Current issues in comparative macro sociology, John H. Goldthorpe; turning the tables - how case-orientated research challenges variable-orientated research, Charles C. Ragin; means and ends of comparison in macrosociology, Charles Tilly; comparing historical sequences - a powerful tool for casual analysis, Dietrich Rueschemeyer and John D. Stephens; stories, observations, systems, theories, Henry Teune; the concept of turning point, Andrew Abbott; methodolgical issues in comparative macrosociology, Jack A. Goldstone; a response to commentaries, John H. Goldthorpe; reduction of complexity for a small-N analysis - a stepwise multi-methodological approach, Dirk Berg-Schlosser and Gisele De Meur; measurement of education in comparative research, Michael Braun and Walter Muller; comparative political economy of life course, Karl Ulrich Mayer; making institutions dynamic in cross-national research - time-space distancing in explaining unemployment, Thomas Janoski.