On consensus, tensions and sociology at the dawn of the 21st century / S.R. Quah and A. Sales -- The moving frontier of the social sciences / Mattei Dogan -- Rational choice theory in sociology : a survey / Thomas Voss and Martin Abraham -- Feminist theory and critical reconceptualization in sociology : the challenge of the 1990s / Rhoda Reddock -- The challenge of modernity/post-modernity to the classical heritage in sociology of religion / Ivan Varga -- The fourth generation of comparative stratification research / Donald J. Treiman and Harry B.G. Ganzeboom -- The 'rediscovery' of ethnicity : theory and analysis / Christine Inglis -- Sociology of the family : global advances and challenges / Barbara H. Settles -- International political sociology / Richard G. Braungart and Margaret M. Braungart.

Institutional change in armed forces at the dawning of the 21st century / David R. Segal and Nehama E. Babin -- Social movements : trends and turns / Bert Klandermans -- Late modern institutions and collective action / Pierre Hamel, Henri Lustiger-Thaler and Louis Maheu -- Conceptual and methodological advances and challenges in demography / Dudley L. Poston, Jr. -- Urban sociology / John Walton -- The sociology of housing / William Michelson and Willem Van Vliet -- Sociology of art : new stakes in a post-critical time / Antoine Hennion and Line Grenier -- The collapse of the leisure society? New challenges for the sociology of leisure / Gilles Pronovost -- Theoretical advances in the sociological treatment of tourism / Graham Dann -- Unravelling alienation : from an omen of doom to a celebration of diversity / Devorah Kalekin-Fishman.

Medical sociology at the millennium / William C. Cockerham -- Mental health and illness research : millennium and beyond / Rumi Kato Price ... [et al.] -- Recent advances and challenges in sociotechnics / Jon Alexander -- Futures research and sociological analysis / Eleonora Barbieri Masini.