Sun, 16 Oct 1994 17:08:03 -0700 for From: lichter@nicco.sscnet.ucla.edu (Michael Lichter) Date: Sun, 16 Oct 1994 17:06:36 +0000 To: socgrad@UCSD.EDU Subject: electronic journal of sociology A while back I said that socgrad and PSN were the only lists I knew of dedicated specifically to sociology, with the sort-of-exception of the USENET group alt.sci.sociology. There's another sort-of-exception I didn't mention: the Electronic Journal of Sociology. The EJS is a real, peer-reviewed, electronically distributed sociology journal. There's only been one issue so far, and it is available for ftp (see details below). While there is an EJS list, the list is really just for announcements about the journal. I'm curious what people think about the potential for this and similar e-journals. My suspicion is that since EJS is not "real" (not printed on paper by a central publisher) that it is unlikely to garner much prestige. The medium is cheap, and the potential for similar journals is limited only by the number of people willing to work on them, serving as editors and reviewers. In any case, I've included below everything from the first issue of the journal except the articles (there are two). Submission guidelines are near the end. Michael THE ELECTRONIC JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY (C) ISSN 1198 3655 ----------------------------------------------------- Volume 1, Number 1. Summer 1994 The windows version of the EJS (ejs1001.hlp.VOL1.001) is available from ftp.srv.ualberta.ca in the directory /pub/docs/e-journal. The WWW version is available at http://gpu.srv.ualberta.ca:8010 EDITOR Mike Sosteric Department of Sociology University of Alberta, Canada Edmonton, Alberta. Canada msosteri@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca CO-EDITOR Guy Germain Department of Sociology University of Alberta, Canada Edmonton, Alberta. Canada ggermain@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD Ted Cohen Dave Odynak Sociology/Anthropology Department of Sociology Ohio Wesleyan University University of Alberta Delaware, Ohio. USA Edmonton, Alberta. Canada tfcohen@cc.owu.edu dodynak@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca Fran Collyer Rupen Pandya Department of Sociology Department of Sociology Macquarie University University of Regina NSW 2109, Australia Regina, Saskatchewan. Canada fcollyer@bunyip.bhs.mq.edu.au pandyaru@max.cc.uregina.ca Carl Cuneo Nikita Pokrovsky Department of Sociology Department of Sociology McMaster University Moscow State University Hamilton, Ontario. Canada Moscow Russia cuneo@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca nikita@theo.soc.msu.su Roger Deacon Timothy Ulrich Faculty of Education Department of Sociology University of Natal University of Nebraska Durban, South Africa Lincoln, NB. 68588-0324 deacon@mtb.unc.ac.za tulrich@unlinfo.unl.edu Laura Hargrave David V. Waller Department of Sociology Dep. of Sociology/Anthropology University of Alberta University of Texas Edmonton, Alberta. Canada Arlington, TX. USA userlstt@mts.ucs.ualberta.ca wallerd@utarlg.uta.edu Bradley Nash, Jr. Reference/Internet Services Blacksburg Area Branch Library Blacksburg, Virginia, USA bnash@leo.vsla.edu The Electronic Journal of Sociology is a refereed electronic journal. The EJS specializes in publishing articles and commentaries for those wishing to solicit rapid feedback about current or proposed projects, while retaining high standards of scholarly content. The EJS also publishes review essays, reviews of books, reviews of software, and direction statements. The EJS is published in a number of formats including a hypertext version. Authors should follow the EJS style guidelines when submitting papers for consideration. Authors do not need to concern themselves over the translation from plain text to hypertext. However, if you wish, you may explore a hypertext/hypermedia presentation. Hypertext presentations should be submitted in Rich Text Format (RTF). If you chose a hypertext presentation, keep the following guidelines in mind. The title page, abstract, main text, appendices, footnotes, and references must be linear. That is, do not compose hypertext links to the main sections of the text. Confine links to pop up definitions, sounds files and graphic images. Hypertext compositions must be submitted in uncompiled format. You may tar or zip the files to aid in transmission. Articles can be sent directly over the Internet in encoded form or mailed on a 3 1/2 inch disk. You may submit your article as a plain WP5.1 or Word file, or as a hypermedia document in Rich Text Format. Address all subscription requests, advertising, and submissions to Mike Sosteric Department of Sociology Editor University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H4 Canada msosteri@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca Guy Germain, Department of Sociology Co-editor, University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2H4 Canada ggermain@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca -------------------------------------------------------- 1. PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL MOONLIGHTERS: Mauri P. Collins and Zane L. Berge KEYWORDS: MOONLIGHTERS; MULTIPLE JOB HOLDERS; SURVEY; USENET ABSTRACT This paper reviews some of the literature on multiple job holders to set the stage for reporting the results of an exploratory study conducted on the Internet involving "moonlighters." The foci of this research were to compare: 1) the Usenet sample demographically with the previously conducted United States Department of Labor survey, 2) the reasons professional, managerial and technical personnel moonlight with the reasons given by the general working population of the United States, 3) the order of reasons given by women and given by men, and 4) the order of reasons given by the foreign portion of the sample with those given by the United States respondents. The methodology is also of interest, being one of the first surveys completed using random Usenet groups. 2. WHERE IS NORTH AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE PRODUCTION HEADED: LOW-WAGE LEAN PRODUCTION Carl H.A. Dassbach KEYWORDS: TRANSNATIONAL; FORDISM; LEAN PRODUCTION; MEXICO ABSTRACT This paper examines two trends in the restructuring of North American automobile production during the last 20 years: the export of productive activities or globalization and the return of productive activities to core regions with the increasing implementation of "lean" or Japanese techniques. It argues that globalization failed and the trend towards globalization has diminished because globalization, as practiced in the late 1970s and 1980s, entailed the export of Fordist techniques. While acknowledging the superiority of lean production over Fordism, it is argued that lean techniques will not lead to the massive return of auto production to North America. Instead, the most important trend in the North American automobile industry over the next ten years will be between the two extremes of globalization and the return of production to North America and consist of the expansion of production in a low wage region, Mexico, but using lean techniques. ------------------------------------------------------- EJS STYLE GUIDELINES All target articles, commentaries, and responses must have 1) a short abstract, 2) an indexable title, 3) the authors' full name(s), institutional and E-mail address(es), and 4) 6-8 indexable keywords. Articles should not exceed 20 double spaced typed pages (excluding tables, figures, appendices, notes, and bibliography). Commentaries and responses should not exceed 8 double spaced typed pages. In addition, for target articles only 5) a list of potential commentators. FOOTNOTES, APPENDICES AND REFERENCES Footnotes should precede the appendices and references. Do not link footnotes, appendices, or references in a hypertext document. These should be part of the main text. Chodorow, N. (1989) _Feminism and Psychoanalysis._ Cambridge: Polity Press. Smith, D.H. (1975) `Voluntary Action and Voluntary Groups.' _Annual Review of Sociology,_ 1: 247-70. Reckman, B. (1979) `Carpentry: The Craft and Trade,' in A. Zimbalist (ed.) _Case Studies on the Labor Process._ New York: Monthly Review Press: 73-103. *note: Words surrounded by underscores (_italics_) are in italics. These marks are used here for illustration only. Word processed documents should use the italics option to format references. TITLE PAGE Title: Sub Title Name Department of Sociology University of Alberta Edmonton, Alberta. Canada T6H-2H4 Internet: Address Bitnet: Address KEYWORDS: TABLES Number tables consecutively. Each table should have a number, a heading, and labels. Tables should appear in the main text of the document immediately following their reference in the text. When constructing tables, please do so as simply as possible. Do use tabs to align columns. Do not use spaces and do not use the special functions provided by word processing packages to construct tables. TABLE (Example) Table 1 Japanese Auto Industry Wages by Firm Size, 1983 (as a percentage of wages in the largest firms) Size of Number Number of Firm of Firms Employees Wages 4-9 31,972 31,972 42% 10-19 27,697 27,697 52% 20-29 27,301 27,301 54% 30-49 645 25,261 59% 50-99 689 47,644 61% 100-199 384 52,364 68% 200-299 151 36,812 64% 300-499 125 47,975 81% 500-999 119 83,525 83% 1000+ 95 318,139 100% Source: Adapted from Smitka 1991: 101. PEER REVIEW PROCESS The role of the peer assessor is to tell the academic publisher what he should do his best to publish, and how to publish it in the best possible form. The assessment provides for both publisher and author the critical book review before publication, while there is still time to take account of the criticisms. There is no one else who can do this job for us and we cannot publish without this assistance. And we would not want it any other way: what makes scholarly publishing ultimately so satisfying is the consciousness of being a part of a community which is engaged in a common endeavour. Ms. Prudence Tracy Senior Humanities Editor University of Toronto Press The EJS incorporates an extended peer review process. Target articles are first reviewed anonymously and recommendations are made to either 1) publish the paper as is, 2) publish pending revision, 3) request that the author revise and re-submit the paper, 4) or reject the paper. In the case of a request to revise and re-submit, the paper is treated as a new submission and enters the process at its beginning. Recommendations take the form of a 200 word summary and evaluation outlining the main argument of the submission, its location in a current discourse or research tradition, and an evaluation of its suitability for publication. Recommendations are submitted to members of The EJS (board and other reviewers) for consideration. In most cases, the recommendations of the anonymous reviewers are followed. However, members of The EJS who disagree strongly with a recommendation may request that the process be opened for further consideration. In this event, other members of The EJS may argue in favor or against inclusion of the submission. When reviewing articles, reviewers ask themselves the following questions. Is the research and analysis sound? Is the topic important (Is it too narrow? Does it lack vision?). Is it available in other forms (e.g., Ph.D. theses)? Reviewers are expected to reduce or eliminate sources of personal bias including, but not limited to, support for pet paradigms, support for currently fashionable paradigms, and methodological bias (e.g., support for quantitative over qualitative research or vice versa). Upon being accepted for publication, the author may or may not provide The EJS with a list of commentators and their E-mail addresses. If the author chooses this option, the final paper is published along with the commentaries. The primary benefit of having the paper published with commentary is that this compresses the academic discourse by providing an immediate and articulated response. COPYRIGHT NOTICE Authors of accepted manuscripts assign to The EJS the right to publish and distribute their text electronically and to archive and make it permanently retrievable electronically. The EJS does not accept works that have been published elsewhere. It is the author's sole responsibility to ensure that copyright has not been violated. CREDITS MSDOS, Windows, Word, and Microsoft are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Mac and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple. WP51 and Word Perfect are registered trademarks of Word Perfect Corp. EJS logo by Carl Cuneo. 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