New Virtual Special Issues from Journal of Aging Studies

We are pleased to bring you a series of virtual special issues:

>> Identities in Old Age
>> Images of Aging
>> Intergenerational Relations
>> Issues in Qualitative Method
>> New Perspectives on Caregiving

Research in Social Stratification and Mobility now has an electronic window for accepting online payment. The window can be accessed at: http://www.inequality.uiowa.edu/rssm.htm and electronic subscriptions can be purchased with credit cards.

Exercise: Link Is Seen Between Crime and Fitness

A recent paper published in The Social Science Journal  focussed on the link between crime and fitness. The physical characteristics of about 5,000 Arkansas inmates were studied and it was found that most were athletically fit when they entered prison. The study also found that those less athletically fit were less likely to have been imprisoned for violent crimes. The paper has attracted attention from the New York Times

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New Virtual Special Issues from International Journal of Intercultural Relations

We are pleased to bring you a series of virtual special issues:

Acculturation and Adjustment
Business and Organization
Cross-Cultural Communication and Intercultural Competence
Intercultural Education and Training
Prejudice, Race and Intergroup Relations

New Virtual Special Issue from Social Networks

We are pleased to bring you a virtual special issue on Social Capital covering 1986 to the present day that brings together articles from Social Networks and its related fields.

Download the virtual special issue here.

International Academy for Intercultural Research – 6^th Biennial Conference, August 15-19 2009, Honolulu, Hawai’i

 The International Academy for Intercultural Research invites all interested scholars to submit proposals for papers, panels, and/or symposia for their 6^th Biennial Conference. The theme for the conference is World Peace through Intercultural Understanding. An on-line form for the submissions is available from:

http://www.interculturalacademy.org/Conference_IAIR_2009/ For more information, contact the Program Coordinator: Professor Dharm P.S. Bhawuk (Bhawuk@hawaii.edu). The first submission deadline is 30 November 2008, and the second is 28 February 209. Early submissions are encouraged!

Poetics – Mission Statement and Online Submission now Available!

Poetics, Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media and the Arts, founded in 1971, has moved to become a major international outlet for empirical social-science research on culture in a broad sense. Kees van Rees and Paul DiMaggio, the Editor and Associate Editor as of 1991, have made several changes that underscore a shift in the journal's focus. Read the full Mission Statement here

Authors can now   submit their research online. Papers can also be reviewed and tracked electronically via this system.