This is a reminder of the 1 November 2000 (Wednesday) deadline for
submitting papers for the 2001 Western Regional Science Association/
Remote Regions and Northern Development Sessions. If you are planning
to present a paper at these meetings, please send an intent to submit
email ASAP to Professor Huskey (see contact information here):
Professor Lee Huskey
Department of Economics
College of Business and Public Policy
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508 USA
E-mail: aflh [at] uaa.alaska.edu
Please post and share this announcement with your colleagues.
CALL FOR PAPERS
REMOTE REGIONS/NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS
WESTERN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
FORTIETH ANNUAL MEETING
The fortieth annual meeting of the Western Regional Science Association
will be held in Palm Springs, California at the Palm Springs Rivera
Resort and Racquet Club. Paper sessions will be scheduled Sunday through
Wednesday, 25-28 February 2001.
The WRSA meeting includes a series of Remote Regions Northern
Development sessions to accommodate social scientists who have a special
interest in research on economic, social, political, and cultural issues
in remote, sparsely settled regions in the circumpolar north and
elsewhere. In the past, researchers from Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia,
Australia, Micronesia, Israel, and the coterminous United States have
presented papers.
The Remote Regions/Northern Development sessions are in their eighteenth
year. We are again issuing a general call for papers from economists,
political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, historians,
planners, and others involved in research in northern and other remote
regions.
POTENTIAL TOPICS
General topics include the analysis and discussion of economic,
political, and social-cultural change in remote and sparsely settled
regions. While papers on any topic consistent with the general theme are
welcomed, examples of specific topics might include: the effects of
government expenditures; the conditions of success or failure of
development projects; sustainable development; relations between the
subsistence and market economies; Native labor force participation;
regional benefits and costs of development; economic integration and
cultural preservation; migration; changing social patterns; housing,
health, education, and community development; Native sovereignty and
federalism; comparative Native claims; political movements, settlements,
and outcomes; development of local and regional political institutions;
resource ownership and management regimes.
Send immediately an intent to submit email to Professor Huskey at:
Professor Lee Huskey
Department of Economics
College of Business and Public Policy
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, AK 99508 USA
E-mail: aflh [at] uaa.alaska.edu
NOTE: Two copies of your paper will be required to be sent to Professor
Huskey by 1 November 2000 (tomorrow) or as soon as possible after he
receives your intent to submit.
We will be sending information about association membership,
registration, hotel reservations, and related matters to those
responding to this call. You can find out more about the meetings at the
WRSA web site http://geog.arizona.edu/wrsa.