Fall/Winter, 2020 Manjusha Nair Division Chair Assistant Professor of Sociology George Mason University mnair4@gmu.edu Ismail Nooraddini Editor PhD Student George Mason University mnooradd@gmu.edu Dear Global Division Members: Hope you all are safe and well. I wanted to deliver you the fall newsletter before the winter chill surrounded us. The pandemic continues its rampage emboldened by the cold weather. Still there is some light in the horizon with the democratic victory in the US election, and the news about the vaccines. Our social problems of racist violence, unemployment, climate change all continue nevertheless, pressing us to continue with the struggle for social justice. The 2021 All Virtual Annual Meeting of SSSP has adopted as its theme Revolutionary Sociology: Truth, Healing, Reparations and Restructuring. Papers can be submitted through January 31st. The Global Division is sponsoring 10 sessions, including four sole sponsored sessions focused on 1) Towards a Revolutionary Sociology: Voices for Global Justice and Healing, 2) Poverty and Inequality in the Global Context, 3) Beyond Neoliberalism: Hope, Resistance, and Transformation in the Global South, and 4) Rise of Authoritarian Regimes. Please see the details about all sessions in this newsletter. I invite you to submit papers. I want to thank our volunteers who have agreed to serve on our Division’s Graduate Student Paper Award Committee (William Cabin serving as committee chair, Andy Chang, Glenda Harrison, and Youbin Kang) and our Global Division Outstanding Book Award (Marco Garrido serving as committee chair, Manjusha Nair, Alycia Wright, Sarah Ahmed) for the coming year. I have included the full details of these awards and the submission process in this newsletter for your convenience. I would like to urge you to consider running to be our next Division Chair. This position is open to folks at any stage in their career and the term will last from August 2021- August 2023. Please let me know if you are considering running for this position or would like to nominate someone. I would also reach out to some of your personally. Finally, a note of thanks to Ismail Nooraddini, for his continuing support in making this newsletter possible. Happy holidays everyone, Manjusha Member News Member Publications Braun, Yvonne A. 2020. “The Human Right to Water and Sanitation in the Age of COVID-19.” Pp. 61-71 in Social Problems in the Age of COVID-19, Volume 2 - Global Perspectives, edited by Glenn W. Muschert, Kristen M. Budd, Michelle Christian, David C. Lane, and Jason A. Smith. London: The Bristol University Press/Policy Press.   Braun, Yvonne A. 2020. “Lesotho’s White Gold: The Political Ecology of Temporality and the Economy of Anticipation in Resource Extraction and Large Dam Infrastructural Projects.” Journal of Political Ecology 27 (1): 853-876. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2458/v27i1.23250 Ciccantell, Paul S. 2020. "Liquefied Natural Gas: Redefining Nature, Restructuring Geopolitics, Returning to the Periphery?". American Journal of Economics and Sociology 79(1):265-300. doi: 10.1111/ajes.12313. Gellert, Paul K. and Paul S. Ciccantell. 2020. "Coal's Persistence in the Capitalist World-Economy: Against Teleology in Energy “Transition” Narratives." Sociology of Development 6(2):194-221. doi: 10.1525/sod.2020.6.2.194. Lindio-McGovern, Ligaya.  2020.  "Marxist Feminism for a Global Women's Movement Against Capitalism."    In K. Fakier, D. Mulinari, and N. Rathzel (Eds.),  Marxist-Feminist Theories and Struggles Today: Essential Writings on Intersectionality, Labor and Ecofeminism.   London: Zed Books, 296-305   Lindio-McGovern, Ligaya.  2020.   "Grassroots-Oriented Research As Political Engagement for Social Justice: Exposing Corporate Mining in Indigenous Contexts in the Philippines."   In D. Kapoor and S. Jordan (Eds.),  Research, Political Engagement and Dispossession: Indigenous, Peasant and Urban Poor Activisms in the Americas and Asia.   London: Zed Books, 155-168. Lindio-McGovern, Ligaya. 2021.  "Neoliberalism, Fascism, and People's Resistance in the Philippines."   In B. Berberoglu, (Ed.), The Global Rise of Authoritarianism in the 21st Century: Crisis of Neoliberal Globalization and the Nationalist Response.   London and New York: Routledge,Taylor and Francis, 178-196. Mueller, Jason C. 2020. “Political, Economic, and Ideological Warfare in Somalia.” Peace Review 31(3): 372-280. Available at: https://doi.org/10.1080/10402659.2019.1735174 Mueller, Jason C. and Steven Schmidt. 2020. "Revisiting Culture and Meaning-Making in World-Systems Analysis: A Proposal for Engaging with the Cultural Political Economy Approach." Critical Sociology, 46 (4–5): 711–728. Available at:   https://doi.org/10.1177/0896920519856074.  Mueller, Jason C., John McCollum, and Steven Schmidt. 2020. “COVID-19, the Vanishing Mediator, and Postcapitalist Possibilities.” Pp. 181-192 Pandemic and the Crisis of Capitalism: A Rethinking Marxism Dossier, edited by The Editorial Collective of Rethinking Marxism. Brighton, MA: ReMarx Books. Available at: http://www.rethinkingmarxism.org/Dossier2020/19_MuellerCollumSchmidt.pdf Schmidt, Steven, and Jason C. Mueller. 2020. “The Emergence of Participatory Budgeting in Mexico City.” Pp. 286-298 in The Routledge Handbook of Planning Megacities in the Global South, edited by Deden Rukmana. London: Routledge. Available at: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003038160/chapters/10.4324/9781003038160-21 Featured Book Award Announcement Student Paper Competition Deadline: 1/15/21 The Global Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems announces its 2021 Graduate Student Paper Competition. The goal is to encourage critical scholarship in the areas of global or transnational studies and social problems. Suggested paper topics include but are not limited to the following themes: • COVID-19 and the Global South • Decentering Social Theory • Global Public Sociology • Political Economy and Development • Knowledge Production • Counterhegemonic Globalizations • The Politics of Human Rights • Re-imagining Community • Critical Ethnography • Immigration, Citizenship, and Global Justice • Globalization and Environmental Justice • Global Movements, Protests, and Mobilizations • Transnational Organizing within the Global South • Labor and Gender in Globalization • Families in the Global Context Jointly authored papers are accepted; however, all contributing authors must be current graduate students at the time of submission for this award. The paper must be either unpublished or published after January 2020. The award recipient will receive student membership in the SSSP, conference registration at the 2021 Annual SSSP Meeting in Chicago, be recognized with a plaque at the SSSP Awards ceremony, and receive a $200 prize. Award recipients are expected to present their paper at the 2021 Annual Meeting. Papers must be submitted through the SSSP Call for Papers process and to the e-mail address below. Papers should be accompanied by a cover letter specifying their submission as consideration for the graduate student paper competition to the Chair of Student Paper Award Committee. Please submit the paper electronically in a format compatible with MS WORD. Papers should be double-spaced and not exceed 10,000 words including citations. Authors should ensure that they receive a confirmation of receipt for their submission. Note: previous winners of this award are ineligible to compete, and students may only submit their paper to one division competition. Papers should be double-spaced and not exceed 10,000 words including citations. To be eligible for consideration, submissions must be uploaded to the Call for Papers online submission system for the SSSP Annual Meeting and must also be sent to William Cabin at wcabin@umich.edu by January 15, 2021. Outstanding Book Award Deadline: 3/15/21 The Global Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems is pleased to announce its 2021 Outstanding Book Award. The award is intended to recognize published work of exceptional quality in the areas of global studies and social problems and to encourage further critical scholarship in these areas. Accordingly, books on a variety of topics and themes will be considered for the award, including but not limited to the following: alternative models of globalization; global dynamics and forms of resistance to neoliberalism; transnational social movements; human rights struggles and global activism (around gender, indigeneity, migration, peace, social justice, etc.); transnational communities and cultural politics; global cities. We are particularly interested in books that link critical politics and activism with analytical and theoretical rigor. To be eligible for consideration, books must have been published within 3 years of the meeting (2018-2021 for this year’s award) and not have been nominated for this award previously. Single or multiple-authored books will be accepted, however edited collections will not be considered. At least one of the authors must be a member of the SSSP in order to qualify for the award, although they will not be required to present a paper at the 2021 Annual Meeting. Nominations can be made by members of the Global Division as well as by publishers; self-nominations are also welcomed. The winner will be recognized at the 2021 Global Division business meeting. Nominees should first send a letter with full publication information and a paragraph outlining the reasons for their nomination to the Chair of the Global Outstanding Book Award Committee, Dr. Marco Garrido (garrido@uchicago.edu). All nominating correspondence should include “SSSP Global Division Outstanding Book Award Nomination” in the e-mail subject heading. Once your nomination letter has been received, the Award Committee Chair will confirm the mailing addresses to which copies of the book should be sent directly. Authors will be requested to facilitate with their publishers that both a physical and an electronic copy of the book (if available) be sent to each member of the award committee by the nomination deadline of March 1, 2021. Call for Proposals Global Division, All Virtual 2021 Annual Meeting The Global Division solo-sponsored Sessions: 1. Towards a Revolutionary Sociology: Voices for Global Justice and Healing (critical dialogue) Organizers: Shai Dromi & Alycia Wright In light of recent global events — the COVID-19 Pandemic, intensifying social conflicts, and social protests, to name a few — the role of civil society organizations has come to the fore. Nonprofit organizations, faith communities, humanitarian NGOs, and their partners have worked to address these social issues and to promote justice and healing. This session invites contributions that examine new pathways in civil society activism that bear potential for remedying current global challenges. The panel will consist of five-minute presentations, followed by a critical and constructive discussion between participants. 2. Poverty and Inequality in the Global Context Organizer: Cristian Paredes This session invites proposals that advance knowledge on all issues of poverty and inequality in the global context. The purpose of this session is to focus on different types of poverty and inequality beyond borders using different theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches (qualitative, quantitative, mixed-methods) in order to enrich our understanding of these issues, and consequently, to discuss potential solutions. Proposals may include (but are not limited to) studies that challenge and/or redefine poverty and/or hardships as the result of unequal local development and growing disparities; studies that explain contemporary poverty, widespread inequality, and hardships as the result of significant global changes (e.g., recent capitalist dynamics, recent migration trends, the COVID pandemic, etc.); studies that identify insufficient government resources (e.g., technical expertise, political volition, budget, etc.) for developing poverty-reducing strategies; or studies that explore local differences in poverty levels, socioeconomic status, and/or other dimensions of wellbeing by gender and ethno-racial characteristics. This session especially welcomes cross-national/cross-regional studies, studies that examine transnational connections, and studies in countries/regions with low and medium levels of human development (according to the UN Human Development Report). 3. Beyond Neoliberalism: Hope, Resistance, and Transformation in the Global South Organizer: Annie Hikido Neoliberalism is often discussed as an inexorable force that bears down on the lives of vulnerable populations. This is especially true of studies based in the Global South, where histories of colonization have resulted in a focus on market-driven underdevelopment, precarity, and suffering. Yet the Global South is not simply a site of victimization. People devise creative strategies, adapt daily routines, and forge alliances in response to global inequalities. This session invites papers that illuminate the practices of hope, resistance, and transformation that interrupt absolutist declarations of neoliberal devastation. 4. Rise of Authoritarian Regimes (critical dialogue) Organizer: Howard Lune 2