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Members of the european-social-policy list may be interested in the following new journal, first issue available in December 1999: THE EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL QUALITY Managing Editor: François Nectoux, Professor of Contemporary European Studies, Kingston University. Published under the auspices of Kingston University and in association with the European Foundation of Social Quality, Amsterdam The European Journal of Social Quality aims to: Explore practices and discourses on, and to raise crucial issues with regard to, social quality in contemporary societies. Engage in ongoing debate on perceptions and expectations of social quality in different societies and look at in what way these are affected by factors such as religion, class, gender, and others which are shaping individual and group identities. Evaluate how economic policies or political decisions affect social quality, encourage research that identifies and examines policies and identify and access policies that enhance or threaten the quality of life. Each issue is devoted to a theme selected from key issues, especially those of the evolving new stage of the European Union. Discussions are wide-ranging but will focus on social and political questions, social attitudes and cultural issues. Forthcoming themes include: Age and Autonomy and Health and Work. The first issue of The European Journal of Social Quality will be a double-issue including articles as follows: Social Quality and the Future of the European Union - Professor Alan Walker, Dr Wolfgang Beck and Dr Laurent van der Maesen Politics and Policy of Social Quality - Professor Göran Therborn The 3rd Sector and Social Quality in the EU - reflections on the perspectives of NGO's in the process of European Integration - Dr Peter Hermann The Social Market, the Social Quality, and the Quality of Social Institutions - Dr Ota de Leonardis Economic Restructuring: the impact on Social Life: Fate or Choice? - Professor Jan Berting and Professor Christiane Villain-Gandossi Social Quality in Everyday Life: changing European experiences of employment, family and community - Dr Sue Yeandle Social Quality - a new Concern in Hungary - Dr Zsuzsa Széman EDITORIAL BOARD Professor Chung-Si Ahn, Seoul National University; Professor Jean L. Cohen, Columbia University, USA; Nr Nick Hewlitt, Oxford Brookes University, UK; Professor Jane Jenson, Université de Montréal, Canada; Dr Feiwel Kupferberg, University of Aalborg, Denmark; Professor Dr Graham Lock, Nijmegen University, The Netherlands; Laurent van der Maesen, Vrije Universiteit; Professor Elisabeth Meehan, Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland; Professor Anne Showstack Sassoon, Kingston University, UK; Professor Carlota Solé, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain; Fleur Thomese, Vrije Universiteit; Professor Alan Walker, University of Sheffield, UK; Professor Sophie Watson, University of East London, UK. CONTRIBUTIONS The European Journal of Social Quality welcomes submissions for consideration. Potential contributors of articles should contact: François Nectoux, Professor of Contemporary European Studies Kingston University Penrhyn Road Kingston-upon-Thames Surrey, KT1 2EE For subscription rates or further information please contact your nearest Berghahn Books office: Berghahn Books, UK [log in to unmask] Berghahn Books, USA [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%