The idea of a critical social science / Daniel R. Sabia, Jr. and Jerald Wallulis -- The ontological presuppositions and political consequences of a social science / Therence Ball -- Mutual knowledge / John O'Neill -- Fact andmethod in the social sciences / Richard W. Miller -- General laws and explaining human behavior / Brian Fay -- The critical project of Jürgen Habermas / David Dickens -- Habermas on the foundations of ethics and political theory / Stephen K. White -- Political ethics and critical theory / J. Donald Moon