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The Section on Marxist Sociology of the ASA is having its annual
membership drive. We are still a couple of dozen members short of 400.
We need to reach 400 by September 30 in order to be able to have three
sessions at the 1996 ASA convention in August, 1997, Toronto.
There is NO TIME TO WASTE on this. DON'T put it off "another week or
so", or we will lose a session. If you are a graduate student who has
never been a member of the SMxS, this fee can be waived for the first
year; please contact me as soon as possible (spector@calumet.purdue.edu)
if you are eligible for that and would like to join. There are many
readers of this list who are ASA members and plan to sign into the SMxS but
haven't gotten around to it. Please do it now.
In addition to sponsoring three sessions, which gives a dozen or so
people the experience of presenting a paper at ASA, the SMxS is well known
for its very informative, stimulating roundtable sessions. These sessions
provide the opportunity for another several dozen people to share their
ideas and gain experience at making an official presentation at an ASA
convention. For sociologists and grad students working in the Marxist
tradition this is especially important, because the availability of grant
money and the ability to "latch onto" the work of a "famous" professor
while in grad school or as a beginning faculty member is much more limited
for us. Section membership gives you the opportunity to meet others,
exchange ideas, develop possible collaborative projects, discuss strategies
for teaching etc. Building the membership up is extremely important. In
particular, grad students can overcome the isolation they sometimes feel;
special efforts should be made to encourage grad students to sign up.
Finally, the Section on Political Economy of World Systems (PEWS) has
been something of a sibling section to SMxS, hosting important sessions
analyzing international trends and occasionally co-sponsoring sessions with
SMxS. They too are having a membership drive, and we have agreed to
encourage our members to join both sections. So, if you are a member of
either section and would like to join the other, please do so now. For as
much as we pay to belong to ASA, it is certainly worth the slight
incremental cost of supporting these sections, which make the ASA
experience much more valuable for many people.
But do it now....
Here's how.....
Application follows:
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[ ] I am an ASA member and wish to join the Section on Marxist
Sociology. Enclosed is my check.
[ ] I am an ASA member and wish to join the Section on Political
Economy of World Systems. Enclosed is my check.
[ ] I want to join the ASA and also one or both of the above
sections. Please send me a 1996 membership application.
Name __________________________________________________________________
Address ________________________________________________________________
City ___________________________ State/Province _________________
Zip/Postal Code ____________ Country __________________
Section on Marxist Sociology Section dues are $10 for regular members,
$7 for student members, and $8 for low income members. Make checks payable
to ASA and mail to American Sociological Association, Membership Services,
1722 N Street, NW, Washington, DC 20035-2981.
PEWS Section dues are $10 for regular members, $5 for student members, and
$8 for low income members. Make checks payable to ASA and mail to American
Sociological Association, Membership Services, 1722 N Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20035-2981.
They take Visa/MasterCard for those of us who don't mind contributing to
the world debt.
ASA Sections can be contacted via e-mail at:
PLEASE DON'T DELAY. The Sept. 30 deadline is INFLEXIBLE.
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