1. Social science and the citizen

   Departments Pages: 2 - 3

2. Letters to the editor

   • Alvin Z. Rubinstein
   • Daniel Burston
   • Neil McLaughlin

   Departments Pages: 4 - 5

3. Intelligence and secrecy: Sovietology redux

   • Walter Laqueur

   After The Fall Pages: 6 - 13

4. Before the breakdown and after

   • Melvin J. Lasky

   After The Fall Pages: 14 - 22

5. Life after death

   • Michael Radu

   After The Fall Pages: 23 - 31

6. In search of usable pasts

   • Iwona Irwin-Zarecka

   After The Fall Pages: 32 - 36

7. Public enemies

   • Vladimir Tismaneanu

   After The Fall Pages: 37 - 42

8. Why communism collapsed in Eastern Europe

   • Paul Hollander

   After The Fall Pages: 43 - 51

9. Untangling student loans

   • Joseph J. Eglin

   Social Science And Public Policy Pages: 52 - 59

10. The American family transformed

    • David A. Hamburg

    Special Feature Pages: 60 - 69

11. Bricolage among the trash cans

    • Andrew M. Greeley

    Culture And Society Pages: 70 - 75

12. Thorstein Veblen and the place of science

    • Warren J. Samuels

    Profile Pages: 76 - 82

13. Social science books of the month

    Departments Pages: 83 - 83

14. Books in review

    • Walter E. Williams
    • Richard C. Bruce
    • Barry R. Gross

    BookReview Pages: 83 - 96