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SOCIOLOGICAL FORUM Volume 6, Number 1 March 1991 CONTENTS ARTICLES Some Reflections on Sociological Objectivity Robin M. Williams, Jr. The Peculiar History of Scientific Reason Pierre Bourdieu Commitment and Agency in Social Movements William A. Gamson The Social Sources of Homicide in Different Types of Societies Richard Rosenfeld and Steven F. Messner Social Responsibility, Individualism, and Redistributive Policies Lawrence Bobo Contested Milieux: Small Firms, Unionization, and the Provision of Protective Structures Margaret L. Krecker and Angela M. O’Rand Gifts, Commodities, and Social Relations: A Maussian View of Exchange James Carrier The Acknowledgment of Literary Influence: A Structural Analysis of a German Literary Network Helmut K. Anheier and Jiirgen Gerhards NOTES AND INSIGHTS Industrial Shifts, Occupational Recomposition, and the Changing Sexual Division of Labor in the Five Largest U.S. Cities: 1910-1930 Thomas A. Lyson REVIEW ESSAYS Preface Charles Tilly Contemporary Crime Studies: Three Disparate Views Robert C. Hauhart Trivial Pursuits or Serious Sociology? Janet Lippman Abu-Lughod Welcome Changes in Cubanology Eloise Linger ABOUT THE AUTHORS FORTHCOMING SOCIOLOGICAL FORUM Volume 6, Number 2 June 1991 CONTENTS Class Struggle in Campaign Finance? Political Action Committee Contributions in the 1984 Elections Alan Neustadtl, Denise Scott, and Dan Clawson Practical Knowledge and Occupational Control: The Professionalization of Architecture in the United States David Brain The Recent History and the Emerging Reality of American Sociological Theory: A Metatheoretical Interpretation George Ritzer Religious Affiliation and the Family John Wilson and Sharon Sandomirsky One Parent or Two? The Intertwining of American Marriage and Fertility Patterns Ronald R. Rindfuss and Jo Ann Jones Interorganizational Relations of Nonprofit Organizations: An Exploratory Study Judith R. Blau and Gordana Rabrenovic “Achievement” and “Ascription” in Admission to an Elite College: A Political-Organizational Analysis David Karen REVIEW ESSAYS Preface Charles Tilly An Inquiry into Inquiries and a Representation of Representations Jonathan Boyarin Narcissus and Argus: American Visions of Canadian Politics Daniel Marien Bringing in Managers and Union Leaders Samuel Cohn In Pursuit of Rational Action James B. Rule ABOUT THE AUTHORS FORTHCOMING SOCIOLOGICAL FORUM Volume 6, Number 3 September 1991 CONTENTS ARTICLES Aiming for the Discursive High Ground: Monsanto and the Biotechnology Controversy Daniel Lee Kleinman and Jack Kloppenburg, Jr. Social Structures and Economic Conduct: Interpreting Variations in Household Energy Consumption Bruce Hackett and Loren Lutzenhiser The Contemporary U.S. Women’s Movement: An Empirical Example of Competition Theory Rachel A. Rosenfeld and Kathryn B. Ward The Social Structure of Suicide Peter S. Bearman Racial Differences in Urban Neighboring Barrett A. Lee, Karen E. Campbell, and Oscar Miller NOTES AND INSIGHTS The Coming Revolution of Biotechnology: A Critique of Buttel Gerardo Otero Beyond Deference and Demystification in the Sociology of Science and Technology: A Reply to Otero Frederick H. Buttel REVIEW ESSAYS Preface Charles Tilly The Xhosa Cattle Killing and the Politics of Memory Adam Ashforth Domination, Resistance, Compliance . . . Discourse Charles Tilly ABOUT THE AUTHORS FORTHCOMING SOCIOLOGICAL FORUM Volume 6, Number 4 December 1991 CONTENTS The Dynamics of Young Men’s Career Aspirations 609 Jerry A. Jacobs, David Karen, and Katherine McClelland Determinants of Female Labor Force Participation: A Study of Seoul, South Korea, 1970-1980 641 Sunghee Nam Sociology of Educational Late Blooming 661 Jack Levin and William C. Levin Employment and Filial Relations: Is There a Conflict? 681 Glenna Spitze and John R. Logan Mechanisms of Control in the Temporary Help Service Industry 699 Heidi Gottfried NOTES AND INSIGHTS Propinquity and Educational Homogamy 715 Gillian Stevens REVIEW ESSAYS Preface 727 Charles Tilly A Man and a Metaphor: Characterizing a Nation 731 Peter I. Rose Understanding Income Inequality 739 Chris Tilly ABOUT THE AUTHORS 757 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS AND APPRECIATION TO REVIEWERS 761 FORTHCOMING