SALVADOR GINER and SEBASTIAN SARASA
Civic Altruism and Social Policy
Changing Aspects of Chinese Society
YANJIE BIAN
Chinese Occupational Prestige: A Comparative Analysis
WANG ZHIGANG and MICHAEL MICKLIN
The Transformation of Naming Practices in Chinese Families: Some Linguistic Clues to Social Change
C. EDWIN VAUGHAN and CHUNHOU ZHANG
The Impact of Modernization on Higher Education in China
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BARRY V. JOHNSTON
Pitirim A. Sorokin (1889-1968): Pioneer and Pariah
International Sociological Association: Worldwide Competition for Young Sociologists
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Japanese National Identity in Transition: Who Wants to Send the Military Abroad?

NEIL J.SMELSER: Social Sciences and Social Problems: The Next Century.
Cultures and Consumers
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The McDonaldization Thesis: Is Expansion Inevitable?
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Consumption Diffusion: Elite Phenomena and Mass Processes.
JEAN LOCK KUNZ
From Maoism to Elle: The Impact of Political Ideology on Fashion Trends in China.
MOHAMMED A.J. AL-MUTAWA
Factors Influencing the Consumer Process in UAE Society.
ISA Worldwide Competition for Young Sociologists
TIA DENORA
From Physiology to Feminism: Reconfiguring Body, Gender and Expertise in Natural Fertility Control.

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Paying for Art: The Temptations of Privatization à l'Américaine.
Crisis and Transformation
ROBERT J.BRYM
The Ethic of Self-Reliance and the Spirit of Capitalism in Russia.
STJEPAN ORESKOVIC
The New World Order: Nosological Principles and Epidemiological Techniques from Comte to Huntington.
JON MULBERG
Environmental Planning, Economic Planning and Political Economy.
FEIWEL KUPFERBERG
Strategic Learning: East Germany as a 'Model Case' for Transformation Theory.
E.L. QUARANTELLI
Basic Themes Derived from Survey Findings on Human Behavior in the Mexico City Earthquake.