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Fw: Call for papers by George Snedeker 30 December 2001 16:48 UTC |
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> From: Julie Monroe > Subject: [LALS] swlsa call for papers > > Southwest Labor Studies Association > > > Call for Papers > > > 27th Annual Conference > > > May 9-11, 2002 > > > California State University, Los Angeles > > > Globalization, Labor, and Inequality Within and Across Borders > > > > The Southwest Labor Studies Association (SWLSA) is an organization of > academics, labor unionists, and community activists. The purpose of SWLSA is > to explore and promote public understanding of both the labor movement's > heritage and current undertakings, and of workers' experiences on the job > and in the community. It is open to anyone with an interest in the labor > movement. > > > This year's conference is organized around the theme Globalization, Labor, > and Inequality Within and Across Borders. SWLSA solicits proposals for > panels, scholarly papers, or roundtables on the conference theme. Proposals > on other themes of labor, work, and community are also invited. Students, > teachers, college and university professors, labor unionists, community > activists, and public policy makers are encouraged to participate. > > > Paper topics areas may include (but are not limited to): > > > -The Impact of War and Recession on Workers and Communities > > > -Labor Reform: Rank and File Movements and Organizing Drives > > > -Labor and Popular Movements in the Third World > > > -U.S. Labor Foreign Policy: International Solidarity or Protectionism? > > > -The Impact of Free Trade Agreements on Jobs, Living Standards, etc. > > > -The Feminization of Labor; the Gendered Impact of Globalization > > > -Anti-globalization Struggles > > > -Neoliberalism and the Assault on the Welfare State > > > -Managed Migrations in the World Context > > > -New Industrialization/Maquiladorization and Prospects for Class > Struggle > > > -What Can be Learned from Past Class Struggles: Working Class Successes > and Setbacks > > > SWLSA encourages submission of proposals via email. A proposal for a panel, > paper, or roundtable should include the title of the session and the names > and affiliations of all participants. The proposal should include the title > and brief (one-paragraph) abstract for each paper or presentation and a > biographical paragraph for each person proposing a paper. > > > Submit Proposals by February 1, 2002 to: > > > Enrique Ochoa > > > Department of History > > > California State University, Los Angeles > > > Los Angeles, CA 90032 > > > Email: eochoa3@calstatela.edu > > > Co-Sponsor: Department of History CSULA, Southern California Library for > Social Studies and Research, UCI-Labor Studies Program, CSU-DH Labor > Studies Program, UCLA Labor Center >
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