Fw: SSSP session on Democratic Party

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Please feel free to post this to other sociology lists:

I'm organizing a session at the SSSP (Society for the Study of Social
Problems) conference in Washington, D.C. The SSSP has a day of sessions
before ASA starts and then overlaps for two days, usually within walking
distance of the ASA hotels.

The title of the session is:"Democratic Party: Party of the Poor or Party of
Poverty?"  The theme is to explore the ways that the Democratic Party has
maintained anti-working class policies. (I figure that it's not that
enlightening to explore the ways that the Republican party has maintained
anti-working class policies....)

But, we could use a couple of more papers. So if anyone reading this would
like to submit something for that session, please send me an e-mail
spectors@netnitco.net and send a copy to spector@calumet.purdue.edu
It is not necessary to send a polished, finished paper.  We are not
necessarily looking for a paper with tons of empirical research. On the
other hand, the presenter should avoid the other extreme of just giving some
off-the-cuff "opinions" about the state of Democratic Party politics.

If you are interested in possibly participating, please contact me right
away and give me a general idea of your interests.

Thanks,

Alan Spector

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