The issue 1/2009 starts with an essay by Emmanuel Lazega (Cooperation among Competitors. Its Social Mechanisms through Network Analyses) and an other by Josée Johnston and Shyon Baumann (Tension in the Kitchen. Explicit and Implicit Politics in the Gourmet Foodscape), both followed by several comments. Marco Santoro edit the second part of the Symposium on "The International Circulation of Sociological Ideas: The Case of Pierre Bourdieu", with articles about his presence in the sociological disciplines in China, Canada, Israeli, in the German-speaking area, in Brazil. Some book reviews complete the issue.

The Essays section of issue 3/2008 presents an essay by Alessandro Pizzorno on democracy and the public sphere as well as a dialogue between David Sciulli (Revisionism in Sociology of Professions Today. Conceptual Approaches by Larson) and Magali Sarfatti Larson. Maurizio Pisati and Mario Lucchini edit a Symposium on the relationship between the natural and the social sciences, with essays by Jeremy Freese, Mario Lucchini, Eleonora Montuschi, François Nielsen, Stephen K. Sanderson, Jonathan H. Turner and Alexandra Maryanski. Luca Guizzardi writes on Perché la relazione pura? L’amore tra la virtualità della struttura e l’attualizzazione della pratica (“Flashback”). Some book reviews complete the issue.

In issue 2/2008, Omar Lizardo (The Question of Culture Consumption and Stratification Revisited) and Neil McLaughlin (Collaborative Circles and Their Discontents) open the debates in the "Essays" section, while the "Symposium", edited by Marco Santoro, focuses on "The International Circulation of Sociological Ideas: The Case of Pierre Bourdieu." After this, Giulia Sinatti writes on The Polish Peasant Revisited. Thomas and Znaniecki’s Classic in the Light of Contemporary Transnational Migration Theory ("Flashback"), and Peter Carrington and Haiko Lietz carry on the discussion on Harrison White's Notes on the Constituents of Social Structure, started on issue 1/2008. An article on The Social Mechanisms of Trust by Davide Barrera ("Focus") and several books review complete the issue.

In the issue 1/2008, the Essays section offers articles by Fine, Harrington and Segre on Politics in the Public Sphere, and Swedberg on The Centrality of Materiality, each followed by several comments. The "Flashback" focuses on Notes on the Constituents of Social Structure, by Harrison C. White, one of those rare texts which can influence generations of scholars without ever being published, while the "Focus" contains a paper by Squazzoni on The Micro-Macro Link in Social Simulation. After, a new section, "Commentary", dedicated to cross-issues debates: this time, continues the discussion on Goldthorpe's Cultural Capital. Some book reviews complete the number.

In the issue 3/2007, the Essays section offers articles by Warde (Does taste still serve power?) and Ostrom (Collective action and local development process), each followed by several comments, while the Symposium focuses on "Narratives, Temporality and Sociology", with papers by Barbera and Santoro, Griffin, Kiser and Welser, Levi, Abell, White and Godart. The Focus section presents an article by Steinmetz on The historical sociology of historical sociology, and some book reviews complete the issue.

In issue 2/2007, the Essays section presents articles by Andrew  Abbott - about mechanisms and social relations - and John Goldthorpe - on the concept of cultural capital - together with several comments; in the Symposium section the discussion on the role of  sociology is carried forth by five new essays. The Focus section offers a critical outlook on the convergence of  political economy and network analysis by Mark Mizruchi, while the  Flashback presents articles from Filippo Barbera, Mark Granovetter and Jean-Louis Laville. The issue is completed by some book reviews.

In the first issue of "Sociologica - Italian journal of sociology on line", the scientific aims of the journal are outlined in the editorial, where the journals structure is also illustrated in its periodical sections and other parts of the website that are updated with greater frequency. The first issue contains articles by Burawoy, Hedström and Wilde, a discussion about sociology as it is presented in recent contributions by Boudon, Burawoy and Golthorpe, and a critical review on industrialisation and standardisation in the cultural industry by Timothy Dowd. The issue, moreover, offers a new reading of James Coleman's review of Studies in Ethnomethodology by Harold Garfinkel (1968) and a number of other book reviews.