On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 19:59:29 +0200 International
Sociological Association <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> To: Members of the International Sociological Association
> From: Said A. Arjomand, Editor of "International Sociology"
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> Call for contributions
>
> Since I took over the Editorship of "International Sociology", a
> number of initiatives have been taken to promote library
> subscriptions in Eurasia and the United States, and to organize
> thematic special issues, for which I asked the help of the
> Research Committees (ISA Bulletin, 77 Fall 1998). The second
> thematic special issue is in print (a double issue on
> Globalization) and, according to Sage Publications, the
> subscription figures have begun to rise since last November.
> Where we remain weak in quantitative and qualitative terms,
> however, is in the area of individual submissions.
>
> The ISA has over fifty Research Committees which hold some
> thirty meetings every year. As the ISA membership journal,
> "International Sociology" is the natural venue for the
> publication of the best papers presented at the meetings of the
> Research Committees. I therefore appeal to the ISA membership to
> give us the privilege of first refusal, and to the Presidents of
> the RCs to develop the habit of encouraging the authors of one
> or two papers at each of their meetings to submit them to
> "International Sociology", or of sending the papers to us
> directly with a note of recommendation. One good paper from each
> RC will be more than enough to fill the entire four issues of
> the journal for the year, and should assure the excellence of
> "International Sociology" to which we all aspire.
>
> Said A. Arjomand, Editor "International Sociology"
> Department of Sociology
> State University of New York
> Stony Brook, New York 11794-4356, USA
> Phone: 1-631-632-4371
> Fax: 1-631-632-4361
> E-mail: [log in to unmask]
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Robert Miller
Director, Centre for Social Research
School of Sociology & Social Policy, Queen's University
Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, U.K.
tel: +44 (0)2890 335975 Fax: +44 (0)2890 320668
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