Editor’s introduction: Legitimacy and collective purpose Lawrence T. Nichols EditorialNotes Pages: 3 - 4
Professional purpose and academic legitimacy: Ross’s social control and the founding of American sociology Sean H. McMahon Article Pages: 9 - 25
The contemporary crisis and the social relations department at Harvard: A case study in hegemony and disintegration Barry V. Johnston Article Pages: 26 - 42
The incorporation of gender scholarship into sociology David V. WallerDana DunnJoan Watson Article Pages: 43 - 58
Open the social sciences: The Gulbenkian commission report Bruce C. Wearne Review Essay Pages: 71 - 78