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The upcoming spring 1999 issue of Social Science Computer
Review focuses on geographic information systems and the
social sciences. Although this issue is now "in the pipeline,"
this notice is a call for additional papers in the GIS area, which
will continue to be one of the focuses of this journal.
Those interested in contributing may contact the editor, G.
David Garson, at the e-mail at the bottom of this message.
Sample copies of the journal are available from
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Social Science Computer Review
Vol. 17, No. 1
Spring, 1999
Symposium on GIS and Redisticting
GIS and Redistricting: Emergent Technologies,
Social Geography, and Political Sensibilities / Munroe
Eagles, Richard S. Katz, and David Mark
The U. S. Census, Redistricting, and Technology: A
Thirty-Year Perspective / Marshall L. Turner and
Robert A. LaMacchia
On the Possibility of Democracy in a Geocoded
World / Michael R. Curry
The Effects of Spatial Population Distributions and
Political Districting on Minority Representation /
Peter A. Rogerson and Zongxiang Yang
Other Special GIS Coverage
The Use of Spectral Mixture Analysis to Study
Human Incentives, Actions, and Environmental
Outcomes / Charles M. Schweik and Glen Green
Analyzing Hazardous Waste Facility Location by
Racial Composition of Census Tract with LandView
III=94 A Brief Tutorial / G. David Garson
Examining the Discourse about the Transfer of GIS
Technology to Traditionally Non-Western Societies /
Peter A. Kwaku Kyem
Symposium on Equality and Inequality in Information
Societies, Part II
Introduction / Mark A. Shields
The Information Age: Apartheid, Cultural
Imperialism, or Global Village? / R. Alan Hedley
Africa=92s Right to Information: A Review of Past
Developments and Future Prospects / Roger Pfister
Information Networking as an Instrument of
Sustainable Development: Connectivity, Content,
and (Co-) Capacity Building / Karina Funk
News and Notes / G. David Garson
Software Reviews
Reviewof Two Spatial Statistics Packages: SpaceStat
and S+SpatialStats / Staff
Book Reviews
QASS Factor Analysis Monographs: A Computer-
Focused Review, by G. David Garson
Human Values and the Design of Computer
Technology, by Batya Friedman, ed. / Reviewed by
Deborah May Flick
Technology and Privacy: The New Landscape, by
Philip E. Agre and Marc Rotenberg, eds. / Reviewed
by Lloyd Klein
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