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+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Posted Tue, 2 May 2006 16:26:48 This message was forwarded through MEDSOCNEWS. If you wish to make an announcement or publicise an event then please send the text to: [log in to unmask] +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ We wish to announce: DILEMMAS FOR HUMAN SERVICES 2006 Dilemmas of the New Governance: Choice, Delivery and Organisation. 10th International Research Conference Keynote Speaker: Kieran Walsh, University of Manchester ************************************************************************ ***** To be hosted by Staffordshire University 1st - 2nd September 2006 ***Call For Papers*** This Conference, organised jointly by Staffordshire University and the University of East London, will provide a forum for policy, organisational and critical sociological analyses of issues and dilemmas in the organisation and delivery of health, housing, education and social services. The theme of this next conference concerns the problems faced by public, private and voluntary sector organisations and governments in coming to terms with a series of issues associated with a more demanding electorate and clientele. Some of the issues arising from this broad theme which we would especially encourage papers to discuss are: * The choice agenda and marketisation of welfare services. * New Social Movements: including environmental, gender focussed and anti-globalisation. * Issue Networks and their role in coalition formation around key delivery issues. * Organisational failure and recovery. * New forms of participatory democracy. Papers on other related topics will also be welcomed for consideration by the conference organisers. This is the tenth international 'Dilemmas' Conference. Previous conferences have produced a number of publications, including Gender and the Public Sector (Routledge 2003) and special editions of the International Journal of Public Sector Management (2003) and Public Policy and Politics (2005) as well as further planned volumes. It is intended that a selection of papers from this conference will also form the basis for an edited collection or a special edition of a journal. Anyone interested in contributing a paper should submit a one-page abstract (400 words) to the Conference Organisers. The deadline for abstracts is the 26th May 2006. Decision on acceptance, following the refereeing process will be notified by mid-June. For further information please contact the conference organisers: Mike Dent, and Jim Radcliffe Institute of Health Research, Faculty of Health and Science, Staffordshire University, Blackheath Lane, Stafford, ST18 0AD, United Kingdom Phone: +44(0)1785 353766 E-Mails: <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]> ********************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, except for the purpose of delivery to the addressee, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Kindly notify the sender and delete the message and any attachment from your computer. ********************************************************************** 1. For general enquires or problems with the list or to CHANGE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS send a message to: [log in to unmask] 2. To suspend yourself from the list, whilst on leave, for example, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following message: set medsocnews nomail 3. To resume email from the list, send the following message: set medsocnews mail 4. To leave MedSocNews, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message (leave the subject line blank and do not include a signature): leave medsocnews 5. To join or subscribe to MedSocNews, send an email to [log in to unmask] with the message (leave the subject line blank and do not include a signature): SUBSCRIBE medsocnews firstname lastname 6. Further information about the medsocnews discussion list (including list archive and how to subscribe to or leave the list) can be found at the list web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medsocnews.html **********************************************************************