1. Poverty, difference, and conflict

   • Virginia Abernethy

   Editorial Pages: 417 - 419

2. The demographic premises of affirmative action

   • George R. LaNoue

   OriginalPaper Pages: 421 - 440

3. Population and sustainable development: Distinguishing fact and preference concerning the future human population and environment

   • Nathan Keyfitz

   OriginalPaper Pages: 441 - 461

4. Cancer mortality in U.S. counties with hazardous waste sites

   • Mary P. Harmon
   • Kathryn Coe

   OriginalPaper Pages: 463 - 480

5. A special section for correspondence and controversy

   • William B. Dickinson

   Private Bag Pages: 481 - 484

6. Book reviews

   • Clifford W. Cobb
   • Lee L. Bean

   BookReview Pages: 485 - 491