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Conference Announcement: This year's Work, Employment & Society Conference will take place at the University of Nottingham on September 11 - 13, 2001. Plenary papers - addressing the theme of "Winning and Losing in the New Economy" - will be given by Naomi Klein, Theo Nichols, Kate Purcell and Richard Sennett. Sub-themes will address issues relating to: - Inequalities of wealth and power - Emotional labour - The historical meanings of work - Working (up a) class identity - Risk, flexibility, insecurity - Stress and work intensification - Re-regulating the labour market - Slavery - old and new Papers addressing other themes will also be welcome. If you would like to present a paper, please send a short abstract (300 words max) to the conference organisers by April 20th, 2001. Registration forms can be found at the conference website: www.nottingham.ac.uk/wes2001 For more details, please contact [log in to unmask] or call +44 (0) 115 951 5407