CFP: Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change

Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change, a peer-reviewed volume published by Emerald Group Publishing/JAI Press, encourages submissions for Volume 33 of the series. This volume will have both thematic and open-submission sections and will be guest edited by Jennifer Earl (University of California, Santa Barbara) and Deana Rohlinger (Florida State University). For the open-submission/non-thematic section, submissions appropriate to any of the three broad foci reflected in the series title will be considered.

The special section of Volume 33 will focus on "new" and "old" media in social movements, conflicts, and change. We encourage submissions on the relationship between older media (e.g., newspapers, books, music, radio and network and cable television) and social movements, conflicts, or change, or between "new" media (e.g., the Web) and social movements, conflicts, or change.

Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change (RSMCC) is a fully peer-reviewed series of original research that has been published annually for over 30 years. We continue to publish the work of many of the leading scholars in social movements, social change, and peace and conflict studies. Although RSMCC enjoys a wide library subscription base for the book versions, all volumes are now published both in book form and are also available online to subscribing libraries through Emerald Insight. This ensures wider distribution and easier online access to your scholarship while maintaining the esteemed book series at the same time.

RSMCC boasts quick turn-around times, generally communicating peer reviewed-informed decisions within 10-12 weeks of receipt of submissions.

To be considered for inclusion in Volume 33, papers should arrive by May 16, 2011.

Send submissions as a WORD document attached to an email to BOTH Jennifer Earl and Dena Rohlinger, guest RSMCC editors for Volume 33, at jearl@soc.ucsb.edu and drohling@fsu.edu.

Remove all self-references (in text and in bibliography) save for on the title page, which should include full contact information for all authors. Include the paper's title and the abstract on the first page of the text itself. For initial submissions, any standard social science in-text citation and bibliographic system is acceptable.

RSMCC Website

CFP: Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism

Forging the Nation: Rituals and Performances in the (Re)production of Nations
The Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism (ASEN) is holding its 21st Annual Conference, entitled “Forging the Nation”, from the 5th – 7th of April 2011 at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

The fundamental purpose of this conference is to address the role of performances and rituals in the production and reproduction of national identity. This is an important issue for the study of nations and nationalism, however, it remains under-theorised. It is therefore the intention of the conference to gain a deeper understanding of this issue by moving beyond written texts.

We are delighted to announce our confirmed plenary speakers:
Professor Jeffrey Alexander (Yale)
Professor Carol Duncan (Ramapo)
Dr. Jon Fox (Bristol)
Professor Anthony Smith (LSE)
Additional plenary speakers to be announced soon.

For additional enquiries, please email asen.conference2011@lse.ac.uk

Click here to see the call for papers

Music videos!

Thanks to Bill Carroll, my call for social movement music (Sociology needs blues songs!) has been answered, twice:

So Said Tony Hayward


Do we pull the monster down?

New publications

Two new publications by CNSIMC members:

Mark Stoddart and David Tindall, 'We've Also Become Quite Good Friends': Environmentalists, Social Networks and Social Comparison in British Columbia, Canada. Social Movement Studies 9, 3: 253 - 271

Abstract: Social networks influence social movement recruitment and individuals' ongoing participation in social movement organizations. In this article, we use a qualitative approach to explore the meaning of social networks for environmental movement participants in British Columbia, Canada. Our analysis draws on interviews with 33 core members of the movement. Environmental group participation creates multiplex social networks, encompassing work, leisure and friendship. Social movement networks are conduits for information exchange among environmental groups and they amplify the political power of individual participants. Ties to government workers and forest company management are more intense - based on frequency of contact - than ties to forestry labour or First Nations groups. However, forestry workers and First Nations are viewed more positively than government or forest company management. This illustrates how the intensity of social network ties can be distinguished from the subjective meanings attached to them by network participants.

Kathleen Rodgers, 'Anger is Why We're All Here': Mobilizing and Managing Emotions in a Professional Activist Organization. Social Movement Studies 9, 3: 273 - 291.

Abstract: The emotions involved in social activism are central factors in the recruitment to, motivation for, and sustainability of social movements. But this perspective on the role of emotions within social movements contrasts with studies of emotions within mainstream organizations where employees are called on to manage their own emotions and those of others. Thus, while much social movement research focuses on how activists actively cultivate emotional expression, these ideas rarely intersect with the organizational research that examines how a diminished quality of working life may result from the need for employees to modify, suppress or emphasize emotions. Using in-depth interviews with activists at Amnesty International, this article bridges this theoretical divide by examining emotional labour and emotional regulation among paid activists in a professional social movement organization. I explore the ways in which employees struggle with the emotional component of their work and the implications of these emotions for the quality of their working life, the stability of such organizations and the maintenance of social movements.

DALHOUSIE POSTDOCTORAL POSITION-ENVIRONMENT AND MARITIME STUDIES

I'm in the process of looking for a post-doc to help, starting in July, with a new oceans-related project.

The position we're looking at (funding confirmed by our Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) is a 2-year postdoctoral appointment (minimum) which involves work on the Ocean Tracking Network (OTN) at Dalhousie University. David VanderZwaag from Law and I represent the social science contingent on a large, natural science project oriented to electronic tracking of marine mammals and various fish species, especially ones considered to be endangered. David and I are looking at the social and legal dimensions of creating a global network in this area (Dalhousie maintains an OTN website via our main page, and I'd recommend looking at it). I'll be happy to provide other substantive information.

The salary, as per SSHRC rules for research positions, is $31,500 a year. A recent ruling from the federal government indicates this money is taxable-why, we are not yet sure.

We expect the postdoctoral candidate to do two basic things: (1) develop a research program of their own around the project; and (2) take the lead in organizing one, and perhaps two, academic conferences, one of which will be used to build an Multiple Collaborators Research Initiative (MCRI) grant proposal to SSHRC. The project is international; we will be looking at an international assemblage of academics. It is crucial that they complete your doctoral work as of July 1, as these sorts of projects (major CFI/NSERC/SSHRC funding) move quickly.

I'd appreciate a resume/cv, a writing sample, and a list of references. Detailed information on postdoctoral work at Dalhousie, and the draft research postdoctoral letter of appointment, may be viewed at:

http://dalgrad.dal.ca/postdoctoral/forms/

I will be happy to discuss specific issues at (902) 494-2020 or apostle@dal.ca

If you know of anyone, or might have connections to someone who’s graduating, or who has graduated recently, I'd appreciate it if you would circulate the information.

Richard Apostle

Sociology and Social Anthropology

Dalhousie University

Halifax, N. S.

B3H 4P9

New in the Canadian Journal of Sociology

Reviewed in the Winter 2010 issues of the Canadian Journal of Sociology (35, 1):

Stanley R. Bailey, Legacies of Race: Identities, Attitudes, and Politics in Brazil. Reviewed by Luisa Farah Schwartzman. .

Takeyuki Tsuda, Diasporic Homecomings: Ethnic Return Migration in Comparative Perspective. Reviewed by Alena Heitlinger .

See the issue's table of contents here.

Book reviews coming soon in CJS: Kathleen Rodgers on della Porta's Democracy in Social Movements; Janet Conway on Making Transnational Feminism; Irene Bloemraad "Canada: Multicultural Model or Cautionary Tale?" (review essay).

Not so new, but better late than never: from CJS 34, 4 (Fall 2009): Kathleen R Rodgers “When do Opportunities become Trade-offs for Social Movement Organizations? Assessing Media Impact in the Global Human Rights Movement” ABSTRACT PDF

Rabble.ca iPhone / iPod touch app

(At the CSA meetings Karen Stanbridge said that I maintained CNSIMC's website, thereby shaming me into making this blog active again. Here's something I just came across, that might be of interest to CNSIMC afficianados, at least those who own iPhones or iPod Touches):

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Features writers including Naomi Klein, Linda McQuaig, Murray Dobbin, Jessica Yee, Judy Rebick, Amy Goodman . Top issues: Canadian Politics, US politics, Afghanistan, Environment, Culture, Books, Indigenous Rights, Labour, Haiti, Women, Economy, Gaza/Palestine, LGBTI, and more! Keep your applications updated as we will be constantly adding to our list of features and sections.”

It's free from the iTunes store. More …

Sociology needs blues songs!

It's time for all the musical CNSIMCers to step up the microphone: