1. Social science and the citizen

   Departments Pages: 2 - 3

2. Laissez-faire follies

   • Blake Strack
   • Claude E. Welch

   The Politics Of Peacetime Conversion Pages: 4 - 11

3. Labor-management relations

   • Lawrence E. Rothstein

   The Politics Of Peacetime Conversion Pages: 12 - 16

4. American perestroika

   • Robert W. DeGrasse

   The Politics Of Peacetime Conversion Pages: 17 - 22

5. Converting defense facilities

   • John E. Ullmann

   The Politics Of Peacetime Conversion Pages: 23 - 31

6. Broadening the peace dividend

   • Jonathan Feldman

   The Politics Of Peacetime Conversion Pages: 32 - 40

7. Science, technology, and congress

   • James E. Katz

   Social Science And Public Policy Pages: 41 - 50

8. Chinese crime fiction

   • Jeffrey C. Kinkley

   Culture And Society Pages: 51 - 62

9. Complexities of corruption

   • Lewis Anthony Dexter

   Special Feature Pages: 63 - 64

10. Austria between memory and obsolescence

    • Charles S. Maier

    Society Abroad Pages: 65 - 70

11. Jacques Barzun’s American university

    • Herbert I. London

    Profile Pages: 71 - 81

12. Social science books of the month

    Departments Pages: 81 - 81

13. Books in review

    • Robert A. Scott
    • Iwona Irwin-Zarecka
    • Gilbert T. Sewall

    BookReview Pages: 83 - 96