy of Sciences and Institute of Canada, James T. RICHARDSON, USA Sociological Studies of Charles University. Vice-Presidents: Pierre HAMEL, Canada, Hartmut HAEUSSERMANN, Germany, Contact: Eliska Rendlova, Keywords: Religion, globalization, [email protected], Masaryk Czech Serena VICARI HADDOCK, Italy, Takashi MACHIMURA, Japan identity, culture, secularization, spirituality, Sociological Association, Husova 4, 110 ecology, economic life, millennium, values, 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic Secretary: Anne HAlLA, Dept Social Policy, Univ Helsinki, PB 18, 00014 future International Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79/13

Sub-Groups: New Paradigms in the IV Conference of the European RINKEVICIUS, Lithuania, Jean-Guy Sociology of Religion: details to be Sociological Association:Will Europe VAllLANCOURT, Canada, N. VIJAYA, announced Work? India, Eduardo VIOLA, Brazil, Steven RC23 organizes six streams of sessions YEARlEY, UK Newsletter: 213issues ayear distributed on Changing Conditions of Research and by mail. Editor: luigi TOMASI, RC22 Development Activities in Europe. Keywords: Environmental sociology, Secretary Organizers: Raymund WERlE, Max human ecology, environmental life styles Planck Inst Study of Societies, Paulstr. 3, and attitudes, (new) social movements, Forthcoming activities: 50676 Koln, Germany, tel. 49 221 globalization and environment. July 26-30, 1999, louvain, Belgium 2767224, fax 49 221 2767555, RC22 two sessions at the SISR meeting: [email protected], Marja Newsletter: Environment and Society. les categories de la sociologic de religion HEYRINEN-AlESTAlO, Univ Helsinki, Two issues ayear edited by Arthur P.J. sont-elles universelles ou ethnicentriques?, Dept Sociology, PO Box 18, Unioninkatu MOl, RC Secretary and Paradigms in the Socio-Scientific 35,00014 Helsinki, Finland, teI358-9-191 Study of Religion: Do they Require 23964, fax 358-9-191 23967, Forthcoming activities: Renewal? Organizers: Ivan VARGA, Dept [email protected], Maarten August 7-8, 1999, Chicago, IlIinois, USA Sociology, Queen's Univ, Kingston, ONT MENTZEl, School Systems Engineering & RC24 Mini-conference on the K7l 3N6, Canada, fax 1-613-5422269, Policy Analysis, Delft Univ Technology, PO Environmental State Under Pressure: The [email protected] Box 5015, 2600 GA Delft, The Issues and the Research Agenda. The Richard ROBERTS, RC President Netherlands, teI31-15-278 8458/8380, fax conference is held in conjunction with the 31-15-2783429, [email protected] annual meetings of the Rural Sociological Membership: Dues $20 for a 4-year For general information on the ESA Society and the American Sociological periodo conference see Association; it will focus on one of the http://www.qub.ac.uk!esa/conf99.htm most central paradoxes and contradictions of environmental-sociological theory and RC23: Sociology of Science & RC23 will continue the cooperation with research: the fact that states and state Technology the 4S, EASST and SASE and to organize policies have played and continue to play sessions in their conferences and ....;.;:;.:.;;.;.;.;.:..;..:.=~------central roles in environmental destruction meetings. The President together with at the same time that states are essential Board 1998-2002: Maartem M. Mentzel and Raymund Werle agents in environmental protection. The President: Marja HAYRINEN-AlESTAlO, should search for a possibility of notion of the "environmental state" is Dept Sociology, Univ Helsinki, POB 18, establishing a Research Network at the intended to capture these overlapping and Unioninkatu 35, 00014 Helsinki, Finland, European Sociological Association. With opposing roles. Organizers: Frederick Tel 358-9-19123964, Fax 358-9- the assistance of Hebe Vissouri more BUTIEl, RC President and Arthur MOl, 19123967, [email protected] formal ways of cooperation should be RC Secretary Secretary/Treasurer: Beatriz RUIVO, Rua searched on the level of the latin- Mem Rodrigues 1 1ºC, 1400 Lisboa, American countries. September 30 - October 2, 1999, Vienna, Portugal, TeI351-1-3018887, Fax 351-1- Austria 7934631, [email protected] Membership: Dues $20 for a 4-year Nature, Society and History. long Term Members: Jaime JIMENEZ, Mexico, periodo Dynamics of Societal Metabolism Samuel A. KUGEl, Russia, Maartem A. ______International conference organized by MENTZEl, Netherlands, Karel MUEllER, RC24 together with the Institute for Czech Republic, Fumihiko SATOFUKA, RC24: Environment and Interdisciplinary Studies of Austrian UK ..;:S;.;o:.c.:.:.;ie;.;t~y~ Universities (IFF). Information: Barbara Smetschka, Keywords: Science, technology, sociology [email protected], IFF- Board 1998-2002 of science Social Ecology, Seidengasse 13, 1070 President: Frederick H. BUTIEl, Dept Web site address: Vienna, Austria, fax 43-1-5235843 Rural Sociology, Univ Wisconsin, 1450 http://www.lsu.edu/questlssss/public http://www.univie.ac.aty/iffsocec EASST http://www.chem.uva.nl/easst linden Dr., Madison, WI 53706, USA, Tel 1-608-2627156, Fax 1-608-2626022, Summer 2000, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil [email protected] Cross-Interest: RC02 Economy and RC24 conference in collaboration with the Vice-President: Mercedes PARDO, Spain Society, RC04 Sociology of Education, World Society for Rural Sociologists RC24 Environment and Society Co-Secretaries: Arthur J. MOl and Gert SPAARGAREN, [email protected], Publications: Plans are made for a [email protected], Dept Newsletter: RC23 Newsletter / La Lettre publication following the ISA XIV World Sociology, Univ Wageningen, du 23. Editors: Betariz Ruivo, RC Congress of Sociology, Montreal 1998: Hollandseweg 1, 6706 KN Wageningen, Secretary, and Marja Hayrinen-Alestalo, G.Spaargaren, A.P.J. Mol and F. 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Introduction ecological problems, from politics and him dependent on a variety of constraints. The death of Niklas Luhmann on economy to arts, love, and religion. Aiming With his peculiar and often surprising November 6, 1998 was a great loss. He at a universal theory of society no sector of logic, with which he later on would work was a most important contemporary society was left out in his attempt to apply, out the issues of functional equivalence intellectual leader and representative of test, and further develop his theory. He and differentiation, he decided to go into systems science in sociology. Indeed, his used his incredible encyclopaedic public administration. This promised more influence extended far beyond sociology. knowledge, accumulated from the liberty to follow his own ideas. tremendous amount of reading he did. We owe a great debt to Niklas Luhmann First at the Court of Administration at for numerous important findings, Luhmann spent most of his life in the Lüneburg (1954), then at the State Ministry breakthroughs, and intellectual challenges. plains of Northern Germany, not on the of Culture and Education in Hannover he Again and again he opened surprising coast, but at Lüneburg, Hannover, was doing practical work on legal affairs of views and new perspectives to sociology, Münster, and Bielefeld, where the sea is public administration, without neglecting systems science, and numerous other beyond the horizon, sending the winds to private intellectual interests. At that time disciplines. He was one of the very few sweep up the skies, blue and grey. his ideas were not yet very clearly contemporary sociologists who indeed Horizons, after all, become one of the key focussed, although directed towards changed paradigms: from structural- concepts in his theory. It seems they were theoretical aspects of law and philosophy functionalism to functional-structural and a key concept in his life too, as again and (1955-62). In this period he got married problem-functionalist theory, from the again he moved towards new challenges. (1960) and soon had a family with three society of action to the society of children. During this time, however, it communication and semantics, from the Early Years became also clear that his curriculum and social "machine" to autopoiesis. Some of Niklas Luhmann was born on December 8, interests would not fit an ordinary these changes may seem only to be 1927, in Lüneburg, Germany, as the son of administrative career, and that he was not playing with words, and yet this shifting of the owner of a brewery. His mother was of willing to give up his independence by terms changed worlds. Swiss origin, and the family kept their joining a political party in order to succeed. distance from politics during those difficult Although he liked his work, it gradually He was a sharp observer of minute times.In 1944 seventeen year old Niklas became routine. Aware of the difficulties of differences. No wonder he embraced the Luhmann had to join the German armed progressing in his career, Niklas Luhmann theory of the organization of the living of forces. This experience, along with a short gladly accepted the opportunity to take a Maturana and Varela, in which the concept time of being a prisoner of war, convinced sabbatical leave to go to Harvard for a of the observer plays a key role. Combined him to turn to the study of law at Freiburg year (1960-61). There he studied with with his precise and complex reasoning afterwards (1946-49). He felt this was a Talcott Parsons and collected materials for trained in legal science he further way of creating some order in the chaos of a future publication. developed this theory and transferred it to life he had experienced so far and to sociology, where it became soon a counteract the lawlessness he had seen. Beginnings of a Scientific Career cornerstone of his own monumental This kind of study made him familiar with Upon his return to Germany, another construction of theory. the handling of legal-theoretical opportunity opened up for Niklas Luhmann constructions and the analysis of results of to continue his scientific work without Theory was his passion. But beyond being different possible options, a theme he abandoning his status as a state a great theorist, he was a great persono He would take up later in sociology, just like government official. He managed to get had a lot of patience, towards his topics of he would profit later from his passion for transferred to a research institute at the study as well as towards his students and reading, which he had developed already School of Public Administration at Speyer friends. Many friends and colleagues as a pre-school child, and from his interest (1962-65). There he enjoyed great appreciated and enjoyed his sense of in history. independence in his work and could follow humour and his contagious smile. his own scientific interests. At Speyer he Scientific dispute and conflict he could The Practitioner of Law and Public published his first book on Functions and keep separate from personal relations, as Administration Consequences of Formal Organizations demonstrated brilliantly in the controversy Nevertheless, there was no straight line to (1964). with Habermas. becoming a famous professor of sociology. The material hardships of post- His career as a sociologist started in 1966, A considerable part of his life work war Germany urged him to study rapidly when Niklas Luhmann was at the age of consists in applying his abstract, complex and to return to Lüneburg. There, 39 already. At that time Helmut Schelsky frame of theoretical reference to virtually traineeship for becoming a lawyer showed was involved in the foundation of a new all are as of society, from the internal him that this profession would imply only Reform University, which after all turned workings of administration to global formal independence while in fact making out to be at Bielefeld. He had convinced International Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79/25

Niklas Luhmann to come to Dortmund to the earlier classic figures in sociology. It objected to premature action. After all, work with him in 1965. In 1966 Niklas was Parsons and after him Luhmann, who observation is the first step. For this he Luhmann managed to get his PhD as well aimed at working out a universal had a predestination, being a specialist of as his Habilitation at the University of encompassing sociological theory - grand law trained in observing situations, fitting Münster, working with Helmut Schelsky theory! them to legal frameworks and regulations, and Dieter Claessens. and arguing with the tools provided by In another way, he was not a follower of legal theory. This, along with his At Münster, Niklas Luhmann gave his Parsons, although his whole work is based longstanding interest in history and his inaugural lecture on Sociological on functionalism. Niklas Luhmann very study of Husserl and phenomenology, sets Enlightenment, setting up a program of clearly perceived the problems in Parsons' him apart from the style of natural sociological research inspired by the Age approach and dynamized and generalized sciences, Le. empirical measurement, data of Enlightenment and with high ambitions very radically the original structural- collection, and statistical hypothesis for sociology. functionalist approach by a strategic shift testing as a way to construct theory. of paradigm to problem-functionalism and The Professor at Bielefeld by assigning a central theoretical place to The Sociologist In 1968, Niklas Luhmann was the first the concept of functional equivalence. Although there are reproaches that professor formally appointed at the newly These were, in a way, "theory-technical" Luhmann was "too philosophical", close founded Reform University of Bielefeld. pre-conditions for giving a central place to reading of his works, and especially his There, as a member of the Faculty of complexity and making this highly abstract late work, shows that he was indeed a Sociology, he could finally devote his full concept not only a "world formula", as sociologist, usually, however, a very energy to a theory of modern society. For some would say, but also making it highly abstract one. He clearly pinpoints and Niklas Luhmann this was first to be a productive for sociological analysis. Much takes into account philosophical problems. description of society. His efforts to of Luhmann's work can be considered an But more than anything else he was velop such a description as a theory analysis of complexity under different interested in their social basis and social _. out a normative basis were primarily conditions and in different sectors of consequences. In this way it is hardly inspired by systems theory and society. justified to call him a philosopher. Instead , cybernetics and to some extent by Complexity, however, leaned toward what he was doing intensively was a Husserl's phenomenology. remaining an empty formula.In sociology of knowledge and in many t.uhrnanns theoretical framework it instances even a sociology of philosophy. The basic rationale for this approach was becomes more tangible and obtains an that a description and analysis is required increased capacity for guiding theory when Conclusion before any recipes can be given. A theory, it is combined with autopoiesis. To arrive Niklas Luhmann carried the analysis of in Luhmann's opinion, first of all should at a general theory of society, Luhmann social systems as communication systems provide a better and more complex incorporated and adapted to his own work to its last stage. What this means for understanding of the world. One important the theory of autopoietic systems, sociology as a contemporary discipline is attempt to investigate the range of his developed originally by Maturana and by no means clear yet. But where a genius theoretical approach and to expand it in Varela for living systems. Considered as has brought about a new paradigm, for the confrontation with another important communication systems, social systems army of "regular scientists", in the sense of theory was the so-called Habermas - are non-living systems in Niklas Thomas S. Kuhn, there remains a lot to be Luhmann controversy (1971). t.uhmanns view. With this, his theory of done. society is about as far from Maturana and Methodology Varela as from Parsons' "Structure of His restriction to "observation" is clearly Being trained in law, Niklas Luhmann Social Action", AGIL system, and pattern against the tides of the time. Yet if many of developed precise and complicated variables. us, sociologists and systems scientists, argumentations, i.e. "techniques of theory". think we cannot afford the luxury of non- However, he did not do empirical work in This move in a way also leads to a intervention in our problem-ridden times, the sense of research projects involving thinning of sociology from action to mere or if we are in fact under daily pressure in empirical data collection and statistical communication, from a colourful multi- our jobs to "produce" both scientific results processing or participant observation in level system consisting of a number of and students to the precise profiles the ethnological style. Instead, he worked emergent levels of reality, as described requested by the economy and the empirically in terms of library research and e.g. by Walter Buckley, to the apparently "market", we should take a moment to case studies, corresponding to the style of isolated level of pure communication. For consider whether such a great personality legal science. Perhaps this conformed this level, according to Luhmann, like Niklas Luhmann does not have a more closely to his topic than the everything else, including human beings series of lessons to teach uso Complexity collection of empirical raw data. After all, as persons and psychic systems, is can be handled only by complexity, variety his topic was society as a whole and his "environment". A central category in this is required to allow answers to new pass ion was theory. set-up of theory is not the actor anymore, surprises and problems. Time, but the observer. temporalization, and different speeds in Student of Parsons and Researcher on different societal subsystems are crucial Complexity The Observer elements of current life. The firm structures In a way, Niklas Luhmann, a student of Luhmann insisted on being an observer. of our world are dissolving into processes Parsons at Harvard, can be considered a Not necessarily because he would object and events enabling precarious worthy successor to Talcott Parsons and to action, but definitely because he autopoiesis. BUT: Reflectionand learning 26/lnternational Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79

comes only after the event, reaction to a observation and theory building, on ethics continue in his interdisciplinary and set of problems produces eftects only once depending on theory (not determining it) inquiring spirit to explore the frontiers of the situation has changed already again. and on the functional difterentiation sociological systems science. His credo of Even those who may not fully share Niklas between science, including sociology, and "Sociological Enlightenment" certainly Luhmann's opinion that sociology should politics. deserves to be adopted by all of us as a not try to improve the world, should take Niklas Luhmann's death is an obligation major orientation to our work. very seriously his insistence on careful for us to preserve his legacy and to

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International Sociology is about to start a world needs a more globalised sociology, Members are also invited to make book review section. This will playa key and these reviews will help to bring that suggestions of books they know (not their role not carried out elsewhere. Its aim is to about. own!) that have a wider importance which promote wider knowledge of work relevant would justify a review of this kind. If to sociologists internationally, but limited in Members who might be interested in making a suggestion, please if possi its diftusion by language or national reviewing for this section are invited to send a photocopy of the title page, listIJI boundaries. Important recent books in send in the details of their expertise and contents and any descriptive text on the languages other than English (especially interests, and of the languages they can cover, as well as explaining why that book lesser-known ones), or published outside read, as well as any other background is suggested. the main English-Ianguage markets, will be information which might be relevant to the reviewed so that those who might not choice of appropriate reviewers. They are Ofters and suggestions should be sent to otherwise know of the existence of such in addition invited to nominate other the Book Review Editor: books, or who do not read those appropriate reviewers in their field (who Prof. Jennifer Platt, [email protected]. languages, can learn about work of interest should also be ISA members). Reviews Arts E, University of Sussex to them. The reviews will summarise and will normally be expected to be written in Brighton BN1 9QN, England report as well as evaluating; sometimes English, though sometimes negotiation on there will be more than one reviewer, that may be possible; drafts will be edited presenting the contrasting perspectives of for language, so less than native English difterent national sociologies. A globalised will be perfectly acceptable.

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ISA Publications Committee is please to difterences in careers. She is currently Proposals should be submitted to the announce that Professor Julia Evetts has involved in a research project on the Editor: been appointed Editor of book series Sage internationalization of aspects of Julia Evetts Studies in International Sociology professional regulation and is writing the School of Sociology and Social Policy Professor Julia Evetts is Professor of history of the World Federation of University of Nottingham Sociology in the School of Sociology and Engineering Organizations. Professor University Park Social Policy of the University of Evetts is Director of the Centre for Nottingham NG7 2RD Nottingham, UK. Author of five books and Professions and Professional Work of the UK forty refereed papers, Professor Evetts has University of Nottingham and President of Tel: 44115 951 5396 conducted research on work, occupations IS A Re s e a re h C o m m itt e e 52, Fax: 44115951 5232 and professions such as teaching, science, the Sociology of Professional Groups. Email: [email protected] engineering and banking and on gender International Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79/27 A Short Report from the XIV World Congress of Sociology , Montreal, 1998 by Gilles Pronovost, Chair, Canadian Local Organising Committee

The final count of registrations indicates regional associations affiliated to the ISA; 4 Languages and Cultures (attended by that 4556 people, from 96 different SSO-B sessions organised by other about 1,000 persons). countries attended the last World Congress national or regional associations affiliated of Sociology in Montreal, in 1998 (a report to the ISA; 8 SSO-C sessions organised It could be said that the large press published in Bulletin 77 was incomplete; upon the initiative of the ISA and the coverage was remarkable, which is quite the difference is mainly due to the fact that Program Committee; 1 session organised rare for a social sciences congress. One in the very first day of the congress, we by the UNESCO Social Sciences Council; hundred nineteenth reporters were present. processed about two-thirds of the 1 workshop on the use of computers in We had a five-page report in La Presse on registrations, and one may understand that quantitative and qualitative analysis, the day prior to the congress. However, the the staff at the desks forgot to organised by the Research Committee 33 entire Montreal press covered the systematically fill in a sub-file of every (Logic and Methodology) ; 1 RCC Training Congress, generally by publishing more participant's file so-called 'arrived'; we then Session for the Steering Board of Research than one article. We have counted 63 made a careful check afterward). The Committees. papers published in the printed media. TV count indicates that about 75% of the and radio were no less behind, since participants came from category A The bottom line is that unfortunately close Radio-Canada, Radio-Canada ntries, 50% were not ISA members, to 35% of the abstracts published in International, the France-Press Agency, c.. d 20% fell under the student category. If Sociological Abstracts and over 45% of the Voice of America, and most of the other one takes into consideration only papers in the Programme document Montreal radio stations covered the participants who attended the congress, belonged to non-registered people. Our Congress. Many members of the the best represented countries were the effort to have participants stick more Organising Committee and of the ISA United States, Canada and United closely with the deadlines and to Executive Committee, as well as Kingdom. However, if one adds journalists pre-register, have partly failed. The participants, were interviewed. We have and accompanying persons, Canadian consequences are increased costs and of counted 44 radio and TV appearances, in participation is the most important. course a lot of changes in the contents of which we have not included the the sessions, which have been the main international coverage. Prior to the congress, the CLOC organised complain from the participants. the following activities: an Integrative We have submitted to the ISA Executive Colloquium following the Pre-Congress We experienced difficulties in coping with Committee a full report of the congress. Colloquia, and the pre-congress seminar the publication of the scientific programme. This report contains 16 different for winners of the Young Sociologists Practically, the great majority of program recommendations including some on Competition; it also supported the meeting co-ordinators did not send their program enforcing the respect of the deadlines, on of the Research Council. We also on time. In addition to that, most of the new ratio of accommodations according to organised a Book Publishers' Exhibition, a programs sent to the Congress Secretariat different categories of hotels, on the Film Festival, a Day-Care Center and were incomplete, not to mention last cultural, social and tourist activities and on Social and Tourist Activities. We booked minutes changes. In fact it seems that the use of the three official languages of rooms for approximately 54% of the sociologists work hard in order not to the ISA. participants (a bit more than 15000 nights). respect deadlines and not to comply with Finally, let me thank, sincerely, all the In addition to the Programme and congress regulations! members of the CLOC: Paul R. Bélanger, Sociological Abstracts documents, we During the congress, we think that Ann Denis, Susan Hoecker-Drysdale, published ten Pre-Congress volumes, the participants enjoyed the many services Marcel Fournier, Jacques Hamel, Marcel Letters from the President, the Touraine available: audio-visual equipment, Rafie (secretary-treasurer), Bill Reimer Report, the Jennifer Platt's wonderful book computer facilities, free access to the (vice-president), Michael Smith and on the History of ISA. It really was a full Internet, disk printing and photocopying Madeleine Bergevin, coordinator. I also four-year organisation. The Scientific services, bookstore service, permanent wish to thank personally the wonderful Program contained 951 scientific sessions, information desks with a trilingual staff. At team of the BCOC of the University of and over 3000 conferences, i.e.: 3 the peak time, over 50 persons worked for Montreal, which acted on a highly Presidential sessions; 6 Symposia; 50 the congress. We also took the initiative of professional manner and surely contributed Research Committees; 5 Working Groups; suggesting to ISA at least on plenary to the success of this congress. 4 Thematic Groups; 17 Ad Hoc Groups on session open to the public; which was the various topics; 16 SSO-A activities, of one second presidential session on Social or two sessions, organised by national or Knowledge and the Multiplicity of 28/lnternational Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79 Calendar of Future Events

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April 30-May 2, 1999 Information: [email protected], http://www.ifssh.com ISA Research Committees Social http://www.unizar.es/sociocybernetics/cret Stratification and Logic and Methodology e.html June 14-20, 1999 Place: Potsdam, Germany ISA Research Committee on Family Theme: Recent Trends and Methods of May 26-29, 1999 Research Social Stratification Research Public and Private Sector Partnership: Place: Berlin, Germany Joint conference of the Methodology Furthering Development Theme: XXXVI CFR Seminar on Migrant Section of the German Sociological Place: University College Cork, Ireland and Ethnic Minority Families Society, The Berlin-Brandenburg Network The overall aim of this Conference is to Information: Bernhard Nauck, Dept of Longitudinal Researchers (LWBB), ISA bring together professionals and Sociology, Chemnitz Univ Technology, RC28 and RC33. academics working in the area of or with Reichenhainer Str. 41, 09107 Chemnitz, Organizer: Uwe Engel, an interest in Partnership for Business Germany, Tel 49-371-5312402, Fax 49- [email protected] Development. 371-531 2387, Information: Luiz Montanheiro, Sheffield [email protected] May 5-8, 1999 Business School, Policy Research Centre, ISA Research Committee on Social Stoddart Bldg, Sheffield S1 1WB, UK, June 16-18, 1999 Stratification Email: [email protected] 41h ASEAN Inter-University Seminar on Place: Warsaw, Poland Social Development Theme: RC28 Spring meeting on Political, June 1999 Place: Pattani, Thailand Economic and Cultural Contexts ISA Research Committee on Participation Theme: Southeast Asia into the 21 st of Stratification and Mobility and Self-Management Century: Critical Transitions, Continuity Information: Krzysztof Zagorski, Public Place: St Petersburg, Russia and Change. Opinion Research Centre, Zurawia 4A, Theme: RC10 Conference on New Forms Information: ASEAN Seminar Secretariat, 00-503 Warsaw, Poland, fax: 48-22- of Management, Participation and Dept Sociology, National Univ Singapore, 6294089, [email protected] Privatization in Small and Medium Sized 10 Kent Ridge Crescent, Singapore Enterprises in the Process of Economic 119260, Fax: 65-7779579, Tel: 65- May 12-16,1999 and Social Transformation in Central and 874-6408 ISA Research Committee on Clinical Eastern Europe Sociology Information: Volkmar KREISSIG, Tel 7- June 19-20, 1999 Place: Spetse, Greece 812-350-8155; Fax 7-812-350-0406; ISA Research Committee on Women in RC46 colloque "Pouvoir, Violence, [email protected] or Society Souffrance" [email protected] Place: Tromso, Norway Information: Klimis Navridis RC32 meeting at the Interdisciplinary [email protected] June 3-6, 1999 Congress on Women ISA Research Committee on Sociology of Information: Angela Miles, 146 Major Str, Mai 17-21, 1999 Agriculture Toronto, ONT M5S 2L2, Canada, tel 1- ISA Comité de Recherche Femme et Place: Toronto, Canada 416-9681282, fax 1-416-9682477, Société RC40 sessions at the joint Annual [email protected] Venue: Dakar, Sénégal Meetings of the Association for the Study Le colloque La recherche féministe dan s la of Food and Society & the Agriculture, Junio 23-26, 1999 francophonie plurielle Food and Human Values Society, Ryerson ISA RC10 Sub-Comité Latino-Americano Information: Huguette Dagenais, Dép Polytechnic University, Toronto. Lugar: Lima, Perú d'anthropologie, Uni Laval, Ste-Foy, Information: Mustafa Koc, Dept Sociology, Tema: XII Seminario Internacional: Québec G1 K 7P4, Canada, fax 1-418- Ryerson Polytechnic Univ, 350 Victoria St., Participación Ciudadana y Economía 6562831, Toronto, ONT M5B 2K3, Canada, Tel 1- Social en Iberoamérica: Un Balance Hacia huguette [email protected] 416-9795000, Fax 1-416-9795273, el Tercer Milenio [email protected] Información: William Moreno, Jr. May 26-31, 1999 Apurimac 224 of. 506, Lima 1 Casilla ISA Research Committee on Junio 7-11,1999 Postal 1432, Lima 100, Perú. Fax 51-1- Sociocybernetics Congreso Latinoamericano de Ciencias 4274753, [email protected] Place: Crete, Greece Sociales y Medicina Theme: Sociocybernetic Bridges between Lugar: Isla de Margarita, Venezuela June 26 - July 1, 1999 the Past, Present and Future: Problems of Información: Laboratorio de Ciencias World Conference of Science Emergence and Complexity in Sustainable Sociales, Apartado 47795, Caracas 1041- Place: Budapest Systems A, Venezuela, fax 58-2-6931765, Email: Theme: Science for the Twenty-First International Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79/29

Century. A New Commitment. Jointly and Minority Relations Ortra Ud., Nirim 1 St., POB 9352, Tel Aviv organized by UNESCO and International Place: Tel-Aviv University & AI-Kutz 61092, Israel, tel: 972-3-6384444, fax: Council for Science (ICSU), the conference University, Israel 972-3-6384455, Email: [email protected] will analyse where the natural sciences Theme: RC05 Interim Conference on stand today and where they are heading, general issues of racism and ethnicity but On the occasion of the liS Congress the what their social impact has been and that are particularly pertinent in the below ISA Research Committees will held what society expects from them. Israeli/Palestinian situation. The their seminars: Information: Secretariat World Conference conference will be composed of six panels: of Science, UNESCO, 7 place de Issues of Racism and Ethnicity in Israel RC10 Research Committee on Fontenoy, 75352 Paris, France, Fax: 33-1- and Palestine; Military Divided Societies; Participation and Self-Management 45685823, Email: [email protected] Indigenous People; Mutliculturalism in Interim Seminar on Challenges Settler Societies; Diasporas and Confronting Participation and June 28-29,1999 Homelands; Gender, Ethnicity and Organizational Democracy in an Era of Gypsy Lore Society Annual Meeting Nationalism. Globalization Place: Firenze, Italy Information: Nira Yuval-Davis, Information: Michal Palgi, Kibbutz Papers on any aspects of Gypsy Studies [email protected], Gender & Ethnic Research Inst, Univ Haifa, 31905 Haifa, are welcome but substantive papers will be Studies, School of Social Sciences, Univ Israel, tel: 972-4-8240418, fax: 972-4- given priority. Greenwich, Southwood Site, London SE9 8240409, Email: Information: Leonardo Piasere, Dipt Studi 2HB, UK, TeI44-181-331-8934 Fax: [email protected] Sociali, Univ Firenze, Via Cavour 82, 44-181-3318905 50129 Firenze, Italy, fax 39-055-2757750, RC17 Research Committee on Sociology Email: [email protected] July 7-10,1999 of Organization International Symposium on Society and Sessions on Organizational Adaptation to July 4-6,1999, Resource Management Globalization Research Committee on Social Place: Brisbane, Australia Information: Yitzhak Samuel, Dept Psychology Section Rural Sociology and Political Sociology & Anthropology, Univ Haifa, Mt. Place: Saldanha, Western Cape Town, Economy: this section will provide an Carmel, Haifa 34746, Israel, Tel South Africa interdisciplinary forum where professionals 972-4-82-49-646, Fax 972-4-82-40-819, RC42 conference on Social Identities, and practitioners gather to discuss the [email protected] Groups and Change ways social, cultural, economic and Co-organizers: Tina UYS environmental resource management RC 18 Research Committee on Political [email protected] and Karen COOK, issues can be integrated. Sociology [email protected] Information: Geoff Lawrence Panels on Multiple Modernities in an Era of ([email protected]) and Vaughan Globalization July 6-9, 1999 Higgins, Inst Sustainable Regional Information: David Farrell, Dept Government, Univ Manchester, South African Sociological Association Development, Central Oueensland Univ, Manchester M13 9PL, UK, tel: Annual Congress http://www.geosp.uq.edu.au/issrm99 44-161-275-4902, fax:44-161-275-4925, Place: Saldanha, Western Cape, South Email: [email protected] Africa July 8-11,1999 Theme: Securing South Africa's Future RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups RC36 Research Committee on Alienation Papers and discussions around all aspects Place: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Theory and Research of South Atricas future are encouraged: USA Interim Regional Seminar on Researching the economy, democracy, human rights, Globalization and the Good Society. Alienation in the Light of Globalization security, crime, health, education, Sessions of the Professions Network co- Information: Devorak Kalekin-Fishman, development, environment, etc., as well as ordinated by Julia Evetts, RC President at Faculty Education, University Haifa, 31905 on the future and role of sociology and the 11th Annual Meeting on Socio- Haifa, Israel, tel: 972-4-8642032, fax: 972- sociological research in this process. Economics. Information: SASE 4-8240911, Email: Information: Hendrine de Wet, Dept [email protected] or Linda Poxon, [email protected] Sociology, Univ Stellenbosch, Private Bag [email protected] XI, Matieland 7602, South Africa, Tel: 27- RC41 Research Committee on Sociology 21 8082420, Fax: 27-21 8082143, July 11-15, 1999 of Population organizes two sessions. Email:[email protected] 34th World Congress of the International Information: Farhat Yusuf, School of Institute of Sociology Economics, MacOuarie Univ, North Ryde, July 6-8, 1999 Place: Tel Aviv, Israel NSW 2109, Australia, Tel 61-2-98508565, International Conference on Migration, Theme: Multiple Modernities in an Era of Fax 61-2-98508586, Culture and Crime Globalization addresses one of the central [email protected] Place: Kibbutz Ma'ale Hahamisha, Israel intellectual and scientific challenges that Information: B. Shimoni, Conference Unit, bridge between this century and the next RC47 Social Classes and Social Ministry of Science, POB 18195, 91181 one: our understanding of the convergence Movements sessions on Multiple Jerusalem, Israel and divergence of culture, identities and Modernities, Classes and Social social structures in an era of intensifying Movements. Organizers: Manuel A. relations among societies. July 7-8, 1999 Garreton, RC President and Sasha ISA Research Committee on Ethnic, Race Information: liS Congress Secretariat, 30 Ilnternational Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79

Roseneil, Dept Social Policy & Sociology, Democracy: Implications for Education Sociology, Univ Wisconsin, 1450 linden Univ Leeds, Leeds N2S 9JT, UK, Te144- and Training Dr., Madison, WI 53706, USA, Tel 1-608- 113-2334409, Fax 44-113-23334415, Information: lAS lA, Rue Defacqz 1, Box 2627156, Fax 1-608-2626022, [email protected] 11, 1000 Bruselles, Belgium, fax 33-2- [email protected], Arthur J. Mol, 5379702, [email protected] [email protected], Dept Sociology, RC48 Social Movements, Collective Action Univ Wageningen, Hollandseweg 1, 6706 and Social Change sessions on: The state July 26-30,1999, KN Wageningen, Netherlands, Tel 31-317- of the art in social movements research ISA Research Committee on Sociology of 483874, Fax 31-317-483990 and theory, and Comparative studies of Religion Social Movements - Research and Theory. Place: Louvain, Belgium August 6-10, 1999 Organizer: Tova Benski, Dept Behavioral RC22 two sessions at the SISR meeting: Annual Meeting of the American Sciences, College of Management Studies, Les categories de la sociologic de religion Sociological Association 9 Shoskana Persitz St., Tel-Aviv 61480, sont-elles universelles ou ethnicentriques?, Place: Chicago, USA Israel, Tel 972-3-82535576, Fax 972-3- and Paradigms in the Socio-Scientific 6990460, [email protected] Study of Religion: Do they Require On that occasion ISA Research Committee Renewal? on Sociology of Disasters will have two RC50 International Tourism sessions on Organizer: Ivan Varga, Dept Sociology, panels. Information: E.lo (Henry) Environment and Tourism: The Challenges Oueen's Univ, Kingston, ONT K7L 3N6, Ouarantelli, [email protected], Disaster and Perspectives for the New Millennium. Canada, fax 1-613-5422269, Research Center, Univ Delaware, Newark, Organizer: Nelson Prato Barbosa, [email protected] Delaware 19716, USA, tel: 1-302-831 [email protected], Apartado Postal 6618, fax: 1-302-8312091 6622, Caracas 101 O-A, Venezuela July 27-31,1999 International Association for Media and August 12-14, 1999 July 12-13,1999 Communication Conference ISA Research Committee on Social ISA Research Committee on Sociology of Place: Leipzig, Germany Stratification Childhood Theme: After Ten Years of Change: Media Place: University of Wisconsin, Madison, Place: Sydney, Australia Systems in Transition on the Eve of the USA RC53 sponsored seminar "Taking children Information Society of the 21st Century RC28 Conference on Social Stratification seriously" Information: Wolfgang Kleinwaechter, at Century's End: International Information: Sylvia Trnka, Dietrichsteingas NETCOM Inst, Salomonstr 21, 04103 Perspective. 9-10, 1090 Vienna, Austria, Tel 43-1- Leipzig, Germany, fax 39-341-9926152, Information: Adam Gamoran, Dept 3192188, Fax 43-1-3192188, Email: [email protected] Sociology, Univ Wisconsin, 1180 [email protected] Observatory Drive, Madison, WI 53706, July 28-31,1999 USA, tel 1-608-2632921, fax 1-608- July 15-17,1999 ISA Research Committee on Regional and 2655389, [email protected] ISA Research Committee on Sociology of Urban Development Law Place: Shanghai Academy of Social August 18-20, 1999 Place: Warsaw & Cracow, Poland Science, China Citizenship and Public Administration at RC12 Annual Meeting Theme: RC21 sessions at the conference the Information Age: Constructing Citizen- Information: Kasia Dzieniszewska, on the Future of Chinese Cities: A research Oriented Society for the Future [email protected], Inst Applied Social Agenda for the 21 Century. Place: University of Tampere, Finland Sciences, Univ Warsaw, Nowy Swiat 69, Information: John Logan, Dept Sociology, The purpose of this conference is to 00-046 Warsaw, Poland, Fax 48-22- Univ Albany, Albany, New York 12222, discuss, in a multinational and 6254086 or 48-22-8262184 USA, Fax 1-518-4424936, TeI1-518- multidisciplinary context, the role of 4424656, [email protected] citizens and public administration in the July 18-21, 1999 emerging information society. International Society for Political August 4-8, 1999 Information: Matti MALKIA, Dept Psychology Rural Sociology Society Annual Meeting Administrative Sciences, Univ Tampere, XXII Annual Scientific meeting Place: Chicago, IIlinois, USA POB 607, 33101 Tampere, Finland, Place: Amsterdam, The Netherlands Theme: Empowering Communities: [email protected], fax: 358-3-215-6020, Information: Sam McFarland, Dept revisiting Democracy and Globalization http://www.uta.fillaitokseVhalli nto/1999-1 S- Psychology, Western Kentucky Univ, Information: RSS Business Office, Dept conference Bowling Green, KY 42103, USA, Email: Sociology, Arntzen Hall, Western [email protected], tel: Washington Univ, Bellingham, WA 98225- August 18-21, 1999 1-502 -745-4408 9081, USA, fax 1-360-6507295, 4th European Conference of Sociology [email protected] Place: Free University, Amsterdam, The July 19-22,1999 Netherlands International Association of Schools and On that occasion ISA Research Committee Theme: Will Europe Work? Organized by Institutes of Administration Annual on Environment and Society holds a Mini- the European Sociological Association. Conference conference on the Environrnental State Information: SISWO, Planatge Place: Birmingham, UK Under Pressure: The Issues and the Muidegracht 4, 1018 TV Amsterdam, Theme: Shaping Public management for Research Agenda Netherlands, tel: 31-20-5270600, fax: 31- Effectiveness, Accountability and Organizers: Frederick Buttel, Dept Rural 20-6229430, [email protected], International Sociological Association Bulletin 78-79/31

http://www.siswo.uva.nl concern to the study of health and society. RC53 Research Committee on Sociology Information: Congress Secretariat, On the occasion of the ESA Congress the of Childhood sessions. Researching for Health Conference, below ISA Research Committees will he Id Information: Sylvia Trnka, Dietrichsteingas Concorde Service Ud, 48, 50 Speirs their sessions: 9-10,1090 Vienna, Austria, TeI43-1- Wharf, Glasgow, G4 9T8, Scotland, tel: 3192188, Fax 43-1-3192188, 44-141-3310123, fax: 44-141-3319234, RC23 Research Committee on Sociology [email protected] [email protected], of Sciences organizes six streams of http://www.ruhbc.ed.uklconfs/rfh99 sessions on Changing Conditions of September 9-12,1999 Research and Development Activities in ISA Research Committee on Poverty, September 30 - October 2, 1999 Europe. Social Welfare and Social Policy Place: Vienna, Austria Organizers: Raymund Werle, Place: Prague, Czech Republic Nature, Society and History. Long Term [email protected], Marja RC19 Annual Conference on Societal Dynamics of Societal Metabolism Heyrinen-Alestalo, Changes and Social Policy Responses. International conference organized by [email protected], Maarten Information: Eliska Rendlova, RC24 together with the Institute for Mentzel, [email protected] [email protected], Masaryk Czech Interdisciplinary Studies of Austrian Sociological Association, Husova 4, 110 Universities (IFF). RC28 Research Committee on Social 00 Praha 1, Czech Republic Information: 8arbara Smetschka, Stratification organizes a stream of 6 [email protected], IFF- sessions on Changing Patterns of September 17-19, 1999 Social Ecology, Seidengasse 13, 1070 Stratification. ISA Research Committee on Vienna, Austria, fax 43-1-5235843 Information: Paul de Graaf: Sociotechnics, Sociological Practice http://www.univie.ac.aty/iffsocec [email protected] Place: Sparta, Greece RC26 conference on Power, Conflict and November 20-22, 1999 A4 Research Committee on Labor Mediation in One World ISA Research Committee on Sociology oh Movemnets will convene one or two Information: Georgos Tsobanoglou, Dept Health sessions. Sociology, Univ Thessaly, Zaharitasa 5, Place: University of Singapore Information: Richard Hyman, Industrial 11742 Athens, Greece, TeI30-1-9239113, RC15 co-sponsored International Relations Research Unit, Univ Warwick, Fax 30-1-9239113, [email protected] Conference on Socio-Cultural and Policy Coventry CV4 7A1, UK, TeI44-1203- Dimensions of Health Care. The major 523840, Fax 44-1203-524656, September 20-22, 1999 purpose of the conference is to stimulate [email protected] Researching for Health: Challenges and contact between medical and social Controversies researchers at the National University of RC52 Research Committee on Sociology Place: Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Singapore and the international community of Professional Groups sessions on Work Scotland of health care experts and the Life Course: new careers, new This international conference aims to bring Organizer: Stella Quah, Dept Sociology, patterns of work time. together researchers from a wide range of National Univ Singapore, Kent Ridge Organizer: Julia Evetts, School Sociology, disciplines (anthropology, economics, Crescent 10, Singapore 0511, Univ Nottingham, Univ Park, Nottingham ethics, politics, psychology, social policy [email protected], fax 65-777-9579 NG7 2RD, UK, TeI44-115-9515396, Fax and sociology) to discuss both long- 44-115-9515232, standing emerging issues of central [email protected] International Sociological Association

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