1. Introduction to the special section

   • James L. McCartney

   Special Section: Closing The Sociology Department At Washington University Pages: 303 - 304

2. Sociology at Washington University in St. Louis: History and reflections, 1906–1989

   • David J. Pittman

   Special Section: Closing The Sociology Department At Washington University Pages: 305 - 321

3. “Sociology cut lets Washington University emphasize excellence”

   • Martin H. Israel

   Special Section: Closing The Sociology Department At Washington University Pages: 322 - 323

4. Sociology and a developing administrative tradition at Washington University: 1957–1971

   • Robert L. Hamblin

   Special Section: Closing The Sociology Department At Washington University Pages: 324 - 329

5. Sociology at Washington University

   • Wolf Heydebrand

   Special Section: Closing The Sociology Department At Washington University Pages: 330 - 335

6. Whither the decline?

   • Patricia A. Adler
   • Peter Adler

   Special Section: Closing The Sociology Department At Washington University Pages: 336 - 340

7. Washington University’s pig roast: Ending sociology and jeopardizing liberal arts

   • Barbara Sherman Heyl

   Special Section: Closing The Sociology Department At Washington University Pages: 341 - 345

8. The brief rise and early decline of radical sociology at Washington University: 1969–1972

   • Henry Etzkowitz

   Special Section: Closing The Sociology Department At Washington University Pages: 346 - 352

9. Gouldner’ prophetic voice

   • Richard Flacks

   Retrospective Reviews: The Coming Crisis In Western Sociology By Alvin W. Gouldner Pages: 353 - 356

10. Reflexivity and alvin gouldner: The coming crisisin 1990

    • Ellsworth R. Fuhrman

    Retrospective Reviews: The Coming Crisis In Western Sociology By Alvin W. Gouldner Pages: 357 - 361

11. Seeing our seeing: Gouldner’s reflexive sociology from a feminist phenomenological perspective

    • Louise Levesque-Lopman

    Retrospective Reviews: The Coming Crisis In Western Sociology By Alvin W. Gouldner Pages: 362 - 372

12. The legacy ofThe coming crisis: Gouldner’s contribution to social theory

    • Robert A. Hagan
    • Ted R. Vaughan

    Retrospective Reviews: The Coming Crisis In Western Sociology By Alvin W. Gouldner Pages: 373 - 376

13. Gouldner twenty years later

    • Miriam M. Johnson

    Retrospective Reviews: The Coming Crisis In Western Sociology By Alvin W. Gouldner Pages: 377 - 380

14. Gouldner is always worth reading

    • Richard Colvard

    Retrospective Reviews: The Coming Crisis In Western Sociology By Alvin W. Gouldner Pages: 381 - 384