LAST CALL FOR PAPERS
The Sociology of Disaster Working Group is organizing the following four
sessions at the 4th European Sociological Association Conference ("Will
Europe Work") which will be held in Amsterdam, Aug. 18-21, 199:
1. "Mass emergency institutions and services in European countries"
Concentratres on the forms and effectiveness of institutions and services
that European countries have developed over the years to manage natural,
technological and complex crises and disasters. Nicholas Petropoulos, .
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2. "Disaster theory:comparative perspectives" Focuses on the theories
which disaster sociologists in Europe and elsewhere find useful in their
work and on the impact of this on their research and their
conceptualizations of of disasters. Wolfgang Dombrowsky, Christian
Albrecht's University. E-mail: [log in to unmask]
3. "Popular culture of disasters: Themes from Europe and Beyond" Deals
with the role of popular culture (e.g. folk beliefs, folk tales, popular
film, novels, poetry, humour, jokes, rituals, religious beliefs and
interpretatons, etc. ) in disasters. Anne Eyre, Coventry University.
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4. "What difference does 'difference' make in disaster preparation and
response?" Examines the possibilities of planning for and managing
disasters whilst being sensitive to a range of differences (e.g. gender,
race, class, ethnicity, religion, etc) within the population. Maureen H.
Fordham, Anglia Polytechnic University. E-mail: [log in to unmask]
Colleagues interested in participating in any of the above sessions should
send an abstract of not more than 250 words to the chairperson of the
desired session, not later than January 27, 1999. For session 3, the
presentation may be oral or poster in nature. N.P.
SOCIOLOGY OF DISASTER WORKING GROUP
Coordinator: Nicholas P. Petropoulos
Emergencies Research Center
Athens, Greece
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