The Decline of the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association

This article seeks to explain why membership in the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA) has declined despite a growing number of sociology and anthropology professors in the country. The author argues that four factors are likely responsible for the trend: (1) external competition...

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Published in:Canadian journal of sociology 2003-06, Vol.28 (3), p.411-416
Main Author: Brym, Robert J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anthropologists
Anthropology
Associations
Canada
Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association
Cultural anthropology
Decline
Economic competition
Graduate students
History and organization of sociology
History, theory and methodology
Membership
Note on the Discipline/Réflexion sur la discipline
Organization of profession, research and teaching. Deontology. Sociology of sociology. Epistemology
Organizational environment
Professional associations
Professional organizations
Professionalism
Scientific communities
Social science research
Social sciences
Sociological Associations
Sociology
Trade and professional associations
Trade associations
U.S.A
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Summary:This article seeks to explain why membership in the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association (CSAA) has declined despite a growing number of sociology and anthropology professors in the country. The author argues that four factors are likely responsible for the trend: (1) external competition from sociology organizations in the United States; (2) internal competition from the "Canadian Journal of Sociology"; (3) a changed environment in which the need for professional organizations is less pressing; and (4) the growth of insufficiently inclusive and pluralistic reform movements in the CSAA in the 1970s and 1980s. /// Cet article tente d'expliquer pourquoi l'adhésion à l'Association canadienne de sociologie et d'anthropologie (ACSA) a lentement décliné depuis les années 1970 en dépit du fait que le nombre de professeurs en sociologie et en anthropologie au pays a pour sa part augmenté. L'auteur de cet article fait l'hypothèse que quatre facteurs sont responsables de cette tendance, à savoir: (1) la compétition de la part des organisations académiques et scientifiques américaines; (2) la compétition livrée au Canada même par le "Canadian Journal of Sociology"; (3) l'émergence d'un nouveau contexte dans lequel le besoin d'organisations professionnelles est désormais plus faible; (4) une radicalisation des mouvements de réforme au sein du ACSA dans les années 1970 et 1980.
ISSN:0318-6431
1710-1123
DOI:10.2307/3341930