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Books reviewed in this article: The Sources of Social Power Volume 1: A History of Power from the Beginning to A.D. 1760 M. Mann A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism, Volume Two: The Nation-State and Violence Anthony Giddens Nationalism and the State (Revised edition) John Breuilly The British State and the Ulster Crisis from Wilson to Thatcher paul Bew and Henry patterson Sociological Theory, Religion and Coollective Action Roy Wallis and Steve Bruce The Problem of Altruism C. R. Badcock Subjectivity and Social Relations Veronica Beechey and James Donald (eds.) Power, Action and Belief: A New Sociology of Knowledge? Sociological Review Monograph No. 32, John Law (ed.), Routledge & Kegan Paul Foucault, Marxism and History: Mode of Production versus Mode of Information Mark Poster Genealogies of Morals: Nietzsche, Foucault, Donzelot and the Eccentricity of Ethics Jeffrey Minson Selections from Cultural Writings Antonio Gramsci, edited by David Rogacs and Geoffrey Nowell-Smith Popular Culture and Social Relations T. Bennett, C. Mercer and J. woolacott (eds.) The Polictical Economy of Science and Techonology Norman Clark Casino Capitalism Susan Strange The Enchanted World: inflation, credit and the world crisis Alain Lipietz Critique of Commodity Aesthetics: Appearance, Sexuality and Advertising in Capitalist Society W. F. Haug Western Sexuality: Practice and Precept in Past and Present Times Philippe Aries and Andre Bejin, (eds.) Cross-class Families: A Study of Wives’Occupational Superiority Susan McRae Plant Closings: Power, Politics and Workers Lawrence E. Rothstein, Croom Helm Official Statistics Martin Slattery     

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Book reviewed in this article: Young at Eighty: The Prolific Public Life of Michael Young Geoff Dench, Tony Flower and Kate Davron (eds), Psychosocial Disorders in Young People: Time Trends and their Causes Michael Rutter and David J. Smith, (eds), Gender and the Professional Predicament of Nursing Celia Davies, A National Health Service? The Restructuring of Health Care in Britain since 1979 John Mohan, Drugs and Narcotics in History R. Porter and M. Teich (eds), Invented Moralities: Sexual Values in an Age of Uncertainty Jeffrey Weeks, Childhood and Parenthood: Proceedings of the International Sociological Association Committee for Family Research Conference Julia Brannen and Margaret O'Brien, (eds). Changing Ethnic Identities Tariq Modood, Welcome to the Jungle: New Positions in Black Cultural Studies Kobena Mercer, The Urban Context: Ethnicity, Social Networks and Situational Analysis Alisdair Rogers and Steven Vertovec (eds), Acknowledging Consumption: A Review of New Studies Daniel Miller, (ed.), The Sociology of the Meal Roy C. Wood, Interrogating Inequality: Essays on Class Analysis, Socialism and Marxism Erik Olin Wright, Bataille: Writing the Sacred Carolyn Bailey-Gill, (ed.), The Birth of the Museum: History, Theory, Politics T. Bennett, Disney and his Worlds Alan Bryman, Mapping the Subject: Geographies of Cultural Transformation Steve Pile and Nigel Thrift, (eds), Border Approaches: Anthropological Perspectives on Frontiers H. Donnan and T.M. Wilson (eds).     

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Book reviewed in this article:
SANDRA B. BURMAN and BARBARA HARRELL-BOND, (eds.), The Imposition of Law.
J. PAUL GRAYSON (ed.) Class, State, Ideology and Change: Marxist Perspectives on Canada.
DAVID COBURN, CARL D'ARCY, PETER NEW and GEORGE TORRENCE (eds.), Health and Canadian Society: Sociological Perspectives.
S.E.D. SHORTT, (ed.), Medicine in Canadian Society: Historical Perspectives.
CHARLES C. LEMERT (ed), French Sociology: Rupture and Renewal Since 1968.
DEREK L. PHILLIPS, Equality, Justice and Rectification: An Exploration in Normative Sociology.
WILLIAM H. DURHAM, Scarcity and Survival in Central America: Ecological Origins of the Soccer War.
RANDLE W. NELSEN and DAVID A. NOCK (eds.), Reading, Writing, and Riches: Education and the Socio-Economic Order in North America.
JEFFREY G. REITZ, The Survival of Ethnic Groups.
HAROLD E. PEPINSKY, Crime Control Strategies: An Introduction to the Study of Crime.
MICHIEL HORN, The League for Social Reconstruction: Intellectual Origins of the Democratic Left in Canada, 1930–1942.
ALVIN FINKEL, Business and Social Reform in the Thirties.
SUZANNE BERGER and MICHAEL J. PIORE, Dualism and Discontinuity in Industrial Societies.
PAUL I. AHMED and GEORGE V. COELHO (eds,), Toward a New Definition of Health, Psychosocial Dimension.     

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

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Book reviewed in this article:
S andra B. B urman and B arbara H arrell -B ond , (eds.), The Imposition of Law.
J. Paul Grayson (ed.) Class, State, Ideology and Change: Marxist Perspectives on Canada.
David Coburn, Carl D'Arcy, Peter New and George Torrence (eds.), Health and Canadian Society: Sociological Perspectives.
Charles C. Lemert (ed.), French Sociology: Rupture and Renewal Since 1968.
Derek L. Phillips, Equality, Justice and Rectification: An Exploration in Normative Sociology.
William H. Durham, Scarcity and Survival in Central America: Ecological Origins of the Soccer War.
Randle W. Nelsen and David A. Nock (eds.), Reading, Writing, and Riches: Education and the Socio-Economic Order in North America.
Jeffrey G. Reitz, The Survival of Ethnic Groups.
Harold E. Pepinsky, Crime Control Strategies: An Introduction to the Study of Crime.
Michiel Horn, The League for Social Reconstruction: Intellectual Origins of the Democratic Left in Canada, 1930–1942.
Alvin Finkel, Business and Social Reform in the Thirties.
Suzanne Berger and Michael J. piore, Dualism and Discontinuity in Industrial Societies.
Paul I. Ahmed and George V. Coelho (eds,), Toward a New Definition of Health, Psychosocial Dimension.     

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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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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: 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: 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:
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 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 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: 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: 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:
BRUCE WINTERHALDER and ERIC SMITH (eds), Hunter-gatherer foraging strategies.
ROBERT PAINE (ed.), Politically Speaking: Cross Cultural Studies of Rhetoric.
JOHN C. KENNEDY, Holding the Line: Ethnic Boundaries in a Northern Labrador Community. Social and Economic Studies no. 27.
GREGORY S. KEALEY, Toronto Workers Respond to Industrial Capitalism 1867–1892.
RAYMOND BOUDON, The Crisis in Sociology: Problems of Sociological Epistemology.
BERNARD P. COHEN, Developing Sociological Knowledge: Theory and Method.
ROBERT K. MERTON and MATILDA WHITE RILEY (eds), Sociological Traditions from Generation to Generation: Glimpses of the American Experience.
CRAIG C. PINDER and LARRY MOORE (eds), Middle Range Theory and the Study of Organizations.
J. DAVID LEWIS and RICHARD R. SMITH, American Sociology and Pragmatism: Mead, Chicago Sociology and Symbolic Interaction     

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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)     

Afro-Americans as a Political Class: Towards Conceptual Clarity

Abstract

This review article is based on N. J. Demerath, III, Otto Larsen, and Karl Schuessler (eds.), Social Policy and Sociology (New York: Academic Press, 1975). Professor Angrist is associate professor of sociology in Carnegie-Mellon University's School of Urban and Public Affairs. She is also the current president of the North Central Sociological Association, and she has chosen the theme of the 1976 NCSA convention as the title of this article. [Eds.]