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Celia Briar, Working for Women? Gendered Work and Welfare Policies in Twentieth Century Britain Rosemary Crompton, Duncan Gallie and Kate Purcell, Changing Forms of Employment Organisations, Skills and Gender Barbara Harrison, ‘Not Only the Dangerous Trades’. Women's Work and Health in Britain, 1880–1914 Suzan Lewis and Jeremy Lewis, The Work — Family Challenge: Rethinking Employment     

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Books reviewed: Jan Joost Teunissen (ed.), Regulatory and Supervisory Challenges in a New Era of Global Finance Isher Judge Ahluwalia and I.M.D. Little (eds), India’s Economic Reforms and Development: Essays for Manmohan Singh Philippe Cadène and Mark Holmström (eds), Decentralized Production in India: Industrial Districts, Flexible Specialization and Employment T. Dijkstra, Trading the Fruits of the Land: Horticultural Marketing Channels in Kenya Stephen Eccles and Catherine Gwin, Supporting Effective Aid: A Framework for Future Concessional Funding of Multilateral Development Banks Patricia Jeffery and Amrita Basu (eds), Appropriating Gender: Women’s Activism and Politicized Religion in South Asia Saskia Everts, Gender and Technology: Empowering Women, Engendering Development Edward and Bridget Dommen, Mauritius: An Island of Success. A Retrospective Study, 1960-1993     

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Books reviewed: Judy Wajcman, Managing Like a Man: Women and Men in Corporate Management. Jane McDermid and Anna Hillyar, Women and Work in Russia 1880–1930: A Study of Continuity through Change. Gail Hershatter, Dangerous Pleasures: Prostitution and Modernity in Twentieth‐Century Shanghai. Yuko Ogasawara, Office Ladies and Salaried Men: Power, Gender and Work in Japanese Companies. Alison Adam, Artificial Intelligence: Gender and the Thinking Machine. David Collins, Organizational Change: Sociological Perspectives.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Agriculture and Development: Albrecht , Don E., and Steve M. Murdock . The Sociology of U.S. Agriculture: An Ecological Perspective. Agriculture and Development: Hallberg , M. C, Jill L. Findeis , and Daniel A. Lass (eds.). Multiple Job-Holding Among Farm Families. Agriculture and Development: Eicher , Carl K., and John M. Staatz (eds.). Agricultural Development in the Third World. Agriculture and Development: Adams , Dale W., and Delbert A. Fitchett (eds.). Informal Finance in Low-Income Countries. Community and Work: Oldenquist , Andrew, and Menachem Rosner (eds.). Community and Work: Fugita , Stephen S., and David J. O'Brien . Japanese American Ethnicity: The Persistence of Community. Community and Work: Colclough , Glenna, and Charles M. Tolbert II. Work in the Fast Lane: Flexibilities, Division of Labor, and Inequality in High Tech Industries. Community and Work: Kemmis , Daniel . Community and the Politics of Place. Community and Work: Murdock , Steve H., and David R. Ellis . Applied Demography: An Introduction to Basic Concepts, Methods, and Data. Community and Work: South , Scott J., and Stewart E. Tolnay (eds.). The Changing American Family: Sociological and Demographic Perspectives. Community and Work: Goodman , David, and Michael Redclift . Refashioning Nature: Food, Ecology and Culture. Machlis , Gary E., and Donald R. Field (eds.). On Interpretation: Sociology for Interpreters of Natural and Cultural History. Community and Work: Mason , Robert J. Contested Lands: Conflict and Compromise in New Jersey's Pine Barrens. Community and Work: Hallberg , Milton C. (ed.). Bovine Somatotropin and Emerging Issues: An Assessment.     

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Books reviewed: Stephen Whitehead and Roy Moodley (eds), Transforming Managers: Gendering Change in the Public Sector Julia O'Connell Davidson, Prostitution, Power and Freedom Su Maddock, Challenging Women Kathleen Weiler and Sue Middleton (eds), Telling Women's Lives Eileen Drew, Ruth Emerek and Evelyn Mahon, Women, Work and the Family in Europe Ian Proctor and Maureen Padfield, Young Adult Women, Work and Family     

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Books reviewed; Jacqueline DeLaat, Gender in the Workplace: A Case Study Approach Jeff Hearn, The Violences of Men Janet L. Finn, Tracing the Veins: Of Copper, Culture, and Community from Butte to Chuquicamata Jill Blackmore, Troubling Women: Feminism, Leadership and Educational Change Kristen A. Myers, Cynthia D. Anderson and Barbara J. Risman (eds), Feminist Foundations: Toward Transforming Sociology Pat Mahoney and Christine Zmroczek (eds), Class Matters: ‘Working‐Class’ Women's Perspectives on Social Class     

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Myra Marx Ferree, Judith Lorber and Beth B. Hess, (eds.) Revisioning Gender Annmarie Adams and Peta Tancred, Designing Women: Gender and the Architecture Profession Belinda J. Carpenter, Re‐Thinking Prostitution: Feminism, Sex, and the Self Joanna Brewis and Stephen Linstead, Sex, Work and Sex Work: Eroticising Organisation     

From Sex Roles to Patriarchy: Recent Developments in the Sociology of Women—A Review Essay*

Bernard, Jessie. 1981. The Female World. New York: Free Press. Epstein, Cynthia Fuchs. 1981. Women in Law. New York: Basic Books. Leghorn, Lisa, and Katherine Parker. 1981. Women's Worth: Sexual Economics and the World of Women. Boston: Routlodgo and Kcgan Paul. Lovenduski, Joni, and Jill Hills, eds. 1981. The Politics of the Second Electorate: Women and Public Participation. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul. Sokoloff, Natalie J. 1980. Between Money and Love: The Dialectics of Women's Home and Market Work. New York: Praeger Publishers. Weitzman, Lenore J. 1981. The Marriage Contract: Spouses, Lovers, and the Law. New York: Free Press.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Women's Employment and the Capitalist Family by Ben Fine. Women, Management and Care by Cordelia Grimwood and Ruth Popplestone. Gendered By Design? Information Technology and Office Systems by Eileen Green, Jenny Owen and Den Pain (eds.). Women and the Work/Family Dilemma: How Today's Professional Women are Finding Solutions by Deborah J. Swiss and Judith P. Walker. Incomparable Worth by Steven E. Rhoads.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Searching for Paradise: Economic Development and Environmental Change in the Mountain West, by Douglas E. Booth. Tangled Routes: Women, Work, and Globalization on the Tomato by Trail, by Deborah Barndt. A Future for Regional Australia: Escaping Global Misfortune, by Ian Gray and Geoffrey Lawrence     

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Family and Society in American History. Getting Out: Life Stories of Women Who Left Abusive Men. Walking a Tightrope: Meeting the Challenges of Work and Family. Ethnicities: Children of Immigrants in America. Medicalized Motherhood: Perspectives From the Lives of African‐American and Jewish Women. Talk of Love: How Culture Matters.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Hermeneutics and Social Science: Approaches to Understanding by Zygmunt Bauman Structure, Consciousness and History by Richard Harvey Brown and Stanford M. Lyman (eds.) The Politics of Legitimacy: Struggles in a Belfast Community by Frank Burton. City, Class and Power by Manuel Castells, translated by Elizabeth Lebas Australian Society. A Sociological Introduction by A. F. Davies, S. Encel and M. J. Berry (eds.) The Bard of Savagery: Thorstein Veblen and Modern Social Theory by John P. Diggins Groups and Individuals: Explanations in Social Psychology by Willem Doise Industry and Labour: Class Struggle at Work and Monopoly Capitalism by Andrew L. Friedman Illegitimacy, Sexuality and the Status of Women by Derek Gill Teachers, Ideology and Control: A Study in Urban Education by Gerald Grace The Liberation of Women: A Study in Patriarchy and Capitalism by Roberta Hamilton Renaissance Man by Agnes Heller The Working Class in Welfare Capitalism: Work, Unions and Politics in Sweden by W. Korpi Power and the State by Gary Littlejohn, Barry Smart, John Wakeford and Nina Yuval-Davies (eds. Marx: Sociology/Social Change/Capitalism by Donald McQuarie (ed) Marx's Theory of Politics by John M. Maguire The Rules of Disorder by P. Marsh, E. Rosser and R. Harré The Dilemmas of Contemporary Religion by David Martin A General Theory of Secularization by David Martin Tragic Realism and Modem Society: Studies in the Sociology of the Novel by John Orr Karl Mannheim's Sociology of Knowledge by A. P. Simonds Ways of the Hand: The Organization of Improvised Conduct by David Sudnow The Personnel Managers: A Study in the Sociology of Work and Employment by Tony J. Watson Social and Cultural Change in Contemporary Wales by Glyn Williams (ed.) The American Ideology: Science, Technology and Organization as Modes of Rationality in Advanced Industrial Societies by H. T. Wilson The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks and Changing American Institutions by William Julius Wilson     

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Book reviewed in this article: In the Way of Women: Men's Resistance to Sex Equality in Organisations by Cynthia Cockburn. The Transformation of Intimacy: Sexuality, Love and Eroticism in Modern Societies by Anthony Giddens. Gender and Bureaucracy by Mike Savage and Anne Witz (eds.) About Time: the Revolution in Work and Family Life by Patricia Hewitt.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Method in Social Science: A Realist Approach Andrew Sayer The Perspective of Ethnomethodology Douglas Benson and John A. Hughes Soeiology, Ethnomethodology and Experience Mary F. Rogers The Social Dimension: European Developments in Social Psychology Henri Tajfel (ed.) Rethinking Cognitive Theory Jeff Coulter Beyond the State? Dominant Theories and Socialist Strategies Boris Frankel War, State and Society M. Shaw (ed.) Prisons and the Process of Justice Andrew Rutherford Regulating Society: Marginality and Social Control in Historical Perspeetive Ephraim H. Mizruchi Terrorism in Northern Ireland Alfred McClung Lee Classes in Contemporary Japan Rob Steven School Leavers and their Prospects: Youth and the Labour Market in the 1980s Kenneth Roberts Unfairly Structured Cities Blair Badcock Urban Social Research: Problems and Prospects (Sociological Review Monograph: 30) 169 Valdo Pons and Ray Francis (eds) Research in the Sociology of Work, Volume 2 I.H. Simpson and R.L. Simpson (eds) Work and Family: Changing Roles of Men and Women P. Voydanoff (ed.) Women and Education S. Acker, J. Megarry, S. Nisbet and E. Hoyle (eds) Talk: An Analysis of Speech and Non-Verbal Behaviour in Conversation Geoffrey Beattie British Social Attitudes. The 1984 Report R. Jowell and C. Airey (eds) The Age of the Dream Palace: Cinema and Society in Britain 1930-1939 Jeffrey Richards     

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Book reviewed in this article: Social Theory and Modern Sociology Anthony Giddens A Reconstruction of Historical Materialism Jorge Larrain Place, Practice and Structure: Social and Spatial Transformations in Southern Sweden: 1750–1850 Allan Pred New Forms of Democracy David Held and Christopher Pollitt, (eds) Women and European Politics Joni Lovenduski Women of Europe Elizabeth Vallance and Elizabeth Davies Becoming a Feminist: The Social Origins of First Wave Feminism Olive Banks Justice for Women? Family, Court and Social Control Mary Eaton Women, Violence and Social Control Jalna Hammer and Mary Maynard The British Worker Question: A New Look at Workers and Productivity in Manufacturing Theo Nichols Routledge & Kegan Paul. The Enemy Within: Pit Villages and the Miners' Strike of 1984–5 R. Samuel, B. Bloomfield and G. Boanas (eds) Thurcroft: a Village and the Miners' Strike The Miners' Strike 1984-5: Loss without Limit M. Adeney and J. Lloyd German White-Collar Workers and the Rise of Hitler Hans Speier Democracy and Control in the Workplace Ed Davis and Russell Lansbury Towards a New Industrial Democracy: Workers' Participation in Industry Michael Poole, Routledge & Kegan Paul Unemployment: Personal and Social Consequences Stephen Fineman (ed.) Unions, Unemployment and Innovation Eric Batstone and Stephen Gourlay Public Acceptance of New Technologies. An International Review Roger Williams and Stephen Mills (eds) Education for Some: The Educational and Vocational Experiences of 15–18 Year Old Members of Minority Ethnic Origins John Eggleston, David Dunn, Mahdu Anjali The Power of Psychiatry Peter Miller and Nikolas Rose (eds) Love as Passion: the Codification of Intimacy Niklas Luhmann Quest for Excitement: Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process Norbert Elias and Eric Dunning All Work and No Play? The Sociology of Women and Leisure Rosemary Deem The Pub and the People A Worktown Study by Mass Observation Ageing and Social Policy C. Phillipson and A. Walker (eds)     

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Books reviewed: Ann Brooks and Alison Mackinnon (eds.), Gender and the Restructured University Deborah Cameron, Good to Talk? Living and Working in a Communication Culture Jody Miller, One of the Guys: Girls, Gangs and Gender David D. Hall(ed.), Witch–hunting in Seventeenth–century New England: A Documentary History 1638–1693 Carla Freeman, High Tech and High Heels in the Global Economy: Women, Work, and Pink Collar Identities in the Caribbean     

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Books reviewed: Carol Miller and Shahra Razavi (eds), Missionaries and Mandarins: Feminist Engagement with Development Institutions Joel F. Handler and Lucie White (eds), Hard Labor: Women and Work in the Post‐Welfare Era K. Kempadoo and J. Doezema, Global Sex Workers: Rights, Resistance, and Redefinition Paul Iles, Managing Staff Selection and Assessment Danusia Malina and Sian Maslin‐Protheroe, Surviving the Academy: Feminist Perspectives Jim Stewart, Employee Development Practice     

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The Black Family: Essays and Studies (6th edition). Robert Staples (Ed). Premarital Prediction of Marital Quality or Breakup: Research, Theory, and Practice. Thomas B. Holman. Growing Up Protestant: Parents, Children, and Mainline Churches. Margaret Lamberts Bendroth. Family and Community in Ireland. Conrad M. Arensberg & Solon T. Kimball (with a new introduction by Anne Byrne, Ricca Edmondson, & Tony Varley). America's Childcare Problem: The Way Out. Suzanne W. Helburn & Barbara R. Bergmann. Marriage: Just a Piece of Paper? Katherine Anderson, Don Browning, & Brian Boyer (Eds.). Women, Work, and Family: Balancing and Weaving. Angela Hattery. Starting at Home: Caring and Social Policy. Nel Noddings. Putting Work in Its Place: A Quiet Revolution. Peter Meiksins & Peter Whalley.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Rantalaiho, Liisa and Heiskanen, Tuula (eds), Gendered Practices in Working Life O'Reilly, Jacqueline and Fagan, Colette (eds), Part‐Time Prospects: An International Comparison of Part‐Time Work in Europe, North America and the Pacific Rim Brosnan, Mark, Technophobia: The Psychological Impact of Information Technology Wright, Rosemary, Women Computer Professionals: Progress and Resistance Popay, Jennie, Hearn, Jeff and Edwards, Jeanette (eds), Men, Gender Divisions and Welfare     

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Women, Work and Care of the Elderly. Elizabeth A. Watson & Jane Mears. Conflict and Cohesion in Families: Causes and Consequences. Martha J. Cox & Jeanne Brooks‐Gunn (Eds.). Marriage in a Culture of Divorce. Karla B. Hackstaff. Ethics in American Adoption. L. Anne Babb. Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief. Pauline Boss. Violence in Intimate Relationships. Ximena B. Arriaga & Stuart Oskamp (Eds.). Work and Family: Research Informing Policy. Toby L. Parcel & Daniel B. Cornfield (Eds.). Mothers at Work: Effects on Children's Well‐Being. Lois W. Hoffman & Lisa M. Youngblad. The Changing Transition to Adulthood: Leaving and Returning Home. Francis Goldscheider & Calvin Goldscheider. Handbook of Attachment: Theory, Research, and Clinical Applications. Jude Cassidy & Phillip R. Shaver (Eds.). Handbook of the Sociology of Gender. Janet Saltzman Chafetz (Ed.). Gender, Emotion, and the Family. Leslie Brody. West Meets East: Americans Adopt Chinese Children. Richard Tessler, Gail Gamache, & Liming Liu. Understanding Elder Abuse in Minority Populations. Toshio Tatara (Ed.). Revolutions of the Heart: Gender, Power and the Delusions of Love. Wendy Langford. Aging and Male Sexuality. Raul C. Schiavi. Nowhere to Grow: Homeless and Runaway Adolescents and Their Families. Les B. Whitbeck & Dan R. Hoyt. Weaving Work and Motherhood. Anita Ilta Garey. Queer Family Values: Debunking the Myth of the Nuclear Family. Valerie Lehr.