1. Editor’s comments

   • Richard H. Hall

   EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 3

2. Structural explanation in sociology: The egalitarian imperative

   • David Rubinstein

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 19

3. The three eras ofThe American Sociologist

   • John F. Galliher

   OriginalPaper Pages: 20 - 25

4. Theoretical and political perspectives of American sociologists in the 1990s

   • Stephen K. Sanderson
   • Lee Ellis

   OriginalPaper Pages: 26 - 42

5. The freedom of information act and sociological research

   • Mike Forrest Keen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 51

6. Human capital, social integration, and tournaments: A test of graduate student success models

   • Helen A. Moore
   • Bruce Keith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 52 - 71