Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Sociology and its Publics: The Forms and Fates of Disciplinary Organization T.C. Halliday and M. Janowitz (eds)
Social Evolutionism: A Critical History Stephen K. Sanderson
History and Social Theory Peter Burke
Time: An Essay Norbert Elias
Postmodernity Barry Smart
Social Movements: The Politics of Moral Protest Jan Pakulski
A Communitarian Defense of Liberalism: Emile Durkheim and contemporary Social Theory M.S. Cladis
Pierre Bourdieu Richard Jenkins
Social Research and Social Reform Colin Crouch and Anthony Heath, (eds)
Prospects for Democracy: North, South, East and West David Held, (ed.)
The Elite Connection: Problems and Potential of Western Democracy Eva Etzioni-Halevy
Lives in Trust: The Fortunes of Dynastic Families in Late Twentieth Century America George E. Marcus with Peter D. Hall
The Politics of State Expansion: War, State and Society in Twentieth-Century Britain James E. Cronin
The Development of Industrial Society in Ireland J.H. Goldthorpe and C.T. Whelan (eds)
Social Theory for Action: How Individuals and Organisations Learn to Change William Foote Whyte
Sociological Perspectives on Modern Accountancy Robin Roslender
Professions and Patriarchy Anne Witz
White, Male and Middle Class: Explorations in Feminism and History Catherine Hall
Shaping up to Womanhood: Gender and Girls' Physical Education Sheila Scraton
Symbolic Interaction and Cultural Studies Howard S. Becker and Michael M. McCall, (eds)
Fashion, Culture and Identity Fred Davis
Fields of Vision: Landscape Imagery and National Identity in England and the United States Stephen Daniels
The City Assembled: The Elements of Urban Form Through History Spiro Kostoff
Television and the Drama of Crime: Moral Tales and the Place of Crime in Public Life Richard Sparks
Writers in Prison Ioan Davies
Death, Dying and Bereavement Donna Dickenson and Malcolm Johnson, (eds)     

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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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Books reviewed in this articles:
Economies of Signs & Space Scott Lash and John Urry
Postmodernity USA: The Crisis of Social Modernism in Postwar America Anthony Woodiwiss
Organizing Modernity John Law
Postmodernism, Reason and Religion E. Gellner
The adventure of difference Gianni Vattimo
Ways of Escape: Modern Transformations in Leisure and Travel Chris Rojek
Relocating Cultural Studies: developments in theory and research Valda Blundell
Deconstructing Durkheim: A post-post-structuralist critique Jennifer Lehmann
The Frankfurt School: Its History, Theories and Political Significance Rolf Wiggershaus
The European and American University Since 1800, Historical and Sociological Studies Sheldon Rothblatt and Bjorn Wittrock (eds)
Fields of Knowledge, French Academic Culture in Comparative Perspective 1890–1920 Fritz Ringer
The Body and Social Theory
The Sociology of Death: Theory, Culture, Practice David Clark, (ed.)
Researching Women's Lives from a Feminist Perspective Mary Maynard and June Purvis, (eds)
Childhood Identities: Self and Social Relationships in the Experience of the Child Allison James
Fathers and Daughters Sue Sharpe
Racialised Boundaries: Race, Nation, Gender, Colour and Class and the Anti-racist Struggle Floya Anthias and Nira Yuval-Davis
The Ghetto Underclass: Social Science Perspectives W. J. Wilson (ed.)
The Corporate Paradox: Power and Control in the Business Franchise A. Felstead
The Factory and The City: The Story of the Cowley Automobile Workers in Oxford Teresa Hayter and David Harvey (eds)
The Politics of Social Policy M. Sullivan, Harvester Wheat Sheaf
The Eclipse of Council Housing Ian Cole and Robert Furbey
The Road from Paradise: Prospects for Democracy in Eastern Europe Stjepan G. Medtrović with Miroslav Goreta and Slaven Letica
Introducing Statistics for Social Research D. Cramer     

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Erving Goffman and Modern Sociology , Philip Manning
The Transformation of Intimacy: Sexuality, Love and Eroticism in Modern Societies , Anthony Giddens
Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process: Critique and Counter-Critique , Eric Dunning and Chris Rojek (eds)
The Symbol Theory , Norbert Elias
The Reflexive Thesis: Wrighting Sociology of Scientific Knowledge , Malcolm Ashmore
Feminine Sentences: Essays on Women and Culture , Janet Wolff
The Woman in Question – m/f , Parveen Adams and Elizabeth Cowie (eds)
Studying Collective Action , Mario Diani and Ron Eyerman, (eds)
Social Movements: A Cognitive Approach , Ron Eyerman and Andrew Jamison
Social Classes and Social Relations in Britain, 1850–1914 , A.J. Reid
Property, Bureaucracy and Culture: Middle-Class Formation in Contemporary Britain , M. Savage, J. Barlow, P. Dickens and T. Fielding
Critical Management Studies , M. Alvesson and H. Willmott, (eds)
White-Collar Crime: Criminal Justice and Criminology , Hazel Croall
Discrimination and Public Policy in Northern Ireland , R.J. Cormack and Osbome, R.D.
The Gypsies , Angus Fraser     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Passionate Politics: Emotions and Social Movements, Jeff Goodwin, James M. Jasper, and Francesca Polletta (eds)
Community, Crime and Disorder. Safety and Regeneration in Urban Neighbourhoods, Lynne Hancock
Privatising Culture: Corporate Art Intervention Since the 1980s Chin-tao Wu
Talcott Parsons Today: His Theory and Legacy in Contemporary Sociology, A. Javier Trevino (ed.)
Talcott Parsons: An Intellectual Biography, Uta Gerhardt
Professionalism: The Third Logic, Eliot Freidson
Sport, Leisure and Culture in Twentieth-Century Britain, Jeffrey Hill
The End of the Terraces: The Transformation of English Football in the 1990s, Anthony King
Biographical Research, Brian Roberts
Reading Autobiography: A Guide for Interpreting Life Narratives, Sidney Smith and Julia Watson     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Ecology and Society: An Introduction Luke Martell
Animal to Edible Noëlie Vialles (translated from the French by J.A. Underwood)
Challenging Medicine Jonathan Gabe
The Social Organisation of Mental Illness Lindsay Prior
Health and Health Care in Britain Rob Baggott
Mothering: Ideology, Experience, and Agency Evelyn Nakano Glenn
Anorexic Bodies: A Feminist and Sociological Perspective on Anorexia Nervosa Morag MacSween
Self-consciousness: An Alternative Anthropology of Identity Anthony Cohen
The Cultural Turn: Scene Setting Essays on Contemporary Cultural History David Chaney
Postmodernism and Popular Culture Angela McRobbie
Cinema and Modernity John Orr
Baudrillard and Signs: Signification Ablaze G. Genosko
Travellers' Tales: Narratives of Home and Displacement George Robertson
Museum Culture Histories, Discourses, Spectacles, Sherman, D. and Rogoff, I. (eds)
Television and Everyday Life Roger Silverstone
The Sociology of Deviance: an Obituary Colin Sumner
The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society David Lyon
Some Trouble with Cows: Making Sense of Social Conflict Beth Roy
'Race', Ethnicity and Nation: International Perspectives on Social Conflict Peter Ratcliffe, (ed.)
Constructions of Race, Place and Nation P. Jackson and J. Penrose (eds)     

Book reviews/Comptes rendus

Lisa Gilad, Ginger and Salt: Yemeni Jewish Women in an Israeli Town. Boulder D.W. Attwood and B.S. Baviskar (eds.), Who Shares? Co-operatives and Rural Development Francis Robinson (ed.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and The Maldives Richard C. Davis (ed.), Rupert's Land: A Cultural Tapestry Tom Bottomore and Robert J. Brym (eds.), The Capitalist Class: An International Study Raymond Murphy, Social Closure: A theory of Monopolization and Exclusion Richard Flacks, Making History. Kevin D. Carriere and Richard V. Ericson, Crime Stoppers: A Study in the Organization of Community Policing. Dany Lacombe, Ideology and Public Policy: The Case Against Pornography Robert J. Brym with Bonnie J. Fox, From Culture to Power: The Sociology of English Canada. Barry Wellman and S.D. Berkowitz (eds.), Social Structures: a network approach John Van Willigen, Barbara Rylko-Bauer, and Ann Mcelroy (eds.), Making Our Research Useful Grahame Clark, Prehistory at Cambridge and beyond Theresa R. Richardson, The Century of the Child: The Mental Hygiene Movement and Social Policy in the United States and Canada Anne Edwards, Regulation and Repression: The Study of Social Control Michael V. Angrosino, Documents of Interaction: Biography, Autobiography, and Life History in Social Science Perspective Michael Hechter, Principles of Group Solidarity Partrick Kierans, Glenn Drover and David Williams, Welfare and Worker Participation Mary Mccannery Gergen (ed.), Feminist Thought and the Structure of Knowledge Richard V. Ericson, Patricia M. Baranek and Janet B.L. Chan, Visualizing Deviance: A Study of New Organizations Sheila Allen and Carol Wolkowitz, Homeworking: Myths and Realities Calvin W. Redekop and Samuel J. Steiner (eds.), Mennonite Identity: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives Robert A. Stebbins, Canadian Football: The View From The Helmet Anne Innis Dagg and Patricia J. Thompson, MisEducation: Women & Canadian Universities Cyril H. Levitt and William Shaffir, The Riots at Christie Pits     

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Books reviewed in this article
Society and Nature: Towards a Green Social Theory , Peter Dickens
Antiquity and Capitalism: Max Weber and the Sociological Foundations of Roman Civilization , John R. Love
Anthony Giddens , Ian Craib
Political Theory Today , David Held, (ed.)
The Man-Made City: The Land Use Confidence Game in Chicago , Gerald D. Suttles
Councillors in Crisis: The Public and Private Worlds of Local Councillors , Jacqueline Barron, Gerald Crawley and Tony Wood
The Constant Flux: A Study of Class Mobility in Industrial Societie , Robert Erikson and John H. Goldthorpe
The Radiant Past: Ideology and Reality in Hungary's Road to Capitalism , Michael Burawoy and János Lukács
Talk and Social Structure: Studies in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis , Deirdre Boden and Don H. Zimmerman, (eds)
Talking of the Royal Family , Michael Billig
Children in Poverty: Child Development and Public Policy . Althea C. Huston, (ed.)
Good Days, Bad Days: The Self in Chronic Illness and Time , Kathy Charmaz
One in Three: Women with Cancer Confront an Epidemic , Judith Brady, (ed.)
Cancer in Two Voices , Sandra Butler and Barbara Rosenblum     

Book reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Inventing Our Selves: Psychology, Power and Personhood Nikolas Rose,
Constructing Identities: The Social, The Nonhuman and Change Mike Michael,
The State Nobility: Elite Schools in the Field of Power Pierre Bourdieu,
Cultures of Internet: Virtual Spaces, Real Histories, Living Bodies Rob Shields, (ed.),
Cyberspace/Cyberbodies/Cyberpunk: Cultures of Technological Embodiment Mike Featherstone and Roger Burrows, (eds),
Feminism and Criminology Ngaire Naffine,
Crimes of Style: Urban Graffiti and the Politics of Criminality Jeff Ferrell,
Imagining Cities Sallie Westwood and John Williams (eds),
Consumer Culture and Modernity Don Slater,
Popular Music in Theory: An Introduction Keith Negus,
Football, Nationality and the State Vic Duke and Liz Crolley,
Changing Forms of Employment: Organisations, Skills and Gender Rosemary
Varieties of Transition: The East European and East German Experience Claus Offe,
The Rise and Fall of State Socialism: Industrial Society and the Socialist State David Lane,
Jean Baudrillard: A Study in Cultural Metaphysics Charles Levin,     

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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)     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
Baltes, Paul B. and Mayer, Karl Ulrich (eds) The Berlin Aging Study from 70 to 100
Bus eld, Joan Health and Health Care in Modern Britain
Bussemaker, Jet (ed.) Citizenship and Welfare State Reform in Europe
Chauvel, Louis Le destin des générations. Structure sociale et cohortes en France au Xxe siècle
Daly, Mary The Gender Division of Welfare. The Impact of the British and German Welfare States
Davis, Howard and Scase, Richard (eds) Managing Creativity: The Dynamics of Work and Organization
Evans, Geoffrey (ed.) The Decline of Class Politics: Class Voting In Comparative Perspective
Fenton, Steve Ethnicity: Racism, Class and Culture
Friedkin, Noah E. A Structural Theory of Social Influence
Jenkins, Timothy Religion in English Every-day Life: An Ethnographic Approach
Lyon, David Jesus in Disneyland: Religion In Postmodern Times
McRae, Susan (ed.) Changing Britain: Families and Households in the 1990s
Philo, Greg and Miller, David (eds) Market Killing: What the Free Market Does And What Social Scientists Can Do About It     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books review in this article:
Violence and Civilization: An Introduction to the Work of Norbert Elias Jonathan Fletcher
The Norbert Elias Reader A Biographical Selection Johan Goudsblom and Stephen Mennell, [eds]
Postmodernism Is Not What You Think Charles Lemert
History Without a Subject: The Postmodern Condition David Ashley
Fragments (Cool Memories III) Jean Baudrillard
Living Room War: Rethinking Media Audiences for a Postmodern World Ien
Pandemonium: Towards a Retro-Organization Theory Gibson Burrell
Negotiating the Glass Ceiling: Careers of Senior Women in the Academic Wortd Miriam David and Diana Woodward, (eds)
The Changing Shape of Work Richard K. Brown, (ed.)
The Handbook of Organization Studies Stewart Clegg
Exploring Technology and Social Space John Macgregor Wise
Post-Eandom and the Millennial Blues Steve Redhead
Tourists and Tourism: Identifying with People and Places Simone Abram, Jacqueline Waldren and Donald Macleod, (eds)
Communities of Faith: Sectarianism, Identity, and Social Change on a Danish Island Andrew S. Buckser
Dangerous Territories: Struggles for Difference and Equality in Education Leslie G. Roman and Linda Eyre, (eds)     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Craftways: On the Organization of Scholarly Work Aaron Wildavsky
Ancient Cultures of Conceit: British University Fiction in the Post- War Years , Ian Carter
Theories of Collective Action: Downs, Olson and Hirsch , D. Reisman
Solomonic Judgements: Studies in the Limitations of Rationality Jon Elster
Nuts and Bolts for the Social Sciences , Jon Elster
Nature and Culture in Western Discourses , Stephen Horigan
How Societies Remember , Paul Connerton
Governing the Soul: The Shaping of the Private Self , Nikolas Rose
Interpretive Interactionism , Norman K. Denzin
Interpretive Biography , Norman K. Denzin,
A Commitment to Campaign: A Sociological Study of CND , John Mattausch
Symbols of Ideal Life: Social Documentary Photography in America 1890–1950 , Maren Stange
The Singing Bourgeois: Songs of the Victorian Drawing Room and Parlour , Derek Scott
The Indigenous Voice: Visions and Realities (two volumes) Roger Moody (ed.).
South Asia , Hamza Alavi and John Harriss (eds)
The Soviet Union: Party and Society , P.J. Potichnyi (ed.)
From Taylorism to Fordism: A Rational Madness , Bernard Doray
The Magic City: Unemployment in a Working-Class Community , Gregory Pappas
The State and Education Policy Roger Dale     

Book Reviews

Book Review in this article: The Constitution of Society, Anthony Giddens Michel Foucalt, Barry Smart. Making Sense of Marx, Jon Elster Michel Foucault, Mark Cousins and Athar Hussain Making Sense of Marx, Jon Elster Working the Work Ethic, Michael Rose Working Women in Recession: Employment, Redundancy and Unemployment, Roderick Martin and Judith Wallace Shop Floor Bargaining and the State, Steven Tolliday and Jonathan Zeithin (eds) Technologies of Freedom, Ithiel de Sola Pool Capitalism, Class Confliet and the New Middle Class, Bob Carter, Routledge & Kegan Paul Architects and Firms: A Sociological Perspective on Architectural Practice, Judith R. Blau The Politics of Socialism. An Essay in Political Theory, John Dunn A Preface to Economic Democracy, Robert A. Dahl The Semiotics of Culture and Language, Robin P. Faweett, M. A. K. Halliday, Sydney Lamb and Adam Makkai Just Looking: Consumer Culture in Dreiser, Gissing and Zola Rachel Bowlby Postmodern Culture, Hal Foster (ed.) Habermas and Modernity, Richard J. Bernstein (ed.) Popular Fiction and Social Change, Christopher Pawling (ed.) How Conversation works, Ronald Wardhaugh Language, The Sexes and Society, Philip M. Smith. Private Violence and Public Policy: The Needs of Battered Women and the Response of the Public Services, Jan Pahl Women on Trial, Susan S.M. Edwards Education in Multicultural Societis, Trevor Corner (ed.) Home and School in Multicultural Britain, Sally Tomlinson Comparative Youth Culture, Michael Brake, Routledge & Kegan Paul The Loneliness of the Dying, Norbert Elias, trans. Edmund Jephcott, Basil Blackwell     

Book Reviews

The Book reviews in this article. A Rationalist Methodology for the Social Sciences David Sylvan and Barry Glassner Positivism in Social Theory and Research Christopher G.A. Brynt, Macmillan Wittgenstein: A Social Theory of Knowledge D. Bloor, Macmillan Marxism and Historical Writing paul Q. Hirst, Routledge & Kegan Paul Bribes J.T. Noonan. Jr. Collier-Macmillan Ambition and Privilege. The Social Tropes of Elizabethan Courtesy Theory. Frank Whigham Big Structures, Large processes, Huge Comparisons Charles Tilly The idea of the Modern State Gregor McLennan. David Held and Stuart Hall (eds). Visions of Social Control Stanley Cohen Polity Press. Controlling the Constable: Police Accountability in England and Wales Tony Jefferson and Roger Grimhaw, Fredrick Muller. Criminal Women Pat Carlen Diana Christina. Jenny Hicks, Josie O'Dwyer and Chris Tehaikovsky. Capitalism, Consumption and Needs Edmond Preteceille and Jean-Peirre Terrail. Social Classes in Marxist Theory Allen Cottrell, Routledge & Kegan Paul Social Inequality and Class Radicalism in France and Britain Duncan Gallie Les Dirigeants paysans Sylvain Maresea. Poor Britain Joanna Mack and Stewart Lansley, Allen & Unwin Women in England 1870-1950: Sexual Divisions and Social Change Jane Lewis. Wheatsheaf Bools The incorporated Wife Hilary Callan and Shirley Ardener (eds.) Gender and Generation Angela McRobbie and Mica Nava (eds.) Cinema and Technology: Image, Sound, Colour Steve Neale     

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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     

Book Reviews/Comptes rendus

Book reviewed in this article:
EG. BAILEY, Treasons, Stratagems, and Spoils: How Leaders Make Practical Use of Beliefs and Values.
HIMANI BANNERJI, SHAHRZAD MOJAB and JUDITH WHITEHEAD (eds.), Of Property and Propriety: The Role of Gender and Class in Imperialism and Nationalism.
PAUL E. BRODWIN (ed.), Biotechnology and Culture: Bodies, Anxieties, Ethics.
MARK BROWN and JOHN PRATT (eds.), Dangerous Offenders: Punishment and Social Order.
ARDRA L. COLE and J. GARY KNOWLES (eds.), Lives in Context: The Art of Life History Research.
ZILLAH EISENSTEIN, Manmade Breast Cancers.
SUSAN MARTHA KAHN, Reproducing Jews: A Cultural Account of Assisted Conception in Israel.
RICHARD J.F. DAY, Multiculturalism and the History of Canadian Diversity.
RALPH A. LITZINGER, Other Chinas: The Yao and the Politics of National Belonging.
CAROL ANN MULLER, Rituals of Fertility and the Sacrifice of Desire: Nazarite Women's Performance in South Africa.
MARILYN SILVERMAN, An Irish Working Class: Explorations in Political Economy and Hegemony, 1800–1950.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Books review in this article:
Zygmunt Bauman . Prophet of Postmodernity Dennis Smith
Clubbing: Dancing, Ecstasy and Vitality Ben Malbon
Sociology Beyond Societies: Mobilities for the twenty-first century John Urry, Routledge
Experiments in Knowing: gender and method in the social sciences Ann Oakley, Cambridge
Another Modernity, a Different Rationality S. Lash
Learning Policy: Towards the Certified Society Patrick Ainley
Making Spaces - Citizenship and Difference in Schools Tuula Gordon
The Making of Citizens, Young People, News and Politics David Buckingham
Making Capitalism without Capitalists: Class formation and elite formation in post-communist Central Europe G. Eyal, I. Szelenyi, E. Townsley, (eds)
Making Sexual History Jeffrey Weeks
Material Culture in the Social World Tim Dant
The Games Ethic and Imperialism: Aspects of the Diffusion of an Ideal. (Series: Sport in the Global Society, 2, J.A. Mangan (ed.)
Ageing and Popular Culture Andrew Blaikie     

Book Reviews

Books reviewed in this article:
A Social History of Truth: Civility and Science in Seventeenth-Century England , Steven Shapin
The Sight of Sound: Music, Representation, and the History of the Body Richard Leppert
The Authority of the Consumer Russell Keat, Nigel Whiteley and Nicholas Abercrombie (eds)
Space, Place and Gender Doreen Massey
Ecological Feminism Karren J. Warren (ed.)
Gendered Work: Sexuality, Family and the Labour Market Lisa Adkins
The Social and Political Economy of the Household Michael Anderson, Frank Bechofer and Jonathan Gershuny, (eds)
Privatization and Popular Capitalism Peter Saunders and Colin Harris
Educational Reform: A Critical and Post-Structural Approach Stephen J. Ball
Gendered Education: Sociological Reflections on Women, Teaching and Feminism Sandra Acker
The Importance of Disappointment Ian Craib
Sport and Leisure in Social Thought G. Jarvie and J. Maguire
The Sociology of Religion. Theoretical and Comparative Perspectives Malcolm B. Hamilton
Raymond Williams: Making Connections John Eldridge and Lizzie Eldridge
Postmodernism and Social Inquiry David R. Dickens and Andrea Fontana, (eds)
The Poverty of Postmodernism John O'Neill
Insight and Solidarity. The Discourse Ethics of Jürgen Habermas William Rehg     

Book reviews

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