Call for Papers: Susan Eckstein Edits Journal
Susan Eckstein, Professor of International Relations and Sociology at the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, has been selected as the co-editor of a special edition of the Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences.
The title of the special edition, slated for publication in 2017, is “New Immigrant U. S. Labor Market Niches in the Era of Globalization.” Papers are being accepted through Nov. 15 of this year.
From the text of the call for papers:
Technological change, globalization, and the increasing mobility of workers have shaped the landscape of the U.S. labor market in recent decades. Some jobs have flourished while others have all but disappeared. In this dynamic context immigrants have come to play an increasingly important role in certain jobs and occupations. Some immigrant groups have come to specialize in specific labor market niches, with consequences for themselves and their families, for the U.S. labor market more broadly, and, at times, also for their home country. Specific immigrant groups dominate jobs requiring low levels of schooling, such as agricultural work, construction work, and food preparation, while others dominate jobs requiring high levels of schooling, such as IT specialties, mathematics, and engineering. Immigrant involvements in labor market niches come with costs and benefits, not merely to the laborers but to the overall U.S. economy and, at times, also to their home countries. The changes they generate may be unintended as well as intended. The conference and journal issue will advance our understanding of these phenomena.
This RSF issue will be groundbreaking and agenda-setting. It will be the first collection of articles to bring together, synthesize, and “cross-fertilize” answers to the above questions from different perspectives.
A conference related to the special issue is scheduled to take place at the Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) in New York City in the summer of 2016. Eckstein will be joined in editing the issue by Giovanni Peri of the University of California-Davis.
For more information or to submit a two-page abstract to the call for papers, click here.
Susan Eva Eckstein’s main focus is on Latin America. She has written most extensively on Mexico, Cuba, and Bolivia. Currently, she is working on immigration and its impact across borders. Learn more about her here.