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1999 SPA Conference: Social Insecurity and Social Policy
Call for Papers: Deadline March 31 1999 (revised date)
The 1999 Annual Conference of the Social Policy Association will
take place at Roehampton Institute London from July 20-22. The
conference is being organised by Judith Glover and Lorraine Radford
(School of Sociology and Social Policy, Roehampton Institute),
Hazel May (University of Leeds and Ros Edwards (South Bank
University). Contributions are solicited on the following:
violence and safety
welfare, risk and social capital
identity
stratification and difference
comparisons: geographical and historical
New Labour
technology
globalization
open stream
Plenary speakers are Betsy Stanko (July 20), Jeffrey Weeks (July 21)
and Claude Moraes (July 22). There will be symposia on gender and
welfare states (Birgit Pfau-Effinger, John MacInnes, Jane Lewis, July 20)
and on 'Social Insecurity: a State Problem?' (John Edwards, Jane Wheelock,
Eithne McLaughlin, July 22). A range of special sessions will be organised,
including SSP2000, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Social Science and
Policy, Engaging Different Knowledges in Social Policy, ESRC Future of
Welfare projects, Future Directions for Social Policy Research, Subject
Benchmarking. Meetings will take place for special interest groups, including
women and social policy, health policy, comparative social policy and
post-graduates.
There will be an opportunity for poster presentations with a timetabled slot
for authors to discuss their work with delegates. Delegates intending to make
a poster presentation should inform the secretariat (see address below) by
March 31 1999.
Academic publishing advice sessions for prospective authors from Jo Campling.
Details of cost and booking arrangements are obtainable from the conference
secretariat (see address below) or can be downloaded from the Social Policy
Association website http://www.shu.ac.uk/schools/hcs/spa/
Abstracts of around 150 words (a printed copy, if possible together with
a clearly labelled disk in Word 6 or below or WordPerfect 5.1/5.2) should
be sent by March 31 1999 to:
The SPA Conference Secretariat,
School of Sociology and Social Policy,
Southlands College,
Roehampton Institute London,
80 Roehampton Lane,
London SW15 5SL
UK
Do not forget to include with your abstract your name, institutional
affiliation, mailing address, telephone number and email address.
Regrettably Macintosh or abstracts via email cannot be accepted.
Enquiries to +44(0)181 392 3604 or email [log in to unmask]
Fax +44(0)181 392 3518.
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