Re: More X-Raying of our list

        Gert's suggestion is eminently reasonable and useful, but since it
is the hope of most progressive social scientists interested in (the)
world(-)system(s) to contribute to the supersedure of the modern global
version, I think there needs to be a fourth purpose:  to discuss ways and
means of making the transition to a just and democratic world order.

        Warren
 


On Sat, 27 Jan 2001, g kohler wrote:

> Would it help the list, if wsn had a formal statement of purpose? [to be 
>posted periodically as a reminder]
> 
> For example, the following three purposes:
> (1) to inform about professional matters of interest to PEWS members
> (2) to engage in scholarly communications of interest to progressive 
>sociologists, historians, economists [included?], and political scientists 
>[included?] who are interested in (the) world(-)system(s)
> (3) to critically examine current events, in the sense of a LGO (left 
>globalization observer) [acronym modeled after Henwood's LBO, Left Business 
>Observer]
> 
> Gert
> 
>