Here's some info I thought ECOFEMers might be interested in. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- The latest issue of the British interdisciplinary Journal of Area Studies, has just been published as a special issue under the theme of Women in Eastern and Western Europe - in Transition and Recession CONTENTS: Editorial Introduction: Martha Worsching Experiencing Social Transformation in Eastern Europe: Barbara Bertram, Olga Zdravomyslova, Grazyna Firlit-Fesnak Young Families in Eastern and Western Europe: Monika Jaeckel, Marina Arutiunyan and Ulla Bjornberg Women in Poland: The Impact of Post-Communist Transformation: Frances Millard Creating Change or Struggling to Survive? - Women's Situation in Albania: Chris Corrin Portuguese Women Between Revolution and Recession: Gender in Decision Making and Employment: Audrey Brassloff Women's Status and Employment in Contemporary Greece: Gabriella Lazaridis, Anna Syngellakis Women's Labour Market Participation in France: The Paradox of the Nineties: Marie-Therese Letablier The 'Insidious Double Message': Austrian Women Caught Between The Family and Employment: Wolfgang Brassloff Women at East and West German Universities Before and After Unification: Marianne Kriszio In the Margins: Experience of Women Academics in British Universities: Barbara Bagilhole Feeding the Family: The Role of Women in Coping With Low Income in Britain: Barbara Dobson, Alan Beardsworth, Teresa Keil, Robert Walker Women, Welfare and the Private Sphere: The Problem of Meeting Long Term Care Needs: Eithne McLaughlin, Caroline Glendinning Autonomy versus Integration - East German Women and Political Participation: Astrid Herhoffer East European Women as Domestics in Eastern Europe: New Social Inequality and Division of Labour Among Women: Marianne Friese Migrant Women and Gender Role Definition in the Italian Context: Jacqueline Andall Thematic Book Reviews If you would like further information on this journal, please contact J.Leaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or M. Worsching (fax: UK code (0)1509-269 395) or write to the Subscriptions Secretary, Journal of Area Studies, Department of European Studies, Loughborough University of Technology, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 3TU. Thank you. ------------------------------