[1.] Robert K. Merton: the man and the work: Merton and the contemporary mind: an affectionate dialogue / Lewis A. Coser
Merton's theory of social structure / Arthur L. Stinchcombe
Working with Merton / Paul F. Lazarsfeld
The present status of structural-functional theory in sociology / Talcott Parsons
Merton's use of the European sociological tradition / Lewis A. Coser
[2.] On the shoulders of Merton: Toward a new view of the sociology of knowledge / Bernard Barber
Structural constraints of status complements / Peter M. Blau
The emergence of a scientific specialty: the self-exemplifying case of the sociology of science / Jonathan R. Cole and Harriet Zuckerman
Legitimate and illegitimate use of power / James S. Coleman
The complexity of roles as a seedbed of individual autonomy / Rose Laub Coser
Reference individuals and reference idols / Herbert H. Hyman
The planning of communities: anticipations and hindsights / Suzanne Keller
Theory and research: the case of studies in medical education / Patricia Kendall
Ironic perspective and sociological thought / Louis Schneider
On formalizing theory / Hanan C. Selvin
Relative deprivation / Robin M. Williams, Jr.
Social structure and mass communications behavior: exploring patterns through constructional analysis / Charles R. Wright
[3.] In the spirit of Merton: Sociology and the everyday life / Alvin W. Gouldner
Intellectual types and political roles / Seymour Martin Lipset
The myth of the Renaissance / Robert Nisbet
The writings of Robert K. Merton: a bibliography / Mary Wilson Miles.