CALL FOR PAPERS

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.  

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)?

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