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Food for thought for all our disciplines, and this represents the same reasons our trans-disciplinary association exists: www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/10/10/political-scientists-see-disciplines-historical-division-a...
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Political scientists see the discipline’s historical division across four subareas as hindering their collective ability to understand Trump’s America -- and its future.
SSSA political scientists recently collaborated to produce a new reader on American politics, Considering American Government. Each chapter was written by a SSSA member, and the book was edited by current president Lydia Andrade and former SWPSA president Jim Riddlesperger. A link to the SSSA news story is here: sssaonline.org/news/sssa-political-scientists-publish-new-american-government-reader/
If you have recently published new scholarship, be it a book like this or a journal article, tell us so that we can announce it here!
SSSA Political Scientists Publish New American Government Reader - SSSA
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Southwestern Social Science Association political scientists recently joined together to publish a compelling new American government reader, Considering American Government, available from Kendall Hu...
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We send our good wishes and thoughts to our friends and members on the Gulf Coast who are facing #HurricaneNate. Please be safe.
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SSSA members and participants,
I hope you all had a good summer and you academic year has started off well. I am excited to share with you the news that the submission site for our 2018 conference is now open.
You are cordially invited to join us for our 98th Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida October 10-13, 2018. The theme for the 2018 meeting is “It’s a Small, Small World”, reflecting the ever-increasing interconnectedness of people, systems and academic disciplines. We welcome the participation of all scholars and the presentation of work on all topics, methodologies, and periods or areas in the fields of Anthropology, Economics, History, International Studies, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology, Social Work, and Women and Gender Studies. Our meeting will feature panels, poster sessions, roundtable discussions, and paper workshopping opportunities, both in the individual fields of the Social Sciences as well as within an interdisciplinary framework. Find the submission site at convention2.allacademic.com/one/sssa/sssa18/
I would also like to let you know about the SSSA Twitter feed (@SWSocSciAssn). Follow us and learn about upcoming events and academic publications, post notifications of your publications, departmental hiring’s and awards. Join the discussion!
We look forward to your submissions and seeing you in Orlando!
Lydia Andrade
SSSA President
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Welcome to the Southwestern Social Science Association (SSSA). Founded in 1919, SSSA is the oldest interdisciplinary social science association in the US.
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Congratulations to past political science affiliate president Jim Riddlesperger on being recognized with the Chancellor’s Award at Texas Christian University!
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Evacuation orders and/or states of emergency are now in effect in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina as Hurricane #Irma charges toward the US mainland. We send our continued thoughts and well wishes to our members and friends in the area, and we ask that you be safe.
Check out this piece published in the Green European Journal by an SSSA member: www.greeneuropeanjournal.eu/are-some-cities-too-big-to-be-saved-hurricane-harvey-and-lessons-from...
Are Some Cities Too Big To Be Saved? Hurricane Harvey and Lessons from South Texas
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The disaster which has been unfolding in South Texas demonstrates that Greens are right to be proactive in approaching potential disasters, not out of pessimism but out of the realism that they will s...
Check out the new book by an SSSA member (History affiliate)! Share your good news with the SSSA, too. Go to the SSSA website (see posts below) and click on "Contact Us."
www.uncpress.org/book/9781469632575/psychedelic-chile/
Psychedelic Chile | Patrick Barr-Melej | University of North Carolina Press
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Patrick Barr-Melej here illuminates modern Chilean history with an unprecedented chronicle and reassessment of the sixties and seventies. During a period of ...
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The City of Houston has put out a plea for more Social Workers: twitter.com/HoustonTX/status/902733304046243840
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“We still desperately need licensed/certified #socialworkers at our shelters. Volunteers are being taken in at Hall A at the GRB.”
As we see continued news reports of the disaster unfolding in South Texas, I've found myself asking more than once: "Is there more that we, as social scientists, as community members, as fellow human beings, can do to help with the current situation? What can we do to be of meaningful service so that the next time something like this happens--and there will be a next time--those who need to prepare can be better prepared to react and address the situation?"
Comments, suggestions, further questions posted below would be most welcome.
Eddie WellerLiving here, I am not sure how you prepare for this kind of rain event. We are beyond the 500 year flood plan (0.2% chance of it happening in a year). Houston, having grown up around a swamp and bayous, is naturally flood prone, but no place can take 30-50 inches of rain. At my house, with my little rain gauge, I have measured 30.9 inches. One bright spot, which occurred during Hurricane Ike, too, is that the Republican Harris County Judge Ed Emmett and Democratic Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner (White was mayor during Ike), are working very well together for the people. I probably have a different perspective since I am here; obviously, future planning can help, but you cannot stop the weather. Harris County has put in detention ponds and other flooding helps, but this was just too much water--never seen before.
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