Part 1: Reflexions and theoretical perspectives. General Thoughts about the Communal Idea / Amitai Etzioni ; Developmental Communalism into the Twenty-First Century / Donald E. Pitzer ; Theorizing Intentional Community in the Twenty-First Century / Lyman Tower Sargent ; Contemporary Communalism at a Time of Crisis / Graham Meltzer ; Commune and Community: a Socialist Perspective / Yiftah Goldman.
Part 2: The diversity of challenges. Communes and Communities: History and Perspective / Yaacov Oved ; Historical Perspectives on Participation / György Széll ; Community: Greatly Needed but Hard to Achieve / Timothy Miller ; Communal Aspects of Contemporary Life / Shulamit Reinharz ; In the Collective Interest: Job Quality / Chris Warhurst and Katherine Trebeck.
Part 3: A multi-sided praxis. The Communal Idea in 21st Century Australia and New Zealand / Bill Metcalf ; Renewing Traditional Communality / Menachem Topel ; Christian and Messianic Jews' Communes in Israel: Past, Present and Future / Rami Degani and Ruth Kark ; Gender, Power and Equality: Women's Roles in Hutterite Society / Yossi Katz and John C. Lehr.
Part 4: A critical test: the transformation of the Kibbutz. The Reciprocal Relationship between Feminism and Communal Life / Michal Palgi ; Kibbutz Education: Characteristics, Changes and Future Relevance / Maria Fölling-Albers ; Kibbutz: Survival at Risk / Eliezer Ben-Rafael.
