International Sociological Association - Association Internationale de Sociologia Pinar 25, 28006 Madrid. Spain phone: (34-1) 261 74 83, (34-1) 261 74 85 • 15a bulletin 48 AUTUMN 1988 view of old Ljubljana INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION - ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONALE DE SOCIOLOGIE Pinar 25. 28006 Madrid, Spain phone: (34-1) 261 74 83, (34-1) 261 74 85 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE M.elvin L. Kohn Publications Committee Jacques Dofny. Université 1986-1990 Johns Hopkins Uni ve rs itv de Montréal. Canada Baltimore. USA Artur Meier. Chairperson Wilfried Dumon. Catholic President International Sociology: University Leuven. Belgium Ma¡'garet Archer T.K. Oommen Martin Albrow. Editor SaLvado r Giner. Universidad Department of Sociology Jawaharlal Nehru Univ Jacques Coenen-Huther. Central de Barcelona. Spain University of Warwick New Delhi. India Switzerland Elizabeth Jelin. CEDES, Coventry CV4 7AL. U.K. Salvador Giner. Spain Buenos Aires. Argentina Gennady V. Osipov Lyuben Nickolov. Bulgaria Frank L. Jones. National Vice-President, Research Inst Sociolpgical Research T.K. Oommen. India Univ. Canberra, Australia Council M.oscow. USSR Current Sociology: Chavdar Kiuranov. Inst of EIse 0yen William Outhwaite. Editor Sociology. Sofia. Bulgaria Health & Social Policy D.M. Pestonjee Maria Carrilho. Portugal Jacques Lautman. CNRS. Studies. Univ of Bergen Indian Inst Management Velichko Dobrianov. Paris. France Fastings Minde Ahmedabad. India Bulgaria Juares R.B. Lopes, CEBRAl 5014 Bergen. Norway Kurt Jonassohn. Canada Sao Paulo. Brazil céline Saint-Pierre Sociological Abstracts: Claus Offe, University of Vice-President, Membership Univ du Québec a Montréal Leo P. Chall. Editor Bielefeld. FRG and Finance Committee Canada Sage Studies in Inter- T.K. Oommen. Jawaharlal Wilfried Dumon national Sociology: Nehru University. India Department of Sociology Neil J. Smelser Wilfried Dumon. Editor Gennady Osipov. Institute Catholic University University of California Orlando Fals Borda. oí Social Research. USSR E. van Evenstraat 2b Berkeley. USA Co.Lombí.a Ayse Oncü. Bogazi~i 3000 Leuven. Belgium Marie Haug. USA University. Turkey Otoyori Tahara Jan Toschenko. USSR Else 0yen. University of Vice-President, Program & Tohoku Gakuin University Executive Committee Bergen. Norway Publications Committees Sendai. Japan Representatives: Neil Smelser. Univ of Artur Meier Melvin L. Kohn. USA Calitornia, Berke1ey. USA Institute of Sociology C. Saint-Pierre. Canada Shujiro Yazawa. Hitosubashi Humboldt University Executive Secretary Research Coordinating University, Tokyo. Japan Hans-Loch~Str. 349 Izabela Barlinska Committee Representative: Tatiana Zaslavskaya. Soviet 1136 Berlin. GDR D.M. Pestonjee. India Sociological Assoc, USSR Business Manager Observer: Janusz Ziolkowski. Univ of Past President 19&2-1986 Luis Moreno Steven Barr. SAGE Poznan. Poland Fernando H. Cardoso CEBRAP. Sao Paulo. Brazil Representatives to ISSC- SUB-COMMITTEES Program Committee UNESCO Members Delegates: Else 0yen Simi A. Afonja Research Coordinating Artur Meier. Chairperson Jacques D v Obafemi Awolowo University. Committee (Institute of Sociology. Alternates: Daniel B~ ~x Nigeria Else 0yen, Chairperson Humboldt University. Deniz Kandiyoti Elizabeth Jelin Hans-Loch-Str. 349. 1136 Representative to ICSSID- Paolo Ammassari (EC representative) Berlín. GDR) UNESCO University of Rome. Italy Simi A. Afonja (RC 36) Simi Afonja. Obafemi James Beckford. U.K. Daniel Bertaux (RC 38) Awolowo Univ. Nigeria Daniel Bertaux Deniz Kandiyoti (RC 32) Inés Alberdi. Universidad Representatives to UN C.N.R.S .• Paris. France Manfred Kuechler (RC 33) Complutence Madrid. Spain New York: Else 0yen Petar E. Mitev (RC 34) Orlando Albornoz. Caracas Melvin Kohn Salvador Giner D.M. Pestonjee (RC 35) Universidad de Venezuela. Vienna: Paolo Ammassari University of Barcelona. Neil Smelser (RC 02) Venezuela Max Haller Spain Paolo Ammassari. Un iv of Geneva: Daniel Bertaux Membership & Finance Rome. Italy Jacques Coenen- Elizabeth Jelin Committee Margaret Archer. Un iv of Iluther CEDES. Buenos Aires. Wilfried Dumon. Chair Warwick. U.K. Argentina T .K. -Oommen , India Albaka Cannas i , CERES. Representatives to WHO Gennady Osipov. USSR Tunisia Hans Ulrich Deppe. FRG Deniz Kandiyoti Peter Q. Reinsch. The José Cazorla. University Philippe Lehmann. Richmond College.U.K. Netherlands ot Granada. Spain Switzerland The ISA BULLETIN is the ofíicial publication of the Secretariat of the International Sociological Association. Editor: Izabela Barlinska Three issues per year appear in Spring. Summer and Auturnn with an average printing of 5000 copies. The ISA BULLETIN is distributed free of charge to members ot the ISA. Deadlines íor submission of items oí interest to our members are: Spring issue: January 1, Summer issues: May 15. Autumn issue: October l. Published by the International Sociological Association under the auspices oí the ISSC and with the financial assistance of UNESCO. UNESCO subvention 1988-89/DDG/7.7.2/SUB/SHS Printed by Fareso. S.A .• Madrid. Spain. Depósito legal: M.25.817-1987 Sociolinguistics, RC 26 Sociotechnics - Sociological Practice, RC 29 Deviance and Social Control, RC 36 Alienation Theory and Research, RC 38 Biography and REPORT FROM THE RESEARCH COUNCIL MEETING Society. All payments are conditional on the submission of a report on activities and a membership list proving Research Council meeting and its conference "Cross- that at least 25 mewbers of a research committee from Cultural and International Research: Theory, Method, at least 5 countries are also ISA members in good Project, Organization" and "Centralization vs. standing. Decentralizatíon", took place on September 1st through 4th, 1988 in Ljubljana (Yugoslavia) on the generous The deadline for applying for the 1989 newsletter invitation by the Faculty of Sociology, Political grant was set to May 1st, 1989. Science and Journalism, the Research Institute, and the Institute of Sociology, all of the Edvard Kardelj University. The meetings were held on the premises of the International Centre for Public Enterprises. Sincere thanks and gratitude for this hospitality are extended to Mrs. N. Kersevan, Mayor of the .Ljubljana City Assembly, Professors B. Kavcic, Dean, V. Antoncic, Director, N. Tos, Director, and Professor Zdravko Mlinar. new status has at from at least 5 _~e meetings were chaired by Professor Else 0yen, ISA stipulated by the Vice-President, Chair of the Research Council and the Research Coordinating Committee. At the RESEARCH COUNCIL BUSINESS MEETING following issues were considered: for a Research the activity of 1. Decisions and recommendations of the Research area and range Coordinating Committee which held its meeting one day (Art.XI:3:b.1). prior to the Research Council. (a) Review of Research Commi~tees' activities The following decisions concerning the change of The heterogenity of the received 18 reports as well status were made, all conditional on the submission as the lack of response from the remaining 41 of a membership list proving that at least 25 members Research Committees were discussed. In order to better from at least 5 countries of a group are also ISA evaluate the activities of the research committees in members in good standing. the future, members of the Research Council suggested the following criteria to be taken into consideration: Research Committee status was given to: - ·that the Research Committees submit a 2-year * Working Gtoup on Social Psychology (M. Draganov); activity report * Working Group on Rural Sociology (L. Busch); - that the Research Committees organize at least one * Working Group on Sociology of Population (F. Yusuf); international conference between the two Congresses - that the Research Committees secure in its Working Group status was maintained for: membership at least 25 members in good standing (i.e. * WG on Clinical Sociology (R. Sévigny)¡ paid individual members of the ISA) from at least 5 * WG on Labor Movements in the Industrial and State COI rí.es (as stipulated by the ISA Statutes, Artícle Arenas (M. Regini); XI. ..•) * WG on Mental Health (H.N. Mookherjee); - that all officers of a Research Committee be * WG on Rational Choice (R. Wippler); individual members of the ISA (as stipulated by the * WG on Sociocybernetics and Social Systems Theory (F. ISA By Laws 7.1) Parra-Luna) - that a newsletter is produced Working Group status was given to: (b) Allocation of tne 1988 newsletter grants to the * Thematic Group Housing and Built Environment (E. Research Committees (US $ 800 each): Huttman and W. van Vliet formerly, L. Kilmartin RC 02 Economy and Society, RC 05 Ethnic, Race and currently) ¡ Minority Relations, RC 06 Family Research, RC 08 * Thematic Group Social Indicators Research (A.C. History of Sociology, RC 09 Social Practice and Social Michalos); Transformation, RC 10 Participation, Workers' Control, * Group on Sociological Theory (J. Alexander, P. ~d Self-Management, RC 15 Sociology of Health, RC 25 Sztompka) ; TABLE OF CONTENTS page 1 Report from the Research Council Meeting Inlay: ISA Membership Dues 1989-1992 6 Report from the Executive Committee Meeting 7 Worldwide Competition for Young Sociologists ISA Publications: 8 Reports of Activities from the Research - "Current Sociology" Committees - "International Sociology" 15 Calls for Papers - "Sage Studies in International 16 Calendar of Future Events Sociology" - "Sociological Abstracts" 1 Thematic Group status was given to: January 31, 1989 * Famine and Society (J. Floud)j Session topics and the names ot sessions organizers