| Show Organizer (s): | American SociologicalAssociation (ASA) |
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| Event Date (s): | Aug 01, 2008 - Aug 04, 2008 |
| Venue: | Boston Marriott Copley Place |
| Address: | 110 Huntington Avenue Boston MA |
| Phone: | 617-236-5800 |
| Offical Website of Show: | http://www.asanet.org |
Summary
The American Sociological Assoc. Annual Meeting provides the opportunity for sociologists and other social scientists to meet and exchange results of recent research done nationally and internationally.
General Information
2008 ANNUAL MEETING THEME: The 2008 ASA program will focus on the interconnections between work%roadly conceived% nd society. Work is one of the most basic of social activities and institutions and has far-reaching correlates and consequences. The title%vorlds of Work%oints to two main sub-themes. First, it underscores the increasing diversity by which work is organized and experienced in societies. Work activities can: take place formally in organizations or informally between individuals; be labeled as illegal or legal; be unpaid, well-paid, or poorly paid; and involve considerable security for some or be unstable for others. People may also regard their work activities as more or less important to them at various stages of their lives. Second, the program title emphasizes the cross-national and historical diversity in work activities, work-related institutions, and the experience of work. Outsourcing of production, global human rights, immigration, and cultural differences all provide fertile ground for a comparative understanding of the many varieties of work....[Read the entire theme statement]The convention theme seeks to demonstrate the relevance of social science research for public policy and for efforts to address social inequities and inequalities through activism around work-related issues%uch as transnational labor movements, union-based movements, and community organizing. The program thereby attempts to contribute to the debates that are likely to surface in the 2008 U.S. presidential election and to promote the continuing emphasis on public sociology..
Attendee Information
Open to anyone interested in the scientific study of society; academic sociologists, including department chairs and adminstrative faculty, US and foreign; praticing sociologist in government and business; scholars from disciplines related to sociology.
Exhibitor Information
Book publishers, computer-software companies, data-retrieval centers, research institutes and bureaus of the federal government.
