[PEN-L:7880] race/gender job at Bucknell
Below is a job description for a position in Race/Gender studies at Bucknell University that involves some administrative work as Co-Director of our Race/Gender Resource Center and a tenure-track appointment in economics or a couple of other fields. If you would like to know more about the job or Bucknell before applying, please contact me (see below for address). I'd also appreciate it if you could forward this ad to any relevant lists to which you subscribe, since the next JOE will not be coming out until February. RACE/GENDER RESOURCE CENTER FACULTY POSITION IN RACE AND GENDER STUDIES Bucknell University seeks applications for a tenure-track position in race and gender studies at either the Assistant or Associate professor level. The successful candidate would hold a two-thirds teaching appointment and would also serve as permanent co-director of Bucknell's Race/Gender Resource Center, working in conjunction with a rotating co-director. The Center's charge is to facilitate curricular transformation and faculty development, involving the integration of race and gender issues into existing courses across the university, the creation of new courses in support of race and gender studies, and the development of a more inclusive pedagogy campus-wide. The Center's two co-directors also administer the Women's Studies Program and the African American Studies Program. To be considered for this position, the candidate must demonstrate scholarly and pedagogical expertise in the intersections of race and gender/sexuality. We are particularly interested in candidates with specialization in Latino/a studies, Asian American studies, and African American studies. We also encourage applications from those with expertise in Latin American studies, South Asian studies, and Middle Eastern studies. The appointment will be made in one of the following departments: Economics, History, Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology. Certain restrictions apply to specific departments: History (only Latin American or South Asian history); Sociology (only Latino/a or Asian American studies); Anthropology (only Middle Eastern, Latino/a or Asian American studies). The successful candidate would have a record of active scholarship and demonstrated excellence in teaching. Administrative experience highly desirable. Ph.D. in an appropriate discipline required by the time of appointment. Appointment to begin Fall 1997. Review of applications will begin 3 March 1997. Send letter of application, CV, an example of scholarship, a statement of teaching interests and abilities, and 3 confidential letters of recommendation to the Race/Gender Resource Center, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837. Bucknell University encourages applications from women and members of minority groups (EEO/AA). -- *** Teresa Amott Chair and Associate Professor Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3451 (fax)
[PEN-L:6519] Job ad -- Bucknell University
The following ad will appear in the October JOE. If you have questions about the ad, please e-mail me privately. I would also appreciate it if you could forward this job description to colleagues who might be interested. We will be interviewing at the meetings in New Orleans. *** Position Announcement Department of Economics Bucknell Universtiy African Economic Development Political Economy Marxian Economics Comparative Economic Systems and the Economics of Transition We are seeking applications for a tenure track position beginning in August, 1997. Appointment will be as assistant professor, at the entry level. Although not a requirement, a completed Ph.D. is preferred, as is some experience as an undergraduate teacher. Teaching responsibilities include African economic development, radical political economy, and principles of economics, along with courses in the candidate's other areas of specialization. We seek economists who are genuinely committed to undergraduate teaching and scholarly activity in a collegial environment. Salaries are competitive. Applications should include a curriculum vita, three letters of recommendation, and a graduate transcript. The department also requires a brief statement of teaching philosophy. Please do not send samples of research. Bucknell University encourages applications from women and members of minority groups (EEO/AA). The deadline for applications is December 1. CONTACT: Jean Shackelford, Search Committee Chair, Department of Economics, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837. ___ -- *** Teresa Amott Chair and Associate Professor Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3451 (fax)
[PEN-L:3606] Yale strike
Could whoever posted the message earlier today about the Yale strike please send it to me privately? I inadvertently deleted it in a flu-induced haze. Thanks. Coughing and sneezing in solidarity, Teresa *** Teresa Amott Chair and Associate Professor Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3451 (fax)
[PEN-L:2936] Re: unemployment in puerto rico
Hi, Julie Matthaei and I got our historical data from the Census -- there is a volume with data on Puerto Rico in the decennial census. Hope that helps -- let me know, if you want a more specific cite. Teresa *** Teresa Amott Associate Professor Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3451 (fax)
[PEN-L:1955] apology and request
Sorry for sending personal e-mail to the whole list. Too quick with the reply button. While I'm here, however, I'd like to ask the academics on the list to let me know 1) if their institutions use merit or performance-based pay increments for tenured faculty, 2) roughly the size of those increments, 3) the evaluation process that determines the size of the increment, and, most important, 4) if there are any universities using a model of merit pay that is more of a faculty development tool than a reward for good behavior or a slap on the wrist for "shirking." I'm trying to develop an alternative to our merit pay system here at Bucknell and would like to know if any other schools are trying alternative models. Please reply privately (she said after sending her own personal message to a thousand people). Thanks. Teresa *** Teresa Amott Associate Professor Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3451 (fax)
[PEN-L:1954] Re: the state of the labor movement
Michael, I have a friend who is field director for SEIU who you might talk to -- his name is Bill Fletcher and he's a leftist, African American, labor activist with a long history of organizing in communities of color. I seem to have misplaced his current phone number, but if you call 202 898-3480, you'll get somebody who can transfer you to him (this was his phone number when he was SEIU's director of education). Teresa ******* Teresa Amott Associate Professor Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3451 (fax)
[PEN-L:1731] CDF Budget Update
re removed from unsafe homes, >placed in appropriate care, and reviewed periodically. >=95 It guts health and safety protections for children in child care and >woefully underinvests in child care for mothers moving into jobs or >currently working in low-wage jobs. >=95 It reduces SSI assistance to roughly three-fourths of future disabled >child applicants. > > > > >***SHARE OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATES WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!!**= * > >[To join our e-mail/fax legislative update network: send your name, e-mail >and postal addresses, fax and phone numbers, to John Aravosis c/o CDF at >202/662-3540 (fax) or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't forget to tell us what >state you're in (we often send state-specific info), and make sure to check >out our new CDF home page at "http://www.tmn.com/cdf/index.html" (and if yo= u >want, link your site to us!). AND don't forget CDF's annual national >conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, February 8-10, 1996. For >registration info, call 202/662-3684.] > > John Aravosis >Children's Defense Fund >25 E Street, NW >Washington, DC 20001 > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >202/662-3540 (fax) > > >%%% overflow headers %%% >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]= rg, >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]= us, >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]= om, >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]= u, >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], >[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >%%% end overflow headers %%% > > *** Teresa Amott Associate Professor Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3451 (fax)
[PEN-L:1422] Call Clinton re budget cuts
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[PEN-L:1204] call-in campaign/welfare legislation
afety net for children. If President Clinton signs immoral welfare and Medicaid "reform" bills, the 60-year-old guaranteed safety net for children will be destroyed. If President Clinton signs these changes into law, he, along with Congress, will be guilty of abandoning millions of America's children to poverty, preventable, disease, neglect, abuse, and disabilities. President Clinton can and must stop this attack on children by refusing to sign these unjust anti-child proposals when they get to his desk in November. SHARE THIS FLYER WITH FRIENDS, E-MAIL NETWORKS, AND DISCUSSION GROUPS -- AND ASK THEM TO CONTACT OTHERS! AND IF YOU KNOW COMPUTERS, AND WOULD LIKE TO HELP US DO MORE TO GET THE WORD OUT, PLEASE CONTACT ME AT [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more information, call CDF at 202/662-3584. ***SHARE OUR LEGISLATIVE UPDATES WITH YOUR FRIENDS!!!*** [To join our e-mail/fax legislative update network: send your name, e-mail and postal addresses, fax and phone numbers, to John Aravosis c/o CDF at 202/662-3540 (fax) or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Don't forget to tell us what state you're in (we often send state-specific info), and make sure to check out our new CDF home page at "http://www.tmn.com/cdf/index.html". AND don't forget CDF's annual national conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, February 8-10, 1996. For registration info, call 202/662-3684.] John Aravosis Children's Defense Fund 25 E Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 202/662-3540 (fax) *** Teresa Amott Associate Professor Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3451 (fax)
[PEN-L:42] union merger
I found this on the marxism list -- does anyone on Pen-L have more details? >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 >Mime-Version: 1.0 >Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 23:12:06 -0500 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Scott Marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: geography of the working class revisited >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >At the risk of the screams that will ensue, tonight there is news of an >extremely important development in the US labor movement. I believe it will >be announced tomorrow (7/27/95) in the mass media. The USWA (Steelworkers), >the IAM (machinists) and the UAW (auto) will announce merger - it is unclear >but it sounds as if the UMWA (miners) are also committed to the merger in >the near future. > >I believe this will create one of the largest metal workers union in the >world. It will certainly be the largest union in the US. Along with the news >comes some low key rumors that the trend will continue in other industries >(dare I say it, including public workers). BTW all the garment and textile >workers are now in one union (UNITE). The - on again, off again - merger >talks between AFT and NEA (teachers) are on again and making progress. There >are other unions also moving in this direction but not yet publically. > >This monday there will be a huge rally for the Sweeny reform slate in the >AFL-CIO in Chicago and on Tuesday, Lane Kirkland will offically be removed >(he calls it retiring - 'but the pressures the thing wherein we've changed >the conscience of the king'). Important new orgainizing strategies are being >developed for reorganizing the old and new mass production industries. It >won't be a simple reenactment of the CIO days, but something at a higher >level is in birth, me 'earties. Strap on those running shoes and organizers >head gear the battle is being joined. ...'for the wheels just in spin and >there's no telling who that's it naming. But the losers now will be later to >win, for the times they are a changing.' It's going to be time for Marxists >and radicals in the US to put up or shut up. Doesn't it just make the cynics >want to puke. > >Ah well... so much for those tired old worn out class struggle >concepts.. shit maybe Marx and Lenin were right after all >Besides this is all pretty tame stuff with no big reference work or experts >to refer tocan't be happening.... Give it time, not right away, >but this thing just might even rock some in academiapraise the laptops. > >Scott > > > > --- from list [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- > > *** Teresa Amott Associate Professor Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
[PEN-L:5850] Re: query
Hi Michael, The 1990 Census has detailed race data in the Social and Economic Characteristics: United States volunme (1990-CP-2-1). You can get occupational and industry data by gender and by race and ethnicity. If you want more up to date data, let me know. Teresa *** Teresa Amott Associate Professor Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
[PEN-L:5641] URGENT - welfare reform in the Senate
Welfare reform in the Senate is led by our pal Bob Packwood (not content
with screwing 20 or so women under his power, now he wants to attack 5
million women). The bill, as you probably know, is horrific -- a slightly
less restrictive version of the Personal Responsibility Act that passed the
House by a margin of 234 to 199 (note that the vote was much closer than
the media would have us suspect). The House bill block grants federal
funding for AFDC (e,g., it will essentially end the federal entitlement
status for this and other programs), prohibits states from giving funds to
teen single moms, people on AFDC for than 5 years, terminates SSI to the
majority of poor disabled kids, denies most federal benefits to legal
immigrants (including elderly and disabled immigrants), block grants child
nutrition programs (ending nutrition standards and cutting funding),
imposes work requirements for AFDC receipitns without giving any funding to
implement the requirements, and ends child care commitments for families
leaving AFDC for jobs, freezes federal child care spending for the next 4
years, etc. Most of the savings for the program come from eliminating SSI
and Medicaid for disabled and elderly legal immigrants and from cuts in
food stamp benefits and eligibility.
The Packwood bill is essentially the same horror show, although slightly
less restrictive (for instance, it permits states to pay benefits to teen
single moms). At present, the Senate is hung up on the formula for the
AFDC block grant in the bill -- Southern and Western Republican Senators
worried they won't get enough federal dollars under the new plan -- so the
bill is stalled at present and may not come to the floor for a vote until
after the August recess. I am hearing from aides in Congress that NO ONE
is calling or writing their legislators on welfare reform. PLEASE use the
temporary disarray among the Republicans to call or write expressing your
concern (disgust?) with the welfare reform bill. The number for the Senate
is 202/224-3121.
Talking points to use:
1) Block granting is dangerous and unnecessary. The bill freezes federal
allocations, regardless of economic conditions and population growth, and
does not require that states maintain their own spending. Breaux and
Daschle are likely to offer an amendment ("Maintenance of Effort")
requiring that states maintain current spending levels. Ask your senators
to support the amendment. States already have substantial flexibility
through the waiver system and through their power to set benefit levels.
Since states have used the latter to lower the real value of AFDC benefits
nearly 50% over the past 25 years, it is almost certain that the block
grant will result in the loss of critical safety net support for poor
families.
2) The bill cuts funding for child care, an absolutely crucial support for
working women. More funding is needed for that, as well as for education
programs. States are likely to shift funds from child care and education
into other programs (e.g., prisons), leaving families substantially worse
off under the new program.
If you want more info, call the Coalition on Human Needs (202/342-0726) or
the Center on Law and Social Policy (202/328-5140). But please, please,
raise your voices right now.
*******
Teresa Amott
Associate Professor
Dept. of Economics
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA 17837
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
717/524-1652 (w)
717/524-3760 (fax)
[PEN-L:4187] Re: TAKING YOUTH OFF WELFARE
The best work on the impacts of welfare reform proposals, I think, is done by the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) and reported on in their quarterly newsletter, Family Matters. The phone number there is 202/328-5140. For $30 you can get a subscription to the newsletter and information on various other publications. *** Teresa Amott Associate Professor Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax) Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 14:46:39 -0800 Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Precedence: bulk Subject: [PEN-L:4188] request for information X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Comment: Progressive Economics List I have tried to get information through inter-library loan butthe 9 librarires in our system with the material will not send it out. Specifically I am looking for: INTERMEDIATE-TERM GOVERNMENT BONDS: TOTAL RETURNS RATES OF RETURN FOR ALL YEARLY HOLDING PERIODS FORM 1926-1993 (Percent per Annum Compounded Annually) This material would be found in an Appendix of Ibbotsson, Stocks, Bonds, Bills, and Inflation (1994 edition. I need the figures for the years 1997-1993. Any help would be appreciated. Robert Von der Ohe Phone (815)226-4092 Rockford College Fax (815)226-8916 5050 E. State St. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Rockford, IL 61108
[PEN-L:3871] Contract provisions
I thought I'd share some of the specifics of the fiscal lunacy about to be perpetrated on poor and working class people if the Republicans are able to pass their proposals. Between the proposed Republican tax cut and the current deficit reduction provisions, it will be necessary to find approximately 1.4 trillion dollars in spending cuts over the next 7 years. The Republicans are treating Social Security, defense (and of course interest on the debt) as untouchable. That leaves half the budget "unprotected." According to CBO and Treasury estimates, to balance the budget by year 2002, there would have to be 30% cuts in the unprotected half. Since that unprotected half includes many programs that are most likely too politically popular to face deep cuts (INS, prisons, forest fire fighting, civil service retirement, Medicare, etc.), that suggests even deeper cuts in what we think of as the safety net. Most of us who know the budget believe that this will essentially eliminate the federal safety net. Just to give you a sense of the severity of the cuts, the Personal Responsibility Act alone contains cuts that are three times more serious than the Reagan cuts in welfare (eliminating, for a starter, about 5 million kids from the rolls) -- but those cuts only add up to 1/10 of the total cuts required by this package over the next seven years. Approximately one-third of the unprotected half of the budget consists of grants to state and local governments. The tax cuts will also produce lost revenues to states that piggyback the federal structure. As a result, states and localities will be faced with raising taxes -- most of them regressive -- or making drastic cuts in services. The scenario is even grimmer after the year 2002. The balanced budget amendment is key to this strategy, since it will put Congress in a straitjacket, forcing it to make the cuts described above. The rumor is that if the amendment passes in early February (odds are currently seen as better than even), the Republicans plan a blitz on state legislatures so that the amendment will be considered at the state level in mid-February. This is essentially a proposal for a minimalist state -- Nozick's nightwatchman state -- with catastrophic consequences for all but the very wealthy. Please spread the word. Progressive strategists believe that our best hope is to publicize the real consequences of these policies. We don't have much time. An excellent source on all this is the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. If you call them at 202/408-1080 they will send you a publication on the new fiscal agenda that lays out these numbers. Later today or tomorrow I'll give you some information on the proposal to convert welfare and other federal programs into block grants -- this, too, is the stuff of nightmares. *** Teresa Amott Associate Professor Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
[PEN-L:3855] Re: child care & the market
I think that pen-ler's may be interested in a little discussion I had with Teresa Amott (and I hope I'm not violating your privacy, Teresa!) In response to her comment on how good the US military's child-care system is these days, I said: it gives one an incentive to join the armed forces! To which she said: The way things are going, it may be the only full-time job with benefits left Seriously, isn't it weird that the military has decent child care? I'm connected with a bunch of socialist feminist child care types -- people who organize child care workers, etc. -- and we're all still a bit baffled. I mean, it's obvious that a volunteer army that relies on a largely poor younger workforce might need to tailor its benefits to attract higher "quality" recruits, but one would think that the military ideology would not exactly be suited to providing decent child care. I (Jim, that is) agree. It's eerily reminiscent of how the military sector of the old Soviet economy was one of the few efficient sectors. I guess military goals conquer all. I've had experience with two types of childcare, both private. One, a church-organized place partly subsidized by my university, was okay, but is currently being milked for cash by the congregation. The other, a parent-organized school that once "belonged" to a synagogue, follows the private-school tradition of cream- skimming. In short, they expelled my 4 1/2 year old son because he was a "discipline problem" (chip off the old block?) We'll see how the public schools deals with this. in pen-l solidarity, Jim Devine [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Econ. Dept., Loyola Marymount Univ., Los Angeles, CA 90045-2699 USA 310/338-2948 (daytime, during workweek); FAX: 310/338-1950 "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- K. Marx, paraphrasing Dante.
[PEN-L:3830] Re: child care & the market
As we know, the state does a pretty decent job providing health care -- socialized medicine -- to the military. The Military Child Care Program is also quite good. After some widely publicized scandals, the military got their act together in training, certifying, and paying child care workers, so staff at military child care centers are now paid substantially more than civilian child care workers. Their starting point is that salaries should be competitive with the overall local labor pool rather than with the child care labor pool.Directors of military large child care centers earn between $29 and $37 thousand (up to $54 for large centers), while entry level aides earn between $14 and $20 thousand. In addition, staff all receive the full array of benefits -- health and life insurance, pensions, workmen's comp, etc. There is a job ladder with training opportunities, and each center has a training and curriculum specialist. At the same time, costs to parents are pretty low -- sliding scale, averaging $60/week. The key point is that the military makes up the difference between what parents can afford to pay and what you need to pay to have qualified staff providing child care. Anyone interested in getting more info should write Child Development Services, U.S. Army, Community and Family Support Center, 2461 Eisenhower Ave., Alexandria, VA. 22331-0521. *** Teresa Amott Associate Professor Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
Holiday humor
esting!" > By the twisted up logic of Jesse and Strom, > "With gays in the army, we lost Vietnam!" > > "A lineup like this is Clinton's worst fear," > said Gingrinch to Dole, with a dastardly sneer. > > "Taxes, the wealthy should not have to pay," > the maniacal duo was eager to say. > "And when Congress is ours, we'll have prayer in the schools," > Muttered Dole to the Newt, "Disregard liberal fools!" > > The plan was enacted, > The ballots were cast, > The sham made the voters return to the past. > > The Gingrinch was gleeful, and Dole started gloating, > before all the Whos had completed their voting. > "We now have a mandate!" they said with a laugh, > Even though, of the votes, they received only half. > > With snickering Newt in the role of the Speaker, > The prospects for changes have never been bleaker. > "The plans that we've outlined, we won't be revising," > said Gingrinch, "We simply ABHOR compromising!" > > > > The day of this scary Whopublican showing, > We started to notice Newt's head slowly growing, > Though now we can say, as you may have inferred, > His brain starting SHRINKING that day, so we've heard. > > Though the Whos may be worried and shaking in fear, > >From the dastardly changes that soon may be here, > The way Whos can solve this is really a cinch, > In '96 vote against cynic Gingrinch! > > > > DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the > opinions of Dr. Seuss, or those with an interest in his estate, or > anyone related to him, or anyone he met only once on a crowded train > traveling from New York to Chicago, or his former next-door-neighbor's > dog Max. Some stanzas of the preceding work were directly stolen from > Dr. Seuss' classic work, "How the Grinch Stole Christmas," without the > permission, expressed or implied, of Theodor or Audrey Geisel, or > Random House, Inc. This work was created solely for the amusement of > the authors and should not be copied, distributed or otherwise > duplicated by any means (electronic or telepathic included) without the > expressed written consent of whoever owns the copyright to the book the > authors plagiarized to create this masterpiece. Any evidence to the > contrary should be construed as purely accidental and not the intent of > the authors (who, by the way, receive no monetary benefit for having > written the poem, but had to pay an overpriced lawyer for this > disclaimer) . The authors accept no responsibility for any nightmares > or other psychological problems caused by reading this work to > liberals already suffering from Post Election Stress Disorder. > *** Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
readings for intro radical pol econ course
Next semester I will be teaching an introduction to radical political economy (for the first time since I started teaching in 1978!). Despite all my good intentions to put together the syllabus last semester, I found myself swamped with various responsibilities and am just now turning to the course, which begins on January 25. So I would very much appreciate help from the network -- would others who have taught similar courses please send me any syllabi or readings at the address below? Thanks in advance. Teresa *** Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
student seeks work in Brazil
A student of mine is looking for a way to work in Brazil after she graduates this June. She is a Mexican citizen, spent a semester in Chile, has majored in economics and international relations, with a concentration in Latin America, and has taken lots of political economy courses. Does anybody have any ideas? She has tried the Brazilian Embassy and the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce office in NY, but they were not helpful. Please reply to my address below. Thanks. Teresa *** Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
election disaster
Could somebody from California give us a sense of the real impact of the anti-immigrant proposition? How long can it be tied up with court challenges, how effective will the opposition be (teachers, students, etc.), is it just a ploy to get the Federal government to pick up the tab, etc.??? I find myself doing a lot more mourning than organizing. I hope that in the months to come, people will report on organizing efforts spurred or redoubled by yesterday's disaster. *** Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
Re: Atlas plugged
Every day I am deluged with ads for Obsession perfume anorexic model), Lysol antibacterial soap (phony germs), and Guess jeans (half-naked women, fully clothed men). Frankly, it is a delight to see an ad for a book I actually want to read, by one of my favorite Pen-Lers, that has real use value (but apparently no exchange value, since Doug didn't give us the price). I vote for more book ads by Pen-L authors. (In the interests of full disclosure, I must admit that I am one of those authors.) On another note, how are Pen-Lers coping with depression and anger today, as we exercise our freedom to vote for the marginally lesser evil? The thought of Jesse Helms as chair of the Senate Foreign Relations committee is so nauseating that I'm having trouble thinking of anything else. Here in Pennsylvania, we are about to give you Rick Santorum in the Senate, someone who combines the worst characteristics of Gingrich, Huffington, Helms, and Thurmond. Cheers. Teresa ******* Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
whoops
Sorry for sending the request for a Pen-L list to the wrong address. While I'm here, though, I would like to mention that Julie Matthaei and I are about to being an update of our book, Race, Gender and Work. Our plan is to include 1990 Census data and additional material on the economic experiences of women in the 1980s, and we expect to have the new edition available for spring 96 adoption. If you have used the book and would like to share your comments with us, we would much appreciate hearing from you. Send comments to the address above. Thanks. *** Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
Job announcement
This job announcement will appear in the October JOE. Please spread the word around. The Economics Department at Bucknell values heterodoxy and is open to all varieties of progressive economists. Please send inquiries to me ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Job Opening Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 Economy-wide Country Studies -- Asia and the Pacific Rim Development Planning and Policy The Department of Economics is seeking applications for an entry-level tenure track position, beginning in September 1995. The appointment will be made at the assistant professor level. Although not a requirement, a completed Ph.D. is preferred as is some experience as an undergraduate teacher. Teaching responsibilities include principles and courses in the Economics of Asia and the Pacific Rim for both economics majors and non-majors. We seek economists who are genuinely committed to undergraduate teaching and scholarly activity in a collegial environment. Salaries are competitive. Applications should include a curriculum vitae, 3 letters of recommendation, the graduate transcript and a brief statement of teaching philosophy. Applications from women and members of minority groups are especially encouraged. CONTACT: Chair, Search Committee, Department of Economics, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837. *** Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
Public Policy Programs
Many of my students here at Bucknell are interested in graduate work in public policy, but I do not know enough about these programs to be very helpful to them. If you have any information on public policy programs -- particularly on programs with a progressive/feminist bent -- please let me know. I suspect this kind of information might be helpful to others, so feel free to reply on the net or by private post if you prefer. Thanks. *** Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
AFDC and business interests
If people want to pursue the history of business opposition to AFDC, one place to start is Winifred Bell's classic book on AFDC (entitled _Aid to Dependent Children_). A superb essay on SSI and the Southern states that makes similar points is Jill Quadagno in Weir, Orloff and Skocpol, _The Politics of Social Policy in the United States_ (very good book). See also the other essays in that book. My sense is that the Southern opposition was tied up intricately with subordination of the black labor pool in the South -- not surprisingly, you need to look at race and gender along with class to understand Southern opposition to a federal AFDC benefit. There are several essays in _Women, the State and Welfare_, edited by Linda Gordon, that might be useful. I have one essay in there entitled "Black Women and AFDC: Making Entitlement Out of Necessity" that reviews some of that history. Finally, see any of James Patterson's books (_America's Struggle against Poverty, 1900-1985_; _Congressional Conservatism and the New Deal_; _The New Deal and the States: Federalism in Transition_). The first one has a terrific anecdote (I think) about some bubba congressman wondering who was going to iron his shirts if there was a federal minimum benefit. *** Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
help take two
My last message seems to have not gone out -- we are having intense thunderstorms here in PA and our E-mail has suffered accordingly. So here goes again: My colleague Charles Sackrey and I are seeking a source for a quotation he believes is somewhere in Marx. The line is something like this: when the train of history takes a turn, the intellectuals fall off. He admits that he might have fantasized such a quote during one of his more cynical moments, but if anyone has any information on it, please let me know. Thanks. *** Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
help on quote from Marx (maybe)
My colleague Charles Sackrey and I are trying to identify a quote that Charles believes is somewhere in Marx, the gist of which is something like : when the train of history turns a corner, the intellectuals fall off. (Or words to that effect!) Can anybody help? Thanks in advance. *** Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
Dictionary of Pol. Econ. Project
>Date: Tue, 12 Jul 1994 06:05:48 -0400 >Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Originator: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Precedence: bulk From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Multiple recipients of list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Book:Want to Join DPE Committee? >X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas >X-Comment: Feminist Economists Discussion Group > > >Dictionary of Political Economy Project > >Phillip O'Hara >Department of Economics >Curtin University >GPO Box U1987, Perth 6001 >Australia. 7 July 1994 >Fax: +61-9-351-3026 >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Tel: +61-9-351-7761 (mess mach) > +61-9-451-2618 (home) > >Dear Feminist Economists: > >I am writing to invite you to become part of the Dictionary of Political >Economy (DPE) Project, which is planned to be published in 1996. It will be a >one volume work (about 800 double-faced pages), with a retail hardback price >of about US$65 (soft cover), specialising in Institutionalist, Post-Keynesian, >Marxist, Feminist, Social, and Neo-Ricardian themes. We are currently seeking >a publisher. > >The philosophy behind the EDPE is for a balance between being >comprehensive, accessible, readable, and affordable. It is hoped that the >average heterodox economist will want a copy on her or his study desk for >daily use or enjoyment. It should also be very useful for graduates and >undergraduates. The entries will concentrate on non-neoclassical political >economy, to the extent that this is possible. Many entries will be structured >with an introduction, detailed definition(s), history, current state of >knowledge, scope for further research, criticism, conclusion, & references. No >knowledge will be assumed of the subject matter of most entries. The average >entry will be about 800 words (with a range from 100 to 2000 words). It would >help if you had an email address, as the DPE committee is communicating >through a fully-fledged email network. > >There is a School Committee for each of the schools of thought. The task of >these groups is to ensure that a representative selection of entries is chosen >for each school. And there will be Subject Committees for 17 areas of study, >whose task it will be to suggest topics and writers. Everyone who contributes >to the organisation of the EDPE will be fully acknowledged either on the title >page of the work, or on the next one or two pages. Would you be interested in >becoming part of any of the committees mentioned below? (committees have >no more than four members each - the ones below have vacancies): > >(a) Feminist Political Economy; >(b) Domestic Labor, the Family, and the Sexual Division of Labor; >(c) Class, Race and Gender; >(d) Neo-Ricardian Political Economy >(e) Marxist Political Economy >(f) Development; >(g) Environment; >(h) Regional; >(i) Evolution, Change & Transformation >(j) Labor and Work; >(k) World Capitalist Economy >(l) Socialism, Social Democracy, and Communism: Theory & Practice >(m) History of Political Economy; >(n) System of Production and Distribution; & Fordism & Post-Fordism >(o) Role of the State and Macroeconomics; >(p) Methodology and Philosophy > >I hope you will think seriously about this request, both in relation to time >availability and capacity. For a committee you will need, on average over the >next two years, 2 hours per month to spare. Some of the committee members >may also wish to write some of the a-z entries for the dictionaries; or at >least >suggest names. At present there are 32 members of DPE committees >(including Ann Jennings and Anne Mayhew - I have also asked Prue Hyman). > >I hope you will look favourably on this request (or perhaps you could >suggest someone to take your place). In any case, I look forward to any >comments you may have on this exercise. > > >Yours Sincerely, > > > >Phil O'Hara >Coordinator - DPE Project > > > *** Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
is Pen-L dead?
I haven't received a message from Pen-L from some time. Is the problem local? Global? I've had some communication with others (in New York and in Australia) who have also not received messages for a week. ******* Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
URPE summer conference
Can anyone QUICKLY let me know the dates of the URPE summer conference? Thanks. *** Teresa Amott Dept. of Economics Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA 17837 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/524-3760 (fax)
Query on Fund for Public Policy Research
A student of mine is interviewing for a job at a nonprofit group in Philadelphia called the Fund for Public Policy Research, which she thinks is an offshoot of PIRG. Does anyone know anything about the group and its activities? Please let me know. Thanks. *** Teresa Amott [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/523-0790 (h) 717/524-3760 (fax)
Query on Fund for Public Policy Research
A student of mine is interviewing for a job at a nonprofit group in Philadelphia called the Fund for Public Policy Research, which she thinks is an offshoot of PIRG. Does anyone know anything about the group and its activities? Please let me know. Thanks. *** Teresa Amott [EMAIL PROTECTED] 717/524-1652 (w) 717/523-0790 (h) 717/524-3760 (fax)
