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Book reviewed in this article: The Conscience of Capitalism: Business Social Responsibility to Communities, by Te rry L. Besser The Social Risks of Agriculture: Americans Speak Out on Food, Farming, and the Environment, by Ronald C. Wimberley, Craig K. Harris, Joseph J. Molnar, and Terry J. Tomazic. Sociological Theory and the Environment: Classical Foundations, Contemporary Insights, edited by Riley Dunlap, Frederick Buttel, Peter Dickens and August Gijswijt Mama Learned Us To Work: Farm Women in the New South, by Lu Ann Jones Federalism in the Forest: National versus State Policy, Tomas M. Koontz     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Hidden America: Social Problems in Rural America for the Twenty‐First Century, edited by Robert M. Moore. Unpacking Culture: Art and Commodity in Colonial and Postcolonial Worlds, edited by Ruth B. Phillips and Christopher B. Steiner. In the Company of Neighbours: Revitalizing Community Through Action Research, by C. Kenneth Banks and J. Marshall Mangan. The Rise of the Agricultural Welfare State: Institutions and Interest Group Power in the United States, France and Japan, by Adam D. Sheingate. Hungry for Profit: The Agribusiness Threat to Farmers, Food and the Environment, edited by Fred Magdoff, John Bellamy Foster, and Frederick H. Buttel. Beyond Equilibrium Theory: Theories of Social Action and Social Change Applied to a Study of Power Sharing in Transition, by M. Ross De‐Witt. Transnational Peasants: Migrations, Networks, and Ethnicity in Andean Ecuador, by David Kyle. Women and Power: Fighting Patriarchies and Poverty, by Janet Townsend, Emma Zapata, Jo Rowlands, Pilar Alberti, and Marta Mercado. Men at Work: Labour, Masculinities, Development, edited by Cecile Jackson.     

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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: Modern Social Theory: Erom Parsons to Habermas Ian Craib The Theory of Cimmnmieative Action, Volume One: Reason and the Rationalisation of Soeiety Jurgen Habermas Phihsophical-Political Profiles Jurgen Habermas The Rise and Fall of Structural Marxism Ted Benton Force, Fate, and Freedom: On Historical Sociology Reinhard Bendix Languages of Class: Studies in English Working Class History 1832-1982 Gareth Stedman Jones Political Leadership and Nihilism. A Study of Weber and Nietzsche Robert Eden Max Webers Insights and Errors Stanislav Andreski The Limits of Rationality: An Essay on the Social and Moral Thought of Max Weber Rogers Brubaker Seledion, Certification and Control Patricia Broadfoot (ed.) Schooling for the Dole: The New Vocationalism Inge Bates, John Clark Juvenile Delinquency: Trends and Perspectives Michael Rutter and Henri Giller, n.p., 432 pp The Welfare State in Crisis Remesh Mishra Health and Work under Capitalism: An International Perspective Vincente Navarro and Daniel N. Herman Women at Work George Joseph, P. Allan Religion and Social Theory Bryan S. Turner On Being a Mother Mary Georgina Boulton The Managed Heart Arlie Russell Hochschild Saints and their Cults, Studies in Religious Sociology, Folklore and History Stephen Wilson (ed.) Taking Soaps Seriously: The World of Guiding Light Michael Jame     

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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: TAIAIAKE ALFRED, Peace, Power, Righteousness: An Indigenous Manifesto. DAVID COBURN, CARL D'ARCY and GEORGE M. TORRANCE (eds.), Health and Canadian Society: Sociological Perspectives. STEWART CRYSDALE, ALAN J.C. KING, NANCY MANDELL et al., On Their Own? Making the Transition from School to Work in the Information Age. MICHAEL DORLAND, So Close to the State/s: The Emergence of Feature Film Policy. SIMON HOLDAWAY and PAUL ROCK, Thinking about Criminology. FREDERIC L. PRYOR and DAVID L. SCHAFFER, Who's Not Working and Why: Employment, Cognitive Skills, Wages, and the Changing U.S. Labor Market. TERENCE RANGER, Voices from the Rocks: Nature, Culture & History in the Matopos Hills of Zimbabwe. DANIEL J. ROBINSON, The Measure of Democracy: Polling, Market Research, and Public Life 1930–1945. GERTRUDE J. ROBINSON, Constructing the Quebec Referendum: French and English Media Voices. HIRA SINGH, Colonial Hegemony and Popular Resistance: Princes, Peasants, and Paramount Power. DOROTHY E. SMITH, Writing the Social: Critique, Theory and Investigations. LIEVE SPAAS (ed.), Paternity and Fatherhood: Myths and Realities.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Faces of Feminism: A Study of Feminism as a Social Movement, Olive Banks Small Entrepreneurs in Changing Europe: Towards a Research Agenda, Jeremy Boissevan The Entrepreneurial Middle Class, Richard Scase and Robert Goffee The Logic of Social Action. An Introduction to Sociological Analysis, Raymond Boudon The Unintended Consequences of Social Action, Raymond Boudon Thinking Photography, Victor Burgin (ed.) The Politics of Pop Festivals, Michael Clarke One For the Money: Politics and Popular Song, Dave Harker Karl Marx's Theory of History: A Defence, G. A. Cohen Cooking, Cuisine and Class, Jack Goody The German Social Democratic Party, W. L. Guttsman The Creation of World Poverty, An Alternative View to the Brandt Report, Teresa Hayter The Bureaucratic Leviathan–A Study in the Sociology of Communism, Maria Hirszowicz Culture and Society in Contemporary Europe: A Casebook, S. Hoffman and P. Kitromiledes (eds) Advances in Social Theory and Methodology: Towards an Integration of Micro- and Macro-Sociologies, Karin Knorr-Cetina and Aaron Cicourel, (eds) Johnsonville: Continuity and Change in a New Zealand Township, David Pearson An Island Polity: the archaeology of exploitation in Melos, Colin Renfrew and Malcolm Wagstaff (eds) On Becoming a Rock Musician, H. Stith Bennet The Population History of England 1541–1871: A Reconstruction E. A. Wrigley and R. S. Schofield Policing the City, Rob Mawby Frames of Meaning: The Social Construction of Extraordinary Science, H.M. Collins and T.J. Pinch Field Research: A Sourcebook and Field Manual, Ed. Robert G. Burgess The History of Marxism: vol I, Marxism in Marx's Day, Ed. E. J. Hobsbawm Modern Interpretations of Marx, Tom Bottomore Ed. Hooligans or Rebels? An Oral History of Working-Class Childhood and Youth 1889–1939, Stephen Humphries Housing and Identity – cross-cultural Perspectives Ed. James S. Duncan.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Book reviews are indexed in the Book Review Index Contemporary Hermeneutics by Josey Bleicher. Higher Education for the Future by Charles Carter. Process and Structure in Higher Education by Tony Becher and Maurice Kogan. The University Teacher and his World by Richard Startup. Working Class Culture: Studies in History and Theory by John Clarke, Chas Crichter, and Richard Johnson (ed.). The Sociology of Belief: Fallacy and Foundation by Keith Dixon The Microelectronics Revolution: the Complete Guide to the New Technology and its Impact on Society by Tom Forester (ed.) The Computerisation of Society: A report to the President of France. by Simon Nora and Alain Mine. The Sociology of Literature by John Hall. Marxism, Ideology and Literature by Cliff Slaughter. Origins and Destinations: Family, Class and Education in Modern Britain by A. H. Halsey, A. F. Heath, J. M. Ridge. Work, Society and Politics: The Culture of the Factory in Later Victorian England by Patrick Joyce. The Concept of Ideology by Jorge Larrain. Bastardy and its Comparative History by P. Laslett, K. Oosterveen and R. Smith (eds.). TUC: the Growth of a Pressure Group 1868–1976 by Ross M. Martin. State Housing in Britain by Stephen Merrett. Housing, Social Policy and the State by Joseph Melting (ed.). The Control of Work by John Purcell and Robin Smith (eds.). Masters, Unions and Men: Work Control in Building and the Rise of Labour 1830–1914 by Richard Price. The Sociology of Welfare: Social Policy, Stratification and Political Order by Graham Room. Rubbish Theory: The Creation and Destruction of Value by Michael Thompson. Women, Work and Family by L. A. Tilly and J. W. Scott.     

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Skeggs, Beverley, Formations of Class and Gender Duncan, Simon and Edwards, Rosalind (eds), Single Mothers in an International Context: Mothers or Workers? Evans, Mary, Introducing Contemporary Feminist Thought Ferguson, Marjorie and Golding, Peter (eds), Cultural Studies in Question Gauntlett, D., Video Critical: Children, the Environment and Media Power Newman, F. and Holzman, I., The End of Knowing: A New Developmental Way of Learning Pawson, Ray and Tilley, Nick, Realistic Evaluation Layder, Derek, Modern Social Theory: Key Debates and New Directions Grint, Keith and Woolgar, Steve, The Machine at Work: Technology, Work and Organization Green, Judith, Risk and Misfortune: The Social Construction of Accidents Pile, Steve and Keith, Michael (eds), Geographies of Resistance Rolston, Bill, Drawing Support: Murals in the North of Ireland Rolston, Bill, Drawing Support 2: Murals of War and Peace Green, S.J.D. and Whiting, R.C. (eds), The Boundaries of the State in Modern Britain Bewes, Timothy, Cynicism and Postmodernity     

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Book reviewed in this article: Development and Social Change in Yugoslavia: Crises and Perspec-tives of Building a Nation by Peter Jambrek. The Family: Its Structures and Functions edited by Rose L. Coser. Prisoners of Society: Attitudes and Aftercare by Martin Davies. Class, Codes and Control, Volume 3, Towards a Theory of Educational Transmissions by Basil Bernstein. Leisure and the Family Life Cycle by Rhona Rapoport and Robert N. Rapoport. Agrarian Reform and Agrarian Reformism: Studies of Peru, Chile, China and India edited by David Lehmann. Sociological Theory: Uses and Unities by Stephen Mennell. Central Ideas in Sociology by David Berry. Hidden Myth by V. L. Leymore. Education, Eqitality and Society, edited by Bryan R. Wikon. British Political Sociology Yearbook, Vol. II; The Politics of Race edited by Ivor Crewe. The Savage in Literature by Brian V. Street. Industrial Behcaiiour: Theoretical Development since Taylor by Michael Rose. Race and Labour in London Transport by D. Brooks. Image and Influence: Studies in the Sociology of Film by Andrew Tudor. The Origins of the Liberal Welfare Reforms by J. R. Hay. Regulating the Poor by F. F. Piven and R. A. Cloward. Law and State: The Case of Northern Ireland by K. Boyle, T. Hadden and P. Hillyard. Lives of Labour: Work in a Maturing Industrial Society by Peter N. Steams. Against Method: Outline of an Anarchistic Theory of Knowledge by Paid Feyerabend. Evidence and Explanation in Social Science by Gerald Studdert-Kennedy. Worker' Participation in Industry by M. Poole. The Sociology of Entile Durkheim by Robert A. Nisbet. Form and Content in Industrial Democracy by F. E. Emery and Einar Thorsrud. The Development of the West of Scotland: 1750–1960 by Anthony Slaven. Hermeneutic Philosophy and the Sociology of Art: An Approach to Some of the Epistemologicd Problems of the Sociology of Knowledge and the Sociology of Art by Janet Wolff. People on the Move edited by Leszek A. Kosinsid and R. Mansell Prothero.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The American Occupational Structure by Peter M. Blau and Otis Dudley Duncan Social Work with the Mentally Subnormal by F. Joan Todd The State oj Psychiatry by Aubrey Lewis Inquiries in Psychiatry by Aubrey Lewis The Oldest Profession: A History of Prostitution by Lujo Basscrraann The Computer and the Clerk by Enid Mutnford and Olive Banks Working with Unattached Yoiith: Problem, Approach, Method by George W. Goetschius and M. Joan Tash The Sharing of Power in a Psychiatric Hospital by R. Rubenstein and H. D. Lasswell Adopted Children: How They Grow Up by Alexina McWhinnie Law, Morality and Religion in a Secular Society by Basil Mitchell Voprosy Filosofii (Questions of Philosophy), Monthly Review published by the Academy of Sciences of the USSR The Sociology of Religion: A Study of Chnstendom, Vol. III. The Universal Church by Werner Stark The Myth of the Machine: Technics and Human Development by Lewis Mumford Sovet Sociology, Historical Antecedants and Current Appraisals, ed. with an introduction by Alex Simirenko Catholic Action in Italy: The Sociology of a Sponsored Organization by Gianfranco Poggi Themes in Economic Anthropology edited by R. Firth Eighteenth-Century Optimism: A Study of the Interrelations of Moral and Social Theory in English and French Thought between 1986 and 1987 by Charles Vereker     

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Books reviewed in this article: Essays on the History of British Sociological Research, M. Bulmer (ed.) Three Sociological Traditions, Randall Collins Macro Sociological Theory: Perspectives on Sociological Theory Vol. I, H.J. Helle and S.N. Eisenstadt (eds) Micro Sociological theory: Perspectives on Sociological Theory Vol. II, H.J. Helle and S.N. Eisenstadt (eds) Powers and Liberties: The Causes and Consequences of the Rise of the West, John A. Hall Talcott Parsons and the Capitalist Nation-State, William Buxton G.H. Mead. A Contemporary Re-Examination of his Thought, Hans Joas Language, Structure and Reproduction. An Introduction to the Sociology of Basil Bernstein, Paul Atkinson Measuring Culture: A Paradigm for the Analysis of Social Organisation, Jonathan L. Gross and Steve Rayner Food in the Social Order, Mary Douglas (ed.) Classes, Erik Olin Wright Annals of the Labouring Poor, K.D.M. Snell Beyond Employment: Household, Gender and Subsistence, Nanneke Redclift and Enzo Mingione (eds.) Women's Working Lives: Patterns and Strategies, Susan Yeandle On Women, Sexuality and Love, Georg Simmel, translated and with an introduction by Guy Oakes A Woman's Place, An Oral History of Working-Class Women 1890–1940, Elizabeth Roberts The Autobiography of the Working Class: An Annotated, Critical Bibliography. Volume 1: 1790–1900, John Burnett, David Vincent and David Mayall (eds) The Sociology of Law, Roman Tomasic Legal Systems and Social Systems, Adam Podgorecki, Christopher J. Whelan and Dinesh Khosla The Politics of the Police, Robert Reiner European Immigration Policy: A Comparative Study, Tomas Hammar (ed.) The Elementary Forms of the New Religious Life, Roy Wallis The Need for Religious Certainty: A Sociological Study of Conventional Religion, Robert Towler No Pope of Rome: Militant Protestantism in Modern Scotland, Steve Bruce American Journal of Islamic Studies, Volume 1, No 1, 1984, S.S. Nyang (ed.) The Armenian Quarter of Jerusalem, V. Azarya Islamic Sociology, I. Ba-Yunus and F. Ahmad Categories of Medieval Culture, A. J. Gurevich (translated by G.L. Campbell) Science for Social Scientists, John Law and Peter Lodge The Intellectual and Social Organization of the Sciences, Richard Whitley Framing Science: The Making of a BBC Documentary, Roger Silverstone     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Research Relationship G. Clare Wenger, (ed.) Classic Disputes in Sociology R. J. Anderson, J. A. Hughes and W. W. Sharrock (eds) Social Theory Today Anthony Giddens and Jonathan Turner (eds) Sociology and Social Welfare Michael Sullivan, Allen and Unwin Comparative Anthropology Ladislav Holy, (ed.) Essays on Individualism: Modern Ideology in Anthropological Perspective Louis Dumont The Imaginary Institution of Society Cornelius Castoriadis, trans. Property Andrew Reeve, Macmillan, Basingstoke Myths of the Chicago School of Sociology Lee Harvey Towards A Critique of Foucault Mike Gane (ed.) Family Life in Western Societies J. E. Goldthorpe Reproducing Families: The Political Economy of English Population History David Levine Family Fortunes: Men and Women of the English Middle Class 1780–1850 Leonore Davidoff and Catherine Hall Love in America: Gender and Self Development Francesca M. Cancian Neighbours: The Work of Philip Abrams Martin Bulmer (ed.) Ritualised Friendship and the Greek City Gabriel Herman Medical Power and Social Knowledge Bryan S. Turner Social Hygiene in Twentieth Century Britain Greta Jones, Croom Helm From Farming to Biotechnology. A Theory of Agro-Industrial Development David Goodman, Bernardo Sorj and John Wilkinson Workplace Industrial Relations and Technical Change W. W. Daniel Managing the Factory P. K. Edwards The Politics of the UCS Work-in John Foster and Charles Woolfson Redundancy and Recession in South Wales C. C. Harris Recession, Crime and Punishment Steven Box Crisis and Transition: Polish Society in the 1980s Jadwiga Koralewicz, Ireneusz Bialecki and Margaret Watson (eds) The Roots of Football Hooliganism Eric Dunning, Patrick Murphy and John Williams, Routledge and Kegan Paul Music and Society; The Politics of Composition, Performance and Reception R. Leppert and S. McClary (eds)     

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Book Reviewed in this article Power and Authority in the Public Schools (1700–1850) by Eric Dunning Marxism and Literary Criticism by T. Eagleton The Socialist Industrial State—Towards a Political Sociology of State Socialism by David Lane Change, Choice and Conflict in Social Policy by P. Hall, H. Land, R. Parker and A. Webb Sociology and Social Policy by Peter Townsend On Trotskyism: Problems of Theory and History by Kostas Mavrakis, 1973. French edition translated by John McGreal Policy and the Polytechnics by Lex Donaldson Rethinking Symbolism by Dan Sperber, translated by Alice L. Morton The Rise of the Mediocracy by David Tribe The Rise of the Medical Profession: A Study of Collective Social Mobility by Noel Parry and Jose Parry The Reorganised National Health Service by Ruth Levitt Rôle Structure and Analysis of the Family by F. Ivan Nye, et al. Team Care in General Practice by Geoffrey Marsh and Peter Kaim-Caudle Stalinism and After by Alec Nove Change in Contemporary South Africa edited by Leonard Thomson and Jeffrey Butler Sodd Structure in Divided Gemumy by Jaroslav Krejci Trade Unions and Revolution: The Industrial Politics of the Early British Communist Party by James Hinton and Richard Hyman Migrants and Refugees: Muslim and Christian Pakistani Families in Bristol by Patricia Jeffrey An Invitation to Critical Sociology: Involvement, Criticism, Exploration by D. A. Hansen Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century by Harry Braverman Socialist Ownership and Political Systems by Wlodzimierz Brus, translated by R. A. Clarke An Introduction to Medical Sociology by Davki Tuckett (ed.) Capitalism in Crisis: Inflation and the State by Andrew Gamble and Paul Walton Social Science and the Ignoble Savage by R. L. Meek Medical Sociology: A General Systems Approach by L. S. Robertason and M. C. Heagarty     

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Book reviewed in this article: Charles Booth on the City: Physical Pattern and Social Structure, edited with an Introduction by Harold W. Pfautz Methodology in Social Research, edited by Hubert M. and Ann Blalock The Social Meanings of Suicide by Jack D. Douglas Working Class Community: Some general notions raised by a series of studies in northern England by Brian Jackson Role Theory: Concepts and Research edited by Bruce J. Biddle and Edwin J. Thomas The Enterprise in Transition: An Analysis of European and American Practice by H. van der Haas Social Class, Language and Education by Denis Lawton Family and Community in Ireland by C. M. Arensberg and S. T. Kimball Autonomous Group Functioning: An Exploration in Behaviour Theory and Measurement by P. G. Herbst The Sexual Context of Premarital Sexual Permissiveness by Ira L. Reiss Social Interaction: Process and Products by M. Sherif The Sociology of the School by M. D. Shipman The Discovery of Grounded Theory: Strategies for Qualitative Research by B. G. Glaser and A. L. Strauss Influences on Parent Behaviour by Lois M. Stolz Mobility of Farm Families: a study of occupational and residential mobility in an upland area of England by J. S. Nalson Scientific Sociology: Theory and Method by David Wilier The Emergent American Society Vol. i, Large-Scale Organizations (eds.) W. L. Warner, D. B. Unwalla and J. H. Trimm Vulnerable Children, Three Studies of Children in Conflict: Accident Involved Children, Sexually Assaulted Children and Children with Asthma by L. Burton Power, Politics and People: The Collected Essays of C. Wright Mills edited by I. L. Horowitz Military Organisation and Society by Stanislav Andreski The Family in Social Context by Gerald R. Leslie The Social Context of the School by S. John Eggleston     

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Book reviewed in this article: Robert Maclver on Community, Society and Power, selected writings edited and with an introdution by Leon Bramson. Longitudinal Studies and the Social Sciences by W. D. Wall and H. L. Williams. Crime, Police, and Race Relations: A Study in Birmingham by John R. Lambert. Family, Class and Education: A Reader edited by Maurice Craft. Family, Class and Education: A Reader edited by maurice Craft. Social Mobility and Political Change by Ioan Davies. Social Stress edited by Sol Levine and Norman A. Scotch. Sociology in Britain: A Suvey of Research by Ernest Krausz. Polls, Television, and the New Politics by Harold Mendelsohn and Irving Crespi. Social Work and the Sociology of Organizations by Gilbert Smith. The Sociology of Progress by Leslie Sklair. The Legacy of Max Weber by L. M. Lachmann. The Moral Development of Children by N. Williams and S. Williams. Rationality edited by Bryan R. Wilson. Adolescent Needs and the Transition from School to Work by Joan Maizels. Sociology in its Place and Other Essays by W. G. Runciman. Sociology and Social Work: Perspectives and Problems by Brian J. Heraud.     

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Self and Social Context by Ray Holland. The Deferential Worker by Howard Newby. Society and Social Policy by Ramesh Mishra. Urban Sociology in an Urbanized Society by J. R. Mellor. Learning to Labour: How Working Class Kids Get Working ClassJobs by Paul E. Willis. Communication and Learning in Small Groups by Douglas Barnes and Frankie Todd. Work, Race and Immigration by Sheila Allen, Stuart Bentley and Joanna Bornat. Christian Democracy in Western Germany. The CDU/CSU in Government and Opposition, 1945–76 by Geoffrey Pridham. The Sociology of Knowledge:An Essay in aid of a Deeper Understanding of the History of Ideas by Werner Stark. Mining and Social Change by Martin Bulmer (ed.). Clergy, Ministers and Priests by Stewart Ranson. Antonio Gramsci and the Revolution that Failed by Martin Clark. The Social Impact of the Telephone by Ithiel de Sola Pool (ed.). Reconstructing Historical Communities by Alan Macfarlane. Cultural Creation by Lucien Goldmann. The Sociology of Industry by S. R, Parker, R. K. Brown, J. Child and M. A. Smith. Philosophy and Methodology in the Social Sciences by Barry Hindess. Lenin's Political Thought—Vol. I: Theory and Practice in the Democratic Revolution by Neil Harding. The Social Contexts of Method by Michael Brenner. Addendum. Readers should note that Whose Music?A Sociology of Musical Languages by J. Shepherd.     

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Book reviewed in this articles: Sociology: The State of the Art Tom Bottomore, Stefan Nowak and Magdalena Sokolowska (eds) A Treatise on Social Theory, Volume 1: The Methodology of Theory W.G. Runciman Contemporary Political Philosophy: Radical Studies Keith Graham (ed.) Capital and Politics Roger King (ed.) Supremaey and Subordination of Labour: The Hierarehy of Work in the Early Labour Movement Mike Holbrook-Jones The Development of the Labour Process in Capitalist Societies: A Comparative Study of the Transformation of Work Organisation in Britain, Japan and the USA Craig R. Littler Blue-Collar Workers and Politics: A French Paradox Richard A. DeAngelis Contemporary French Political Parties David S. Bell (ed.) The Family and Industrial Society C.C. Harris White-Collar Work K. Prandy, A. Stewart and R.M. Blackburn Industrial Relations in Britain G.S. Bain (ed.) Women in Control: Dilemmas of a Workers Co-operative Judy Wajeman An Economic History of Women in America Julie A. Matthaei Racial and Ethnic Competition Michael Banton Labour and Raeism Annie Phizacklea and Robert Miles Racism and Migrant Labour Robert Miles Contemporary Education Policy John Ahier and Michael Flude (eds) Solidarity: The Analysis of a Social Movement: Poland 1980–1981 Alain Touraine, François Dubet, Michel Wievorka, Jan Strzelcki The Rites of Rulers Christel Lane Political Anatomy of the Body: Medical Knowledge in Britain in the Twentieth Century David Armstrong Class, Sports, and Social Development Richard Gruneau Orality and Literacy: The Technologizing of the Word Walter J. Ong From Author to Reader Peter H. Mann     

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Book reviewed in this article: Explanation and Understanding by Georg Henrik von Wright. Patterns of Evaluation in Science: Institutionalisation, Structure and Functions of the Referee System by Harriet Zuckerman and Robert K. Merton. Hostels for Probationers. A Home Office Research Unit Report by Ian Sinclair. Two Blades of Grass: Rural Co-operatives in Agricultural Moderniz-ation edited by P. Worsley. Ethnic Minorities in Britain by Ernest Krausz. Class Inequality and Political Order: Social Stratification in Capitalist and Communist Societies by Frank Parkin. Social Research in Bethnal Green: An Evaluation of the Work of the Institute of Community Studies by Jennifer Platt. Managers and their Wives: A Study of Career and Family Relation-ships in the Middle Class by J. M. and R. E. Pahl. Homelessness in London by J. Greve, D. Page and S. Greve. Homeless Near a Thousand Homes by Bryan Glastonbury. The Sociology of Occupations by E. A. Krause. Automation and Alienation: A Study of Office and Factory Workers by J. M. Shepard. Socwhgical Aspects of Crime and Delinquency by Michael Phillipson. Learning and Social Behaviour by Barry McLaughlin. A Sociology of Work in Industry by Alan Fox. Young People and Leisure by John Leigh. School and Society prepared by the School and Society Course Team at The Open University. The Planning of Social Security, International Social Security Associ-ation. The Urban Mosaic by D. W. G. Timms. Patterns of Power and Authority in English Education by Frank Musgrove. The Scientist's Rôle in Society: A Comparative Study by Joseph Ben-David. The Emerging Worker: Equality and Conflict in the Mass Con-sumption Society by William A. Westley and Margaret W. Westley. Deviance and Society by Laurie Taylor. The Nigerian Military: A Sociological Anlaysis of Authority and Revoltj 1960–67 by Robin Luckham.     

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Books reviewed in this article: Aldrich, Howard Organizations Evolving Bruce, Steve Choice and Religion: A Critique of Rational Choice Crouch, Colin Social Change in Western Europe Degenne, Alain and Forsé, Michel Introducing Social Networks Dunning, Eric Sport Matters: Sociological Studies of Sport, Violence and Civilization Felstead, Alan and Jewson, Nick In Work at Home: Towards an Understanding of Homeworking Giulianotti, Richard Football – A Sociology of the Global Game Macnicol, John The Politics of Retirement in Britain, 1878–1948 Miller, Robert L. Researching Life Stories and Family Histories Moon, N. Opinion Polls: History, Theory and Practice Ray, Larry Theorizing Classical Sociology Smith, Dennis Zygmunt Bauman: Prophet of Postmodernity Taylor, Bridget and Thomson, Katarina (eds) Scotland and Wales: Nations Again?