1. Editor’s introduction: Legitimacy and collective purpose

   • Lawrence T. Nichols

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 4

2. Sideways into sociology

   • Philip Jenkins

   Personal Views Pages: 5 - 8

3. Professional purpose and academic legitimacy: Ross’s social control and the founding of American sociology

   • Sean H. McMahon

   Article Pages: 9 - 25

4. The contemporary crisis and the social relations department at Harvard: A case study in hegemony and disintegration

   • Barry V. Johnston

   Article Pages: 26 - 42

5. The incorporation of gender scholarship into sociology

   • David V. Waller
   • Dana Dunn
   • Joan Watson

   Article Pages: 43 - 58

6. Sustainability and sociology

   • Eve Passerini

   Article Pages: 59 - 70

7. Open the social sciences: The Gulbenkian commission report

   • Bruce C. Wearne

   Review Essay Pages: 71 - 78