1. Letters to the editor

   • Warren J. Samuels
   • Stanley Rothman
   • Robert C. Whitten

   Departments Pages: 6 - 8

2. The fourth scientific revolution

   • Toby E. Huff

   Symposium: Genetic Wars Pages: 9 - 13

3. Calling scientific ideology to account

   • Daniel Callahan

   Symposium: Genetic Wars Pages: 14 - 19

4. Science three, religion zero

   • Allan Mazur

   Symposium: Genetic Wars Pages: 20 - 21

5. Genetics, god, and sacred DNA

   • Dorothy Nelkin

   Symposium: Genetic Wars Pages: 22 - 25

6. In defense of surveys

   • Andrew Greeley

   Debate Pages: 26 - 29

7. In defense of science

   • R. C. Lewontin

   Debate Pages: 29 - 30

8. Barbarism and modernity

   • S. N. Eisenstadt

   Feature Articles Pages: 31 - 39

9. Child abuse reporting

   • Douglas J. Besharov
   • Lisa A. Laumann

   Feature Articles Pages: 40 - 46

10. Childhood sexual abuse and its criminal consequences

    • Cathy Spatz Widom

    Feature Articles Pages: 47 - 53

11. American isolationism versus the global economy

    • Murray Weidenbaum

    Social Science And Public Policy Pages: 54 - 58

12. Downward mobility and praise inflation

    • Peter Shaw

    Culture And Society Pages: 59 - 61

13. The transition from communism to capitalism in east Germany

    • Rüdiger Pohl

    Society Abroad Pages: 62 - 65

14. On alain touraine

    • Clark Kerr

    Profile Pages: 66 - 73

15. Review essay

    • Irving Louis Horowitz

    BookReview Pages: 74 - 78

16. Books in review

    • John R. Hall
    • Leslie Wilson
    • Dany Nobus

    BookReview Pages: 79 - 96

17. Social science and the citizen

    Departments Pages: A2 - A5

18. Social science books of the month

    Departments Pages: A79 - A79