WES Conference 2004
Second call for papers
The Work, Employment and Society conference, like the journal it is
associated with, provides a forum for the critical analysis of work and
employment and their connections with wider social processes and
social structures. Supported by the British Sociological Association,
both the journal and the conference series are sociologically oriented
but welcome contributions from many academic disciplines, including
anthropology, labour economics, geography, history, industrial
relations, management, organisational studies and politics. Confirmed
plenary speakers reinforce this wish for an inter-disciplinary dialogue.
These are: Professor Jamie Peck, Departments of Geography and
Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Professor Paul Stewart,
Employment Studies Research Unit, University of West of England; Dr
Don Slater, Reader in Sociology at the London School of Economics
and; Professor Judy Wajcman, Research School of Social Sciences,
Australian National University.
At WES 2004 in Manchester we want to build on the debates from the
last conference (WES 2001, Nottingham), as well as introduce other
areas of interest, and this is reflected in the themes we have identified.
We invite papers addressed to the following themes:
* Working conditions and health;
* Tackling inequalities in and beyond the workplace;
* Aesthetic and emotional labour;
* Skills;
* New organisational forms (e.g. public-private partnerships, multi-
employer workplaces);
* Working Identities;
* Collective organisation, resistance and misbehaviour;
* Third sector and informal forms of work
* Re-regulating the labour market
Abstract submission form available from
http://www.umist.ac.uk/wes2004
Abstracts for presentations should be submitted for review by February
1st 2004 by email attachment to [log in to unmask] Abstracts will
be refereed and contributors will be notified as to whether their abstract
has been accepted by the 1st March 2004.
Costs: £140 for BSA student members; £240 for BSA members and;
£290 for non-BSA members. All rates include attendance at the
conference, lunch, dinner and refreshments during breaks.
For further information about: abstract submissions, the conference,
plenary speakers, the venue, the cost and the city visit the conference
website: http://www.umist.ac.uk/wes2004
Important dates:
February 1 2004 Last date for submission of abstracts
March 1 2004 Contributors are notified of their paper's
acceptance/rejection
April 30 2004 Last date of registration for presenters
May 31 2004 Last date of registration for non-presenting
delegates
Colette Fagan, Irena Grugulis, Mark Smith and Kevin Ward (WES
2004 Organising Committee)
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