Letter from the Editor-in-Chief.

This issue of "The Information Society" journal features four articles and a perspective piece, and eight book reviews. While the topics vary among the five papers, they tend to fall into two clusters: works that create integrative conceptual frameworks and highly textured case studies that provide critical insights. Gripenberg et al. study how the macro level "European information society for us all" policy discourse translates into projects on the ground via their examination of four ICT development projects sponsored by European national governments and the European Union. The second paper "Conceptualizing the ICT Artefact: Toward Understanding the Role of ICT in National Development," takes the discussion to higher conceptual plane in a an area largely marked by descriptive case studies.