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Homo Academicus Pierre Bourdieu (translated by Peter Collier) Feminism as Critique Seyla Benhabib and Drucilla Cornell (eds). Erving Goffman: Exploring the Interaction Order Paul Drew and Anthony Wootton, (eds). On Durkheim’s Rules of Sociological Method Mike Gane The Shaking of the Foundations Ronald Fletcher Rethinking the Life Cycle Alan Bryman, Bill Bytheway, Patricia Allatt and Teresa Keil The World We Created at Hamilton High Gerald Grant From School to Unemployment: The Labour Market for Young People P. N. Junankar (ed.) Political Parties: Organization and Power Angelo Panebianco Intercorporate Relations: The Structural Analysis of Business Mark S. Mizruchi and Michael Schwartz (eds) A Divided Working Class: Ethnic Segmentation and Industrial Conflict in Australia Constance Lever-Tracy and Michael Ouinlan John Bull’s Island: Immigration and British Society, 1871-1971 Colin Holmes The Burden of Representation: Essays on Photographies and Histories John Tagg Black Culture, White Youth: the Reggae tradition from JA to UK Simon Jones Constructive Drinking: Perspectives on Drink from Anthropology M. Douglas (ed.) Quantity and Quality in Social Research Alan Bryman, Unwin Hyman Exploring Data: An Introduction to Data Analysis for Social Scientists Catherine Marsh     

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Book reviewed in this article: Law and Society: An Introduction by Lawrence M. Friedman. The Evolution of Societies by Talcott Parsons. The Silent Watchdog: The Press in Local Politics by David Murphy. Selected Works: Volume V by Mao Tsetung. Medical Encounters: The Experience of Illness and Treatment by Alan Davis and Gordon Horobin (eds.). Knowledge and Social Imagery by David Bloor. They Don't Speak Our Language: Essays on the Language World of Children and Adolescents by Sinclair Rogers (ed.). Marxism and Politics by Ralph Miliband. Class and Community: The Industrial Revolution in Lynn by Alan Dawley. Part-Time Crime: An Ethnography of Fiddling and Pilferage by Jason Ditton. The Hidden Injuries of Class by Richard Sennett and Jonathan Cobb. Mode of Production and Social Formation by Barry Hindess and Paul Hirst. The Political Economy of Science by H. and S. Rose (eds.). Adolescence and Community: The Youth Service in Britain by John Eggleston. The Labour Aristocracy in Victorian Edinburgh by Robert G. Gray. The Urban Question:A Marxist Approach by Manuel Castells. Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy by Joseph A. Schumpeter. Identity and Structure: Issues in the Sociology of Education by Denis Gleeson (ed.). Progressive Retreat: A Sociological Study of Dartington Hall School 1926–1957 and some of its Former Pupils by Maurice Punch. Reply to Michael Levin's Review of Jaroslav Krejci. Reply to Dr. Krejci's rejoinder     

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Books reviewed in this article: Sociological Theory in Transition, Mark L. Wardell and Stephen P. Turner (eds) The Category of Person, M. Carrithers, S. Collins and S. Lukes (eds) Social Relations and Spatial Structures, Derek Gregory and John Urry (eds) Nicos Poulantzas Marxist Theory and Political Strategy, Bob Jessop The View from Afar, Claude Lévi-Strauss New Approaches to Economic Life, Bryan Roberts, Ruth Finnegan and Duncan Gallie (eds) Cities in Crisis: the political economy of urban development in postwar Britain, Gareth Rees and John Lambert The Politics of Recession, R.W. Johnson Landscapes of Poverty, Jeremy Seabrook The Decline of Class Voting in Britain: Changes in the Basis of Electoral Choice, 1964–1983, Mark N. Franklin How Britain Votes, Anthony Heath, Roger Jowell and John Curtice Skilled Workers In the Class Structure, Roger Penn Managing the Police: Law, Organisation and Democracy, David Bradley, Neil Walker and Roy Wilkie Teachers' Work, R.W. Connell Sociology and School Knowledge: Curriculum theory, research and politics, Geoff Whitty Literacy in theory and practice, Brian V. Street Literacy, Language and Learning, David R. Olson, Nancy Torrance and Angela Hildyard (eds) Urban Rhythms: Pop Music and Popular Culture, Iain Chambers Painting, Language and Modernity, Michael Phillipson Advertising, The Uneasy Persuasion: Its dubious impact on American society, Michael Schudson, 1985 The Childless Marriage: an exploratory study of couples who do not want children, Elaine Campbell Sexuality and its Discontents: Meanings, myths and modern sexualities, Jeffrey Weeks     

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Book reviewed in this article: Public Accountability and the Schooling System: A Sociology of School Board Democracy by William Bacon The Alternative in Eastern Europe by Rudolph Bahro (translated by David Fernbach A Sociology of Industrialisation: An Introduction by David Brown and Michael J. Harrison Farm Life m Northeast Scotland, 1840–1914: The Poor Man's Country by Ian Carter. Pp. xiv + 258, John Donald Computer Models in the Social Sciences by R. B. Coats and A. Parkin Deviant Interpretations by David Downes and Paul Rock (eds.) Poverty and Social Change by Kirsten Grobjerg, David Street and Gerald D. Suttles Main Currents of Marxism by Leszek Kolakowski (translated by P. S. Falla Class and Status in France: Economic Change and Social Immobility Ideology and the Labour Movement by David E. Martin and David Rubinstein (eds.) Property, Paternalism and Power: Class and Control in Rural England by Howard Newby, Colin Bell, David Rose and Peter Saunders The Making of Symbolic Interactionism by Paul Rock Land, Labour and Economic Discourse by Keith Tribe     

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Books reviewed in this article: Victorian Values: Secularism and the size of families, J. A. Banks The Prison and The Factory, D. Melossi and M. Pavarini The Futility of Family Policy Gilbert Y. Steiner Social Contexts of Health, Illness and Patient Care Elliot G. Mishler et al. Children's Sexual Thinking Ronald and Juliette Goldman Realism: An Essay In Interpretation and Social Reality, David Levy Sociology Reinterpreted: An Essay on Method and Vocation, Peter L. Berger and Hansfried Kellner, 1982 Geography, Ideology and Social Concern, D. R. Stoddart (ed.) New Technology and Industrial Relations in Fleet Street, Roderick Martin Biography and Society: The Life History Appnach in the Social Sciences, Daniel Bertaux (ed.) Education in the Soviet Union: Policies and Institutions since Stalin, Mervyn Matthews Home, School and Leisure in the Soviet Union, Jenny Brine, Maureen Perrie and Andrew Sunon (eds) Historical Sociology, Philip Abrams The Dominant Ideology Thesis, Nicholas Abeicrombie Class, Structure and Knowledge, Nicholas Abercrombie Opium and the People: opiate use in nineteenth-century England, Virginia Berridge and Griffith Edwards Educational Subnormality, A Study in Decision Making, Sally Tomlinson A Sociology of Special Education, Sally Tomlinson Industrialization before Industrialization, P. Kreidte, H. Medick, J. Schlumbohm The German Working Class 1888–1933, Richard J. Evans (ed.)     

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Book reviewed in this articles: Pashukanis: Selected Writings on Marxism and the Law by Piers Beirne and Robert Sharlet (eds.) Hierarchy and Society: Anthropological Perspectives on Bureaucracy by Gerald M. Britan and Ronald Cohen (eds.). The Western Isles Today by Judith Ennew. Access to Power. Cross-National Studies of Women and Elites by Cynthia Fuchs Epstein and Rose Laub Coser (eds.). Making the News by Peter Golding and Philip Elliott. The History of Myddle by Richard Gough, ed. Peter Razzell. The History of Myddle by Richard Gough, ed. David Hey. Social Darwinism and English Thought, by Greta Jones. Darwinian Impacts, by D. R. Oldroyd. White-Collar proletariat: The Industrial Behaviour of British Civil Servants, by Michael P. Kelly, Routledge & Kegan Paul, Henley Language, Ethnicity, and Education in Wales by Bud B. Khlief. White Collar Workers in America 1890-1940: A Social-Political History in International Perspective by Jürgen Kocka The Sociology of Literature: Applied Studies, Sociological Review Monograph 26, Edited by Diana Laurenson The Institutions of France Under The Absolute Monarchy 1578-1789 by R. Mousnier. Les Institutions de la France Sous La Monarchie Absolue Vol. 2. Les Organes de létat et la société. Die Herrschaft des Geselzes by Franz Neumann, Suhrkamp Verlag Class Conflict and Sectarianism, The Protestant Working Class and the Belfast Labour Movement, 1868-1920. by Henry Patterson Theories of Underdevelopment by Ian Roxborough The Transition from Capitalism to Socialism by J. D. Stephens Drinking and Alcoholism in Australia: A Power Relations Theory by Margaret Sargent. The State in Western Europe by Richard Scase (ed.) Knowledge, Ideology and the Politics of Schooling Towards a Marxist Analysis of Education by Rachel Sharp. Salvation and Protest by Roy Wallis     

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Book reviewed in this article: Debates in Sociology: David Morgan and Liz Stanley (eds) The Ethics of Social Research: Roger Homan The Politics of Truth: from Marx to Foucault: Michèle Barrett Derrida: A Critical Reader: David Wood (ed.) Baudrillard's Bestiary: Baudrillard and Culture: Mike Gane The Two Sovereigns: Social Contradictions of European Modernity: Keith Tester Narrating Our Pasts: The Social Construction of Oral History: E. Tonkin Other Histories: Kirsten Hastrup (ed.) Introducing Women's Studies: Feminist Theory and Practice: Diane Richardson and Victoria Robinson (eds) Gender and Bureaucracy: M. Savage and A. Witz, (eds) Women's Employment and the Capitalist Family: Ben Fine Of Mice and Women: Aspects of Female Aggression: Kaj Bjordkqvist and Pirkko Niemela (eds) Men In the Public Eye: Jeff Hearn Discovering Men: David Morgan Body Matters: Essays on the Sociology of the Body: Sue Scott and David Morgan, (eds) Youth and Inequality: Inge Bates and George Riseborough, (eds) Down On Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People: David A. Snow and Leon Anderson Race, the City, and the State: Malcolm Cross and Michael Keith, (eds) Symbolic Interactionism and Cultural Studies: The Politics of Interpretation: Norman K. Denzin From Class Structure to the Politics of Pleasure; The Effects of Gramscianism on Cultural Studies: David Harris The Sports Process; A Comparative and Developmental Approach: E. Dunning, J. Maguire and R. Pearton (eds)     

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Books Reviewed in this Article: Patrons and Clients by Ernest Gellner and John Waterbury (eds.). Power and Illness: The Political Sociology of Health and Medical Care by Elliott A, Krause. Profane Culture by Paul Willis. Class and Class Structure by Alan Hunt (ed.). The Rise and Fall of Professionalism: A Sociological Analysis by Magali Sarfatti Larson. The British Right: Conservative and Right Wing Politics in Britain by Neill Nugent and Roger King (eds.). Self-Care in Health by John D. Williamson and Kate Danaher. Work, Culture and Society in Industrialising America: Essays in American Working Class and Social History by Herbert G. Gutman. Sociological Research Methods: An Introduction by Martin Bulmer (ed.). Working Couples by Rhona Rapoport and Robert Rapoport (eds.), with Janice Bumstead. Immigrants and Minorities in British Society by Colin Holmes (ed.). Distribution of Personal Wealth in Britain by A. B. Atkinson and A. J. Harrison. R. D. Laing: His Work and its Relevance for Sociology by Martin Howarth-Williams. Interests and the Growth of Knowledge by Barry Barnes. The Victorian Family by Anthony S. Wohl (ed.). Rural Catalonia under the Franco Regime. The Fate of Regional Culture Since the Spanish Civil War by Edward C. Hansen. The Ideology of Work by P. D. Anthony. Class Conflict and the Industrial Relations Crisis by Colin Crouch. Worker Participation in Europe by J. R. Carby-Hall. Police Work: The Social Organisation of Policing by Peter K. Manning. Real and Imagined Worlds; The Novel and Social Science by Morroe Berger. Low Incomes: Evidence to the Royal Commission on the Distribution of Income and Wealth by The Supplementary Benefits Commission. The Soviet Agrarian Debate–A Controversy in Social Science, 1923–1929 by Susan Gross Solomon.     

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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: Suicides by Jean Baechler. Philosophical Disputes in the Social Sciences, by S. C. Brown (ed.) Social Research and Royal Commissions by M. Bulmer (ed.) Official Discourse by Frank Burton and Pat Carlen The View from Goffman by Jason Ditton (ed.) Greek Homosexuality by K. J. Dover The Sociology of Rock by Simon Frith Marx and Mead: Contributions to a Sociology of knowledge by T. W. Goff Crime and Conflict in English Communities, 1300–1348 by Barbara A. Hanawalt Demystifying Social Statistics, by John Irvine et al. (eds.) For Science in the Social Sciences, by David Papineau Marxism and Class Theory, by Frank Parkin The Material Word: Some Theories of Language and its Limits by David Silverman and Brian Torode Ethics and Society in England: The Revolution in the Social Sciences, 1870–1914 by Reba N. Softer Street Ethnography by Robert S. Weppner (ed.) On Clichés by Anton C. Zijderveld     

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Book reviewed in this article: Undoing the Social: Towards a Deconstructive Sociology Ann Game Reading Ethnographic Research Martyn Hammersley What Has Sociology Achieved? C.G.A. Bryant and N.A. Becker, (eds) Ideology and Utopia: An Introduction to the Sociology of Knowledge Karl Mannheim Knowledge and Politics: The Sociology of Knowledge Dispute Volker Meja and Nico Stehr, (eds) The Myths We Live By R. Samuel and P. Thompson Late Marxism: Adorno or the Persistence of the Dialectic F. Jameson Structures of Capital: The Social Organization of the Economy Sharon Zukin and Paul DiMaggio, (eds) From Boarding House to Bistro: the American Restaurant Then and Now Richard Pillsbury A Tale of Two Industries: The Contraction of Coal and Steel in the North East of England Huw Beynon, Ray Hudson and David Sadler Dependence and Autonomy, Women's Employment and the Family in Calcutta Hilary Standing Being Unemployed in Northern Ireland: An Ethnographic Study Leo Howe The State of Welfare: The Welfare State in Britain Since 1974 John Hills, (ed.) Doing Educational Research Geoffrey Walford, (ed.) Constructing and Reconstructing Childhood: Contemporary Issues in the Sociological Study of Childhood Allison James and Alan Prout, (eds) Young People's Understanding of Society Adrian Furnham and Barrie Stacey Common Culture: Symbolic Work at Play in the Everyday Cultures of the Young P. Willis Music as Social Text John Shepherd Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain 1841–1991 S.W.F. Holloway Social Science Perspectives on Medical Ethics George Weisz, (ed.)     

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Book reviewed in this article: Prospects for the National Health by Paul Atkinson et al. (eds.) Beyond the Sociology of Conflict by David Binns The Working Class in the Labour Market by R. M. Blackburn & Michael Mann Liberalism and Sociology: L. T. Hobhouse and Political Argument in England Class and Hierarchy: The Social Meaning of Occupations by Anthony P. M. Coxon & Charles L. Jones Jamaica Farewell: Jamaican Migrants in London by Nancy Foner Language and control by Roger Fowler et al Language as ideology by Gunther Kress and Robert Hodge Gender Advertisements by Erving Goffman The Political Economy of the Welfare State by Ian Gough Beyond Separation: Further Studies of Children in Hospital by David Hall and Margaret Stacey (eds.) The Sociological Movement in Law by Alan Hunt White-Collar Unionism: The Rebellious Salariat by Clive Jenkins and Barrie Sherman Bureaucracy: The Career of a Concept, by E. Kamenka and M. Krygier (eds.) Western Sociologists on Indian Society by G. R. Madan Science and the Sociology of Knowledge by Michael Mulkay The Idea of Welfare by Robert Pinker The Development of the Modern State: A Sociological Introduction by Gianfranco Poggi Education in Rural America: A Reassesment of Conventional Wisdom by J. P. Sher, (ed.) G. D. H. Cole and Socialist Democracy, by A. W. Wright     

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The New Racism: Conservatives and the Ideology of the Tribe, Martin Barker The Calling of Sociology and Other Essays on the Pursuit of Learning, Edward Shils Sociological Journeys, Essays 1960–1980, Daniel Bell Prosecution in the Public Interest, S.R. Moody and J. Tombs Courts, Prosecution and Conviction, M. McConville and J. Baldwin Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom, W.L. Bennett and M. S. Feldman Conviction: Law, the state and the construction of Justice, D. J. McBarnet Is There a Future for Marxism?, Alex Callinicos Marxism and the Modern State, David Wells Last Managers: Supervisors in Industry and Society, John Child and Bruce Partridge The Foundations of Structuralism: A Critique of Levi-Strauss and the Structuralist Movement, Simon Clarke Leisure in the Industrial Revolution (c. 1780-c. 1880), Hugh Cunningham Popular Culture: Past and Present, B. Waites, T. Bennett and G. Martin (eds) Liturgies and Trials: The Secularization of Religious Language, Richard K. Fenn Urban Political Economy and Social Theory: Critical Essays in Urban Studies, Ray Forrest, Jeff Henderson and Peter Williams (eds) Positivism arid Sociology: Explaining Social Life, P. Halfpenny Family Time and Industrial Time, Tamara K. Hareven Beyond Welfare Capitalism, Ulf Himmelstrand, Goran Ahrne, Leif Lundberg and Lars Lundberg Middle Class African Marriage, Christine Oppong Tragic Drama and Modern Society, J. Orr The State; Industrialisation and Class Formations in India: A Neo-Marxist Perspective on Colonialism, Underdevelopment and Development, Anupam Sen     

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Book reviewed in this article: Wittgenstein and Scientific Knowledge by D. L. Phillips. Racial Disadvantage in Britain by David J. Smith. Language and Materialism:Developments in Semiology and the Theory of the Subject by Rosalind Coward and John Ellis. Sabotage: A Study in Industrial Conflict by Geoff Brown. Rationality, Education and the Social Organization of Knowledge by Chris Jenks (ed.). Aspects of Illness by Robert Dingwall. Common Factors/Vulgar Factions by Jeff Nuttall and Rodick Carmichael. Ruling class, Ruling Culture: Studies of Conflict, Power and Hegemony in Australian Life by R. W. Connell. The Fragmentary Class Structure by K. Roberts, F. G. Cook, S. C. Clark and Elizabeth Semeonoff. Rural Society by Irwin T. Sanders. The Production of Political Television by Michael Tracey. Whose Music? A Sociology of Musical Languages by John Shepherd, Phil Virden, Graham Vulliamy and Trevor Wishart. Big-City Police by Robert M. Fogelson. Retiring to the Seaside by Valerie A. Karn. The Sociology of Power by Roderick Martin. The Lower Middle Class in Britain by Geoffrey Crossick (ed.). Critical Issues in Organizations by Stewart Clegg and David Dunkerley (eds.). Power and Ideology in Education by Jerome Karabel and A. H. Halsey. Estrangement, Alienation and Exploitation: A Sociological Approach to Historical Materialism by John Torrance. Marx's ‘Capital’ and Capitalism Today: Vol. One by Anthony Cutler, Barry Hindess, Paul Hirst and Athar Hussain. The BBC—Public Institution and Private World by Tom Burns. The Myth of Mass Culture by Alan Swingewood.     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Aldridge, Alan Religion in the Contemporary World: A Sociological Introduction
Diamond, Ian and Jefferies, Julie Beginning Statistics: An Introduction for Social Scientists
Girling, Evi, Loader, Ian and Sparks, Richard Crime and Social Change in Middle England: Questions of Order in an English Town
Houtkoop-Steenstra, Hanneke Interaction and the Standardized Survey Interview: The Living Questionnaire
Lee, Raymond M. Unobtrusive Methods in Social Research
Marquand, David and Nettler, Ronald L. (eds) Religion and Democracy
Ann Oakley, Experiments in Knowing: Gender and Method in the Social Sciences
Smaje, Chris Natural Hierarchies: The Historical Sociology of Race and Caste
Wilson, William Julius The Bridge Over the Racial Divide: Rising Inequality and Coalition Politics     

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Book reviewed in this article: International Development: Mestrovic , Stjepan G., with Miroslav Goreta, and Slaven Letica. The Road from Paradise: Prospects for Democracy in Eastern Europe. International Development: Presley , Cora Ann . Kikuyu Women, the Mau Mau Rebellion, and Social Change in Kenya. International Development: Ekins , Paul . A New World Order. International Development: Bernstein , Henry , Ben Crow , and Hazel Johnson (eds.). Rural Livelihoods: Crises and Responses. International Development: Cancian , Frank . The Decline of Community in Zinacantán. International Development: Lewis , Suzanne Grant , and Joel Samoff (eds.). Microcomputers in African Development: Critical Perspectives. Sociology of Agriculture: Bonanno , Alessandro (ed.). The Agricultural and Food Sector in the New Global Era. Sociology of Agriculture: Tweeten , Luther , Cynthia L. Dishon , Wen S. Chern , Naraomi Imamura , and Masaru Morishima (eds.). Japanese and American Agriculture: Tradition and Progress in Conflict. Sociology of Agriculture: Hamlin , Christopher , and Philip T. Shepard . Deep Disagreement in U.S. Agriculture: Making Sense of Policy Conflict. Sociology of Agriculture: Bowler , I. R., C. R. Bryant , and M. D. Nellis (eds.). Contemporary Rural Systems in Transition (vol. 1): Agriculture and Environment. Sociology of Agriculture: Fliegel , Frederick C. Diffusion Research in Rural Sociology: The Record and Prospects for the Future. Sociology of Agriculture: Goreham , Gary A., David L. Watt , and Roy M. Jacobsen (eds.). Sociology of Agriculture: Attebery , Louie W. Sheep May Safely Graze: A Personal Essay on Tradition and a Contemporary Sheep Ranch.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Introduction to the Sociology of Developing Societies Hamza Alavi and Teodor Shanin (eds) Sub-Saharan Africa Chris Allen and Gavin Williams (eds) T.S. Kuhn and Social Science, Barry Barnes. Art Worlds Howard S. Becker Black Youth in Crisis Ernest Cashmore and Barry Troyna (eds) English Country Houses and Landed Estates Heather A. Clemenson In the Active Voice Mary Douglas The Civilized Body P. E. S. Freund Classes, Power and Conflict: Classical and Contemporary Debates Anthony Giddens and David Held (eds) Sport, Culture and Ideology J. Hargreaves (ed.) Social Mobility Anthony Heath Social Mobility: a Study of Social Control and Insatiability Earl Hopper Social Relations and Human Attributes P. Hirst and P. Woolley The Development of Underdevelopment in China: A Symposium Philip C. C. Huang (ed.) A Third World Proletariat? Peter Lloyd The Politics of the Second Electorate: Women and Public Participation J. Lovenduski and J. Hills (eds) Max Weber and Karl Marx Karl Löwith Old Mistresses: Women, Art and Ideology, Rozsika Parker and Griselda Pollock Work and Retirement Stanley Parker The Transition from School to Work Michael West and Peggy Newton (eds)     

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Book reviewed in this article: Review Essay Global Agriculture and Food: Libby , Ronald T. Protecting Markets. Review Essay Global Agriculture and Food: Fletcher , Lehman B. (ed.). World Food in the 1990s: Production, Trade and Aid. Review Essay Global Agriculture and Food: Schmandt , Jurgen , Frederick Williams , Robert H. Wilson , and Sharon Strover (eds.). Telecommunications and Rural Development: A Study of Private and Public Sector Innovation. Review Essay Global Agriculture and Food: Korsching , Peter F., Timothy O. Borich, and Julie Stewart (eds.). Multicommunity Collaboration: An Evolving Rural Revitalization Strategy. Review Essay Global Agriculture and Food: Buse , Rueben C., and James L. Driscoll (eds.). Rural Information Systems: New Directions in Data Collection and Retrieval. Review Essay Global Agriculture and Food: Flora , Cornelia Butler , Jan L. Flora , Jacqueline D. Spears, and Louis E. Swanson, with Mark B. Lapping and Mark L. Weinberg . Rural Communities: Legacy and Change. Rural Development: Straub , Lavonne A., and Norman Walzer (eds.). Rural Health Care: Innovation in a Changing Environment. Rural Development: Reidy , Joseph P. From Slavery to Agrarian Capitalism in the Cotton Plantation South: Central Georgia, 1800–1880. Rural Development: Davidson , Osha Gray . Broken Heartland: The Rise of America's Rural Ghetto. Regional Studies: Cobb , James C. The Most Southern Place on Earth: The Mississippi Delta and the Roots of Regional Identity. Regional Studies: Thompson , Paul B. The Ethics of Aid and Trade: U.S. Food Policy, Foreign Competition, and the Social Contract. International Trade: Dicken , Peter . Global Shift: The Internationalization of Economic Activity (2nd ed.). International Trade: Satzewich , Vic . Racism and the Incorporation of Foreign Labour: Farm Labour Migration to Canada Since 1945. Environmental Issues: Croll , Elisabeth, and David Parkin (eds.). Bush Base, Forest Farm: Culture, Environment and Development. Environmental Issues: Krimsky , Sheldon, and Dominic Golding (eds.). Social Theories of Risk.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Modern Italian Social Theory Richard Bellamy Philosophy and the Human Sciences R.J. Anderson, John A. Hughes and W.W. Sharrock, Croom Helm Thinking about Social Thinking - The Philosophy of the Social Sciences Antony Flew The Nature of Historical Knowledge M. Stanford Theories of Social Change Raymond Boudon The Urbanisation of Capital: Studies in the History and Theory of Capitalist Urbanisation David Harvey Islam and the Destiny of Man G. Eaton, Allen and Unwin Turkey in the World Capitalist System H. Ramazanoglu (ed.) Women in Nineteenth-Century Egypt J.E. Tucker Class, Politics and the Ecorwmy Stewart Clegg, Paul Boreham and Geoff Dow Social Mobility and Social Structure Bogdan Mach and Wlodzimierz Wesolowski, Routledge & Kegan Paul Research Methods for Elite Studies George Moyser and Margaret Wagestaffe (eds) Women's Work, Class, and the Urban Household: A Study of Shimla, North India Ursula Sharma Unemployment under Capitalism: the sociology of British and American Labour Markets D.N. Ashton Young Adults in the Labour Market D.N. Ashton and M. J. Maguire with the assistance of D. Bowden, P. Deliow, S. Kennedy, G. Stanley, G. Woodhead, and B. Jennings The Experierwe of Unemployment Sheila Allen, Alan Waton, Kate PurceU and Stephen Wood (eds) The Future of Democracy Norberto Bobbio Models of Democracy David Held Democratic Socialism in Jamaica: the Political Movement and Social Transformation in Dependent Capitalism Evelyne Huber Stephens and John D. Stephens, Macmiilan New Religious Movements and Rapid Social Change J.A. Beckford (ed.) Sport, Leisure and Social Relations, Sociological Review Monograph 33 John Home, David Jary and Alan Tomlinson (eds) Language and the Nuclear Arms Debate: Nukespeak Today Paul Chilton (ed.)