Understanding Emerging Epidemics: Social and Political Approaches
Call for contributions to edited volume
Submissions: June 15, 2008

Call for contributions to a new volume of Advances in Medical Sociology on Understanding Emerging Epidemics: Social and Political Approaches, being edited by Ananya Mukherjea from
City University of New York, and to be published by Emerald.

This volume will present sociological contributions to understanding emerging epidemics, their impact, the threats they pose, and their social and political contexts. Preference will be given to qualitative or critical work, but all submissions will be considered. Proposed papers may address a given disease or epidemic condition (MRSA, HIV/AIDS, malaria, autism, ADHD, depression, etc.); the concept of emerging epidemics (to what extent are they actually 'new?' is the current focus on viral epidemics warranted?); or social, media, institutional, and governmental responses to and management of epidemics, including specific policies.

While much of the volume will focus on infectious disease, I would very much like to include articles considering psychiatric epidemics as well as analysis of the political consequences and cultural meanings of all epidemics. US, world, and comparative perspectives are all welcome as are a variety of analytical and methodological approaches.

Please submit an abstract and brief (< 1,500 words) description of the proposed paper, along with name and affiliation (if any), to <emergingepidemics@gmail.com> by 15 June 2008.
Please e-mail any questions to the same address.

Ananya Mukherjea, Editor
Assistant Professor, Women's Studies and Sociology
City University of New York
College of Staten Island
Staten Island, NY 10314, USA