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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: 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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Handbook of Sociology Neil J. Smelser (ed.) Culture and Agency: the place of culture in social theory Margaret S. Archer Trust: Making and Breaking Cooperative Relations Diego Gambetta (ed.) Global Restructuring and Territorial Development Jeffrey Henderson and Manuel Castells (eds) Capitalism and Unfree Labour: Anomaly or Necessity? R. Miles Multi-Racist Britain P. Cohen and H.S. Bains, (eds) The Free Economy and the Strong State: the Politics of Thatcherism Andrew Gamble The New Right: Politics. Markets and Citizenship Desmond King The Politics of Local Government Gerry Stoker J. Baudrillard. Selected Writings edited and introduced by Mark Poster Science, Technology and Social Change Steven Yearley The Culture of Capital: Art, Power and The Nineteenth-Century Middle Class Janet Wolff and John Seed (eds) Microdrcuits of Capital: ‘Sunrise’ Industry and Uneven Development Kevin Morgan and Andrew Sayer The Economics of Television: The UK Case Richard Collins, Nicholas Garnham, Gareth Locksley Teenagers and Teenpics: The Juvenilization of American Movies in the 1950s Thomas Doherty The Abolitionists: The Family and Marriage Under Attack Ronald Fletcher Problems of Childhood and Adolescence Michael Kerfoot and Alan Butler Within School Walls: the Role of Discipline, Sexuality and the Curriculum Ann Marie Wolpe Education, Training and the New Vocationalism Andrew Pollard, June Purvis and Geoffrey Walford (eds) The Sociology of Old Age Graham Fennell, Chris Phillipson and Helen Evers Joining Forces: Police Training, Socialization and Occupational Competence Nigel G, Fielding The Regulation of Madness: The Origins of Incarceration in France Robert Castel ‘Am I that Name?’: Feminism and the Category of ‘Women’ in Denise Riley Nonsexist Research Methods: a Practical Guide Margrit Eichler, Allen and Unwin Doing Research in Organisations Alan Bryman (ed.)     

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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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Books reviewed in this article: Alvesson, Mats and Billing, Yvonne D. Under-standing Gender and Organizations Becker, H. S. Tricks of the Trade: How to Think About Your Research While You're Doing It Crompton, Rosemary Women and Work in Modern Britain Czarniawska, Barbara A Narrative Approach to Organization Studies Ericson, Richard V. and Haggerty, Kevin D. Policing the Risk Society Good, James and Velody, I.(eds) The Politics of Postmodernity Jones, Helen (ed.) Towards a Classless Society? Joppke, Christian (ed.) Challenge to the Nation-State:Immigration in Western Europe and the United States Lemert, Charles Postmodernism Is Not What You Think Livingstone, Sonia Making Sense of Television: The Psychology of Audience Interpretation Maher, Lisa Sexed Work: Gender, Race and Resistance in a Brooklyn Drug Market Turner, Lowell (ed.) Negotiating the New Germany. Can Social Partnership Survive? van Dijk, Teun A. Ideology: A Multidisciplinary Approach     

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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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Books reviewed in this articles: New Strategies in Social research: An Introduction and Guide Derek Layder Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity Ulrich Beck Max Weber and the Sociology of Culture Ralph Schroeder Georg Lukács: Life, Thought and Politics A. Kadarkay Aesthetics and The Sociology of Art (2nd edition), Janet Wolff Writing Chicago: Modernism, Ethnography and the Novel Carla Cappetti The Decline of Community in Zinacantán: Economy, Public Life, and Social Stratification, 1960–1987 Frank Cancian The New Politics of Class: Social Movements and Cultural Dynamics in Advanced Societies Klaus Eder Growing up in a Classless Society? School to Work Transitions Andy Furlong Gender Play: Girls and Boys in School Barrie Thorne Parents, Gender and Education Reform Miriam E. David Racism and Education: Research Perspectives Barry Troyna Not Easy Being British: Colour, Culture and Citizenship Tariq Modood The Power to Manage? Employers and Industrial Relations in Comparative-Historical Perspective Steven Tolliday and Jonathan Zeitlin, (eds) Attending To Work: The Management of Attendance and Shopfloor Order Paul Edwards and Colin Whitson Talk at Work: Interaction in Institutional Settings Paul Drew and John Heritage, (eds) Self Disclosure V. Derlega, Sandra Metts, Sandra Petrionio and Stephen Margulis Getting The Message: News, Truth and Power J. Eldridge, (ed.) Time, Health and Medicine Ronald Frankenberg, (ed.) The Journey of Life: A Cultural History of Ageing in America Thomas R. Cole     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Authors of Their Own Lives: Intellectual Autobiographies by Twenty American Sociologists Bennett M. Berger (ed.)
Post-Marxist Alternatives: the Construction of Social Orders Nicos P. Mouzelis
Surveillance, Power and Modernity Christopher Dandeker
Theories of Modernity and Postmodernity Bryan S. Turner (ed.)
Sexual Subversions: Three French Feminists Elizabeth Grosz
Sociobiology and the Social Sciences Robert W. Bell and Nancy J., Bell (eds)
The Dilemma of Qualitative Method: Herbert Blumer and the Chicago Tradition Martyn Hammersley
Collective Remembering David Middleton and Derek Edwards (eds)
Models and Mirrors: Towards an Anthropology of Public Events D. Handelman
Black Music in Britain: Essays on the Afro-Asian Contribution to Popular Music P. Oliver (ed.)
The Unprincipled Society: New Demands and Old Politics David Marquand
New Forms of Ownership: Management and Employment G. Jenkins and M. Poole (eds)
Patterns of Labour: Work and Social Change in the Pottery Industry Richard Whipp
Social Work in an Enterprise Society Robert Pinker
The Politics and Morality of Deviance: Moral Panics , Drug Abuse
Readings in Medical Sociology S. Cunningham-Burley and N.P. McKeganey (eds)
New Directions in the Sociology of Health Pamela Abbott and Geoff Payne (eds)     

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Knowledge, Ideology and Discourse: A Sociological Perspective Tim Dent Heterology and the Postmodern: Julian Pefanis A Sociology of Monsters: Essays on Power, Technology and Domination: John Law, (ed.) Max Weber: from History to Modernity: Bryan S. Turner Erving Goffman: Tom Burns Ethnomethodology and the Human Sciences: Graham Button (ed.) Family and the State of Theory: David Cheal Families and Households: Divisions and Change: C. Marsh and S. Arber, (eds) The British Population: Patterns, Trends and Processes: David Coleman and John Salt Eugenics, Human Genetics and Human Failings: The Eugenics Society, Its Sources and Its Critics in Britain: Pauline M. H. Mazumdar Towards a New Sociology of Social Work: Roger Sibeon Corporate Society: Class, Property and Contemporary Capitalism: J. McDermott Deconstructing America: Representations of the Other: Peter Mason Unwrapping Japan: Society and Culture in Anthropological Perspective: E. Ben-Ari, B. Moeran, and J. Valentine (eds) Enterprise and Heritage: Crosscurrents of National Culture: John Corner and Sylvia Harvey (eds) In a Lonely Street: Film Noir, Genre, Masculinity: Frank Krutnik Fieldwork in Educational Settings: Methods. Pitfalls and Perspectives: S. Delamont     

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Books reviewed in this article: Benton, T. and Craib, I., Philosophy of Social Science. The Philosophical Foundations of Social Thought Briggs, Asa, Michael Young: Social Entrepreneur Domanski, Henryk On the Verge of Convergence Gershuny, J., Changing Times: Work and Leisure in Postindustrial Society Giddens, Anthony (ed.), The Global Third Way Debate Polity 2001 Hodson, Randy, Dignity at Work Lin, Nan, Social Capital: A Theory of Social Structure and Action Pahl, Ray, On Friendship Savage, Mike, Class Analysis and Social Transformation Slater, D. and Tonkiss, F., Market Society: Markets and Modern Social Theory Svallfors, Stefan and Taylor‐Gooby, Peter (eds), The End of the Welfare State? Responses to State Retrenchment Routledge Willis, Paul, The Ethnographic Imagination     

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Lisa Adkins Gendered Work: Sexuality, Family and the Labour Market. Brian S. Baigrie (ed.) Picturing Knowledge: Historical and Philosophical Problems Concerning the Use of Art in Science. Maureen Baker Canadian Family Policies: Cross-National Comparisons. J.I. (Hans) Barker (ed.) Sustainability and International Rural Development. Kurt Bowen Evangelism and Apostasy: The Evolution and Impact of Evangelicals in Modern Mexico. Cecilia Danysk Hired Hands: Labour and the Development of Prairie Agriculture, 1880–1930. Satadal Dasgupta (ed.) The Community in Canada: Rural and Urban. Theresa DeLeane O'nell Disciplined Hearts: History, Identity and Depression in an American Indian Community. Gerald A.J. De Montigny Social Working: An Ethnography of Front-Line Practice. G. William Domhoff State Autonomy or Class Dominance? Case Studies on Policy Making in America. René R. Gadacz Rethinking DisAbility: New Structures, New Relationships. Hubert Gérard Victor Piche (eds.) La sociologie des populations. William Jankowiak (ed.) Romantic Passion: A Universal Experience? Peter S. Li The Making of Post-War Canada. Ken Morrison Marx, Durkheim, Weber: Formations of Modern Social Thought. Ken Morrison Marx, Durkheim, Weber: Formations of Modern Social Thought. Louise Quesnel (ed.) Social Sciences and the Environment. Clayton Roberts The Logic of Historical Explanation. Deborah Root Cannibal Culture: Art, Appropriation, and the Commodification of Difference. Frank M. Stark Communicative Interaction, Power and the State: A Method. Michael W. Traugott Paul J. Lavrakas The Voter's Guide to Election Polls. Eric Venbrux A Death in the Tiwi Islands: Conflict, Ritual and Social Life in an Australian Aboriginal Community. Tony Walter The Revival of Death. Frank Webster Theories of the Information Society. Jeffrey Weeks Invented Moralities: Sexual Values in an Age of Uncertainty. Richard G. Wilkinson Unhealthy Societies: The Afflictions of Inequality. Yunxiang Yan The Flow of Gifts: Reciprocity and Social Networks in a Chinese Village.     

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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.)     

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Books reviewed in this article: The Social Science Encyclopedia Adam Kuper and Jessica Kuper (eds), Routledge & Kegan Paul The Principle of Hope Ernst Bloch, 3 volumes, translated by Neville Plaice, Stephen Plaice and Paul Knight Fragments of Modernity David Frisby Habermas and the Foundations of Critical Theory Rick Roderick, Macmillan Subordination: Feminism and Social Theory C. Burton, Allen and Unwin Marxism and International Relations Vendulka Kubálková and Albert Cruickshank Powers of Theory: Capitalism, the State, and Democracy Robert R. Alford and Roger Fdedland The Ideology of the New Right Ruth Levitas (ed.) Ideology David McLellan Explanation in Social History Christopher Lloyd, Basil Blackwell Writing Marxist History, British Society, Economy and Culture Since 1700 R.S. Neale Capitalism and Leisure Theory Chris Rojek, Tavistock The Devil Makes Work: Leisure in Capitalist Britain John Clarke and Chas All Manners of Food, Eating and Taste in England and France from the Middle Ages to the Present Stephen Mennell, Basil Blackweil Social Mobility in the 19th and 20th Centuries Networks of Corporate Power: A Comparative Analysis of Ten Countries Frans N. Stokman, Rolf Ziegler and John Scott (eds) The Power Structure of American Business Beth Mintz and Michael Schwartz Just Managing: Authority and Democracy in Industry Peter Cressey, John Eldridge and John McInnes Men In Families Robert A. Lewis and Robert E. Salt (eds) Private Schools and Public Issues. The Parents’View Irene Fox Life in public Schools Geoffrey Walford Growing Up at the Margins: Young Adults in the North East Frank Coffield, Coral Borrill and Sarah Marshall The Dynamics of Aggression in Women's Prisons in England Alexandra Madaraka-Sheppard War and Peace News New Communications Technologies and the Public Interest Marjorie Ferguson (ed.) Computers and Qualitative Data Peter Conrad and Shulamit Reinharz (eds)     

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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 articles: Radical Earnestness, English Social Theory 1880–1980 Fred Inglis, Martin Robertson That Noble Science of Politics S. Collini, D. Winch, J. Burrow The Analysis of Power: A Realist Approach Geoffrey Debnam War in the Modern Great Power System 1495–1975 Jack S. Levy Social Control and the State Stanley Cohen and Andrew Scull (eds) The Protection of Children: State Intervention and Family Life R. Dingwall, J. Eekelaar, T. Murray Capitalism, the State and Industrial Relations Dominic Strinati Mexico: Class Formation, Capital Accumulation, and the State James D. Cockcroft The Management of Scottish Society, 1707–1764 John Stuart Shaw Patronage, Power and Poverty in Southern Italy: A tale of two cities J. Chubb Black Gold: The Mozambican Miner, Proletarian and Peasant Ruth First Crime, Justice and Underdevelopment Colin Sumner (ed.) Power, Crime and Mystification Steven Box Marxism Structuralism Education Madan Sarup Family and School Daphne Johnson and Elizabeth Ransom Experiencing Comprehensive Education Robert G. Burgess Images of Welfare: Press and Public Attitudes to Poverty Peter Golding and Sue Middleton Youth and Leisure Kenneth Roberts The Traveller Gypsies Judith Okely Haruko's World; A Japanese Farm Woman and her Community Gail Lee Bernstein Women and the Public Sphere J. Siltanen and M. Stanworth Forever Feminine: Women's Magazines and the Cult of Femininity Marjorie Ferguson Writing and Sexual Difference Elizabeth Abel (ed.)     

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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 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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Alexandratos, Nikos (ed.) World Agriculture: Towards 2010. An FAO Study Apffel-Marglin, Frédérique and Marglin, Stephen A. (eds) Decolonizing Knowledge: From Development to Dialogue Brown, Lester R. Tough Choices. Facing the Challenge of Food Scarcity Brown, Lester R. Who Will Feed China? Wake-Up Call for a Small Planet Brown, Lester R., Renner, Michael and Flavin, Christopher Vital Signs 1997 Datt, Gaurav Bargaining Power, Wages and Employment: An Analysis of Agricultural Labour Markets in India Eyzaguirre, Pablo Agriculture and Environmental Research in Small Countries FAO The Sixth World Food Survey Garnaut, Ross, Shutian, Guo and Guonan, Ma (eds) The Third Revolution in the Chinese Countryside Georgiou, Stavros, Whittington, Dale, Pearce, David and Moran, Dominic Economic Values and the Environment in the Developing World Hermes, Niels and Lensink, Robert (eds) Financial Development and Economic Growth: Theories and Experiences from Developing Countries Howe, John Transport for the Poor or Poor Transport? Hulme, David and Edwards, Michael (eds) NGOs, States and Donors: Too Close for Comfort? International Food Policy Research Institute, A 2020 Vision for Food, Agriculture and the Environment Laothamatas, Anek (ed.) Democratization in Southeast and East Asia Ling, Zhu and Zhongyi, Jiang Public Works and Poverty Alleviation in Rural China MacPherson, Stewart and Cheng, Joseph Y.S. (eds) Economic and Social Development in South China Manzungu, Emmanuel and van der Zaag, Pieter (eds) The Practice of Smallholder Irrigation: Case Studies from Zimbabwe Mitchell, Donald O., Ingco, Merlinda D. and Duncan, Ronald C. The World Food Outlook Peebles, Gavin and Wilson, Peter The Singapore Economy Rapley, John Understanding Development: Theory and Practice in the Third World Roett, Riordan (ed.) The Mexican Peso Crisis: International Perspectives Schelhas, J. and Greenberg, Russell (eds) Forest Patches in Tropical Landscapes Schlyter, Ann (ed.) A Place to Live: Gender Research on Housing in Africa Sumberg, J. and Okali, C. Farmers’ Experiments: Creating Local Knowledge Worldwatch Institute The State of the World 1997 Young, E.M. World Hunger Yugandhar, B.N. (ed.) Land Reforms in India. Vol. 3: Andhra Pradesh — People’s Pressure and Administrative Innovations     

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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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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.)