CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS:
Poverty in America: Health and Well-Being Among the Vulnerable

Edited by Kevin Fitzpatrick
Poverty in America: Health and Well-Being Among the Vulnerable edited by Kevin Fitzpatrick. This three-volume interdisciplinary collection will explore the challenges and solutions in addressing the public health crisis among America’s poor. While providing both theoretical and empirical insights, contributors will be asked to prepare manuscripts for one of the three volumes. The first volume explores the general challenges of health and health care among the low and no-income population; a second volume is devoted exclusively to health and health care issues among the homeless; and a third volume focuses on the link between health and place and its impact on America’s poor. Potential contributors are asked to propose a chapter for one of these volumes. E-mail a proposal of no more than 900 words, and a two-page CV to Kevin Fitzpatrick kfitzpa@uark.edu. Deadline: September 15, 2011. For more information go to: http://sociology.uark.edu/3550.php and click on the “Poverty and Health in America” link.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Violence Against Women in Latin America: Call for papers by Latin American Perspectives

Violence against women takes a number of forms. It can be domestic violence, whether emotional, economic, sexual or physical. Sexual violence may include everything from marital rape to incest; physical aggression involves perpetuating bodily harm and can lead to disability or death. It can be workplace violence in which women’s bodies are used up in local factories, then trashed following an imperative that a minimum turnover is needed to ensure flexibility of production. It can be outright murder, often accompanied by sexual violation, occurring during civil wars or in border spaces such as that of Ciudad Juárez. Rape is a weapon of control and terror used against women and undermining the honor of their families and perpetuated by soldiers acting in the name of the state. Rape or the threat of rape has been, since the time of the conquistadores until the present used against insurgents and indigenous women. U.S. border patrol agents have also used rape against undocumented Mexican and Central American women caught crossing the border clandestinely. Violence can take the form of forced prostitution, sometimes before the age of maturity, or rape upon crossing borders. Other forms of violence against women that keep them subordinate can also be documented. This special issue calls for papers on any of these or other aspects of violence against women in Latin America. Single country or multi-country studies are welcome.

Please send papers to laps@ucr.edu

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts - "Land Ownership and Tenure

Volume 5, Number 3 (Spring 2012) Papers must be received by November 1, 2011 to be considered for publication in this issue. Please send manuscript publications to the managing editor: Leslie Shortlidge shortlidge.2@osu.edu. See Style Guidelines at www.raceethnicity.org. Submission of artwork for the cover that relates to the theme of the issue is welcome. See website for submission guidelines. Race/Ethnicity: Multidisciplinary Global Contexts encourages and welcomes contributions by scholars, researchers, grassroots activists, policy advocates, and organizations. UN-Habitat, The United Nations Human Settlements Programme, concluded that more than one billion people live without any security of tenure in informal settlements in “developing” countries. The historic basis for this insecure land tenure system is varied. In Africa south of the Sahara, for instance, approximately 70 percent of the population resides on traditional lands designated as state lands due to the colonial legacy and post-independence land redistribution policies. State governments are often in a position of control over these vast tracts of traditional land which can lead to situations in which states grant concession to land without consultation to current residents and without mechanisms to legal redress. This discrepancy underscores the unjust politics of land ownership and land distribution that contribute to an inequitable world politics of social progress and human development.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Race, Ethnicity and Appalachia

Volume 6, Number 1 (Autumn 2012)
Papers must be received by January 15, 2012 to be considered for publication in this issue. Please send manuscript submissions to the editor: shortlidge.2@osu.edu. See Style Guidelines ( www.raceethnicity.org/styleguide.html) to prepare your document in accordance with the style guidelines of Race/Ethnicity. Submission of artwork for the cover that relates to the theme of the issue is welcome. See website at http://www.raceethnicity.org/coverart.html for submission guidelines. Though referring to a specific geographic space, the word “Appalachia” often conjures a set of stereotypes stemming from the notion that Appalachia is an isolated and homogenous region when in fact international migrations and markets have been true presences for more than 100 years. We invite proposals from scholars, activists/practitioners, and creative non-fiction/fiction writers who consider a host of issues evoked by “Appalachia.” For example, sociologists and political scientists have long considered Appalachia in terms of the international order. Appalachian residents and scholars have long participated in exchanges with populations from other mountainous areas throughout the globe, including Wales, Italy, the Russian Caucuses, and with peoples throughout South America. Key to Appalachian studies, then, are theories that consider how cultures of such far flung global regions confront similar cultural and political struggles. We are equally interested in contributions that explore other regions around the world where myths about race, class, culture, and isolation are attached to geography – and particularly to mountains – and in many ways define both geography and culture.

We also invite activists/practitioners working in Appalachia and similar regions internationally to share their experiences with the workings of race, ethnicity and nationality in those spaces.

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: Racism and Sports - Two-Volume Set
Praeger Publishers
Editor: L. L. Martin

Contributors are solicited for a two-volume set on racism and sports, published by Praeger Publishers. Topic areas are listed below. If interested in submitting a manuscript under any of the topic areas, please contact: Editor: Lori Latrice Martin, African-American Studies Department, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 445 West 59th Street, Room 3219, New York, New York 10019, lmartin@jjay.cuny.edu, 212-237-8758. Manuscripts are 7,000 – 10,000 words. Manuscript due date is October 1, 2011.

Volume 1: Professional Sports
Part I. Sports and Racial Ideologies
Part II. Ballin’: Racism and the National Basketball Association
Part III. Out of Bounds: Racism and the National Football League
Part IV. Crying Foul: Racism and Major League Baseball
Part V. Sidelined: The Underrepresentation of Minorities in Sports
Volume 2: Collegiate Sports
Part I. Stereotyping and Racism: The Black Male Athlete
Part II. X’s and O’s: Racism and Coaching
Part III. She Got Game: Racism in Female Sports Part IV. Making the Grade: Racism and the Student-Athlete
Part V. American Gladiators? Racism and Classism in College Athletics

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: The Journal of Illinois History

Articles for publication are carefully chosen by the editors, who solicit the comments of at least two referees. Articles are judged on their quality and depth of research, originality, significance of the subject matter, and appropriateness for this Journal.

Authors should follow the Chicago Manual of Style (15th edition) in the preparation of Journal manuscripts. Additional guidelines will be sent upon request. All manuscripts must be typewritten and double-spaced, 20–25 pages in length, with footnotes appearing separately at the end of the text. Authors should submit three copies of each manuscript, and since manuscripts are refereed anonymously, the author’s name should appear only on the title page.

All articles will be edited to conform to Journal style, and the editors may make other changes for clarity and word economy. Authors are expected to review typescripts and galleys. Mail manuscripts to: Evelyn R. Taylor, Editor, Journal of Illinois History, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, 1 Old State Capitol Plaza, Springfield, IL 62701-1512. For more information, call Evelyn Taylor at 217-785-7949, or email evelyn.taylor@illinois.gov.

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: Battleground: Immigration - Greenwood Publishing

Greenwood Publishing is producing a series on contemporary issues in the United States as part of a larger multi-volume reference collection on controversial issues and debates in contemporary society. We are seeking authors for the series on immigration. Each author is asked to write about a wide range of issues and debates concerning the chosen topic. Entries range from 1,000 to 5,000 words, depending on the theme. Authors will be awarded an honorarium for her/his contribution. Contact: Judith Ann Warner, Texas A&M International University, 5201 University Boulevard, Laredo, TX 78041-1900; email: judithwarner@tamiu.edu or jwarner@tamiu.edu

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTORS: Humanity and Society

The official journal of the Association for Humanist Sociology, Humanity & Society was first published in 1977 and has been published quarterly since 1978. Humanity & Society is a peer-reviewed journal with abstracts of published articles appearing in Sociological Abstracts. Humanity & Society publishes articles on a wide variety of topics: studies of inequality (class, race, and/or gender); war, peace, and international relations; aging and gerontology, family, gender and sexuality; health and mental health; social theory; sociology of knowledge and science, and linguistics; social psychology, teaching and sociology practice; social change, humanism and human rights; crime and deviance; ethnic and intergroup relations, and others. Articles may be theoretical and/or speculative, critical essays, or analysis of data utilizing various qualitative and quantitative research strategies. Theoretical orientations may be eclectic, Marxist, feminist, critical theory, symbolic interactionism, humanistic sociology - i.e., contributing to a more humane and egalitarian society.

Submissions should be sent to: Ann Goetting, Editor, Humanity & Society, Department of Sociology, Western Kentucky University, 1906 College Heights Blvd., Bowling Green, KY 42101-1057 or humanityandsociety@wku.edu

Additional information, including guidelines for contributors, is available by following the Humanity & Society link at www.humanistsociology.org

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: The Communication Review

The Communication Review solicits papers in the interdisciplinary field of media studies. We are interested in papers discussing any aspect of media: media history, globalization of media, media institutions, media analysis, media criticism, media policy, media economics. We also invite essays about the nature of media studies as an emergent, interdisciplinary field. Please direct papers to Professor Andrea L. Press and Professor Bruce A. Williams, Editors, Media Studies Program, University of Virginia.

E-mail: alp5n@virginia.edu , baw5n@b.mail.virginia.edu

For more information about the journal and submission guidelines, please see the journal’s website at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/10714421.asp

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Journal of Poverty: Innovations on Social, Political and Economic Inequalities

SPECIAL ISSUE:"Poverty and Incarceration: Managing the Poor in the Neoliberal Age." Guest Editors: Stephen Nathan Haymes, Ph.D. Department of Educational Policy Studies, DePaul University-Chicago and Reuben Jonathan Miller, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Loyola University Chicago

How have contemporary neoliberal social and economic policies (re) ordered the political governance and management of poverty in the United States? What are some of the components that characterize the political logic of these strategies? Has that logic characterized by the “regulation” of poverty, given way to “punishment” or more specifically, the “incarceration” of poor people, or is it exemplified in the various modes of self-governance embodied by the poor themselves? Recent theoretical innovations have sought to address these questions by linking the historic expansion of the criminal justice system with changes in social welfare policy. This work, however, has largely focused on the social transfer side of the welfare state or the "mass incarceration" end of the punishment spectrum. Subsequently, there is considerable room for an analysis of the varied configurations of the welfare state and the methods it employs to manage people living in poverty. These "techniques of incarceration" are deployed in diverse sites and can be found among the various programs designed to address poor people’s needs. Social welfare agencies, schools, community centers, health facilities, rehabilitation centers, day labor gathering sites, immigration detention centers, homeless shelters, food pantries, childcare centers, afterschool programs, legal services and courts, mandated treatment programs, and other services and programs all act as hubs of interaction between impoverished people and the state. Exploring the ways in which various organs of the state govern impoverished bodies and the inner life (the emotional, intellectual and spiritual expressions) of the poor may shed new light on the experience of poverty and the role, scope, and consequence of poverty policy in the contemporary age.

To extend these and related discussions and considerably nuance the line of critical inquiry on the relationship between the poor and the carceral techniques employed in the Neoliberal age, the editors of the Journal of Poverty are issuing a call for papers for the upcoming special edition of the journal entitled “Poverty and Incarceration: Managing the Poor in the Neoliberal Age.” The editors seek papers that will critically examine the relationship between the poor and carceral institutions broadly defined. Submissions are invited from scholars from a wide range of academic disciplines and professional areas of study.

Submission Guidelines:
The Journal of Poverty accepts contributions from researchers, scholars, policymakers, practitioners, students, activists and informed observers of social, political, and economic inequalities in the United States and abroad. We accept four types of manuscripts: Research articles, Theoretical Essays, Reflections and Commentaries, and Book reviews.

Research Articles:
Manuscripts presenting original, empirical research using qualitative and/or quantitative data related to poverty and economic, social and political inequalities should include a literature review and/or theoretical/conceptual framework, methods, analysis, and discussion sections.

Theoretical Essays:
A theoretical essay should have a well-developed argument that addresses a specific or several related questions concerning social, economic, or political inequality. Beginning with and building on a review of the previous work on the chosen topic, the essay should provide reasoning and evidence that support the author’s theses.

Reflection and Commentary Papers:
These thought pieces are meant to be different from the Research Article or Theoretical Essay submissions and therefore need not contain literature reviews or extensive descriptions of methodology. However, they should go beyond the presentation of personal anecdotes and opinions. Reflection should demonstrate well-informed and factually sound understanding of the issues that are addressed in the essay and that advance knowledge and understanding. Submissions can report on, or present points of view regarding historical or contemporary themes concerning social, economic, and political inequality. Manuscripts can present analyses of controversies and debates in related field; or present reflections on professional practice or experiences in the context of current issues regarding inequality.

Book Reviews:
A book review addresses one book in 2,000-3,000 words. Reviews of books published within the last calendar year will be considered. It presents a book’s merits and weaknesses with examples and commentaries. Please create a user account and submit manuscript to Routledge ScholarOne Author Center at this link: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/wpov

Submission Procedures:
Please note that in the first step, under manuscript type, you should select "special issue".

The title of the special issue:
“POVERTY AND INCARCERATION: MANAGING THE POOR IN THE NEOLIBERAL AGE”
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
January 15, 2012

For questions please contact:
Jessica Martone, Editorial Associate
Loyola University Chicago
School of Social Work
jmartone@luc.edu