TITLE: Journal of Political Ecology: Case Studies in History and the Social Sciences. ISSN 1073-0451 Description: The Journal of Political Ecology is intended to fill a gap in the social sciences by bringing together researchers from many disciplines with a common interest in links between political and economic systems, on the one hand, and local populations and ecosystems, on the other. JPE hopes to promote interdisciplinary dialogue and research on the interface between political economy and ecology. The journal is free to readers and libraries world-wide via Interne in two versions;an on-line extended ASCII version, and a professionally formatted postscript version that is capable of incorporating graphics in the text. JPE is peer reviewed and will publish articles, research reports, book reviews and research abstracts. JPE will publish articles in English, French, or Spanish (with abstracts in all three languages). Authors may obtain professional "reprints" at cost from JPE at any time.The JPE menu will also provide access to a moderated free public Forum in which interested people may comment on JPE articles and issues of relevance to political ecology, read new posted materials or post significant bibliographies, databases or political ecology news. The Journal of Political Ecology is a publication of the Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona and guided by a board of prominent scholars from a variety of disciplines. To Subscribe: JPE is available on Internet through the University of Arizona Library: telnet sabio.arizona.edu. To login, type 'sabio' (in lowercase). At SABIO's main menu choose: Other databases and remote libraries/ Internet Gopher/Resources by discipline /Social Sciences / Journal of political ecology. Readers may also find information on the current route by doing a title search for the Journal of Political Ecology. Other modes of access such as Anonymous FTP, Gopher clients are described in detail in JPE's menu: Instructions on Accessing JPE and PESO. Although the Journal of Political Ecology is free, readers are encouraged to join PESO (the Political Ecology SOciety, a society formed to support JPE and which provides members with a variety ofadditional services and benefits. Interested subscribers may join PESO for an annual fee of $25 and will be put on an E-mail mailing list and receive a variety of benefits, including. Annual Diskettes containing : Journal and forum's academic discussions. Directory of members and their expertise. Bibliographies of publications on political ecology. Diskette upon subscription containing appropriate post-script viewer. Free peer reviewing of one submission per year. Fax or paper reprints of any JPE materials on request and at cost. E-mail news bulletins, notifications of grant opportunities and timely receipt of Table of Contents of JPE as each posting is made. Free U.S.mail return of submissions and reviewers comments on request. Please make checks for membership in PESO payable to BARA / PESO and mail to PESO, Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721. Please include a completed membership form and you will receive an acknowledgment of your membership by E-mail or post (if you currently have no E-mail address). Membership form (xerox or retype but we need an original signature) Family name(s)___________________________First name______________ Mail Address_____________________________________________________ E-mail_________________________ Phone _________________________ FAX ______________ Topical Expertise _________________________________________________________________ Areal Expertise _________________________________________________________________ Highest Degree ____ Current Employment ______________________________________________ Professional Affiliations _______________________________________ Permission to Publish above information in PESO's directory sent to members Y/N Willingness to serve as JPE reviewer Y/N___ Preferred disk format_______ Signature________________________________Date ___________________ Submissions: Submissions may be sent to: The Journal of Political Ecology Bureau of Applied Research in Anthropology, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 JPE has no arbitrary length limits, but exceptionally long submissions (over 60 pages) will need to be even more significant to the field than shorter ones. Submissions should be made on IBM or Mac 3 1/2" (720 or 1.44) diskettes, using WP 5.0, extended ASCII or another agreed upon format. Submissions should be accompanied by a paper copy and a signed letter requesting that they be reviewed in JPE and stating that the submission is an original work that has not been submitted for review elsewhere. Submission of articles and research reports must be accompanied by a $10 peer review fee made out to - PESO/BARA (a non-profit University account). If the submission is deemed inappropriate for peer review this fee will be refunded. At their option, authors may simultaneously request JPE to place the article or report on-line for comment in JPE's public forum while it is out for peer review. Authors will normally receive reviewers' comments by E-mail. We will only return disks, paper copies and reviewers comments by mail to PESO members who request this service or to others if a self-addressed stamped envelope is provided. Graphics need to be in separate and individual files and their location in the text should be clearly indicated. We can accept graphics in a variety of formats (including hardcopy) but prefer TIFF. All graphics should be of publication quality and use non-serif fonts. Style Authors should follow the Chicago Manual of Style for bibliographical references but eliminate all indentation, italics and underlining. Do not use your word processor's footnote or endnote facility: note numbers in text should appear as a number in square brackets [17] and all notes should appear in a separate file in normal fonts. Authors cited in text should be alphabetized by first authors; include first initial and date and page number as follows: (J.Alpers 1987:42; R.Smith, J.Brown and B.Jenkins 1992:73-84). Authors should leave all underlining and emphasis (italics or other) out of headings, subheadings, and bibliography. Please submit text, graphics, notes and bibliography as separate files. Authors should include a title page with their name and affiliation on it and leave their name off of the first page of the text. Submissions must include an abstract of no more than 60 words followed by 12 or fewer key words. Related List: The JPE menu provides on-line registration for readers of the journal who wish to receive e-mail updates of its table of contents when new items are posted. Periodicity: JPE will publish peer reviewed articles and research reports incrementally as part of an annual volume. JPE will also accept for publication book reviews and research abstracts. These will be posted on the JPE public forum during the year and appended to the annual volume in December. Back Issues: Back issues will be available on-line, or may be purchased from the Political Ecology Society on diskette for $25.00. Contact: Inquires may be directed to the co-editors in hard copy or electronic form: Dr.James B. Greenberg, B.A.R.A., University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 (E-mail:JGreenber@ccit.arizona.edu) Dr. Thomas K. Park, Department of Anthropology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona 85721 (E-mail: TPark@ccit.arizona.edu).