1. Social science and the citizen

   Departments Pages: 2 - 7

2. Letters to the Editor

   • David W. Witter
   • M. Catherine Bateson
   • Irving Louis Horowitz

   Departments Pages: 8 - 8

3. Victimization and the victim industry

   • Joel Best

   Featured Article Pages: 9 - 17

4. Vichy France and the holocaust

   • Michael Curtis

   Special Feature Pages: 18 - 34

5. Alarmism is an infectious disease

   • David Murray
   • Joel Schwartz

   Debate Pages: 35 - 40

6. The larger threat of infectious diseases

   • Robert W. Pinner

   Debate Pages: 41 - 42

7. Three scenarios on the future of China

   • Murray Weidenbaum

   Society Abroad Pages: 43 - 47

8. The bullfight gentrified

   • John McCormick

   Culture and Society Pages: 48 - 50

9. Martin Buber in the postmodern age

   • S. N. Eisenstadt

   Profile Pages: 51 - 55

10. Campaign finance reform

    • Thomas L. Gais
    • Michael J. Malbin

    Social Science and Public Policy: The Economic Pivot Pages: 56 - 61

11. Gambling on jobs and welfare in Atlantic city

    • Ted G. Goertzel
    • John W. Cosby

    Social Science and Public Policy: The Economic Pivot Pages: 62 - 66

12. Commercialization of America’s health charities

    • James T. Bennett
    • Thomas J. DiLorenzo

    Social Science and Public Policy: The Economic Pivot Pages: 67 - 72

13. Augustine through a modern prism

    • Peter Dennis Bathory

    Review Essay Pages: 73 - 76

14. Books in review

    • N. J. Demerath
    • Joseph Gusfield
    • Howard G. Schneiderman

    BookReview Pages: 77 - 95

15. Social science books of the month

    Departments Pages: A77 - A77