Copyright Sociological Research Online, 1997

Books Received - Volume 2, Issue 1

Inclusion in this list does not pre-empt a review appearing in Sociological Research Online.

Altman, Irwin & Ginat, Joseph

Polygamous Families in Contemporary Society
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1996, ISBN 0 521 56731 9 (pb); 0 521 56169 8 (hb), £19.95 or $27.95 (pb); £55.00 or $69.95 (hb), xv + 512 pp.

Barton, Len (editor)

Disability & Society: Emerging Issues and Insights
Longman: London, 1996, ISBN 0 582 29166 6, £13.50, xii + 265 pp.

Bartunek, Jean M. & Loius, Meryl Reis

Insider/Outsider Team Research
Sage Publications: London, 1996, ISBN 0 8039 7159 1, £7.95, viii + 80 pp.

Bernstein, Basil & Brannen, Julia (editors)

Children, Research and Policy
Taylor & Francis: London, 1996, ISBN 0 7484 0406 6 (pb); 0 7484 0405 8 (hb), £14.95 (pb); £39.00 (hb), x + 275 pp.

Collinson, David L. & Hearn, Jeff

Men as Managers, Managers as Men: Critical Perspectives on Men, Maculinities and Managements
Sage Publications: London, 1996, ISBN 0 8039 8929 6 (pb); 0 8039 8928 8 (hb), £13.95 (pb); £45.00 (hb), 288 pp.

Fowler, Bridget

Pierre Bourdieu and Cultural Theory: Critical Investigations
Sage Publications: London, 1997, ISBN 0 8039 7625 9 (hb); 0 8039 7626 7 (pb), £37.50 (hb); £12.95 (pb), 206 pp.

Glasberg, Davita Silfen & Skidmore, Dan

Corporate Welfare Policy and the Welfare State: Bank Deregulation and the Savings and Loan Bailout
Aldine de Gruyter: New York, 1997, ISBN 0 202 30562 7, $20.95, vii + 172 pp.

Hall, Derek & Danta, Darrick

Reconstructing the Balkans: A Geography of the New Southeast Europe
John Wiley: Chichester, 1996, ISBN 0 471 95758 5, , xx + 260 pp.

Ibrahim, Saad Eddin

Egypt, Islam and Democracy: Twelve Critical Essays
American University in Cairo Press: Cairo, 1996, ISBN 977 424 377 3, $39.00 (hb), xi + 266 pp.

Illeris, Sven

The Service Economy: A Geographical Approach
John Wiley: Chichester, 1996, ISBN 0 471 96618 5, £35.00, viii + 236 pp.

Johnson, Troy R.

The Occupation of Alcatraz Island: Indian Self-Determination and the Rise of Indian Activism
University of Illinois Press: Champaign, IL., 1996, ISBN 0 252 06585 9 (pb), $17.95 (pb); $49.95 (hb), 276 pp.

King, James Roy

Remaking the World: Modeling in Human Experience
University of Illinois Press: Champaign, IL. , 1996, ISBN 0 252 06573 5, , ix + 290 pp.

Lichterman, Paul

The Search for Political Community: American Activists Reinventing Commitment
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1996, ISBN 0 521 48343 3 (pb); 0 521 48286 0 (hb), £15.95 or $19.95 (pb); £45.00 or $54.95 (hb), x + 280 pp.

Merrifield, Andy & Swyngedouw, Erik

The Urbanization of Injustice
Lawrence & Wishart: London, 1996, ISBN 0 85315 842 8, £14.99, 246 pp.

Mestrovic, Stjepan G.

Postemoyional Society
Sage Publications: London, 1997, ISBN 0 7619 5129 6, £12.95, xvii + 170 pp.

Mulkay, Michael

The Embryo Research Debate: Science and Politics of Reproduction
Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1997, ISBN 0 521 57683 0 (pb); 0 521 57180 4 (hb), £12.95 or $18.95 (pb); £35.00 or $59.95(hb), xiii + 212 pp.

Ottenheimer, Martin

Forbidden Relatives: The American Myth of Cousin Marriage
University of Illinois Press: Champaign, IL., 1996, ISBN 0 252 06540 9 (pb), $29.95 (hb); $14.95 (pb), 180 pp.

Rivera-Batiz, Francisco L. & Santiago, Carlos E.

Island Paradox: Puerto Rico in the 1990s
Russell Sage Foundation: New York, 1996, ISBN 0 87154 721 X, $39.95 (hb), x + 198 pp.

Smelser, Neil J.

Problematics of Sociology: The Georg Simmel Lectures, 1995
University of California Press: London, 1997, ISBN 0 520 20675 4, £15.95 or $19.95, xii + 111 pp.

Smith, Christopher

Climbing the Corporate Ladder
University Press of America: New York, 1995, ISBN , , 832 pp.

Swartz, Omar

Conducting Socially Responsible Research: Critical Theory, Neo-Pragmatism and Rhetorical Inquiry
Sage Publications: London, 1997, ISBN 0 7619 0499 9 (pb); 0 7619 0498 0(hb) , £16.50 (pb); £35.00 (hb), xviii + 198 pp.

Swartz, Omar

Conducting Socially Responsible Research
Sage Publications: London, 1997, ISBN 0 7619 0499 9, , xviii + 198 pp.

Thane, Pat

Foundations of the Welfare States (2nd edition)
Longman: Harlow, 1996, ISBN 0 582 27952 6, xv + 357 pp., £15.99

Turpin, Jennifer & Kurtz, Lester R.

The Web of Violence: From Interpersonal to Global
University of Illinois Press: Champaign, IL, 1997, ISBN 0 252 06561 1, , 244 pp.

Waldinger, Roger & Bozrgmehr, Mehdi (editors)

Ethnic Los Angeles
Russell Sage Foundation: New York, 1997, ISBN 0 87154 902 6 (pb), $45.00 (hb); $24.95 (pb), xiv + 497 pp.

Webster, Juliet

Shaping Women's Work: Gender, Employment and Information Technology
Longman: London, 1996, ISBN 0 582 21810 1, £11.99, x + 222 pp.

Weisberg, Herbert, Krosnick, Jon & Bowen, Brus\ce

An Introduction to Survey Research, Polling, and Data Analysis
Sage Publications: London, 1996 (3rd edition), ISBN 0 8039 7402 7, £19.95, xiv + 394 pp.