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Winter 2015, Volume 13(2)

Regular Issue

The issue 2/2015 of Social Change Review is a regular one, open to a large variety of topics related to social change and may include: research articles, research essays, research notes, and book reviews.

We welcome manuscripts of all authors wishing to publish in Social Change Review. The manuscripts should be submitted as e-mailed document attachments to scr[at]socialchangereview[dot] ro

Deadline for submissions:

• The deadline for initial receipt of manuscripts is 30 November 2015.

• The final notification of acceptance will be made by the end of December 2015.

For more information please contact the editorial board at: scr[at]socialchangereview[dot] ro.

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Summer 2015, Volume 13(1)

Regular Issue

The issue 1/2015 of Social Change Review is a regular one, open to a large variety of topics related to social change and may include: research articles, research essays, research notes, and book reviews.

We welcome manuscripts of all authors wishing to publish in Social Change Review. The manuscripts should be submitted as e-mailed document attachments to scr[at]socialchangereview[dot] ro

Deadline for submissions:

·         The deadline for initial receipt of manuscripts is April 15, 2015.

·         The final notification of acceptance will be made by June 15, 2015.

For more information please contact the editorial board at: scr[at]socialchangereview[dot] ro.

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 Winter 2014, Volume 12(2)

Special Edition

Title: Social change and new challenges for the health care system

Special Issue Editors:   
Adela Elena Popa – Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu
Dragos Dragoman – Lucian Blaga University of Sibiu

Outline
Social Change Review is seeking to publish a special issue on the impact of social change on health, illness and the health care system. With processes of transformation affecting all areas of the social and political life, social change has become the hallmark of the world we live in. Haferkamp şi Smelser (1992: 10) consider social change as “such an evident feature of social reality that any social-scientific theory,…, must sooner or later address it”. The proposed issue is addressing the direct or indirect implications and challenges the social change is bringing on health, illness and health care systems. We welcome papers that reflect the intense dynamics of social life in what concerns the health and illness issues, with respect to the active participation of users, innovative systems and practices of management. The papers could be based on case-studies or broader comparative analysis of cases in Europe and abroad.

Themes
Social Change Review welcomes original, interdisciplinary research, theoretical and empirical papers, based on either qualitative, quantitative or mixed methodology that reflect the current ideas and practices in the medical profession, health care assistance and also in the lay field.

• What is the influence of social change on health care system (analyses on reform and decentralization processes)
• What are the changes regarding how lay people and professionals in the medical field view, understand and relate to health and illness  
• What are the changes regarding the life style (food consumption, smoking, alcohol, drug use, exercise, etc)
• Which are the new relationships, partnerships and services characterizing the health care system, with special emphasis on the medical management of isolated territories, especially remote rural areas
• How current social processes such as migration, multiculturalism, change of political systems, ethnicity and gender issues influence health and illness
• Which are the responses to the new challenges in the health field (ageing and growing population, the increasing number of patients with chronic and potentially fatal diseases, threats like pandemics)
• How homecare services integrate in the health care system and what are the implications in the market orientation of those services (the capacity of choice by the customers, the accessibility of services to all users, the flexibility, continuity and reliability of those services, the protection of customers etc.)
• In what way the ethical issues related to health and illness are changing today
• Analyses of national or worldwide health movements

Deadline:

• The deadline for initial receipt of manuscripts is 30 November 2014.
• The final notification of acceptance will be made by the end of December 2014.

More information is available from:

• Adela Elena Popa, adela.popa[at]ulbsibiu[dot]ro    
• Dragoş Dragoman, dragos.dragoman[at]ulbsibiu[dot]ro

Reference:
Haferkamp, H. and N. J. Smelser. (Eds) 1992. Social Change and Modernity. Berkeley: University of California Press.

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Summer 2014, Volume 12(1)

Regular Issue

The issue 1/2014 of Social Change Review is a regular one, open to a large variety of topics related to social change and may include: research articles, research essays, research notes, and book reviews.

We welcome manuscripts of all authors wishing to publish in Social Change Review. The manuscripts should be submitted as e-mailed document attachments to scr[at]socialchangereview[dot] ro

Deadline for submissions:

·         The deadline for initial receipt of manuscripts is April 15, 2014.

·         The final notification of acceptance will be made by June 15, 2014.

For more information please contact the editorial board at: scr[at]socialchangereview[dot] ro.

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 Winter 2013, Volume 11(2)

Regular Issue

The issue 2/2013 of Social Change Review is a regular one, open to a large variety of topics related to social change and may include: research articles, research essays, research notes, and book reviews.

We welcome manuscripts of all authors wishing to publish in Social Change Review. The manuscripts should be submitted as e-mailed document attachments to scr[at]socialchangereview[dot] ro

Deadline for submissions:

• The deadline for initial receipt of manuscripts is October 31, 2013.
• The final notification of acceptance will be made by December 1st, 2013.

For more information please contact the editorial board at: scr[at]socialchangereview[dot] ro.

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Special Edition

Summer 2012, Volume 10(1)

Title: Terrorism and Globalization

Special Issue Editors: 

Michael J. Stevens - Illinois State University , USA

Harold Takooshian - Fordham University , USA

Outline

Social Change Review is seeking to publish a special issue comprised of original scholarship on terrorism and globalization that will enrich current understanding of the relationship between these phenomena.  Terrorism has acomplex etiology that is partly situated in the global context of economic and political integration.  Globalization reflects interconnected economic and political forces associated with the transnational movement of capital and goods, migration of large numbers of people(s), concern with representative governance and human rights, and rapid exchange of information.  Terrorism and globalization combine to yield profound effects on the person and society that are direct and indirect, immediate and enduring.  Given that terrorism entails deliberate violence intended influence a country’s policies and actions, it follows that such violence may be linked to the effects or even prospect of globalization.  

Themes

Social Change Review is soliciting rigorous, interdisciplinary research that involves conceptual analyses; quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-method studies with a basic or applied focus; and science-informed evaluations that represent diverse views on current or proposed policies or interventions.  In particular, the special issue seeks to further the understanding of key questions on the interface of terrorism and globalization:

• What variables moderate or mediate the impact of global economic and political conditions on individuals and society (e.g., traditionalism, cultural and national identity)?
• How can a country move toward global economic and political integration without fostering terrorism (e.g., minimizing psychosocial and sociocultural disruption)?
• What is the impact of a terrorist attack on a country’s response to pressure for global economic and political integration?
• What are commonly accepted myths about the relationship of globalization to terrorism that rigorous scientific inquiry can expose (e.g., globalization reduces transnational trust and cooperation)?

Deadline

The deadline for initial receipt of manuscripts is April 30, 2012. The final notification of acceptance will be made by June 1st, 2012.

More information is available from Michael J. Stevens at mjstevens[at]ilstu[dot]edu  or  Harold Takooshian  Takoosh[at]aol[dot]com

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Special Edition: Summer 2011, Volume 9(1)

Title: Violence against children, young people and women: European perspectives

Special Issue Editors: 

Silke Gahleitner – Alice Salomon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, DE.

Graham Brotherton – Newman University College, Birmingham, UK.

Outline
This special edition of Social Change Review invites articles which address issues relating to community responses to domestic violence, violence against children and young people, human trafficking and forced marriage.

Themes
Both qualitative and quantitative contributions are welcome.

We invite articles with a sociological or interdisciplinary focus which address at least one of the following themes:

• The role of and challenges facing community groups or services in supporting (adult and child) victims of domestic violence, human trafficking or forced marriage
• Violence between children and young people and policy or practice responses
• Human trafficking and its policy and practice consequences
• Forced Marriage and its policy and practice implications
• Service user involvement in the design development and evolution of services responding to domestic violence and related  issues
• Access to and pathways through support services for users (and potential users) of services

Priority will be given to those articles that contain original data and/or present new theoretical insights that will have relevance to a wide audience of readers.

Deadline

The deadline for initial receipt of manuscripts is April 30, 2011. The final notification of acceptance will be made by July 1st, 2011.

More information is available from Graham Brotherton at g[dot]brotherton[at]newman[dot]ac[dot]uk  or  Silke Gahleitner sb[at]gahleitner[dot]net

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Special Edition: Winter 2010, Volume 8(2)

Title: "Working Futures": considerations on the social, educational and economic situation of young people living in Europe

Special Issue Editor: Stan Tucker – Newman University College, Birmingham, UK.

Outline
This special edition of Social Change Review (former Revista de Sociologie) will bring together a range of sociologically focused articles that encourage reflection on the social, educational and economic situation of young people in Europe. Against a background of increased levels of youth unemployment across Europe it will explore common and particular policy responses in an attempt to offer a clearer understanding of how governments are attempting to directly intervene in the lives of the young. The social attitudes of young people towards unemployment and employment will be considered. Matters concerned with the transition from school to work will be examined. The significance of global and national economic trends for youth employment will be addressed.

Themes
Both qualitative and quantitative contributions are welcome.

Articles for consideration will need to address at least one of the following themes:

Priority will be given to those articles that contain original data and/or present new theoretical insights that will have relevance to a wide audience of readers. Inter-disciplinary contributions will be particularly welcome.

Deadline

The deadline for initial receipt of manuscripts is  September 30, 2010. The final notification of acceptance will be made by December 1st, 2010.

More information is available from Professor Stan Tucker at s[dot]a[dot]tucker[at]newman[dot]ac[dot]uk