Includes bibliographical references (p. 243-251) and index.
Introduction: Progress: Formal and substantive -- 1. Dilemmas of intellectual progress -- 2. The reckoning of progress -- 3. Rational choice -- 4. From Parsons to Alexander: Closure through theoretical generality -- 5. Network analysis -- 6. Feminist analysis in social science / James Rule and Leslie Irvine -- 7. Theory as expression -- 8. Theory for coping -- 9. Summary and conclusions.