Sudhir Venkatesh, guest editor of City & Community's first special issue, writes that: "One is hard pressed to find a sociologist who has not been touched by the work of Herbert J. Gans. The scholarship, criticism, and commentary from Gans’ pen have informed social science and public opinion for more than four decades. This is a volume of essays by several social scientists, of diverse background and interests, who have been influenced by Gans’ work." The issue will include papers by Alford Young, Alexandra Murphy, Sharon Zukin, Jennifer Lee and Frank Bean, and Maria Kefalas, which offer a review and extension of Gans' contributions to the discipline.
