Call for Papers.

This section deals with the papers needed for the special issue of the journal Critical Sociology concerning the influence of foundation on culture, society and politics. The subject is vast and under-investigated and the book includes a plea for more researchers to devote themselves to the aspect of the society. While exposés of conservative foundations funding conservative individuals are common, very little has been written about the effect of mainstream foundations funding almost all progressive, liberal and even radical movements and publications. Similarly, the corporate influence on universities has been thoroughly studied, but not the foundations that fund and create programs and curricula. There are some possible topics for the special issue. First is the evaluation of the effect of foundation funding of scholarly organizations, university programs and departments and individual research. Second is the implications of foundation support for information sources of many types: reference works, epochal books and liberal journals. Third is the role played by foundations in financing non-governmental organizations, travel and conferences in relation to the globalization of protest movements and human rights networking. Each paper must outline the theoretical framework, primary focus of the study and methods to be used.