1. Letters from readers

   • William McCord
   • Arline McCord
   • Allan Schnaiberg

   Departments Pages: 2 - 4

2. Social science and the citizen

   Departments Pages: 4 - 6

3. Dialectics of disenchantment

   • Vladimir Tismaneanu

   Glasnost, Perestroika And The Soviet Empire Pages: 7 - 9

4. Poland between east and west

   • Michael Mandelbaum

   Glasnost, Perestroika And The Soviet Empire Pages: 9 - 15

5. Strengths and stresses of socialist states

   • Mihailo Marković

   Glasnost, Perestroika And The Soviet Empire Pages: 15 - 19

6. Inherent weakness and unfounded optimism

   • Ferenc Fehèr

   Glasnost, Perestroika And The Soviet Empire Pages: 19 - 22

7. Can communist regimes be reformed?

   • Agnes Heller

   Glasnost, Perestroika And The Soviet Empire Pages: 22 - 24

8. From ideology to pragmatism

   • Svetozar Stojanović

   Glasnost, Perestroika And The Soviet Empire Pages: 24 - 27

9. Castro’s cuba in gorbachev’s era

   • Carlos Alberto Montaner

   Glasnost, Perestroika And The Soviet Empire Pages: 27 - 30

10. Confronting deafness in an unstilled world

    • Harold Orlans

    Special Feature Pages: 32 - 39

11. Alienation and the adversary culture

    • Paul Hollander

    Articles Pages: 40 - 48

12. The return of aesthetics to city planning

    • M. Christine Boyer

    Articles Pages: 49 - 56

13. Are the social sciences really inferior?

    • Fritz Machlup

    Articles Pages: 57 - 65

14. Intellectual classes and institutional values

    • Sidney Hook

    Articles Pages: 66 - 69

15. Defense and offense in an era of good feelings

    • George H. Quester

    Social Science And Public Policy Pages: 70 - 75

16. The multiple meanings of television advertising

    • Leo Bogart

    Culture And Society Pages: 76 - 80

17. Butte barrooms

    • Joe Bensen

    Photo Essay Pages: 81 - 86

18. Social science books of the month

    Departments Pages: 87 - 87

19. Books in review

    • Andrew A. Beveridge
    • Barry D. Adam
    • Rebecca E. Klatch

    BookReview Pages: 87 - 96