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"Among the Central-East European transition countries the Hungarian economic trajectory seems to deviate from the others. The high state redistribution resulted in a malfunctioning welfare state. The existing level of state involvement is a consequence of the elite settlements of the early transition period. Privatization involved overwhelmingly foreign capital and avoided 'shock therapy'. Both policies have contingent effects on the existing elite configuration. An exploration of the economic elite identifies different segments with specific interests in state redistribution. The political and the economic elite have both evolved to coexist with a high disparity of incomes and a strong presence of foreign capital accordingly." (author's abstract)

The increasing role of social science in environmental policy & knowledge generation has resulted in an environmental discourse that is epistemologically realist, postivistic, disembedded, technological, & cognitivist. Such a discourse tends to mask important cultural, social, & existential dimensions of environmental crises & has become part of the modern environmental problem rather contributing to its solution. A constructivist, hermeneutic, poetic, & situated approach to environmental phenomena is needed. Examples of such accounts in three broad domains are highlighted: (1) environment, knowledge, & indeterminancy; (2) subjectivity & individuation; & (3) problems with current ways of incorporation of environmental considerations within political institutions. Ulrich Beck's contributions to illuminating the modern environmental problematic are discussed. 10 References. D. Generoli

Examines implications of the 2000 democratization and transition processes in Serbia; Sept. 24, 2000 presidential and parliamentary elections, fall of the Milosevic regime, and political, social, and strategic dimensions of the elite.

Le lecteur pourra prendre connaissance dans ces pages des interventions de la table ronde qui s'est tenue lors des journées d'étude organisées par Politix en vue de ce centième numéro. Ses participants ont, à partir de leur expérience propre, réfléchi aux opportunités et aux contraintes qui définissent actuellement l'édition de revues dans les sciences sociales.

This book deals with the interaction of various social groups, and the extent to which they may or may not conflict. It focuses on the interface between the various publics related to recreation, including recreationists themselves.

Cet article se propose de faire un état des lieux de la façon dont la question du vieillissement des immigrés est traitée par la littérature des sciences sociales en général, et de la sociologie en particulier. Il fait le constat de l'absence, dans l'abondante littérature en sociologie de l'immigration, de la thématique liée au vieillissement des immigrés. Il aura fallu attendre le début des années 1980 pour assister aux premières recherches portant sur les conditions d'hébergement, pour ensuite aborder la question délicate de l'accès aux soins et aux droits des vieux migrants.

"This collection of original essays provides an innovative and multifaceted reflection on the impact and inspiration of the scholarship of eminent anthropologist Marilyn Strathern. A distinguished team of international contributors, all former students of Strathern, reflect on the impact of their relationship with their teacher and address the wider conceptual contribution of her work through their own writings. The essays provide an accessible entry into Strathern's scholarship for those new to her work and a rich source of material which mobilises and deploys her concepts, including new ethnographic examples and discussion of contemporary political issues, for those more familiar with her scholarship. The result is a collection that dissects, contextualises and reroutes concepts of relationality, inspiration and knowledge in novel and unpredictable ways. Recasting Anthropological Knowledge will prove invaluable to all students of anthropology and will be of interest to scholars across the social sciences"--

When the executive committee of the Canadian Social Science Research Council met in Ottawa on September 6, 1957, concern regarding the future programme and policy of the Council led it to establish a special committee with Professor S. D. Clark as chairman to give consideration to the kind of support for research which Canadian social scientists appeared to need most. To aid the committee in its task, Professor Clark was asked to visit as many of the universities of Canada as possible. Visits were made to the universities of New Brunswick, Mount Allison, Dalhousie, Saint Mary's, Acadia, Saint Francis Xavier, Memorial, Laval, McGill, Montreal, Queen's, Ottawa, Carleton, McMaster, Western, Assumption, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia, and to United College and Victoria College. In addition, interviews were arranged with two persons from each of the following institutions: Regina College, Brandon College, and Bishop's University. The report of the committee was presented to the Council at a special meeting on November 30. In view of the interest which the report aroused, Professor Clark was asked at the meeting to prepare for publication a paper setting forth some of the ideas and thoughts which had found expression in his report to the Council. The paper he prepared is now published as a special supplement to the Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, the costs of publication being met by a grant from the Canadian Social Science Research Council. To the University of Toronto which kindly released Professor Clark from his teaching duties during the Fall Term, 1957, and to Professor Clark himself, the Council is deeply indebted.