Date: Sat, 7 Jun 1997 12:10:01 -0400 (EDT)
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Subject: call for papers "The New Genetics"
 CALL FOR PAPERS


                        SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES ON THE NEW GENETICS


Outline proposals are invited for contributions to the fifth monograph in
the series to be published by the journal SOCIOLOGY OF HEALTH AND ILLNESS,
in conjunction with Blackwell Publishers.
'Sociological Perspectives on the New Genetics' has been identified as a
suitable them and we should particularly like to hear from those working in
the area with an interest in:

        - The structure and production of genetic knowledge
        - The social meanings of genetics
        - The social impact of genetics
        - The implications of the new genetics

Potential contributors from North America and Australasia should send and
outline proposal of between 250 and 500 words to:
Peter Conrad, Department of Sociology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA,
02254-9110, USA.  Potential contributors from Europe should send their
outline proposal by the same date to Jonathan Gabe, Department of Social
Policy and Social Science, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham,
TW20 0EX, United Kingdom by November 30, 1997,  All those responding to
this call will be informed of the outcome within six weeks.

Those invited to write for the monograph will be asked to submit
manuscripts of between 6,500-7,000 words by July 1998 so that they can be
refereed in the normal way.  It is planned to publish the monograph in mid
1999.


Phil Brown, Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
Brown University
Box 1916
Providence RI 02912
(401) 863-2633 (secretary 863-2367)
fax (401) 863-3213