The Editor: Elżbieta Hałas, the editor of the volume, is Professor of Sociology at the Catholic University of Lublin, Poland. Her publications include: Symbols in Interaction, Warsaw 2001: Oficyna Naukowa (in Polish). She edited and introduced: Theodore Abel, The Columbia Circle of Scholars. Selection from the Journal (1930-1957), Frankfurt am Main 2001: Peter Lang.

• Contents: Gary Alan Fine: Coordination, Symbolic Action and the Quadrants of Social Order – Richard Grathoff: Symbolic Types in Political Actions: A Phenomenological Perspective on Symbols, Powers and Politics – Marek Czyżewski: Collective Symbolization in Public Debates on Right-Wing Extremist Violence – John Borland: Let’s Go Walking: History, Symbols and Action in the Reproduction of Ulster Loyalism – Elżbieta Hałas: Public Symbols and Polish Identity. Change and Ambiguity of Meaning in State Holidays Calendar of the Third Republic of Poland – Jerzy J. Smolicz: Native Tongues and Family Structures as Symbols of Ethnic Identity: an Australian Experience – Grażyna Woroniecka: Conflict Over Joint Householders’ Possession in Perspective of Discoursive Symbolism – Annamaria Orla-Bukowska: Religious Symbols, Political Power: the Cross, the Star of David and Auschwitz-Birkenau – Martti Muukkonen: Less Than a Confession but Much More Than a Mere Formula of Agreement. The YMCA’s Paris Basis as a Symbol of Unity.