Industrial Sociology in India: Work, Labor, Industrial Relations Every society experiences undercurrents of change. We often hear that “society is changing,” visible in how people dress, behave, eat, and work.…[...]
William C. CockerhamandFerris J. Ritchey As a scientific discipline or specialty develops an identity, consensustypically emerges as to which concepts are central to the field, as wellas precise definitions of…[...]
The New Blackwell Companion toMedical Sociologyedited byWilliam C. Cockerham The New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology is the latest book in Blackwell’ s Companion series that brings together leading scholars…[...]
Qualitative and Quantitative : Approaches W. Lawrence Neuman Socialr esearchis all arounclu s. Educatorsg, o\,-ernment officials, business managers, hutntrrtservice providers, and health care professionalsregularly uses social research methods and findings.People…[...]
Vern L. Bengtson, PhDK. Warner Schaie, PhDEditors How important are theories of aging? Does the time-consuming exercise ofbuilding theories-by which we mean the development of explanations toaccount for empirical relationships—have…[...]
Tom Bottomore The Frankfurt School of German social theory has exerted aconsiderable influence over the sociology of the last twogenerations. Originally a centre for the study of Marxist theorybrought into…[...]
The Legacy of Pierre BourdieuCritical EssaysEdited bySimon Susen and Bryan S. Turner Unsurprisingly, the Second World War had separate and distinctiveconsequences for different national traditions of sociology. After the War,…[...]
White Sarisand Sweet MangoesAging, Gender, and Body in North Indiasarah lamb This book is about aging, gender, and the making and unmaking of persons.Early on in my days in Mangaldihi…[...]
Cosmopolitan Familiesin India and AbroadSarah Lamb This book uses aging as a lens to examine and reflect upon profound processesof social change under way in India and the world today.…[...]
Families in Ageing SocietiesA Multi-Disciplinary ApproachEdited bySARAH HARPER The trends towards falling fertility and mortality, and increasing longevity,which have led to the demographic ageing of all western industrialized societies,have not…[...]