FROM: BOB DEACON, GLOBALISM AND SOCIAL POLICY PROGRAMME(GASPP)
TO: GASPP NEWS GROUP.
GASPP NEWS NUMBER ONE. (June 2001)
You have been included in this mailing because of your past connection
with the Anglo-Finnish Globalism and Social Policy Programme(GASPP). It
is the first of a series of occasional newsletters updating you on the
GASPP programme and associated seminars, publications and other
activities. To delete yourself from the mailing list see the
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1. GLOBAL SOCIAL POLICY journal launched.
The first issue of the new international journal of social development
and public policy:
GLOBAL SOCIAL POLICY is now available. The journal will appear three
times a year in April, August and December. It contains articles on
aspects of globalisation and social policy, book reviews, a GSP forum
for the exchange of opinion and a GSP digest with regular updates on
major international policy developments in the social policy and social
development field.
The contents of the first issue are listed on the GASPP web pages at
www.stakes.fi/gaspp
They are also available on the SAGE publishers pages at
www.sagepub.co.uk where a sample on-line copy will be available shortly.
Articles are being considered now for future publications in the
journal. Please see the guidance to authors on the SAGE web pages.
2. GLOBAL SOCIAL POLICY DIGEST service launched.
The GSP Digest which is updated every four months is a review of recent
developments in international social policy. It covers policy changes
and policy debates at the global and regional level in the fields of
health, education, social protection, housing and other areas. The
review embraces the social policies of the major international
organisations (World Bank, IMF, WTO, UN agencies, OECD, EU, MERCOSUR,
ASEAN etc) and of the major global and regional social movements and
INGO's.
The service is available free at the GASPP web page:
www.stakes.fi/gaspp/GSPjournal/Digest1.1/contents.htm
3. GASPP SEMINARS ON GLOBALISATION AND SOCIAL POLICY.
GASPP runs a series of seminars on aspects of globalisation and social
policy.
The first was on the Governance of Global Social Policy,
the second on Global Trade and Investment Agreements,
the third was on INGOs, Consulting Companies and Subcontracting
Governance, and
the fourth was on Globalisation and Social Rights.
The fifth seminar is now announced. It will be held in collaboration
with the ILO-SES programme
(www.ilo.org/ses) on the topic of The Emerging Global Market in Social
Protection and Health: Implications for Socio-Economic Security. It will
be held in Dubrovnik in late September 2002.
A programme outline will be available shortly on the GASPP web pages.
Some papers will be by invitation but a call for papers will be issued
on the GASPP web pages in June 2001.
GLOBALISM AND SOCIAL POLICY PROGRAMME (GASPP)
STAKES,
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Phone +3967 2110
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