Sociology Books - 2009

Sociology Books Index - Sociologyindex

Globalisation, Regionalism and Economic Interdependence March 2009 Sociology Book by Filippo di Mauro (Editor), Stéphane Dees (Editor), Warwick J. McKibbin (Editor)

The Geopolitics of American Insecurity: Terror, Power and Foreign Policy (PRIO New Security Studies) March 2009 Sociology Book by Francois Debrix (Author)

Globalisation, Freedom and the Media after Communism: The Past as Future March 2009 Globalization and Sociology Book by Birgit Beumers (Author)

Thai Migrant Sex Workers: From Modernization to Globalization March 2009 Book by Kaoru Aoyama (Author)

International Business: The Challenges of Globalization (5th Ed) (My Management Lab Series) March 2009 Globalization and Sociology Book by John J. Wild, Kenneth L. Wild, Jerry C.Y. Han (Authors)

Globalization in Question March 2009 Globalization and Sociology Book by Paul Hirst (Author), Grahame Thompson (Author), Simon Bromley (Author)

Gender and Global Restructuring: Sightings, Sites and Resistances (Ripe Series in Global Political Economy, March 2009) Gender and Sociology Book.

Understanding Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives, and Issues Book by Clarence Augustus Martin, Feb. 2009 - Review - "There is an abundance of very good historical and current examples. I would adopt this book for my courses and look forward to its publication." -- Frank Hagan

Packaging Terrorism: Co-opting the News for Politics and Profit (Communication in the Public Interest) Book by Susan Moeller, Dec. 2008 - Review - "Susan Moeller trains her scholarly eye on the role of the media in our understanding of modernday terrorism." Marvin Kalb, Edward R. Murrow Professor Emeritus at Harvard
"This is a sober and timely analysis of the toxic mix of politics, terrorism and the media since 9/11." Richard Sambrook, Director, BBC Global News

The Spread of Islamikaze Terrorism in Europe: The Third Islamic Invasion Book by Raphael Israeli Sep. 2008

The Sociology of Religion: A Substantive and Transdisciplinary Approach Book by George Lundskow (Paperback - Jun 10, 2008)

Postmodernism: A Graphic Guide to Cutting Edge Thinking Book by Richard Appiananesi (Sep 25, 2008)

Twenty Lessons in Environmental Sociology Book by Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis (Aug 20, 2008)

Sociology Through Active Learning: Student Exercises Book by Kathleen McKinney and Barbara S. Heyl (Paperback - Jul 1, 2008)

An Invitation to Environmental Sociology Book by Michael Mayerfeld Bell (Paperback - Jun 11, 2008)

The Meaning of Sociology: A Reader (9th Edition) Book by Joel M. Charon and Lee Vigilant (Paperback - Mar 21, 2008)

Great Jobs for Sociology Majors (Great Jobs Series) Book by Stephen Lambert (Paperback - Oct 17, 2008)

Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness, The (6th Edition) Book by Gregory L Weiss and Lynne E. Lonnquist (Paperback - Feb 23, 2008)

Sociology of Religion: Contemporary Developments Book by Kevin J. Christiano (Paperback - May 28, 2008)

Annual Editions: Sociology 08/09 (Annual Editions : Sociology) Book by Kurt Finsterbusch (Paperback - Mar 10, 2008)

Contemporary Readings in Sociology (Contemporary Readings) Book by Kathleen Korgen (Paperback - Feb 29, 2008)

Sociology: The Essentials Book by Margaret L. Andersen and Howard F. Taylor (Paperback - Jan 10, 2008)

Sociology: A Brief Introduction Book by Richard T. Schaefer (Paperback - 2008)

Sociology: A Brief Introduction (7th Edition) (MySocKit Series) Book by Alex Thio (Paperback - Jan 12, 2008)

Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life Book by David M. Newman (Paperback - Jan 9, 2008)

Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, Core Concepts (3rd Edition) (MySocLab Series) Book by James M. Henslin (Paperback - Feb 1, 2008)

Study Guide for Sociology Book by John J Macionis (Paperback - Jan 6, 2008)

Study Guide for Sociology Now: The Essentials for Sociology Now: The Essentials (with MySocLab Student Access Code Card) Book by Michael S. Kimmel and Amy Aronson (Paperback - Jul 25, 2008)

The Real World: An Introduction to Sociology Book by Kerry Ferris and Jill Stein (Paperback - Jan 19, 2008)

Media and the Making of Modern Germany: Mass Communications, Society, and Politics from the Empire to the Third Reich Book by Corey Ross (Oct 15, 2008)

Modern Art: Impressionism to Post-Modernism Book by David Britt (Hardcover - Jan 28, 2008)

Consumer Culture and Postmodernism (Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society) Book by Mike Featherstone (Paperback - Aug 10, 2007)

Who's Afraid of Postmodernism?: Taking Derrida, Lyotard, and Foucault to Church (The Church and Postmodern Culture) Book by James K. A. Smith (Paperback - April 1, 2006)

The SAGE Handbook of the Sociology of Religion Book by James A. Beckford and N Jay Demerath (Hardcover - Nov 19, 2007)

A Sociology of Spirituality (Theology and Religion in Interdisciplinary Perspective Series in Association With the Bsa Sociology of Religion Study Group) Book by Kieran Flanagan and Peter C. Jupp (Hardcover - Sep 15, 2007)

Religion and Alienation: A Theological Reading of Sociology Book by Gregory Baum (Paperback - Mar 2007)

Multilevel Governance of Global Environmental Change: Perspectives from Science, Sociology and the Law Book by Gerd Winter (Hardcover - April 3, 2006)

Deviant Behavior 8th Edition Hardcover Book by Erich Goode (2007) This interesting, comprehensive book examines deviant behavior from the point of view that humans are rule-making and rule-enforcing creatures. Deviant Behavior, 8th ed. recognizes that humans are also rebellious and irrepressible: hence, deviant.

Social Movements: An Introduction
Book by Donatella Della Porta, Mario Diani (January 30, 2006)
Social Movements is a comprehensive introduction and critical analysis of collective action in society today. In the latter part of the last century, social movements became a permanent feature of modern democracies.

Inside Toyland : Working, Shopping, and Social Inequality Book by Christine L. Williams (January 1, 2006)
From Publishers Weekly
Williams, the editor of the journal Gender & Society and author of Still a Man's World, takes the Nickle and Dimed approach to toy retailing by working as a cashier in a high-end and a big box toy store for six weeks each, turning the scrutinizing eye of a sociologist onto the sandbox.
Williams, a sociology professor at the University of Texas who specializes in gender and sexuality studies, spent part of her sabbatical working as a clerk at two toy stores.

Constructionist Controversies: Issues in Social Problems Theory (Social Problems and Social Issues)
Book by Gale Miller, James Holstein (Editors) (2006)

Reinventing "The People": The Progressive Movement, The class Problem, and The Origins of Modern Liberalism (The Working Class in American History) Book by Shelton Stromquist (February 13, 2006)
First Sentence:
Stalwart labor reformer George McNeill spoke for a growing segment of working-class partisans in the 1880s who believed class conflict had become an endemic feature of industrial society and saw a war of seemingly irreconcilable class interests as inevitable.

The Politics of Protest : Social Movements in America
Book by David S. Meyer (March 10, 2006)
Protest is everywhere in American politics. Over the past decade, activists have staged dramatic demonstrations on such diverse issues as the war in Iraq, globalization, standardized testing, and abortion rights. Indeed, protest and social movements have become essential features of
contemporary American life. The Politics of Protest offers both a historical overview and an analytical framework for understanding social movements and political protest in American politics.

Global Perspectives on Gender Research 1 edition (July 2006)
Book by Christine Bose (Editor), Min Jeong Kim (Editor)
This volume provides an in-depth comparative picture of the current state of feminist sociological gender research and/or women's studies research for five regions of the world. It familiarizes readers with the wide range of salient issues, research methods, writing styles, and leading authors from around the globe. Readers can compare and contrast the threads of similarity and strands of difference in feminist concerns globally, gaining familiarity with the breadth of gender research, and understanding the national contexts that produced it. The editors illustrate this new wave of gender research with a translated/reprinted sample of important contemporary theoretical or empirical work from each country.

In the Wake of Disaster : Religious Responses to Terrorism and Catastrophe (June 1, 2006)
Book by Harold G Koenig
Dr. Harold G. Koenig addresses federal, state, and local government policy leaders, urging them to more fully integrate religious organizations into the formal disaster response system, and he then provides recommendations on how this can effectively be done.
It advocates integrating mental health into emergency response systems directed at those affected by hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and terrorism.

With God on Our Side : Politics and Theology of the War on Terrorism
Book by John L. Esposito (Foreword), Aftab Ahmad Malik (Editor), Khaled Abou el Fadl (Introduction)
"This book departs from the prevalent Western tendency to portray Islamic extremism as an isolated religious aberration." - Tomis Kapitan, professor, Northern Illinois University

What's Wrong With Terrorism? (May 31, 2006) Book by Robert E. Goodin

Beyond the Spectacle of Terrorism: Global Uncertainty And the Challenge of the New Media Book by Henry A. Giroux
Explores how new forms of media are challenging the very nature of politics in his most poignant and striking book to date. The emergence of the spectacle of terror as a new form of politics raises important questions about how fear and anxiety can be marketed and how terrorism can be used to recruit people in support of authoritarian causes.

Media, Terrorism, and Theory : A Reader (Critical Media Studies) (Hardcover) (February 28, 2006)
Book by Anandam P. Kavoori (Editor), Todd Fraley (Editor)
Media, Terrorism, and Theory analyzes the larger issues surrounding media's portrayal of terrorism. From such diverse fields as political science, media studies, architecture, and information science, each contributor brings a distinctive perspective. Answering a growing need to understand media discourse on terrorism, this volume complements readings in upper-level mass communication courses and will appeal to scholars of international media and terrorism.

Explorations in Classical Sociological Theory : Seeing the Social World (January 12, 2005) Book by Kenneth Allan
Thinking theoretically and understanding social theories can be hard work.
Introduces students to the major classical theorists, including Marx, Spencer, Durkheim, Weber, Simmel, Mead, Schutz, Gilman, and Du Bois. Focuses on the individual perspective of each theorist rather than schools of thought, and uses the provocative ideas of modernity and postmodernity to help students understand how the theoretical, historical perspectives apply to their own time period.

Introduction to Sociology, Fifth Edition (Paperback) 5th edition (March 15, 2005)
Book by Anthony Giddens, Mitchell Duneier, Richard P. Appelbaum
Introduction to Sociology, Fifth Edition, organizes the core concepts of modern sociology around the unifying theme of globalization. Taking a comparative approach, the authors examine American society in a global and historical context, underscoring the wide diversity of social forms and social change.

Dialogue and Difference: Feminisms Challenge Globalization - Book Edited by Marguerite Waller and Sylvia Marcos - March 2005 Edition. Provides students with groundbreaking essays by an international group of feminist scholars and activists who stress the need to put different approaches to reality and to scholarship into relation in order to build coalitions across the usual North/South, East/West divides.

George Soros on Globalization
Edition: March, 2005. Book. Soros has an admirable track record and the virtue of hindsight (his foundations have done innovative work and his take on what could have been done in Russia over the past decade is compelling). He equates globalization with "the free movement of capital and the increasing domination of national economies by global financial markets and multinational corporations."

No Room for Bullies: From the Classroom to Cyberspace Teaching Respect, Stopping Abuse, and Rewarding Kindness (July 15, 2005)
Book by Jose Bolton (Editor), Stan Graeve
This book shatters popular myths about bullying to reveal its stark realities. You’ll learn who’s playing the intimidation game, and how they play it… from social exclusion, physical violence, and emotional backstabbing to sexual sleaze and cyberspace cruelty. But No Room for Bullies takes you beyond problem recognition to proven solutions.

Perspectives and Policies on ICT in Society : An IFIP TC9 (Computers and Society) Handbook (IFIP International Federation for Information Processing) (June 9, 2005)
Book by Jacques Berleur (Editor), Chrisanthi Avgerou (Editor)
Governments, the media, the information technology industry and scientists publicly argue that information and communication technologies (ICT) will bring about an inevitable transition from "industrial" to "information" or "knowledge-based" economies and societies.

The Digital Sublime : Myth, Power, and Cyberspace (Paperback) (October 1, 2005) Book by Vincent Mosco
Explores the myths constructed around the new digital technology and why we feel compelled to believe in them. He tells us that what kept enthusiastic investors in the dotcom era bidding up stocks even after the crash had begun was not willful ignorance of the laws of economics but belief in the myth that cyberspace was opening up a new world.

Communicating Across Cultures In Cyberspace: A Bibliographical Review Of Intercultural Communication Online (Kommunikation Und Kulturen / Cultures and Communication, Feb, 2005
Book by Jorg Roche (Editor), Leah P. Macfadyen (Editor)

The Role of Information And Communication Technologies in Global Development: Analyses And Policy Recommendations (Ict Task Force) (Paperback) (July 31, 2005)
Book by Abdul Basit Haqqani (Editor)
Illustrates the importance placed on understanding, exploring and integrating the myriad applications of ICT with the Millennium Development Goals, a framework agreed to by member governments of the United Nations at the Millennium Summit in 2000.

Personality in Intimate Relationships: Socialization and Psychopathology (May 11, 2005) Book by Luciano L'Abate
In this volume the author presents a new theory of personality within the relational context of the family and other networks of intimate relationships. Departing from established views of personality that foster either an individual conceptualization or a family functioning model, this theory seeks to integrate the two.

Human Population And Demography: A Guide To Reference And Information Sources (Social Sciences) (September 30, 2005) Book by Jason Xiao Yu

Arab Political Demography: Population Growth And Natalist Policies (Sussex Studies in Demographic Developments and Socioeconomic) (May 1, 2005) Book by Onn Winckler

Postmodernism Is Not What You Think: Second Edition (August 5, 2005) Book by Charles Lemert, Charles C. Lemert
Highly readable, the second edition of Postmodernism Is Not What You Think responds to the widespread claim that postmodernism is over. It explains the historical connections between the postmodern and globalization.

Women, Law, and Social Control (2nd Edition) (July 21, 2005)
Book by Alida V. Merlo, Joycelyn M. Pollock
Written by leading scholars, this collection of original articles examines women as offenders, professionals, and victims. This reader explores current issues—including the increase in women’s imprisonment rates, women as rape survivors, women who kill in abusive relationships, and women working within the criminal justice system.

Ethnicity, Social Mobility, and Public Policy : Comparing the USA
and UK (May 12, 2005)
Book by Glenn C. Loury (Editor), Tariq Modood (Editor), Steven M.
Teles (Editor)
The causes and consequences of social mobility are a central area of study within the social sciences and the differing levels of economic development between ethnic groups is an issue of major concern for policy-makers.

Class-Passing: Social Mobility In Film And Popular Culture (September 30, 2005)
Book by Gwendolyn Audrey Foster
According to new rules of social standing in American popular culture, class is no longer defined by wealth, birth, or education. Instead, today’s notion of class reflects a socially constructed and regulated series of performed acts and gestures rooted in the cult of celebrity.

Social Mobility In Europe
Book by Richard Breen (Editor) - Jan 30, 2005
Social Mobility in Europe is the most comprehensive study to date of trends in intergenerational social mobility. It uses data from 11 European countries covering the last 30 years of the twentieth century to analyze differences between countries and changes through time. The findings call into question several long-standing views about social mobility.

Analyzing Inequality: Life Chances And Social Mobility In Comparative Perspective (Studies in Social Inequality) (August 8, 2005)
Book by Stefan Svallfors (Editor)
"Analyzing Inequality" summarizes key issues in today’s theoretically guided empirical research in social inequality, life course, and cross-national comparative sociology. It describes the progress made in terms of data sources, both cross-sectional as well as longitudinal; the new instruments that make inequality research possible; new ways of thinking and explaining; and empirical findings, or important contributions of rigorous empirical research to our understanding.

The Dynamics of Socio-Economic Development : An Introduction (March 7, 2005) Book by Adam Szirmai

Central Eurasia In Global Politics: Conflict, Security, And Development (International ... in Sociology and Social Anthropology, V. 92) (May 11, 2005)
Book by Mehdi Parvizi Amineh (Editor), Henk Houweling (Editor)
This anthology brings together studies of post-colonial, post-Cold War Central Eurasia. This part of the world is in transition from Soviet institutions to independent statehood, nation building, resistance against state expansion, cultural change and the release of market forces.

Encyclopedia Of Economic Sociology (Hardcover) (November, 2005)
Book by Jens Berckert (Editor)

The Handbook of Economic Sociology, Second Edition (Paperback) (February 7, 2005)
Book by Neil J. Smelser (Editor), Richard Swedberg (Editor) .
The Handbook of Economic Sociology, Second Edition is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of economic sociology available. The second edition, while being as all-embracing in its coverage as the first edition, represents a wholesale revamping.

The Economic Sociology of Capitalism (Paperback) (July 1, 2005)
Book by Victor Nee (Editor), Richard Swedberg (Editor)
Importantly, the book goes well beyond previous collections on economic sociology, which have overrelied on 'oppositional identity' with regard to economics and have been satisfied for too long with poking holes in specific economic arguments rather than developing coherent sociological ones.

New Developments in Economic Sociology (International Library of Critical Writings in Economics) (September 5, 2005) Book by Richard Swedberg (Editor)
Economic sociology has gone through an explosive development, both in the United States and in Europe, in recent years.

Global Movements
Book by Kevin McDonald (May 30, 2006)
This book surveys the new global movements and explores some of the most significant of these movements, including antiglobalization and the new Islamic movements.

The Sociology of Health and Illness: A Reader Book by Sarah Nettleton, Ulla Gustafsson (Editors) 2006

This Day in Civil Rights History (This Day in History)
Book by Randall Williams (January 31, 2006)
This Day in Civil Rights History, by renowned civil-rights activist Randall Williams, is a day-by-day survey of the people, places, and events that impacted the civil rights movement and shaped the future of the United States.

Critical Theories of Globalization : An Introduction (December 26, 2006)
Book by Chamsy el-Ojeili
This highly accessible text provides a comprehensive overview of globalization and its consequences.

Globalization, Cultural Identities, And Media Representations (Suny Series, Explorations in Postcolonial Studies) (May 2006)
Book by Natascha Gentz (Editor), Stefan Kramer (Editor)
Globalization, Cultural Identities, and Media Representations provides a multidirectional approach for understanding the role of media in constructing cultural identities in a newly globalized media environment.

Development Models, Globalization and Economies : A Search for the Holy Grail ? (April 18, 2006)
Book by John B. Kidd, Frank-Jurgen Richter
Development Models, Globalization and Economies compares and critiques the different economic models available in today's global market place. The book analyses how these models have influenced both regional and global development, and finally engages in discussions upon alternatives and the search for the "grail".

Globalization From Below : Transnational Activists And Protest Networks (Social Movements, Protest and Contention) (April 2, 2006)
Book by Donatella della Porta Della Porta, Massimillano Andretta, Lorenzo Mosca, Herbert Reiter Reiter
Globalization from Below analyzes a movement from the viewpoints of the activists, organizers, and demonstrators themselves. The authors traveled to Genoa with anti-G8 protesters and collected data from more than 800 participants. A year later, they surveyed 2,400 activists at the European Social Forum in Florence.

Discovering Nature : Globalization and Environmental Culture in China and Taiwan (Hardcover) (February 16, 2006) Book by Robert P. Weller
Robert Weller's richly documented account describes the extraordinary transformations which have taken place in Chinese and Taiwanese responses to the environment across the twentieth century.

China and Globalization: The Social, Economic and Political Transformation of Chinese Society (Globalizing Regions) (February 6, 2006)
Book by Doug Guthrie
China and Globalization is a compact, highly readable introductory text on contemporary China and the massive changes it is presently undergoing.

Globalization and Egalitarian Redistribution (February 3, 2006)
Book by Pranab Bardhan (Editor), Samuel Bowles (Editor), Michael Wallerstein (Editor)
Joshua Cohen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology : Presents a compelling case for the proposition that a more egalitarian domestic policy in the advanced economies is essential to a morally decent form of globalization.

Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century (Hardcover) (January 9, 2006)
Book by Jeffry A. Frieden
Frieden, an academic, traces the history of globalization from the late 1800s to the present, telling us, "Global economy and culture form a nearly seamless web in which the national boundaries are increasingly irrelevant to trade, investment, finance and other economic activity." Globalization is a choice formed by politics and policy decisions.

Cities in Transition : Globalization, Political Change and Urban Development (GeoJournal Library) (Hardcover) (January 2006)
Book by Rita Schneider-Sliwa (Editor)
This book was written with the aim of showing that even in the era of globalization developments appearing in cities are not subject to almost unconditional global forces.

Readings in Deviant Behavior - 4 edition (August 17, 2005)
Book by Alex Thio, Thomas Calhoun
This collection of readings represents the full range of deviance sociology, dealing with many different theories as well as data collected via different research methodologies. KEYTOPICS: The readers will find them easy and enjoyable to read while learning what deviance is all about.

Contemporary Sociological Theory: Expanding the Classical Tradition (6th Edition) (February 8, 2005) Book by Ruth A.Wallace, Alison Wolf
Examines the assumptions and concepts of the five major sociological theories and the classical roots of the modern theories. It focuses specifically on functionalism, conflict theory, theories of rational choice, symbolic interactionism, and phenomenology. The fifth edition includes more feminist contributions, a new chapter on Evolution and Modernity: Macrosociological Perspectives.

Globalization: An Asian Perspective On Modernity And Politics In America
Book by Antonio L. Rappa
Edition - March 2005

Contemporary Economic Sociology: Globalization, Work And Inequality
Book by Fran Tonkiss
Edition:July2005

Sociology of Health & Illness Book by Peter Conrad 2005 Edition

Pathways Out of Terrorism and Insurgency : The Dynamics of Terrorist Violence and Peace Processes in Divided Societies (May - 2005)
Book by D. R. Kaarthikeyan, L. S. Germani

Middletown, America : One Town's Passage from Trauma to Hope (March - 2005)
Book by GAIL SHEEHY
“In a New Jersey community just south of Manhattan, Gail Sheehy shared the lives of shattered survivors of 9/11 for a year and a half, as only she could. She has recorded their passage—both harrowing and inspiring—and taken us on a remarkable, absorbing journey.” —Lynn Sherr, ABC News

Annual Editions: Aging 05/06 (2005 Update) Book by Harold Cox

Coping With Aging (Edition - June 30, 2005) Book by Richard S. Lazarus, Bernice N. Lazarus
Coping with Aging is the final project of the late Richard S. Lazarus, the man whose landmark book Emotion and Adaptation put the study of emotion in play in the field of psychology.

Historical Influences On Lives And Aging (Societal Impact on Aging) (Edition - July 15, 2005)
Book by K. Warner Schaie (Editor), Glen Elder (Editor), Glen H. Elder (Editor)

The peculiarities of men aging: a collection of anecdotes. : An article from: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare [HTML]
Book by Robert Blundo, Tamara Estes
Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare (Refereed) Date: March 1, 2005

Gender And Planning: A Reader (January 25, 2005)
Book by Susan S. Fainstein (Editor), Lisa J. Servon (Editor)
Increasingly, experts recognize that gender has affected urban planning and the design of the spaces where we live and work. Too often, urban and suburban spaces support stereotypically male activities and planning methodologies reflect a male-dominated society.

Designing Social Innovation: Planning, Building, Evaluating (August 15, 2005)
Book by Bob Martens (Editor)
The design and functioning of urban environments is difficult and complex, and because of the competitive nature of urban planning today, it often does not have the input required from a variety of disciplines, ranging from psychologists and sociologists to architects and planners. Researchers from these areas are, however, uniquely placed to monitor success and advise on what works.

The Most Segregated City In America: City Planning And Civil Rights In Birmingham, 1920-1980 (June 30, 2005)
Book by Charles E. Connerly
Daphne Spain, Professor and Chair of the Department of Urban and Environmental Planning at the University of Virginia

Beyond Metropolis : The Planning and Governance of Asia's Mega-Urban Regions May 15, 2005
Book by Aprodicio A. Laquian
Beyond Metropolis studies planning and governance in the regions surrounding the twelve cities in Asia with populations over ten million: Tokyo, Mumbai, Kolkata, Dhaka, Delhi, Shanghai, Jakarta, Osaka, Beijing, Karachi, Metro Manila, and Seoul.

Globalizing Taipei: The Political Economy Of Spatial Development (Planning History and the Environment Series) (July, 2005)
Book by Reginald Yin-Wang Kwok (Editor)

Partnerships In Urban Planning: A Guide For Municipalities (June 30, 2005)
Book by Nabeel Hamdi, Michael Majale
Nabeel Hamdi is a consultant with long experience of urban development issues and is now attached to Oxford Brookes University, UK. Michael Majale is Lecturer in Overseas Development in the Global Urban Research Unit (GURU) at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne's School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape.

Transition from School to Work: Individual Life Courses Within Social Structures (Issues In Education) (April 1, 2005) Book by Chew Siew Ghee

Marginality, Power and Social Structure : Issues in Race, Class, and Gender Analysis (Research in Race and Ethnic Relations) (May 16, 2005) Book by Rutledge Dennis
The articles in this book are intended to be a much-needed corrective to the literature on marginality. In the recent past, and at present, the concept of marginality has been used with little specificity, and when used with specificity, the delineation of the complex dimensions of the term has been less than satisfactory.

Change And Stability: Cross-national Analysis Of Social Structure And Personality (November 1, 2005)
Book by Melvin L. Kohn
Despite personality being highly unstable during the process of radical social change in Ukraine from 1992 to 1996, the relationships of social structure and personality remain remarkably stable and consistent with those of countries studied during times of much greater social stability.
Melvin Kohn, professor of sociology at Johns Hopkins University, is former president of the American Sociological Association and author of many acclaimed research books and articles.

Social Structure & Mobility in Economic Development June 1, 2005 Book by Neil J. Smelser (Editor), Seymour Martin Lipset (Editor)

The Social Structures Of The Economy (September 30, 2005)
Book by Pierre Bourdieu
One has only to examine an economic transaction closely, as Pierre Bourdieu does here for the buying and selling of houses, to see that these abstract assumptions cannot explain what happens in reality. As Bourdieu shows, the market is constructed by the state, which can decide, for example, whether to promote private housing or collective provision.

Social Structure and Party Choice in Western Europe : A Comparative Longitudinal Study (January 15, 2005)
Book by Oddbjorn Knutsen
This study is a comparative analysis of the relationship between social structure and party choice in eight West European countries.

Drug And Alcohol Consumption As Functions Of Social Structures: A Cross-cultural Sociology (Mellen Studies in Sociology) (May 30, 2005)
Book by James E. Hawdon, James Hawdon

Social Problems : Community, Policy and Social Action (February 1, 2005)
Book by Anna Leon-Guerrero
By encouraging critical thinking and Internet research, students will come to recognize that social problems don't just exist "somewhere else," but that they exist on their own campuses and in their own neighborhoods and communities.

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Globalization and Social Theory (December 1, 2006) Book by Roland Robertson, David Inglis

International Migration : Globalization's Last Frontier (Global Issues) (June 12, 2006)
Book by Jonathon W. Moses
'This book stands out in the vast literature on globalization.It speaks with clarity and moral force on an aspect of globalization on which relatively little has been written. There has been almost an academic conspiracy of silence on the question of international migration. Jonathon Moses makes moral, political and economic arguments in favor of the free mobility of human beings across national borders.

Education, Globalization and Social Change Book by Phillip Brown, Jo-Anne Dillabough, A. H. Halsey, Hugh Lauder (Editor)
Education is seen as central to economic competitiveness, the reduction of poverty and inequality, and environmental sustainability. This book is an invaluable collection of key readings, with particular reference to globalization, for anyone concerned with the study of education at a time of major economic and social change. (April 30, 2006)

How "American" Is Globalization? (April 22, 2006) Book by William H. Marling
About how the world is becoming 'Americanized.' William Marling's provocative work analyzes -- in specific terms -- the impacts of American technology and culture on foreign societies. Marling answers his own question -- how "American" is globalization? -- with two seemingly contradictory answers: "less than you think" and "more than you know."

Civil Society, Globalization and Political Change in Asia; Organizing Between Family and State (Politics in Asia Series) (March 31, 2006)
Book by ROBERT WELLER
In Civil Society, Globalization and Political Change in Asia, Robert Weller has brought together an international group of experts on the subject whose chapters address these questions through a series of extensive case studies from east and southeast Asia including Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Indonesia and Vietnam.

The New Geography of Global Income Inequality (March 31, 2006)
Book by Glenn Firebaugh
The surprising finding of this book is that, contrary to conventional wisdom, global income inequality is decreasing. Critics of globalization and others maintain that the spread of consumer capitalism is dramatically polarizing the worldwide distribution of income. But as the demographer Glenn Firebaugh carefully shows, income inequality for the world peaked in the late twentieth century and is now heading downward because of declining income inequality across nations.

Connectivity in Antiquity: Globalization as a Long-Term Historical Process (Approaches to Anthropological Archaeology) (Hardcover) (March 30, 2006)
Book by Oystein S. LaBianca (Editor), Sandra Arnold Scham (Editor)
Two concepts that have great immediacy and have now become the current watchwords for the media as well as for academia, globalization and long-term historical processes, are brought together in this interdisci plinary volume of papers based upon Manuel Castells' massive work The Network Society.

Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict : Class, State, and Nation in the Age of Globalization (March 28, 2006)
Book by Berch Berberoglu
This book serves as a much needed corrective to dominant, conventional approaches to the study of nationalism and ethnic conflict that is at once political, economic, cultural, and, above all, social. Provides a class-based perspective on nationalism and ethnonational conflict.

Welfare Discipline : Discourse, Governance and Globalization (Paperback) (February 28, 2006)
Book by Sanford F. Schram
Sanford Schram has led the academic effort to understand how Americans and their political officials talk about poverty and welfare and what impact that discourse has on policy and on the global society.

Geographies of Globalization (Routledge Contemporary Human Geography) (January 13, 2006)
Book by WARWICK MURRAY
Globalization is a term that is increasingly used to rationalize a wide range of economic and political processes and explain a plethora of cultural, economic and social processes.
Geographies of Globalization critically engages with the contested concept of globalization from an explicitly human geographical viewpoint, illustrating how an appreciation of the principles of the discipline is fundamental to understanding this phenomenon.

Aging, Globalization and Inequality: The New Critical Gerontology (Society and Aging) (Hardcover) (January 22, 2006)
Book by Jan Baars, Dale Dannefer, Chris Phillipson, Alan Walker (Editors)
Victor Marshall, Ph.D., Director, Institute on Aging, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - The most trenchant theoretical critique and theoretical statement in social gerontology to appear in many, many years.

Down to Earth Sociology : Introductory Readings, 13th Edition (Paperback) (February 8, 2005)
Book by James M. Henslin
James Henslin's Down to Earth Sociology has opened new windows onto the social realities that shape our world. Focusing on social interaction in everyday life, the forty-five selections bring students face-to-face with the twin projects of contemporary sociology: understanding the individual's experience of society and analyzing social structure.

Terrorism : The Philosophical Issues (March - 2005) Book by Igor Primoratz (Editor)
Discussion of all the main philosophical issues raised by terrorism against the background of its past and recent developments. Prominent philosophers discuss definitions of terrorism, approaches to its moral evaluation, and the contentious subject of state terrorism.

Terrorism
Book by Leonard Weinberg (June - 2005)
Written by an acknowledged expert in the field, this accessible introduction covers not only the roots of terrorism, but also today's perpetrators and their immediate and long-term goals.-- Professor Jessica Stern, Lecturer in Public Policy, Kennedy School of Government, and author of 'Terror in the Name of God.'

From Chivalry to Terrorism : War and the Changing Nature of Masculinity (April - 2005) Book by LEO BRAUDY
Which comes first--war or masculinity? The complex and shifting relationship between the two is the subject of this provocative selection, which reads as both military history and an exploration of gender. Braudy is interested in what it is to be a man, particularly in wartime, and how the
technological evolution of warfare has altered what makes a male a man.

Armies Of The Young: Child Soldiers In War And Terrorism (The Rutgers Series in Childhood Studies) (Feb-2005)
Book by DAVID M. ROSEN
Reveals that the traditional humanitarian view of child soldiers as victims oversimplifies a complex problem.

War and Peace in an Age of Terrorism : A Reader (Feb - 2005)
by William M. Evan
“Terrorism has overwhelmed the current generation's capacities to understand and deal with violent conflict and war....Every reader is challenged to explore new ways of dealing with human difference and the conflicts that arise from these differences....This book is a must for students in the field of Conflict and Peace Studies.”

Digital Crime and Digital Terrorism (March - 2005) Book by Robert W. Taylor, Tory J. Caeti, Kall Loper, Eric J. Fritsch, John Liederbach
This book focuses on both the technical aspects of digital crime as well as behavioral aspects of computer hackers, virus writers, terrorists and other offenders.

Media Spectacle And The Crisis Of Democracy: Terrorism, War, And Election Battles (Cultural Politics & the Promise of Democracy) (Feb - 2005)
Book by Douglas Kellner
Media Spectacle and the Crisis of Democracy investigates the rapidly changing role of the media after the momentous political events since 9/11.

Sociology of Health & Illness Book by Peter Conrad 2005 Edition

Ecosystems and Human Well-being: Synthesis (Millennium Ecosystem Assessment) (June 1, 2005)
Book by Millennium Ecosystem Assessment
The Millennium Ecosystem Assessment Synthesis Report boils down the findings of the four working groups into a simple, straightforward description of Earth’s ecological health and its linkages to human well-being.

Advances in Human Ecology, Volume 8 (Advances in Human Ecology) (August 2, 2005) Book by L. Freese

Sport: A Critical Sociology (Paperback) (March 30, 2005)
Book by Richard Giulianotti
Richard Giulianotti provides a critical sociological interpretation of modern sport. As global festivals such as the Olympic games and football’s World Cup demonstrate, sport’s social, political, economic and cultural significance is becoming increasingly apparent across the world. Its popularity alone means that sociologists cannot ignore sport.

Mass Media In A Mass Society: Myth and Reality (May 15, 2005)
Book by Richard Hoggart
Richard Hoggart looks at the ways in which mass communications in the twenty-first century both encourage and hinder greater understanding of the modern world.
Richard Hoggart takes a number of aspects of mass society today - celebrity worship, youth culture, broadcasting, and a decline in the proper use of language - and considers the paradox that the ready accessibility of information of all types does not automatically lead to greater comprehension of our world.

Social Capital (February 28, 2005)
Book by David Halpern
Social capital has become a buzzword among political and academic elites, though the term remains relatively unfamiliar to the general public

Social Capital And Entrepreneurship (May 31, 2005)
Book by Philip H. Kim, Howard E. Aldrich

Social Capital and Lifelong Learning (June 1, 2005) Book by John Field

Conflict, Social Capital And Managing Natural Resources: A West African Case Study (May 30, 2005) Book by Keith M. Moore (Editor)
This book is the product of a six-year project from the Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management Collaborative Research Support Program (SANREM CRSP) which is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). It assesses how conflicting claims to scarce natural resources (land, farmer's rights) can be resolved in the agricultural and pastoral systems or arid and semi-arid regions of West Africa.

The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities (Blackwell Companions to Sociology) (August 15, 2005)
Book by Mary Romero, Eric Margolis (Editor)
The Blackwell Companion to Social Inequalities is a first-rate collection of social science scholarship on inequalities, emphasizing race, ethnicity, class and gender sexuality, age, and nationality. The volume highlights themes that represent the scope and range of theoretical orientations, contemporary emphases, and emerging topics in the field of social inequalities. An international group of leading scholars gives special attention to debates in the field, developing trends and directions, and interdisciplinary influences in the study of social inequalities.

The Shape of Social Inequality : Stratification and Ethnicity in Comparative Perspective (Research in Social Stratification and Mobility) (Hardcover) (August 29, 2005)
Book by David Bills
All of the chapters respond to Haller's programmatic agenda for stratification research: "A full program aimed at understanding stratification requires: first, that we know what stratification structures consist of and how they may vary; second, that we identify the individual and collective consequences of the different states and rates of change of such structures; and third, seeing that some degree of stratification seems to be present everywhere, that we identify the factors that make stratification structures change."

Worlds Apart: Social Inequalities In A Global Economy (Paperback) (June 30, 2005) Book by Scott Sernau
This book focuses primarily on social inequalities in the American context. However, a trend in this course is how the global inequalities are effecting, and affected by social stratification and inequality in America. Provides a sociological framework for analyzing inequality within U.S. society as well as analyzing the relationship between global stratification systems and internal systems of inequality.

The Sociology of Health and Illness Reinventing The People Social Movements An Introduction Inside Toyland : Working, Shopping, and Social Inequality Issues in Social Problems Theory Global Movements The Politics of Protest : Social Movements in America This Day in Civil Rights History Global Perspectives on Gender Research Readings in Deviant Behavior