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New Issue Alert: International Studies Quarterly

International Studies Quarterly Vol. 53, #3 is now available for our members to read online. This issue features the following articles:

• Mark Anner, "Two Logics of Labor Organizing in the Global Apparel Industry"
• Andrew Yeo, "Not in Anyone's Backyard: The Emergence and Identity of a Transnational Anti-Base Network"
• Jenifer Whitten-Woodring, "Watchdog or Lapdog? Media Freedom, Regime Type, and Government Respect for Human Rights"
• James Cotton, "Realism, Rationalism, Race: On the Early International Relations Discipline in Australia"
• Tyler M. Curley, "Social Identity Theory and EU Expansion"
• Thomas Gehring, Isabel Plocher, "Making an Administrative Trustee Agent Accountable: Reason-Based Decision Making within the Kyoto Protocol's Clean Development Mechanism"
• Ryan Kennedy, "Survival and Accountability: An Analysis of the Empirical Support for "Selectorate Theory"
• Todd Landman, Marco Larizza, "Inequality and Human Rights: Who Controls What, When, and How"
• Michaela Mattes, Burcu Savun, "Fostering Peace After Civil War: Commitment Problems and Agreement Design"
• Thomas Plümper, Vera E. Troeger, Hannes Winner, "Why is There No Race to the Bottom in Capital Taxation?"
• Grigore Pop-Eleches, "Public Goods or Political Pandering: Evidence from IMF Programs in Latin America and Eastern Europe"
• Ahmer Tarar, Bahar Leventoğlu, "Public Commitment in Crisis Bargaining"
• Irfan Nooruddin, Joel W. Simmons, "Openness, Uncertainty, and Social Spending: Implications for the Globalization - Welfare State Debate"

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Employment: University of Sydney

The University of Sydney, Australia, seeks to fill the position of Lecturer in Political Economy. Candidates should have a PhD or equivalent in political economy, economics or closely related field and the potential to publish in leading international and national journals. Preference will be given to those with an established track record of high quality research publications. Evidence of teaching ability and experience is also important, including potential to supervise honours and higher degree research students and contribute to curriculum development. Applications are particularly sought from people with expertise in economic theory, international political economy and development. All applications must be submitted online. To be considered applicants must respond to selection criteria; to do so complete your responses on the online application form. Please note that resumes need to include contact details of 3 referees and should be received by Sept. 23, 2009. Continue reading ad...

New Issue Alert: International Political Sociology

International Political Sociology, Vol. 3, #3, is available for our members to read online. This issue features the following articles:

• Philip Boyle, Kevin D. Haggerty, "Spectacular Security: Mega-Events and the Security Complex"
• Jack Holland, "From September 11th, 2001 to 9-11: From Void to Crisis"
• Mika Luoma-aho, "Political Theology, Anthropomorphism, and Person-hood of the State: The Religion of IR"
• Nicole Oke, "Globalizing Time and Space: Temporal and Spatial Considerations in Discourses of Globalization"

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CfP: Global Financial Crisis

Global Change, Peace & Security is a leading peer reviewed journal published by Routledge (UK) and based at La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia. GCP&S calls for research articles analysing the nature, implications, and consequences of the Global Financial Crisis; a crisis which has sparked the most widespread and severe global recession since the 1930s. We seek contributions from across the social sciences: particularly from international relations, political economy, and peace and conflict studies. Other perspectives on the Global Financial Crisis and its implications will be favourably received. Contributions should be 6,000–10,000 words in length, comply with all requirements of the GCP&S style guidelines, and be emailed as an attachment (in Word, in English and with GFC in the subject heading) to: gcps@latrobe.edu.au. Submission should be received by Nov. 27, 2009. Visit the journal website for more informaiton.

Deadline: Travel Grant Applications

Each year ISA sets aside a small budget to supplement travel expenses for graduate students and junior scholars attending our annual convention. We opened the application process for New Orleans on June 6th and we are closing the process today at 5 PM PST. Travel grants are available only for ISA members. If you are not an ISA member you may still apply, your membership fee will be deducted from your grant.

New Issue Alert: International Interactions

International Interactions: Empirical and Theoretical Research in International Relations Volume 35 Issue 3 is now available for our members to read online. This issue features the following articles:

• Editor's Note, Pages 241 - 242, Author: Paul F. Diehl
• Symposium: Disaggregating the Incentives of Conflict Management
• Disaggregating the Incentives of Conflict Management: An Introduction, Pages 243 - 248, Authors: Kyle Beardsley; J. Michael Greig
• Incentives for Talking: Accepting Mediation in International and Civil Wars, Pages 249 - 271, Authors: Molly M. Melin; Isak Svensson
• Intervention Without Leverage: Explaining the Prevalence of Weak Mediators, Pages 272 - 297, Author: Kyle Beardsley
• International Mediation and Social Networks: The Importance of Indirect Ties, Pages 298 - 319, Author: Tobias Bhmelt
• Commentary: International Relations Theory and the Study of Civil War Introduction, Page 320, Author: Paul F. Diehl
• Civil War and Territory? Drawing Linkages Between Interstate and Intrastate War, Pages 321 - 329, Author: Patrick M. Regan
• Asymmetry, Parity, and (Civil) War: Can International Theories of Power Help Us Understand Civil War?, Pages 330 - 340, Authors: Christopher Butler; Scott Gates
• International Relations Theory and How Civil Wars End, Pages 341 - 351, Author: T. David Mason
• ,Evaluating Claims of Social Connection to International Conflict Casualties, Pages 352 - 364, Author: Scott Sigmund Gartner

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CfP: The 2009 Routledge - GCP&S Essay Prize

Global Change, Peace & Security, a leading peer reviewed journal published by Routledge (UK) and based at La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia, invites entries for the annual Routledge-GCP&S Essay Prize competition. This competition is designed to encourage outstanding new contributions to research on practical and theoretical questions posed by a rapidly globalising world. The competition is open to those enrolled in an undergraduate or postgraduate degree program, or who have graduated within the previous four years. Previously published research articles, those that are being considered for publication or currently being assessed as part of a degree will not be accepted. The winning essay will be refereed with a view to publication in Global Change, Peace & Security. The author will receive the Routledge-GCP&S Essay Prize winner's certificate, as well as $US500 prize money. Please send entries (printed in English and as email attachments only) to gcps@latrobe.edu.au by no later than Friday 6 November, 2009.

CfP: Journal of International and Area Studies

The Journal of International and Area Studies has published a revised call for papers. The journal is published biannually by the Institute of International Affairs, GSIS, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea. It publishes research papers and articles on International Relations, International Business and Economics, Area Studies, Korean Studies, and other related subjects. We welcome the submission of manuscript of those who are interested in the relevant areas. Authors are invited to submit one copy of their manuscript by the following due date by e-mail (JIAS@snu.ac.kr):

• March 1, 2009 for the June 30, 2009 (Vol.16, No 1) edition of the journal
• August 20, 2009 for the December 30, 2009 (Vol.16, No 2) edition of the journal.

More information, including the full Call for Papers, is available on the journal website.

CfP: Evaluating Transitional Justice

The International Journal of Transitional Justice invites submissions  for its 2010 special issue titled 'Transitional Justice on Trial: Evaluating Its Impact,' to be guest edited by Colleen Duggan, Senior Program Specialist, Evaluation Unit, International Development Research Centre (IDRC), Canada. Papers should be submitted online from the IJTJ webpage. The deadline for submissions is April 1, 2010.

The International Journal of Transitional Justice publishes high quality, refereed articles in the rapidly growing field of transitional justice; that is the study of those strategies employed by states and international institutions to deal with a legacy of human rights abuses and to effect social reconstruction in the wake of widespread violence. Topics covered by the journal include (but are not limited to): truth commissions, universal jurisdiction, post-conflict social reconciliation, victim and perpetrator studies, international and domestic prosecutions, institutional transformation, vetting, memorialization, reparations and ex-combatant reintegration.