Newsletter February 1999
ANNOUNCEMENTS
ISA IS COMING! The ISA WASHINGTON CONFERENCE PROGRAM is at: http://csf.colorado.edu/isa/washington/program.html
RECEPTION (FOOD!): Environmental Studies Section/The Environmental Change and Security Project of the Woodrow Wilson Center Reception, Executive Room, Omni Shoreham, Thursday, Feb. 18, 6:00pm – 7:30pm.
ESS BUSINESS MEETING (NO FOOD!): The annual Business Meeting of the Environmental Studies Section will be held on Friday, February 19, from 12:30-1:30 PM in the Capitol Room, Omni Shoreham.
ESS OFFICES: Nominations for ESS offices
The ESS section will be electing a new chair. Philippe LePrestre has served the two-term limit. Please bring your nominations to the conference or send them (quickly1) to the Nominating Committee, Miranda Schreurs, Dept. of Government and Politics, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742; Fax: (301) 314-9690; Email: MSCHREUR@bss2.umd.edu.
As of Jan. 31, 1999, the following nominations had been made:
Section Chair: No nominations made yet. (A senior individual may be most appropriate).
Executive Committee (3 positions open):
Elizabeth de Sombre, Colby College
Chris Linhardt, CIESIN
Paul Harris, London Guildhall UniversityNominations Committee (4 positions open, no nominations made yet)
Sprout Award Committee (4 positions open)
Laura Strohm, Monterez Institute of International Studies
Elizabeth Corell, Wallenberg Fellow in Env and Sustainability, MIT
Philippe LePrestre, Université du Québec à Montréal
Miranda Schreurs, University of Maryland
CIAO, BABY! Columbia International Affairs Online (www.ciaonet.org) works to present working papers and conference proceedings from over 90 institutions, including the International Studies Association. Last year, many of you chose to post papers at Columbia International Affairs Online. To take advantage of this opportunity, you can upload your paper at www.columbia.edu/dlc/ciao/submit.html Alternatively, you can email the paper as an attachment to bk145@columbia.edu If the paper has graphs or special formatting, please send a hardcopy as well. Please send your questions to bk145@columbia.edu.
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE: NATURE, SOCIETY AND HISTORY Long Term Dynamics of Social Metabolism September, 30th, – October, 2nd, 1999 Vienna, Austria Second Circular & Final Call for Papers See http://www.univie.ac.at/iffsocec
NEW ADDRESS FOR GEP-ED: Please make a note of the new address of the “Teaching Global Environmental Politics” List (a.k.a. gep-ed), http://webpub.alleg.edu/employee/m/mmaniate/GepEd/geped.html
JOBS, JOBS, JOBS!
Monterey Institute of International Studies
The Graduate School of International Policy Studies of the Monterey Institute of International Studies prepares multi-lingual public policy professionals with multidisciplinary knowledge and analytical skills for careers in the nonprofit, public, and private sectors of today’s global environment. GSIPS professional masters degree programs include International policy Studies, Commercial Diplomacy, Public Administration and International Environmental Policy. The Institute seeks applicants for the following full time faculty positions:
Nonprofit Management/Program Evaluation Specialist: Expertise in cross-national/comparative public policy, program evaluation, and qualitative and/or quantitative research methods, as well as professional program management and evaluation experience at the NGO level.
International Environmental Policy: Expertise in one or more of the following: global energy/climate policy, global water policy, international forestry, wetland ecology, or terrestrial bio-diversity, or other relevant areas. Individuals capable of bridging the gap between science and policy are especially encouraged to apply.
Economics of Sustainable Development: The successful candidate will have a primary profile in economics with a demonstrable interest in development and environmental sustainability. Regional expertise illuminating the context of such related policy problems as governance, indigenous populations, refugees, women and/or ethnic minorities is also highly desirable.
Candidates whose credentials straddle two or more of the above position descriptions are encouraged to apply. All positions are entry level, with exceptions made as experience and accomplishments warrant. Teaching portfolios will need to demonstrate synergy with other programs in the School, e. g., trade, environment, non-proliferation of weapons, conflict resolution, economic development or social policy. Successful candidates will accept the priority given to instruction, along with the expectation that all faculty members develop a program of research and publication.
Interested individuals should submit a cover letter addressing qualifications relevant to the position, along with curriculum vitae, evidence of teaching quality and names and addresses of references to: Search Committee, Graduate School of International Policy Studies Monterey Institute of International Studies, 425 Van Buren Street Monterey, CA 93940. Screening will begin 02/01/99 and will continue until positions are filled. The Monterey Institute of International Studies is an Equal Opportunity Employer. For More Information, view our home page: http://www.miis.edu.
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT: INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
The Department of Human Ecology at Cook College, the agricultural and environmental studies school at Rutgers University, invites applications for a position in international environmental policy beginning in September, 1999. This is a tenure track position at the level of an assistant professor. The successful applicant would be expected to develop a program of research in the general area of international environmental policy. This research program would focus on processes of policymaking, the social and environmental bases of policies, and their effects on people and environments. It would become an integral part of the cooperative research efforts under way in international environmental policy which involve the Biodiversity Center, the Department of Food, Resource, and Agricultural Economics, and the Department of Human Ecology. The occupant of this position would have primary responsibility for teaching undergraduate courses in international environmental policy in the Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior curriculum. In addition to teaching in one of the university’s graduate programs in the social sciences, this person would become one of the core faculty in the university’s new graduate Certificate Program in the Human Dimensions of Environmental Change. A Ph.D. in either Anthropology, Geography, Political Science, Sociology, or a related discipline is required for this position. Research and teaching in the Department of Human Ecology have a substantive focus on the interactions of people with their natural environments. To learn more about the department, visit our web site at http://cook.rutgers.edu/~humeco. Persons with questions about the position should contact either George Morren (morren@crssa.rutgers.edu)or Tom Rudel (rudel@aesop.rutgers.edu).
Candidates should send a curriculum vitae, a letter of application, a writing sample, and three letters of recommendation to George Morren, Chair, International Environmental Policy Search, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers – the State University of New Jersey, 55 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, N.J. 08901-8520. Review of applications will begin on February 1, 1999. Rutgers University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.
POSITION–PROJECT ASSOCIATE-
Population/Environment Environmental Change and Security Project GRADE: WW-0301-09 ($33,650 per annum) May have promotion potential to the grade 11 level. LOCATION: WASHINGTON, D.C.
DUTIES: The incumbent works with the Director of the Environmental Change and Security Project (ECSP) within the Division of International Studies. Duties include, but are not limited to: conducting research on population-environment issues and policy initiatives, pertaining to national policy contexts, academia, international organizations and NGOs; working with the Director of ECSP on long-range programming, planning and execution of seminars, workshops and conferences focusing on population/environment issues; procuring relevant articles, updates, book reviews and other materials for the ECSP Report; compiling and editing the ECSP newsletter; advising the Project Director in the preparation of reports to funding sources and drafting grant proposals to secure outside funding; and performing other related duties as assigned. More information on the Project is available at http://ecsp.si.edu. CLOSING DATE: February 12, 1999
Please submit application materials to the following address: Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars Human Resources, One Woodrow Wilson Plaza, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20523 MRC 515, Attention: WC-909-T
CONTRIBUTORS SOUGHT: The editors of the Encyclopedia of International Political Economy are looking for contributors to write entries for the volume. Routledge offers 30 pounds per 1000 words (or US dollar equivalent) or one and half times the value in Books. Also, all Routledge contributors/authors are entitled to a 30% discount on all Routledge books. The deadline for entry submission is the 1 April 1999. For the list of outstanding entries and other information, contact: Mina Gera-Price, Development Editor, Subject Reference, Routledge Publishers, 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE. Phone: 0171 842 2120; Fax: 0171 842 2300; mgera-price@routledge.co.uk
NEW PUBLICATIONS BY ESS MEMBERS
Matthew R. Auer, “Environmentalism and Estonia’s Independence Movement,” Nationalities Papers, 1998, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 659-676.
Hans Günter Brauch: Klimapolitik der Schwellenstaaten Südkorea, Mexiko und Brasilien. AFES-PRESS Studie für das Umweltbundesamt, 1998, 344p., $ 40. (ISBN 3-926979-70-4). [Climate Policy of Threshold States: South Korea, Mexiko and Brazil] An English summary and a German list of contents may be obtained from: http://www.afes-press.de.
Hans Günter Brauch, Czeslaw Mesjasz und Björn Möller: „Controlling weapons in the quest for peace: Non-offensive defence, arms control, disarmament, and conversion”, in: Chadwick F. Alger (Ed.), The Future of the United Nations System: Potential for the Twenty-first Century (Tokyo – New York – Paris: United Nations University Press, 1998): 15-53.
Hans Günter Brauch, Antonio Marquina und John Grin: „Theoretical and conceptual notions of se-curity perception – their relevance for security policy in the Mediterranean region”, in: Antonio Mar-quina (Ed.): Mutual Perceptions in the Mediterranean, Unity and Diversity, Collection Strademed No. 6 (Madrid: UNISCI/Marcel Pons – Paris: Publisud – Mosbach: AFES-PRESS, 1998).
Hans Günter Brauch: „From Confidence to Partnership. Conceptual and Political Efforts at Confidence Building Revi-sited. CBMs and Partnership Building Measures in Europe and in the Mediterranean”, in: H.G. Brauch, Antonio Marquina, Abdelwahab Biad (Eds.): Euro-Mediterranean Partnership for the 21st Century (London: Macmillan, 1999), i.p.
Hans Günter Brauch: „Partnership Building Measures to Deal with Long-term Non-military Challenges Affecting North-South Security Relations”, in: H.G. Brauch; Antonio Marquina, Abdelwahab Biad (Eds.): Euro-Mediterranean Partnership for the 21st Century (London: Macmillan, 1999), i.p.
Stanley D. Brunn, Jeffrey A. Jones and Shannon O’Lear, “Geopolitical Information and Communications in the Twenty-first Century,” in George J. Demko and William B. Wood, eds., Reordering the World: Geopolitical Perspectives on the 21st Century (Boulder: Westview Press, 1999), pp. 292-318.
Ken Conca and Geoffrey D. Dabelko. Eds. Green Planet Blues: Environmental Politics from Stockholm to Kyoto. 2nd Ed. (Boulder: Westview Press, 1998).
Geoffrey Dabelko, and Stacy D. VanDeveer. “European Insecurities: Can’t Live With ‘Em, Can’t Shoot ‘Em.” Security Dialouge 29:2 (Summer 1998): 177-190.
Paul G. Harris. “Environmental Security and International Equity: Burdens of America and Other Great Powers.” Pacifica Review (forthcoming February/March 1999).
Paul G. Harris. “Common but Differentiated Responsibility: The Kyoto Protocol and United States Policy.” N.Y.U. Environmental Law Journal Vol. 7, No. 1 (forthcoming January 1999).
Paul G. Harris. Understanding America’s Climate Change Policy: Realpolitik, Pluralism, and Ethical Norms. OCEES Research Paper No. 15. Oxford: Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics and Society, Oxford University, June 1998.
John Barkdull and Paul G. Harris. “The Land Ethic: A New Philosophy for International Relations.” Ethics and International Affairs Vol. 12 (1998), pp. 159-78. Paul G. Harris. “Les Etats-Unis: Un Joueur Cle.” Liaison Energy Francophonie No. 39 (1998), pp. 11-15.
Ronnie D. Lipschutz, “Bioregionalism, civil society and global environmental governance,” pp. 101-20, in: Michael Vincent Mcginnis (ed.), Bioregionalism (London: Routledge, 1999).
Ronnie D. Lipschutz, “Vor dem Schleier des Michtwissens, Staaten, Ökologie und Zeitpolitik,””pp. 63-86, in: Michael Flitner, Christoph Görg & Volker Heins (eds.), Konfliktfeld Natur–Biologische Ressourcen und globale Politik (Leske + Budrich, 1998).
Karen Litfin (ed.), The Greening of Sovereignty in World Politics (Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1998).
Miriam R. Lowi & Brian R. Shaw (eds.) Environment and Security: Discourses and Practices (London: MacMillan Publishing, forthcoming).
Peter Newell and Matt Paterson, `A climate for business: Global warming, the state and capital’ Review of International Political Economy Vol.5 No.4 Winter 1998.
Alan Rugman & John Kirton with Julie Soloway (eds.), Trade and the Environmnt: Economic, Legal and Policy Perspectives (Edward Elgar: Cheltenham, UK, 1998).
Marvin S. Soroos, “The Thin Blue Line: Preserving the Atmosphere as a Global Commons,” Environment, Vol. 40, No. 2, March 1998, 6-13, 32-35.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS & WEB SITES OF INTEREST
Clive Hamilton, “Land-use Change in Australia and the Kyoto Protocol” The Australia Institute and Visiting Fellow, Graduate Program in Public Policy, Australian National University. The paper may be read at the website of The Australia Institute www.tai.org.au
Per Mickwitz, Positive Measures–Panacea or Placebo in International Environmental Agreements (Oslo: Nordic Council of Ministers, 1998). (see: http://www.vyh.fi/fei/publicat/nord/pos_m.html)
A two-part symposium on “Sociological Perspectives on Global Environmental Change,” edited by Jose A. Prades and Riley E. Dunlap, is being published in INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY. Part One, including the following four articles, was published in the December, 1998 issue (Vol. 13, No.4). It consists of the following articles:
Eugene A. Rosa and Thomas Dietz, “Climate Change and Society: Speculation, Construction and Scientific Investigation.” Reprints available from rosa@wsu.edu.
Allan Mazur, “Global Environmental Change in the News: 1987-90 vs. 1992-96.” Reprints available from
Riley E. Dunlap, “Lay Perceptions of Global Risk: Public Views of Global Warming in Cross-National Context.” Reprints available from
Michael Redclift and Colin Sage, “Global Environmental Change and Global Inequality: North/South Perspectives.” Reprints available from
Part Two, consisting of articles by Prades, Markku Wilenius and by Herbert Giner and David Tabara, will appear in the March, 1999 issue (Vol. 14, No. 1).
WUPPERTAL INSTITUTE: New study on energy taxation in the EU and some Member States: It comprises an analysis of the energy tax levels in the Member States, the required changes in case the EU-Commission proposal on energy taxation would be accepted, identification of the major barriers to its implementation and the main opposing countries and their reasons, a strategic approach (including package dealing proposals) on how to reach this consensus and how Agenda 2000 and the enlargement could contribute to it. See http://www.wupperinst.org/Publikationen/Taxation/index_e.htmlhttp://www.wupperinst.org/Publikationen/ Taxation/tax.pdf
Green Budget Reform in Europe: Countries at the Forefront: A detailed description of the design of eco-tax reforms in Europe by economists of the finance ministries, but also contributions from, OECD, EU-Commission and CEEC and a large case study on Slovenia. It may be most valuable as it provides origin information which is useful to policy makers, researchers, consultants and advisers as well as economists, environmentalist and civil servants dealing with the topic of public finance, taxes, subsidies and the environment. http://www.springer.de/cgi-bin/bag_generate.pl?ISBN=3-540-64718-X
TERI: New publications on TERI’s web site
CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM: ISSUES AND MODALITIES http://www.teriin.org/climate/cop-cdm.pdf The purpose of the paper is to identify and analyze the major issues involved in structuring CDM, particularly from the perspective of a developing country. A possible structure for the CDM has also been suggested in the event of its coming into place.
CLIMATE CHANGE: POST-KYOTO PERSPECTIVES FROM THE SOUTH http://www.teriin.org/climate/cp-4/contents.htm The book assesses the post-Kyoto developments from the perspective of developing countries. This book targets a range of readers by providing a basic explanation of the science of the problem, the physical and economic impacts, the political history of the negotiations on the issue, and the turning point at Kyoto. The second part of the book examines issues from the Kyoto Protocol that are of direct concern to the South (for e.g., the CDM).
TIEMPO Climate Cyberlibrary presents… http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/tiempo/floor0/recent/ Issue 30 of the bulletin Tiempo: Global Warming and the Third World is now on-line featuring articles on: o the aftermath of Buenos Aires o per capita carbon emissions o observing sea level rise o latest on the biodiversity and desertification conventions
Visit the new country profile facility… http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/tiempo/profiles.htm An index of Cyberlibrary items about the selected country and links to climate, emissions, health and other development data and business, tourism, historical and other information on the web featuring that nation.
Scanning over 50 news sites every hour, Newswatch presents links to all the main climate news stories of the day… http://www.cru.uea.ac.uk/tiempo/newswatch/
WEATHERVANE (Resources For the Future)
A STALEMATE IN CLIMATE PROTECTION: POST-COP-4 ANALYSIS FROM A SOUTHERN PERSPECTIVE In his essay, the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro’s (Brazil) Emilio Lèbre La Rovere comments on the political issues that he saw as dominating the Fourth Conference of Parties (COP-4), held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in November 1998. For the complete newsbrief, on the internet go to —http://www.weathervane.rff.org/negtable/brazil_post_COP4.html
NEW PAPER EXPLORES OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO REDUCE GHG EMISSIONS: In a new paper issued by Resources for the Future, the University of Maryland’s Ramón López analyzes the impacts of energy subsidies in developing countries; explains how he envisions large emissions reductions resulting from a phaseout of such subsidies; and examines biomass as a source of carbon emissions and the role that developing countries could play in limiting those emissions. He later presents a case study of the Amazon region in South America as a potential carbon sink; and concludes by offering a number of recommendations for initiating developing-country participation in implementing the Kyoto Protocol. To read the complete newsbrief about the paper and/or to download it as a PDF file, on the internet go to — http://www.weathervane.rff.org/research/ccbrf16.html
IMPLEMENTING THE CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM: A new discussion paper issued by Resources for the Future highlights some of the lessons learned for establishing a successful Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project through the examination of a number of cases from the United States Initiative on Joint Implementation. To read the abstract and/or to download the complete paper as a PDF file, on the internet go to — http://www.rff.org/disc_papers/abstracts/9908.htm
CENTER FOR SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT, NEW DELHI: SMALL TALK: Like entrenched soldiers, developing and developed countries stuck to their guns during the climate talks in Buenos Aires. For a CSE analysis of the cop-out at CoP-4, and/or to download the complete article, go to: http://www.oneworld.org/cse/html/dte/dte981215/dte_analy.htm
UN WIRE is a daily publication covering the United Nations, global affairs and key international issues. The UN Wire notification service will deliver the day’s top headlines from around the globe direct to your desktop every weekday. The notification service informs you that the full text issue of UN Wire is available online. To subscribe to this service, please visit the website at: http://www.unfoundation.org
ETSAP: The OECD/IEA Energy Technology Systems Analysis Programme (ETSAP) is a research partnership dedicated to enabling its partners and their clients to develop sound integrated energy and environmental policy. The web site is at: http://www.ecn.nl/unit_bs/etsap/ In addition, the ETSAP site features (updated) links to: * two recent ECN publications on: Post-Kyoto – The impact on Climate Policy in the European Union: http://www.ecn.nl/unit_bs/etsap/reports/main.html * the MATTER (MATerials Technologies for greenhouse gas Emission Reduction) project results and an update of publications that can be downloaded as PDF, by the Dutch ETSAP partner http://www.ecn.nl/unit_bs/etsap/markal/matter/cases/ http://www.ecn.nl/unit_bs/etsap/markal/matter/matpaper/ The various linked pages contain the relevant contact persons and addresses to turn to in case of questions and further information.
AFES-PRESS: Peace Research and European Security Studies has a new web site at: http://www.afes-press.de . Beginning in 1999, AFES-PRESS will be distributing the books of the collection STRADEMED outside France and Spain. Volume No. 6 has just been published jointly by UNISCI, Publisud and AFES-PRESS: Antonio Marquina (Hrsg.): Mutual Perceptions in the Mediterranean (Madrid: UNISCI/Marcel Pons – Paris: Publisud – Mosbach: AFES-PRESS, 1998).
CICERO: New Reports COORDINATION OF FLEXIBLE INSTRUMENTS IN CLIMATE POLICY: CICERO Report 1998:4 “Coordination of flexible instruments in climate policy” describe both the non-market based instruments, the market based instruments and the flexible mechanisms in the Kyoto Protocol. The Report from CICERO – Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo also discusses how the instruments and the mechanism relates to each other both at the international and the national level. CICERO Report 1998:4 is available on CICERO’s web site in PDF format: www.cicero.uio.no/~ftp/publications/Reports/r1998-04.pdf The conclusion is available in html at: www.cicero.uio.no/Publications/Reports/r1998-04_concl.html
CICERO WORKING PAPER 1998:9: FROM THE KYOTO PROTOCOL TO THE FOSSIL FUEL MARKET: A MODEL ANALYSIS Implementation of the Kyoto Protocol will change the energy markets. The resulting price shifts will represent important terms-of-trade changes. CICERO Working Paper 1998:9 “From the Kyoto Protocol to the fossil fuel market: A model analysis” explores how the different countries’ relationship to the fossil fuel markets will cause variations in the costs from implementation of Kyoto Protocol. This also analyses how the geographical distribution of abatement efforts will be altered if emission trading is allowed. CICERO Working Paper 1998:9 is available on CICERO’s web site in PDF format.www.cicero.uio.no/~ftp/publications/Workingpapers/wp1998-09.pdf CICERO’s list of publications is at: www.cicero.uio.no/cgi-bin/order/publications.cgi
COUNTRY INTERESTS AND POSITIONS IN CLIMATE NEGOTIATIONS: CICERO Working Paper 1998:14 “An economic approach to the analysis of country interests and positions in climate negotiations” develops an approach to the appraisal of economic interests and positions in climate negotiations. The approach is based on a full-scale analysis of costs and benefits of climate treaties. Some numerical illustrations for the US, EU and Japan are presented. Different from many other economic studies, the analysis indicates that the economic interests between the three countries may be substantial, and that the ranking of proposals differ. CICERO Working Paper 1998:14 is available on CICERO’s web site in PDF format: http://www.cicero.uio.no/~ftp/publications/Workingpapers/wp1998-14.pdf
All publications from CICERO – also printed – are free of charge. Phone: (+47) 22 85 87 84 – Web: http://www.cicero.uio.no/eindex.html E-mail: reidar.evensen@cicero.uio.no – Fax: (+47) 22 85 87 51 Mail: Postboks 1129 Blindern, N-0317 Oslo, Norway
Eanth-L: The Anthropology and Environment Section of the American Anthropological Association is pleased to announce the creation of a new anthropology listserv: Eanth-L. Eanth-l is a listserv “mailing list” dedicated to the scholarly discussion of anything pertaining to the field of ecological/environmental anthropology. The list is sponsored by the Anthropology and Environment Section of the AAA, and is hosted by the University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA. The list is open to anyone with an interest in ecological/environmental anthropology. Eanth-L is intended to be a forum for the discussion of all matters related to the study and practice of ecological/ environmental anthropology. News, conference announcements, calls for papers, discussion of research and theory, and other related topics are welcomed and encouraged. To subscribe to Eanth-L, send a message to: LISTSERV@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU. In the body of the message, type: subscribe Eanth-L
POPULATION ACTION INT’L: News and Views on reproductive politics on the Web at http://www.popact.org/politics/newsviews1198.htm
EPA RELEASES REPORT ON U.S. GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS: EPA released its official inventory of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 – 96. This report is required of the United States under its responsibilities as a Party to the Framework Convention on Climate Change, established in April 1992 by the Rio Treaty (Earth Summit). “Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks:1990 – 1996,” can be found at: http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/inventory/1998-inv.html
SPECIAL MESSAGE
Dear Colleague:
Would you be willing to identify members of your ISA section who are doing research and writing on “global” matters? Henry Teune and I would like their help in developing a mini-glossary of key concepts used in this area. Many papers to be presented at the forthcoming ISA conference in Washington use words like “global,” “globalize,” and “globalization” in their titles. But what concepts do they have in mind? We think finding the answers will not only be interesting but will prove helpful to everyone now thinking about the implications of globalization. Last Spring, Henry and I distributed a questionnaire on this question to members of the International Sociological Association. The responses which we received are recorded in a compilation available on my Web Page, together with an analysis of some of the linked concepts that scholars have in mind when they write about globalization. You will see what I mean and get an overview of the work already accomplished if you go to: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~fredr/glocon.htm
You may also find a summary with a dozen slides, perhaps easier to understand, if you go to: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~fredr/glonotes.htm We plan to build on this foundation and cumulate our findings by adding material contributed by members of the ISA. Henry and I will analyze the results and report them at a CISS-sponsored session on “GLOBALIZATION” during the ISA conference in Washington. Our goal is to produce a conceptual glossary that extends to all the social science disciplines, and is relevant historically as well as for the present day and the future.
Contact Henry and me directly — using our e-mail addresses as given above. All we are asking for is a short text that either by explicit definition or implicitly, in context, shows what they have in mind when they speak of “globalization.” We have established an e-mail list called “GLOBE-L” to facilitate the exchange of information on concepts of globalization, and I will put anyone interested in this matter on the list. The results of our analysis will be posted on my Web Page where they can be utilized by anyone working on this subject.
I look forward to your response. With many thanks and much aloha, Fred FRED W. RIGGS, Professor Emeritus Political Science Department, University of Hawaii 2424 Maile Way, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822, U.S.A. Phone: (808) 956-8123 Fax: (808) 956-6877 e-mail: FREDR@HAWAII.EDU Web Page: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~fredr/
