Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society
Call for papers: "Building International Labor Solidarity"
Working USA: The Journal of Labor and Society will devote a thematic issue to Building International Labor Solidarity, which will be published in early 2014. The thematic editor is Kim Scipes of Purdue University North Central who will work closely with Working USA editor, Immanuel Ness.
As new labor movements emerge in Africa, the Middle East, the Americas, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, we seek essays that focus on research that is designed to build international labor solidarity with these and other workers. The editors seek in-depth, critical description and analyses of efforts motivated by the rise of workers movements that engage in transnational solidarity, as well as articles that examine imperial and global power efforts to control, guide, and circumscribe them. Historical examples must retain focus that refract on today's problems and concerns.
Paper proposals are encouraged that address labor unions and workers'
movements in the United States and beyond, but priority will be given to research across the developed-developing country divide, or among developing countries of the Global South.
Proposals for papers in the journal should be submitted by August 15, 2013, with a length of 250-500 words. Final papers will be peer-reviewed by referees appointed by the editorial board, and should not exceed 7,500 words. For author guidelines, go to the following website:
working-usa.org
Papers must be received by October 15, 2013. E-mail for questions or
submissions: kscipes [at] pnc.edu and iness [at] brooklyn.cuny.edu
Book Project
Concurrently, the editors of the special issue are separately publishing a collection on Building International Labor Solidarity, for which they are seeking submissions. Contributors can submit papers to both the journal issue and the book, but they must be separate essays. This will supplement issues addressed in the journal and go beyond them. Each chapter can reach
10,000 words, and focus on practical, on-the-ground experiences and critical reflections on the subject. This collection is planned as an activist-oriented project, and we are looking for accounts that address specific issues raised in the practice of or literature about building international labor solidarity that examine the history and unfolding of events. Again, priority will be given to work across the developed-developing country divide, or among developing countries/Global South.
Proposals for chapters in the collection should be submitted by September 15, 2013, with a length of 250-500 words. Chapters are due by June 1, 2014, and authors should check with either editor about their proposed papers.
Immanuel Ness, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, New York, USA, Email: iness [at] brooklyn.cuny.edu
Kim Scipes, Purdue University North Central in Westville, Indiana, USA,
Email kscipes [at] pnc.edu
[Cross-posted, with thanks, from H-Labor]