CALL FOR PAPERS
REMOTE REGIONS/ NORTHERN DEVELOPMENT SESSIONS
WESTERN REGIONAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION
39th ANNUAL MEETINGS
The thirty-ninth annual meeting of the Western Regional Science
Association will be held on the lovely Hawaiian island of Kauai at the
Kauai Sheraton Resort in Poipu, February 26 through March 1, 2000. Paper
sessions will be scheduled Sunday through Wednesday
February 27-March 1.
The WRSA meeting includes a series of Remote Regions/Northern Development
sessions to accommodate social scientists who have a special interest in
research on economic, social, political, and cultural issues in remote,
sparsely settled regions in the circumpolar north and elsewhere. In the
past, researchers from Canada, Alaska, Scandinavia, Australia, Micronesia,
Israel, and the coterminous United States have presented papers.
The Remote Regions/ Northern Development sessions are in their fifteenth
year. We are again issuing a general call for papers from economists,
political scientists, anthropologists, sociologists, historians,
planners, and others involved in research in northern and other remote
regions.
POTENTIAL TOPICS
General topics include the analysis and discussion of economic,
political, and social-cultural change in remote and sparsely settled
regions. While papers on any topic consistent with the general theme are
welcomed, examples of specific topics might include:
the effects of government expenditures
the conditions of success or failure of development projects
sustainable development
relations between the subsistence and market economies
native labor force participation
regional benefits and costs of development
economic integration and cultural preservation migration
changing social patterns
housing, health, education, and community development
native sovereignty and federalism
comparative native claims
political movements, settlements, and outcomes
development of local and regional political institutions
resource ownership and management regimes
Send two copies of your paper by November 1, 1999 to:
Professor Lee Huskey
Dept. of Economics
College of Business and Public Policy
University of Alaska Anchorage
3211 Providence Drive
Anchorage, Alaska, USA 99508
E-mail: aflh [at] uaa.alaska.edu
We will be sending information about association membership,
registration, hotel reservations, and related matters to those
responding to this call. You can find out more about the meetings at the
WRSA web site (http://geog.arizona.edu/wrsa).