JOHN W. MURPHY is Professor of Sociology at the University of Miami. His most recent book is Computerization of Human Service Agencies (Auburn House, 1990).DENNIS L. PECK is Professor of Sociology at the University of Alabama and the editor of Sociological Inquiry. His most recent book is The Psychosocial Effects of Hazardous Waste Disposal on Communities.

• Preface Introduction by Dennis L. Peck and John W. Murphy Science as an Open Institution by Susan E. Cozzens Technology Assessment and the Crisis of Science by John E. Jalbert The Emerging Workplace by Jeffrey W. Riemer Window of Opportunity: Educational Reform and Progressive Education by Kimberly A. Folse and Judith A. Burry Mass Media and Democracy by Eric M. Kramer Community Empowerment within an Alternative Economy by Herbert J. Rubin The Need for Community-Based Health Policy: A Challenge for Democracy by William A. Vega and Amalia Gonzalez Del Valle A Socially Sensitive Criminal Justice System by Richard A. Wright Decentering Social Relations by John W. Murphy and Jung Min Choi The Public Domain by Algis Mickunas Bibliography Index

JOHN W. MURPHY is Professor of Sociology at the University of Miami. His most recent book is Computerization of Human Service Agencies (Auburn House, 1990).DENNIS L. PECK is Professor of Sociology at the University of Alabama and the editor of Sociological Inquiry. His most recent book is The Psychosocial Effects of Hazardous Waste Disposal on Communities.

• Preface Introduction by Dennis L. Peck and John W. Murphy Science as an Open Institution by Susan E. Cozzens Technology Assessment and the Crisis of Science by John E. Jalbert The Emerging Workplace by Jeffrey W. Riemer Window of Opportunity: Educational Reform and Progressive Education by Kimberly A. Folse and Judith A. Burry Mass Media and Democracy by Eric M. Kramer Community Empowerment within an Alternative Economy by Herbert J. Rubin The Need for Community-Based Health Policy: A Challenge for Democracy by William A. Vega and Amalia Gonzalez Del Valle A Socially Sensitive Criminal Justice System by Richard A. Wright Decentering Social Relations by John W. Murphy and Jung Min Choi The Public Domain by Algis Mickunas Bibliography Index