(1985). Levine's Atlas of Corporate Interlocks. Connections ... - INSNA

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WOMEN & CLASS REPRODUCTION, Nancy Mandell (Soc, York, Toronto) . The variety of ways in which women
reproduce social class . This includes the role of women as caregivers maintaining new members, supporting
those who do paid work & caring for aging parents ; as emotional labourers facilitating & managing
the flow of communication ; as educators helping their children assume their own class position ; as
providers of communication between the home & school, the elderly & children's activities . Sly focusing
on all the ways women maintain class relations, their private work becomes visible .
OCCUPATIONAL CONTROL, ORGANIZATIONAL CONTROL & THE LABOUR PROCESS : THE STRUCTURING OF WORK IN
CANADIAN SOCIETY, Allan Gordon (Soc, Carleton) . Explores on theoretical & empirical levels the labour
process within an occupation (or profession), firm, or industry in Canada . Involves analysis of the social
relations of control at work to determine what types of control (occupational, administrative, worker,
etc .) are involved in the planning, coordination & execution of work .
HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY & THE WORLD-ECONOMY, Joe Galbo (684 College St, Toronto, M6G IC1) . A comparative
historical approach to analyzing large scale social change, e .g ., household economy, proto-industrialization,
labour-force formation, the rise of a capitalist world-economy, 3d world development, worldsystems
analysis .
THE STATE OF THE ART IN CANADIAN SOCIOLOGY . An invited session in which 6 contributors to a CANADIAN
REVIEW OF SOCIOLOGY & ANTHROPOLOGY special issue (1985) on leading-edge work discuss & defend their
positions . Includes R .J . Richardson (Soc, McMaster ; presenting) & Barry Wellman on "Structural Analysis,"
Margit Eichler (Soc, OISE) on "Feminist Sociology" and Patricia Marchak (Soc, Brit . Columbia) on "Political
Economy" .
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SOCIOLOGY, Albufeira, Portugal, 16-20 June 86
The IIS (an outfit I never heard of until recently) was established in 1893 . It is clearly making
revitalization efforts, opening up membership, lowering dues & eliminating initiation fees .
The theme of their 28th International Congress is "Competition & Solidarity in a World of Post-
Industrial Nations ." Lots of thematic & non-thematic sessions at the seacoast Portuguese resort town of
Albufeira . Accommodations in hotels & cottages of various prices . Info from Edward Borgatta, Soc,
Mailstop J M 20, U Washington, Seattle WA 98195 .
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, Herzlia, Tel Aviv, Israel, 6-11 July 86
The daily themes are : Growth of Relationships ; "Normal" & "Abnormal"
Relationships across the Life Cycle ; Communications in Relationships .
Invited speakers include Michael Argyle, Carl Backman, Sharon Brehm, Jesse Delia, Robert Hinde, Steven
Hobfoil, Ted Huston, Harold Kelley, Eleanor Maccoby, Arie Nadler, Irwin Sarason & Sharon Schwartz .
Conf . reg . : US$ 140 . Room & board (5-star Sharon Hotel) : US$145-165 .
Submit papers, reg ., & get info from Robin Gilmour (Psych, Fylde College, U of Lancaster, Lancaster
LA1 4YF, England) .
XI WORLD CONGRESS OF SOCIOLOGY, New Delhi, 18-22 Aug 86
Two sessions are being organized by INSNA . One, being organized by John Scott (Soc, Lancaster) is
on Inter-group/Inter-organizational Networks . Paper titles not available yet .
The other session, Interpersonal Networks, organized by Barry Wellman (Soc, Toronto), has the following
papers :
"Industrialization and Community in an Indian Context," (Leslie Howard, Whittier) .
"The Network Basis of Social Support," (Barry Wellman and Paula Goldman, Toronto) .
"Social Support and Adaptation to Work Stress in Interns and Residents," (Victor Marshall, Toronto) .
"Friends and Associates : A Blockmodel Analysis of Informal and Formal Status Structures of Community
Elites," (Albert Hunter, Northwestern) .
"Inter-racial Relations in Adolescence : A Network Analysis of Friendship and Interaction Patterns During
School Years," (Wesley Shrum, Louisiana State) .