Nice to see some discussion of important issues on wsn. WE need to be a
bit more organized about getting 15 new members so we can have four
sessions next year. I dont think this is a crisis for the PEWS section.
It is too bad that Al Bergesen's session on ecological problems in the
world system was canceled. Perhaps we can get organized to see that such
a session gets on next year's program. The members have to convince the
council and the incoming president. Does anyone know who is on the
nominating committee this year?
To answer Carl Dassbach's question, there is no official connection
between the ASA PEWS section and wsn. wsn is available for the use of the
PEWS section members but it is constitutionally interdisciplinary and so
an official sponsorship by a section of the American Sociological
Association would be inappropriate.
chris
Professor Christopher Chase-Dunn
Department of Sociology
Johns Hopkins University
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