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Theory of Societal Constitutionalism: Foundations of a Non-Marxist Critical Theory , David Sciulli
The Society of Individuals , Norbert Elias, (translated by Edmund Tephcott)
Men Versus the State: Herbert Spencer and Late Victorian Individualism , M.W. Taylor
Deconstructing the Nation: Immigration, Racism and Citizenship in Modern France , Maxim Silverman
Images of Postmodern Society: Social Theory and Contemporary Cinema , Norman K. Denzin
Welfare States and Working Mothers: The Scandinavian Experience , Arnlaug Leira
Health, Welfare and Practice: Reflecting on Roles and Relationships , Jan Walmsley, Jill Reynolds, Pam Shakespeare and Ray Woolfe, (eds)
Life After Ninety , Michael Bury and Anthea Holme
Prophets in their Own Country: Living Saints and the Making of Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages , Aviad M. Kleinberg
Parallels: The Soldiers' Knowledge and the Oral History of Contemporary Warfare , J.T. Hansen, A.S. Owen and M.P. Madden, A. deGruyter
Max Weber's Sociology of Intellectuals , Ahmad Sadri     

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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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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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Book reviewed in this article:
Authors of Their Own Lives: Intellectual Autobiographies by Twenty American Sociologists Bennett M. Berger (ed.)
Post-Marxist Alternatives: the Construction of Social Orders Nicos P. Mouzelis
Surveillance, Power and Modernity Christopher Dandeker
Theories of Modernity and Postmodernity Bryan S. Turner (ed.)
Sexual Subversions: Three French Feminists Elizabeth Grosz
Sociobiology and the Social Sciences Robert W. Bell and Nancy J., Bell (eds)
The Dilemma of Qualitative Method: Herbert Blumer and the Chicago Tradition Martyn Hammersley
Collective Remembering David Middleton and Derek Edwards (eds)
Models and Mirrors: Towards an Anthropology of Public Events D. Handelman
Black Music in Britain: Essays on the Afro-Asian Contribution to Popular Music P. Oliver (ed.)
The Unprincipled Society: New Demands and Old Politics David Marquand
New Forms of Ownership: Management and Employment G. Jenkins and M. Poole (eds)
Patterns of Labour: Work and Social Change in the Pottery Industry Richard Whipp
Social Work in an Enterprise Society Robert Pinker
The Politics and Morality of Deviance: Moral Panics , Drug Abuse
Readings in Medical Sociology S. Cunningham-Burley and N.P. McKeganey (eds)
New Directions in the Sociology of Health Pamela Abbott and Geoff Payne (eds)     

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

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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 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     

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Book reviewed in this article: Social Theory and Modern Sociology Anthony Giddens A Reconstruction of Historical Materialism Jorge Larrain Place, Practice and Structure: Social and Spatial Transformations in Southern Sweden: 1750–1850 Allan Pred New Forms of Democracy David Held and Christopher Pollitt, (eds) Women and European Politics Joni Lovenduski Women of Europe Elizabeth Vallance and Elizabeth Davies Becoming a Feminist: The Social Origins of First Wave Feminism Olive Banks Justice for Women? Family, Court and Social Control Mary Eaton Women, Violence and Social Control Jalna Hammer and Mary Maynard The British Worker Question: A New Look at Workers and Productivity in Manufacturing Theo Nichols Routledge & Kegan Paul. The Enemy Within: Pit Villages and the Miners' Strike of 1984–5 R. Samuel, B. Bloomfield and G. Boanas (eds) Thurcroft: a Village and the Miners' Strike The Miners' Strike 1984-5: Loss without Limit M. Adeney and J. Lloyd German White-Collar Workers and the Rise of Hitler Hans Speier Democracy and Control in the Workplace Ed Davis and Russell Lansbury Towards a New Industrial Democracy: Workers' Participation in Industry Michael Poole, Routledge & Kegan Paul Unemployment: Personal and Social Consequences Stephen Fineman (ed.) Unions, Unemployment and Innovation Eric Batstone and Stephen Gourlay Public Acceptance of New Technologies. An International Review Roger Williams and Stephen Mills (eds) Education for Some: The Educational and Vocational Experiences of 15–18 Year Old Members of Minority Ethnic Origins John Eggleston, David Dunn, Mahdu Anjali The Power of Psychiatry Peter Miller and Nikolas Rose (eds) Love as Passion: the Codification of Intimacy Niklas Luhmann Quest for Excitement: Sport and Leisure in the Civilizing Process Norbert Elias and Eric Dunning All Work and No Play? The Sociology of Women and Leisure Rosemary Deem The Pub and the People A Worktown Study by Mass Observation Ageing and Social Policy C. Phillipson and A. Walker (eds)     

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

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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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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 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 reviewed in this article:
Anwar, Muhammad Between Cultures: Continuity and Change in the Lives of Young Asians
Baert, Patrick Social Theory in the Twentieth Century
Bauman, Zygmunt Work, Consumerism and the New Poor
Bauman, Zygmunt Globalization: The Human Consequences
Kiely, Ray and Mar eet, Phil (eds) Globalisation and the Third World
Bourdieu, Pierre Practical Reason: On the Theory of Action
Clawson, Dan (ed.) Required Reading: Sociology's Most In uential Books
Collins, Harry M. and Pinch, Trevor The Golem at Large: What you Should Know about Technology
Giele, Janet Z. and Elder, Glen H. Jr. (eds) Methods of Life Course Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
Holdaway, Simon and Rock, Paul (eds) Thinking About Criminology
McCrone, David The Sociology of Nationalism: Tomorrow's Ancestors
Osborne, Thomas Aspects of Enlightenment: Social Theory and the Ethics of Truth
Rojek, Chris and Urry, John Touring Cultures: The Transformations of Travel and Theory
Rose, Richard, Mishler, William and Haerpfer, Christian Democracy and its Alternatives: Understanding Post-communist Societies     

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

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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.)     

Marxism,Post-Marxism,or Post-Post-Marxism?

Book reviewed in this article:
Marxism in the Postmodern Age: Confronting the New World Order , edited by Antonio Callari, Stephen Cullenberg, and Carole Biewener. New York: Guilford, 1995, 560 pages. Cloth $49.95; paper $19.95.
After Marxism , by Ronald Aronson. New York: Guilford, 1995, 321 pages. Paper $18.95.
The Semiotic Self : by Norbert Wiley. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994, 250 pages. Cloth, $39.95; paper, $19.95.
Reshaping the Female Body: The Dilemma of'Cosmetic Surgery , by Kathy Davis. New York and London: Routledge, 1995, 206 pages. Cloth $55.00; paper $16.95.
Fear of Crime: Interpreting Victimization Risk , by Kenneth F. Ferraro. Albany: State University of New York Press, 1995, 179 pages. Paper, $19.95
Auto Opium: A Social History of American Automobile Design , by David Gartman. London and New York: Routledge, 1994, 264 pages. Paper, $17.95.
Berefi of Reason: On the Decline of Social Thought and Prospects for Its Renewal , by Eugene Halton. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1995, 304 pages. Cloth, $39.95.
A Festival of Violence: An Analysis of Southern Lynchings, 1882–1930 , by Stewart E. Tolnay and E. M. Beck. University of Illinois Press, 1995. Cloth, $49.95; paper, $19.95.
Selling Free Enterprise: The Business Assault on Labor and Liberalism, 1945–1960 , by Elizabeth A. Fones-Wolf. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1994, 307 pages. Cloth, $49.95; paper, $16.95.
The Executive Way: Conflict Management in Corporations, by Calvin Morrill . Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. Cloth, $29.95.     

Book reviews

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:
Doing Qualitative Research David Silverman
Narrative and the Cultural Construction of Illness and Healing, Cheryl Mattingly and Linda C. Garro, (eds)
Tourism in Global Society: Place, Culture, Consumption, Kevin Meethan
Social Darwinism, Peter Dickens
Informality: Social Theory and Contemporary Practice, Barbara A. Misztal     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: Sociology in America: Herbert J. Gans, (ed.) Animals and Society: The Humanity of Animal Rights: Keith Tester Social Forms/Human Capacities: Essays in Authority and Differences Philip Corrigan Labour Process Theory: David Knights and Hugh Willmott (eds) Max Weber's Construction of Social Theory: Martin Albrow Bureaucratisation in Northwestern Europe, 1880–1985: Domination and Governance: Rolf Torstendahl Organisational Rules: A Framework for Understanding Organisational Action: Albert J. Mills and Stephen J. Murgatroyd Organisations in Society: Glenn Morgan The Mastery of Reason: Cognitive Development and the Production of Rationality: Valerie Walkerdine Postmodern Education: Politics, Culture and Social Criticism: S. Aronowitz and H. A. Giroux ‘Race’, Ethnicity and Education: Teaching and Learning in Multi-Ethnic Schools: David Gillborn, Unwin Hyman Japan's ‘International Youth’: The Emergence of a New Class of Schoolchildren: Roger Goodman The Sociology of the Health Service: Jonathan Gabe, Michael Calnan and Michael Bury (eds) Living in a Man-Made World: Gender Assumptions in Modern Housing Design: Marion Roberts Women and Industrialization: Gender at Work in Nineteenth Century England: J. Lown The Decline and Fall of the British Aristocracy: David Cannadine The Making of Modern France: Ideology, Politics and Culture: Emmanuel Todd, Basil Blackwell Culture and Politics in Northern Ireland 1960–1990: Eamonn Hughes, (ed.) Highland Games: The Making of the Myth: Grant Jarvie Before Novels: The Cultural Context of Eighteenth Century English Fiction: J. Paul Hunter, W. W. Norton Writing Sites: Jon Stratton, Harvester-Wheatsheaf, Hemel Hempstead The Ethnographic Imagination: Textual Constructions of Reality: Paul Atkinson Life and Work History Analyses: Qualitative and Quantitative Developments: Shirley Dex (ed.) A Sort of Clowning: Life and Times 1940–1959: Richard Hoggart