Newletter April 1998
Dear Colleagues:
A few late-breaking items have come in that did not make it into the
newsletter.
1. The ESS section will be electing a new chair. Philippe LePrestre has
served the two-term limit. So, please send your nominations 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.
2. ESS member publications:
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.
Environment and Security: Discourses and Practices, edited by Miriam R.
Lowi and Brian R. Shaw, MacMillan Publishing, forthcoming.
Alan Rugman and John Kirton with Julie Soloway, eds., Trade and the
Environmnt: Economic, Legal and Policy Perspectives, Edward Elgar:
Cheltenham, UK, 1998.
3. Announcements from the Center for Research on North America (CISAN) at
the National Autonomous University of Mexico:
The publication of a book on “Renewed Federalism in North America” in the
spring of 1999. This will contain a series of essays from academics and
specialists from Canada, the United States and Mexico as a result of a
recent trinational conference held by CISAN in Mexico City.
December 3rd, 1998 – CISAN Seminar to review the results of the Binational
Study U.S.-Mexico on Migration Issues.
For additional information, please contact: CISAN, Torre II de Humanidades,
Piso 10, Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico D.F., Tel: (52 5) 623-0010 Fax: (52
5) 550-0379, e-mail: estradav@servidor.unam.mx
