Call for Papers

CALL FOR PAPERS: Please consider submitting a paper to the following session sponsored by the Environment
& Technology section and the Teaching Sociology section of the SSSP: “Teaching Justice and
Compassion: Learning Through the Inclusion of Animals into our Sense of Community.” Abstracts should
be sent to the organizer: Lisa Anne Zilney, Ph.D. Montclair State University, Sociology & Justice
Studies, 1 Normal Avenue, Dickson Hall 314, Upper Montclair, NJ, 07043 or emailed (preferred method) to
lisa.zilney <at> montclair.edu. The Society for the Study of Social Problems meeting overlaps the ASA
meeting and is scheduled to meet August 10-12, 2006 in Montreal, Quebec. The deadline for abstract
submission is January 31st, 2006. 

Thanks in advance,
~Lisa

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Lisa Anne Zilney, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Montclair State University
Sociology & Justice Studies
Dickson Hall 314
Upper Montclair, NJ, 07043
Office: 973-655-7225
Fax: 973-655-5389

The greatness of a nation and its moral progress,
can be judged by the way its animals are treated.
---Mahatma Gandhi

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Disasters, conflict, and privacy

Hiya!

I thought sociologists and kindred spirits might have better references for 
these folks. My first thought was Kai Erikson's _Everything in its Path_

Is there anything more up-to-date in terms of the Sociology of Disaster or War?

Thanks,

Begin forwarded message:

From: Gene Spafford <spaf@...>
Date: November 7, 2005 7:52:08 AM EST

Perhaps someone on this list knows some good references....

I am teaching an advanced seminar on privacy this semester. Students
are required to do a research project for the final. One of the
students has come up with a great idea -- examining what effects
disasters and armed conflict have on the privacy (short term and long
term) of both victims and responders.  Unfortunately, there appears
to be little published that relates to the topic.

If you are aware of any data, publication, study or other material
that supports this topic, please let me know about it, or else
contact the student directly: <mcpherso@...>.  We're hoping
to find material he can use so that he doesn't need to pick another,
more pedestrian, topic.

Thanks in advance.
--spaf

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Re: Disasters, conflict, and privacy

Disasters, conflict, and privacy

A couple of good "sociology" of disasters and War:

DISASTER:
Mike Davis, "Late Victorian Holocausts" (Verso Press).
Eric Klinenberg, "Heat Wave" (U. of Chicago).

AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ACCOUNT OF "WAR":
Wendy Perlman, "Occupied Voices" (Nation Books)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1560255307/qid=1131401719/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-5670275-7740043?v=glance&s=books

Suad Amiry, "Sharon and My Mother-In-Law" (Pantheon)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0375423796/qid=1131401993/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-5670275-7740043?v=glance&s=books

best,
Khaldoun

	
		
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Call for 2007 ASA Annual Meeting Workshop Ideas

Position Announcement: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania

Call for Papers for NCSA Session

Please consider submitting a paper to the following session I am
organizing for the 2006 NCSA in Indianapolis. Please note the deadline
for paper submission  is December 1, 2005.

"From Student to Colleague: Professional Socialization in the Graduate
Classroom"

Send papers to:

Tawnya Adkins Covert
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Western Illinois University
1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455
309-298-1573
TJ-AdkinsCovert@...

Looking for reports on level of fraud in poverty programs

Hi folks,

We've reached the inequality and startification section of intro and I'm getting the usual stories of
people ripping off the system. Can anyone point me to studies of the amount of fraud in programs like food
stamps, welfare, etc? 

Thanks,

James

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James Cassell <jwcassell@...>

Re: Looking for reports on level of fraud in poverty programs

James,

I dealt with this issue yesterday when discussing Social Stratification.

Here's what I do:

1. I indicate that information based on "personal experiences" is very
limited and should not be generalized to the larger macro population.

2. I discuss the "fallacy of the dramatic instance" where a very *vivid*
*dramatic* instance gains much media publicity and leads people to
generalize to the larger population. E.G. Welfare Cadillac song based on
case where women on welfare drove a Cadillac and Johnny Cash wrote a
song about it.

3. I discuss WEALTHFARE where corporations, are given tons of money and
the local, state and national govt. get little in return for such. Paul
Klugman wrote a great article documenting such in TIME magazine.
Reprinted in ANNUAL EDITIONS: SOCIOLOGY. 

Best Wishes,
Michael 

-----Original Message-----
From: teachsoc@...
[mailto:teachsoc@...] On
Behalf Of James Cassell
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:11 PM
To: teachsoc@...
Subject: TEACHSOC: Looking for reports on level of fraud in poverty
programs

Hi folks,

We've reached the inequality and startification section of intro and I'm
getting the usual stories of people ripping off the system. Can anyone
point me to studies of the amount of fraud in programs like food stamps,
welfare, etc? 

Thanks,

James

-----Original Message-----
From: teachsoc@...
[mailto:teachsoc@...] On
Behalf Of James Cassell
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 12:11 PM
To: teachsoc@...
Subject: TEACHSOC: Looking for reports on level of fraud in poverty
programs

Hi folks,

We've reached the inequality and startification section of intro and I'm
getting the usual stories of people ripping off the system. Can anyone
point me to studies of the amount of fraud in programs like food stamps,
welfare, etc? 

Thanks,

James

------
James Cassell <jwcassell@...>