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From: "Rhodes, Tim" <[log in to unmask]>
Please find below a call for papers for a special issue of the International
Journal of Drug Policy on "social theory in drug use research and harm
reduction". The special issue seeks to include papers on the topics of:
governmentality; risk; embodiment; consumption; spatiality; and social
capital, as well as reviews exploring the contribution of sociology,
anthropology and historical studies.
Please let either myself ([log in to unmask]) or David Moore
([log in to unmask]) know should you be interested in submitting a
title and abstract.
Please also feel free to the circulate the call to others you think may be
interested in contributing.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Best, Tim.
SPECIAL ISSUE: SOCIAL THEORY IN DRUG RESEARCH AND HARM REDUCTION
Guest edited by David Moore (Australia) and Tim Rhodes (UK). Outline
abstracts (no more than 250 words) are invited for contributions to a
forthcoming special issue of The International Journal of Drug Policy on the
role of social theory in drug research and harm reduction. We invite four
types of contribution:
* scientific review papers (max 8,000 words)
* original empirical papers (max 7,000 words)
* policy and/or historical analysis (max 6,000 words) and
* commentary (max 5,000 words)
We are especially interested in receiving contributions on the following
topics and their relevance to drug research and harm reduction:
* social capital
* governmentality/poststructuralism
* embodiment
* consumption
* spatiality/cultural geography
* discourse analysis
* risk
* structure/agency and
* the contributions of anthropology, history and sociology to
drug research and harm reduction.
The deadline for submission of outline abstracts is 31 July 2003.
Queries and outline abstracts should be e-mailed to David Moore at
[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>. Once selected,
the deadline for completion of draft contributions is 31 November 2003. The
special issue will be published in 2004.
To subscribe to The International Journal of Drug Policy go to the website
at www.elsevier.nl/locate/drugpo
For concessionary subscriptions go to www.ihra.net
and click on 'join us'.
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