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Sociological Research Online published the third issue of volume 8 on 31st August 2003 Sociological Research Online is an electronic, refereed journal. It publishes high quality sociological articles, focusing on theoretical, empirical and methodological discussions that engage with current political, cultural and intellectual topics and debates. The journal can be found at http://www.socresonline.org.uk/ Although access is free to users of internet service providers, institutional subscriptions to the journal can be obtained through any of the traditional subscription agents, such Swets Blackwell and Ebsco and cost £120 [+VAT where applicable]. A subscription lasts for one calendar year from setup and allows unhindered access to the full archive of Sociological Research Online. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---- ------------------------ In this issue Rosemary Deem and Rachel Johnson consider the ways in which manager-academics within UK higher education are aware of and prepared for the risk society. Their article draws upon an ESRC funded project that explored the extent to which UK universities were engaging with new public sector management ideologies and practices. Also in this issue, Gayle Letherby and Gillian Reynolds present an exploratory sociological analysis of train travel, and the ways in which this is used for work and leisure. This article draws upon autobiographical and pilot study material, and identifies some interesting areas for further research. The article by Heather Paris makes good use of the electronic form of the journal in her discussion of visual representations of childhood and death in Victorian Society. By considering a range of visual images Paris explores relationships between children and adults, and the social construction of childhood. This issue also contains a review essay on feminist sociology by Liz Stanley and Sue Wise. In this essay they explore the current role and continued relevance of feminism for the discipline, through a detailed consideration of four recent texts. The futures of feminism in sociology (and perhaps sociology in feminism) are explored in this piece. This essay should stimulate considerable interest and debate. There are two 'rapid response' calls in this issue. The first is a continuation of the rapid response call on the Second Gulf War. We hope that the inclusion of Barbara Misztal's article, which explores the concept of 'negative capability' in the context of global public responses to the complexities encoded in the declaration of war against Iraq will promote further debate. The journal would welcome further articles on the war and its aftermath. The second rapid response call is on Sexuality and the church. This is a response to the appointment of Gene Robinson as the first openly gay Bishop of an Anglican/ Episcopalian congregation in the United States, and to related debates occurring world-wide. This call invites short sociological articles on the relationship between sexuality, sexualities and sexual practices, and religious practices and the institutions of religion in the contemporary world. CONTENTS Refereed Articles Rapid Response: The Gulf War and its Aftermath Barbara Misztal Negative Capability or Dealing with the Complexity of the Iraqi War http://www.socresonline.org.uk/8/3/misztal.html General Articles Rosemary Deem and Rachel Johnson Risking the University? Learning to be a Manager-Academic in UK Universities http://www.socresonline.org.uk/8/3/deem.html Gayle Letherby and Gillian Reynolds Making Connections: the Relationship between Train Travel and the Processes of Work and Leisure http://www.socresonline.org.uk/8/3/letherby.html Heather Paris 'Lifting up the Little Form': Victorian Images of Childhood and Death 1870-1900 http://www.socresonline.org.uk/8/3/paris.html Review Article and Debate Sue Wise and Liz Stanley Looking Back and Looking Forward: Some Recent Feminist Sociology Reviewed http://www.socresonline.org.uk/8/3/wise.html Book Reviews Alcock, Pete; Angus Erskine; Margaret May: Blackwell Dictionary of Social Policy Reviewed by Edward Phelps http://www.socresonline.org.uk/8/3/alcock.html Couto, Richard with Stephanie C. Eken: To Give their Gifts: Health, Community and Democracy Reviewed by Gayle Letherby http://www.socresonline.org.uk/8/3/couto.html Delamont, Sara: Changing Women, Unchanged Men? Sociological Perspectives on Gender in a Post-industrial Society Reviewed by Suki Ali http://www.socresonline.org.uk/8/3/delamont.html Fee, Dwight: Pathology and the Postmodern: Mental Illness as Discourse and Experience Reviewed by Victoria Grace http://www.socresonline.org.uk/8/3/fee.html Frankfort-Nachmias, Chava and Anna Leon-Guerrero: Social Statistics for a Diverse Society Reviewed by Vida Cesnuityte http://www.socresonline.org.uk/8/3/frankfort.html