1. Social science and the citizen

   Announcement Pages: 2 - 4

2. Letter to the editor

   Letter Pages: 5 - 6

3. Scientific endeavor, professional aims & public interests

   • Irving Louis Horowitz
   • Jonathan B. Imber

   Editorial Pages: 8 - 11

4. Independent scholars: A neglected breed

   • Harold Orlans

   Symposium: Disciplines, Professions, and Breakouts Pages: 12 - 22

5. Economics at the millennium

   • Robert S. Goldfarb
   • Thomas C. Leonard

   Symposium: Disciplines, Professions, and Breakouts Pages: 24 - 36

6. The corruption of historians

   • Jerold S. Auerbach

   Symposium: Disciplines, Professions, and Breakouts Pages: 38 - 43

7. The great story and its discontents

   • Andrew M. Greeley

   Symposium: Disciplines, Professions, and Breakouts Pages: 45 - 48

8. Sociology and its intellectual past

   • Steven Grosby

   Symposium: Disciplines, Professions, and Breakouts Pages: 49 - 58

9. Improving oversight: The endless task of congress

   • Joel D. Aberbach

   Feature Articles Pages: 60 - 63

10. The electricity system at the crossroads

    • Richard Mattoon

    Feature Articles Pages: 64 - 79

11. Libertarian fantasy and statist reality

    • Peter Augustine Lawler

    Social Science and Public Policy Pages: 81 - 84

12. Elections and ideologies in france: 2002

    • Roger F. S. Kaplan

    Society Abroad Pages: 86 - 91

13. Does culture matter?

    • David E. Barrett

    Culture and Society Pages: 92 - 96

14. Dominique schnapper and thecommunity of citizens

    • Daniel Bell

    Profile Pages: 98 - 102

15. Solzhenitsyn on Russia’s “Jewish question”

    • Daniel J. Mahoney

    Review Essay Pages: 104 - 109

16. Books in review

    • Delba Winthrop
    • Gary Alan Fine
    • Lucas E. Morel

    BookReview Pages: 110 - 128