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power and democracy in america . Edited by William V. D' Antonio and Howard J. Ehrlich.
family growth in metropolitan america . By Charles F. Westoff, Robert G. Porter, Jr., Philip C. Sagi, and Elliot G. Mishler.
marriage and the american ideal . By Floyd M. Martinson.
the child and society: the process of socialization . By Frederick Elkin.
tradition, values, and socio-economic development . Edited by Ralph Braibanti and Joseph J. Spengler.
the modernization of iran, 1921–1941 . By Amin Banani.
race and reason: a yankee view . By Charles Putnam.
the negro in american civilization . By Nathaniel Weyl.
the negro in france . By Shelby T. McCloy.
fifty-eight lonely men: southern federal judges and school desegregation . By J. W. Peltason.
american society: a sociological interpretation . By Robin M. Williams, Jr. Revised edition.
the politics of mass society . By William Kornhauser.
autocracy and democracy . By Ralph K. White and Ronald O. Lippitt.
crime in america: controversial issues in twentieth-century criminology . Edited by Herbert A. Bloch.
the mandarins: the circulation of elites in china, 1600–1900 . By Robert M. Marsh.
social work research . Edited by Norman A. Polansky.
contemporary political ideologies . Edited by Joseph S. Roucek.
mathematical thinking in the measurement of behavior . Edited by Herbert Solomon.     

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social behavior: its elementary forms . By George Caspar Homans.
growing old: the process of disengagement . By Elaine Cumming and William E. Henry.
aging in the state of washington . Edited by William S. Hopkins
parental attitudes and child behavior . Edited by John C. Glidewell, with a Foreword by Raymond Feldman.
juvenile delinquency in american society . By Harry Manuel Shulman.
juvenile delinquency in modern society , third edition. By Martin H. Neumeyer.
language and the discovery of reality: a developmental psychology of cognition . By Joseph Church.
automatic data-processing systems . By Robert H. Gregory and Richard L. Van Horn.     

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political man. the social bases of politics . By Seymour Martin Lipset.
social change in rural society . By Everett M. Rogers.
the religion of java . By Clifford Geertz.
theoretical studies in social organization of the prison .
the probation officer investigates. a guide to the presentence report . By Paul W. Keve.
the intellectuals: a controversial portrait . Edited by George B. de Huszer.     

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man, mind and land: a theory of resource use . By Walter Firey.
presidential transitions . By Laurin L. Henry.
husbands and wives: the dynamics of married living . By Robert O. Blood, Jr., and Donald M. Wolfe.
premarital sexual standards in america. a sociological investigation of the relative social and cultural integration of american sexual standards . By Ira L. Reiss.
the chinese in new zealand: a study in assimilation . By Ng Bickleen Fong.
the chinese in the united states of america . By Rose Hum Lee.
sociological studies of health and sickness . Edited by Dorrian Apple.
women in trouble . By James Donner. the sexual side of life . By Don James. tormented women . By Ed. McGoldrick, Jr. crime and passion . By Dr. Eugene B. Mozes. sex and the armed services . By Dr. L. T. Woodward. the power of marital love . By Don James.
races of mankind . By Calvin I. Kephart.     

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the religious factor: a sociological study of religion's impact on politics, economics, and family life . By Gerhard Lenski.
religion in contemporary culture: a study of religion through social science . By Purnell Handy Benson.
the population explosion and christian responsibility . By Richard M. Fagley.
negro and white in connecticut town . By Frank F. Lee.
studies in human ecology . Edited by George A. Theodorson.
labor commitment and social change in developing areas . Edited by Wilbert E. Moore and Arnold S. Feldman.
sociology of crime . Edited by Joseph S. Roucek.
television in the lives of our children . By Wilbur Schramm, Jack Lyle, and Edwin B. Parker.     

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delinquency and opportunity: a theory of delinquent gangs . By Richard A. Cloward and Lloyd E. Ohlin.
new men of papua . By Robert F. Maher.
a selected bibliography on values, ethics, and esthetics in the behavioral sciences and philosophy, 1920–1958 . By E. M. Albert and C. Kluckhohn, with the assistance of R. Le Vine, W. Seulowitz, and M. Gallaher.
social systems. essays on their persistence and change . By Charles P. Loomis.
a social history of the american family . By Arthur W. Calhoun.
people, jobs, and economic development: a case history of puerto rico, supplemented by recent mexican experiences . By A. J. Jaffe. A Report of the Bureau of Applied Social Sciences of Columbia University.
parents of the handicapped . By Alfred H. Katz.
a polish factory: a case study of workers' participation in decision-making . By Jiri Kolaja.
the history of modern culture . By Maurice Parmelee.     

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funeral customs the world over . By Robert W. Habenstein and William M. Lamers.
der begabungsschwund in europa . By Ludwig Winter.
residence and race . By Davis McEntire.
finnish immigrants in america, 1880–1920 . By A. William Hoglund.
retirement villages . By Ernest W. Burgess.
developments in mathematical psychology . Edited by R. Duncan Luce.
montesquieu and rousseau: forerunners of sociology . By Emile Durkheim. Foreword by Henri Peyre, and Notes by Georges Davy and A. Cuvillier.
families in the church: a protestant survey . By Roy W. Fairchild and John Charles Wynn.     

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The Troublesome Presence: American Democracy and the Negro. By E li G inzberg and A lfred E ichner .
Social Change. By R ichard T. L apiere .
Social Deviance: Social Policy, Action, and Research. By L eslie T.W ilkws
Probation and Parole: Principles and Practices. By R eed K. C legg .
Population Dynamics: Causes and Consequences of World Demo-graphic Change. By R alph T homlinson .
Drinking Among Teen-Agers: A Sociological Interpretation of Alcohol Use by High-School Students. By G eorge L. M addox and B evode C. M c C all .
Health Progress in the United States: 1900–1960. Edited by M onroe L erner and O din W. A nderson .
The Nature of Human Conflict.Edited by Elton B. McNeil
Sociological Theory: A Book of Readings (2nd ed.). Edited by Lewis A. Coser and Bernard Rosenberg
The Anarchists. Edited with an Introduction by Irving L. Horowitz
Aging and the Economy. Edited by Harold L. Orbach and Clark Tibbits
Great Rulers of the African Past. By Lavinia Dobler and William A.Brown
Lift Every Voice. By Dorothy Sterling and Benjamin Quarles
Pioneers and Patriots. By Lavinia Dobler and Edgar A. Toppin     

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experiment perilous . By Renée Fox.
twenty thousand nurses tell their story . By Everett C. Hughes, Helen McGill Hughes, Irwin Deutscher.
negroes and medicine . By Dietrich C. Reitzes.
labor and economic development . Edited by Walter Galenson.
the urban community: a world perspective . By Nels Anderson.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Gender and civil society: Transcending boundaries. Edited by Jude HOWELL and Diane MULLIGAN. The economics of work and family. Edited by Jean KIMMEL and Emily P. HOFFMAN. Kids at work: The value of employer sponsored on‐site child care centers. By Rachel CONNELLY, Deborah S. DEGRAFF and Rachel A. WILLIS. Fighting for time: Shifting boundaries of work and social life. Edited by Cynthia FUCHS EPSTEIN and Arne KALLEBERG. Telework and social change: How technology is reshaping the boundaries between home and work. By Nicole B. ELLISON. Leaving welfare: Employment and well‐being of the families that left welfare in the post‐entitlement era. By Gregory ACS and Pamela LOPREST. Helping working families: The Earned Income Tax Credit. By Saul D. HOFFMANN and Laurence S. SEIDMAN. The scientific reproduction of gender inequality: A discourse analysis of research texts on women's entrepreneurship. By Helene AHL. New ILO publications: America Latina: Negociación colectiva y equidad de género. Edited by Laís ABRAMO and Marta RANGEL. Employers' organizations taking the lead on gender equality: Case studies from 10 countries. Gender equality and decent work: Good practices at the workplace.     

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Book reviewed in this article: Dynamics in Farming System: Changes in the Time and Space in Sukumaland, Tanzania. By H.C.C. Meertens, L. J. Ndege, and H.J. Enserink. Liberalised Development in Tanzania. Edited by Peter Gibbon. Gender, Family and Household in Tanzania. Edited by Colin Creighton and C.K. Omari. Community Empowerment: A Reader in Participation and Development. Edited by Gary Craig and Marjorie Mayo. Managing to Empower: The Grameen Bank's Experience of Poverty Alleviation. By Susan Holcombe. Participatory Development Tool Kit: Materials to Facilitate Community Empowerment. By Deepa Narayan and Lyra Srinivasan. Gender and Slum Culture in Urban Asia. By Susanne Thorbek. Women and Empowerment: Participation and Decision Making. By Marilee Karl. The Oxfam Gender Training Manual. By Suzanne Williams with Jan Seed and Adelina Mwau. The Third World in Global Environmental Politics. By Marian Miller. Westernizing the Third World: The Eurocentricity of Economic Development Theories. By Ozay Mehmet. The Politics of Global Atmospheric Change. By Ian H. Rowlands. Economic Progress and the Environment: One Developing Country's Policy Crisis. By Douglas Southgate and Morris Whitaker. Survival in the Sahel: An Ecological and Developmental Challenge. Edited by K.M. Leisinger, K. Schmitt and ISNAR. States and Economic Development: A Comparative Historical Analysis. By Linda Weiss and John M. Hobson. Manufacturing for Export in the Developing World: Problems and Possibilities. Edited by G.K. Helleiner.     

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Adorned in Dreams: Fashion and Modernity . Elizabeth Wilson.
Social Knowledge: An Essay on the Nature and Limits of social Science . Paul Mattick, Jr.
Peasants and Peasant Societies: Selected Readings . 2nd Ed. Edited by Teodor Shanin.
Beyond Monopoly: Lawyers, Crises, and Professional Empowerment . Terence C. Halliday
Values, Neo-Kantianism and the Development of Weberian Sociology . Thomas W. Segady     

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book reviewed in this article:
Violence and the Police: A Sociological Study of Law, Custom, and Morality. By W illiam A. W estley .
Institutional Racism in America. Edited by L ouis L. K nowles and K enneth P rewitt .
Mexican Americans. By J oan W. M oore with A lfredo C uéllar .
Points of Rebellion. By W illiam O. D ouglas .
Protest, Refor, and Revolt: A Reader in Social Movements. Edited by J oseph R. G usfield .
Political Violence: The Behavioral Process. By H. L. N ieburg .
Nothing Left But Murder. By J ames M. R einhardt .
Mexican-Americans in the United States: A Reader. Edited by J ohn H. B urma .
The American Enlisted Man. By C harles M oskos , J r .
The Research Act: A Theoretical Introduction to Sociological Methods. By N orman K. D enzin .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Reviews: Beyond the new paternalism: Basic security as equality . Guy STANDING. Reviews: Family life and family interests: A comparative study on the influence of the European Convention of Human Rights on Dutch family law and the influence of the United States Constitution on American family law . Gerda A. KLEIJKAMP Reviews: The dynamics of full employment: Social integration through transitional labour markets . Günther SCHMID; Bernard GAZIER (eds.) Recent books: Critique du droit du travail . Alain SUPIOT Recent books: Réseaux de sociétés et codes de conduite. Un nouveau modèle de regulation des relations de travail pour les entreprises européennes . André SOBCZAK Recent books: Sociologie de la négotiation . Reynald BURQUE; Christian THUDEROZ New ILO publications: Fifteenth American Regional Meeting (Lima, December 2002), Report of the Director‐General: Globalization and decent work in the Americas New ILO publications: Annex: ILO activities in the Americas, 1999–2002 New ILO publications: International Labour Conference, 90th Session, Geneva, 2002: Record of proceedings New ILO publications: International Labour Conference, 91st Session, 2003, Report IV(2): Learning and training for work in the knowledge society: The constituents' views . New ILO publications: International Labour Conference, 91st Session, 2003, Report VII(1): Improved security of seafarers' identification New ILO publications: A statistical profile of the teaching profession . By Maria Teresa SINISCALCO New ILO publications: Alcohol and drug problems at work: The shift to prevention Argentina: Una década de convertibilidad. Un análisis del crecimiento, el empleo y la distribución del ingreso . By Mario DAMILL, Roberto FRENKEL and Roxana MAURIZIO New ILO publications: Corporate success through people: Making international labour standards work for you . By Nicolai ROGOVSKY and Emily SIMS New ILO publications: Decent work in Denmark: Employment, social efficiency and economic security . Edited by Philippe EGGER and Werner SENGENBERGER in collaboration with Peter AUER, Marco SIMONI and Corinne VARGHA New ILO publications: Employment, employability and equal opportunities in the postal and telecommunications services New ILO publications: Employment trends in the tobacco sector: Challenges and prospects . Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on the Future of Employment in the Tobacco Sector New ILO publications: Formación profesional en el cambio de siglo . By Claudio de MOURA CASTRO. Edited by Klaus SCHAACK and Rudolf TIPPELT New ILO publications: Global employment trends New ILO publications: How to read a balance sheet New ILO publications: ILO generic crisis response modules . ILO InFocus Programme on Crisis Response and Reconstruction. Geneva, 2002. xxi + 132 pp. Loose‐leaf binder, glossary, boxes, tables, checklists, bibliography. 25 Swiss francs. ISBN 92–2–112690–0. Crisis response: Rapid needs assessment manual New ILO publications: Lifelong learning in the mechanical and electrical engineering industries New ILO publications: Managing disability in the workplace New ILO publications: Measuring the non‐observed economy: A handbook New ILO publications: Micro‐finance in the industrialized countries: Helping the unemployed to start a business New ILO publications: Panorama laboral 2002: America Latina y el Caribe New ILO publications: Pension reform in central and eastern Europe . Edited by Elaine FULTZ New ILO publications: Pensiones no contributivas y asistenciales: Argentina, Brasil, Chile, Costa Rica y Uruguay . Edited by Fabio M. BERTRANOU, Carmen SOLORIO and Wouter van GINNEKEN New ILO publications: Public emergency services: Social dialogue in a changing environment New ILO publications: Social dialogue in the health services: Institutions, capacity and effectiveness New ILO publications: Social reinsurance: A new approach to sustainable community health financing . Edited by David M. DROR and Alexander S. PREKER New ILO publications: The Committee on Freedom of Association: Its impact over 50 years . By Eric GRAVEL, Isabelle DUPLESSIS and Bernard GERNIGON New ILO publications: The evolution of employment, working time and training in the mining industry     

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Philosophical Aspects of Culture. By B ertram M orris .
Science and the New Nations. Edited by R uth G ruber .
Complex Organizations: A Sociological Reader. Edited by A mitai E tzioni .
Parents without Partners. A Guide for Divorced, Widowed, or Separated Parents. By J im E gleson and J anet F rank E gleson .
Unmarried Mothers. By C lark E. V incent .
Man Takes Control: Cultural Development and American Aid. By C harles J. E rasmus .
Norway's Families: Trends, Problems, Programs. By T homas D. E liot , A rthur H illman , and Others.
Public Opinion and American Democracy. By V. O. K ey , J r .
Public Opinion and Foreign Policy. By J ames N. R osenan .
Newer Dimensions of Patient Care: The Use of the Physical and Social Environment of the General Hospital for Therapeutic Purposes. By E sther L ucille B rown .
Public Leadership. By W endell B ell , R ichard J. H ill , and C harles R. W right .
The Effects of Leadership, By H anan C. S elvin .
Leadership and Organization. By R obert T annenbaum , I rving R. W eschler , and F red M assarik .
Social Structure and Personality: A Case Book. By Y ehudi A. C ohen .
Love and Conflict: New Patterns in Family Life. By G ibson W inter .
Race Relations in Virginia, 1870–1902. By C harles E. W ynes .
Race Prejudice and Education. By C yril B ibby .
The Precarious Vision: A Sociologist Looks at Social Fictions and Christian Faith. By P eter L. B erger .     

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Book reviewed in this article: Precarious work, women, and the new economy: The challenge to legal norms. Edited by Judy FUDGE and Rosemary OWENS. Recent books: 2001–2004: les sortants de l'enseignement supérieur face au marché du travail. By Jean‐François GIRET Globalization, employment and income distribution in developing countries. Edited by Eddy LEE and Marco VIVARELLI. La huelga hoy en el derecho social comparado. Edited by Antonio MARZAL. Barcelona, J. M. Bosch Le principe du droit au travail: juridicité, signification et normativité. By Dominic ROUX. Le travail. Un marché pas comme les autres. By Jean VERCHERAND. Collection “Des Sociétés”. The other half of gender: Men's issues in development. Edited by Ian BANNON and Maria C. CORREIA. New ILO publications: Changing patterns in the world of work. Report of the Director‐General, International Labour Conference, 95th Session, 2006, Report I (C). The role of the ILO in technical cooperation: Promoting decent work through field and country programmes. International Labour Conference, 95th Session, 2006, Report VI. Decent working time: New trends, new issues. Edited by Jean‐Yves BOULIN, Michel LALLEMENT, Jon C. MESSENGER and François MICHON. Labour and social issues arising from problems of cross‐border mobility of international drivers in the road transport sector. Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on Labour and Social Issues arising from Problems of Cross‐border Mobility of International Drivers in the Road Transport Sector. Sectoral Activities Programme. Merchants of labour. Edited by Christiane KUPTSCH. International Institute for Labour Studies. Social and labour implications of the increased use of advanced retail technologies. Report for discussion at the Tripartite Meeting on the Social and Labour Implications of the Increased Use of Advanced Retail Technologies. Sectoral Activities Programme. Violence at work. By Duncan CAMPBELL and Vittorio DI MARTINO.     

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Book reviewed in this article:
Artificial Experts: Social Knowledge and Intelligent Machines , by H. M. Collins. Cambrige, MA and London, England: MIT Press, 1990, 266 + XIII pages, $19.95, hardback.
Images of Issues: Typifying Contemporary Social Problems , edited by Joel Best. New York: Aldine de Gruyter, 1989, 258 pages, $34.95, hardback, $16.95, paper.
An End to Shame: Shaping Our Next Sexual Revolution , by Ira L. Reiss with Harriet M. Reiss. Buffalo, NY: Prometheus Books, 1990, 287 pages, $21.95, hardback.
Structures of Power and Constraint: Papers in Honor of Peter M. Blau , edited by Craig Calhoun, Marshall W. Meyer, and W. Richard Scott. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990, 495 pages, $65.00, hardback.
Social Entropy Theory , by Kenneth D. Bailey. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1990, 310 pages, $54.50, cloth, $17.95, paper.
Sociological Theories in Progress: New Formulations , by Joseph Berger, Morris Zelditch and Bo Anderson (eds.). Newbury Park: Sage Publications, 1989, 416 pages, $42.00.     

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Japan's Invisible Race. Caste in Culture and Personality. Edited by G eorge D e V os and H iroshi W agatsuma
Lawyers in the Making. By S eymour W arkov , with a chapter by J oseph Z elan
Student Culture: Social Structure and Continuity in a Liberal Arts College. By W alter L. W allace .
Poverty amid Affluence. Edited by L eo F ishman .
Poverty in the Affluent Society. Edited by H anna H. M eissner .
The Human Perspective in Sociology: The Methodology of Participant Observation. By S everyn T. B ruyn .
Brief Mention
Minority Problems: a Textbook of Readings in Intergroup Relations , ed. by Arnold M. Rose and Caroline B. Rose
War and Revolution , by Nicholas S. Timasheff, edited by Joseph F. Scheurer     

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Book reviewed in this article: Monetary Policy in Developing Countries. Edited by Sheila Page Reluctant Partners? Non-Governmental Organizations, the State and Sustainable Agricultural Development. By John Farrington and Anthony Bebbington with Kate Wellard and David J. Lewis Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Africa: Rethinking Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development. Edited by Kate Wellard and James G. Copestake Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Asia: Rethinking Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development. Edited by John Farrington and David J. Lewis Non-Governmental Organizations and the State in Latin America: Rethinking Roles in Sustainable Agricultural Development. By Anthony Bebbington and Graham Thiele with Penelope Davies, Martin Prager and Hernando Riveros Burning Questions: Environmental Limits to Energy Growth in Asian-Pacific Countries during the 1990s. Edited by K. V. Ramani, Peter Hills and Grace George Energy Management in Africa. Edited by M. R. Bhagavan and S. Karekezi Energy for Rural Development. Edited by M. R. Bhagavan and Stephen Karekezi Wasting the Rain: Rivers, People and Planning in Africa. By W. M. Adams     

What Chance of Change for Africa?

Book reviewed in this article: Power and Need in Africa. By Ben Wisner The State and Agriculture in Africa. Edited by Thandika Mkandawire and Naceur Bourenane Rural Transformation in Tropical Africa. Edited by Douglas Rimmer The IMF and the World Bank in Africa. Edited by Kjell J . Havnevik Mobilizing Appropriate Technology. Edited by Matthew S. Gamser Indian Agriculture: A Policy Perspective. By B.M. Bhatia