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Date:         Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:57:48 CST
From:         "John F. Reynolds" <jreynold@LONESTAR.UTSA.EDU>
Subject:      call for papers: Soc. Sci Hist. Assoc.
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>        The Social Science History Association will be holding its 18th
>        Annual Convention in Baltimore Maryland from Nov. 4th to Nov. 7th
>        1993.  The Social Science History Association brings together
>        historians, political scientists, sociologists, economists and
>        other scholars interested in applying social science methodology
>        to the study of the past.
>           I am submitting this notice for papers and sessions relating to
>           politics in the U.S. or with a comparative focus.  Anyone with a
>           paper to present is encouraged to send a brief prospectus to
>           me at the address below or any other mode of communication.
>
>           We are particularly interested in inviting scholars from
>           abroad to participate.  Some of the topics we hope to cover
>           in the sessions now being planned include:
>
>               electoral reform (term limitations for elected officials,
>               campaign finance, etc.)
>
>               The relationship between political structures and policy
>               outputs (i.e., how forms of governance influence the
>               types of actions governments take.
>
>               Macro-analytical models of political change (how historians
>               sociologists, political scientists and others study or
>               explain such developments as the emergence of the welfare
>               state, fascism, etc.
>
>               One topic that is of particular interest is how the political
>               process in the U.S. is viewed from abroad (either today or
>               from an historical standpoint).  What do other societies view
>               as the great strengths and weaknesses in what we in the States
>               call the "American" political process or political culture.
>               One could address this either from the standpoint of the
>               scholarly community's perspective, the general public's view
>               or understanding of the process.  What could U.S. scholars
>               learn about the U.S. political system from those looking at
>               it from a distance?
>
>        Please address any possible topics or inquiries to me:
>           Jack Reynolds
>           Division of Behavioral and Cultural Sciences
>           U. of Texas at San Antonio
>           San Antonio, TX  78249
>
>           jreynold@lonestar.utsa.edu
>           (512) 691-5708 (office)
>           (512) 699-6695 (home)
>
>           P.S.
>           Politics is but one of several topics to be covered at the
>           convetnion.  There will be sessions devoted to immigration,
>           methodology, religion, labor, women, demography and the
>           rest of the hodge podge that we call social history.  If you
>           are interested in one of the above (not strictly as it
>           relates to the U.S.) you may contact Eileen McDonagh
>           Poltical Science Dept.
>           Northeastern U.
>           303 Meserve Hall0
>           Boston MA 02115
>
>           emcd@northeastern.edu
>           or
>           emcd@nuhub
>
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