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Book reviewed in this article: Images of Aging: Cultural Representations of Later Life M. Featherstone and A. Wernick (eds), Inequality and Old Age John A. Vincent, Disciplining Old Age: The Formation of Gerontological Knowledge Stephen Katz, Children, Health and the Social Order Berry Mayall, Family Connections: An Introduction to Family Studies David H.J. Morgan, Technologies of the Gendered Body: Reading Cyborg Women Anne Balsamo, Marx, Durkheim, Weber: Formations of Modern Social Thought K. Morrison Sage, Sociological Theory. What went Wrong? Diagnosis and Remedies Nicos Mouzelis, Culture, Modernity and Revolution. Essays in Honour of Zygmunt Bauman Richard Kilminster and Ian Varcoe (eds), Between Facts and Norms: Contributions to a Discourse Theory of Law and Democracy J. Habermas, Culture and the Public Sphere Jim McGuigan, Challenging Codes: Collective Action in the Information Age Alberto Melucci, Sociology, Environmentalism, Globalization: Reinventing the Globe Steven Yearley, The New Age Movement Paul Heelas, The Problem of Nature: Environment, Culture and European Expansion David Arnold, The Meaning of Race, Race, History and Culture in Western Society Kenan Malik,     

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Book Reviewed in this article The Sex Education Controversy. A Study of Politics, Education, and Morality by James Hottois and Neal A. Milner Citizens for Decency. Antipomography Crusades as Status Defense by Louis A. Zurcher, Jr., and R. George Kirkpatrick An Introduction to the Thought of Galvano Delia Volpe by John Fraser The Worker Directors: A Sociology of Participation by Peter Brannen, Eric Batstone, Derek Fatchett and Philip White Critique of Dialectical Reason by Jean-Paul Sartre Talcott Parsons and the Social Image of Man by Ken Menzies Rationality and the Social Sciences by S. I. Benn and G. W. Mortimer (eds.) Perspectives in Marxist Anthropology by Maurice Godelier (trans. Robert Brain) King Labour: The British Working Class 1850–1914 by David Kynaston Educational Aid and National Development by Nancy Parkinson.* Centrality and Cities by James Bird Essays in Labour History 1918–1939: Vol. 5 by Asa Briggs and John Saville (eds.) Miners, Quarrymen and Saltworkers by Raphael Samuel (ed.) Knowledge and Ideology in the Sociology of Education by Gerald Bernbaum Millenium and Charisma among Pathans: A Critical Essay in Social Anthropology by Akbar S. Ahmed The International Political System by F. S. Northedge New Rules of Sociological Methods by Anthony Giddens The Intelligentsia and the Intellectuals. Theory, Method and Case Study by Aleksander Gella (ed.) Social Class Differences in Britain: A Sourcebook by Ivan Reid     

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Book reviewed in this articles: Concept Formation in Social Science William Outhwaite Theoretical Logic in Sociology. Volume Two. The Antinomies of Classical Thought: Marx and Durkheim J.C. Alexander The Individual and the Social Self: Unpublished Work of George Herbert Mead David L. Miller (ed.) The Macmillan Student Encyclopedia of Sociology Michael Mann (ed.) States and Societies David Held et al. (eds) Managing the Mind: A Study of Medical Psychology in Early Nineteenth Century Britain Michael Donnelly Contemporary Britain Angus Stewart (ed.) Belonging: Identity and Social Organisation in British Rural Cultures Anthony P. Cohen (ed.) Consensus and Beyond: The Development of Labour Party Strategy since the Second World War Alan Warde Women's Imprisonment: A Study in Social Control Pat Carlen Women's Religious Experience Pat Holden (ed.) The Social World of the Comprehensive School Glenn Turner Teaching about Race Relations: Problems and Effects L. Stenhouse et al. The Multicultural Curriculum James Lynch Race, Ethnicity and Power Donald G. Baker Approaches of Welfare Philip Bean and Stewart MacPherson, (eds) Living the Fishing Paul Thompson with Tony Wailey and Trevor Lummis Death and Renewal: Sociological Studies in Roman History, Volume 2 Keith Hopkins The Survey Method: The Contribution of Surveys to Sociological Explanation Catherine Marsh     

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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: 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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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:
Time and Social Theory Barbara Adam
Psychoanalysis and Social Theory: The Limits of Sociology Ian Craib
Civilization: Contents, Discontents, Malcontents and Other Essays in Social Theory Stanford M. Lyman
Ideology and Modern Culture John B. Thompson
The Methodology of Herbert Blumer: Critical Interpretation and Repair Kenneth Baugh Jr
The Fashioned Self Joanne Finkelstein
The Political and Social Theory of Max Weber Wolfgang J. Mommsen
Reading Weber Keith Tribe (ed.), Routledge
The Sexuality of Organisation Jeff Hearn, Deborah L. Sheppard
The Social Mobility of Women: Beyond Male Mobility Models Geoff Payne and Pamela Abbott, (eds)
Battered Women as Survivors Lee Ann Hoff
Family, Economy and Community C.C. Harris, (ed.)
Enterprise Culture Russell Keat and Nicholas Abercrombie, (eds)
Making Their Way: Education, Training and the Labour Market in Canada and Britain David Ashton and Graham Lowe, (eds).
Images of Youth: Age, Class, and the Male Youth Problem 1880–1920 Harry Hendrick
Football on Trial: Spectator Violence and Development in the Football World Patrick Murphy, John Williams and Eric Dunning
The Cambridge Social History of Britain 1750–1950, Volume 1, Regions and Communities F.M.L. Thompson, (ed.)
The Cambridge Social History of Britain 1750–1950, Volume 3, Social Agencies and Institutions F.M.L. Thompson, (ed.)
The Dark Side of Europe: The Extreme Right Today Geoffrey Harris
Resistance and Control in Pakistan A.D. Ahmed
The Soviet Union: A Biographical Dictionary Archie Brown, (ed.)     

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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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Book review in this article: Sport and Work Bero Rigauer. Sociological Impressionism: a Reassessment of Georg Simmers Social Theory David Frisby. Doing Feminist Research Helen Roberts (ed.) Modern Policing D. Pope and L. Weiner (ed). Police Behavior R. Lundman (ed). Policing the Inner City M. Punch. The Sociology of Journalism and the Press Harry Christian (ed). Exploring Participation Paul Bate and Iain Mangham. Class and Economic Change in Kenya: The Making of an African Petty Bourgeoisie Gavin Kitching. Organization without authority: dilemmas of social control in free schools Ann Swidler. Further Education or Training? A Case Study in the Theory and Practice of Day-Release Education Denis Gleeson and George Mardle. Kinship at the Core Marilyn Strathem. The World of States: Connected Essays J. D. B. Miller. State and Class: A Sociology of International Affairs Ralph Pettman. Corporations, Classes and Capitalism John Scott. The Challenge of Corporatism Otto Newman. Power, Property and Corporatism: The Political Sociology of Planning James Simmie. Dependent Accumulation and Underdevelopment André Gunder Frank. World Accumulation, 1492–1789 André Gunder Frank. REVIEW ARTICLE Althusser meets Anancy: Structuralism and Popular Protest in Ken Post's History of Jamaica Robin Cohen     

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Book Reviewed in this article Sociology in Action: A Critique of Selected Conceptions of the Social Role of the Sociologist by Christopher G. A. Bryant The Sociology of Leisure by Stanley Parker New Directions in Sociology by David C. Thorns (ed.) The Use of Models in the Social Sciences by Lyndhurst Collins (ed.) Escape Attempts: The Theory and Practice of Resistance to Every-day Life by Stanley Cohen and Laurie Taylor Language, Schools and Classrooms by Michael Stubbs Elements of Sampling by V. Bamett Deciphering Data by J. Silvey Experiments in the Social Sciences by G. Brown, D. H. Cherrington and L. Cohen A Critical Introduction to Organisation Theory by Bruno Lussato Roscher and Knies: The Logical Problems of Historical Econotmcs by Max Weber (translated with an Introduction by Guy Oakes) The Organisation and Impact of Social Research by Marten Shiptnan (ed.) Introduction to Empirical Sociology by R. Mayntz, K. Holm and P. Hoebner Working Papers in Cultural Studies, 7 & 8 by T. Jefferson (ed.) The Labour Party and the Working Class by Tom Forester Gambling, Work and Leisure by D. M. Dowries, B. P. Davies, M. E. David and P. Stone The Latin American Peasant by Andrew Pearse Economic Calculation and Forms of Property by Charles Bettelheim Class, Race and Gold by Frederick A. Johnstone Value jor Money in Health Services by Brian Abel-Smith The Comparative Study of Political Elites by Robert D. Putnam Language in Culture and Class: The Sociology of Language and Education by A. D. Edwards     

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Book reviewed in this article: Organisation and Bureaucracy: An Analysis of Modern Theories by Nicos Mouzelis. Beyond Marx and Tito: Theory and Practice in Yugoslav Socialism by Sharon Zukin. Rehabilitation and Deviance by Philip Bean. Durkheim on Religion: A Selection of Readings with Bibliographies and Introductory Remarks by W. S. F. Pickering (ed). Agrarian Co-operatives in Peru: A Sodo-Econormc Survey by Peter Buchkr. Varieties of Residential Experience fay J. Tizard, I. Sinclair and R. V. G. Clarke (eds.) Authority and Organization in the Secondary School by Elizabeth Richardson. Education and Social Control: A Stitdy in Progressive Primary Education by R. Sharp and A. Green. Ideology and Social Welfare by Vic George and Paul Wilding. Paradigms and Fairy Tales: An Introduction to the Science of Meanings, Vols. I and 11 by Julience Ford. Methods of Social Study by Sidney and Beatrice Webb. Reprinted with an introduction by T. H. Marshall Who Rules The Universities? An Essay in Class Amdysis by David N. Smith. Slamming the Door by Robert Moore and Tina Wallace. The Female Offender by Annette M. Brodsky (ed.) The Sociology of the Third World: Disparity and Involvement by J. E. Goldthorpe. The Foreman: Aspects of Task and Structure by David Dunkerley. Madness and Morals: Ideas on Insanity in the Nineteenth Century by Vieda Skultans. Dilemmas of Discourse: Controversies about the Sociological Inter-pretation of Language by Anthony Wootton. Whatever happened to equality by Iohn Vaizey (ed.) The Drama of Social Reality by Stanford M. Lytnan and Marvin B. Scott. The Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism by Daniel Bell. Social Psychology for Sociologists by David Field (ed.) The Highest Education: A Study of Graduate Education in Britain by Ernest Rudd. Religious Movements in Contemporary America by Irving I. Zaietsky and Mark P. Leone (eds.) Socialisation to Old Age by Irving Rosow.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
A Critical Dictionary of Sociology R. Boudon and F Bourricaud (translated by Peter Hamilton)
A Treatise on Social Theory. Volume II: Substantive Social Theory W.G. Runciman
Mind in Action Jeff Coulter
Max Weber and Thomas Mann: Calling and the Shaping of the Self Harvey Goldman
Éamile Durkheim and the Reformation of Sociology Stjepan G. Mestrović
Politics and Class Analysis , B. Hindess
Choice, Rationality and Social Theory , B. Hindess
Social Anthropology and the Politics of Language , Ralph Grillo (ed.)
The Pluralist Theory of the State: Selected Writings of G. D.H. Cole . J.N. Eiggis and HJ. Laski Paul O. Hirst (ed.)
Let History Judge: The Origins and Consequences of Stalinism , Roy Medvedev
Feminism and Psychoanalytic Theory Nancy J. Chodorow
The Woman in the Body. A Cultural Analysis of Reproduction , Emily Martin
Rediscovering Masculinity: Reason. Language and Sexuality , Victor J. Seidler
Growing Old in the Twentieth Century , Margot Jefferys (ed.)
Nursing the Dying , David Field
Doctoring the Media: the Reporting of Health and Medicine , Anne Karpf
Social Order/Mental Disorder: Anglo-American Psychiatry in Historical Perspective , Andrew Scull
Sport in Britain: A Social History Tony Mason (ed.)
Family Art , Philip Pacey
'Highbrow/Lowbrow': The Emergence of Cultural Hierarchy in America , Lawrence W Levine.     

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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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The Structure of Social Theory Terry Johnson, Christopher Dandeker and Clive Ashworth. Human Nature and Biocultural Evolution Joseph Lopreato, George Allen & Unwin. The Body and Society Bryan S. Turner, Basil Blackwell Durkheim and Modern Sociology Steve Fenton. Social Scientist as Innovator Michael Young. Studies in the Theory of Ideology John B. Thompson. Changing the Subject: Psychology. Social Regulation and Sub-jectivity J. Henriques, W. Holloway, C. Urwin, C. Venn and V Walkerdine, Methuen. Social Texts and Contexts: Literature and Social Psychology Jonathan Potter, Peter Stringer and Margaret Wetherell, Rout-ledge & Kegan Paul. The Language of Advertising Torben Vestergaard and Kim Schrøder. Introduction to the Sociology of Development Andrew Webster, Macmillan. Vision and Method in Historical Sociology Theda Skocpol. Spatial Divisions of Labour: Social Structures and the Geography of Production Doreen Massey, Macmillan. Capitalism and Class in the Middle East: Theories of Social Change and Economic Development Bryan S. Turner. Directors of Industry: The British Corporate Network 1904-1976 John Scott and Catherine Griff. Class at Work: The Design, Allocation and Control of Jobs Craig R. Littler and Graeme Salaman. White-Collar Proletariat: Deskilling and Gender in Clerical Work Rosemary Crompton and Gareth Jones. Equals Before God: Seminarians as Humanistic Professionals Sherryl Kleinman. Microprocessors, Manpower and Society Malcolm Warner (ed.). The State and Nuclear Power. Conflict and Control in the Western World J. R. Camilleri. The Sociology of Law: An Introduction Roger Cotterrell, Butterworths. Abortion and the Politics of Motherhood Kristin Luker. Abortion Freedom: A Worldwide Movement Colin Francome, Allen & Unwin. Theories of Welfare Anthony Forder, Terry Caslin, Geoffrey Ponton and Sandra Walklate, Routledge & Kegan Paul. The Impact of Social Policy VIC George and Paul Wilding, Routledge & Kegan Paul. Marital Violence (Sociological Review Monograph: 31) Norman Johnson (ed.), Routledge & Kegan Paul. Making an Issue of Child Abuse Barbara J. Nelson. In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research Robert G. Burgess, George Allen & Unwin, Hemel Hempstead.     

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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: Power, Modernity and Sociology: Selected Sociological Writings. Raymond Aron. Dominique Schnapper (ed.) Michel Foucault: Politics, Philosophy, Culture: Interviews and other Writings 1977–84, Lawrence D. Kritzman (ed.) Norbert Elias: Civilization and the Human Self-Image, Stephen Mennell Modernity and the Holocaust, Zygmunt Bauman Fin-de-Siecle Socialism, Martin Jay The Analysis of Ideology, Raymond Boudon Political Theory and the Modern State, David Held The State, John A. Hall and G. John Ikenberry Status, Bryan S. Turner Citizenship, J.M. Barbalet On Work: Historical, Comparative and Theoretical Approaches R.E. Pahl (ed.) The Transformation of Work? Skill, Flexibility and the Labour, Process S. Wood (ed.) New Technology and the Labour Process, David Knights and Hugh Willmott (eds) Employment in Britain D. GaHie (ed.) Victims of Crime: A New Deal?, M. Maguire and J. Pointing Growing Up Good: Policing the Behaviour of Girls in Europe M. Cain (ed.) The Tradition of Female Transvestism in Early Modern Europe Rudolf M. Dekker and Lotte C. van de Pol AIDS: Cultural Analysis, Cultural Activism, Douglas Crimp (ed.) Looka Yonder The Imaginary America of Populist Culture Duncan Webster     

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Book reviewed in this article: Custom and Conflict in British Society Ronald Frankenberg (ed.) Social Class and the Division of Labour: Essays in Honour of Ilya Neustadt Anthony Giddens and Gavin Mackenzie (eds) The Sociological Domain P. Besnard (ed.) The Rules of Sociological Method E. Durkheim Memories of Class: The pre-history and after-life of class Zygmunt Bauman Problems in Class Analysis G. Carchedi, Routledge&Kegan Paul Capital Labour and the Middle Classes Nicholas Abercrombie and John Urry The New Working Class? White Collar Workers and Their Organisations: A Reader Richard Hyman and Robert Price (eds) The Upper Classes: Property and Privilege in Britain John Scott Conflict and Compromise, Class Eormation in English Society, 1830-1914 Dennis Smith The English and Colonial Bars in the Nineteenth Century Daniel Durman, Croom Helm State, Class and Recession S. Clegg, G. Dow and P. Boreham (eds) Capitalist Democracy in Britain Ralph Miliband Policing and Punishment in Nineteenth-Century Britain Victor Bailey (ed.) Conflict, Polities and the Urban Seene K.R. Cox and R.J. Johnson Critical Readings in Planning Theory Chris Paris (ed.) Political Attitudes in America, Formation and Change Paul R. Abramson Anti-Nuelear Protest: The Opposition to Nuclear Energy in France Alain Touraine Soeiology and the School: An Interactionist Viewpoint Peter Woods Literary Theory: An Introduction Terry Eagleton Aesthetics and the Sociology of Art Janet Wolff The Jack Roller at Seventy The Jack Roller and Jon Snodgrass with Gilbert Geis, James F. Short, Jnr and Solomon Kobrin     

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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: 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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Books reviewed in this article: Beckford, James A. and Gilliat, Sophie Religion in Prison: Equal Rites in a Multi-faith Society Campbell, Colin The Myth of Social Action Heelas, Paul (ed.) Religion, Modernity and Postmodernity Sica, Alan (ed.) What is Social Theory? The Philosophical Debates Swartz, David Culture and Power:The Sociology of Pierre Bourdieu van den Berg, Axel, Furåker, Bengt and Johansson, Leif Labour Market Regimes and Patterns of Flexibility. A Sweden–Canada Comparison