Book Reviews

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)     

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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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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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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:
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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Books reviewed in this articles:
Immigration and the Work Force: Economic Consequences for the United States and Source Areas George J. Borjas and Richard B. Freeman, (eds)
Emotion in Organizations Stephen Fineman, (ed.)
Young People's Leisure and Lifestyles L.B. Hendry, J. Shucksmith, J.G. Love and A. Glendinning
Sex, Gay men and AIDS Peter M. Davies, Ford C.I. Hickson, Peter Weatherburn and Andrew J. Hunt
Essays on Women, Medicine and Health Ann Oakley
Sport in Social Development: Traditions, Transitions, and Transformations Alan G. Ingham and John W. Loy, (eds)
Constructing the Countryside Terry Marsden, Jonathan Murdoch, Philip Lowe, Richard Munton and Andrew Flynn
Reimagining the Nation Marjorie Ringrose and Adam J. Lerner, (eds)
Cultural Rights: Technology, Legality and Personality C. Lury
The Field of Cultural Production P. Bourdieu
Judaism and Modernity: Philosophical Essays Gillian Rose
Emile Durkheim: Sociologist and Moralist Stephen J. Turner, (ed.)
Foucault and Feminism Lois McNay
Materialist Feminisms D. Landry and G. MacLean
Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analysing Talk, Text and Interaction David Silverman
Qualitative Data Analysis: A User-Friendly Guide for Social Scientists Ian Dey
Narrative Analysis Martin Cortazzi
Mozart: Portrait of a Genius N. Elias     

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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:
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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Books reviewed in this article
The Death of Class , Jan Pakulski and Malcolm Waters
Social Change and the Middle Classes , Tim Butler and Mike Savage, (eds)
Practical Sociology: Post-empiricism and the Reconstruction of Theory and Application , Christopher G.A. Bryant
Environmental Sociology: A Social Constructionist Perspective , John A. Hannigan
Knowing Machines: Essays on Technical Change , Donald MacKenzie
Daniel Bell , Malcolm Waters
Canvases and Careers: Institutional Change in the French Painting World , Harrison C. White and Cynthia A. White
Theorizing Museums , Sharon Macdonald and Gordon Fyfe, (eds)
Club Cultures: Music, Media and Subcultural Capital , Sarah Thornton
Food, the Body and the Self , Deborah Lupton
Making Men: Rugby and Masculine Identity , J. Nauright, and T.J.L. Chandler, (eds)     

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Bottoms, Bette L., Bull Kovera, Margaret and Mcauliff, Bradley D. Children, Social Science and the Law
Davie, Grace Europe: The Exceptional Case; Parameters of Faith in the Modern World
Flyvbjerg, Bent, Bruzelius, Nils and Rothengatter, Werner Megaprojects and Risk: An Anatomy of Ambition
Boddy, David Managing Projects. Building and Leading the Team
Goldthorpe, John On Sociology - Numbers, Narratives and the Integration of Research and Theory
Goodchild, Philip Capitalism and Religion: The Price of Piety
Hills, John, Le Grand, Julian and Piachaud, David (eds) Understanding Social Exclusion
Joseph, Jonathan Hegemony: A Realist Analysis
Jonsson, J. O. and Mills, Colin (eds) Cradle to Grave: Life-Course Change in Modern Sweden
Allan, Graham and Jones, Gill (eds) Social Relations and the life Course
Misa, Thomas J., Brey, Philip and Feenberg, Andrew (eds) Modernity and Technology
Robertson, Robbie The Three Waves of Globalization: A History of a Developing Global Consciousness
Smith, Denis Norbert Elias and Modern Social Theory     

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Books reviewed in this article:
Racism after 'Race Relations ' Robert Miles
Racialised Barriers: The Black Experience in the United States and England in the 1980s Stephen Small
Locating Gender: Occupational Segregation, Wages and Domestic Responsibilities Janet Siltanen
Mothers and Their Children—A Feminist Sociology of Childrearing Jane Ribbens
Timewatch. The Social Analysis of Time B. Adam
Reflexive Modernization: Politics, Tradition and Aesthetics in the Modern Social Order Ulrich Beck
The Russian Revolutions Max Weber
Associative Democracy: New Forms of Economic and Social Governance Paul Q. Hirst
Debating the Future of the Public Sphere: Transforming the Public and Private Domains in Free Market Societies Stephen Edgell
The Flâneur Keith Tester, (ed.)
and there was television Ellis Cashmore
Reporting Crime: The Media Politics of Criminal Justice Philip Schlesinger and Howard Tumber
' Game Without Frontiers: Football, Identity and Modernity 'R. Giulianotti and J. Williams, (eds)
Consumer Involvement: Concepts And Research Pirjo Laaksonen
Postmodern Cities and Spaces Sophie Watson and Catherine Gibson (eds)
Technopoles of the World: The Making of 21st Century Industrial Complexes Manuel Castells, and Peter Hall
Researching the People's Health J. Popay and G. Williams (eds)
Qualitative Studies in Health and Medicine M. Bloor and P. Taraborrelli (eds)
Resistance and Power in Organisations John Jermier     

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Books reviewed in this article
Undoing Culture. Globalization, Postmodernism and Identity , Mike Featherstone
Art and Social Structure , Robert W. Witkin
Raymond Williams , Fred Inglis
Michel de Certeau: Interpretation and its Other , Jeremy Aheame
The Elements of Social Theory , Barry Bames
Fin de Siècle Social Theory: Relativism, Reduction and the Problem of Reason , J.C. Alexander
Recovering Ethical Life: Jurgen Habermas and the future of critical theory , J.M. Bernstein
The Cultures of Computing , Susan Leigh Star (ed.)
Time. The Modern and Postmodern Experience , Helga Nowotny
Capitalism: A Social Audit , Peter Saunders
Social Divisions: Economic Decline and Social Structural Change , Lydia Morris
Divide and School: Gender and Class Dynamics in Comprehensive Education , John Abraham
Limited Responsibilities. Social movements and criminal justice , Tamar Pitch, translated by John Lea     

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     

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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.     

Book Reviews/Comptes rendus

RONALD J. BERGER, Fathoming the Holocaust: A Social Problems Approach REGINALD W BIBBY, Restless Gods: The Renaissance of Religion in Canada BRUCE CURTIS, The Politics of Population: State Formation, Statistics, and the Census of Canada, 1840–1875 DAVID DAMAS, Arctic Migrants/Arctic Villagers: The Transformation of Inuit Settlement in the Central Arctic FAWZIA AFZAL‐KHAN and KALPANA SESHADRI‐CROOKS (eds.), The Pre‐Occupation of Post‐Colonial Studies MICHAEL R. HAINES and RICHARD H. STECKEL (eds.), A Population History of North America WILL C. VAN DEN HOONAARD (ed.), Walking the Tightrope: Ethical Issues for Qualitative Researchers MEG LUXTON and JUNE CORMAN, Getting By in Hard Times: Gendered Labour at Home and on the Job HEATHER MONTGOMERY, Modern Babylon?: Prostituting Children in Thailand ELIZABETH A. POVINELLI, The Cunning of Recognition: Indigenous Alterities and the Making of Australian Multiculturalism STEPHEN E REYNA, Connections: Brain, Mind, and Culture in a Social Anthropology LYN SCHUMAKER, Africanizing Anthropology: Fieldwork, Networks, and the Making of Cultural Knowledge in Central Africa     

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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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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: 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:
Aramis, Or the Love of Technology Bruno Latour
Postmodernity and its Discontents Zygmunt Bauman
Key Debates in Anthropology Tim Ingold
Postcolonial African Philosophy. A Critical Reader Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze (ed.)
Sociology on the Menu. An Invitation to the Study of Food and Society Alan Beardsworth and Teresa Keil
Consumption, Food and Taste. Culinary Antinomies and Commodity Culture Alan Warde
Governance of the Consuming Passions: A History of Sumptuary Law Alan Hunt
Consumption Matters Stephen Edgell, Kevin Hetherington and Alan Warde, (eds)
The Unmanageable Consumer: Contemporary Consumption and its Fragmentation Yiannis Gabriel and Tim Lang
Justice, Nature and the Geography of Difference David Harvey
Spatial Formations Nigel Thrift
The Reinvention of Politics: Rethinking Modernity in the Global Social Order Ulrich Beck
The Dynamics of Conflict in Northern Ireland Joseph Ruane and Jennifer Todd
Racism and Society John Solomos and Les Back
The Place of Men in Changing Family Cultures Geoff Dench
The Erotic in Sports Allen Guttmann
Boxing and Society: An International Analysis John Sugden
Unnecessary Suffering: Managing Market Utopia Maurice Glasman     

Book Reviews

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