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Research Committee on Poverty, Social Welfare and Social Policy RC19
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Established in 1968

Objectives
The purpose is to promote theoretically grounded empirical research on: the sources and character of social problems; the planning and administration of social programs; and more generally, public policies and intervention strategies aimed at alleviating social problems and influencing the society in that regard (Article I of the Statutes of RC 19). The Committee especially encourages comparative research. Thus, membership to RC19 is open to scholars actively engaged in research and/or teaching on the subjects mentioned above.

Constitution

Board 2006-2010
President
Ann Orloff, Northwestern University, USA,
a-orloff@northwestern.edu

Vice-Presidents
Julia S. O'Connor, University of Ulster, UK, JS.Oconnor@ulster.ac.uk
Joakim Palme, Institute for Future Studies, Sweden, joakim.palme@framtidsstudier.se

Secretary/Treasurer
Daniel Beland, University of Saskatchewan, Canada, daniel.beland@usask.ca

Board Members
Valeria Fargion,University of Florence, Italy, valeria.fargion@unifi.it
Torben Fridberg, Danish National Institute of Social Research, Denmark, TF@sfi.dk
Ana M. Guillen, Universidad Oviedo, Spain, aguillen@uniovi.es
Huck-Ju Kwon, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Korea, hkwon@skku.edu

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Forthcoming Activities
XVII ISA World Congress of Sociology

Newsletter
Once or twice a year distributed by e-mail/mail. Edited by the RC19 President and the Secretary.
- 2009 issue, PDF file, [100 Kb]
- 2008 issue, PDF file, [160 Kb]
- 2007 issue, PDF file, [72 Kb]

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