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The article focuses on how this special issue of the periodical was conceived, planned and executed. The fall of the Berlin Wall catalyzed a crisis for scientists and technologists in the former communist countries so serious as to be without precedent. On 28 to 31 August 1994, in Budapest, the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST) held a Conference under the overall title of "Science, Technology and Change: New Theories, Realities, Institutions." One major theme at this meeting was the presentation of a large number of papers, at several sessions, describing and analyzing the present state, and likely future prospects, of what has become the topic of this Special Issue: "The Research System in Post-Communist Central and Eastern Europe." Those present were impressed, shocked and moved: the idea now appearing between covers was born. All concerned realized that the enterprise was caught between conflicting priorities: to be done at all, it had to be done both quickly since the situation itself is changing rapidly and well, since its gravity must be matched by the seriousness of its presentation, and the thoroughness of its analysis.

The author presents information on the audit of submitted unsolicited manuscripts for July 2006 to June 2007. He notes the proportion of submission from Great Britain which comprised 48% along with 15% from Europe, and 23% from North America. He mentions their endeavour to maintain standards with the help of several people who assisted them to review papers including Stephen Abbott, Hannah Babad, Doug Altman.

Announces forthcoming conferences and other activities of interest to the 'Journal of European Social Policy' readership. European Social Policy Research (ESPR) Network's program of paper sessions at the European Sociological Association Conference in Amsterdam; Conference on migrations and inter-ethnic relations in Europe.

Announces the European Sociological Association's 4th European Conference of Sociology on August 1999 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Call for papers; Contact information.

The architects of the European project made a significant effort to create a set of symbols for the community (such as the EU flag, the map of Europe, the anthem, etc.), and recent evidence suggests that the main European values are nowadays spontaneously associated with them. We know little, however, about if and when national political actors choose to display these symbolic visual manifestations of Europe. In this study, we examine the presence of such symbols in parties’ Euromanifestos since the first European elections. The presence of EU community symbols is correlated with several factors, suggesting that the display is consistent both with a policy-driven and with a vote-seeking logic. We explore at length the implications of these results for future visual analysis of parties’ European messages and for the larger issue of European identity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]