To: Members of the International Sociological Association Call for papers 26TH Third World Conference "Third World and Global Development: Continuing the Search for a New Paradigm" March 15-18, 2000 Chicago, Illinois, USA This interdisciplinary and intercultural conference will continue to comprehensively examine the complexity of the Third World and global development into the next millennium. The process of globalization in the context of economic, political, cultural, educational, gender, environmental, health, technological and from both regional and interregional perspectives will be critically examined. The objective and central focus of this Conference is to pose original questions, pursue in-depth analyses, and formulate practical solutions to key issues confronting contemporary global systems as they relate to Third World and Diaspora societies. In particular, the Conference seeks to initiate new thinking about "Third World and Global Development" from broad perspectives in a rapidly changing global order. The deadline for submitting three copies of the abstract (maximum 300 words) is January 30, 2000 or until program is complete: Third World Conference Foundation 1525 E 53rd Street, Suite 435 Chicago, IL 60615-4509, USA tel: 1-773-2416688, fax: 1-773-2417898 Email: twcfusa@aol.com Web site: http://twcfinternational.org The Third World Conference Foundation (TWCF) is a non-profit independent research and educational organization that provides interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives on all aspects of Third World and Diaspora development through conference, forums, workshops and publications.