Stephen Sweet, our Teaching Resources Specialist, and Peter Meiksins have published a new book, Changing Contours of Work: Jobs and Opportunities in the New Economy, with Pine Forge Press. The book "analyzes the challenges confronting contemporary workers, as they seek to locate jobs that pay adequately, secure equitable treatment on the job, manage jobs and family responsibilities, and plan careers in an economy increasingly built on individual risk. By placing these challenges in a comparative framework, including how these concerns have been addressed in Western European countries and how they intersect with emerging patterns of work and employment in the developing world, Changing Contours of Work provides a rich analysis of the American workplace in the larger context of an integrated global economy." Congratulations, Steve!

There is a new entry in the Work-Family Encyclopedia: Transnational Families, by Elizabeth Zontini.

The twelfth issue of the Policy Briefing Series, Supporting Low-Income Working Families was mailed to state policy makers across the United States and is online in PDF format.

Thanks to Steve Sweet and all of the contributors who continue to expand our Resources for Teaching and Training! Recently added:

• Annotated Bibliographies of Work-Family Research, by April Brayfield
• "The Simpsons" as Illustration of Work-Family Concepts, by Sara C. Hare & Robert C. Lennartz
• Collaborative Web Project on Social Structure, by April Brayfield
• Costs of Childcare: An In-Class Activity, by Monika J. Ulrich
• Country Profiles: A Work-Family Project, by April Brayfield
• Family Histories: Linking Three-Generations, by Christine McKenna
• Family Panels to Build a Sociological Perspective on Work-Family Connections, by Michael Gortari, Erik Schwinger, Rebecca M. Thomas, & Clayton D. Peoples
• Field Observations on the Intersection of Work and Family, by Susan Cody-Rydzewski
• Field Study Guidelines for Interviewing Employees and Employers, by Anna Haley-Lock
• Group Discussion on Work & Family Policies and Strategies, by E. Brooke Kelly
• Hot Topic Debates: A Class Activity and Assignment, by Jodie Hertzog
• Quantitative Literacy Through Work-Family Issues, by Noelle Chesley
• Testing Work-Family Hypotheses Using the General Social Survey, by Robert S. Bausch
• Theories to "Real World" Decisions: A Paper Project, by Kathryn Hynes
• Tupperware Parties and Work-Family: Why Women Sell to Women, by Trina Smith

We have received even more additions to our library of Work-Family Syllabi. Thank you to all that have contributed; please send your own submission to wfnetwork@bc.edu

Thanks to all who have taken our latest Work-Family poll--there's still time to take it! The new deadline is December 3rd--don't be left out! Please take one minute from your busy day to answer two questions about your work-family interests. Deadline extended until December 3, 2007. Responses will be used to develop future resources for the Sloan Network.

Thank you to our Australian Roving Reporters, Anne Bardoel and Clarice Santos of the Australian Centre for Research in Employment and Work! Several of their links may be seen in What's New in Work and Family, and their suggested books and articles have been added to the Literature Database.

Best regards,

Judi, Karen, Jennifer, Sandee, and Julie