1. Social science and the citizen

   Departments Pages: 2 - 4

2. Letters from readers

   • Cynthia Fuchs Epstein
   • Rosalind Rosenberg

   Departments Pages: 4 - 4

3. The mission of social science

   • Irving Louis Horowitz

   Romancing The Social Sciences Pages: 5 - 6

4. This urgent need to publish

   • Jeremiah Kaplan

   Romancing The Social Sciences Pages: 6 - 7

5. Renting women, buying babies and class struggles

   • Richard John Neuhaus

   Surrogate Motherhood Pages: 8 - 10

6. Commercial contracts and human connectedness

   • Barbara Sherman Heyl

   Surrogate Motherhood Pages: 11 - 16

7. Reproductive technology and restraints

   • Monica B. Morris

   Surrogate Motherhood Pages: 16 - 21

8. Cheap labor: Sex, class, race—and “surrogacy”

   • Barbara Katz Rothman

   Surrogate Motherhood Pages: 21 - 23

9. From baby farms to Baby M

   • Viviana A. Zelizer

   Surrogate Motherhood Pages: 23 - 28

10. Power, money and high-minded intentions

    • Richard John Neuhaus

    Surrogate Motherhood Pages: 28 - 29

11. The new right and its women

    • Rebecca E. Klatch

    Special Feature Pages: 30 - 38

12. Planning the future in the context of the past

    • Margo Anderson

    The American Census In 1990 Pages: 39 - 47

13. Illegal aliens and census counts

    • Frank D. Bean
    • Rodolfo O. de la Garza

    The American Census In 1990 Pages: 48 - 53

14. Applying residence rules to the military

    • Walter P. Hollmann

    The American Census In 1990 Pages: 54 - 55

15. Enumerating Americans living abroad

    • Meyer Zitter

    The American Census In 1990 Pages: 56 - 60

16. Presidents and prime ministers

    • Richard Rose

    Social Science And Public Policy Pages: 61 - 67

17. On James Burnham’sThe Machiavellians

    • Sidney Hook

    Profile Pages: 68 - 70

18. Gore Vidal’s Anti-Jewish nationalism

    • Edward Alexander

    Culture And Society Pages: 71 - 80

19. Oglala women

    • Marla N. Powers

    Photo Essay Pages: 81 - 85

20. Social science books of the month

    Departments Pages: 86 - 86

21. Books in review

    • Lewis A. Coser
    • Michael Rogin
    • Peter Kenez

    BookReview Pages: 86 - 96