Inhaltsverzeichnis: Nikolai Genov: Introductory remarks: social sciences in a region in flux (7-12); Teuta Starova, Artan Fuga: Social sciences in Albania (13-33); Nikolai Genov: Social sciences in Bulgaria today: where from, where to? (34-62); Silva Meznaric, Aleksandar Vukic: Social sciences in Croatia, 1990-2000 (63-90); Jane Lambiri-Dimaki: The status of sociology in Greece: past, present and future (91-111); Lidija Hristova: Social sciences in the transitional period in Macedonia (112-135); Maria Larionescu, Dumitru Sandu: The challenge of transition in Romanian society and sociology (136-191); Frane Adam, Matej Makarovic: Society in transition as reflected by social sciences: the case of Slovenia (192-222); Ljubisa Mitrovic: Social sciences in Yugoslavia in the 1990's: characteristics and trends (223-250).