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Book reviewed in this article: Ernest r. forbes, The Maritime Rights Movements, 1919–1927: a Study in Canadian Regionalism Roberta Hamilton, The Liberation of Women: A Study of Patriarchy and Capitalism JAMES E. CURTIS AND WILLIAM G. SCOTT (eds.), Social Stratification: Canada LORNA R. MARSDEN AND EDWARD B. HARVEY. Fragile Federation: Social Change in Canada HERIBERT ADAM AND HERMANN GILIOMEE; Ethnic Power Mobilized. Can South Africa Change? ALEXANDER HIMELFARB and C. JAMES RICHARDSON, People, Power and Process: Sociology for Canadians     

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Book reviewed in this article: LESLIE IRVINE, Codependent Forevermore: The Invention of a Self in a Twelve Step Group HOWARD KIMELDORF, Battling for American Labor: Wobblies, Craft Workers, and the Making of the Union Movement KATHLEEN A. LAHEY, Are We “Persons” Yet? Law and Sexuality in Canada MIRIAM SMITH, Lesbian and Gay Rights in Canada: Social Movements and Equality‐Seeking, 1971–1995 WINNIE LEM, Cultivating Dissent: Work, Identity, and Praxis in Rural Languedoc EVA MACKEY, The House of Difference: Cultural Politics and National Identity in Canada JULIAN V ROBERTS AND DAVID E COLE (eds.), Making Sense of Sentencing PETER SCHWEITZER, Dividends of Kinship: Meanings and Uses of Social Relatedness     

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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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Book reviewed in this article: Helen c. Abell, Rural Families and Their Homes. Carle C. Zimmerman and Garry W. Moneo, The Prairie Community System Anthony H. Richmond, Research Report: Ethnic Residential Segregation in Metropolitan Toronto. Carle C. Zimmerman and Richard E. Duwors (eds.), Sociology of Underdevelopment. D. I. Davies and Kathleen Herman (eds.), Social Space: Canadian Perspectives. Thomas A. Hockin (ed.), Apex of Power: The Prime Minister and Political Leadership in Canada Harold Kalant and Oriana Josseau Kalant, Drugs, Society and Personal Choice. C. F. Grindstaff, C. L. Boydell, and P. C. Whitehead (eds.), Population Issues in Canada. W. E. Mann (ed.), Social Deviance in Canada. Jean Leonard Elliott (ed.), Minority Canadians, volume 1. Native Peoples. Jean Leonard elliott (ed.), Minority Canadians, volume 2. Immigrant Groups. John R. Hofley and Paul N. Geisel, Men on Relief. A Study of 440 Unemployed Men Receiving Social Assistance in Edmonton, Winnipeg, and Ottawa. Michael Bliss, ed., The Wretched of Canada. Letters to R. B. Bennett 1930–1935.     

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Book reviewed in this article: PAUL ANISEF and MICHAEL LANPHIER (eds.), The World in a City. REGINALD BYRON (ed.), Retrenchment and Regeneration in Rural Newfoundland. ROBERT CASTEL, l'insécurité sociale. Qu'est‐ce qu'être protégé? HELEN GREMILLION, Feeding Anorexia: Gender and Power at a Treatment Center. YVONNE M. HÉBERT (ed.), Citizenship in Transformation in Canada. STEVE HEWITT, Spying 101: The RCMP's Secret Activities at Canadian Universities, 1917–1997. WINSTON JACKSON, Methods: Doing Social Research. KARIM H. KARIM, Islamic Peril: Media and Global Violence. BERT KLANDERMANS and SUZANNE STAGGENBORG (eds.), Methods of Social Movement Research. MURRAY KNUTTILA, Introducing Sociology: A Critical Perspective. JULIA KRISTEVA and SYLVERE LOTRINGER (eds.), Revolt, She Said. JANE LEWIS, Should We Worry about Family Change? JEANNETTE MARIE MAGEO (ed.), Dreaming and the Self: New Perspectives on Subjectivity, Identity, and Emotion. ROD MICHALKO, The Difference That Disability Makes. OBIORA CHINEDU OKAFOR and OBIJIOFOR AGINAM (eds.), Humanizing Our Global Order: Essays in Honour of Ivan Head. CHARLES RAGIN, Fuzzy‐Set Social Science. ANA Y. RAMOS‐ZAYAS, National Performances: The Politics of Class, Race, and Space in Puerto Rican Chicago. RICHARD SANDELL (ed.), Museums, Society, Inequality. AYSAN SEVER, Fleeing the House of Horrors: Women Who Have Left Abusive Partners. HEATHER STRANG and JOHN BRAITHWAITE (eds.), Restorative Justice and Family Violence. TANYA TITCHKOSKY, Disability, Self, and Society.     

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Book reviewed in this article: FRANCIS A. BEER, Peace Against War: The Ecology of International Violence. GEERT P. BRAAM, Influence of Business Firms on the Government. MICHAEL LAMBEK, Human Spirits: A Cultural Account of Trance in Mayotte. ROBERT J. BRYM, Intellectuals and Politics. FERNAND DUMONT, JEAN HAMELIN and JEAN-PAUL MONTMINY (eds.), Idéologies au Canada Francois: 1940–1976 Tomes I, II and III. VIVIAN DARROCH and RONALD J. SILVER (eds.), Interpretive Human Studies: an Introduction to Phenomenological Research. NIKLAS LUHMANN, The Differentiation of Society (trans. Stephen Holmes and Charles Larmore). KLAUS MÄKELÄ, et al., Alcohol, Society, and the State (vol. 1): A Comparative Study of Alcohol Control. ERIC SINGLE, et al. (eds.), Alcohol, Society, and the State (vol. 2): The Social History of Control Policy in Seven Countries. FRANK J. MIFFLEN and SYDNEY C. MIFFLEN, The Sociology of Education: Canada and Beyond. FERNAND OUELLET, Lower Canada, 1791–1840: Social Change and Nationalism. RON PARSLER (ed.), Capitalism, Class and Politics in Scotland. RON PARSLER and DAN SHAPIRO (eds.), The Social Impact of Oil in Scotland: A Contribution to the Sociology of Oil. R. COOPERSTOCK and J. HILL, The Effects of Tranquilization: Benzodiazepine Use in Canada. Papers, Revista de Sociologia     

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ROGER O'TOOLE, Religion: Classical Sociological Approaches. HUBERT T. BLALOCK, JR., Conceptualization and Measurement in the Social Sciences. BRENDA BECK, The Three Twins. ANGELA MILES and GERALDINE FINN (eds.), Feminism in Canada. SANDFORD F. BURINS, The Language of the Skies: The Bilingual Air Traffic Control Conflict in Canada. CAROL LEE BACCHI, Liberation Deferred? The Ideas of the English-Canadian Suffragists, 1877–1918. SEYMOUR SUDMAN and NORMAN M. BRADBURN, Asking Questions: A Practical Guide to Questionnaire Design. PETER H. ROSSI and STEVEN L. NOCK (eds.), Measuring Social Judgments: A Factorial Survey Approach. DOUGLAS F. CAMPBELL, Beginnings: Essays on the History of Canadian Sociology. HART CANTELON and RICHARD GRUNEAU (eds.), Sport, Culture and the Modern State. G. LLEWELLYN WATSON, Social Theory and Critical Understanding. EARLE H. WAUGH, BAHA ABU-LABAN AND REGULA B. QURESHI (eds.), The Muslim Community in North America. IAN TAYLOR, Crime, Capitalism and Community: Three Essays in Socialist Criminology. RONALD WARDHAUGH, Language and Nationhood: The Canadian Experience.     

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BARRY D. ADAM and ALAN SEARS, Experiencing HIV: Personal, Family and Work Relationships.
MARY LOUISE ADAMS, The Trouble with Normal: Postwar Youth and the Making of Heterosexuality.
RICHARD ALTSCHULER (ed.), The Living Legacy of Marx, Durkheim & Weber: Applications and Analyses of Classical Sociological Theory by Modern Social Scientists.
ABIGAIL BAKAN and DAIVA STASIULIS (eds.), Not One of the Family: Foreign Domestic Workers in Canada.
JON CAULFIELD and LINDA PEAKE (eds.), City Lives and City Forms: Critical Research and Canadian Urbanism.
P atricia M. E vans and G erd A R. W ekerle (eds.), Women and the Canadian Welfare State: Challenges and Change.
BENT FLYVBJERG, Power and Rationality: Democracy in Practice.
J. BARRY GURDIN, Amidé I Friendship: An Investigation into Cross-Cultural Styles in Canada and the United States.
ROBERTA HAMILTON, Gendering the Vertical Mosaic: Feminist Perspectives on Canadian Society.
THOMAS M. McKENNA, Muslim Rulers and Rebels: Everyday Politics and Armed Separatism in the Southern Philippines.
ANDY MERRIFIELD and ERIK SWYNGEDOUW (eds.), The Urbanization of Injustice.
ROD MICHALKO, The Mystery of the Eye and the Shadow of Blindness.
RICHARD MORRIS, Sinners, Lovers, and Heroes: An Essay on Memorializing in Three American Cultures.
DIANE SINGERMAN and HOMAHOODFAR(eds.), Deuelopment Change and Gender in Cairo: A View from the Household.
LESLIE PAUL THIELE, Thinking Politics: Perspectives in Ancient, Modern and Postmodern Political Theory.     

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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 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: 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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TANYA BASOK, Keeping Heads above Water: Salvadorean Refugees in Costa Rica. PER BRASK and WILLIAM MORGAN (eds.),Aboriginal Voices: Amerindian, Inuit and Sami Theater. BRIAN BURTCH, Trials of Labour: The Re-emergence of Midwifery. SALLY COLE, Women of the Praia: Work and Lives in a Portuguese Coastal Community. WALLACE CLEMENT and JOHN MYLES, Relations of Ruling: Class and Gender in Postindustrial Societies. JAMES E. CÔTÉ and ANTON L. ALLAHAR, Generation on Hold: Coming of Age in the Late Twentieth Century. GLORIA GOODWIN RAHEJA and ANN GRODZINS GOLD, Listen to the Heron's Words: Reimaging Gender and Kinship in North India. DAVID LYON, The Electronic Eye: The Rise of Surveillance Society.     

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Book reviewed in this article: BETTY MACLEOD (ed.), Demography and Educational Planning ROBERT M. PIKE, Who Doesn't Get to University and Why: A Study on Accessibility to Higher Education in Canada CHARLES HANLY, Who Pays? University Financing in Ontario F. ZIMMERMANN, La parenté F. DUYCKAERTS, C.B. HINDLEY, I. LEZINE, M. REUCHLIN, A. ZEMPLENI, Milieu et développement: symposium de Vassociation de psychologie scientifique de langue française (Lille, 1970) JAMES C. FARIS, Cat Harbour: A Newfoundland Fishing Settlement OTTAR BROX, Newfoundland Fishermen in the Age of Industry: A Sociology of Economic Dualism R. ANDERSON and c. WADEL (eds.), North Atlantic Fishermen: Anthropological Essays on Modern Fishing     

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Books reviewed: Charles Antaki and Sue Widdicombe (eds.)., Identities in Talk Tove Skutnab‐Kangas, Linguistic Genocide in Education–or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights? Marnie Holborow, The Politics of English: A Marxist View of Language Clare Mar‐Molinero, The Spanish Speaking World: A Practical Introduction to Sociolinguistic Issues Gail E. Hawisher and Cynthia L. Selfe (eds.), Global Literacies and the World‐Wide‐Web Justine Coupland (ed.), Small Talk Francesca Bargiela‐Chiappini and Catherine Nickerson (eds.)., Writing Business: Genres, Media and Discourses Geoffrey Lewis, The Turkish Language Reform: A Catastrophic Success Kenneth J. Gergen, An Invitation to Social Construction James Milroy and Lesley Milroy, Authority in Language: Investigating Standard English Linda Thomas and Sha¨n Wareing, Language, Society and Power: An Introduction     

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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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Alcock, P., Erskine, A. and May, M. (eds) The Student's Companion to Social Policy
Baudrillard, Jean The Consumer Society
Brewer, John D., Lockhart, Bill and Rodgers, Paula Crime in Ireland 1945–95: Here Be Dragons
Davies, Christie Jokes and Their Relation to Society
Erikson, Kai (ed.) Sociological Visions
Giddens, Anthony and Pierson, Christopher Conversations with Anthony Giddens: Making Sense of Modernity
Giddens, Anthony The Third Way: The Renewal of Social Democracy
Jamieson, Lynn Intimacy: Personal Relationships in Modern Societies
Macnaghten, Phil and Urry, John Contested Natures
Mennell, Stephenand Goudsblom, Johan (eds) Norbert Elias – On Civilisation, Power, and Knowledge
Goudsblom, Johanand Mennell, Stephen (eds) The Norbert Elias Reader
van Krieken, Robert Norbert Elias
Peck, J. Work-Place: The Social Regulation of Labor Markets
Pilkington, Hillary Migration, Displacement and Identity in Post-Soviet Russia
Ringer, Fritz Max Weber's Methodology: The Uni cation of the Cultural and Social Sciences
Rock, Paul Reconstructing A Woman's Prison. The Holloway Redevelopment Project 1968–88
Sniderman, Paul M. and Carmines, Edward G. Reaching Beyond Race
Swatos, Jr., William H. (ed.) Encyclopedia of Religion and Society     

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Book reviewed in this article: M. PATRICIA MARCHAK, Ideological Perspectives on Canada. IMMANUEL WALLERSTEIN, The Modern World-System: Capitalist Agriculture and the Origins of the European World-Economy in the Sixteenth Century ALAN F. BLUM, Theorizing. Sociologie et Sociétés J. HENRIPIN et E. LAPIERRE-ADAMCYK, La fin de la revanche des berceaux: qu'en pensent les Québécoises ? JANICE ACTON, PENNY GOLDSMITH, and BONNIE SHEPARD (eds.), Women at Work: Ontario 1850–1930. LUCE IRIGARAY, Spéculum de l'autre femme C. CARISSE et J. DUMAZEDIER, Les femmes innovatrices: problèmes post-industriels d'une Amérique francophone, le Québec. DAVID R. HUGHES and EVELYN KALLEN, The Anatomy of Racism: Canadian Dimensions. H.F. MCGEE, The Native Peoples of Atlantic Canada: A Reader in Regional Ethnic Relations. THOMAS ABLER, DOUGLAS SANDERS, SALLY WEAVER, et al., A Canadian Indian Bibliography: 1960–1970. BERNARD ASSINIWI, Histoire des Indiens du Hunt et du Bas Canada. PETER R. SINCLAIR and KENNETH WESTHUES, Village in Crisis. WILLIAM SHAFFIR, Life in a Religious Community: The Lubavitcher Chassidim in Montreal. ROBERT PRESTHUS, Elites in the Policy Process. MICHAEL BLISS, A Living Profit: Studies in the Social History of Canadian Business, 1883–1911. DANIEL KUBAT and DAVID THORNTON, A Statistical Profile of Canadian Society. JAMES and ROBERT SIMMONS, Urban Canada D.J. BAUM, The Final Plateau: The Betrayal of Our Older Citizens. BENJAMIN SCHLESINGER(ed.), Family Planning in Canada: A Source Book.     

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Book reviewed in this article: In the Way of Women: Men's Resistance to Sex Equality in Organisations by Cynthia Cockburn. The Transformation of Intimacy: Sexuality, Love and Eroticism in Modern Societies by Anthony Giddens. Gender and Bureaucracy by Mike Savage and Anne Witz (eds.) About Time: the Revolution in Work and Family Life by Patricia Hewitt.     

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Book reviewed in this article: The Consequences of Modernity Anthony Giddens Against Postmodernism: A Marxist Critique A. Callinicos Reactions to the Right Barry Hindess (ed.) The Mode of Information: Poststructuralism and Social Context Mark Poster Media Theory: An Introduction F. Inglis Comic Visions: Television Comedy and American Culture David Marc, Unwin Hyman On Record: Rock, Pop and the Written Word Simon Frith and Andrew Goodwin (eds) The Tourist Gaze: Leisure and Travel in Contemporary Societies John Urry Interpreting the Past, Understanding the Present Stephen Kendrick, Pat Straw and David McCrone, (eds) Hard Lessons: The Lives and Education of Working-class Women in Nineteenth-Century England June Purvis New Professions, Old Order: Engineers und German Society 1815–1914 Kees Gispen We are not French! Language, Culture and Identity in Brittany M. MacDonald After 200 Years. Photographic Essays of Aboriginal and Islander Australia Today Penny Taylor (ed.), for the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Home Ownership: Differentiation and Fragmentation Ray Forrest, Alan Murie and Peter Williams, Unwin Hyman Property and Power in a City: The Sociological Significance of Landlordism. D. McCrone and B. Elliott Women, Poverty and Ideology in Asia: Contradictory Pressures, Uneasy Resolutions Haleh Afshar and Bina Agarwal, (eds) Women, Food and Families Nicki Charles and Marion Kerr Child Labour Alec Fyfe Unmasking Masculinity David Jackson, Unwin Hyman O Lorna!; Constituting a Self (1977–1984) Kurt H. Wolff     

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Books reviewed in this article: Megnad Desai, Marx's Revenge: The Resurgence of Capitalism and the Death of Statist Socialism Boel Berner and Per Trulsson (eds.), Manoeuvring in an Environment of Uncertainty: Structural Change and Social Action in Sub‐Saharan Africa Maria H. Brons, Society, Security, Sovereignty and the State in Somalia: From Statelessness to Statelessness? Oliver Morrissey and Michael Tribe (eds.), Economic Policy and Manufacturing Performance in Developing Countries Naila Kabeer, The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in London and Dhaka Michael Edwards and Alan Fowler (eds.), The Earthscan Reader on NGO Management Theodore H. Moran, Parental Supervision: The New Paradigm for Foreign Direct Investment and Development Michael T. Rock, Pollution Control in East Asia: Lessons from Newly Industrializing Economies Holger Bernt Hansen and Michael Twaddle (eds.), Christian Missionaries and the State in the Third World Jeffrey James, Technology, Globalization and Poverty Derek Byerlee and Ruben G. Echeverria (eds.), Agricultural Policy in an Era of Privatization B. Mak Arvin (ed.), New Perspectives on Foreign Aid and Economic Development Stephen J.H. Dearden (ed.), The European Union and the Commonwealth Caribbean Samir Rihani, Complex System Theory and Development Practice: Understanding Non‐Linear Realities Douglas S. Massey, Jorge Durand and Nolan J. Malone, Beyond Smoke and Mirrors: Mexican Immigration in an Era of Economic Integration Sylvia Chan, Liberalism, Democracy and Development Sherry Stephenson, Christopher Findlay and Soonhwa Yi (eds.), Services Trade Liberalisation and Facilitation Janelle Plummer, Focusing Partnerships: A Sourcebook for Municipal Capacity Building in Public‐Private Partnerships The Panos Institute, Reducing Poverty: Is the World Bank's Strategy Working?