CONTENTS - CONTENU p. 2 Du Secrétariat - From the Secretariat p.6 RC 09 Social Practice and Social p. 2 From the Research Committees Transformation p. 2 ISSC Stein Rokkan Prize RC 23 Sociology of Science p.3-4 En route pour Mexico? - Going to RC 24 Social Ecology Mexico City? RC 31 Sociology of Migration p.5 Histories of the Research Committees RC 36 Alienation Theory and Research - Cont'd RC 18 Political Sociology - Addenda p. 5 RC 07 Futures Research Coming Event - Journals Pre-Registration Form -2- Du Secrétariat From the Secretariat¡

Tel qu'annoncé dans le Bulletin 28, le Secrétariay de l'AIS quittera ~bntréal pour Amsterdam a le fin de l'année 1982. Tous nos corre3J.En~t? _20!ltEiés de noter que le Secrétariat actuel ne sera pas en mesure de garantir une réponse pour le courrier qui nous parviendra apr~s la mi-novembre. 11 y a risque en effet, qu'a cette date nos filieres et notre équipement soient en boite ou en route vers Amsterdam. Les détails concernant le nouveau Secrétariat: adresse, identité des nouveaux secrétaires, etc., seront publiés dans le Bulletin d'automne.

FROM THE RESEARCH COMMITTEES ISSC STEIN ROKKAN PRIZE IN COMPARATIVE RESEARCH

The International Social Science Council, in conjunc- RC 01 ARMEV FORCES ANV CONFLICT RESOLUTION tion wi th the Conj unto Uni versi tario Candido Mendes (Rio de Janeiro) announces that the next STEIN ROKKAN wi The following officers were elected to the Research PRIZE ll be awarded in November 1983. Committee 6n Armed Forces and Conflict Resolution for 1982-86: The Prize is intended to crown a seminal contribution in comparative social science research written in Founding 01airman: M. Janowitz (USA) English, FrenCh or German, by a scholar under forty Chainnan: C.C. bskos (U&~) years of age on 31st December 1983. It can be a manu- scnpt or a pnnted book or collected wo rks , in each Vi.ce-Chai rmen: A. Akiwowo (Nigeria) S. Tyushkevich (USSR) case published after 1981. R. Zoll (FRG) Four copies of manuscript typed double space or of Executive Committee: A. Barros (Brazil) pnnted works shall be delivered to the Inte rnat í.ona.l A. Bebler (Yugoslavia) M. Martin (France) Social Science Council before 15 February 1983, together with a fonnal letter of appllcatlon wlth eVldence of the L. Kriesberg (USA) candidate' s age attaChed. M¡muscnpts and publications D. Segal (USA) received shall not be retul~ed. Works submltted shall M. van Gelder (Australia) be evaluated by the International Social Science Council Past Chairmen: J. van Doorn (Netherlands) with the assistance of appropriate referee or referees G. Harries-Jenkins (UK) Executive Secretary: Co Idman (USA) under the supervision of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) and its O1airman.

The award shall be made by the ISSC General Assembly meeting in November 1983 on the re~o~ndation of ~he Re 06 FAMILY RESEARCH ISSC Executive Committee. Its deci si.on shall be f'ina l and not subject to appeal or revision. The following officers were elected to the Research The Pri ze is in the amount of US $ 2,000. It may be Committee on Family Research for 1982-86: divided between two or more applicants should it be found difficult to adjudicate between equally valuable President: L. Cseh-Szombathy (Hungary) First Vice-President: B. Cogswell (USA) works submi tted. Second Vice-President: H. Nishimura (Japan) For further enquiries, please write to: ~~mbers-at-Large: R. First (Yugoslavia) L. Roussel (France) A. Tymowski (Poland) The Secretary General Secretary: O. I-1ultaker (Sweden) International Social Science Council UNESCO - 1 rue Miollis 75015 Paris, France

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CONGRESO MUNDIAL DE SOCIOLOGIA WORLD CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY CONGRES MONDIAL DE SOCIOLOGIE México, 16-21 Agosto/ August/ Aout 1982

EN ROUTE POUR MEXICO? GOING TO MEXICO CITY?

e l.Tres bient6t le X Congreso Si vous projetez de l. The preparations for the World Congress of Sociology venir a Mexico, voici quelques conseils qui vous in Mexico are in high gear and pose the usual last-minute permetteront d'éviter des problemes de derniere heure: problems. If you are planning to come to Mexico, here are some hints that you ought to take into considera- - Soyez assurés de votre réservation d'h6tel, car tion: aout est un mois touristique chargé a ~~xico. - August is the tourist season. It will avoid a - Munissez-vous des visas (ou cartes de touriste) great deal of inconvenience if you arr ive wi th con- requis ainsi que des certificats de vaccination si firmed hotel reservations. nécessaire. - Be sure to take care of SUOl bureaucratic details - S'il se pose vous quelque probleme de santé a as visas, tourist cards, vaccinations, etc., if que l'altitude de ~~xico risque d'aggraver, con- they apply to you. sultez votre médecin au sujet des précautions a prendre . - If you have some medical probl.em that might be ty , - Si vous avez complété votre pré-inscription au aggravated by the al titude of "~xico Ci consult Congres, n'oubliez pas d'apporter votre numéro your doctor about precautions and medication. d'inscription; cela facilitera grandement la pro- - If you have pre-registered, be sure to bring your céedure d'inscription. Celle-ci a lieu au Palacio registration number with you; it will facilitate pro- de Mineria, 5 me Tacuba. cessing of registration which will be held in Palacio - Enfin, ceux qui ont des problemes de digestion de Mineria, 5 Tacuba St. verront a éviter durant leur séjour a Mexico, de - If you have a delicate digestion, remember not to boire l'eau du robinet ou de manger des fruits et drink the water and not to eat raw fruit or vegetables légumes crus. while in Mexico.

2. Le Comité des fonds de voyage n'a pas été en 2. In spite of many efforts, the T'raveI Grants Committee mesure de trouver de l'argent. Nous sommes donc au has been unable to obtain any grants. We therefore regre t regret d'annoncer qu'il n'y aura pas de subvention de to have to announce that there will be no travel funds voyage pour le Congreso available from the lSA.

3. Des changements ne manqueront pas d'intervenir au 3. There are sure to be last-minute changes in the ~rogramme des activités du Congreso Vous étés invités scientific program of the Congress.We suggest that you a consulter régulierement les tableaux d'affichage qui make a habit of consulting the Notice Board whi.ch wi ll seront placés en evidence dans les principaux édifices, be prominently displayed in each of the Congress build- et éventuellement le Bulletin quotidien du Congreso ings, as well as the Daily Bulletin of the Congress.

4. Tel qu'annoncé antérieurement et conformément a 4. As previously announced in accordance wí.th a deci- une décision du Comité de coordination de la recherche, sion of the Research Coordinating Committee, a display une exposition des Bulletins de liaison (News Let.ters ) of Research Committee Newsletters will be organized dur- des Comités du recherche sera organisée dans le cadre ing the World Congress. The officers of the Research du Congres mondial de Mexico. Les officiels des Committee are requested to bring with tnem to Mexico Comités de recherche sont priés d'apporter avec eux des copies of their Newsletters (old as well as recent ones). copies de leur Bulletin (anciennes et récentes paru- Upon arrival, they should contact as soon as possible tions). I1s voudront entrer en contact le plus t6t one of the members of the ~[AC (Gerardo Estrada or possible a Mexico avec les responsables du ~rrAC (Gerardo Teresa Martinez). Estrada ou Teresa Martinez). 5.At the request of several Research Committee offi- 5. A la raqueta de quelques officiels des Comités de cers, a breakfast business meeting will be held for recherche, un petit déjeuner-réunion d'affaires groupant all Research Committee secretaries on Sunday morning, les secrétaires des Comités de recherche aura lieu le 15 August .. The place and the exact time wi Ll be dimanche matin 15 aout. La place et l'heure précise announced in the daily Congress Bulletin as well as dur- seront annoncés dans le Bulletin quotidien du Congres ing the first meeting of the Research Council on Satur- ainsi qu'a la lere réunion du Conseil de recherche qui day, 14 August, at 15:20 p.m. The agenda of this break- se tiendra le samedi 14 a 15 h 20. A l'ordre du jour fast meeting wi ll include: administrati ve mat ters , de cette réunion des secrétaires: questions adminis- finances, statutes, Newsletters, publications, etc. tratives, finance, statuts, Bulletins de liaison, pub- Any other suggestions are welcome. All Research Com- lications, etc. Toute autre suggestion est bienvenue. mittee secretaries are invited. Invitation a tous les secrét ai res des C.R. -4-

TENTH llDRLD CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY DIXIIME CONGRES MJNDIAL DE SOCIOLOGIE TENTII lIDRLD CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY

6. Quelques présidents de Comités de recherche ont 6. Severa1 Research Cornmittee presidents have still not omis de nous informer du nom de leurs représentants au informed us of the names of their delegates ill1da1ter- Conseil de recherehe (délégué et substitut). lIs nates to the ResearG1 Couneil. They are requested to sont priés de nous faire parvenir sans délai l'aeerédi- send us the aeereditation of their representatives tation de ees représentants. without de1ay.

7. Nous rappelons a tous que, si les aetivités 7. Fina11y, a reminder that while the seientifie seientifiques du Congres débutent le lundi 16 Aout aetivities of the Congress start on Monday, 16 August, a 9 h, des réunions administratives se tienderont des at 9:00 a.m., the administrative aetivities start on le samedi 14 aout. Aux divers délégués et membres des Saturday, 14 August. For the various delegates and différents Comités et Sous-eomités, voiei l'horaire de members of different eornmittees and sub-eornmittees, we ees aeti vi tés: publish here a timetab1e of their aetivities:

REUNIONS ADMINISTRATlVES ADMINISTRATlVE MEETINGS

1982 9:00 - 11:00 11:30 - 13:40 15:20 - 17:45 18:05 - 20:30 , Saturday i Research Counci1 14-8 I ! I i CS Editorial : Research Counci1 Membership and I Sunday Board Finance Committee ------Pub1ications i __i~!~~!!~~~2___ ------I 01d Executi ve 15-8 SSIS Editorial Committee ISA Council Nominating Con>- Committee I i Board I (lo meeting) mittee of Counci1 I I 01d Executive Nominating Com- i I Monday Committee mittee of Counci1 I 16-8 and Reception of I Suggestions ! I Nominating Tuesday Committee --- 01d Executive Committee 17-8 --- of Counci1 01d Executive ISACounci1 Wednesday ! Committee (2. meeting) 18-8 i (last meeting) (E1ections) Dinner for 01d & Thursday I I New Executive 19-8 ¡ Committees

Friday 20-8

Saturday lISA Council New Executive Pub1ieations Cornmittee and 21-8 O.meeting) Committee SSIS Editorial Board

Sunday -- - Pub1ieations Cornm i t t e e and SSlS Editorial Board --- 22-8

8. Voiei en fin la gri11e horaire des sessions 8. The fo11owing is the timetable for the seientifie scientifiques : sessions:

SESSIONS SCIENTIFIQUES SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS

9:00 - 11:10 11 :30 13:40 15:20 - 17:45 18:05 - 20:30 Sundav, 15/8 Re istration and Cornmittees Monday, 16/8 Open inz pl.enary session P1enary session 11 R.C., Ad Hoe, SSO R.C., Ad Hoe, SSO Tuesday, 17/8 Symposia Pl.enary session III R.C. , Ad Hoe, SSO R.C., Ad Hoe, SSO Wedne sday ,18/8 Symposia R.C., Ad Hoe, SSO R.C., Ad fue, SSO Free time Thursday, 19/8 Svmoosia Svmposia R.C., Ad fue, SSO R.C., Ad fue, SSO Fridav, 20/8 R.C. Ad fue SSO R.C. Ad fue, SSO P1enary session IV I Free time

P1enary sessions and Symposia eonstitute the Offieia1 Progr~: Se6.6'¿01't6 plénaltM U .6ympo.6.<.a.col't6.tUu.ent te PMgltllrnme o6n-¿uu. -5- Histories of the Research Committees

SEE BULLETIN 27 (cont'd) RC 07 FUl1JRESRESEARCH Co-Presidents: Igor Bestuzhev-Lada (USSR) E1eonora Masini (Ita1y) ORIGINS Co-Vice-Presidents: Andrzej Sicinski (Poland) Doub1as Woodward (Canada) The Cornmittee was organized by a group of sociologists, General Secretary: Anna Coen (Ita1y) who met within the working group on Social Forecasting and Long Term Planning, at the VII. World Congress of In May 1979 it was proposed to include three addition- Sociology (Varna, September 1970). A request to set al members in the Board; this motíon was accepted up a RC on Social Forecasting and Long-Term Planning after consu1tation by mail. The new members and charges was sigrled by 31 persons, from 15 countries. were the following: Chaí rman of the original working group was Igor Vice-Secretary: Marcin Swiecicki (Po1and) Bestuzhev-Lada (USSR). The cornmittee was officially Del. to lSA Research Council:Margrit Eichler (Canada) recognized by lSA in 1971, for a trial period of two Al t.""" "Radmila Nakarada (Yugoslavia) years. In its meeting of April 17, 1971, the Execu- tive Cornmittee of the lSA unanimously accepted the suggestion, but recornmended its title be changed into A list dated from 1980 contains the names of 142 persons "Futurol.ogy" . Its first title was Research Cornmittee coming from 30 countries. on Futurology. MEETINGS ANO PROJECTS EXECUTIVE ANO MEMBERS At the VII. World Congress of Socio1ogy (Varna,1970) , there was a working group on "Future Societies and In July 1972, professors Bestuzhev-Lada (USSR) and de Long Term Planning", chaired by Igor Bestuzhev-Lada Jouvenel (France), accepted to be co-presidents oí the RC. Jacqueline Niaudet and Eduard A.Lí síe (both from (USSR). Its work consisted of five sessions on the following issues: France) acted as General Coordinator and Secretary, respectively, after Varna.All of them were ratified - The Theory of social forecasting and po1icy making by voting in a business meeting held in Bucharest, (2 sessions, 10 papers) . September 9, 1972, on the occasion oí the 3rd Interna- - Social forecasting, p1anning and policy making in tional Future's Research Conference. This first offi- practice (2 sessions, 10 papers). cial Board was the following: - Social forecasting and planning in the developing countries: The Latín American examp1e (1 session, Chairmen:Bertrand de Jouvenel (France) 6 papers). Igor Bestuzhev-Lada (USSR) First Vice-President: Eduard A. LisIe (France) The cornmittee's program for 1970-74 was determined as Cene ra I Secretary: Jacqueline Niaudet (France) "Human Needs Forecastíng". These problems, studied in some national research groups, were discussed in some seminars in 1971-73 initiated by CREDOC (Centre de Re- A report of October 1972 informs of 17 new participants cherches et de Documentation sur la Consornmation). from 10 countries. Eight papers of members were reproduced and sent to the 17 members who "~re to attend the meeting in Bucharest. In May 1973, the membership was of 52 persons from Members of the RC participated in preparing and at- 23 countries. tended the sessions of the Rome World Special Conference on Future Research: "Human Needs - New Societies - During the Eighth World Congress of Sociology (Toronto, Supportive Technologies", in September 1973, initíated 1974), the Cornmittee changed its title to "Sociological by lRADES (Istituto Riceche Applicate Documentazione e Problems of Futures Research"; Futures Research, for Studi) in Ita1y. There are five volumes of collected sbor t . At the same time, a new Board was elected: documents presented at the conference and a book: "Human Futures: Needs, Societíes, Technologies" pub1ished by Co-Presidents: Igor Bestuzhev-Lada (USSR) "FlJItIRES", London, 1974. Johann Galtung (Norway) Vice-President: Victor Scardigli (France)-alternate At the VIII. World Congress of Sociology (Toronto, 1974), General Secretary: Anne Jaumin (Belgium) -delegate to RC a new program was approved, which consisted in promoting an International Research Project on "Level and Quality At tbe same time, Anne Jaumin-Ponsar became director of of Life: Social Indicators for the Year 2000". To im- the project "Level and Quality of Life: Social Indica- p1ement this project the Board was supposed to have tors for the Year 2000". Victor Scardigli acted as organized periodical1y a seminar on research in progress. co-director. In the four sessions of the Cornmittee at this Congress In the beginning of 1975, 70 persons were members of (Toronto) there were presented and discussed eight papers the Cornmittee, coming from 23 countries. coming from: USSR (3), US (2), Belgium (1), France (1) and GFR (1). Some important future studies were also A new Board was elected at the 9th World Congress of discussed in the Ad Boc Group 2: "Images of the Wor1d Sociology (Uppsala, 1978). It included Ms. E1eonora in the Year 2000", chaired by Johann Galtung (Norway). Masini, at that time General Secretary and since 1981 President of the World Future Studies Federation, in At Uppsala, August 1978, the program of the Cornmittee order to coordinate more effective1y their working consisted of seven sessions, including the Business efforts. meeting, on the fo11owing issues:

F - Level and quality of life: a social indicators system Re 09 SOCIAL PRACTICE .AM) SOCIAL OWl(I for the year 2000 (2 sessions, 8 papers). - Social Policy and education in perspective (1 session, (Recently changed to: Social Practice and Social Transformation) 4 papers). ORIGINS - Distribution of self-fulfilling prophecy (1 session, 2 papers). The Cornmittee grew out of an exchange of ideas at the - Quality of life: approaches from ecology and sociology Working Group on ',)bdemization and Innovation" dur- (2 Joint sessions wí.th Symposium 4 co-chaired by ing the Seventh World Congress of Sociology held at Edgar ~brin and Magda Talamo with Igor Bestuzhev-Lada Varna (September, 1970). At the meeting, many dele- as a rapporteur, 10 papers). gates expressed reservations on the ideological implications and current usage of the modernization The papers were coming from: USSR (6), US (4), concept. "~bdernization" should necessarily be an Canada (3), France (2), Iran (2), Israel (2), evolution toward the life patterns and techniques of Hungary (1), Australia (1), Czechoslovakia (1), dominant or advanced nations by-pass ing the issues of Finland (1) and Italy (1). modernization goals and their supporting attitudes, the meaning of social processes, and the causes of For the Research Project 1979-82, it ",as suggested to conflict in modernization. Consequently, it was focus on the theme presented at Uppsala by co-chair- decided that the updated concept of "social change person Bestuzhev-Lada: "Global Exploratory Forecasting: process" would avoid some of the biases and could Towards a Social Problem System in Perspective. Key cover the gamut from de\~lopment to subversion. Problems", by promoting an international Research Pro ject on "Leve l and Quali ty of Life: Social Indica- Several national groups that participated in the tors for the Year 2000" with the added specification meetings of the Working Group sent different letters of "National Responses to Global Problems". to the lSA asking for the constitution of a Research Cornmittee: The first \~rking meeting of the cornmittee took place during the lV.F.S.F.'s Conference on "Science Technol- a) Letter from seven Colombian sociologists (November ogy and the Future", which was heId in Berlin, May 1970) in order to propose to the ISA the Constitu- 8-10, 1979. On this occasion, important decisions tion of a Research Cornmittee on "Innovative Pro- \Vere taken, and there \~re many posslbllities to have cesses in Social Change." other meetings before the X. \lbrld Congress. There b) Letter from four Italian sociologists, in the same \Vas a local meeting in Rome, September 28-30, 1981, sense (December 1970). organized by co-chairperson E. Masini. c) Letter from thirteen Mexican sociologists demanding PUBLICATIONS the constitution of a Research Conmi t tee on "Las Fuerzas Sociales en el Cambio Social" (Social The Cornmittee published a Newsletter only during the Forces in Social Change) (February 1971). year 1973 (June and November), with the help of CREDOC d) Letter from six Norwegian sociologists, asking for (Paris). At present, there is no Newsletter, and the the recognition of a Research Cornmittee on "Innova- Cornmittee uses the facilities of the l\brld Future tive Processes in Social Change" (February 1971). Studies Federation Newsletter (WFSF). e) Letter from seven Israeli sociologists (February VJ 1. Ilbrld Congress: Transactions of the Seventh 1971) . Ilbrld Congress of Soclology, Vol. Ir. Sofla: f) Letter from six Finnish sociologists (February Bulgarlan Academy of Sclences Publishing House, 1971) . 1972. Contains five papers of the \lbrking-Group on "Future Societies and Long Te rm Planning". g) Letter from six American (USA) sociologists in rela- tion to the constitution of a Working Group on Victor Scardigli,'Mode de Vie et Inégalités: Elements 'Modernization" (letter that led to the mistake of pour une Prospective du Changement Social". In: thinking that this group was separate from the other Margaret S. Archer (ed.), Current Research in groups that participated in Varna; in fact, they Sociology, published on the occaSlon of the VIII. belonged to the same cornmon initiative). I~rld Congress of Sociology. Mouton, 1974. h) Letter from seven Swedish sociologists (1vIarch1971).

Igor Bestuzhev-Lada (ed.), Forecasting Social Needs of In ~~y 1971 the ISA Executive Comnittee accepted the Youth. ~bscow, Nauka Publ., 1978 (111 russlan). Cornmittee recornmendation to change the title to "Modernization and Innovation," looking for a coordina- Igor Bestuzhev-Lada (ed.), Soviet Society Way of Life tion wi th the USA group. After it became clear that Indicators. Moscow, NaüKa PUbl., 1980 (In russlan). they were coordinated, and that the group as such was not interested in adopting the concept of "moderniza- Igor Bestuzhev-Lada, ExPloratol?j Forecasting: Toward a tion" because of its ideological implications, the Social Problems System. scow, NaUka PUbl., first name of the Research Committee became: "Innova- (111 progress) . tive Processes in Social Change."

Anna Coen , "A Direction for Long Term Devel.opnent : EXECUTlVE AND M:MBERS Quality versus Quantity". Paper discussed at The first provisional Board included the following the WFSF Conference, Berlin, May 1979, and pub- persons: Orlando Fals Borda (Columbia), Ellen B. lished in: Buchholz and Guelin (eds.), Science Hill (Italy) and Peter Park (USA). and Technology in the Future. München & New York, Sauer Ed., 1979, pp. 396 414. In the beginning of 1972, an election was held by mail ballots and a new Board was elected: Eleonora Mas ini , "Explorative and Normative Metoodol- ogies in Social Forecasting". Paper discussed at the lSA Research Council meeting in Jablonna (Poland) August 1980. -7-

President: Orlando Fals Borda (Columbia) Industrialized Nations." Ellen B. Hi lI was responsible Vice-Presidents: Astrid Nypan (Norway) for its organizatíon. Raymond Apthorpe (Engl and-Uganda) Secretary: Ellen B. Hill (Italy) A World Symposium on "Action Research and Scientific RC Delegate: Elihu Katz (Israel) Analysis" took place in Cartagena (Colombia), April Alternate: Ulf Hirnmelstrand (Sweden) 18-23, 1977. Topics of the meeting were:

Membership figures for 1972-73 were: 1. The range of utilization of action research: limits and possibilities. February 1972: 40 members from 8 countries. 2. Convergence of action research wi th exis ting social May 1973 SS memb~rs from ca. 21 countries. theories. 3. Theory-making, model-building and concept-making The only change in the Board after the Congress in in action research. Toranto (August 1974) was that Ellen B. Hill was nomi- 4. Historical and field techniques in action research. nated delegate to the Research Council for the period S. The ideological components of action research. 1974-78. 6. The political consequences of action research. 7. Personal commitment and the scientific approach. In September 1978, one month after the Ninth World Con- 8. Case studies and content presentations. gress (Uppsala, August 1978), the Resear~ Committee reported a membership of 109 persons, cOffilngfrom 32 ~bre than a hundred persons from twenty-six countries countries. attended the four Plenary Sessions, where papers by Himmelstrand, Fals Borda,Petras and Stambouli were Toward the end of 1978 an election took place by mail presented, while 27 other papers were discussed in ballots for the period 1979-82. The following Board commiSsions. Papers carne from: Colombia (S), Canada was chosen: (2), Sweden (2), Argentina (1), Austria (1), Bolivia (1), Chile (1), Ecuador (1), Hungary (1), India (1), President: Orlando Fals Borda (Colombia) - Liberia (1), The Netherlands (1), New Guinea (1), alternate Peru (1), Philippines (1), Sudan (1), Tunisia (1), Vi.ce-President: Ulf Himmelstrand (Sweden) USA (1), Venezuela (1) and Viet Nam (1). .Secretary-Treasure r: Ellen B. Hill (Italy) - delegate to the RC Economic support for this meeting carne from Sweden's Members: Y. Michal Bodemann (Canada) SAREC, Canada's IDRC,UNESCO and Co1ombia's COLCIENCIAS Anders Rudqvi.st (Sweden) and Bank of the Repub1ic. Karoly Varga (Hungary) For the Ninth Wor1d Congress of Socio1ogy (Uppsa1a, The membership decided in 1981 to change the narne of the . August 1978), the committee developed the fo11owing Conmi ttee to "Social Practice and Social Change" in program: order to reflect better its current scientific interests. Session 1: Action research for radical change (S papers) MEETlNGS: Session 2: Method building in social processes (7 papers) Session 3: Crisis and change in industria1ized nations At Varna (September 1970), the Working Group "Moderniza- (6 papers) tion and Diffusion of Innovations" developed a three- Session 4: Counterpoints in social change (6 papers) sessions program, under the chairmanship of Orlando Fals Borda (then in Switzerland), the vice-presidency of The authors carne from 13 countries: Ita1y (3), Everett M. Rogers (USA) and the secretariat of B. Grushin Switzer1and (3), Australia (2), Canada (2), Colombia (USSR), as follows: (2), Sweden (2), USA (3), Brazi1 (1) England (1), France (1), FRG (1), Hungary (1), The Nether1ands (1), Session 1: Social Olanges and Modernization (S papers) and Taiwan (1). Session 2: Diffusion of Innovations (6 papers) Session 3: Overcoming Resistance to Change in Organiza- PlJBLICATI~S tions (3 papers) During the first years of activity, the Committee, and During the Eighth World Congress of Sociology (Toronto, especia11y Or1ando Fa1s Borda, began to send a series August 1974), the Committee had its first program of of circulars to the membership. The first of them sessions as a Research Committee. This program included appeared in January 1972 and to date (August 1981) 24 four sessions on the following topics: have been pub1ished. Session 1: Mechanisms of Innovation from Below (S papers) Session 2: Innovation and Social Problems (S papers) Session 3: Counterpoints in Social Change (S papers) - Transactions of the Seventh World Congress of Socio- Session 4: Methods and Concepts in Social Change (9 papers) ~, II,.Bulgar~an Academy of Sc~ences P~b1~shlng House. Fi.ve papers presented at the Workmg Group The authors of these papers carne from: USA (6), Canada on "Modernization and Diffusion of Innovations." (S), Colombia (2), England (2), India (2), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Israel (1), Japan (1), The Netherlands (1), - Centro Sociale, XIX, l06~ 108 (December 1972). Special New Zealand (1), Sweden (1). i ssue on "Modernization," edited by E.B. Hill, Preface by O. Fals Borda. Two years later, a regional Meeting for Europe was.held. in Zurich, at the Sociological Institute of the Un~vers~ty -International Review of Community Development, XXXIII- of Zurich (Swi tzerland). Twenty persons attended the XXXIV (Wmter 1975). SpeClal ~ssue on "Innovative meeting which took place on September 11-12, 1976, on the Processes in Social Change," edited by E.B.HilI. theme "Innovative Processes in Social Change in Highly Contains a selection of papers presented at the Toronto World Congress (1974). -8-

- International Review of Cornmunity Development, A new Board was elected through mail ballots in July XXXVII-XXXVIII (Summer 1977). Speclal lssue on 1974 (with the exception of the Secretary, already "Innovative Processes in Social Change in Highly elected). The newly elected officers were: Industrialized Societies," edited by E.B. HilI. Contains a selection of Regional Meeting, Zurich President: J.Ben-David (Israel) - delegate to 1976, papers. the Researcll Cornmittee Vice-President: Gennady Dobrov (USSR) -Revue Internationale de Sociologie, XXII, 1 (1981). Secretary: Peter Weingart (FRG) - Alternate Special sectlon on "Innovative Processes in Members: Bernard Barber (USA) Social Change in Highly Industrialized Societies," Diana Crane-Herve (France/USA) edited by E.B.Hi Ll.. Contains a selection of Albert 1. Mok (Belgium) papers from the Uppsala Congress. Frank Pfetsch (FRG) Michael Mulkay (England) - O. Fals Borda (ed.), Critica y Politica en las Helmut Steiner (GDR) Ciencias Sociales:El Debate sobre Teoria y Practica, Bogota (1978). Contalns papers from During the World Congress at Uppsala (1978), elections were held with the following results: the World Symposium on action research held in Cartagena (Colombia) in 1977. President: Peter Weingart (FRG) Vice-Pres ident : Michael Mulkay (England) - E.B. Hill, "Notes on Innovative Processes in Social Secretary: Jerry Gaston (USA) Change," in: M. S. Archer (ed.), "Problems of Members: Yehuda Elkana (Israel) Current Sociological Research," Current Sociology, Janos Farkas (Hungary) XXII, 1-3 (1974). Vladislav Kelle (USSR) Rolf Klima (FRG) - H. Moser and H. Arnauer (eds.), Intemationale Aspekte A.Kowalewski (Poland) der Aktionsforschung, Munich: Kesel Verlag (1978). Harriet Zuckerman (USA) Selected papers presented at the Cartagena World Symposium.

MEETINGS Re 23 SOCIOLaJY OF SCIENCE The first meeting of the Research Cornmittee of which we have notice is the one during the Seventh World ORIGINS Congress of Sociology (Varna, September 1970). The program included 3 sessions for discussion of papers: The group which was to become the Research Cornmittee on the Sociology of Science started its work at the Sixth - Session 1: The Institutionalization of Science World Congress of Sociology in Evian (1966). No formal (11 papers) papers were presented since plans for the establishment - Session 2: X (8 papers) of the Cornmittee were approved only after papers could - Session 3: Science Policy (9 papers) have been solici ted. Nevertheless, there was a very lively and successful discussion among sociologist- These papers were presented by people coming from 10 participants. Among them were: R. Aron (France), countries: USA (11),USSR (4), Bulgaria (3), England B. Barber (USA), J. Ben-David (Israel), l. Dubska (3), France (2) GDR (1), FRG(1), Hungary (1), Israel (Czechoslovakia), S. Dedijer (Sweden), D. Goldschmidt (1), Poland (1). (FRG), R.K. Merton (USA), A. Podgorecki (Poland), J.J. Salomon (France), A. Szalai (Hungary), E. Walter In 1972 (September 11-15), the Research Cornmittee held (Switzerland), A. Zvorikine (USSR), and others. A a meeting at the City University, Sto John's Street, business meeting was held in which Robert K. Merton was London (UK), under the auspices of the British Socio- elected President and J. Ben-David was elected Secretary. logical Association. Albert L. Mok was the organizer and Walter Hi rs ch (USA) took the responsibili ties of The organization of the Cornmittee has taken place since chairing the Conference. There were 32 members pre- then. Contacts have been established with sociologists sent, representing 13 countries; 30 papers were read of science all over the world, and special sections or in 7 sessions: groups in the Sociology of Science have been established in several countries. - Session 1: Macro Theories of Science - Session 2:Studies of Scientific Cornmunities The group was recognized as a Research Cornmittee of the - Session 3: Metaphysics and the Study of Science: lSA in 1966 .. Criticism of the Positivistic Conception of Science - Session 4: The Science of Science EXECUTlVE AND MEMBERS - Session 5: Studies of Research Areas - Session 6: Science in Society The second Board of the Cornmittee, elected during the Session 7: Institutional Developments in Science Seventh World Congress of Sociology (Vama, September 1970) was the following: A meeting was held in Warsaw on April 10-13, 1973. It was made possible through the invitation by the Polish President: Robert K. Merton (USA) Academy of Sciences and organized by Zdislav Secretary: Albert L. Mok (Netherlands) Kowalewski.

In April1973, duringameeting of the Cornmittee he Ld in The Research Committee held 4 sessions during the Warsaw, A.L. Mok resigned and Peter Weingart was elected Eighth World Congress of Sociology (Toronto, August as new permanent Secretary. 1974) : -9-

- Session 1: Pattems of Institutionalization in Authors carne from at least 12 countries: Hungary (4), Science: Comparative and Historical (Part One: USA (3), Austria (2), France (2), Bulgaria (1), Finland Recent Trends in Research in Sociology of Science (1), Finland/France (1), Hong Kong (1), Israel (1), (3 panelists); Part Two: Comparative Science Policy Australia (1), UK (1), Sweden (1), ancl 3 persons not Trends (5 panelists)) well-identified by their countries of origino - Session 2: Cognitive and Social Structures in Scientific Development (10 papers) A bi-annual meeting of the Research Cornmittee was - Session 3: Interrelation between Science and Other organized in collaboration wí th PAREX, the European net- Institutions (7 papers) work of Science Studies Research Groups (similar to the - Session 4: Studies in the Sociology of Science 4S Society in the USA). It was held III Deutschlandsberg (Part One: Sociology of Science as a Discipline near Graz (Austria) on September 26-28, 1980. There was (5 papers); Part nvo: Empirical Studies on Science generous support by the Bolzmann-Gesellschaft of Austria (4 papers I) and the Landesrat of Steiermark, Dr. Cristoph Klauser. Johann Gtltschl (Universit~t Graz) Ivas the local organizer. The authors of these 26 papers carne from 12 countries: USA (5), Canada (4), FRG (3), Austria (2), France (2), A prior call for papers elicited the sizeable response UK (2), Hungary (2), Bulgaria (1), GDR (1), Poland of 37 papers. Of these only about one-half were pre- (2), Netherlands (1), Norway (1). sented orally under 5 thematic headings:

The Research Cornmittee held a joint meeting with the l. Historical Studies: Social History of Science Society for Social Studies of Science ("4S") at Comell 2. The Constructive Approach to Science University, Ithaca, New York, on November 4-6, 1976. 3. Theoretical and ~lethodological Issues in the This meeting was devoted to a comparative review of Sociology of Science empirical research in the sociology of science. In 4. Science and its Socio-Political Context November 1975 the Research Coordinating Cornmittee had 5. The Organization ffildUtilization of Research: decided to give a grant of US $500.00 for this purpose National Perspectives to the Research Cornmittee. The prcgrarn of sessions was the following: At this meeting it was decided to establish a European Association for the Study of Science and Technology which is to succeed PAREX. The chairman of the Research - Session 1: Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Per- Cornmittee is on the founding cornmittee; because of the spectives on the Social Studies of Science obvious overlap of interests, close cooperation will be - Session 2: Social and Cultural Contexts of Science kept wi th the future EASST. (4 papers) - Session 3: The Structural 01aracter of Science (4 PUBLlCATIONS papers) - Session 4: Comparative Social Organization of Science Transactions of the Seventh World Congress of Socio- (4 papers) ~, IV, Sof1a: Bulgar1an Acaderny of SC1ences - Session 5: Problems in the Social Studies of Science PUDrishing House (1973). It contains 3 papers (4 papers) presented at Vama. - Session 6: Problems in the Social Studies of Science (4 papers) - C. Barbe r ,"Sociology of Science: A Trend Report and Bibliography," Current Sociology, V, 2 (1956). Authors of papers carne from ca. 8 countries: USA (10), Austria (2), Hungary (2), Canada (1), GDR (1), Israel - J. (1), Poland (1), USSR (1) and one person without further information.

A meeting was held in Budapest, September 7-9, 1977. This Conference on the Sociology of Science, supported - ~1. Mulkay and V. Milic,"The Sociology of Science in by the Presidium of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, East and \\Test,"Current Sociology, XXVIII, 3 and unon invitation of the Institute of Sociology and (1980) . the R~search Group on Sc i.ence Organization of the Hungarian Acaderny of Sciences, took place with the - R.D. Whitley (ed.), Social Processes of Scientific assistance of 38 foreign and 30 Hungarian registe red Development, London: ROutledge & Kegan Paul participants. The work of this Conference was pub- (1973). A selection of papers presented at the lished under the editorship of Janos Farkas (see: London Conference in September 1972. Publications) . A publication of the Conference proceedings of the The prograrn of the Cornmittee for the Ninth World Con- meeting at Deutschlandsberg is forthcoming as a special gress (Uppsala, August 1978) included 6 sessions where edition of the Austrian joumal "Wissenschaftsforschung." 27 pape rs were presented: In 1979 the Cornmittee informed us that they have no - Session 1: Studies in the Historical Sociology of plans to publish a Newsletter, as both in the USA and Science (3 papers) in Europe Newsletters in the field already existed: the - Session 2: Science and Ethics (3 papers) 4S Newsletter and the PAREX Newsletter. - Session 3: Sociological Analysis of Scientific Knowledge (3 papers) - Session 4: Science and Politics (3 papers) - Session 5: Research on Research (6 papers) - Session 6: Joint Session with RC 33 on Logic and Methodology of Sociology (9 papers) -10-

Re 24 SOCIAL ECOI..03Y President: Mattei Dogan (France) Vice-Presidents: Zdravko Mlinar (Yugoslavia) - Altemate ORIGINS Henry Tcune (USA) General During the Seventh World Congress of Sociology (Vama, Secretary: Michel Bassand (Switzerland) - dele- September 1970), a group of sociologists decided to gate to the Research COlIDCil organize a Research Cornrnittee. The ISA officially Members: Carl Gunnar Janson (Sweden) recognized it in 1971. Lester Milbrath (USA) Erwin Scheuch (FRG) EXECUTIVE AND MEMBERS Frank Sweetser (USA) Joj i Watanuki (Japan) The first provisional Board of the Researdl Cornrnittee was: In December 1980 the membership was llO persons from 20 countries. President: Mattei Dogan (France) - delegate to the Research Council In 1981 the actlvltles of the Cornrnittee were organized Secretary: Frank L. Sweetser (USA) through the following Task Forces: Members: Erik Allardt (Finland) E.K. Scheuch (FRG) - Political Ecology (Dogan) Stein Rokkan (Norway) - New Trends in the Social Ecology of Metropolitan Krzysztof Ostrowski (Poland) Areas (Bassand) - Theory and Methodology in Ecological Research (Teune) In September 1971 the Research Cornrnittee consisted - Ecological Aspects of the Quality of Life (Milbrath) of 40 rnembers representing 12 countries. - Ecological Analysis and Social Change (Mlinar) - Ecologie temporelle (Grossin) In 1974 the Cornrnittee announced the existence of six "Task Forces," as follows: In September 1981 the Cornrnittee had 169 members from more than twenty-five countries. - Spatial Differentiation (Sweetser) - Level of Aggregations (Scheuch) MEETINGS - Area Analysis (Ostrowski) - Political Ecology (Dogan) A meeting was held in connection with the UNESCO Seminar - Pollution and Environrnent (Milbrath) on "Ecological Indicators of Social Change" in Warsaw, Poland, April 4-10, 1972. Twelve members of the Researdl At the sarne time, the Research Cornrnittee reported a Cornrnitteeparticipated in and provided evaluation of membership of 'more than 100' persons. the serninar. It was conducted jointly by the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of A new Board was proposed in Toronto (August 1974) Sciences, and the Institute of Sociology of the Univer- and voted upon by mail. The ISA Secretariat organized sity of Bergen. this vote arnong 90 regular members from 23 countries. In October 1972 Frank Sweetser attended, as the official The new Board was constituted by the following persons: delegate of ISA, the NGO (Non-Governrnental Organizations) Conference on the Hurnan Environrnent, held by the United President: Mattei Dogan (France) Nations in New York. Vice-Presidents: Erwin Scheuch (FRG) Frank Sweetser (USA) - delegate to Frank Sweetser and K. Ostrowski represented the Research the Research Council Cornrnittee at the ISSC!ISA Round Table on "Ernerging Secretary: Michael Bassand (Switzerland) Priorities in Cross-National Social Ecology," May 1973, Members: Zdravko Mlinar (Yugoslavia) Cologne (FRG). Henry Teune (USA) - Altemate Carl-Gunnar Janson (Sweden) The ISA Executive Cornrnittee appointed Enzo Mingione Krzysztof Ostrowski (Poland) (Italy) and Michel Bassand (Switzerland) as its dele- Stein Rokkan (Norway) gates to the June 1973 NGO Conference on the Global Erik Allardt (Finland) Environrnent in Geneva. Mi.cheI Bassand was the Research Cornrnittee's nominee. In January 1976 the Research Cornrnittee had 86 members from 23 countries. A joint session with the IPSA COll1nittee on Local Govem- ment and Politics was held during the Ninth World Congress In August 1976 there was a reorganization of the Task of IPSA (Montreal, August 24, 1973). At the sarne Congress, Forces: the Research Cornrnittee co-sponsored a Special Session on "Environrnental Constraints on National Development" - Theory and Methodology in Ecological Research organized by Lester ~ülbrath, chairman of the Task Force {Teune) on Environrnental Resources. - Ecological Ánalysis and Social Change (Mlinar) - Microecology (Janson) The prograrn for the Eighth World Congress of Sociology - Ecological Aspects of the Quality of Life (Milbrath) (Toronto, August 1974) included 4 Research Cornrnittee The Automobile and the City (Dogan) sessions:

Elections were held in 1979 through mail ballots, and - Session 1: Cities and Suburbs in Westem Europe, United the following Board was elected by 81 voters: States and Japan (10 papers) -n-

- Session 2: Ecological Contexts of Local Cornmunity PUBLI CAT JONS Development (joint session with the Research Cornmit- tee on Local Government and Politics of IPSA (12 Eleven numbers of the Newsletter were published until papers) July 1981. The first six issues were published under - Session 3:Mu1ti-Level Analysis of Ecological Change Frank Sweetser's editorship between 1971-75. Since (4 papers) No. 7, the News1etter is published by the Secretary, - Session 4: Perceptions of Environmental Quality and Michel Bassand (Switzerland) . .easuring the Quality of Life (S papers) - M. Bassand,"La dynamique du systeme des collec- The authors of these 31 papers carne from 15 countries. tivités territoriales," in: M.S. Archer (ed.), "Prob Iems of Current Sociological Research," In addi tion, there was a Special Session on "Social Current Socio10gy, XXII, 1-3 (1974). Development and Ecological Processes," co-sponsored by the Cornmittee and four other Research Committees. - ~1. Bassand and ~I-C. Brulhardt, lobilité spatiale, Frank ~,eetser chaired this session in which six papers Editions Giorgi (1980). were discussed. - M. Dogan and S. Rokkan, Social Ecology, Boston: An international workshop on "Comparative Ecological ~I.I.T. Press (1974). Analysis of Social Change" was he1d at the Facu1ty for Socio10gy, Political Science and Journalism, University - L.W. Milbrath, Va1ues,Lifestyles of Ljub1jana (Yugoslavia), on August 1-12, 1976. One and Be lie fs , hundred sociologists from 16 countries participated in this important workshop organized by a Yugoslav Organ- - Z. minar and H. Teune (eds.), The Social Ecology izing Cornmittee chaired by Zdravko Ml i.nar: 67 papers of Change. From Equilibrium to Deve10pment, were presented and published in four volumes. Sage Studles ln Internatlonal Socl010gy, 15, Beverley Hills: Sage Pub1ications Inc. (1978). The program of the Cornmittee for the Ninth World Con- gress of Socio10gy (Uppsala, August 1978) was the fo1- - F.L. Sweetser, "The ~ses of Factorial Ecology in 10wing: Classification," m: I<1.S.Archer (ed.), Current Research in Sociology, Paris: ~louton & C~4). - Session 1: Innovative Research in Social Eco10gy Publlshed on the occasion of the Eighth Congress (S papers) of Sociology. - Session 2: The Private Automobile and the City Social Life (4 papers) - Session 3: Ecological Aspects of Segregation in Metropolitan Areas (9 papers) - Session 4: Comparative Ecological Analysis of Social Change (6 papers) Re 31 SOCIOl..OGYOF MIGAATION - Session S: Social Ecology and the Quality of Life (4 papers) - Session 6: Ecologie et environnement tempore1 (S ORIGINS papers) The group, informally organized by the late Professor These papers carne from 15 countries. John Kosa (Harvard ~1edical School) and around the International Letter on Migration (edited at the A symposium on "Indicators of Environmental Quality" University of Waterloo, Canada, by Daniel Kubat), was was organized in Co11aboration with UNESCO by Lester W. granted provisional Research Con~ittee status ~n the Milbrath at the Villa Serve110ni, Be1lagio (Italy) in spring of 1972. Professor Kosa died soon after and August 1978. Anthony Richmond took his place and was elected presi- dent of the Research Cornmittee. At the ISA Research Council meeting in Jablonna (Poland), August 1980, Michel Bassand presented a paper: "Le First activities of a scholarly nature were mostly kaleidoscope urbain ou les variations de la segrégation centered on the publication of the International News- urbaine"; and Lester Milbrath: "A Conceptualization letter on Migration, Which was first edited in 1970- and Research Strategy for the Study of Ecological 1971. Its mailing list increased gradually from about Aspects of the Quality of Life." SO to sligh1y under 300 addresses in 1973. Subse- quently, the Newsletter was published as part of the A conference on urban planning was organized by Michel International ~ügration Review. Bassand in collaboration with the Economic Commission for Europe (United Nations) in Lausanne, November 10-13, EXECUTIVE AND MEMBERS 1981. The first Board, elected in 1972, was the following: The Research Cornmittee on Social Ecology is situated at the cross-roads of several trends which have, in recent President: Anthony Richmond (Canada) years, been deve10ping in the social sciences. The Vice-Presidents: Gunther Beijer (Netherlands) possibilities offered by the electronic computer for Jerzy Zubrzycki (Australia) the processing of aggregate data favour the wide dif- Secretary: Daniel Kubat (Canada) fusion of ecologica1 research in a number of countries. Members: Karl Blecha (Austria) Besides, the problems relating to environment and pol- VI. Srb (Czechoslovakia) lution require research of an interdisciplinary charac- T. l. Zaslavska (USSR) ter and thus a new field is being opened to the work of sociologists. During the Wbrld Congress at Toronto, there were elections of the Research Committee Board, and the following persons were elected: -12-

President: Anthony Richmond (Canada) - Session 1: Internationa1 Migration (6 papers) Vice-Presidents: Sy1vano Tornasi (USA) - Session 2: Interna1 Migration in Indt.:3tria1 and Jerzy Zubrzycki (Australia) Post-Industrial Societies (5 papers) Secretary- - Session 3: Interna1 Migration in Deve10ping Treasurer: Anne S. Lee (USA) Countries (6 papers) Members: Kar1 B1echa (Austria) - Session 4: Adaptation of Migrants (Externa1 and John Jackson (Northern Ire1and) Interna1) (6 papers) J.J.Manga1am (Canada) 1975: In ~lliy,a sma1l working conference on Compara- At the Uppsa1a Congress a new Board of officers was tive Research on Irnmigration and Emigration Policy e1ected: was jointly sponsored by the Research Committee and the Institut fUr Empirische Sozialforschung (IFES) from President: Hans-Joachim Hoffman-Nowotny Austria, in Vienna. From this Conference resulted two (Switzer1and) books: Ernst Gahmascher, Daniel Kubat and Ursula Vice-Presidents: Hieronym Kubiak (Po1and) Mehrl~lder, editors, Ausl~derpolitik im Konflikt (1975) Sy1vano Tornasi (USA) and The Po1itics of Migration Po1icies (1979), edited Secretary- by Daniel Kubat. Treasurer: Daniel Kubat (Canada) Members: Leon F.Bouvier (USA) 1976: Anthony Richmond and Daniel Kubat edited some Francesco Cerase (Ita1y) of the papers in "Internal Migration. The New World Sidney Go1dstein (U8A) and the Third World" for Sage Pub1ishers. Anthony Richmond (Canada) 1977: In August, Anthony Richmond, representing the We have data of membership and nationality on1y for Research Cornmittee, participated in the proceedings of August 1979, August 1980, and September 1981. a CICRED Conference, he1d in Buenos Aires (the Research Cornmittee is recognized by and affi1iated with the COUNI'RYMEMBERSHIP Number NlUllber Number Cornmittee for Internationa1 Coordination of Nationa1 --w79 1980 1981 Research in Demography). USA 11 22 29 1978: In August 14-18, during the Ninth World Congress Canada 7 14 14 in Uppsa1a, the Research Cornmittee he1d its four sessions Brazil 2 3 3 on the fo11owing subjects: Eng1and 1 4 2 FRG 2 2 4 - Session 1: Migration and Ethnic Conflict in Metro- Nether1ands 2 2 3 po1itan Areas (joint1y sponsored with RC 5) Switzer1and 1 2 3 - Session 2: Interna1 Migration in Deve10ping Argentina 1 1 2 Countries Australia 1 1 4 - Session 3: Interna1 Migration in Advanced Austria 1 1 2 Societies Be1gilUll 1 1 2 - Session 4: International Migration and Migrant Japan 1 1 2 Adaptation Sweden 1 1 2 Turkey 1 1 1 1979: In June, at the Be11agio Conference on Inter- Bang1adesh O 1 1 nationa1 Migration, in Bel1agio, Como, Ita1y, some Fin1and O 1 2 members of the Board were ab1e to meet to discuss Italy O 1 3 the draft proposal for the Rome 1981 Conference. Po1and O 1 1 Portugal O 1 1 1981:The First European Conference on International Spain O 1 1 Return Migration was he1d in Rome, November 11-14. Thailand O O 1 This is the most important intercongress conference Yugoslavia O 1 1 of the Research Cornmittee; participation was restricted 33 64 74 to members of the Cornmittee and to invited presenters. The Conference 1asted 4 days, and consisted of three MEETINGS p1enary sessions with invited speakers and five work- shops with contributed papers: 1972: In August, the Research Committee sponsored a Round Tab1e on migration during the meetings of the - P1enary Session 1: Return Migration to Italy American Socio1ogical Association in Denver, chaired - P1enary Session 2: Impact of Out-migration (Return) by Dania1 Kubat. on Popu1ous Countries in Europe - P1enary Session 3: Impact of Out-migration (Return) 1973: In Apri1, severa1 members of the Research Com- on Less Popu1ous Countries in Europe mittee met in New Or1eans, during the Popu1ation - Workshop 1: Return Migration to the Mediterranean Association of America meetings. In May, it sponsored Basin West: Research Findings a session on internal migration (chaired by Daniel - Workshop 2: Return Migration to the Mediterranean Kubat), during which the Canadian Socio1ogica1 and Basin East: Research Findings Anthropo1ogica1 meetings in Kingston, Ontario. In - Workshop 3: Return Migration to the Mediterranean October, it sponsored a major internationa1 conference Basin: Policies on migration, at the University of Water1oo. - Workshop 4: Return Migration to Europe from Overseas - Workshop 5: Return Migration of Long Term Migrants 1974: In August 19-23, during the 8th Wor1d Congress in Toronto, the Research Committee had 4 sessions and Proceedings as we11 as a book of se1ected papers are 23 papers: assured of pub1ication. -13-

1~82:. The Tenth Wor1d Congress of Socio1ogy in Mexico - and M. Ki11ias: 'TIie Aus1~derpo1itik der Staaten wil1 Lnc1ude 8 Research Cornmittee sessions to dea1 with ,\est und Nordeuropas: Schwe iz ," in: E. Gehmacher, the question of migration in Latin America and e1se- D. Kubat, U. Mehr1~der (Hrsg.), Aus1~derpo1itik ~ere, as we11 as devoting one session to the issue im Konf1ikt: Arbeitskr~fte oder E1nwanderer? of refugees (see Congress Program). Konzepte der Aufnahme und Entsende1Rñder, BOnn: Ver1ag Neue Gesse11sChaft (1978). lCJ\T1 01 IS - The 1ast artic1e appeared as: "Swi tzer1and," in The Research Cornmittee pub1ishes a News1etter which D.Kubat (ed.) , The Po1itics of Migration Po1icies, appears quarter1y as a part of the Internationa1 New York: Center for M1grat10n Stud1es (1979). ,li&!ation Review. It is in its tenth year and 15 availab1e to the subscribers of the IMR. An occas íon- - and D. 'Kubat: ''Migration: Towards a New Paradigm," al Bulletin is sent to a11 its members and to a number Internationa1 Social Science Journa1, XXXIII, 2 of se1ected individua1s and institutions. Two issues (1981) . of the Bul1etin, Nos. 5 and 6, were sent out to the membership since the Uppsala Congress to 1980. Issues Pub1ications of Honorary President Gunther Beyer: and 8 were mai1ed in September 1980 and February 1981, and No. 9 was sent out in September 1981. - with P.J. Bouman and J.J. Oudegeest: The Refugee Prob1em in Western Germany, The Hague: MartLnus - A. Richmond (ed.), Internationa1 Mi!ration and N1Jhoff (1952). Adaptation in the Modern librId ( 976). Contains other papers presentea at the Congress in Toronto.

The current President, A. Richmond, and Vice-President - ''Modern Patterns of Internationa1 Migratory Movements," J. Zubrzycki, of the Research Cornmittee co11aborated ' in: J.A. Jackson (ed.), Migration, Cambridge: in a comparative stUGy of irnmigration in Canada and University Press (1969). Australia, joint1y sponsored by York University, Toronto, and the Australian Nationa1 University. It "Participation of Eastern Europeans in Int.ra-European was funded by Statistics Canada, the Canada Counci1 Internationa1 Migration," in: L.A. Kosinski (ed.), and the Austra1ian Résearch Grants Cornmittee (1976-' Demographic Deve10pment in Eastern Europe, New ) . YorJC(1977). - E. Gehmacher, D. Kubat and U. Mehrl~der (eds.), Pub1ications of President Hoffmann-Nowotny: Aus1~erpolitik im Konflikt, Bonn: Neue Gesse11sChaft (1978).

- "Imnigrant Minorities in Switzerland: Socio1ogica1, Legal and Po1itica1 Aspects," in:M.S. Archer (ed.), Current Research in Sociology, The Hague- The above two pub1ications resu1ted from a Research Paris: Mouton (1974). Cornmittee Conference on Migration Po1icies in Ví.enna , 1975.

- R.E. Krane, International Labor Migration in Europe, New York: Praeger (1979). - U.

- "Gastarbciterwanderungen und Sozia1e Spannungen," in: H. Reimann and H. Reimann (Hl'sg.), - A.H. Richmond, ''Migration, Housing and Urban P1anning Gastarbeiter, Go1dmann Ver Iag , Munich (1976). in Toronto," in: M.S. Archer (ed.), Current Research in Socio1ogy, The Hague: Mouton (1974). Publlshea on the occasion of the Eighth Wor1d - "Socio1ogica1 and Demographic Aspects of the Changing Congress of Socio1ogy. Status of Migrant Women in Europe," Zeitschrift fUr Bevtl1kerungswissenschaft, Heft 2-rI977).

- ''European Migration after Wor1d War II," in: W.B. Mc,'>;eilland R.S. Adams (eds.), Human Migration: Patterns and Po1icies, B1oomington/London: RC 36 ALIENATIa~ THEORY A"lD RESEIl.RCH lñdlana Un1verslty PTess (1978).

-"Socio1ogica1 and Demographic Aspects of the Changing ORIGINS Sta tus of Migran t W::>menin Europe," in: M. Iphnís -Nell (ed.), Demogra~ic Aspects of the The Research Cornmittee was formed in 1972 on the initi- ~ing Status of W::>menm urope, Le1deñ/BOston/ ative of David Schweitzer (then on 1eave in Ma1aysia) as the Ad Hoc Group on A1ienation Theory and Research LO n: Mart1nus N1Jhoff (1978). o~ the. Internatio~a1 Socio1ogica1 Association (ISA). S1nce 1tS foundatlon, 1t has been a high1y active multi- -14-

disciplinary group consisting of scholars and research- By the date of recognltlon (~~y 19 9) as an lSA Research ers particularly in sociology, but also in philosophy Cornmittee, the group consisted of 159 members, and and the other social sciences. It is the first and maintained correspondence with 3 9 persons. only international forum devoted specifically to alienation theory and research, and to a continuing EXECUTlVE AND t-1Ef-1BERS critical assessment of issues, priorities, and direc- tions for further work in the field. It provides for In 1979-83 the Board consisted of the following persons: a program of publication outlets for its members, and a structure of symposia, workshops, and professional Chairperson: David Schweitzer (Canada) meetings where members can come together for a per- Secretary: R. Feli.x Geyer ( etherlands) sonal exchange of ideas and research findings. ~1embers: Mihailo Markovic (Yugoslavia) Mar i.aNowakowska (Poland) The Ad Hoc Group first became active at the Eighth Richard Schaolt (USA) World Congress of Sociology (Toronto 1974) where five Adam Schaff (Poland/Austria) sessions were organized and some 50 papers were ~1elvin Seeman (USA) delivered by philosophers and social scientists from Shlomo Shoham (Israel) different countries and a wide variety of disciplines. John Torrance (UK) The founders of the group, David Schweitzer (presently chairperson) and Felix Geyer (presently secretary) They were elected in late 1979 (by mail). Total member- subsequently edited a selection of the theoretical ship by June 1981 consisted of 103 persons. papers presented in Toronto, enti tled: "Theories of Alienation - Critical Perspectives in Philosophy and MEETINGS the Social Sciences" (Leiden, Martinus Nijhoff, 1976). In 1980 (November 24-29) an intemational workshop was The program of the Ad Hoc Group in Toronto was the fol- held on "The sociological, psycho log ical , and political lowing: implications of anomie and alienation," organized by Shlomo Shoham (Israel), under the auspices of the -Session 1:Panel - invited position papers on the Faculty of Law at the University of ~lessina and the state of alienation theory and research (11 papers) International Centre of Sociological Research, ~'lessina, - Session 2: Alienation Theory: problems of meaning, Italy. conceptualization and measurement (18 papers) Session 3:Sub-sessions on alienation and (a) poli- On December 1-6, 1980, an intemational study seminar tical behaviour; (b) adolescents, youth culture, and took place on "Cul ture and criminali ty: anomie, aliena- changing values (13 papers) tion and crime: sociological, psychological, and legal - Session 4: Sub-sessions on alienation and (a) family, aspects," at ~ssina,!taly. health care, and fertility; (b) psychological and socio-psychological approaches; (c) work ; (d) impact At the same time (December 1-6, 1980), members of the on underprivileged groups (15 papers) Executive Board also met in Messina for (i) the prepara- tion of the program for the 1982 World Congress of There was a total of 57 papers. Sociology; (ii) the final preparations for the Research Cornmittee I s new intemational multidisciplinary joumal After the Congress, the work of the group continued in on alienation theory and researol; and (iii) the draft- complete financial independence from the ISA. Between ing of a preliminary proposal for a cross-societal 1974 and 1978, the organizers met five times to discuss study of anomie and violence. group activities. At the time of the Uppsala Congress, 1978, Schweitzer was established in Canada.He and For the Tenth World Congress of Sociology (~xico, 1982), Geyer (centered in Amsterdam) led the process to obtain as in Toronto and Uppsala, severa1 of the main sessions Research Cornmittee status for their group. are organized around a fundamental concem for fur the r conceptual and terminological clarification, theoreti- At the Ninth World Congress of Sociology (Uppsala, cal refinement, and the deve10pment of empirical research 1978) the group was again very active, and here too methods which draw explicitly from the classic theories. more than 50 papers were delivered in five sessions, The program of sessional themes for the 1982 World chaired by internationally-known experts like Albert Congress in ~xico was broadened to include hitherto Cherns, Peter Ludz, and Adam Schaff. Again, a volume neglected topics in the field, i.e., literary, dramatic, with a selection of subsequently revised and updated and artistic perspectives; international comparative theoretical papers was edited: Alienation: Problems research; the socialist experience; social practice and of 1eaning, Theory, and ¡'lethod(R.F. Geyer and D. strategies for change, action, and de-alienation. SChweltzer, edS.), publlshed ln 1981 by Routledge & Kegan Paul, London. PUBLICATIONS

The program of the group in Uppsala included the fol- Publications before recognition as a Research Cornmittee: lowing sessions: - R.F. Geyer, Bibliography - A1ienation, Netherlands - Session 1: Marxist theoretical and empirical Universitles' JOlnt Soclal ResearOl Institute approaches (12 papers) (1972). (Second, enlarged edition - 1974.) - Session 2: New conceptual and theoretical approaches: social philosophy, sociology, and general systems theory (12 papers) - Session 3: New approaches in social psychology, psychoanalysis, and phenomenology (12 papers) - Session 4: Empirical research in social psycho logy , sociology and political science (9 papers) - P. Ludz, "Alienation as a Concept in the Social There was a total of 45 papers. Sciences:ATrend Report and Bibliography," Current Sociology, XXI, 1 (1973). Pub1ished in 1975. -15-

Publications associated explicitly with RC 36 after CcMING EVENT Research Cornmittee recognition:

- R.F. Geyer, Alienation Theories: A General Systems Nov. 8-12 Conseil Africain des Sociologues et Approach, OXford: Pergamon Press (1980). 1982 des Anthropologues Place: Dakar, Sénégal Theme: Sciences Sociales et Sociétés Africaines Address: Yahya Diallo, President Conseil Africain des Sociologues et - C. van Reden, A. Grondel and R.F. Geyer,Bibliography des Anthropologues - Alienation, Amsterdam: Netherlands Unlversltles' B.P. 11.142 JOlnt Soclal Research Institute (1980). Dakar-Plateau, Sénégal

-D. Schweitzer, "Alienation Theory and Research: Trends, Issues, and Priori ties," Intemational Social Science Joumal, XXXIII, 3 (October 1981). Engllsh, French and Spanish versions. VICTWOLOGY, INC,

- D. Schwe i tzer, "Contemporary Alienation Theo ry and The Proceedings of the First World Congress of Victim- Research," in: T.B. Bottornore, M. Sokolowska and ology llave been published and are available for sale S. Nowak (eds.), Sociology: The State of the Art, from:Victirnology Inc., 2333 N. Vemon Street, London and Beverley Hllls: Sage Publlcatlons Arlington, VA 22207, USA, for US $20 (includes postage (1982). and handling).

- S. Shoham (ed.), Thc ~~y Faces of Alienation and The 300-page volume (a special issue of Victimology: Anomie, Tel AV1V: uekel Pübllcatlons (1982). An Intemational Joumal) contains a selection of the Based on position papers presented at the 1980 rnost significant and relevant papers presented at the ~ssina meetings, by A. Chems, R.F. Geyer, J. meeting. The 29 papers have been organized in five Israel, 1. Rosner, R. Schacht, D. Schweitzer, M. major sections: Seeman, and S. Shoham. l. Offenders, Victims and Others: Perceptions and The two articles by David Schweitzer are based on a Interactions critical state-of-the-art assessment of alienation 11. Domestic Violence: Incidence, Dynamics and the theory and research presented on behalf of RC 36 at Law the meetings of the ISA Research Council in Warsaw/ 111. Mass Disasters and Their lmpact Jablonna, August 1980. IV. Treatment and Interventions V. Society and the Vict:im Also executive members reached an agreement in late 1980' wi th Co rdon and Breach Science Publishers, Other papers read at the Congress but not published in London, to publish the Cornmittee's o~~ quarterly: full are surnmarized in the sixth section of the Proceed- Alienation Theory and Research: An Intematlonal ings. Mültldlsclpllnary Joumal, startlng ln the autumn of 1983 under the managlng editorship of Felix Geyer and ~he co-editorship of Frank Johnson, Richard Schacht, Adam Schaff, and David Schweitzer.

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