Introduction: Terra Nostra: Pretexts for Lusophony. Current and Future Challenges for Sociology and the Social Sciences
Ana Nunes de Almeida

Section One. Societies and Social Facts. The Major Social Problems and Challenges for the 21st Century

Chapter 1 A Matter of Relevance. A Set of Proposals for Comparative Social Research in the Portuguese Speaking Community
Manuel Villaverde Cabral

Chapter 2 Why is it so Difficult to Construct a Critical Theory?
Boaventura de Sousa Santos

Chapter 3 Lusophone Societies and Social Facts - Problems and Challenges for the 21st Century
Carlos Cardoso
 

Section Two. Legacies and Language of Lusophone Social Sciences

Chapter 4 Sociology in Portugal. Formation and Recent Trends 
José Madureira Pinto

Chapter 5 Democratic Combinatories: Peripheral Legacy 
Wanderley Guilherme dos Santos
 

Section Three. Current Perspectives and the Outlook for the Future of Sociology in the Lusophone Countries

Chapter 6 Social Sciences in Mozambique: Current Perspectives and the Outlook for the Future
Ana Maria Loforte

Chapter 7 Sociology: Some Current Problems
Joao Ferreira de Almeida
 

Section Four: Lusophony and the Field of World Knowledge

Chapter 8 Lusophony in the Field of World Knowledge. A Defence of Diversity
Augusto Santos Silva

Chapter 9 Lusophoy and the Field of Work Knowledge
Otávio Velho