Pte. 1. The internationalization of the social sciences: 1. The impact of the developing world on U.S. social-science theory and methodology / Kenneth Prewit -- 2. The limits of development research / Paul Streeten -- 3. Agencies of diffusion: a case study of the Rockefeller Foundation / Laurence D. Stifel , Ralph K Davidson , James S. Coleman -- Pte. 2. The state of the art: selected regional surverys: 4. Hiydrids in native soil: the social sciences in southeast Asia / Warren F. Ilchman -- 5. Social science and the modernization of China / Huan Xiang -- 6. The idea of social science in east africa: an espect of the dvelopment of higher education / David Court -- 7. Profile of the social sciences in west africa / Akin L. Mabogunje -- 8. The economic sciences in Latin America / Eduardo Venezian -- 9. Social sciences in the periphery: perspectives on the Latin American case / Jorge Balán -- Pte. 3. Social sciences and public policy: problem in aplication: 10. Aplication of the social sciences to public policies: producers, consumers, and mechanisms of mediation / Edgardo Boeninger -- 11. Social-science research and public policy in India / Myron Weiner -- 12. Scholarship and contract research: the ecology of social science in Kenia and Tazania / David Court -- 13. Social sciences in dveloping areas: an annotated bibliography of selected periodical literature, 1970-1980 / Elizabeth J. Brooks.