Date:         Thu, 08 Aug 96 10:32:45 EDT
From: Alan <DAVIDSON@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>
Subject:      ASA & working class issues (fwd)
To: UCONN Sociology grads <davidson@UCONNVM.UCONN.EDU>,
        socgrad@CSF.COLORADO.EDU
Message-Id:   <960808.103556.EDT.DAVIDSON@UConnVM.UConn.Edu>
Some folks in the past have expressed interest in social class issues in
Sociology, especially the possibility of addressing being a Sociologist
from a working class background.  This might be a place to hook up with
others.
----------------------------Original message----------------------------
Date: Thu, 8 Aug 1996 09:51:08 -0400
From: dcroteau@saturn.vcu.edu (david croteau)
To: PSN-CAFE <psn-cafe@csf.colorado.edu>
Subject: ASA & working class issues

This is an invitation for sociologists who are attending the ASA meetings in
New York next week---especially if you're from a working class background.
     On Sunday, August 18th,  at 2:30 (check your program for details!)
there is an "author meets the critics" session discussing Bill Form's
"Segmented Labor, Fractured Politics" and my "Politics and the Class Divide:
Working People and the Middle Class Left" (featuring Pam Roby, Rick
Fantasia, Ruth Milkman, Beth Mintz, and Judith Stephan-Norris).
	Pam Roby had the idea of holding a VERY brief meeting immediately AFTER the
session to collect names and e-mail addresses of folks who would be
interested in discussing the possible formation of a working class caucus
within the ASA---or to organize some other activities with a working-class
focus (including a possible listserv specifically for working class issues
in sociology, ASA, etc.)
    Also, if you're NOT going to be at ASA but are interested in this line
of discussion, drop me an e-mail and I'll make sure your name and e-mail
address get added to our list.
     This is very preliminary stuff but I wanted to extend the invitation to
any interested folks.  Thanks.
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