1. Introduction / Archie Brown
2. rise of non-Leninist thinking about the political system / Archie Brown
3. rise of non-Leninist thinking on the economy / Alec Nove
4. development of Russian liberal thought since 1985 / Igor V. Timofeyev
5. Transforming the 'national question' : new approaches to nationalism, federalism and sovereignty / Gail W. Lapidus
6. rise of new thinking on Soviet foreign policy / Alexander Dallin
7. development of new thinking about world communism / Alexander Dallin
8. Some concluding observations / T. H. Rigby.