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Volume 22(2) published on 29 May 2017

Introduction - Making Parents: Reproductive Technologies and Parenting Culture Across Borders
   Charlotte Faircloth and Zeynep Gürtin

'We All Black Innit?': Analysing Relations Between African and African-Caribbean Groups in Britain
   Louise Owusu-Kwarteng

‘I Suppose I Think to Myself, That’s the Best Way to Be a Mother’: How Ideologies of Parenthood Shape Women’s Use of Social Egg Freezing Technology
   Kylie Baldwin

The Body, Technology and Translation: Mapping the Complexity of Online Embodiment
   Seweryn Rudnicki

Making ‘assisted World Families’? Parenting Projects and Family Practices in the Context of Globalised Gamete Donation
   Nicky Hudson

Network Composition, Individual Social Capital and Culture: Comparing Traditional and Post-Modernized Cultures
   Julia Häuberer and Alexander Tatarko

Parenthood and Partnerhood in the Context of Involuntary Childlessness and Assisted Reproduction in Greece
   Aglaia Chatjouli, Ivi Daskalaki and Venetia Kantsa

Russian-Speaking Immigrants in Post-Soviet Estonia: Towards Generation Fragmentation or Integration in Estonian Society
   Ellu Saar, Siim Krusell and Jelena Helemae

Friendship, Gender and Sexual Experience: Retrospective Narratives About the Formation of a Sexual Self During Youth
   Verónica Policarpo

Is Information Power? Comparing Anonymous and Open Egg Donation
   Amy Speier

The Contribution of Mothers’ Employment on Their Family’s Chances of Ending Welfare Benefit Receipt in Germany. Analysis of a Two-Stage Process
   Torsten Lietzmann

Affective De-Commodifying, Economic De-Kinning: Surrogates’ and Gay Fathers’ Narratives in U.S. Surrogacy
   Marcin Smietana

'Just One?' Solo Dining, Gender and Temporal Belonging in Public Spaces
   Kinneret Lahad and Vanessa May

Practice Makes Parents: Commentary on the Special Issue on “Making Parents: Reproductive Technologies and Parenting Culture Across Borders”
   Charis Thompson

Doing Gender in a Hospital Setting: Reflections of a Male Researcher
   Gareth M. Thomas

Significance Testing is Still Wrong, and Damages Real Lives: A Brief Reply to Spreckelsen and Van Der Horst, and Nicholson and McCusker
   Stephen Gorard

China, East Asia and the European Union: Strong Economics, Weak Politics?
Jan van der Harst, Tjalling Halbertsma
Reviewed by Conor Dowling

The New Social Mobility: How the Politicians Got It Wrong
Payne, Geoff
Reviewed by Christos Orfanidis

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Volume 22(1) published on 14 Mar 2017

Why Marry? The Role of Tradition in Women’s Marital Aspirations
   Julia Carter

Researching Migration in a Superdiverse Society: Challenges, Methods, Concerns and Promises
   Lisa Goodson and Aleksandra Grzymala-Kazlowska

The Unknown Victims: Hegemonic Masculinity, Masculinities, and Male Sexual Victimisation
   Aliraza Javaid

Exploring an Absent Presence: Wayfinding as an Embodied Sociocultural Experience
   Paul Symonds, David H.K. Brown and Valeria Lo Iacono

Emotional Reflexivity and the Guiding Principle of Objectivity in an Inter-Disciplinary, Multi-Method, Longitudinal Research Project
   John Stephen McKenzie

Interrogating Trans and Sexual Identities Through the Conceptual Lens of Translocational Positionality
   Michaela Rogers and Anya Ahmed

Making a House in Multiple Occupation a Home: Using Visual Ethnography to Explore Issues of Identity and Well-Being in the Experience of Creating a Home Amongst HMO Tenants
   Caroline Barratt and Gill Green

Measuring Cultural Capital: Taste and Legitimate Culture of Czech Youth
   Ondřej Špaček

On the Role of Values in Social Research: Weber Vindicated?
   Martyn Hammersley

Introduction: Class and Christianity
   Mathew Guest, Sarah-Jane Page and Yvette Taylor

'I Want There to Be No Glass Ceiling:€' Evangelicals’ Engagements with Class, Education, and Urban Childhoods
   Anna Strhan

Religion and Social Class: Theory and Method After Bourdieu
   Andrew McKinnon

Mediating ‘Aspirant’ Religious-Sexual Futures: In God’s Hands?
   Yvette Taylor

Anglican Clergy Husbands Securing Middle-Class Gendered Privilege Through Religion
   Sarah-Jane Page

Students’ Constructions of a Christian Future: Faith, Class and Aspiration in University Contexts
   Mathew Guest and Kristin Aune

‘The Person God Made Me to Be’: Navigating Working-Class and Christian Identities in English Evangelical Christianity
   Joanne McKenzie

Disability and Social Movements (Interdisciplinary Disability Studies)
Carling-Jenkins, Rachel
Reviewed by Joanne Heeney

Family Rhythms: The Changing Textures of Family Life in Ireland
Ralph, David, Gray, Jane and Geraghty, Ruth
Reviewed by Amy Andrada

Balanced Ethics Review: A Guide for Institutional Review Board Members
Whitney, Simon N.
Reviewed by Edwin vanTeijlingen

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Volume 21(4) published on 6 Dec 2016

Justifications Analysis: Understanding Moral Evaluations in Public Debates
   Tuomas Ylä-Anttila and Eeva Luhtakallio

Reframing Research Ethics: Towards a Professional Ethics for the Social Sciences
   Nathan Emmerich

‘I Can’t Settle if It’s Not Tidy; I Blame That on My Mum’: Exploring Women’s Relational Household Work Narratives
   Jennifer Kettle

New Ways of Doing the “Good” and Gender Equal Family: Parents Employing Nannies and Au Pairs in Sweden
   Sara Eldén and Terese Anving

Ethnicity and (Dis)advantage: Exchanging Cultural Capital in UK International Education and Graduate Employment
   I Lin Sin

Negotiating Constructions of Insider and Outsider Status in Research with Veiled Muslim Women Victims of Islamophobic Hate Crime
   Irene Zempi

Getting the Green Light: Experiences of Icelandic Mothers Struggling with Breastfeeding
   Sunna Símonardóttir

Literary Ethnography of Evidence-Based Healthcare: Accessing the Emotions of Rational-Technical Discourse
   Benet Reid

Concept-Formation, Complexity and Social Domains: Investigating Emotion(S) in a Prison Setting
   Victoria Knight and Derek Layder

Quality of Work in Prostitution and Sex Work. Introduction to the Special Section
   Stef Adriaenssens, Giulia Garofalo Geymonat and Laura Oso

On Our Own Terms: The Working Conditions of Internet-Based Sex Workers in the UK
   Teela Sanders, Laura Connelly and Laura Jarvis King

Work Conditions and Job Mobility in the Australian Indoor Sex Industry
   Fairleigh Evelyn Gilmour

€Too Much Suffering’: Understanding the Interplay Between Migration, Bounded Exploitation and Trafficking Through Nigerian Sex Workers’ Experiences
   Nicola Mai

Precarious or Protected? Evaluating Work Quality in the Legal Sex Industry
   Alice Orchiston

Transnational Social Mobility Strategies and Quality of Work Among Latin-American Women Sex Workers in Spain
   Laura Oso

Ambivalent Professionalisation and Autonomy in Workers’ Collective Projects: The Cases of Sex Worker Peer Educators in Germany and Sexual Assistants in Switzerland
   Giulia Garofalo Geymonat and P.G. Macioti

Life Phases, Mobility and Consumption: An Ethnography of Shopping Routes
Hansson, Niklas; Vayre, Jean-Sébastien; Brembeck, Helene and Lalanne, Michèle.
Reviewed by Conor Dowling

Ethnography for the Internet
Hine, Christine
Reviewed by Laura Hyrjak

Externalizing Migration Management: Europe, North America and the Spread of 'Remote Control' Practices (Routledge Research in Place, Space and Politics)
Zaiotti, Ruben (ed.)
Reviewed by Daniel Martin

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Volume 21(3) published on 31 Aug 2016

An Autoethnography of Fat and Weight Loss: Becoming the Bw0 with Deleuze and Guattari
   Valerie M Sheach Leith

From Playing to Programming: The Effect of Video Game Play on Confidence with Computers and an Interest in Computer Science
   Rebecca Sevin and Whitney DeCamp

The Global Omnivore: Identifying Musical Taste Groups in Austria, England, Israel and Serbia
   Adrian Leguina, Paul Widdop and Gindo Tampubolon

Cultural Participation, Personality and Educational Inequalities
   Till Kaiser and Christian Schneickert

Doing Audio-Visual Montage to Explore Time and Space: The Everyday Rhythms of Billingsgate Fish Market
   Dawn Lyon

Constructing Masculinities in the National Rugby League’s Footy Show
   Ashnil Murray, Adam White, Ryan Scoats and Eric Anderson

Post-Human Families? Dog-Human Relations in the Domestic Sphere
   Nickie Charles

Is Banning Significance Testing the Best Way to Improve Applied Social Science Research? – Questions on Gorard (2016)
   Thees F Spreckelsen and Mariska van der Horst

Hipsters on Our High Streets: Consuming the Gentrification Frontier
   Phil Hubbard

Holiday Rentals: The New Gentrification Battlefront
   Agustín Cócola Gant

Contesting and Resisting Environmental Gentrification: Responses to New Paradoxes and Challenges for Urban Environmental Justice
   Hamil Pearsall and Isabelle Anguelovski

Sanitising the City: Exploring Hegemonic Gentrification in London’s Soho
   Erin Sanders-McDonagh, Magali Peyrefitte and Matt Ryalls

It’s the State, Stupid: 21st Gentrification and State-Led Evictions
   Kirsteen Paton and Vickie Cooper

Fighting Gentrification in the Neoliberal University: Displacing Communities, Researchers and the Very Possibility of Radical Critique
   Mara Ferreri and Luna Glucksberg

Resisting ‘Austerity Gentrification’ and Displacement in Southern Europe
   Sandra Annunziata and Loretta Lees

€Let Us Devastate the Avenues Where the Wealthy Live’: Resisting Gentrification in the 21st Century City
   Eleanor Wilkinson

Migrant Marginality: A Transnational Perspective (Routledge Advances in Sociology)
Kretsedemas, Philip, Capetillo-Ponce, Jorge and Jacobs, Glenn (eds.)
Reviewed by Linda Asquith

Contemporary Sociological Thinkers and Theories
Segre, Sandro
Reviewed by Yves Laberge

Digital Methods for Social Science: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Research Innovation
Snee, Helene, Hine, Christine and Morey, Yvette (eds.)
Reviewed by Ibrahima Amadou Dia

Narcissism and its Discontents (Studies in the Psychosocial)
Walsh, Julie
Reviewed by Carl Denig

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Volume 21(2) published on 31 May 2016

Transferring from Clinical Pharmacy Practice to Qualitative Research: Questioning Identity, Epistemology and Ethical Frameworks
   Adam Pattison Rathbone and Kimberly Jamie

Demarcating Social Practices: The Case of Weight Management
   Mikko Jauho, Johanna Mäkelä and Mari Niva

Putting the Squeeze on "Generation Rent": Housing Benefit Claimants in the Private Rented Sector - Transitions, Marginality and Stigmatisation
   Ian Cole, Ryan Powell and Elizabeth Sanderson

Ontological Security and Private Car Use in Sydney, Australia
   Jennifer Kent

At the Crossroads: The Embedding Work of Market Participants in and Around Markets
   Stefan Bernhard

Adding Narratives to Numbers in a Mixed Methods Study of Successful Ageing: The 6-Day Sample of the Scottish Mental Survey 1947
   JD Carpentieri, Jane Elliott, Caroline Brett and Ian Deary

Socioeconomic Status Differences in Negative Emotions
   Nina Jakoby

Skype as a Tool for Qualitative Research Interviews
   Valeria Lo Iacono, Paul Symonds and David H.K. Brown

Shame on You: The Role of Shame, Disgust and Humiliation in Media Representations of ‘Gender-Fraud’ Cases
   Allison Moore

Damaging the Case for Improving Social Science Methodology Through Misrepresentation: Re-Asserting Confidence in Hypothesis Testing as a Valid Scientific Process
   James Nicholson and Sean McCusker

Visualization in Mixed-Methods Research on Social Networks
   Alessio D'Angelo, Louise Ryan and Paola Tubaro

Combining Egocentric Network Maps and Narratives: An Applied Analysis of Qualitative Network Map Interviews
   Alice Altissimo

The Biographical Network Method
   Neil Armitage

The Visual Sociogram in Qualitative and Mixed-Methods Research
   Paola Tubaro, Louise Ryan and Alessio D'Angelo

Qualitative Methods and Visualizations in the Study of Friendship Networks
   Elisa Bellotti

Cases, Mechanisms and the Real: The Theory and Methodology of Mixed-Method Social Network Analysis
   Nick Crossley and Gemma Edwards

Television and the Moral Imaginary: Society Through the Small Screen
Dant,
Reviewed by Yves Laberge

Introducing Research Methodology: A Beginner's Guide to Doing a Research Project
Flick, Uwe
Reviewed by Andrew Carlin

The Gender of Suicide
Jaworski, Katrina
Reviewed by Nicole Hughes

The Amish
Kraybill, Donald B, Johnson-Weiner, Karen M and Nolt, Steven M.
Reviewed by Allan J. Sim

Gendered Violence, Abuse and Mental Health in Everyday Lives: Beyond Trauma (Routledge Studies in the Socio)
Moulding, Nicole
Reviewed by Catriona Hugman

Qualitative Psychology: A Practical Guide to Research Methods
Smith, Jonathan A (ed.)
Reviewed by Louise Folkes

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Volume 21(1) published on 29 Feb 2016

Children’s Engagements with Visual Methods Through Qualitative Research in the Primary School as ‘art That Didn’t Work’
   Lexie Scherer

The Body as an Object—a Sociocultural Perspective. the Study of Young Adults’ Narratives
   Ewa Młożniak and Katarzyna Schier

Placing the Distant Other on the Shelf: An Analysis and Comparison of (Fair Trade) Coffee Packages in Relation to Commodity Fetishism
   Robbe Geysmans and Lesley Hustinx

Beyond ‘Token’ Firefighters: Exploring Women’s Experiences of Gender and Identity at Work
   Tamika Perrott

‘My Mother Thought Upper Secondary School Was OK, but then My Sibling Said No’ - Young People’s Perceptions of the Involvement of Parents and Siblings in Their Future Choices
   Sanna Aaltonen

Belonging to a Different Landscape: Repurposing Nationalist Affects
   Ben Pitcher

Gender, Occupation and First Birth: Do ‘Career Men’ Delay First Birth Too?
   Kevin Ralston, Vernon Gayle and Paul Lambert

Damaging Real Lives Through Obstinacy: Re-Emphasising Why Significance Testing is Wrong
   Stephen Gorard

Housework Division and Perceived Fairness: The Importance of Comparison Referents
   Renzo Carriero and Lorenzo Todesco

Linking Emotions: Emotions as the Invisible Threads That Bind People Together
   Natàlia Cantó-Milà

Performativity and the Power of Shame: Lesson Observations, Emotional Labour and Professional Habitus
   Ursula Edgington

Enduring or Crossing Distance for Love? Negotiating Love and Distance in the Lives of Mixed Transnational Couples
   Rebecca Chiyoko King-O'Riain

Inequality and Prejudice. German Social Scientist as Producers of Feeling Rules
   Helena Flam and Jochen Kleres

Is Romantic Love a Linking Emotion?
   Swen Seebach and Francesc Núñez-Mosteo

Negative Hopes: Social Dynamics of Isolating and Passive Forms of Hope
   Sylvia Terpe

Militant Lactivism?: Attachment Parenting and Intensive Motherhood in the UK and France (Fertility, Reproduction & Sexuality)
Faircloth, Charlotte
Reviewed by Eimer Sparham

Revolt on the Right: Explaining Support for the Radical Right in Britain (Extremism and Democracy)
Ford, Robert and Goodwin, Matthew J.
Reviewed by Ed Pertwee

PTSD: Diagnosis and Identity in Post-Empire America
Lembcke, Jerry
Reviewed by Richard Gehrmann

Sex, Gender and Society
Oakley, Ann
Reviewed by Hannah Walters

The Impact of Racism on African American Families
Rosenblatt, Paul C.
Reviewed by Mengxi Pang

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Volume 20(4) published on 30 Nov 2015

The Persistence of Class Inequality: The Portuguese Labour Force at the Turn of the Millennium
   Renato Miguel Carmo, Margarida Carvalho and Frederico Cantante

Linking Moralisation and Class Identity: The Role of Ressentiment and Respectability in the Social Reaction to ‘Chavs’
   Elias le Grand

‘Menacing Youth’ and ‘Broken Families’: A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Reporting of the 2011 English Riots in the Daily Express Using Moral Panic Theory
   Jasbinder S. Nijjar

Political-Economic Coalition Among Entrepreneurs, Professionals, and Cadres in Guangdong, China
   Chau-kiu Cheung and Eileen Yuk-ha Tsang

Re-Thinking the Boundaries of the Focus Group: A Reflexive Analysis on the Use and Legitimacy of Group Methodologies in Qualitative Research
   Martina Angela Caretta and Elena Vacchelli

Digital Media Use: Differences and Inequalities in Relation to Class and Age
   Simeon Yates, John Kirby and Eleanor Lockley

National Identities and the 2014 Independence Referendum in Scotland
   Ross Bond

‘Safe Spaces’: Experiences of Feminist Women-Only Space
   Ruth Lewis, Elizabeth Sharp, Jenni Remnant and Rhiannon Redpath

Introduction to Special Section Gender, Intimacy, Equality: (Un)comfortable Bedfellows?
   Katherine Twamley and Charlotte Faircloth

Desires, Expectations and the Sexual Practices of Married and Cohabiting Heterosexual Women
   Jenny van Hooff

Considerations of Equality in Heterosexual Single Mothers’ Intimacy Narratives
   Charlotte Morris

Negotiating Intimacy, Equality and Sexuality in the Transition to Parenthood
   Charlotte Faircloth

A Changing Landscape of Intimacy: The Case of a Single Mother by Choice
   Linda L. Layne

The Work of Seduction: Intimacy and Subjectivity in the London ‘Seduction Community’
   Rachel O’Neill

Negotiating Intimate and (A)sexual Stories
   Jo Woodiwiss

The Ire of Satire Meets the Error of Terror
   Biko Agozino

Faces of Discrimination in Higher Education in India: Quota Policy, Social Justice and the Dalits (Routledge Research in Educational Equality and Diversity)
Ovichegan, Samson K.
Reviewed by Jon Rainford

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Volume 20(3) published on 31 Aug 2015

Compromised Trust: DHS Fusion Centers’ Policing of the Occupy Wall Street Movement
   Krista Craven, Torin Monahan and Priscilla Regan

Are Marginalised Populations More Likely to Engage in Undeclared Work in the Nordic Countries?
   Colin C. Williams and Ioana Horodnic

The Cynical Public: Claims About Science in the Discourse on Hydrofracking
   Elizabeth Seale and Gregory Fulkerson

What’s Gay About Being Single? A Qualitative Study of the Lived Experiences of Older Single Gay Men
   Yiu Tung Suen

It’s Who You Know. Political Influence on Anti-Immigrant Attitudes and the Moderating Role of Intergroup Contact
   Andrea Bohman

Building a Research Partnership in a Prison Context: From Collaboration to Co-Construction
   Dorien Brosens, Liesbeth De Donder, Sarah Dury and Dominique Verté

Escalation of Governance: Effects of Voluntary Standardization on Organizations, Markets and Standards in Swiss Fair Trade
   Nadine Arnold and Raimund Hasse

Risk, Choice and Social Disadvantage: Young People’s Decision-Making in a Marketised Higher Education System
   Sheryl Clark, Anna Mountford-Zimdars and Becky Francis

‘Justin Bieber Sounds Girlie’: Young People’s Celebrity Talk and Contemporary Masculinities
   Kim Allen, Laura Harvey and Heather Mendick

Special Section Introduction: The Matter of Race
   Nasar Meer, Anoop Nayak and Raksha Pande

Reflexive Ethnicities: Crisis, Diversity and Re-Composition
   Yasmin Hussain and Paul Bagguley

For a Sociological Reconstruction: W.E.B. Du Bois, Stuart Hall and Segregated Sociology
   Les Back and Maggie Tate

The Monstrous ‘White Theory Boy’: Symbolic Capital, Pedagogy and the Politics of Knowledge
   Sarah Burton

Rethinking Intersectionality and Whiteness at the Borders of Citizenship
   Bridget Byrne

Un/making the British Asian Male Athlete: Race, Legibility and the State
   Daniel Burdsey

Muslims, Racism and Violence After the Paris Attacks
   Joanne Britton

Double Standards and Speech Deficits: What is Sayable for British Muslims After Paris?
   Fatima Khan and Gabe Mythen

Charlie Hebdo, Free Speech and Counter-Speech
   Simon Dawes

Mediating and Remediating Death (Studies in Death, Materiality and the Origin of Time)
Christensen, Dorthe Refslund and Sandvik, Kjetil
Reviewed by Panagiotis Pentaris

Inequality and the 1%
Dorling, Danny
Reviewed by Jatinder Kang

Late Modernity: Trajectories Towards Morphogenic Society
Archer, Margaret
Reviewed by Ciaran T. Burke

A Precariat Charter: From Denizens to Citizens
Standing, Guy
Reviewed by Ruben Flores

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Volume 20(2) published on 1 Jun 2015

Connectivity in Later Life: The Declining Age Divide in Mobile Cell Phone Ownership
   Chris Gilleard, Ian Jones and Paul Higgs

Mothering and ‘insider’ Dilemmas: Feminist Sociologists in the Research Process
   Linda Cooper and Chrissie Rogers

Talking the Talk and Fitting In: Troubling the Practices of Speaking €'What You Are Worth' in Higher Education in the UK
   Michelle Addison and Victoria, G. Mountford

Measuring Paternal Involvement in Childcare and Housework
   Helen Norman and Mark Elliot

Resonance as a Social Phenomenon
   Vincent Miller

The EU’s Racial Equality Directive and the Evolution of Discourse in the Field of the Fight Against Discrimination. a Comparison Between France, the UK and Spain
   Philippe Hamman and Cécile Frank

The Right to Asylum and EU Asylum Procedure in Greece
   Gabriella Lazaridis and Mariangela Veikou

Exploring Gender in Portuguese Bedrooms: Men’s and Women’s Narratives of Their Sexuality Through a Mixed Methods Approach
   Violeta Alarcão, Ana Virgolino, Luis Roxo, Fernando L. Machado and Alain Giami

Inside the Research-Assemblage: New Materialism and the Micropolitics of Social Inquiry
   Nick J. Fox and Pam Alldred

Special Section Introduction: The Political Sociologies of Sport
   Paul Gilchrist, Russell Holden and Peter Millward

‘It’s Just Such a Class Thing’: Rivalry and Class Distinction Between Female Fans of Men’s Football and Rugby Union
   Stacey Pope

Driven to Distraction: Turkish Diaspora Football Supporters, New Media and the Politics of Place-Making
   John McManus

An '€anti-Sectarian' Act? Examining the Importance of National Identity to the '€Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Scotland) Act'
   Anthony May

Dislocation and Uncertainty in East Manchester: The Legacy of the Commonwealth Games
   Camilla Lewis

Physical Cultures of Stigmatisation: Health Policy & Social Class
   Emma Rich, Laura De Pian and Jessica Francombe-Webb

Cut It Out: The C-Section Epidemic in America
Morris, Theresa
Reviewed by Anna Neller

Ecofeminism and Systems Thinking (Routledge Research in Gender and Society)
Stephens, Anne
Reviewed by Buyana Kareem

Revolting Subjects: Social Abjection and Resistance in Neoliberal Britain
Tyler, Imogen
Reviewed by Lisa Wood

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Volume 20(1) published on 27 Feb 2015

Drawing What Homelessness Looks Like: Using Creative Visual Methods as a Tool of Critical Pedagogy
   Jon Dean

Basic Skills, Literacy Practices and the €'Hidden Injuries of Class'
   Mark Cieslik and Donald Simpson

Using Narrative Sources from the Mass Observation Archive to Study Everyday Food and Families in Hard Times: Food Practices in England During 1950
   Abigail Knight, Julia Brannen and Rebecca O'Connell

Rural Putsch: Power, Class, Social Relations and Change in the English Rural Village
   Sam Hillyard

Promises, Promises: Lessons in Research Ethics from the Belfast Project and ‘The Rape Tape’ Case
   Kay Inckle

Everyday Belonging and Ageing: Place and Generational Change
   Vanessa May and Stewart Muir

The 'Peaks and Troughs’ of Societal Violence: Revisiting the Actions of Turkish and Kurdish Shopkeepers During the 2011 London Riots
   Giorgia Doná and Helen Taylor

The Casanova-Myth: Legend and Anxiety in the Seduction Community
   Jitse Schuurmans and Lee F. Monaghan

Studying the Complex Dynamics of Family Relationships: A Figurational Approach
   Anna-Maija Castrén and Kaisa Ketokivi

Ageing with Disability: A Lifecourse Perspective (Ageing and the Lifecourse Series)
Jeppsson-Grassman, Eva
Reviewed by Mark Sherry

Utopia as Method: The Imaginary Reconstitution of Society
Levitas, Ruth
Reviewed by Graham Crow

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Volume 19(4) published on 1 Dec 2014

Neoliberal Nomads: Housing Insecurity and the Revival of Private Renting in the UK
   John Bone

The Complex Employment Experiences of Polish Migrants in the UK Labour Market
   Julie Knight

'Most Challenging? To Fit in with People While Remaining Myself.' Social Integration of Second Generation Turks Within the Dutch Higher Education Setting
   Adél Pásztor

The Reframing of Methodology: Revisiting a PhD Study
   Sarah Dubberley

Music, Knowledge and the Sociology of Sound
   Martyn Hudson

How and when Do Educational Aspirations, Expectations and Achievement Align?
   Nabil Khattab

How Benefits Recipients Perceive Themselves Through the Lens of the Mass Media - Some Observations from Germany
   Anna Fohrbeck, Andreas Hirseland and Philipp Ramos Lobato

The Hindu Rights Action Force and the Definition of the €Indian Community’ in Malaysia
   Flavia Cangià

The Ebb and Flow of Resistance: Analysis of the Squatters' Movement and Squatted Social Centres in Brighton
   E.T.C. Dee

Special Section Introduction: Research Ethics and Moral Dilemmas of Social Research in Post-Socialist Europe and Beyond
   Ulrike Ziemer and Anton Popov

Culture, Power and Social Disparity: Researching Russia’s Upper Class
   Elisabeth Schimpfossl

Reflections on Positionality from a Russian Woman Interviewing Russian-Speaking Women in London
   Darya Malyutina

On Being a Punk and a Scholar: A Reflexive Account of Researching a Punk Scene in Russia
   Ivan Gololobov

Trust, Access and Sensitive Boundaries Between '€Public' and '€Private': A Returning Insider's Experience of Research in Bulgaria
   Milena I. Kremakova

The Dereliction Tourist: Ethical Issues of Conducting Research in Areas of Industrial Ruination
   Alice Mah

Ethics and Emotions: A Migrant Researcher Doing Research Among Romanian Migrants
   Oana Romocea

Protest Camps
Feigenbaum, Anna, Frenzel, Fabian and McCurdy, Patrick
Reviewed by Sara Deffendoll

The Tories: From Winston Churchill to David Cameron
Heppell, Timothy
Reviewed by Antje Bednarek-Gilland

Essentials of Thinking Ethically in Qualitative Research (Qualitative Essentials)
Hoonaard, Professor Will C Van Den and Hoonaard, Deborah K Van Den
Reviewed by Linda Asquith

The Mountain of Silence: A Search for Orthodox Spirituality
Markides, Kyriacos C.
Reviewed by Alp Arat

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Volume 19(3) published on 4 Nov 2014

'Fighting Science with Social Science: Activist Scholarship in an International Resistance Project'
   Stevienna de Saille

‘Ghettos of the Mind’: Realities and Myths in the Construction of the Social Identity of a Dublin Suburb
   Martina Byrne and Brid Ni Chonaill

The Paranormal is (Still) Normal: The Sociological Implications of a Survey of Paranormal Experiences in Great Britain
   Madeleine Castro, Roger Burrows and Robin Wooffitt

Garden Stories: Auto/biography, Gender and Gardening
   Mark Bhatti

Using Secondary Analysis to Maintain a Critically Reflexive Approach to Qualitative Research
   Sarah Wilson

Working at Pleasure in Young Women’s Alcohol Consumption: A Participatory Visual Ethnography
   Angus Bancroft, Mariah Jade Zimpfer, Orla Murray and Martina Karels

A Methodological Intervention in Cosmopolitanism Research: Cosmopolitan Dispositions Amongst Digital Natives
   Johan Lindell and Yuwei Lin

Beyond Economic Interests: Attitudes Toward Foreign Workers in Australia, the United States and East Asian Countries
   Ming-Chang Tsai and Rueyling Tzeng

An Alternative Ethics? Justice and Care as Guiding Principles for Qualitative Research
   Martyn Hammersley and Anna Traianou

The Politics of Health Services Research: Health Professionals as Hired Hands in a Commissioned Research Project in England
   Simon Dyson and Sue Dyson

Special Section Introduction: Mass Observation as Method
   Emma Casey, Fiona Courage and Nick Hubble

The Materiality of Method: The Case of the Mass Observation Archive
   Liz Moor and Emma Uprichard

A Sociologist’s Field Notes to the Mass Observation Archive: A Consideration of the Challenges of ‘re-Using’ Mass Observation Data in a Longitudinal Mixed-Methods Study
   Rose Lindsey and Sarah Bulloch

'Clearly Necessary', 'Wonderful' and 'Engrossing'? Mass Observation Correspondents Discuss Forensic Technologies
   Dana Wilson-Kovacs

Synthetic Sociology and the ‘long Workshop’: How Mass Observation Ruined Meta-Methodology
   Rachel Hurdley

‘Mass Gambling’ from 1947 to 2011: Controversies and Pathologies
   Emma Casey

Shared Ownership and Mutual Imaginaries: Researching Research in Mass Observation
   Annebella Pollen

The Observers and the Observed: The ‘dual Vision’ of the Mass Observation Project
   Anne-Marie Kramer

Representing Attitudes to Welfare Dependency: Relational Geographies of Welfare
   Jessica Pykett

Stigmatising the Poor Without Negative Images: Images of Extreme Poverty and the Formation of Welfare Attitudes
   Béla Janky, Boglarka Bakó, Péter Szilágyi and Adrienn Bognár

Thinking with 'White Dee': The Gender Politics of 'Austerity Porn'
   Kim Allen, Imogen Tyler and Sara De Benedictis

'Benefits Street' and the Myth of Workless Communities
   Robert MacDonald, Tracy Shildrick and Andy Furlong

Golden Dawn, Media Representation and the Neoliberal Restructuring of Social Welfare: On the Greek Crisis and the Mobilization of Disidentifications
   Ioannis Prinos

Welfare Commonsense, Poverty Porn and Doxosophy
   Tracey Jensen

Good, the Bad, and the Data: Shane the Lone Ethnographer's Basic Guide to Qualitative Data Analysis
Galman, Sally Campbell
Reviewed by Kevin Walby

Ageing, Narrative and Identity: New Qualitative Social Research
Hubble, Dr Nick and Tew, Philip
Reviewed by Julia Bennett

The Naxalities and Their Ideology, Third Edition: The Naxalities and Their Ideology, Third Edition (Oxford India Paperbacks)
Ray, Rabindra
Reviewed by Carlos Eduardo Rebello de Mendonça

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Volume 19(2) published on 2 Jun 2014

In This World but Not of It: Midwives, Amish, and the Politics of Power
   Natalie Jolly

Learning to Be Affected: Masculinities, Music and Social Embodiment
   Sam de Boise

Acculturation, Not Socialization, for African American Females in the STEM Fields
   Joretta Joseph

Parenting, Play and the Work-Family Interaction
   Stefano Ba'

Qualitative Upward Mobility, the Mass-Media and 'Posh' Masculinity in Contemporary North-East Britain: A Micro Sociological Case-Study
   Andreas Giazitzoglu

The Morality of the Social in Critical Accounts of Popular Music
   Andrew Whelan

Talking Ties: Reflecting on Network Visualisation and Qualitative Interviewing
   Louise Ryan, Jon Mulholland and Agnes Agoston

An Intergenerational Approach to Transitions to Adulthood: The Importance of History and Biography
   Ann Nilsen and Julia Brannen

Flanking Gestures: Gender and Emotion in Fieldwork
   Terressa Benz

Introduction: Happiness Studies
   Mark Cieslik and David Bartram

Towards a Developmental Understanding of Happiness
   Alexandra Jugureanu, Jason Hughes and Kahryn Hughes

Happiness and Memory: Some Sociological Reflections
   Laura Hyman

Towards a Sociology of Happiness: The Case of an Age Perspective on the Social Context of Well-Being
   Christian Kroll

Where Happiness Varies: Recalling Adam Smith to Critically Assess the UK Government Project Measuring National Well-Being
   Jan Eichhorn

Positive Sociology and Appreciative Empathy: History and Prospects
   Neil Thin

Cognitive, Affective and Eudemonic Well-Being in Later Life: Measurement Equivalence over Gender and Life Stage
   Bram Vanhoutte and James Nazroo

Whiteness Fractured
Levine-Rasky, Cynthia
Reviewed by Kerryn Husk

Documents of Life Revisited
Stanley, Liz
Reviewed by Jacques Human

Companions in Crime: The Social Aspects of Criminal Conduct (Cambridge Studies in Criminology)
Warr, Mark
Reviewed by Jessica Streeter

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Volume 19(1) published on 5 Mar 2014

User Involvement in Mental Health Services: A Case of Power over Discourse
   Lydia Lewis

Teenage Mothers, Stigma and Their 'Presentations of Self'
   Kyla Ellis-Sloan

Ethics in Violence and Abuse Research - a Positive Empowerment Approach
   Julia Downes, Liz Kelly and Nicole Westmarland

Multidimensional Deprivation in Contemporary Switzerland Across Social Groups and Time
   Mario Lucchini, Christine Butti, Jenny Assi, Dario Spini and Laura Bernardi

Quota Sampling as an Alternative to Probability Sampling? An Experimental Study
   Keming Yang and Ahmad Banamah

Researching the Intangible: A Qualitative Phenomenological Study of the Everyday Practices of Belonging
   Julia Bennett

Migration and Long-Distance Commuting Histories and Their Links to Career Achievement in Germany: A Sequence Analysis
   Gil Viry, Heiko Rüger and Thomas Skora

Occupy as a Free Space - Mobilization Processes and Outcomes
   Silke Roth, Clare Saunders and Cristiana Olcese

Positionality and Ethics in the Qualitative Research of Migrants’ Homes
   Anna Pechurina

Why Has Civic Education Failed to Increase Young People's Political Participation?
   Nathan Manning and Kathy Edwards

Re-Constructing the Map: NBC's Geographic Imagination and the Opening Ceremony for the 2012 London Olympics
   Andrew Shears and Emily Fekete

Introduction for Special Section: Attitudes: Ontology, Methodology, Impact
   Mark Elliot, David Voas and Alison Park

Towards a Sociology of Attitudes
   David Voas

What’s Driving the Public? A Cross-Country Analysis of Political Attitudes, Human Values and Political Articulation
   Joakim Kulin and Alexander Seymer

Using Agent Based Modelling to Integrate Data on Attitude Change
   Edmund Chattoe-Brown

From Survey to Policy: Community Relations in Northern Ireland
   Paula Devine and Gillian Robinson

Education, Social Attitudes and Social Participation Among Adults in Britain
   Lindsay Paterson

Attitudes to the Welfare State: A Systematic Review Approach to the Example of Ethnically Diverse Welfare States
   Trude Sundberg

Social Theory or Attitudinal Types: A Case Study of Attitudes Towards Relationships
   Laura Watt and Mark Elliot

Gender (Key Concepts) (Polity Key Concepts in the Social Sciences Series)
Bradley, Harriet
Reviewed by Tristan Kennedy

Dangerous Others, Insecure Societies
Lianos, Michalis
Reviewed by Kevin Walby

Reclaiming the f Word
Redfern, Catherine and Aune, Kristin
Reviewed by Carli Rowell

Waiting for Jose
Shapira, Harel
Reviewed by Matthew Ward

Anti-Capital: Human, Social and Cultural
Tittenbrun, Jacek
Reviewed by Arick Dakessian

Social Media as Surveillance
Trottier, Daniel
Reviewed by Andrew Mason

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Volume 18(4) published on 29 Nov 2013

Collisions, Coalitions and Riotous Subjects: Reflections, Repercussions and Reverberations - an Introduction
   Kim Allen, Sumi Hollingworth, Ayo Mansaray and Yvette Taylor

Reflections on a 'Depressing Inevitability'
   Marisa Silvestri

Collisions, Coalitions and Riotous Subjects: The Riots One Year on and an Academic's Unquenched Anger
   Antoine J Rogers

Bodies and Voices: Reflections on 'Collisions, Coalitions and Riotous Subjects: The Riots One Year On'
   Harriet Cooper

Reflections on a Week of Riotous Events: Practising 'Political Listening' and Youth 'Public Sociology'
   Ester McGeeney

The Riots of the Underclass?: Stigmatisation, Mediation and the Government of Poverty and Disadvantage in Neoliberal Britain
   Imogen Tyler

Riots, Restraint and the New Cultural Politics of Wanting
   Tracey Jensen

'Urban Safaris': Looting, Consumption and Exclusion in London 2011
   Emma Casey

Swagger, Ratings and Masculinity: Theorising the Circulation of Social and Cultural Value in Teenage Boys' Digital Peer Networks
   Laura Harvey, Jessica Ringrose and Rosalind Gill

Fox-Trotting the Riot: Slow Rioting in Britain's Inner City
   Lisa Mckenzie

Reporting the Riots: Parenting Culture and the Problem of Authority in Media Analysis of August 2011
   Jennie Bristow

Speaking and Listening: The 2011 English Riots
   Leah Bassel

Talkin' 'Bout My Generation': Perceptions of Generational Belonging Among the 1958 Cohort
   Jane Elliott

Research on the 'Inside': The Challenges of Conducting Research with Young Offenders
   Nalita James

Student Evaluations of Teaching as 'Fact-Totems': The Case of the UK National Student Survey
   Duna Sabri

Occupational Mobility at Migration - Evidence from Spain
   Mikolaj Stanek and Alberto Veira Ramos

Ideology in Disguise: Place Name Metonyms and the Discourse of Newspaper Headlines
   Jenny Lewin-Jones and Mike Webb

George Herbert Mead on Humans and Other Animals: Social Relations After Human-Animal Studies
   Rhoda Wilkie and Andrew McKinnon

Mobilizing 'Minutemen': Predicting Public Support for Anti-Immigration Activism in the United States
   Matthew Ward

The Chameleon Habitus: Exploring Local Students' Negotiations of Multiple Fields
   Jessica Abrahams and Nicola Ingram

Structure, Agency, Subculture: The CCCS, Resistance Through Rituals, and 'Post-Subcultural' Studies
   Paul Sweetman

Analysing 'Seriousness' in Roller Derby: Speaking Critically with the Serious Leisure Perspective
   Maddie Breeze

Desperately Seeking Certainty? The Case of Asylum Applicants and People Planning an Assisted Suicide in Switzerland
   Naomi Richards and Rebecca Rotter

Passion and Paranoia
Bloch, Charlotte
Reviewed by Nune Nikoghosyan

The ERASMUS Phenomenon - Symbol of a New European Generation? (Education Beyond Borders Studies in Educational and Academic Mobility and Migration)
Feyen, Benjamin and Krzaklewska, Ewa (eds.)
Reviewed by Alex Seal

A Theory of Fields
Fligstein, Neil and McAdam, Doug
Reviewed by Emre Tarim

What's Wrong with Fat?
Saguy, Abigail C.
Reviewed by Steve Woods

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Volume 18(3) published on 31 Aug 2013

'You Are Here': Visual Autobiographies, Cultural-Spatial Positioning, and Resources for Urban Living
   Corinne Squire, Cigdem Esin and Chila Burman

Habitus Disjunctures, Reflexivity and White Working-Class Boys' Conceptions of Status in Learner and Social Identities
   Garth Stahl

Why Sociology Should Use Agent Based Modelling
   Edmund Chattoe-Brown

'It Sounds Unwelcoming, It Sounds Exclusive, but I Think It's Just a Question of Arithmetic Really': The Limits to White People's Anti-Essentialist Perspectives on the Nation
   Charles Leddy-Owen

Picturing Urban Regeneration: A Study of Photographers in Liverpool, UK
   Paul Jones

Outclassed?: Undergraduates' Perceptions of the Competition for Primary Teaching Jobs in England and Wales
   Andrew Morrison

Knowing the Tweeters: Deriving Sociologically Relevant Demographics from Twitter
   Luke Sloan, Jeffrey Morgan, William Housley, Matthew Williams, Adam Edwards, Pete Burnap and Omer Rana

The Dynamics of Impersonal Trust and Distrust in Surveillance Systems
   Darren Ellis, David Harper and Ian Tucker

Sociology Without Frontiers? On the Pleasures and Perils of Interdisciplinary Research
   Alison Pilnick

Reflections on the Process of Researching Disabled People's Sexual Lives
   Kirsty Liddiard

Youth Studies, Housing Transitions and the 'Missing Middle': Time for a Rethink?
   Steven Roberts

Live Art as Urban Praxis: The Political Aesthetics of the City
   Cath Lambert

The London 2012 Legacy for Primary Physical Education: Policy by the Way?
   Gerald Griggs and Gavin Ward

'We Aren't Racing a Fair Race': Rawls, Sen, and the Paralympic Games
   Gareth M. Thomas and Tim Banks

The Class of London 2012: Some Sociological Reflections on the Social Backgrounds of Team GB Athletes
   Andy Smith, David Haycock and Nicola Hulme

Disability 'Rights' or 'Wrongs'? The Claims of the International Paralympic Committee, the London 2012 Paralympics and Disability Rights in the UK
   Stuart Braye, Tom Gibbons and Kevin Dixon

London 2012 and Environmental Sustainability: A Study Through the Lens of Environmental Sociology
   John Karamichas

The Sustainable Development of the Olympic Games: Critical Connections
   Gregory Borne

Femininity, Childhood and the Non-Making of a Sporting Celebrity: The Beth Tweddle Case
   Rachel Lara Cohen

Sporting Times (Palgrave Pivot)
Woodward, Kath
Reviewed by Colleen Deane

Researching Amongst Elites
Aguiar, Luis L.M. and Schneider, Christopher J.
Reviewed by Jonathan Dean

Women and Society: The Road to Change
Kolaskar, Ashok S. and Dash, Motilal (eds.)
Reviewed by Rense Nieuwenhuis

Doing Harder Time?
Mann, Natalie
Reviewed by Tanita Maxwell

Researching Non-Heterosexual Sexualities
Phellas, Constantinos N.
Reviewed by Rebecca Barnes

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Volume 18(2) published on 6 Jun 2013

Having Your Say: The Social Organisation of Online News Commentary
   Allison Cavanagh and Alex Dennis

The Hidden Dimensions of the Musical Field and the Potential of the New Social Data
   David Beer and Mark Taylor

Coming of (Old) Age in the Digital Age: ICT Usage and Non-Usage Among Older Adults
   Barbara Barbosa Neves, Fausto Amaro and Jaime Fonseca

The Lived Experience of Diagnosis Delivery in Motor Neurone Disease: A Sociological-Phenomenological Study
   Amanda Pavey, Jacquelyn Allen-Collinson and Toby Pavey

Life Story Talk: Some Reflections on Narrative in Qualitative Interviews
   Julia Brannen

Widening Participation Through Alternative Public Schools: A Canadian Example
   Nicole Etherington

To Build a Notion: US State Department Nation Building Expertise and Postwar Settlements in 20th Century East Central Europe
   Liliana Riga and James Kennedy

Young Men, Sexual Ethics and Sexual Negotiation
   Moira Carmody

'Yobs' and 'Snobs': Embodying Drink and the Problematic Male Drinking Body
   Tom Thurnell-Read

The Role of Nationalism in the Olympics: Reflecting on the 2012 London Games
   Lijun Tang

'Bring on the Dancing Horses!': Ambivalence and Class Obsession Within British Media Reports of the Dressage at London 2012
   Thomas Fletcher and Katherine Dashper

Flows of Affect in the Olympic Stadium
   Nick J. Fox

Restricting the Public in Public Space: The London 2012 Olympic Games, Hyper-Securitization and Marginalized Youth
   Jacqueline Kennelly and Paul Watt

Race, Multiculturalism and the 'Progressive' Politics of London 2012: Passing the 'Boyle Test'
   Aaron Winter

A Health and Social Legacy for East London: Narratives of 'Problem' and 'Solution' Around London 2012
   Claire Thompson, Daniel Lewis, Trisha Greenhalgh, Stephanie Taylor and Steven Cummins

Olympic Dreams and Social Realities: A Foucauldian Analysis of Legacy and Mass Participation
   Heather Piper and Dean Garratt

Introduction for Special Section of Sociological Research Online: Modern Girlhoods
   Heather Mendick, Fiona Cullen, Pam Alldred and Simon Bradford

Childhood, Responsibility and the Liberal Loophole: Replaying the Sex-Wars in Debates on Sexualisation?
   Robbie Duschinsky

Passive, Heterosexual and Female: Constructing Appropriate Childhoods in the 'Sexualisation of Childhood' Debate
   Jessica Clark

'The Girl Effect': Exploring Narratives of Gendered Impacts and Opportunities in Neoliberal Development
   Farzana Shain

Girls as the 'New' Agents of Social Change? Exploring the 'Girl Effect' Through Sport, Gender and Development Programs in Uganda
   Lyndsay M.C. Hayhurst

Bodies in a Frame: Black British, Working Class, Teenage Femininity and the Role of the Dance Class
   Camilla Stanger

Challenging Pedagogy: Emotional Disruptions, Young Girls, Parents and Schools
   Rosalyn George and John Clay

Revisiting the Frankfurt School
Berry, David
Reviewed by Yves Laberge

Writing India: Colonial Ethnography in the Nineteenth Century
Hasan, Mushirul (ed.)
Reviewed by Manish K. Thakur

Everywhere and Nowhere: The State of Contemporary Feminism in the United States
Reger, Jo
Reviewed by Órla Murray

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Volume 18(1) published on 28 Feb 2013

Views of the Neighbourhood: A Photo-Elicitation Study of the Built Environment
   Victoria D. Alexander

Stillbirth and Loss: Family Practices and Display
   Samantha Murphy and Hilary Thomas

'We Are Watching You Too': Reflections on Doing Visual Research in a Contested City
   Milena Komarova and Martina McKnight

When Charity Does Not Begin at Home: Exploring the British Socioemotional Economy of Compassion
   Ruben Flores

Evaluating Culture: Sociology, Aesthetics and Policy
   Simon Stewart

Defining 'Pimp': Working Towards a Definition in Social Research
   Holly Davis

The Application of Abductive and Retroductive Inference for the Design and Analysis of Theory-Driven Sociological Research
   Samantha B. Meyer and Belinda Lunnay

'Extending the Analytical Lens': A Consideration of the Concepts of 'Care' and 'Intimacy' in Relation to Fathering After Separation or Divorce
   Georgia Philip

Intersectional Plays of Identity: The Experiences of British Asian Female Footballers
   Aarti Ratna

Economies of Recycling, 'Consumption Work' and Divisions of Labour in Sweden and England
   Kathryn Wheeler and Miriam Glucksmann

Worn Shoes: Identity, Memory and Footwear
   Jenny Hockey, Rachel Dilley, Victoria Robinson and Alexandra Sherlock

Goffman Goes to Church: Face-Saving and the Maintenance of Collective Order in Religious Services
   Christopher M. Donnelly and Bradley R.E. Wright

Introduction for Special Section of Sociological Research Online: The Marginalised Mainstream: Making Sense of the 'Missing Middle' of Youth Studies
   Steven Roberts and Robert MacDonald

Education to Work Transitions: How the Old Middle Went Missing and Why the New Middle Remains Elusive
   Kenneth Roberts

Running up a Down-Escalator in the Middle of a Class Structure Gone Pear-Shaped
   Patrick Ainley and Martin Allen

Researching 'Ordinary' Young People in a Changing World: The Sociology of Generations and the 'Missing Middle' in Youth Research
   Dan Woodman

Ordinary Lives: 'Typical Stories' of Girls' Transitions in the 1960s and the 1980s
   John Goodwin and Henrietta O'Connor

Hybrid Qualifications, Institutional Expectations and Youth Transitions: A Case of Swimming with or Against the Tide
   Gayna Davey and Alison Fuller

Young People and School GCSE Attainment: Exploring the 'Middle'
   Roxanne Connelly, Susan J. Murray and Vernon Gayle

Between Edges and Margins: Exploring 'Ordinary' Young People's Experiences of the Everyday Antisocial
   Emma Davidson

Bases, Stages and 'Working Your Way Up': Young People's Talk About Non-Coital Practices and 'Normal' Sexual Trajectories
   Ruth Lewis, Cicely Marston and Kaye Wellings

Ethnicity and Education in England and Europe (Studies in Migration and Diaspora)
Law, Ian and Swann, Sarah
Reviewed by Richard Gehrmann

Ethnomethodology at Work (Directions in Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis)
Rouncefield, Mark and Tolmie, Peter
Reviewed by Jeremy Aroles

Theorizing Intersectionality and Sexuality (Genders and Sexualities in the Social Sciences)
Taylor, Dr Yvette, Hines, Dr Sally and Casey, Mark E. (eds.)
Reviewed by Kath Browne

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Volume 17(4) published on 15 Jan 2013

Logics of Structuring the Elder Care Arrangements over Time and Their Foundations
   José de São José

The Case of Cooperstown, New York: The Makings of a Perfect Village in an Urbanising World
   Gregory Fulkerson and Elizabeth Seale

'Man Dem Link Up': London's Anti-Riots and Urban Modernism
   Gareth Millington

Full Employment in a Green Society
   Steve Dawe

Doing Identity with Style: Service Interaction, Work Practices and the Construction of 'Expert' Status in the Contemporary Hair Salon
   Tracey Yeadon-Lee

'If You Had Balls, You'd Be One of Us!' Doing Gendered Research: Methodological Reflections on Being a Female Academic Researcher in the Hyper-Masculine Subculture of 'Football Hooliganism'
   Emma Poulton

Making Sense of 'Global' Social Justice: Claims for Justice in a Global Labour Market
   Nik Winchester and Nicholas Bailey

Intricacies of Social Movement Outcome Research and Beyond: "How Can You Tell" Social Movements Prompt Changes?
   Doowon Suh

Gender Relations Among Indian Couples in the UK and India: Ideals of Equality and Realities of Inequality
   Katherine Twamley

Accounting for Personal Overindebtedness: Debtors' Accounts in Applications for Debt Relief at the Swedish Enforcement Authority
   Bengt Larsson and Bengt Jacobsson

Ways of Seeing, Ways of Being and Ways of Knowing in the Inner-City: Exploring Sense of Place Through Visual Tours
   Magali Peyrefitte

Drinking with and Without Fun: Female Students' Accounts of Pre-Drinking and Club-Drinking
   Angus Bancroft

Everyone's a Winner: Life in Our Congratulatory Culture
Best, Joel
Reviewed by Tristan Kennedy

The Unfinished Revolution: Coming of Age in a New Era of Gender, Work, and Family
Gerson, Kathleen
Reviewed by Julia Bennett

Understanding Education: A Sociological Perspective
Gewirtz, Sharon and Cribb, Alan
Reviewed by Jacqueline Baxter

Ageing and Youth Cultures: Music, Style and Identity
Hodkinson, Paul
Reviewed by Sylvia Meichsner

Understanding Social Networks: Theories, Concepts, and Findings
Kadushin, Charles
Reviewed by Valerie Eslick

Negotiating National Identities (Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series)
Karner, Christian
Reviewed by Dan Jendrissek

The Victimization of Women: Law, Policies, and Politics
Meloy, Michelle L. and Miller, Susan L.
Reviewed by Paula Pustulka

Animals, Equality and Democracy (the Palgrave Macmillan Animal Ethics Series)
O'Sullivan, Dr Siobhan
Reviewed by Marieke Kroezen

Where There is No Midwife: Birth and Loss in Rural India (Fertility, Reproduction and Sexuality)
Pinto, Sarah
Reviewed by Edwin vanTeijlingen

Consumer Society: Critical Issues & Environmental Consequences
Smart, Professor Barry
Reviewed by Mike Foden

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Volume 17(3) published on 21 Sep 2012

Ethnic Diversity and European's Generalised Trust: How Inclusive Immigration Policy Can Aid a Positive Association
   Anna Zimdars and Gindo Tampubolon

A Review of Book Reviews: A Sociological Analysis of Reviews of the Edited Book <i>Experience with Abortion</i>
   Edwin vanTeijlingen

'I Know Him So Well': Contracting/tual 'Insiderness', and Maintaining Access and Rapport in a Philippine Fishing Community
   Nelson Turgo

Between Political Fad and Political Empowerment: A Critical Evaluation of the National Muslim Women's Advisory Group (NMWAG) and Governmental Processes of Engaging Muslim Women
   Chris Allen and Surinder Guru

Second Generation Identities: The Scottish Diaspora in England
   Murray Stewart Leith and Duncan Sim

Does Female Employment Always Undermine Marriage? Working Wives and Family Stability in Different Contexts of Italian Society
   Lorenzo Todesco

Embodying Gender, Age, Ethnicity and Power in 'the Field': Reflections on Dress and the Presentation of the Self in Research with Older Pakistani Muslims
   Maria Zubair, Wendy Martin and Christina Victor

Using Spoken and Written Qualitative Methods to Explore Children's and Young People's Food and Eating Practices
   Wendy J. Wills

Practice 'in Talk' and Talk 'as Practice': Dish Washing and the Reach of Language
   Lydia Martens

Using Social Media Data Aggregators to Do Social Research
   David Beer

Perils, Precariousness and Pleasures: Middle-Aged Gay Men Negotiating Urban 'Heterospaces'
   Paul Simpson

Motherhood, Medicine & Markets: The Changing Cultural Politics of Postnatal Care Provision
   Maria Zadoroznyj, Cecilia Benoit and Sarah Berry

The 2011 Summer Riots: Learning from History -Remembering '81
   Diane Frost and Richard Phillips

The English City Riots of 2011, 'Broken Britain' and the Retreat into the Present
   John Flint and Ryan Powell

Time for Class: Undergraduates' and Lecturers' Perceptions on Why Undergraduates Want to Teach
   Andrew Morrison

Young People, Education and Inequalities: An Introduction
   Rachel Brooks

Feeling Uncomfortable: Young People's Emotional Responses to Neo-Liberal Explanations for Economic Inequality
   Sarah Smart

Conviviality Under the Cosmopolitan Canopy? Social Mixing and Friendships in an Urban Secondary School
   Sumi Hollingworth and Ayo Mansaray

Confronting the Limits of Antiracist and Multicultural Education: White Students' Reflections on Identity and Difference in a Multiethnic Secondary School
   Alice Pettigrew

Beyond a Binary Model of Students' Educational Decision-Making
   Gayna Davey

The Positive Experiences of Openly Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Students in a Christian Sixth Form College
   Mark McCormack

Young People and the Reproduction of Disadvantage Through Transnational Higher Education in Hong Kong
   Johanna Waters and Maggi Leung

Earning Not Learning? An Assessment of Young People in the Jobs Without Training (JWT) Group
   Sue Maguire, Thomas Spielhofer and Sarah Golden

Power, Participation and Privilege - Methodological Lessons from Using Visual Methods in Research with Young People
   Alexandra Allan

Social Problems and Inequality (Solving Social Problems)
Alessio, John C.
Reviewed by Bernadette Gregory

Fitting into Place?
Taylor, Yvette
Reviewed by Jenny Preece

The Rhetoric of Racist Humour
Weaver, Simon
Reviewed by Nune Nikoghosyan

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Volume 17(2) published on 11 Jun 2012

To Whom God Speaks: Struggles for Authority Through Religious Reflexivity and Performativity Within a Gypsy Pentecostal Church
   Cerasela Voiculescu

A Tale of Two Analyses: The Use of Archived Qualitative Data
   Jo Haynes and Demelza Jones

Legitimising Racism: An Exploration of the Challenges Posed by the Use of Indigeneity Discourses by the Far Right
   Sasha Williams and Ian Law

Elucidating a Cornish Ethnie: The Argument for Mixed Method
   Kerryn Husk

Dimensions and Boundaries: Comparative Analysis of Occupational Structures Using Social Network and Social Interaction Distance Analysis
   Dave Griffiths and Paul Lambert

Getting up - Staying Up? - Exploring Trajectories in Household Incomes Between 1992 and 2006
   David Byrne

Debating Empirical Questions on the Internet: Rival Claims About Crowd Sizes of the Glenn Beck/Stewart-Colbert Rallies
   Whitney D. Gunter and Joel Best

Qualitative Secondary Analysis and Social Explanation
   Sarah Irwin and Mandy Winterton

Revisiting the Archives: A Case Study from the History of Geriatric Medicine
   Joanna Bornat, Parvati Raghuram and Leroi Henry

Cosmology and Society: Developing a Bourdieusian Perspective
   Peter Dickens

Deconstructing Explanation by Mechanism
   Hannu Ruonavaara

Social Stratification, Gender and Sport Participation
   Aaron Reeves

Hopes for the Future: Parents' and Children's Narratives of Children's Future Employment Orientations
   Jeni Harden, Kathryn Backett-Milburn, Alice MacLean and Lynn Jamieson

An Empirical Study on Xenophobia in Almeria (Spain)
   Gonzalo Herranz de Rafael

The 2011 'Riots': Reflections on the Fall and Rise of Community
   Andrew Wallace

The Neoliberal Phoenix: The Big Society or Business as Usual
   John D. Bone

Visualising Changing Landscapes of Work and Labour
   Phillip Mizen and Carol Wolkowitz

Flesh and Stone Revisited: The Body Work Landscape of South Florida
   Carol Wolkowitz

Picturing Work in an Industrial Landscape: Visualising Labour, Place and Space
   Tim Strangleman

Identityscapes of a Hair Salon: Work Identities and the Value of Visual Methods
   Harriet Shortt

Space, Buildings and the Life Worlds of Home-Based Workers: Towards Better Design
   Frances Holliss

Fishmongers in a Global Economy: Craft and Social Relations on a London Market
   Dawn Lyon and Les Back

Latino/a Immigrant Street Vendors in Los Angeles: Photo-Documenting Sidewalks from 'Back-Home'
   Lorena Muñoz

Engaging with a World Outside of Ourselves: Vistas of Flatness, Children's Work and the Urban Informal Economy
   Phillip Mizen and Yaw Ofosu-Kusi

Performing in a Night-Time Leisure Venue: A Visual Analysis of Erotic Dance
   Katy Pilcher

No Way to Make a Living.Net: Exploring the Possibilities of the Web for Visual and Sensory Sociologies of Work
   Lynne Pettinger and Dawn Lyon

On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life
Ahmed, Sara
Reviewed by Andrew Harding

Adventures of an Accidental Sociologist: How to Explain the World Without Becoming a Bore
Berger, Peter L.
Reviewed by Teresa Crew

Interdependency and Care over the Lifecourse (Relationships and Resources)
Bowlby, Sophia, McKie, Linda, Gregory, Susan and Macpherson, Isobel
Reviewed by Valerie Eslick

Cultural Hybridity
Burke, Peter
Reviewed by Richard Gehrmann

Doing Visual Research
Mitchell, Claudia
Reviewed by Najam Abbas

Red, Black, and Objective
Restivo, Sal
Reviewed by Steve Hanson

Ethical Imperialism: Institutional Review Boards and the Social Sciences, 1965-2009
Schrag, Zachary M.
Reviewed by Nathan Emmerich

Behind Closed Doors: IRBs and the Making of Ethical Research (Morality and Society Series)
Stark, Laura
Reviewed by Nathan Emmerich

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Volume 17(1) published on 29 Jan 2013

Introduction to the Special Issue on the Use of Visual Methods in Social Research
   Ross Coomber and Gayle Letherby

Ethical Regulation and Visual Methods: Making Visual Research Impossible or Developing Good Practice?
   Rose Wiles, Amanda Coffey, Judy Robison and Jon Prosser

Community Health Workers Working the Digital Archive: A Case for Looking at Participatory Archiving in Studying Stigma in the Context of HIV and AIDS
   Naydene de Lange and Claudia Mitchell

Looking for Africville - Complementary Visual Constructions of a Contended Space
   Stephen Spencer

Capturing Christmas: The Sensory Potential of Data from Participant Produced Video
   Stewart Muir and Jennifer Mason

The North Laine: A Visual Essay
   Chris Yuill

Conceptualizing the 'Visual Essay' as a Way of Generating and Imparting Sociological Insight: Issues, Formats and Realisations
   Luc Pauwels

Video and a Sense of the Invisible: Approaching Domestic Energy Consumption Through the Sensory Home
   Sarah Pink and Kerstin Leder Mackley

A Video Testimony on Rural Poverty and Social Exclusion
   Eldin Fahmy and Simon Pemberton

More Than Anarchy in the UK: 'Social Unrest' and its Resurgence in the Madoffized Society
   Lee F. Monaghan and Micheal O'Flynn

Communities, Centres, Connections, Disconnections: Some Reflections on the Riots in Birmingham
   Gargi Bhattacharyya, James Cowles, Steve Garner and Ajmal Hussain

The Freedom to Be Racist?: How the United States and Europe Struggle to Preserve Freedom and Combat Racism
Bleich, Erik
Reviewed by Karim Murji

Consumer Culture
Lury, Celia
Reviewed by Anna Schneider

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Volume 16(4) published on 2 Dec 2011

Land of My Fathers? Economic Development, Ethnic Division and Ethnic National Identity in 32 Countries
   Robert Ford, James Tilley and Anthony Heath

In Testing Times: Conducting an Ethnographic Study of UK Animal Rights Protesters
   Andrew Upton

'They Eat Potatoes, I Eat Rice': Symbolic Boundary Making and Space in Neighbour Relations
   Gwen van Eijk

Governing Low Profile Issues: A Frame Analysis of Drug Addiction in a Local Setting
   Dragana Svraka and Ringo Ossewaarde

Identifying the Third Agers: An Analysis of British Retirees' Leisure Pursuits
   Stella Chatzitheochari and Sara Arber

"Aye, but It Were Wasted on Thee": Cricket, British Asians, Ethnic Identities, and the 'Magical Recovery of Community'
   Thomas Fletcher

Socio-Cultural Risk? Reporting on a Qualitative Study with Female Street-Based Sex Workers
   Mary Leaker and Priscilla Dunk-West

Placing Research: 'City Publics' and the 'Public Sociologist'
   Yvette Taylor and Michelle Addison

A Comparative Analysis of Inequality in Health Across Europe
   Sara Della Bella, Simone Sarti, Mario Lucchini and Mara Tognetti Bordogna

Introduction to Critical Concepts: Families, Intimacies and Personal Relationships
   Jacqui Gabb and Elizabeth B. Silva

From Function to Competence: Engaging with the New Politics of Family
   Val Gillies

Lost in Transnationalism: Unraveling the Conceptualisation of Families and Personal Life Through a Transnational Gaze
   Sue Heath, Derek McGhee and Paulina Trevena

Personal Life, Pragmatism and Bricolage
   Simon Duncan

Family Lives and Relational Living: Taking Account of Otherness
   Jacqui Gabb

Intimacy as a Concept: Explaining Social Change in the Context of Globalisation or Another Form of Ethnocentricism?
   Lynn Jamieson

Figuring Families: Generation, Situation and Narrative in Contemporary Mothering
   Mary Jane Kehily and Rachel Thomson

Locating 'Family Practices'
   David H. G. Morgan

Consumer Culture and the 2011 'Riots'
   David Moxon

Social Protest in 2011: Material and Cultural Aspects of Economic Inequalities
   Chris Grover

King Mob: Perceptions, Prescriptions and Presumptions About the Policing of England's Riots
   Hugo Gorringe and Michael Rosie

The Mediated Crowd: New Social Media and New Forms of Rioting
   Stephanie Alice Baker

Veblen in the (Inner) City: On the Normality of Looting
   Matthias Zick Varul

Race, Rumours and Riots: Past, Present and Future
   John Solomos

Riot: Race and Politics in the 2011 Disorders
   Karim Murji and Sarah Neal

Welfare (Key Concepts Series)
Daly, Mary
Reviewed by Nate Breznau

Injustice: Why Social Inequality Persists
Dorling, Daniel
Reviewed by Tracy Shildrick

"Stretching" Exercises for Qualitative Researchers
Janesick, Valerie J.
Reviewed by Najam Abbas

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Volume 16(3) published on 31 Aug 2011

Downward Social Mobility Across Generations: The Role of Parental Mobility and Education
   Susanne Alm

The Modality of the Textual Institutionalisation of Literary Studies: Towards a Sociology of Literature
   Soh-young Chung

Is Social Mobility Really Declining? Intergenerational Class Mobility in Britain in the 1990s and the 2000s
   Yaojun Li and Fiona Devine

Post 'Celtic Tiger' Ireland, Silver Vigilantes and Public Sociology: Protesting Against Global Neoliberalisation
   Lee F. Monaghan

Death as a Fateful Moment? The Reflexive Individual and Scottish Funeral Practices
   Gleny Caswell

Fathers 'Care' Too: The Impact of Family Relationships on the Experience of Work for Parents of Disabled Children
   Katharine Venter

Preconditions for Citizen Journalism: A Sociological Assessment
   Hayley Watson

Keeping It Real!: Constructing and Maintaining Traditional Authenticity in a Tibetan Buddhist Organisation in Scotland
   John S. McKenzie

Paradoxes and Pitfalls in Using Fuzzy Set QCA: Illustrations from a Critical Review of a Study of Educational Inequality
   Barry Cooper and Judith Glaesser

Editorial Introduction: John d Brewer and Jennifer Platt
   John D. Brewer and Jennifer Platt

Bulletin: The Present State and Development of Professional Sociology
   Asher Tropp

Conversation with Anne Dix, 1992
   Richard Brown

On Being a Comparative Europeanist
   Colin Crouch

British Sociology: Gains and Losses
   John Hall

The Appeal of British Sociology; a View from Outside and Inside
   Barbara Misztal

Different Times, Different Places, Different Standpoints
   Ewa Morawska

Academic Sociology and Social Policy Think Tanks in Britain and Australia: A Personal Reflection
   Peter Saunders

Half-Remembrance of Things Past: Critics and Cuts of Old
   John Eldridge

Experimenting with Sociology: A View from the Outlook Tower
   Charlotte Bates

The Impact of Feminism on Sociology
   Sylvia Walby

Changing Perspectives in British Economic Sociology
   Duncan Gallie

The BSA and the Emergence of a 'Sociology of Food': A Personal View
   Anne Murcott

Ray Pahl's Sociological Career: Fifty Years of Impact
   Graham Crow and Naoko Takeda

Forty Four Years of Debate: The Impact of Race, Community and Conflict
   Robert Moore

Developments in British Sociology as Shown in British Sociology Journals
   Charles Crothers

Security and Global Health
Elbe, Stefan
Reviewed by Keerty Nakray

Dialectic of Enlightenment: Critical Theory and the Messianic Light
Klapwijk, Jacob
Reviewed by Mark Dew

Making Sense of Everyday Life
Scott, Susie
Reviewed by Andrew Mason

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Volume 16(2) published on 6 Jun 2011

The Biographical Illumination: A Bourdieusian Analysis of the Role of Theory in Educational Research
   Ciaran Burke

Power and Resistance: A Case Study of Satire on the Internet
   Lijun Tang and Syamantak Bhattacharya

Fees, Funding and Overseas Study: Mobile UK Students and Educational Inequalities
   Rachel Brooks and Johanna Waters

Stories from Brixton: Gentrification and Different Differences
   George Mavrommatis

Ethnographic Intimacy: Thinking Through the Ethics of Social Research in Sex Worlds
   Maria Pérez-y-Pérez and Tony Stanley

Regulating Social Research: Exploring the Implications of Extending Ethical Review Procedures in Social Research
   Margaret Melrose

Recent Methodological Opportunities in Online Hypermedia – a Case Study of Photojournalism in Singapore
   Terence Heng

Experimenting with Sociology: A View from the Outlook Tower
   Charlotte Bates

Introduction to Food: Representations and Meanings
   Wendy J. Wills

Conceptualising Food as Death: A Radical Environmentalist Politics of Food
   Julie van Kemenade

Organic Hummus in Israel: Global and Local Ingredients and Images
   Rafi Grosglik

'A Slice of Life': Food Narratives and Menus from Mass-Observers in 1982 and 1945
   Sarah Nettleton and Emma Uprichard

Saints and Slackers: Challenging Discourses About the Decline of Domestic Cooking
   Angela Meah and Matt Watson

'If You're Not Allowed to Have Rice, What Do You Have with Your Curry?': Nostalgia and Tradition in Low-Carbohydrate Diet Discourse and Practice
   Christine Knight

The Subject of Functional Foods: Accounts of Using Foods Containing Phytosterols
   Kate Weiner

The Rise and Fall of the Jumbo Breakfast Roll: How a Sandwich Survived the Decline of the Irish Economy
   Perry Share

Responsibility and the Big Society
   Antje Bednarek-Gilland

Liberty, National Security and the Big Society
   Alison Green, Nick Johns and Mark Rix

'The Big Society' Fact or Fiction? - a Sociological Critique
   Paul Ransome

Social Theory in the Twentieth Century and Beyond
Baert, Patrick and Silva, Filipe Carreira da
Reviewed by Bernhard Forchtner

The State in Africa
Bayart, JeanFrancois
Reviewed by Lincoln J. Fry

EcoStandards, Product Labelling and Green Consumerism (Consumption and Public Life)
Boström, Dr Magnus
Reviewed by Tanya Wyatt

Faith, Public Policy and Civil Society: Policies, Problems and Concepts in Faith-Based Public Action
Dinham, Adam
Reviewed by Eddy Hogg

Being Interprofessional
Hammick, Marilyn, Freeth, Della S., Goodsman, Dane and Copperman, Jeanette
Reviewed by Rick Hood

Where We Live Now: Immigration and Race in the United States
Iceland, J
Reviewed by Marilyne Brun

Identifying Citizens
Lyon, David
Reviewed by Thorsten Nieberg

Habermas
Outhwaite, William
Reviewed by Jordan Mckenzie

New Racism: Revisiting Researcher Accountabilities
Romm, Norma
Reviewed by Carole Truman

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Volume 16(1) published on 30 Mar 2011

Reflections on Doing Research Grounded in My Experience of Perinatal Loss: From Auto/biography to Autoethnography
   Deborah Davidson

The Importance of Health in Promoting Employability in the East Midlands
   Vanessa Beck and Martin Quinn

Gold Dreams, Gold Nightmares: The Social Construction of Inflation as Delegitimation Discourse
   Adam Rafalovich

Woolworths and Wales: A Multi-Dimensional Analysis of the Loss of a Local Brand
   Robin James Smith, Jesse Heley and Ian Stafford

Mapping the Social Organization of Labour in Moscow: Beyond the Formal/informal Labour Dualism
   Colin C. Williams, Sara Nadin, Peter Rodgers, John Round and Jan Windebank

Cognitive Structure of Social Mobility: Moral Sentiments and Hidden Injuries of Class
   Yi-Lee Wong

A Temporal Comparison of the Effects of Unemployment and Job Insecurity on Wellbeing
   Brendan Burchell

Creating a Sexual Self in Heteronormative Space: Integrations and Imperatives Amongst Spiritual Seekers at the Findhorn Community
   Elizabeth Dinnie and Kath Browne

Introduction: Friendship and Emotions
   Mary Holmes and Silvana Greco

Commentary: Friendships and Emotions
   Graham Allan

Social Relationships and Trust in Asylum Seeking Families in Sweden
   Ulla Björnberg

Friendship and Social Emotions in Young Adult Finns' Drinking Diaries
   Jukka Törrönen and Antti Maunu

Friendship Dynamics Between Emotions and Trials
   Paola Rebughini

On Friendship, Equality and Introductions: Comparing English and German Regimes of Manners and Emotions
   Cas Wouters

Emotional Reflexivity in Contemporary Friendships: Understanding It Using Elias and Facebook Etiquette
   Mary Holmes

Ana's Friends. Friendship in Online Pro-Ana Communities
   Natàlia Cantó-Milà and Swen Seebach

Imprisoning Communities: How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)
Clear, Todd R
Reviewed by Basak Tanulku

The Global Politics of Health
Davies, Sara
Reviewed by Dev Acharya

The End of Multiculturalism?: Terrorism, Integration and Human Rights
Mcghee, Derek
Reviewed by Leon Moosavi

Habermas
Outhwaite, William
Reviewed by Jordan Mckenzie

The Music Industry: Music in the Cloud (DMS Digital Media and Society)
Wikström, Patrik
Reviewed by Richard Mills

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Volume 15(4) published on 1 Dec 2010

Governing Through Standards: Networks, Failure and Auditing
   Dale Spencer

Class, Individualisation and Perceived (Dis)advantages: Not Either/Or but Both/And?
   Will Atkinson

Developing Email Interview Practices in Qualitative Research
   Edgar Burns

Innovation and Reduction in Contemporary Qualitative Methods: The Case of Conceptual Coupling, Activity-Type Pairs and Auto-Ethnography
   William Housley and Robin James Smith

'I' and 'We' Identities – an Eliasian Perspective on Lesbian and Gay Identities'
   Allison Moore

Tensions in Young People's Conceptualisation and Practice of Politics
   Nathan Manning

Introduction: 'Changing Parenting Culture'
   Charlotte Faircloth and Ellie Lee

Researching Barriers to Cultural Change for Those in Loco Parentis
   Heather Piper and Pat Sikes

Under the Influence? The Construction of Foetal Alcohol Syndrome in UK Newspapers
   Pam Lowe, Ellie Lee and Liz Yardley

'What Science Says is Best': Parenting Practices, Scientific Authority and Maternal Identity
   Charlotte Faircloth

Understanding the Significance of the Teenage Mother in Contemporary Parenting Culture
   Jan Macvarish

The ESRC's 2010 Framework for Research Ethics: Fit for Research Purpose?
   Liz Stanley and Sue Wise

Research Ethics Committees (RECs) and the Creaking Piers of Peer Review
   John Holmwood

The Spectre of Research Ethics and Governance and the ESRC's 2010 FRE: Nowhere Left to Hide?
   Kate Reed

Creeping Ethical Regulation and the Strangling of Research
   Martyn Hammersley

Ethics in Online Research; Evaluating the ESRC Framework for Research Ethics Categorisation of Risk
   Kate Orton-Johnson

The Risks of Assessing Ethical Risks
   Michael Rustin

Sociology Still Lagging on Climate Change
   Constance Lever-Tracy

Conspiracy Panics
Bratich, Jack Z.
Reviewed by Türkay S. Nefes

Imprisoning Communities: How Mass Incarceration Makes Disadvantaged Neighborhoods Worse (Studies in Crime and Public Policy)
Clear, Todd R
Reviewed by Basak Tanulku

Religion and Youth (Theology and Religion in Interdisciplinary Perspective Series in Association with the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group)
Collins-Mayo, Sylvia and Dandelion, Pink
Reviewed by Sarah-Jane Page

After the Car
Dennis, Kingsley and Urry, John
Reviewed by Basak Tanulku

Politics of Climate Change
Giddens, Anthony
Reviewed by Michael Scott

Europe: The Faltering Project
Habermas, Jürgen
Reviewed by Jordan Mckenzie

Habermas
Outhwaite, William
Reviewed by Jordan Mckenzie

Irregular Migration in Europe (Research in Migration and Ethnic Relations Series)
Triandafyllidou, Anna
Reviewed by Lincoln J. Fry

The Sociology of Work: Structures and Inequalities
Vallas, Steven P., Finlay, William and Wharton, Amy S.
Reviewed by Ciaran T. Burke

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Volume 15(3) published on 30 Aug 2010

Meaning and Structure in the Work and Family Interface
   Stefano Ba'

Choosing National Identity
   Frank Bechhofer and David McCrone

Interpreting Images of Motherhood: The Contexts and Dynamics of Collective Viewing
   Helen Lomax and Janet Fink

Battles over Biofuels in Europe: NGOs and the Politics of Markets
   Sarah Pilgrim and Mark Harvey

HIV-Related Stigma Among African Immigrants Living with HIV/AIDS in USA
   Emmanuel F. Koku

Gendered Performances in a Male-Dominated Subculture: 'Girl Racers', Car Modification and the Quest for Masculinity
   Karen Lumsden

Institutional Racism in Mental Health Services: The Consequences of Compromised Conceptualisation
   Hannah Bradby

The Work of Repair: Gesture, Emotion and Sensual Knowledge
   Tim Dant

Modeling Dimensions of 'the Social' in Knowledge Teams: An Operationalization of Habermas' Theory of Communicative Action
   Elizabeth Quinlan and Susan Robertson

Racial Hatred and Unmourned Loss
   David Gadd

Sociology Facing Climate Change
   John Urry

Sociology in a Changing Climate
   Elizabeth Shove

The Conservative Party: From Thatcher to Cameron
Bale, Tim
Reviewed by Antje Bednarek-Gilland

Ethnicity (Key Concepts)
Fenton, Steve
Reviewed by Kerryn Husk

Wasted: Why Education Isn't Educating
Furedi, Frank
Reviewed by Najam Abbas

Pole Dancing, Empowerment and Embodiment
Holland, Dr Samantha
Reviewed by Fran Carter

Material Religion and Popular Culture (Routledge Studies in Religion)
King, E. Frances
Reviewed by Anja Finger

Selected Studies in International Migration and Immigrant Incorporation (IMISCOE Textbooks)
Martiniello, Marco and Rath, Jan (eds.)
Reviewed by Pratik Adhikary

Transitions Through Homelessness: Lives on the Edge
McNaughton, Carol
Reviewed by Alasdair B R Stewart

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Volume 15(2) published on 24 May 2010

Retirement: Institutional Pathways and Individual Trajectories in Britain and Germany
   Anette E. Fasang

Social Mobility and Social Inequality: The Ambivalence of the Middle Class
   Yi-Lee Wong

Social Security Policy and Vindictiveness
   Chris Grover

Researcher-Led Development of E-Research in the Social Sciences: The Case of an E-Social Science Pilot Demonstrator Project
   Bridgette Wessels and Max Craglia

Empowering or Disempowering? Online Support Among Seafarer-Partners
   Lijun Tang

'My Bed or Our Bed?': Gendered Negotiations in the Sleep of Same-Sex Couples
   Allison Kirkman

The Meanings of Communion: Anglican Identities, the Sexuality Debates, and Christian Relationality
   Robert M. Vanderbeck, Gill Valentine, Kevin Ward, Joanna Sadgrove and Johan Andersson

"If I Shut My Eyes, I Cannot Hear You'': The Regulation of Parent and Adolescent Communication About Sexual Practices and Identities in the Family Context
   Sharon Elley

Introduction: The Dynamics of Epistemic Communities
   Morgan Meyer and Susan Molyneux-Hodgson

From Comunities of Practice to Epistemic Communities: Health Mobilizations on the Internet
   Madeleine Akrich

Caring for Weak Ties - the Natural History Museum as a Place of Encounter Between Amateur and Professional Science
   Morgan Meyer

Epistemic Communities Facing a New Type of Agora? Centres of Science, Technology and Innovation as Defining the New Research Landscape in Finland
   Seppo Poutanen and Anne Kovalainen

Possibilities of Enacting and Researching Epistemic Communities
   Dagmar Lorenz-Meyer

Let's Get Organised: Practicing and Valuing Scientific Work Inside and Outside the Laboratory
   Lisa Garforth and Anne Kerr

Mundane Heterosexualities: From Theory to Practices
Hockey, Jenny, Meah, Angela and Robinson, Victoria
Reviewed by Yiu Tung Suen

Children of International Migrants in Europe: Comparative Perspectives
Penn, Professor Roger and Lambert, Dr Paul
Reviewed by Pratik Adhikary

The Competent Public Sphere
Roberts, John Michael
Reviewed by Ewa Sadurska

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Volume 15(1) published on 25 Feb 2010

Parenting in Post-Divorce Estonian Families: A Qualitative Study
   Leeni Hansson

Using Focus Group Research in Exploring the Relationships Between Youth, Risk and Social Position
   Dave Merryweather

The Impact of Spatial Segregation on the Employment Outcomes Amongst Bangladeshis Men and Women in England and Wales
   Nabil Khattab, Ron Johnston, Ibrahim Sirkeci and Tariq Modood

Social Work, Risk, Power
   Roger Smith

Can We Re-Use Qualitative Data Via Secondary Analysis? Notes on Some Terminological and Substantive Issues
   Martyn Hammersley

Individualized Housing Careers in Early Adulthood: Conditions and Constraints in a Familistic Society
   Magda Nico

Portfolio-Based Performance Appraisal for Doctors: A Case of Paperwork Compliance
   John Martyn Chamberlain

Criminology and Criminal Justice: Differences in Programs at the Master's Level
   Ruth Triplett and Elizabeth Monk-Turner

Gender, Health and Information Technology in Context (Health, Technology and Society)
Balka, Ellen, Green, Eileen and Henwood, Flis (eds.)
Reviewed by Michael Spivey

Who Now Reads (Books On) Talcott Parsons?
Bruce C Wearne
Reviewed by Bruce C Wearne

Boundaries of Touch: Parenting and Adult-Child Intimacy
Halley, Jean O'Malley
Reviewed by Tomaz Krpic

Television and Youth Culture: Televised Paranoia (Education, Psychoanalysis, Social Transformation)
Jagodzinski, Jan
Reviewed by Mark Carrigan

Unanticipated Gains: Origins of Network Inequality in Everyday Life
Small, Mario Luis
Reviewed by Dave Griffiths

Contesting Stories of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Woodiwiss, Jo
Reviewed by Stephanie Petrie

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Volume 14(5) published on 30 Nov 2009

Explaining the Health Gap Experienced by Girls and Women in Canada: A Social Determinants of Health Perspective
   Cecilia Benoit, Leah Shumka, Kate Vallance, Helga Hallgrimsdottir, Rachel Phillips, Karen Kobayashi, Olena Hankivsky, Colleen Reid and Elana Brief

Using Mead's Theory of Emergence as a Framework for Sociological Inquiry into Pre-Service Teacher Education
   Jeanne Allen, Mark Sinclair and Richard Smith

Archiving from Below: The Case of the Mobilised Hawkers in Calcutta
   Ritajyoti Bandyopadhyay

A Membership Categorization Analysis of the Waco Siege: Perpetrator-Victim Identity as a Moral Discrepancy Device for 'Doing' Subversion
   Jonathan Clifton

Pillars of Trust: An Experimental Study on Reputation and Its Effects
   Riccardo Boero, Giangiacomo Bravo, Marco Castellani, Francesco Laganà and Flaminio Squazzoni

What a Difference a Death Makes: Protest, Policing and the Press at the G20
   Michael Rosie and Hugo Gorringe

Revisiting the 2001 Riots: New Labour and the Rise of 'Colour Blind Racism'
   James Rhodes

Part-Time Work and Activity in Voluntary Associations in Great Britain
   Daiga Kamerade

Jade's Dying Body: The Ultimate Reality Show
   Tony Walter

Narratives from Major to Minor: On Resisting Binaries in Favour of Joined up Thinking
   Liz Stanley

Apocalypse in the Long Run: Reflections on Huge Comparisons in the Study of Modernity
   John R. Hall

Problems, Crises, Events and Social Change: Theory and Illustrations
   Constance A. Nathanson

The Origins of Modern Nationalism in the North Atlantic Interaction Sphere
   Jonathan Hearn

The Number of the South African War (1899-1902) Concentration Camp Dead: Standard Stories, Superior Stories and a Forgotten Proto-Nationalist Research Investigation
   Liz Stanley and Helen Dampier

Fast Girls, Foreigners and GIs: An Exploration of the Discursive Strategies Through Which the Status of Pre-Marital (Hetero)sexual Ignorance and Restraint Was Upheld During the Second World War
   Jenny Hockey, Angela Meah and Victoria Robinson

Trans-Generational Memory: Narratives of World Wars in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland
   Tomoko Sakai

Illness Narratives Revisited: The Failure of Narrative Reductionism
   Paul Atkinson

Narrative Foundations of Knowing: Towards a New Perspective in the Sociology of Knowledge
   Anna Borisenkova

Neopagan Narratives: Knowledge Claims and Other World 'Realities'
   Sara Delamont

Big Punning, Large Troping and Huge Riddling: Why and How Macbeth and Other Narrative Texts Are Important and How to Deal with Them
   Joseph Maslen

Futures Narratives, Possible Worlds, Big Stories: Causal Layered Analysis and the Problems of Youth
   Cate Watson

Tilly's Technical Accounts and Standard Stories Explored in Financial Markets: The Case of the Istanbul Stock Exchange
   Emre Tarim

The Age of Grief in the Time of Talk
   Julie Brownlie

Narratives of Health Protection in Families with a Late-Onset Kidney Disease: Re-Defining Governmentality and Responsibility for Health in the Era of the 'New' Genetics
   Lucy Brindle

Charles Tilly: Connecting Large Scale Social Change and Personal Narrative
   Ernesto Castaneda

Coming of Age in Times of Uncertainty: Redefining Contemporary Adulthood
Blatterer, Harry
Reviewed by Andy King

Youth Cultures: Scenes, Subcultures and Tribes (Routledge Advances in Sociology)
Hodkinson, Paul and Deicke, Wolfgang
Reviewed by Samantha Holland

Youth (Key Concepts)
Jones, Gill
Reviewed by Najam Abbas

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Volume 14(4) published on 7 Sep 2009

Researching 'Care' in and Around the Workplace
   Andrew Smith and Linda McKie

'Their Risks Are My Risks': On Shared Risk Epistemologies, Including Altruistic Fear for Companion Animals
   Kevin Walby and Aaron Doyle

Blurring Public and Private Sociology: Challenging an Artificial Division
   Kate Butler

Work as Community: Narratives of Solidarity and Teamwork in the Contemporary Workplace, Who Owns Them?
   Gillian Vogl

Modes of Individualisation at Cemeteries
   Raf Vanderstraeten

Analysing an Advertising Campaign: Towards an Integrated Cultural-Industrial Analysis
   Neil O'Boyle

Through the Interviewer's Lens: Representations of 1960s Households and Families in a Lost Sociological Study
   John Goodwin and Henrietta O'Connor

Making Use of Audio Diaries in Research with Young People: Examining Narrative, Participation and Audience
   Nancy Worth

Sociological Futures: From Clock Time to Event Time
   Lisa Adkins

Introduction Global Social Inquiry: The Challenge of Listening
   Gurminder K. Bhambra

'The Callous Credit Nexus': Ideology and Compulsion in the Crisis of Neoliberalism
   Alex Law

The Challenge of Global Social Inquiry
   John Holmwood

Global Attentiveness and the Sociological Ear
   Les Back

Modernity Coloniality and Visibility: The Politics of Time
   Rolando Vázquez

Health, Emotion and the Body
Bendelow, Gillian
Reviewed by Paul Whybrow

Public Sociology: Fifteen Eminent Sociologists Debate Politics and the Profession in the Twenty-First Century
Clawson, Dan (Editor)
Reviewed by Alex Law

Globalization in Question
Hirst, Paul, Thompson, Grahame and Bromley, Simon
Reviewed by Jonathan H. Westover

SPSS for Social Scientists
Miller, Robert, Acton, Ciaran, Fullerton, Deirdre and Maltby, John
Reviewed by Willis Odek

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Volume 14(2) published on 27 May 2009

Transforming Masculinist Political Cultures? Doing Politics in New Political Institutions
   Stephanie Jones, Nickie Charles and Charlotte Aull Davies

Sport in a Credit Crunched Consumer Culture
   John D. Horne

Solo-Living, Demographic and Family Change: The Need to Know More About Men
   Lynn Jamieson, Fran Wasoff and Roona Simpson

Rethinking the Social Construction of Technology Through 'Following the Actors': A Reappraisal of Technological Frames
   Christina Prell Not available for reviewing until Oct 2010

Celebrity Gossip and the New Melodramatic Imagination
   David Beer and Ruth Penfold-Mounce

'You Don't Know How Lucky You Are to Be Here!': Reflections on Covert Practices in an Overt Participant Observation Study
   John S. McKenzie

Revisiting a Moral Panic: Ascetic Protestantism, Attitudes to Alcohol and the Implementation of the Licensing Act 2003
   Henry Yeomans

Reading Foucault: Genealogy and Social Science Research Methodology and Ethics
   Wendy Bastalich

Introduction to the Rapid Response on the Current Financial Crisis/'Credit Crunch'
   Ross Coomber and Gayle Letherby

Sport in a Credit Crunched Consumer Culture
   John D. Horne

New Divisions of Labour?: Comparative Thoughts on the Current Recession
   Graham Crow, Peter Hatton, Dawn Lyon and Tim Strangleman

The Credit Crunch and the High Street: 'Coming Like a Ghost Town'
   Chris Yuill

The Credit Crunch: Neo-Liberalism, Financialisation and the Gekkoisation of Society
   John D. Bone

Migration and Recession: Polish Migrants in Post-Celtic Tiger Ireland
   Torben Krings, Alicja Bobek, Elaine Moriarty, Justyna Salamonska and James Wickham

The Politics of Cultural Work
Banks, Mark
Reviewed by Vikki McCall

Youth in Transition: In Eastern Europe and the West
K, Roberts
Reviewed by Alena Vasianovich

Irish Children and Teenagers in a Changing World: The National Write Here, Write Now Project
O'Connor, Pat
Reviewed by Alexandra Cox

A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Qualitative Research (Very Short, Fairly Interesting & Cheap Books)
Silverman, David
Reviewed by Alison Woodward

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Volume 14(1) published on 31 May 2009

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Volume 14(1) published on 2 Feb 2009

'Do We Look Like Boy Racers?' the Role of the Folk Devil in Contemporary Moral Panics
   Karen Lumsden

Rethinking 'Current Crisis' Arguments: Gouldner and the Legacy of Critical Sociology
   Robert Hollands and Liz Stanley

It's Not Just Structural: Social Movements Are Not Homogenous Responses to Structural Features, but Networks Shaped by Organisational Strategies and Status
   Clare Saunders

Born in the USA: Exceptionalism in Maternity Care Organisation Among High-Income Countries
   Edwin vanTeijlingen, Sirpa Wrede, Cecilia Benoit, Jane Sandall and Raymond DeVries

The Social Constructionist Challenge to Primacy Identity and the Emancipation of Oppressed Groups: Human Primacy Identity Politics and the Human/'Animal' Dualism
   Kay Peggs

Young People and Political Participation: An Analysis of European Union Policies
   Rachel Brooks

Senses of Gender
   Jason Lim and Kath Browne

Global Ambitions and Local Identities: An Israeli-American High-Tech Merger
Ailon, Galit
Reviewed by Emre Tarim

Writing for Social Scientists: How to Start and Finish Your Thesis, Book, or Article (Chicago Guides to Writing, Editing & Publishing)
Becker, HS
Reviewed by Najam Abbas

The Power of Looks: Social Stratification of Physical Appearance
Berry, Bonnie
Reviewed by William Keenan

New Frontiers in Science and Technology Studies
Fuller, Steve
Reviewed by Alexandros Kyrtsis

Thinking Palestine
Lentin, Ronit
Reviewed by Gad Yair

After Optimism: Ireland, Racism and Globalisation
Lentin, Ronit and Robbie McVeigh
Reviewed by Martin Power

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Volume 13(6) published on 27 Nov 2008

Mockery and Morality in Popular Cultural Representations of the White Working Class
   Jayne Raisborough and Matt Adams

Rivalries and Racisms: 'Closed' and 'Open' Islamophobic Dispositions Amongst Football Supporters
   Peter Millward

Using a Head-Mounted Video Camera to Understand Social Worlds and Experiences
   Katrina Myrvang Brown, Rachel Dilley and Keith Marshall

The Notion of the Gift in the Donation of Body Tissues
   Rhonda Shaw

'Sociologists Talking'
   Les Back

From the Womb to the Tomb: Issues in Medical Ethics
McLachlan, Hugh V. and Swales, J. Kim
Reviewed by Bruce C Wearne

G.H. Mead: A Critical Introduction
Silva, Filipe Carreira da
Reviewed by Sandra Gulyurtlu

Olympic Industry Resistance (SUNY Series on Sport, Culture & Social Relations)
Lenskyj, Helen Jefferson
Reviewed by John Harris

Researching the Vulnerable
Liamputtong, Pranee
Reviewed by Francisco Freitas

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Volume 13(5) published on 30 Sep 2008

Participatory Theatre as a Research Methodology: Identity, Performance and Social Action Among Refugees
   Erene Kaptani and Nira Yuval-Davis

My Family and Other Animals: Pets as Kin
   Nickie Charles and Charlotte Aull Davies

The Stylization of Internet Life?: Predictors of Internet Leisure Patterns Using Digital Inequality and Status Group Perspectives
   Roderick Graham

Analysing London's 'New East End' – How Can Social Science Make a Difference?
   Max Farrar

White Memories, White Belonging: Competing Colonial Anniversaries in 'Postcolonial' East London
   Georgie Wemyss

Between Being and Becoming? Rights, Responsibilities and the Politics of Multiculture in the New East End
   Michael J Keith

Language, Gender and Citizenship: Obstacles in the Path to Learning English for Bangladeshi Women in London's East End
   Nilufar Ahmed

Geographies of Inclusion/Exclusion: British Muslim Women in the East End of London
   Halima Begum

Seeking Sanctuary: Exploring the Changing Postcolonial and Racialised Politics of Belonging in East London
   Shamser Sinha

Towards a Sociology of Resentment: A Debate on Class and Whiteness
   Vron Ware

The Material Presence of Absence: A Dialogue Between Museums and Cemeteries
   Morgan Meyer and Kate Woodthorpe

Cosmic Society: Towards a Sociology of the Universe
Dickens, Peter and Ormrod, James
Reviewed by William Keenan

Going It Alone?: Lone Motherhood in Late Modernity
Klett-Davies, Martina
Reviewed by Brian Conway

New Tech, New Ties: How Mobile Communication is Reshaping Social Cohesion
Ling, Rich
Reviewed by Sakari Taipale

Researching Intimacy in Families
Gabb, Jacqui
Reviewed by Laura Centemeri

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Volume 13(4) published on 30 Jul 2008

Gender Variations in the Nature of Undeclared Work: Evidence from Ukraine
   Colin C. Williams and John Round

Reflexivity in Research Practice: Informed Consent with Children at School and at Home
   Hayley Davies

A Walk in Thirdspace: Place, Methods and Walking
   Kate Moles

Presentation of Self in E-Veryday Life: How People Labelled with Intellectual Disability Manage Identity as They Engage the Blogosphere
   Alex McClimens and Frances Gordon

The Dynamics of Motherhood Performance: Hong Kong's Middle Class Working Mothers On- and Off-Line
   Annie Hau-nung Chan

'I Is; Therefore I Am': The Census as Practice of Double Identification
   Evelyn S. Ruppert

A Typology of Oppositional Knowledge: Democracy and the U.S. Peace Movement
   Patrick G. Coy, Lynne M. Woehrle and Gregory M. Maney

A New Sociology of Work? (Sociological Review Monographs)
Pettinger, Lynne, Parry, Jane, Taylor, Rebecca and Glucksmann, Miriam
Reviewed by Andrew Smith

Introducing Gender & Women's Studies
Richardson, Diane and Robinson, Victoria
Reviewed by Wendy Jones

Working Class Lesbian Life: Classed Outsiders (Women's Studies at York)
Taylor, Yvette
Reviewed by Alison Rooke

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Volume 13(3) published on 30 May 2008

Social and Cultural Constructions of Ageing: the Case of the Baby Boomers
   Chris Phillipson, Rebecca Leach, Annemarie Money and Simon Biggs

Balancing Food Risks and Food Benefits: the Coverage of Probiotics in the UK National Press
   Brigitte Nerlich and Nelya Koteyko

How Has Educational Expansion Changed the Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Achieving Professional, Managerial and Technical Class Positions in Britain? a Configurational Analysis
   Barry Cooper and Judith Glaesser

Death Metaphors and the Secularisation Debate: Towards Criteria for Successful Social Scientific Analogies
   Ed Dutton

Interpreting Compliance and Resistance to Medical Dominance in Women's Accounts of Their Pregnancies
   Rachel Westfall and Cecilia Benoit

From Institutional Racism to Community Cohesion: the Changing Nature of Racial Discourse in Britain
   Andrew Pilkington

Building the Hydrogen Highway: the Visions of a Large-Scale Hydrogen Project in Norway
   Hogne Sataøen

Using Software in Qualitative Research: a Step-By-Step Guide
Lewins, Ann and Silver, Christina
Reviewed by Ivano Bruno

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Volume 13(1) published on 28 Mar 2008

'I've Always Managed, That's What We Do': Social Capital and Women's Experiences of Social Exclusion
   Victoria K. Gosling

'Us' and 'Them': Terrorism, Conflict and (O)ther Discursive Formations
   Steven Talbot

Researching Drug Sellers: an 'Experiential' Account from 'the Field'
   Jenni Ward

Throwing the Baby out with the Bathwater: Towards a Sociology of the Human-Animal Abuse 'Link'?
   Nik Taylor and Tania Signal

'I Don't Think That Does Leave You, Because It's About Where You Come From': Exploring Class in the Classroom
   John Kirk

'If the Food Looks Dodgy I Dinnae Eat It': Teenagers' Accounts of Food and Eating Practices in Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Families
   Wendy J. Wills, Kathryn Backett-Milburn, Sue Gregory and Julia Lawton

Editorial Introduction: Special Section on Methodology and LGBT People
   Bob Cant and Ann Taket

Finding the Way to the End of the Rainbow: a Researcher's Insight Investigating British Older Gay Men's Lives
   Adrian Lee

Navigating Queer Street: Researching the Intersections of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans (LGBT) Identities in Health Research
   Julie Fish

Researching Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Christians and Muslims: Some Thematic Reflections
   Andrew K. T. Yip

Standpoint, Objectivity, and Social Construction: Reflections from the Study of Gay and Lesbian Communities
   Mike Homfray

Women Parenting Together: a Reflexive Account of the Ways in Which the Researcher's Identity and Experiences May Impact on the Processes of Doing Research
   Kathryn Almack

Shifting Positionalities: Empirical Reflections on a Queer/Trans of Colour Methodology
   Jin Haritaworn

Researching Same Sex Domestic Violence: Constructing a Survey Methodology
   Melanie McCarry, Marianne Hester and Catherine Donovan

The Sociology of Lesbian and Gay Reflexivity or Reflexive Sociology?
   Brian Heaphy

Selling My Queer Soul or Queerying Quantitative Research?
   Kath Browne

Mixed Communities Require Mixed Theories: Using Mills to Broaden Goffman's Exploration of Identity Within the GBLT Communities
   Dann Hoxsey

Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo
Bazeley, Patricia
Reviewed by Steven Martin

TransForming Gender: Transgender Practices of Identity, Intimacy and Care
Hines, Sally
Reviewed by Julie Harpin

Identity and Repartnering After Separation
Lampard, Richard and Peggs, Kay
Reviewed by Christina Lancucki

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Volume 12(6) published on 15 Jan 2008

Collective Representations, Divided Memory and Patterns of Paradox: Mining and Shipbuilding
   Ian Roberts

Bourdieu: Preface
   Michalis Lianos

The Online Student: Lurking, Chatting, Flaming and Joking
   Kate Orton-Johnson

'Piggy in the Middle': the Liminality of the Contract Researcher in Funded 'Collaborative' Research
   Farida Tilbury

Parental Help-Seeking and the Moral Order. Notes for Policy-Makers and Parenting Practitioners on 'the First Port of Call' and 'No One to Turn To'
   Karen Broadhurst

Patterns of Absolute and Relative Social Mobility: a Comparative Study of England, Wales and Scotland
   Lindsay Paterson and Cristina Iannelli

How Middle-Class Parents Help Their Children Obtain an Advantaged Qualification: a Study of Strategies of Teachers and Managers for Their Children's Education in Hong Kong Before the 1997 Handover
   Yi-Lee Wong

Cultural Capital, Cultural Knowledge and Ability
   Alice Sullivan

Critical Sociology and Social History
   Eric Hobsbawm

Raisonnements Circulaires : Retour Nostalgique à Lévy-Bruhl
   Mary Douglas

Habitus and Reflexivity: Restructuring Bourdieu's Theory of Practice
   Nicos Mouzelis

Bourdieu and Postcommunist Class Formation
   William Outhwaite

La Distinction Indifférente
   Christian Papilloud

Que Reste-T-Il Des Héritiers Et De La Reproduction (1964-1971) Aujourd'hui? Questions, Méthodes, Concepts Et Réception D'une Sociologie De L'éducation
   Jean-Claude Passeron

Pierre Bourdieu: Episteme, Polity and Critique
   Michalis Lianos

Towards a Theory of Constrained Relativism: Comparing and Combining the Work of Pierre Bourdieu, Mary Douglas and Michael Thompson, and Alan Fiske
   Marco Verweij

Approaches to Social Enquiry: Advancing Knowledge
Blaikie, Norman
Reviewed by Simon Locke

Social Theory and Applied Health Research (Understanding Social Research S.)
Dyson, Simon and Brian Brown
Reviewed by Maria Desougi

"Stretching" Exercises for Qualitative Researchers
Janesick, Valerie J.
Reviewed by Samantha Holland

Sociology and Health Care: an Introduction for Nurses, Midwives and Allied Health Professionals
Sheaff, Mike
Reviewed by Edwin vanTeijlingen

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Volume 12(5) published on 30 Sep 2007

Social Capital and Community Building Through the Internet: a Swedish Case Study in a Disadvantaged Suburban Area
   Sara Ferlander and Duncan Timms

Textual Interaction as Sexual Interaction: Sexuality And/in the Online Interview
   Danny Beusch

Inequality Within the Family: Cases of Selective Parents in Post-War Hong Kong
   Yi-Lee Wong

Is Social Mobility an Echo of Educational Mobility? Parents' Educations and Occupations and Their Children's Occupational Attainment
   Richard Lampard

Sociology And, of and in Web 2.0: Some Initial Considerations
   David Beer and Roger Burrows

Bureaucracy and Beyond: the Impact of Ethics and Governance Procedures on Health Research in the Social Sciences
   Kate Reed

Editors' Introduction: Gender, Sleep and the Life Course
   Sara Arber, Jenny Hislop and Simon Williams

Power, Ideology and Resources Within Families: a Theoretical Context for Empirical Research on Sleep
   Jan Pahl

Are Children Getting Enough Sleep? Implications for Parents
   Luci Wiggs

Embodying and Embedding Children's Sleep: Some Sociological Comments and Observations
   Simon Williams, Pam Lowe and Frances Griffiths

The Sleeping Lives of Children and Teenagers: Night-Worlds and Arenas of Action
   Jo Moran-Ellis and Susan Venn

A Bed of Roses or a Bed of Thorns? Negotiating the Couple Relationship Through Sleep
   Jenny Hislop

'It's Okay for a Man to Snore': the Influence of Gender on Sleep Disruption in Couples
   Susan Venn

Who Are You Sleeping With? the Construction of Heteronormativity in Stories About Sleep in British Newspapers
   Pam Lowe, Sharon Boden, Simon Williams, Clive Seale and Deborah Steinberg

Gender Roles and Women's Sleep in Mid and Later Life: a Quantitative Approach
   Sara Arber, Jenny Hislop, Marcos Bote and Robert Meadows

Caring and Sleep Disruption Among Women in Italy
   Emanuela Bianchera and Sara Arber

Theorising Sleep Practices and Later Life: Moving to Sheltered Housing
   Eileen Fairhurst

The Meanings of Sleep: Stories from Older Women in Care
   Brooke Davis, Bernadette Hood and Dorothy Bruck

The Social Significance of Sleep for Older People with Dementia in the Context of Care
   Wendy Martin and Helen Bartlett

Online News: Journalism and the Internet
Allan, Stuart
Reviewed by Frank McMahon

The Devil Behind the Mirror: Globalization and Politics in the Dominican Republic
Gregory, Steven
Reviewed by Jonathan H. Westover

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Volume 12(4) published on 7 Aug 2007

Adulthood: the Contemporary Redefinition of a Social Category
   Harry Blatterer

Environmental Injustice or Just the Lie of the Land: an Investigation of the Socio-Economic Class of Those at Risk from Flooding in England and Wales
   Jane Fielding

Constructing Meaningful Lives: Biographical Methods in Research on Migrant Women
   Umut Erel

Gender Life Course Transitions from the Nuclear Family in England and Wales 1981-2001
   Lawrence Ware, Moira Maconachie, Malcolm Williams, Joan Chandler and Brian Dodgeon

Studying Society
Evans, Karen and King, Dave
Reviewed by Slawomir Mandes

Religion, Identity and Politics in Northern Ireland: Boundaries of Belonging and Belief
Mitchell, Claire
Reviewed by Gladys Ganiel

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Volume 12(3) published on 29 May 2007

(Re)Using Qualitative Data?
   Niamh Moore

Changing Social Class Identities in Post-War Britain: Perspectives from Mass-Observation
   Mike Savage

What's [Yet] to Be Seen? Re-Using Qualitative Data
   Elizabeth B. Silva

'Re-Using' Qualitative Data: on the Merits of an Investigative Epistemology
   Jennifer Mason

A Reflexive Account of Reusing Qualitative Data: Beyond Primary/secondary Dualism
   Libby Bishop

Commentary on 'a Reflexive Account of Reusing Qualitative Data: Beyond Primary/secondary Dualism' (Libby Bishop)
   Mildred Blaxter

Sociological Engagements with Computing: the Advent of E-Science and Some Implications for the Qualitative Research Community
   Susan M. Hodgson and Tom Clark

Seduced or Sceptical Consumers? Organised Action and the Case of Fair Trade Coffee
   Janette Webb

Epistemology, Structure and Urgency: the Sociology of Financial and Scientific Journalists
   Geoff Cooper and Mary Ebeling

Ethnicity and Everyday Life (New Sociology) (New Sociology)
Karner, Christian
Reviewed by William Cross

Data Collection and Analysis 2nd Edition
Sapsford, Roger and Jupp, Victor (Editors)
Reviewed by Manish K. Thakur

Drugs in Britain: Supply, Consumption and Control
Simpson, M., Shildrick, T. & MacDonald, R. (eds.)
Reviewed by Edwin vanTeijlingen

Gendering the Knowledge Economy: Comparative Perspectives
Walby, Sylvia, Heidi Gottfried, Karin Gottschall and Mari Osawa (eds)
Reviewed by Carrie Purcell

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Volume 12(2) published on 26 Mar 2007

Embarrassment as a Key Emotion in Young People Talking About Sexual Health
   Edwin vanTeijlingen, Jennifer Reid, Janet Shucksmith, Fiona Harris, Kate Philip, Mari Imamura, Janet Tucker and Gillian Penney

The Politics of Environmental Activism: a Case Study of the Cruise Industry and the Environmental Movement
   Ross A. Klein

Narrating Ambivalence of Maternal Responsibility
   Eija Sevón

Accessing Socially Excluded People — Trust and the Gatekeeper in the Researcher-Participant Relationship
   Nick Emmel, Kahryn Hughes, Joanne Greenhalgh and Adam Sales

Unpacking Professional Trust – Dimensions of Trust in Swedish Auditors' Client Relations
   Bengt Larsson

Politics, Responsibility and Risk: Editorial Introduction
   Elizabeth Ettorre and Alison Anderson

Informed Consent and the Research Process: Following Rules or Striking Balances?
   Rose Wiles, Graham Crow, Vikki Charles and Sue Heath

Sites of Memory or Aids to Multiculturalism? Conflicting Uses of Jewish Heritage Sites
   David Clark

Politics, Responsibility and Adult Victims of Childhood Sexual Abuse
   Jo Woodiwiss

The Body as Weapon: Bobby Sands and the Republican Hunger Strikes
   Chris Yuill

'I Love You to the Bones': Constructing the Anorexic Body in 'Pro-Ana' Message Boards
   Katie J. Ward

Becoming a Citizen: Incorporating Immigrants and Refugees in the United States and Canada
Bloemraad, Irene
Reviewed by Cristina Flesher Fominaya

Maintaining the Momentum: Promoting Life Chances Through the Early Years and Beyond
Delorenzi, Simone
Reviewed by Jean Charles Lagrée

Sibling Identity and Relationships (Relationships and Resources S.)
Hadfield, Lucy, Lucey, Helen, Mauthner, Melanie L. and Edwards, Rosalind
Reviewed by Yvette Taylor

The Moral Significance of Class
Sayer, Andrew
Reviewed by Jody Mellor

Social Security and Welfare: Concepts and Comparisons (Introducing Social Policy)
Walker, Robert
Reviewed by Vida Cesnuityte

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Volume 12(1) published on 31 Jan 2007

Female Involvement in the Miners' Strike 1984-1985: Trajectories of Activism
   Jean Spence and Carol Stephenson

Preserving and Extending the Commodification of Football Supporter Relations: a Cultural Economy of Supporters Direct
   David Kennedy and Peter Kennedy

Out and About: Negotiating the Layers of Being out in the Process of Disclosure of Lesbian Parenthood
   Kathryn Almack

By Slow Degrees: Two Centuries of Social Reproduction and Mobility in Britain
   Paul Lambert, Kenneth Prandy and Wendy Bottero

Changing Femininities, Changing Masculinities Social Change, Gender Identities and Sexual Orientations
   Elisabetta Ruspini

''Sex Changes'? Paradigm Shifts in 'Sex' and 'Gender' Following the Gender Recognition Act?'
   Stephen Whittle and Lewis Turner

Transmuting Gender Binaries: the Theoretical Challenge
   Surya Monro

Transsexualism in Spain: a Cultural and Legal Perspective
   Patrícia Soley-Beltran

Diversity in Uniform? - Gender and Sexuality Within the Berlin Police Force
   Sonja M. Dudek

'It's Made a Huge Difference': Recognition, Rights and the Personal Significance of Civil Partnership
   Beccy Shipman and Carol Smart

Doing Gender on and off the Pitch: the World of Female Football Players
   John Harris

'Changing Marriage? Messing with Mr. In-Between?: Reflections Upon Media Debates on Same-Sex Marriage in Ireland'
   Sean Reynolds

Negotiating 'Normal': the Management of Feminine Identities in Rural Britain
   Fiona Gill

(Trans)Forming Gender: Social Change and Transgender Citizenship
   Sally Hines

The WASS Collective: Gender Transformations in Higher Education
   Cath Lambert, Amy Bell, Lucy Hawkins, Lorraine Kelleher, Jen Lexmond, Samantha Lyle, Astrid Nordin, Andrew Parker, Maud Perrier and Juliet Rayment

The Market (Key Concepts)
Aldridge, Alan
Reviewed by Stefan Bernhard

Keywords in Qualitative Methods: A Vocabulary of Research Concepts
Bloor, Michael and Wood, Fiona
Reviewed by Kevin Meethan

Social Psychology and Modernity
Johansson, Thomas
Reviewed by Sarah L. MacMillen

Designing Qualitative Research 4th Edition
Marshall, Catherine and Rossman, Gretchen
Reviewed by Markus Schweiger

The Disobedient Generation: Social Theorists in the Sixties
Sica, Alan and Turner, Stephen (eds.)
Reviewed by Igor Sádaba Rodríguez

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Volume 11(4) published on 20 Dec 2006

'Are My Bones Normal Doctor?' the Role of Technology in Understanding and Communicating Health Risks for Midlife Women
   Eileen Green, Frances Griffiths and Di Thompson

Old, Poor and Alone in Palestine
   Gabriella Lazaridis, A Findlay and F Zanoon

Codes of Cultural Belonging: Racialised National Identities in a Multi-Ethnic Scottish Neighbourhood
   Satnam Virdee, Christopher Kyriakides and Tariq Modood

Social Capital as Network Capital: Looking at the Role of Social Networks Among Not-For-Profits
   Christina Prell Not available for reviewing until Oct 2010

'The Basic Stuff of Our Memories': Embodying and Embedding Discipline
   Julie Brownlie

Reflexivity and Researching National Identity
   Robin Mann

'Is It Real Food?' Who Benefits from Globalisation in Tanzania and India?
   Pat Caplan

Public Health and Rockefeller Wealth: Alliance Strategies in the Early Formation of Finnish Public Health Nursing
Ann Yrjälä
Reviewed by Edwin vanTeijlingen

Zygmunt Bauman (Key Sociologists)
Blackshaw, Tony
Reviewed by Bruce C Wearne

Childhood and Human Value
Lee, Nick
Reviewed by Sharon Brennan

Interpreting Qualitative Data: Methods for Analyzing Talk, Text and Interaction 3rd Edition
Silverman, David
Reviewed by Helen Marson Smith

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Volume 11(3) published on 30 Sep 2006

The Time Economy of Parenting
   Anne Gray

Questioning the Subject in Biographical Interviewing
   Jennifer Harding

The Pop-Pickers Have Picked Decentralised Media: the Fall of Top of the Pops and the Rise of the Second Media Age
   David Beer

'Betty Friedan: a Tribute'
   Melissa Dearey

Friends, Neighbours and Distant Partners: Extending or Decentring Family Relationships?
   Lynn Jamieson, David H. G. Morgan, Graham Crow and Graham Allan

Friendship and Formations of Sociality in Late Modernity: the Challenge of 'Post Traditional Intimacy'
   Shelley Budgeon

Neighbourliness and Privacy on a Low Income Estate
   Isabella Boyce

Love Lives at a Distance: Distance Relationships over the Lifecourse
   Mary Holmes

What is 'the Problem' of Singleness?
   Jan Macvarish

Friendship or Facilitation: People with Learning Disabilities and Their Paid Carers
   Rebecca Pockney

Patterns in the Telling: Single Women's Intimate Relationships with Men
   Jill Reynolds

On Not Living with a Partner: Unpicking Coupledom and Cohabitation
   Sasha Roseneil

The Intimate Relationships of Contemporary Spinsters
   Roona Simpson

Public Intimacy in Neighbour Relationships and Complaints
   Elizabeth Stokoe

The Globalization of Sexuality
Binnie, Jon
Reviewed by Michael Gard

Science, Culture, and Society: Understanding Science in the Twenty-First Century
Erickson, Mark
Reviewed by Victoria Simpson

A Companion to Qualitative Research
Flick, Uwe; Ernst von Kardorff and Ines Steinke (Editors)
Reviewed by Will Gibson

Hard Labour: the Sociology of Parenthood
Gatrell, Caroline
Reviewed by Sarah Earle

Corruption : Anthropological Perspectives (Anthropology, Culture and Society)
Haller, Dieter and Shore, Cris (Editors)
Reviewed by John David Granger

Risk and Everyday Life
Tulloch, John and Deborah Lupton
Reviewed by Emma Pitchforth

Conversation Analysis and Discourse Analysis: a Comparative and Critical Introduction
Wooffitt, Robin
Reviewed by Brian Torode

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Volume 11(2) published on 3 Jul 2006

To Buy or Not to Buy: Family Dynamics and Children's Consumption
   Julie Evans and Joan Chandler

Access Grid Nodes in Field Research
   Nigel Fielding and Maria Macintyre

Configurations of Care Work: Paid and Unpaid Elder Care in Italy and the Netherlands
   Miriam Glucksmann and Dawn Lyon

Research Identities: Reflections of a Contract Researcher
   Jackie Goode

Families, Intimacy and Social Change: Editorial Introduction
   Alison Anderson and Elizabeth Ettorre

Social Change and the Family
   Chris Harris, Nickie Charles and Charlotte Davies

'Doing What is Right': Researching Intimacy, Work and Family Life in Glasgow, 1945-1960
   Sue Innes and Linda McKie

Sociological Work on Violence: Gender, Theory and Research
   Linda McKie

'Another Day, Another Demand': How Parents and Children Negotiate Consumption Matters
   Sharon Boden

Beyond 'Juggling' and 'Flexibility': Classed and Gendered Experiences of Combining Employment and Motherhood
   Jo Armstrong

Using Diaries for Social Reseach (Introducing Qualitative Methods Series.)
Alaszewski, Andy
Reviewed by Emma Uprichard

After Habermas: New Perspectives on the Public Sphere (Sociological Review Monograph)
Crossley, Nick and Roberts, John Michael
Reviewed by Mary Ebeling

The Struggle for Community in a British Multi-Ethnic Inner-City Area: Pandise in the Making (Mellen Studies in Sociology S.)
Farrar, Max
Reviewed by Graham Crow

Transitions in Context: Leaving Home, Independence and Adulthood
Holdsworth, David and Morgan, Clare
Reviewed by Helen Marson Smith

The Politics of Birth
Kitzinger, Sheila
Reviewed by Sirpa Wrede

Families in Society: Boundaries and Relationships
McKie, Linda and Cunningham-Burley, Sarah
Reviewed by Sharon Brennan

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Volume 11(1) published on 26 Apr 2006

Interpreting Trust: Abstract and Personal Trust for People Who Need Interpreters to Access Services
   Rosalind Edwards, Claire Alexander and Bogusia Temple

Putting It into Practice: Using Feminist Fractured Foundationalism in Researching Children in the Concentration Camps of the South African War
   Liz Stanley and Sue Wise

Conceptualising Intensive Caring Activities: the Changing Lives of Families with Young Disabled Children
   Janice McLaughlin

Content, Context, Reflexivity and the Qualitative Research Encounter: Telling Stories in the Virtual Realm
   Nicola Illingworth

Family and Peer Networks in Intimate and Sexual Relationships Amongst Teenagers in a Multicultural Area of East London
   Shamser Sinha, Katherine Curtis, Amanda Jayakody, Russell Viner and Helen Roberts

Becoming Poor in Belgium and Britain: the Impact of Demographic and Labour Market Events
   Caroline Dewilde

Time and the Prison Experience
   Azrini Wahidin

Self-Organising Map Approach to Individual Profiles: Age, Sex and Culture in Internet Dating
   Teemu Suna, Michael Hardey, Jouni Huhtinen, Yrjö Hiltunen, Kimmo Kaski, Jukka Heikkonen and Mika Ala-Korpela

'Pants to Poverty'? Making Poverty History, Edinburgh 2005
   Hugo Gorringe and Michael Rosie

Marking the Moral Boundaries of Class
   John Kirk

Psychology and Sociology Applied to Medicine (Illustrated Colour Text S.)
Porter, Michael, Abraham, Charles, Alder, Beth and Teijlingen, Edwin van
Reviewed by Katie Brittain

News Culture (Issues in Cultural & Media Studies)
Allan, Stuart
Reviewed by Philippa Hall

Genetic Governance
Bunton, Robin and Petersen, Alan (eds.)
Reviewed by Sirpa Wrede

The SAGE Handbook of Sociology
Calhoun, Craig, Rojek, Chris and Turner, Bryan
Reviewed by Yves Laberge

Intolerant Britain?
McGhee, Derek
Reviewed by Irwin Deutscher

Qualitative Research Practice
Seale, Clive, Gobo, Giampietro, Gubrium, Jaber F and Silverman, David
Reviewed by Edwin vanTeijlingen

Gender Talk: Feminism, Discourse and Conversation Analysis
Speer, Susan A.
Reviewed by Kim Clark

Poor Transitions: Social Exclusions and Young Adults
Webster, Colin, Simpson, Donald, MacDonald, Robert, Abbas, Andrea, Cieslik, Mark, Shildrick, Tracy and Simpson, Mark
Reviewed by Yvette Taylor

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Volume 10(4) published on 9 Jan 2006

Exploring Intersections of Employment and Ethnicity Amongst British Pakistani Young Men.
   Hasmita Ramji

Narratives of the Night: the Use of Audio Diaries in Researching Sleep
   Jenny Hislop, Sara Arber, Robert Meadows and Susan Venn

Pervasive Uncertainty in Second Modernity: an Empirical Test
   Peter Taylor-Gooby

Not Miser Not Monk: Begging, Benefits and the Free Gift
   Tom Hall

What is Human Society? It is a Feeling Society: a Response to Gane and Scott.
   Benet Davetian

Sociological Futures and the Sociology of Work
   Tim Strangleman

Journalism: Critical Issues
Allan, Stuart (Editor)
Reviewed by Frank McMahon

The Sociology of Childhood (Sociology for a New Century Series) 2nd Edition
Corsaro, William A.
Reviewed by Melissa Dearey

Ain't No Makin' It: Aspirations and Attainment in a Low-Income Neighborhood
MacLeod, Jay
Reviewed by Sharon Brennan

The Sociology of Ethnicity
Malesevic, Sinisa
Reviewed by Sohinee Bhattacharya

On Secularization: Towards a Revised General Theory
Martin, David
Reviewed by Raf Vanderstraeten

Social Justice, Human Rights and Public Policy
McLachlan, Hugh V.
Reviewed by Pär Gustafsson

Handling Qualitative Data : a Practical Guide
Richards, Lyn
Reviewed by Mark Pearson

Sport and Society (Issues in Society)
Scambler, Graham
Reviewed by Dominic Malcolm

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Volume 10(3) published on 10 Nov 2005

Ethnicity, Class and the Earning Inequality in Israel, 1983-1995
   Nabil Khattab

Patriots of the Future? a Critical Examination of Community Cohesion Strategies in Contemporary Britain
   Derek McGhee

Accessing Habitus: Relating Structure and Agency Through Focus Group Research
   Gill Callaghan

The Gap and How to Mind It: Intersections of Class and Sexuality (Research Note)
   Yvette Taylor

Political Hyperlinking in South Korea: Technical Indicators of Ideology and Content
   Han Woo Park, Mike Thelwall and Randolph Kluver

Coming Home to Love and Class
   Paul Johnson and Steph Lawler

Research Ethics and the Governance of Research Projects: the Potential of Internet Home Pages
   Martyn Denscombe

Telling Identity Stories: the Routinisation of Racialisation of Irishness
   Elaine Moriarty

Understanding the Symbolic Idea of the American Dream and Its Relationship with the Category of 'Whiteness'
   Manuel Madriaga

Media Coverage of Sociology
   Annaliza Gaber

A Child of Its Time: Hybridic Perspectives on Othering in Sociology
   Liz Stanley

Fallacies in the Critique of Disciplinary Sociology
   John Scott

What is 'Human Society'?: a Response to Davetian
   Nicholas Gane

Capturing the Livingness and Liveliness of Critique-In-Action
   David Beer

Too Close for Comfort? 'Race'and the Management of Proximity, Guilt and Other Anxieties in Paid Domestic Labour
   Esther Bott

Towards a Sociology of Endings
   Graham Crow

Are We All Europeans Now? Local, National and Supranational Identities of Young Adults
   Sue Grundy and Lynn Jamieson

The Captive Mother? the Place of Home in the Lives of Lone Mothers
   Emma Head

From 'Goods' to 'Bads'? Revisiting the Political Economy of Risk
   Gabe Mythen

Understanding Everyday Life
Bennett, Tony and Diane Watson (Editors)
Reviewed by Maria Desougi

The Art of Sociological Argument
Crow, Graham
Reviewed by Vivienne Boon

Society and Nature
Dickens, Peter
Reviewed by Yves Laberge

Social Work: Theory and Practice for a Changing Profession
Dominelli, Lena
Reviewed by Wing Hong Chui

Reflections on Research: the Realities of Doing Research in the Social Sciences
Hallowell, Nina , Lawton, Julia and Gregory, Susan
Reviewed by Anne Townsend

Social Dynamics of the Life Course
Heinz, Walter R. and Victor W. Marshall
Reviewed by Dorothy Pawluch

Virtual Methods: Issues in Social Research on the Internet
Hine, Christine (Editor)
Reviewed by Samantha Holland

From Post-Industrial to Post-Modern Society: New Theories of the Contemporary World
Kumar, Krishan
Reviewed by Marco Trentini

Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings
Newman, Katherine S.
Reviewed by Scott Davies

Using Social Theory : Thinking Through Research
Pryke, Michael, Rose, Gillian and Whatmore, Sarah
Reviewed by Peter Hilger

Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
Punch, Keith F.
Reviewed by Sharon Brennan

A Pleasing Birth: Midwives and Maternity Care in the Netherlands
Vries, Raymond De
Reviewed by Peter McCaffery

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Volume 10(2) published on 20 Jul 2005

Applying Ragin's Crisp and Fuzzy Set QCA to Large Datasets: Social Class and Educational Achievement in the National Child Development Study
   Barry Cooper

The Ghost of Patrick Geddes: Civics As Applied Sociology
   Alex Law

Suicidal Masculinities
   Jonathan Scourfield

Nice and Tidy: Translation and Representation
   Bogusia Temple

Researching Hard-to Reach Populations: Privileged Access Interviewers and Drug Using Parents
   Nicola Jane Taylor and Jackie Kearney

A Critical Analysis of the Medical Model As Used in the Study of Pregnancy and Childbirth
   Edwin vanTeijlingen

Beyond the Science of 'Society'
   John Urry

Towards an Emotionally Conscious Social Theory
   Benet Davetian

Editorial Introduction to a Collection from the 2003 BSA Conference 'Social Futures: Desire, Excess and Waste' the Consumption and Waste Stream
   Andrea Abbas, Steve Taylor, Tony Chapman, Dave Morland and Diane Nutt

Explaining Showering: a Discussion of the Material, Conventional, and Temporal Dimensions of Practice
   Martin Hand, Elizabeth Shove and Dale Southerton

The Gentrification of Consumption: a View from Manchester
   Joanne Massey

Sociology, Science and Sustainability: Developing Relationships in Scotland
   Kirsty L. Blackstock, Elizabeth A. Kirk and Alison D. Reeves

Urban Consumption and Feelings of Attachment of Rotterdam's New Middle Class
   Marco van der Land

What is Safe? Cultural Citizenship, Visual Culture and Risk
   Nick Stevenson

The Reemergence of Self-Employment : a Comparative Study of Self-Employment Dynamics and Social Inequality
Arum, Richard and Muller, Walter (Editors)
Reviewed by Edward Granter

The Sociology of Education and Work
Bills, David B.
Reviewed by Raf Vanderstraeten

Social Research: Theory, Methods and Techniques
Corbetta, Piergiorgio
Reviewed by Edwin vanTeijlingen

Sex and Manners : Female Emancipation in the West 1890 - 2000 (Theory, Culture and Society Series)
Wouters, Cas
Reviewed by Jenny Greener

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Volume 10(1) published on 16 Jun 2005

The Memory-History-Popular Culture Nexus: Pearl Harbor As a Case Study in Consumer-Driven Collective Memory
   Patricia Leavy

The Geographical Mobility, Preferences and Pleasures of Prolific Punters: a Demonstration Study of the Activities of Prostitutes' Clients
   Keith Soothill and Teela Sanders

The Diversity of State Benefit Dependent Lone Mothers: the Use of Type Categories As an Analytical Tool
   Martina Klett-Davies

Toys for Boys? Women's Marginalization and Participation As Digital Gamers
   Garry Crawford and Victoria K. Gosling

The Digital Revolution in Qualitative Research: Working with Digital Audio Data Through Atlas.Ti
   Will Gibson, Peter Callery, Malcolm Campbell, Andy Hall and Dave Richards

Current Issues and Future Trends in Sociology: Extending the Debate in Sociological Research Online
   Gayle Letherby

Sociology and Its Others: Reflections on Disciplinary Specialisation and Fragmentation
   John Scott

Tsunami Diplomacy: Will the 26 December, 2004 Bring Peace to the Affected Countries?
   Ilan Kelman

More Than Words: Some Reflections on Working Visually
   Susan Halford and Caroline Knowles

Kalighat, the Home of Goddess Kali: the Place Where Calcutta is Imagined Twice: a Visual Investigation into the Dark Metropolis
   Erica Barbiani

Social Life Under the Microscope?
   Monika Büscher

The Fabric of Society: An Investigation of the Emotional and Sensory Experience of Wearing Denim Clothing
   Fiona Candy

The Photograph in Theory
   Elizabeth Chaplin

Photography: Making and Breaking Racialised Boundaries: an Essay in Reflexive, Radical, Visual Sociology.
   Max Farrar

Cyberstalking: Harrassment in the Internet Age
Bocij, Paul
Reviewed by Jody Mellor

The Survey Methods Workbook
Buckingham, Alan and Peter Saunders
Reviewed by Iain Lang

Accomodating Diversity: National Policies That Prevent Ethnic Conflict
Deutscher, Irwin
Reviewed by Timothy J. White

Media, Politics and the Network Society
Hassan, Robert
Reviewed by Javier Alcade

Race and Social Analysis
Knowles, Caroline
Reviewed by Samantha Holland

Social Theory: the Multicultural and Classic Readings
Lemert, Charles
Reviewed by Melissa Dearey

Looking West: Cultural Globalization and Russian Youth Cultures
Pilkington, Hilary; Elena Omel'chenko; Moya Flynn; Ul'iana Bliudina; Elena Starkova
Reviewed by Harry Blatterer

Focus Group Practice
Puchta, Claudia and Jonathan Potter
Reviewed by Rosaline Barbour

Race, Ethnicity and Difference
Ratcliffe, Peter
Reviewed by Bertha Yakubu

Internet in Everyday Life
Wellman, Barry and Haythornthwaite, Caroline
Reviewed by Kris Cohen

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Volume 9(4) published on 25 Feb 2005

Sociological Practitioners Contributing to New Product Development: Mapping the Challenges
   An Jacobs

The Order of Service: the Practical Management of Customer Interaction
   Barry Brown

Oyster Coverage: Chiastic News As a Reflection of Local Expertise and Economic Concerns
   Toby A. Ten Eyck and Forrest A. Deseran

Dead or Alive: the Discursive Massacre or the Mass-Suicide of Post-Soviet Intelligentsia?
   Inna Kotchetkova

Back to the Future of Social Theory: an Interview with Nicholas Gane
   David Beer and Nicholas Gane

Facilitating Social Networks Among Gay Men
   Bob Cant

Adventures in Social Research: Data Analysis Using Spss 11.0/11.5 for Windows 5th Edition
Babbie, Earl; Fred Halley; Jeanne Zaino
Reviewed by Gill Gillespie

Spaces of Neoliberalism: Urban Restructuring in North America and Western Europe
Brenner, Neil and Nik Theodore (Editors)
Reviewed by William Cross

Class Practices : How Parents Help Their Children Get Good Jobs
Devine, Fiona
Reviewed by John Reed

Qualitative Methods and Health Policy Research
Murphy, Elizabeth and Dingwall, Robert
Reviewed by Judith Green

Worlds of Health: Exploring the Health Choices of British Asian Mothers
Reed, Kate
Reviewed by Harshad Keval

Understanding Qualitative Research and Ethnomethodology
Have, Paul Ten
Reviewed by Yves Laberge

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Volume 9(3) published on 31 Aug 2004

Discursive Democracy and New Labour: Five Ways in Which Decision-Makers Manage Citizen Agendas in Public Participation Initiatives
   Mike Williams

Attitudes, Care and Commitment: Pattern and Process
   Sarah Irwin

Emotions After Dark - a Sociological Impression of the 2003 New York Blackout
   Chris Yuill

Living Alone: Its Place in Household Formation and Change
   Joan Chandler, Malcolm Williams, Moira Maconachie, Tracey Collett and Brian Dodgeon

'Rappin' on the Reservation: Canadian Mohawk Youth's Hybrid Cultural Identities
   Robert Hollands

A Profile of Fatherhood Among Young Men: Moving Away from Their Birth Family and Closer to Their Child.
   Anne Quéniart

'No Woman's Law Will Rot This State': the Israeli Racial State and Feminist Resistance
   Ronit Lentin

Social Barriers to Peace: Socialisation Processes in the Radicalisation of the Palestinian Struggle
   Stephen Vertigans

Global Aging and Challenges to Families
Bengtson, Vern L. and Ariela Lowenstein (Editors)
Reviewed by Henk Vinken

Making Sense of the Social World: Methods of Investigation
Chambliss, Daniel F and Russell K. Schutt
Reviewed by Roger John Sapsford

Advanced Quantitative Data Analysis
Cramer, Duncan
Reviewed by Stephen Brindle

Interpretive Interactionism (APPLIED SOCIAL RESEARCH METHODS SERIES)
Denzin, Norman K.
Reviewed by David Calvey

Emile Durkheim: Sociologist of Modernity
Emirbayer, Mustafa (Editor)
Reviewed by Mike Drake

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Volume 9(2) published on 28 May 2004

Researching Identities with Multi-Method Autobiographies
   Anna Bagnoli

Labour Market Participation and Conditions of Employment: a Comparison of Minority Ethnic Groups and Refugees in Britain
   Alice Bloch

Diasporicity in the City of Portsmouth (UK): Local and Global Connections of Black Britishness
   Rajinder Dudrah

'it's As if You're Some Alien...' Exploring Anti-English Attitudes in Scotland.
   Ian McIntosh, Duncan Sim and Douglas Robertson

Baudrillard on Simulations: an Exegesis and a Critique
   Stanley Raffel

Global Visions and Globalizing Corporations: an Analysis of Images and Texts from Fortune Global 500 Companies
   Peter Robbins

The Researcher, the Field and the Issue of Entry: Two Cases of Ethnographic Research Concerning Asylums in Greece
   Manos Savvakis and Manolis Tzanakis

Consumed with Sleep? Dormant Bodies in Consumer Culture
   Simon Williams and Sharon Boden

Social Research Methods and the Internet: A Thematic Review
   Christine Hine

Remaking Social Work with Children and Families: A Critical discussion on the 'modernisation' of social care
Garrett, Paul Michael
Reviewed by Pamela Attree

Body, Culture and Society: An Introduction
Hancock, Philip, Bill Hughes, Elizabeth Jagger, Kevin Patterson, Rachel Russell, Emmanuelle Tulle-Winton, Melissa Tyler
Reviewed by Mark Sherry

Culture's Consequences: Comparing Values, Behaviors, Institutions and Organizations Across Nations
Hofstede, Geert
Reviewed by Yves Laberge

Racism and Anti-Racism in Ireland
Lentin, Ronit and Robbie McVeigh (Editors)
Reviewed by Gavan Titley

Education, Social Status and Health
Mirowsky, John and Catherine E.Ross
Reviewed by Paul Lambert

Writing your Thesis
Oliver, Paul
Reviewed by Emma Pitchforth

Survey Research: The Basics
Punch, Keith F
Reviewed by Edwin van Teijlingen

Controlling Illegal Drugs: A Comparative Study
Segre, Sandro
Reviewed by Lawrie Elliott

Latex and Lingerie: Shopping for Pleasure at Ann Summers Parties
Storr, Merl
Reviewed by Samantha Holland

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Volume 9(1) published on 28 Feb 2004

'Some of Our People Can Be the Most Difficult'. Reflections on Difficult Interviews
   Sam Pryke

Towards a Sociology of Organizational Space
   Susan Halford

By Name United, By Sex Divided: A Brief Analysis of the Current Crisis Facing the Anglican Communion
   Andrew K. T. Yip and Michael Keenan

Cash-In-Hand Work: Unravelling Informal Employment From The Moral Economy Of Favours
   Colin C. Williams

Trees Don't Talk: A Methodological Account of a Forest Sociologist in Mexico
   Ross Mitchell

Negotiation and Navigation - an Exploration of the Spaces/Places of Working-Class Lesbians
   Yvette Taylor

Doing the North-South splits: Post-modern Strain on a Pre-modern Institution
   Robin Mutter

A UK Sociolinguistic Perspective: Gene, Jeffrey and Evangelical 'Broad Inclusion' Intersubjectivity
   Noel Heather

Contested Knowledge: Social Theory Today - Third Edition
Seidman, Steven
Reviewed by Mark Sherry

The Asian Gang: Ethnicity, Identity, Masculinity
Alexander, Claire E
Reviewed by Steve Robertson

Advanced Focus Group Research
Fern, Edward F.
Reviewed by Dr Leslie Gofton

Cults, Religion and Violence
Bromley, David G and Gordon, J. Melton
Reviewed by Peter McCaffery

Megawords: 200 terms you really need to know
Osborne, Richard
Reviewed by Yves Laberge

The Orifice as Sacrificial Site
Aho, James
Reviewed by Victoria Land

Imperialism, Labour and the New Woman: Olive Schreiner's Social Theory
Stanley, Liz
Reviewed by Julian Robert

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Volume 8(4) published on 30 Nov 2003

The Christian Right and Homophobic Discourse: a Response to 'Evidence' That Lesbian and Gay Parenting Damages Children.
   Stephen Hicks

Sexuality in the Church: toward a sociology of the Bible
   John D. Brewer

Let Me Entertain You: Researching the 'Thirtysomething' Generation
   Judith Burnett

The 'Intimate Father': Defining Paternal Involvement
   Esther Dermott

After I've Done the Mum Things': Women, Care and Transitions
   Sue Innes and Gill Scott

Review Article: Looking Back and Looking Forward: Some Recent Feminist Sociology Reviewed
   Sue Wise and Liz Stanley

Communication, Conflict and Risk in the 21st Century: Critical Issues for Sociology
   Alison Anderson

Persistence and Silence: A Narrative Analysis of Employee Responses to Organisational Change
   Melanie Bryant

A Divergence of Views: Attitude change and the religious crisis over homosexuality
   Alasdair Crockett and David Voas

Uneven Possibilities: Understanding Non-Heterosexual Ageing and the Implications of Social Change
   Brian Heaphy and Andrew K. T. Yip

Social Change, Friendship and Civic Participation
   Yaojun Li, Mike Savage and Andrew Pickles

Children, Belonging and Social Capital: The PTA and Middle Class Narratives of Social Involvement in the North-West of England
   Gaynor R Bagnall, Brian John Longhurst and Mike Savage

Globalisation and the Future of Ageing: Developing a Critical Gerontology
   Chris Phillipson

Older People's Perceptions of the Neighbourhood: Evidence from Socially Deprived Urban Areas
   Thomas Scharf, Chris Phillipson and Allison Smith

Connecting Ethnicity, Agency and Ageing
   Sharon Wray

Saints and Sinners: The Role of Conservative Christian Pressure Groups in the Christian Gay Debate in the UK
   Stephen Hunt

Rethinking Adulthood: Families, Transitions, and Social Change
   Jane Pilcher, John Williams and Chris Pole

Researching Ageing and Later Life
Jamieson, Anne and Christina R. Victor
Reviewed by Klas Borell

Making Families: Moral Tales of Parenting and Step-parenting
McCarthy, Jane Ribbens; Rosalind Edwards and Val Gillies
Reviewed by Sue Grundy

The Social Movements Reader: Cases and Concepts
Goodwin, Jeff and James M. Jasper
Reviewed by Dr. Philip Sutton

Understanding Criminology Current Theoretical Debates
Walklate, Sandra
Reviewed by Eric Chui

Work in the New Economy: Flexible Labor Markets in Silicon Valley
Benner, Chris
Reviewed by Paula Cerni

Economic Sociology: State, Market and Society in Modern Capitalism
Trigilia, Carlo
Reviewed by Ann Vogel

The A-z of Social Research: a Dictionary of Key Social Science Research
Miller, Robert L. and Brewer, John D. (eds.)
Reviewed by Matthew David

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Volume 8(3) published on 22 Aug 2003

'Lifting up the Little Form': Victorian Images of Childhood and Death 1870-1900
   Heather Paris

Risking the University? Learning to be a Manager-Academic in UK Universities
   Rosemary Deem and Rachel Johnson

Making Connections: the Relationship between Train Travel and the Processes of Work and Leisure
   Gayle Letherby and Gillian Reynolds

Changing Women, Unchanged Men? Sociological Perspectives on Gender in a Post-industrial Society
Delamont, Sara
Reviewed by Suki Ali

To Give their Gifts: Health, Community and Democracy
Couto, Richard with Stephanie C. Eken
Reviewed by Gayle Letherby

Feminist Methodology: Challenges and Choices
Ramazanoglu, Caroline
Reviewed by Lydia Lewis

Social Statistics for a Diverse Society
Frankfort-Nachmias, Chava and Anna Leon-Guerrero
Reviewed by Vida Cesnuityte

Gender and Social Theory
Evans, Mary
Reviewed by cc

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Volume 8(2) published on 20 May 2003

Dealing with Dirt: Servicing and Repairing Cars
   Tim Dant and David Bowles

Moral Discrepancy and Political Discourse: Accountability and the Allocation of Blame in a Political News Interview
   William Housley and Richard Fitzgerald

Ageing and Imagined Community: Some Cultural Constructions and Reconstructions
   Stephen Conway

Survival Ethnic Entrepreneuers in Greece: a Mosaic of Informal and Formal Business Activities
   Gabriella Lazaridis and Maria Koumandraki

Towards a Typology of Intergenerational Relations: Continuities and Change in Families
   Julia Brannen

Engaging Cultural Differences: The Multicultural Challenge in Liberal Democracies
Shweder, Richard; Minow, Martha and Hazel Rose Markus (Editors)
Reviewed by Irwin Deutscher

Media, Risk and Science
Allan, Stuart
Reviewed by Richard Michael Holliman

Postmodernism and Social Research
Alvesson, Mats
Reviewed by David Beer

The Protestant Ethic Debate: Max Webers Replies to his Critics, 1907-1910
Chalcraft, David J. and Austin Harrington (Editors)
Reviewed by Graham Crow

Surveying the Social World
Aldridge, Alan and Ken Levine
Reviewed by Stephen Brindle

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Volume 8(1) published on 26 Feb 2003

Clustering Local Tastes in Global Culture: The Reception Structure of Hollywood Films
   Bum Soo Chon, George Barnett and Young Choi

Desire Lines: 'Queering' Health and Social Welfare
   Stephen Hicks and Katherine Watson

The Use Of Complementary Therapies In Western Sydney
   Ashwin Kumar

A Look at Changing Parental Ideologies & Behaviors in Japan
   Cherylynn Bassani

On the Logic of 'New' Welfare Practice: An Ethnographic Case Study of the 'New Welfare Intermediaries'
   Chris Allen

Ethics and the Ruling Relations of Research Production
   Carole Truman

The Problem of Representation: Realism and Operationalism in Survey Research
   Mike Williams

From The Culture of Matter to the Matter of Culture: Feminist Explorations of Nature and Science
   Myra Hird

Understanding Probabilities and Re-Considering Traditional Research Training
   Stephen Gorard

The Qualitative Researcher's Companion
Huberman, Michael A. and Matthew B Miles
Reviewed by Edwin van Teijlingen

Women's Working Lives in East Asia
Brinton, Mary C. (Editor)
Reviewed by Fiona Harris

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Volume 7(4) published on 26 Nov 2002

Social Science Gets the Ethics Treatment: Research Governance and Ethical Review
   Emma Williamson, Julie Kent, Trudy Goodenough and Richard Ashcroft

Dancing and Wrestling with Scholarship: Things to do and things to avoid in a PhD Career
   Les Back

'You Make Yourself Sound So Important' Fieldwork Experiences, Identity Construction, and Non-Western Researchers Abroad
   Carolina Ladino

Who Suceeds and Who Flounders? Young People in East Europe's New Market Economies
   Kenneth Roberts, G I Osadchaya, H V Dsuzev, V G Gorodyanenko and Jochen Tholen

The Consumption of Technology in Everyday Life: Car, Telephone, and Television in Sweden and America in Comparative-Historical Perspective
   Ralph Schroeder

'Loved the Wedding, Invite Me to the Marriage': The Secularisation of Weddings in Contemporary Britain
   John Walliss

Professional Work: A Sociological Approach
Leicht, Kevin and Mary L. Fennell
Reviewed by Keith Moray Macdonald

Medical Careers and Feminist Agendas: American, Scandinavian and Russian Women Physicians
Riska, Elianne
Reviewed by Fiona French

Child Victims of Homicide
Alder, Christine and Ken Polk
Reviewed by John Arundel Barnes

Dignity at Work
Hodson, Randy
Reviewed by Keith Moray Macdonald

Strange Encounters: Embodied Others in Post-Coloniality
Ahmed, Sara
Reviewed by Julie Wuthnow

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Volume 7(2) published on 28 Aug 2002

Degrees of Freedom: Do Graduate Women escape the Motherhood Gap in Pensions?
   Jay Ginn and Sara L Arber

Following the Queen: The Place of the Royal Family in the Context of Royal Visits and Civil Religion.
   Anne Rowbottom

The Failure of Privacy Enhancing Technologies (PETs) and the Voiding of Privacy
   Felix Stalder

Community Matters: Reflections from the Field
   Kirsty L. Blackstock

From Community To Communicative Policing: 'Signal Crimes' And The Problem Of Public Reassurance
   Martin Innes and Nigel Fielding

'For Better or Worse?': Heterosexuality Reinvented
   Jenny Hockey, Victoria Robinson and Angela Meah

Cyberscience and Social Boundaries: the Implications of Laboratory Talk on the Internet
   Christine Hine

The Return of Assimilationism: Race, Multiculturalism and New Labour
   Les Back, Michael J Keith, Azra Khan, Kalbir Shukra and John Solomos

The Piano in the Parlour: Methodological Issues in the Conduct of a Restudy
   Charlotte Aull Davies and Nickie Charles

Knowing your Place: Gender and Reflexivity in two Ethnographies
   Fiona Gill and Catherine Maclean

Making Hate a Crime: From Social Movement to Law Enforcement
Jenness, Valerie and Ryken Grattet
Reviewed by Mark Sherry

Globalization and Culture
Tomlinson,John
Reviewed by Hans Mommaas

Global Feminist Politics: Identities in a Changing World
Ali, Suki, Kelly Coate and Eangui Wa Goro
Reviewed by Susie Jacobs

Television, Globalization and Cultural Identities
Barker, Chris
Reviewed by Greg Nielsen

The Social Life of Avatars
Schroeder, Ralph
Reviewed by Nina Wakeford

Doing Visual Ethnography: Images, Media and Representation in Research
Pink, Sarah
Reviewed by Victoria D Alexander

What is Globalization?
Beck, Ulrich translated by Patrick Camiller
Reviewed by Hans Mommaas

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Volume 7(1) published on 27 May 2002

Modern Monarchy: a Comparative View from Denmark
   Richard Jenkins

A Simulation of the Structure of the World-Wide Web
   Moses Boudourides and Gerasimos Antypas

The Political Economy of Diversity: Diversity Programs in Fortune 500 Companies
   John Ryan, James Hawdon and Allison Branick

Generations and Heritage: Reflections on the Queen Mother's Funeral
   Janet Finch and David H. G. Morgan

The Campaign Against 'Live Exports' in the UK: Animal Protectionism, the Stigmatisation of Place and the Language of Moral Outrage
   John Walls

God Save the Queen: The Pistols' Jubilee
   Les Back

Concept Development in Sociology: A Comment on Steve Fuller's, 'Will Sociology find some New Concepts before the US finds Osama bin Laden?'
   Stephen Vertigans and Phil Sutton

Religious Diversity and Multiculturalism in Southern Europe: The Italian Mosque Debate
   Anna Triandafyllidou

Nostalgia for Nationalisation - the Politics of Privatisation
   Tim Strangleman

Jubilee Mugs: The Monarchy and the Sex Pistols
   Alex Law

Attacking the Cultural Turn: Misrepresentations of the Service Encounter
   Steve Taylor

Step-Fathering: Comparing Policy and Everyday Experience in Britain and Sweden
   Rosalind Edwards, Margareta Bäck-Wiklund, Maren Bak and Jane Ribbens McCarthy

Constructing the Identities of 'Responsible Mothers, Invisible Men' in Child Protection Practice
   Heather D'Cruz

Cosmopolitanism, Multiculturalism and Citizenship
   Nick Stevenson

Royal Ageing: The Queen Mother and Queen Victoria
   Mike Hepworth

Comprehensive Community Initiatives: Addressing a 'Problem' in Local Governance or Creating One?
   Paul Crawshaw and Donald Simpson

Signing your life away?: Why Research Ethics Committees (REC) shouldn't always require written confirmation that participants in research have been informed of the aims of a study and their rights - the case of criminal populations. (Commentary)
   Ross Coomber

Diana, Princess of Wales: The Contemporary Goddess
   Helen Bramley

Social Theory in the Real World
Miles, Steven
Reviewed by Brian John Longhurst

Black Marks: Minority Ethnic Audiences and Media
Ross, Karen and Peter Playdon (Editors)
Reviewed by Ellis Cashmore

Changing Britain: Families and Households in the 1990s
McRae, Susan
Reviewed by David H. G. Morgan

Ethnic Minorities and the Media
Cottle, Simon
Reviewed by Ellis Cashmore

Global Multiculturalism: Comparative Perspectives on Ethnicity, Race and Nation
Cornwell, Grant H and Eve Walsh Stoddard (Editors)
Reviewed by Ellis Cashmore

The Chimera of Multiculturalism: Diversity and the Media
Watson, C W
Reviewed by Ellis Cashmore

Representing Black Britain; Black and Asian Images on Television
Malik, Sarita
Reviewed by Ellis Cashmore

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Volume 6(4) published on 26 Feb 2002

Opening and Closing the Gates: Recent Developments in Male Social Mobility in Britain
   Geoff Payne and Judy Roberts

Teaching Social Theory in Trying Times
   Joyce Ellen Canaan

'Austro-Pop' Since the 1980s: Two Case Studies of Cultural Critique and Counter- Hegemonic Resistance
   Christian Karner

Confidence Amid Uncertainty: Ambitions and Plans in a Sample of Young Adults
   Michael Anderson, Frank Bechhofer, Lynn Jamieson, David McCrone, Yaojun Li and Robert Paul Stewart

Will Sociology find some New Concepts before the US finds Osama bin Laden?
   Steve Fuller

The Myth of Medical Pluralism: A Critical Realist Perspective
   Gil-Soo Han

'Claims and Disclaimers: Knowledge, Reflexivity and Representation in Feminist Research'
   Gayle Letherby

Fantasy City: Pleasure and profit in the postmodern metropolis
Hannigan, John
Reviewed by Joanne Massey

The Transnational Villagers
Levitt, Peggy
Reviewed by Neil Jeremy Washbourne

New Age Travellers: Vanloads of Uproarious Humanity
Hetherington, Kevin
Reviewed by Colin Clark

Bridging Divides; The Channel Tunnel and English Legal Identity in Europe
Darian-Smith, Eve
Reviewed by Adam Reed

Food, Drink and Identity: Cooking, Eating and Drinking in Europe since the Middle Ages
Scholliers, Peter (Editor)
Reviewed by Alan Warde

How Claims Spread: Cross-National Diffusion of Social Problems
Best, Joel (Editor)
Reviewed by Talmadge Wright

Citizenship in a Global Age: Society, Culture, Politics and the Transnational Villagers
Delanty, Gerard (Series Editor: Tim May)
Reviewed by Neil Jeremy Washbourne

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Volume 6(3) published on 28 Nov 2001

Understanding Consumption: What Interviews with Retired Households Can Reveal About Budgetary Decisions
   Edmund Chattoe-Brown and Nigel Gilbert

Control Creep
   Martin Innes

Looking for Sociology after 11 September
   Steve Fuller

Moral Tensions Between Western and Islamic Cultures: The Need for Additional Sociological Studies of Dissonance in the Wake of September 11
   Benet Davetian

Back to the Future: 'Islamic Terrorism' and Interpretations of Past and Present
   Stephen Vertigans and Phil Sutton

Anti-nuclear Movements: Failed Projects or Heralds of a Direct Action Milieu?
   Ian Welsh

The Lady Vanishes? Reflections on the Experiences of Married and Divorced Non- Heterosexual Fathers
   Gillian Dunne

The Neglected Art of Hitch-Hiking: Risk, Trust and Sustainability
   Graeme Chesters and David B. Smith

The Whispering Shadow: Collectivism and Individualism at Ikeda-Hoover and Nissan UK
   Carol Stephenson and Paul Stewart

From Smart Bombs to Smart Bugs: Thinking the Unthinkable in Medical Sociology and Beyond
   Simon Williams

The Paradigm Contingent Career? Women in Regional Newspaper Journalism
   Meryl Aldridge

Confronting 'Uncivil Society' and the 'Dark Side of Globalization': are Sociological Concepts up to the Task?
   Chris Rumford

Modernization, Rationalization, and Education: Responding to the Other
   Marianna Papastephanou

Surveillance After September 11
   David Lyon

Time Matters: On Theory and Method
Abbott, Andrew
Reviewed by Edmund Chattoe-Brown

World's Apart: Social Inequalities in a New Century
Sernau, Scott
Reviewed by Talmadge Wright

Classical Sociology
Turner, Bryan S
Reviewed by Dave Randall

Life in the Air: Surviving the New Culture of Air Travel
Gottdiener, Mark
Reviewed by Thomas Hylland Eriksen

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Volume 6(2) published on 28 Aug 2001

Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Learning from Women's Groups in Indonesia
   Marilyn Porter

Smoke and Mirrors: Modernist Illusions in the Quantitative Versus Qualitative Research Debate
   John Schmuttermaier and David Schmitt

Categorisation, Narrative and Devolution in Wales
   William Housley and Richard Fitzgerald

Women's Occupations and the Social Order in Nineteenth Century Britain
   Wendy Bottero and Kenneth Prandy

The Timing of Family Formation in Britain and Spain
   Clare Holdsworth and B Jane Elliott

The Social Worlds of Caravaning: Objects, Scripts and Practices
   Dale Southerton, Elizabeth Shove, Alan Warde and Rosemary Deem

The Internet Matters: Exploring the Use of the Internet as a Research Tool
   Nicola Illingworth

Field Research for Boneheads: from Naïveté to Insight on the Green Tortoise
   Timothy McGettigan

Contradictions of Consumption: Concepts, Practices and Politics in Consumer Society
Edwards, Tim
Reviewed by Terhi-Anna Wilska

Re-Drawing Boundaries: Work, Household, and Gender in China
Entwisle, Barbara; Gail E. Henderson (Editors)
Reviewed by Jude Howell

Race, Media, and the Crisis of Civil Society: From Watts to Rodney King
Jacobs, Ronald N.
Reviewed by Talmadge Wright

Mothering the Self: Mothers, Daughters, Subjects
Lawler, Steph
Reviewed by Sara Mackian

Internet Communication and Qualitative Research: A Handbook for Researching Online
Mann, Chris and Fiona Stewart
Reviewed by Christine Hine

Structuration
Parker, John
Reviewed by Richard Jenkins

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Volume 6(1) published on 29 May 2001

'Superbrides': Wedding Consumer Culture and the Construction of Bridal Identity
   Sharon Boden

The Importance of Convention Status: A Case Study of the UK
   Alice Bloch

The Basic Elements of a Systematic Theory of Ethnic Relations
   John Rex

'I Saw You': Searching for Lost Love Via Practices of Reading, Writingand Responding
   Eric Laurier and Angus Whyte

Physiotherapists and Evidence Based Practice: An Opportunity or Threat to the Profession?
   Rose Wiles and Sue Barnard

Asylum, Refuge and Public Policy: Current Trends and Future Dilemmas
   Liza Schuster and John Solomos

Homosexuality and Refugee Status in the United Kingdom
   Derek McGhee

Taking Account of The Macro in The Micro-Politics of Family Viewing - Generational Strategies
   Carol MacKeogh

Divided Time: Gender, Paid Employment and Domestic Labour
Layte, Richard
Reviewed by Rosemary Deem

Developing Focus Group Research: Politics, Theory and Practice
Barbour, Rosaline S; Kitzinger, Jenny (Editors)
Reviewed by Michael Warren

Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader
Back, Les; Solomos, John
Reviewed by Ben Carrington

Understanding Sport: an Introduction to the Sociological and Cultural Analysis of Sport
Horne, John; Tomlinson, Alan
Reviewed by Tony King

Identity Without Selfhood: Simone de Beauvoir and Bisexuality
Fraser, Mariam
Reviewed by Momin Rahman

Social Theory in a Changing World
Delanty, Gerard
Reviewed by Austin Harrington

Greenspeak: A Study of Environmental Discourse
Harre, Rom; Brockheimer, Jens; Muhlhauser, Peter
Reviewed by Kate Burningham

Understanding Contemporary Society: Understanding the Present
Browning, Gary K;Halcli, Abigail; Webster, Frank (editors)
Reviewed by Phil Mole

Even in Sweden: Racisms, Racialized Spaces, and the Popular Geographical Imagination
Pred, Allan Richard
Reviewed by Panu Lehtovuori

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Volume 5(4) published on 28 Feb 2001

Snakes & Ladders: in Defence of Studies of Youth Transition
   Robert MacDonald, Paul Mason, Tracy Shildrick, Colin Webster and Les Johnston

Making a Difference?: Institutional Habituses and Higher Education Choice
   Diane Reay, Miriam David and Stephen John Ball

Border Crossings: Narratives of Movement, 'Home' and Risk
   Deborah Lupton and John Tulloch

Dialogue, Positionality and the Legal Framing of Ethnographic Research
   John C Roberts

The Plausibility of Class Cultural Explanations: An Analysis of Social Homogeneity using Swedish Data from the Late 1990s
   Erik Bihagen

Responding to the Racialisation of Irishness: Disavowed Multiculturalism and its Discontents
   Ronit Lentin

Youth Citizenship and Unemployment: The Case of Passive and Active Labour Market Policies towards the Young Unemployed in Greece
   Gabriella Lazaridis and Maria Koumandraki

Cyber-Mothers: Online Synchronous Interviewing using Conferencing Software
   Henrietta O'Connor and Clare Madge

Hair Matters: Beauty, Power, and Black Women's Consciouness
Banks, Ingrid
Reviewed by Rosemary DuPlessis

The Turbulence of Migration
Papastergoadis, Nikos
Reviewed by David Timothy Duval

Questioning identity: Gender, Class, Nation
Woodward, Kath
Reviewed by Catherine Walker

Nowhere to Grow
Whitbeck, Les and Hoyt, Dan
Reviewed by Sue Grundy

Social Darwinism: Linking Evolutionary Thought to Social Theory
Dickens, Peter
Reviewed by Edmund Chattoe-Brown

Researching the Visual: Images, Objects, Contexts and Interactions in Social and Cultural Inquiry
Emmison, Michael and Philip Smith
Reviewed by Sarah Pink

Selected Works of Herbert Blumer: A Public Philosophy for Mass Society
Blumer, Herbert and Stanford M Lyman & Arthur J Vidich (Editors)
Reviewed by Martin Innes

Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook
Silverman, David
Reviewed by Elery Hamilton-Smith

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Volume 5(3) published on 1 Dec 2000

Shifting Classes: Interactions with Industry and Gender Shifts in the 1980s
   Jon Gubbay

Proactive and Defensive Engagement: Social Citizenship in a Changing Public Sphere
   Nick Ellison

Land Reform: a Foundation for Industrial Growth in Developing Countries?
   Anne Margrethe Brigham

Changing Places: Privilege and Resistance in Contemporary Ireland
   Pat O'Connor

Making Connections: Children, Technology, and the National Grid for Learning
   Jo Moran-Ellis and Geoff Cooper

Queer Frameworks and Queer Tendencies: Towards an Understanding of Postmodern Transformations of Sexuality
   Sasha Roseneil

The Class Situation of Information Specialists: a Case Analysis
   Clare Lewin and Myron Orleans

Incestuous Fields: Management Research, Emotion and Data Analysis
   Linda Perriton

Cash for Answers: the Association Between School Performance and Local Government Finance
   Jon Mulberg

Crossing the Border
Rowe, Michael
Reviewed by Breda Gray

Sociology and the Future of Work: Contemporary Discourses and Debates
Ransome, Paul
Reviewed by Gary Pollock

A Phenomenology of Working-Class Experience
Charlesworth, Simon J.
Reviewed by Mike Savage

Race and Politics: Asian Americans, Latinos, and Whites in a Los Angeles Suburb
Saito, Leland T.
Reviewed by Breda Gray

The Lived Body: Sociological Themes, Embodied Issues
Williams, Simon J.; Bendelow, Gillian A.
Reviewed by Mark Sherry

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Volume 5(2) published on 6 Sep 2000

Conducting Qualitative Research on Wife Abuse: Dealing with the Issue of Anxiety.
   Sevaste Chatzifotiou

Writing about Health and Sickness: An Analysis of Contemporary Autobiographical Writing from the British Mass-Observation Archive
   Helen Busby

Zimbabwe: Why Land Reform is a Gender Issue
   Susie Jacobs

On-Line with the Friends of Bill W: Social Support and the Net.
   Nicholas Pleace, Roger Burrows, Brian Loader, Steven Muncer and Sarah Nettleton

Drug-Taking, 'Risk Boundaries' and Social Identity: Bodybuilders' Talk about Ephedrine and Nubain
   Lee F. Monaghan, Michael Bloor, Russell P Dobash and Rebecca Emerson Dobash

Financing the Market-Based Redistribution of Land to Disadvantaged Farmers and Farm Workers in South Africa: Recent Performance of the Land Reform Credit Facility
   Michael Lyne, Paul Zille and Douglas Graham

Debatable Land: National and Local Identity in a Border Town
   Richard Kiely, David McCrone, Frank Bechhofer and Robert Paul Stewart

Rethinking Land Reform in South Africa: An Alternative Approach to Environmental Justice
   Charles Geisler and Essy Letsoalo

The Effect of Community Context in The South African Land Reform Programme
   Charles Crothers

Informal Settlement Characteristics in a Rural Land Restitution Case: Elandskloof, South Africa
   Michael Barry and David Mayson

Can't Talk, Won't Talk?: Methodological Issues in Researching Children
   Jeni Harden, Sue Scott, Kathryn Backett-Milburn and Stevi Jackson

Ethnicity and Academia: Closure Models, Racism Models and Market Models
   Steve Fenton, John Carter and Tariq Modood

Modernity and Postmodern Culture
McGuigan, Jim
Reviewed by Justin O'Connor

'Love as Passion: the Codification of Intimacy' and 'Observations on Modernity'
Luhmann, Niklas
Reviewed by Alexander Boskovik

The Myth of Social Action
Campbell, Colin
Reviewed by Alan Warde

'Childhood' in 'Crisis'
Scraton, Phil (editor)
Reviewed by Allison James

Observations on Modernity
Luhmann, Niklas
Reviewed by Alexander Boskovik

Contemporary Racisms and Ethnicities
Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin
Reviewed by Martina Boese

Reconstructing Old Age: New Agendas in Social Theory and Practice
Phillipson, Chris
Reviewed by Kate Davidson

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Volume 5(1) published on 31 May 2000

Reflexivity or Sociological Practice: A Reply to May
   Roger Slack

Social Work Research as Knowledge/Power in Practice
   Heather D'Cruz

Sacking the New Jerusalem? - The New Right, Social Democracy and Professional Identities
   Gerard W Hanlon

Reflexivity in Social Life and Sociological Practice: a Rejoinder to Roger Slack
   Tim May

The Visual Availability and Local Organisation of Public Surveillance Systems: The Promotion of Social Order in Public Spaces
   Mike Ball

Feminist Analysis of Science and the Implications for Higher Education
   Kate Bloor

Neue Rechte: Ethnocentrism, Culture and Cultural Identity
   Reinhold Gaertner

Researching a Hard-To- Access and Vulnerable Population: Some Considerations on Researching Drug and Alcohol-Using Mothers
   Sarah Goode

Who Wants to be a Social Engineer? A commentary on David Blunkett's Speech to the ESRC
   Peter J Hodgkinson

Reproductive Regimes: Changing Relations of Inter-dependence and Fertility Change
   Sarah Irwin

British 'Moral Right' Women and Feminism
   Donna Luff

'Money for nothing'?: Understanding Giving to Beggars
   Ian McIntosh and Angus Erskine

What Difference does it Make? Women's Pop Cultural Production and Consumption in Manchester
   Nicola Richards and Katie Milestone

'Homosexuality and the New Right: The Legacy of the 1980s for New Delineations of Homophobia'
   Matthew Waites

Germanness in One Country: Austria, Joerg Haider and Nationalist Legacy
   Wolfgang Weber

'New Right' or 'Backlash'? Section 28, Moral Panic and 'Promoting Homosexuality'
   Sue Wise

The 'New' Right: Definition, Identification, Differentiation
   Aaron Winter

Challenges for Work and Family in the Twenty-First Century
Vannoy, Dana; Dubeck, Paula J.
Reviewed by Ian Procter

Television and its Viewers, Cultivation Theory and Research
Shanahan, James; Morgan, Michael
Reviewed by Dave Haans

Material Culture in the Social World
Dant, Tim
Reviewed by Kevin Hetherington

Evaluation and Social Work Practice
Shaw, Ian; Lishman, Joyce
Reviewed by Dianne Phillips

Science and Social Science
Williams, Malcolm
Reviewed by Dave Randall

Cleavage: Technology, Controversy and the Ironies of the Man-made Breast
Jacobson, Nora
Reviewed by Kathy Davis

Evaluation Research: An Introduction to Principles, Methods and Practice
Clarke, Alan
Reviewed by Dianne Phillips

Questions of Competence: Culture, Classification and Intellectual Disability
Jenkins, Richard (editor)
Reviewed by Mark Sherry

Sociological Practice: Linking Theory and Social Research
Layder, D
Reviewed by Esther Dermott

Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology
RussellBernard, H.
Reviewed by Gaby Atfield

Soundbite Culture: The Death of Discourse in a Wired World
Slayden, David; KirkWhillock, Rita
Reviewed by Tim Dant

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Volume 4(4) published on 29 Feb 2000

Understanding the Police Investigation of the Murder of Stephen Lawrence: A 'Mundane Sociological Analysis'
   Simon Douglas Holdaway

'Over Policed and Under Protected': Stephen Lawrence, Institutional and Police Practices
   Louis Kushnik

Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear - or the More Things Change the More They Stay the Same- or Ruminations on Space and Time in the Next Millennium
   Marilyn Porter

'Looking Backward' and Not Looking Forward
   Martha Gimenez

Predictions
   Howard Becker

Plans, Evaluation, and Accountability at the Workplace
   Ilpo Koskinen

Strategic Minorities and the Global Network of Power: Western Thrace and Northern Ireland in Comparative Perspective
   Manussos Marangudakis and William Kelly

Theorising Empowerment Thought: Illuminating the Relationship between Ideology and Politics in the Contemporary Era
   Dod Forrest

Beyond the Macpherson Report: Managing Murder Inquiries in Context
   Martin Innes

Social Research and the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry
   John Solomos

Discretion, 'Respectability' and Institutional Police Racism
   P.A.J. Waddington

Institutional Racism, Cultural Diversity and Citizenship: Some Reflections on Reading the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report
   Nira Yuval-Davis

The Scrying Game: The Future of Humanity and the Humanity of the Future
   Alan Edward Aldridge

Predictions for Social Research On Line: Educational Reform
   Kenji Kosaka

Electronic Commerce and the Sociology of Money
   Supriya Singh

The Macpherson Report: A View from Greater Manchester
   Larry Ray, David B. Smith and Liz Wastell

A Bit of Sorcery: Peering into the Next Century
   Irwin Deutscher

The Health Analysis and Action Cycle an Empowering Approach to Women's Health
   Marion Gibbon

The Future Of Sociology: An African View
   Fred Hendricks

The Usefulness of Indepth Life History Interviews for Exploring the Role of Social Structure and Human Agency in Youth Transitions
   Gill Hubbard

Futures?
   John Jackson

Consciousness in Transition: A Case Study of Social Identity Formation in KwaZulu-Natal Study Description and Methodology
   T Marcus and Desireé Manicom

Women in the British Sociological Labour Market, 1960-1995
   Jennifer Platt

Dealing with difference: Researching health beliefs and behaviours of British Asian mothers
   Catherine Reed

Introduction to Predictions
   Liz Stanley

Women in Low Status Part-time Jobs: A Class and Gender Analysis
   Tracey Warren

Changing Connectivity: A Future History of Y2.03K
   Barry Wellman

Surviving through Substance Use: The Role of Substances in the Lives of Women who Appear before the Courts
   Emma Wincup

Institutional Racism, Power and Accountability
   Floya Anthias

The Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report, Racist Harassment and Racist Incidents: Changing Definitions, Clarifying Meaning?
   Kusminder Chahal

Policing's Dark Secret: The Career Paths of Ethnic Minority Officers
   Nigel Fielding

The British Immigration Courts
Travers, Max
Reviewed by Ian Geoffrey Law

Weighty Issues: Fatness and Thinness as Social Problems and Interpreting Weight: the Social Management of Fatness and Thinness
Sobal, Jeffrey
Reviewed by Catherine Walker

Scattered Belongings: Cultural Paradoxes of ‘Race’, Nation and Gender
Ifekwunigwe, Jayne O.
Reviewed by Maria Summerson

Taking Care of Men; Sexual Politics in the Public Mind
McMahon, Anthony
Reviewed by Jenny Ryan

Studying the Media (2nd edition)
O'Sullivan, Tim, Brian Dutton and Philip Rayner
Reviewed by Allison Cavanagh

Interpreting Weight: The Social Management of Fatness and Thinness
Sobal, Jeffery; Maurer, Donna
Reviewed by Catherine Walker

Nike Culture: the Sign of the Swoosh
Goldman, Robert and Papson, Stephen
Reviewed by Tom Fleming

Making Meaning of Narratives
Josselson, Ruthellen: Amia Lieblich
Reviewed by Amanda Coffey

Valuing Technology: Organisations, Culture and Change
McLaughlin, Janice; Rosen, Paul; Skinner, David; Webster, Andrew
Reviewed by Mike Geppert

Women in Contemporary Britian
Pilcher, Jane
Reviewed by Jenny Ryan

Working Hard and Making Do
Nelson, Margaret K; Smith, Joan
Reviewed by Jan Pahl

Taking Care of Men: Sexual Politics in the Public Mind
McMahon, Anthony
Reviewed by Jenny Ryan

Introducing Social Networks
Degenne, A.; Forse, M.
Reviewed by Bonnie H. Erickson

Challenging Women: Gender, Culture and Organisation
Maddock, Su
Reviewed by Rachel Lewis

Doing Conversational Analysis
Have, Paul ten
Reviewed by Dave Randall

Sociological Snapshots: Seeing Social Structure and Change in Everday Life
Levin, Jack
Reviewed by William Housley

Sport, Culture and the Media
Rowe, David
Reviewed by Alan Tomlinson

Theorizing Classical Sociology
Ray, Larry J
Reviewed by Martin O'Brien

Family Fragments
Smart, Carol; Neale, Bren
Reviewed by Judith Stacey

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Volume 4(3) published on 30 Sep 1999

Agricultural Biotechnology: Its Recent Evolution and Implications for Agrofood Political Economy
   Fred Buttel

Necessary Evils? Opening up Closings in Sociology and Biotechnology
   Les Gofton and Erica Haimes

Cultivation and Comprehension: How Genetic Modification Irreversibly Alters the Human Engagement with Nature
   Mark Harvey

'What Are 'They' Doing to Our Food?': Public Concerns About Food in the UK
   Alison Shaw

Feminist Sociology and Sociological Feminism: Recovering the Social in Feminist Thought
   Stevi Jackson

Prediction in Sociology: Prospects for a Devalued Activity
   Alan Edward Aldridge

Realtime Interviewing Using the World Wide Web
   Peter Chen and S.M. Hinton

Role as an Interactional Device and Resource in Multidisciplinary Team Meetings
   William Housley

Fitness Gyms and the Local Organization of Experience
   Roberta Sassatelli

Sociology, What's It For? A Critique of Gouldner
   Martyn Hammersley

(Posts-) Modernism and Structuralism: Affinities and Theoretical Innovations
   Michael J Peters

'Whatever You Say Say Nothing': an Ethnographic Encounter in Northern Ireland and its Sequel
   Andrew Robert Finlay

Genetics and the Future of Nature Politics
   Phil Sutton

The Fear of Unreason: Science Wars and Sociology
   Geoff Cooper

Heritage Work: Re-Representing the Work Ethic in the Coalfields
   Tim Strangleman, Emma Hollywood, Huw Beynon, Katy Bennett and Ray Hudson

Reflexivity and Sociological Practice
   Tim May

Structure, Strategy, Sustainability: What Future for New Social Movement Theory?
   Alana Lentin

'Gypsies to the Camps!': Exclusion and Marginalisation of Roma in the Czech Republic
   Angus Bancroft

Is Class Changing? a Work-Life History Perspective on the Salariat
   Brendan Halpin

The Influence of Popular Cultural Imagery on Public Attitudes Towards Cloning
   Brigitte Nerlich, David D. Clarke and Robert W.J. Dingwall

'Not Science but PR': GM Food and the Makings of a Considered Sociology
   Anne Murcott

Food Trust, Ethics and Safety in Risk Society.
   Reidar Almas

News Culture
Allan, S.
Reviewed by Tim Dant

The Social Edges of Psychoanalysis
Smelser, Neil J.
Reviewed by Pat Lowe

The Ethnographic Self, Fieldwork and the Representation of Identity
Coffey, Amanda
Reviewed by Dave Francis

Postemotional Society
Mestrovic, Stjepan G.
Reviewed by Nick Stevenson

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Volume 4(2) published on 29 Jul 1999

Theory-Building with Nud.Ist: Using Computer Assisted Qualitative Analysis in a Media Case Study
   Katie MacMillan and Shelley McLachlan

Token Salaries and Social Answers in Work Relations in Africa
   Massimo Repetti

War and the Public Intellectual: Cosmopolitanism and Anti-Cosmopolitanism in the Kosovo Debate in Germany
   Alan Scott

The Kosovan War, 1998-99: Transformations of State, War and Genocide in the Global Revolution
   Martin Shaw

'War, Violence, Terror, Genocide' - The Pacific Experience
   Zohl de Ishtar

Dancing to Different Tunes: A Reply to Responses to Here Be Dragons
   Sara Elizabeth Scott

A View From Hong Kong: Chinese Representations of War, Violence and American Imperialism
   John David Goodwin and Katherine Hills

Virtual Diaspora?: Imagining Croatia On-line
   Paul Stubbs

The Rape of the Nation: Women Narrativising Genocide
   Ronit Lentin

Deportations and Discursive Displacements
   R. Ruth Linden

They Made a Desert and Called it Peace
   Mike Drake

Life Course Data Collection: Qualitative Interviewing using the Life Grid
   Odette Parry

Revisiting Role Theory: Roles and the Problem of the Self
   Stanley Raffel

Memory, Trauma and Genocidal Nationalism
   Larry Ray

Ecologism: Toward Ecological Citizenship
Smith, Mark J.
Reviewed by Harris Ali

Random Violence: How we Talk about New Crimes and New Victims
Best, Joel
Reviewed by Hazel May

Social Experiments Evaluating Public Programs with Experimental Methods
Orr, Larry L.
Reviewed by Rhonda Cockerill

Basics of Qualitative Research Techniques and Procedures for Developing Grounded Theory (2nd edition)
Strauss, Anselm; Corbin, Juliet
Reviewed by Dave Francis

Computer Modeling of Social Processes
Liebrand, Wim; Nowak, Andrzej; Hegelsmann, Rainer (Editors)
Reviewed by Edmund Chattoe-Brown

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Volume 4(1) published on 31 Mar 1999

Qualitative Sociology and Social Class
   Max Travers

Reading Sara Scott's 'Here Be Dragons'
   Sue Wise

Sociology of Education and Marxism in Brazil
   Oswalo J. Yamamoto and Antonio Cabral Neto

Gender Differences at Work: International Variations in Occupational Segregation
   Jennifer Jarman, Robert M Blackburn, Bradley Brooks and Esther Dermott

The Cyber-Ethnographic (Re)Construction of Two Feminist Online Communities
   Katie J. Ward

A Critical Response to Sara Scott's 'Here Be Dragons: Researching the Unbelievable, Hearing the Unthinkable. a Feminist Sociologist in Uncharted Territory'
   Annie Huntington

'Winners' and 'Losers' in Social Transformations
   Graham Crow and Tony Rees

Ruling Passions: Sexual Violence, Reputation and the Law
Lees, Sue
Reviewed by Betsy Stanko

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Volume 3(4) published on 31 Dec 1998

Understanding the Patterns and Processes of Primary Care Use: A Combined Quantitative and Qualitative Approach
    Nicolaas and Anne Rogers

But Women Can't Have 'Hemophilia'!: A Look at the Lives of Women with Bleeding Disorder
   Diane Kholos Wysocki

The Selectionist Paradigm: More Implications for Sociology
   Paul Marsden

Naming the Other: Power, Politeness and the Inflation of Euphemisms
   James Valentine

Recording Social Life: Reflexivity and Video Methodology
   Helen Lomax

Embodying Black Madness, Embodying White Femininity: Populist (Re)Presentations and Public Policy - The Case of Christopher Clunis and Jayne Zito
   Sarah Neal

The Sociology of Health and Illness at the Turn of the Century: Back to the Future?
   Simon Williams, Ellen Carol Annandale and Jonathan Tritter

Ageing and the Limiting Conditions of the Body
   Chris Gilleard and Paul Higgs

Sociology (3rd edition)
Giddens, Anthony
Reviewed by Jon Gubbay

Theory and Progress in Social Science
Rule, James B.
Reviewed by Rob Stones

Sex and Medicine: Gender, Power and Authority in the Medical Profession
Pringle, Rosemary
Reviewed by Susan Halford

Feminism and Politics
Phillips, Anne (editor)
Reviewed by Vanessa Hogbin

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Volume 3(3) published on 30 Sep 1998

Hypermedia and Ethnography: Reflections on the Construction of a Research Approach
   Bella Dicks and Bruce Mason

Choosing Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Atlas/ti and Nudist Compared
   Christine Barry

How Gender and Ethnicity Intersect: the Significance of Education, Employment and Marital Status
   Kalwant Bhopal

The Interaction of Gender, Class and Place in Women's Experience: a Discussion Based in Focus Group Research
   Gill Callaghan

Negotiating Breast-Feeding: Pakistani Women, White Women and Their Experiences in Hospital and at Home
   Alison Bowes and Teresa Meehan Domokos

Negotiating Selves: Reflections on 'Unstructured' Interviewing
   Peter Collins

Conflict and Co-Operation in the Virtual Community: EMail and the Wars of the Yugoslav Succession
   C Stubbs

Here be Dragons: Researching the Unbelievable, Hearing the Unthinkable. A Feminist Sociologist in Uncharted Territory
   Sara Elizabeth Scott

Violent Criminal Acts and Actors Revisited
Athens, Lonnie
Reviewed by Dick Hobbs

The Male in the Head: Young People, Heterosexuality and Power
Holland, Janet, Ramazanoglu, Caroline, Sharpe, Sue and Thomson, Rachel
Reviewed by Angela Meah

Parts of an Andrology: on Representations of Men's Bodies
Schehr, Lawrence, R.
Reviewed by Momin Rahman

Science
Fuller, Steve
Reviewed by Steve New

Britain in Europe: An Introduction to Sociology
Spybey, Tony
Reviewed by Gary Pollock

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Volume 3(2) published on 30 Jun 1998

The Revolution and the Virgin Mary: Popular Religion and Social Change in Nicaragua
   Stephanie Judith Linkogle

On the Potentialities and Problems of a WWW Based Naturalistic Sociology
   Roger Slack

Reconstructing 'Positive' Nationalism: Evidence from Norway and Sweden
    Hjerm

Class in International Perspective: a Call for Papers
   Liz Stanley

Method in a Photographic Enquiry of Being Deaf
    Thoutenhoofd

Coming to terms with Contemporary Capitalism: Beyond the Idealism of Globalisation and Capitalist Ascendancy Arguments
   Eileen Teresa Kennedy

Planning in Organisations: Rational Control or Contingent Activity
   Tim Dant and Francis

Gender Inn
   Susanne Webel

Caricaturing and Categorising in Processes of Argument
   Norma Romm

Useful Resources on the World Wide Web for Social Scientists
   Beverley Lucy Holbrook

The Practical Limitations of Survey Analysis: A brief response to Lynn
   M Heather Elliott and Ellingworth

Power, Professionalism and Organisational Transformation
   Christopher May and Mary Eleanor Buck

Social Motivation: Understanding Children's School Adjustment
Juvonen, Jaana and Wentzel, Kathryn (editors)
Reviewed by Andrew Pollard

Crack in America: Demon Drugs and Social Justice
Reinarman, Craig and Harry G. Levine (editors)
Reviewed by Rhidian Hughes

Football, Nationality and the State
Duke, Vic & Crolley, Liz
Reviewed by Sam Pryke

Norbert Elias
van Krieken, Robert
Reviewed by Pablo Jauregui

Gender and Family Issues in the Workplace
Blau, Francine D. and Ronald G. Ehrenberg
Reviewed by Colette Fagan

Rethinking Language and Gender Research: Theory and Practice
Bergvall, Victoria L., Bing, Janet M. & Freed, Alice, F.
Reviewed by Jane Sunderland

On Beyond Living: Rhetorical Transformations of the Life Sciences
Doyle, Richard
Reviewed by Marc Berg

Equal Opportunities and Social Policy: Issues of Race, Gender and Disability
Bagilhole, Barbara
Reviewed by Clare Ungerson

Problematics of Sociology: The Georg Simmel Lectures, 1995
Smelser, Neil J.
Reviewed by Prof. Leonard Beeghley

'Understanding Social Theory'
Layder, Derek
Reviewed by Graham Crow

Researching Society and Culture
Seale, Clive (editor)
Reviewed by Andrew Hill

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Volume 3(1) published on 31 Mar 1998

The Industrial Organization of Sociology
   Tony Tam

Gender Matters? Three Cohorts of Women Talking About Role Reversal
   Jane Pilcher

Reflections in an Unblinking Eye: Negotiating Identity in the Production of a Documentary
    McGettigan

The Baby and the Bath Water: Hammersley, Cealey Harrison and Hood-Williams and the Emancipatory Research Debate
   Cealey Harrison and Hood-Williams

More Varieties Than Heinz
   W Cealey Harrison

The Use of Marriage Data to Measure the Social Order in Nineteenth-Century Britain
    Bottero and Kien Prandy

Sociological Practice: The Politics of Identities and Futures
   Irwin Deutscher

Sustainability and Modernity in the European Union: A Frame Theory Approach to Policy-Making
   Calloni and Mikrakis Triandafyllidou and Fotiou

The British Crime Survey Sample: A response to Elliott and Ellingworth
   Peter Lynn

Social Structures and Chaos Theory
   Greg Smith

Social Theory and European Transformation: Is there a European Society?
   Gerard Delanty

'Towards a New Social Order in Russia' and 'from Submission to Rebellion'
Piirainen, Timo
Reviewed by Nick Manning

How We Feel: An Insight into the Emotional World of Teenagers
Gordon, Jacki & Grant, Gillian (editors)
Reviewed by Johanna Wyn

Media and Mental Distress
Philo, Greg (editor)
Reviewed by Meryl Aldridge

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Volume 2(4) published on 22 Dec 1997

Social Transformation? Exploring Issues in Comparison, Development and Change
   Liz Stanley

Youth Research in the 1990s: Time for (Another) Rethink
   Christine Griffin

'Collegial Accountability' and Bias: the Solution or the Problem?
   Bogusia Temple

The Ambiguities of Football, Politics, Culture, and Social Transformation in Latin America
    Bar-on

The Decomposition of Sociology
   Max Travers

The Reproduction of Exclusion and Disadvantage: Symbolic Violence and Social Class Inequalities in 'Parental Choice' of Secondary Education
   Stephen Conway

A Reply to Humphries
   Martyn Hammersley

Assessing the Representativeness of the 1992 British Crime Survey: The Impact of Sampling Error and Response Biases
   M Heather Elliott and Ellingworth

Dialectics and Modernity, Autonomy and Solidarity
   JosÈ Mauricio Domingues

A Response to Romm
   Martyn Hammersley and Roger Gomm

Networked Worlds: Social Aspects of Multi-User Virtual Reality Technology
   Ralph Schroeder

Accessing Large Corporations: Research Ethics and Gatekeeper-Relations in the Case of Researching a Japanese-Invested Factory
    Gronning

Thought Styles: Critical Essays on Good Taste
Douglas, Mary
Reviewed by Geoff Cooper

Nature, State and Economy: a Political Economy of the Environment (2nd Edition)
Johnston, Ron J.
Reviewed by John Walls

The Way the Modern World Works: World Hegemony to World Impasse
Taylor, Peter J.
Reviewed by David Stuart Lane

Saving Our Children from Poverty: What the United States can Learn from France
Bergman, Barbara R.
Reviewed by Paul Jargowsky

The Other City: People and Politics in New York and London
MacGregor, S. & Lipow, A. (editors)
Reviewed by Nick Buck

Men as Managers, Managers as Men: Critical Perspectives on Men, Maculinities and Managements
Collinson, David L. & Hearn, Jeff
Reviewed by Harriet Bradley

Ethnic Los Angeles
Waldinger, Roger & Bozrgmehr, Mehdi (editors)
Reviewed by Faye Arnold

Risk, Environment and Modernity: Towards a New Ecology
Lash, S., Szerszynski, B. & Wynne, B. (editors)
Reviewed by Anna Triandafyllidou

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Volume 2(3) published on 30 Sep 1997

Teams as Author: Narrative and Knowledge Creation in Case Discussions in Multi-Disciplinary Health Teams
    Opie

Organisation Man - Women and Organisational Culture
   Grant Coates

NUD*IST in Action: Its Use and Its Usefulness in a Study of Chronic Illness in Young People
    Buston

Part/Whole Morphology: Unifying Single Case and Comparative Methods
   Thomas Scheff

Getting Published: a Study of Writing, Refereeing and Editing Practices
   Angela Packwood

Users and Social Science Research: Policy, Problems and Possibilities
    Rappert

CoMentor
   Catherine Skinner

Situating Simulation in Sociology
   Peter Halfpenny

Locating Frames in the Discursive Universe
    Fisher

Unite De Liaison Internationale En Sciences Sociales (ULISS)
   Jean Charles Lagrée

Some Methodological and Epistemological Issues Raised by Doing Feminist Research on Non-Feminist Women
   Dianne Millen

Becoming More Accountable: A Comment on Hammersley and Gomm
   Norma Romm

Market Forces, Choice and Diversity in Education: the Early Impact
   Stephen Gorard

Data Collection and Analysis
Sapsford, Roger & Jupp, Victor (editors)
Reviewed by Ray Lee

Insider/Outsider Team Research
Bartunek, Jean M. & Loius, Meryl Reis
Reviewed by Ray Lee

Founding Sociology? Talcott Parsons and the Idea of General Theory
Holmwood, John
Reviewed by Professor Frank Lechner

Gender and Nation
Yuval-Davis, Nira
Reviewed by Paula Frederick

Stopping AIDS: AIDS/HIV Public Education and the Mass Media in Europe
Wellings, Kaye and Field, Becky
Reviewed by Edwin van Teijlingen

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Volume 2(2) published on 30 Jun 1997

Critical Education for Participatory Research
   Susan Martin

Theory Building in Qualitative Research and Computer Programs for the Management of Textual Data
    Kelle

Images of Men: Male Sexuality in Sexual Health Leaflets and Posters for Young People
    Jewitt

Centre for Applied Social Surveys (CASS)
   Teresa McGarry

The Use of Diaries in Sociological Research on Health Experience
   M Heather Elliott

Using the Internet for Survey Research
   Ross Coomber

Simulation - a Way Forward?
   David Byrne

On the Uses of Computer-Assisted Simulation Modeling in the Social Sciences
    Hanneman and Anthony Patrick

Informal Exchange Relations in Post-Soviet Russia: A Comparative Perspective
    Lonkila

A Simulation of the Structure of Academic Science
   Nigel Gilbert

Changing Police Culture: Policing in a Multicultural Society
Chan, Janet B. L.
Reviewed by Nigel Fielding

Introduction to Social Research: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches
Punch, Keith F.
Reviewed by Tracey Warren

Ethnic and Racial Consciousness (2nd Edition)
Banton, Michael
Reviewed by Bob Carter

Shaping Women's Work: Gender Employment and Information Technology
Webster, Juliet
Reviewed by Dr Fiona Devine

The Spectacle of History: Speech, Text and Memory at the Iran-Contra Hearings
Lynch, Michael & Bogen, David
Reviewed by Barry Brown

The Embryo Research Debate: Science and Politics of Reproduction
Mulkay, Michael
Reviewed by Christine Hine

Bearing Meaning: The Language of Birth
Kahn, Robbie Pfeufer
Reviewed by Fiona Hart

The Troubles with Postmodernism
Morawski, Stefan
Reviewed by Caroline Ramazanoglu

Ethnic and Racial Consciousness
Banton, Michael
Reviewed by Bob Carter

Reconstructing the Balkans: A Geography of the New Southeast Europe
Hall, Derek & Danta, Darrick
Reviewed by Tamas Kozma

The Economics of Organized Crime
Fiorentini, G. & Peltzman, S. (editors)
Reviewed by Federico Varese

Conducting Socially Responsible Research: Critical Theory, Neo-Pragmatism and Rhetorical Inquiry
Swartz, Omar
Reviewed by Roger John Sapsford

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Volume 2(1) published on 31 Mar 1997

Nationalism Links
   Paul Treanor

Bias in Social Research
   Martyn Hammersley and Roger Gomm

From Critical Thought to Emancipatory Action: Contradictory Research Goals?
   Beth Humphries

Health Experiences of Elderly People in an Outer London Area
   Bie Nie Ong and Jordan

Focus Group Data and Qualitative Analysis Programs: Coding the Moving Picture as Well as the Snapshots
    Catterall and Maclaren

New Greek Nationalism
   Calloni and Mikrakis Triandafyllidou

Structures of Nationalism
    Treanor

Using Metadata for Cross-National Comparisons
   Peter Brannen and Lamb

Centre for the Study of Public Policy
   Neil Munro

SAMP for Windows (Samp 1.2)
   James A. Davis

Reflections on Interviewing Women MPs
   Nirmal Puwar

Anselm Strauss: an Appreciation
    Star

Balancing Act and the Work- Family Challenge
Spain, Daphne & Bianchi, Suzanne
Reviewed by Colette Fagan

Gender, Generation and Identity in Contemporary Russia
Pilkington, Hilary (editor)
Reviewed by Claire Wallace

Walter Benjamin
Bolz, N. & van Reijen, W.
Reviewed by Michael Erben

Disarming Patriarchy: Feminism and Political Action at Greenham
Roseneil, Sasha
Reviewed by Dr Stephanie Linkogle

The Agony of the Russian Idea
McDaniel, Tim
Reviewed by Hilary Pilkington

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Volume 1(4) published on 23 Dec 1996

Violating an Occupational Sex-Stereotype: Israeli Women Earning Engineering Degrees
    Jacobsen and Vanki

Anselm L. Strauss: Obituary
   Adele Clark

SocInfo - CTI Centre for Sociology, Politics and Social Policy
    CTI Centre for Sociology, Politics and Social Policy

CAQDAS -Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software
   Ann Lewins

Qualitative Data Analysis: Representations of a Technology: a Comment on Coffey, Holbrook and Atkinson
   Nigel Fielding and Ray Lee

Contemporary Nationalism, Its Causes and Consequences for Europe - a Reply to Delanty
   John Rex

Technological Innovations in Data Collection: Acceptance, Data Quality and Costs
   de Leeuw and Nicholls

'What Are They Doing? Dilemmas in Analyzing Bibliographic Searching: Cultural and Technical Networks in Academic Life'
   Matthew David and David Zeitlyn

Is Democracy at the Heart of IT? Commercial Perceptions of Technology
   Linda McKie

Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach
Maxwell, Joseph
Reviewed by Martyn Hammersley

Engendering Motherhood: Identity and Self-Transformation in Women's Lives
McMahon, Martha
Reviewed by Alexandra Howson

Appalachia in the Making and the First American Frontier
Pudup, B., Billings, D. & Waller, A (editors)
Reviewed by Jerry Williamson

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Volume 1(3) published on 2 Oct 1996

Modelling Tabular Data with an Ordered Outcome
   Vernon Gayle

Crown Street Revisited
   Karen Mary Moore

Using SOSIG to support Social Science Teaching and Research
    Hiom and Huxley

The Career of Status Crystallization: a Sociological Odyssey
   R. David Smith

Beyond the Nation-State: National Identity and Citizenship in a Multicultural Society - a Response to Rex
   Gerard Delanty

The General Social Survey Data and Information Retrieval System (GSSDIRS)
   Tom W. Smith

Statistics as Organizational Products
   Carol Jane Thomas

Sociology, Environmentalism, Globalization: Reinventing the Globe
Yearley, Steven
Reviewed by David Frank

To Rule Jerusalem
Friedland, Roger & Hecht, Richard
Reviewed by Dr. Menachem Klein

Trauma and Self
Strozier, Charles B. & Flynn, M. (editors)
Reviewed by Dr Guy Undrill

The Polish Peasant in Europe and America: a Classic Work in Immigration History
Thomas, William and Znaniecki, Florian (edited by Eli Zaretsky)
Reviewed by Anna Triandafyllidou

Studies in Qualitative Methodology: Computing and Qualitative Research: Volume 5
Burgess, Robert G. (ed.)
Reviewed by Ann Lewins

Sociology of Work: Concepts and Cases
Auster, Carol J
Reviewed by Susanne C. Monahan

Cultures of the Internet and Cyberspace Cyberbodies Cyberpunk
Rob Shields (editor)
Reviewed by Joost Van Loon

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Volume 1(2) published on 2 Jul 1996

National Identity in the Democratic Multi- Cultural State
   John Rex

In One Ear and Out the Other: Unmasking Masculinities in the Caribbean Classroom
   Jose Parry

Divided Spaces - Divided School: an Exploration of the Spatial Relations of Social Division
   David Byrne and Tim Rogers

Pedagogy, Symbolic Control and Identity: Theory, research, critique
Bernstein, Basil
Reviewed by Sara Delamont

Conflicts about class: Debating inequality in late industrialism
Lee, D. J. and Turner, B. S. (editors)
Reviewed by Dr Fiona Devine

Male Matters: Masculinity, Anxiety and the Male Body on the Line
Thomas, Calvin
Reviewed by John David Goodwin

Taboo: Sex, Identity and Erotic Subjectivity in Anthropological Fieldwork
Kulick, Don and Willson, Margaret (eds.)
Reviewed by Paul Atkinson

Regaining Marxism
Post, K
Reviewed by G. E. C. Paton

Pedagogy, Symbolic Control and Identity Theory, Research, Critique
Bernstein, Basil
Reviewed by Sara Delamont

Male Matters: Masculinity, Anxiety, and the Male Body on the Line
Thomas, Calvin
Reviewed by John David Goodwin

Beyond the Myths: Mother and Daughter Relationships in Psychology, History, Literature and Everyday Life
Phillips, Shelley
Reviewed by Pamela Cotterill

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Volume 1(1) published on 29 Mar 1996

The Salt of Social Science
   Nico Stehr

Theoretical Considerations in Cross-National Employment Research
   Jacqueline O'Reilly

Evaluating an Empowering Research Strategy: Reflections on Action-Research with South Asian Women
   Alison Bowes

Editorial
   Martin Bulmer and Liz Stanley

'Refuse of All Classes'? Social Indicators and Social Deprivation
   Geoff Payne, Judy Payne and Mark Hyde

Has Funding Made a Difference to Research Methods?
   Jennifer Platt

Qualitative Data Analysis: Technologies and Representations
   Amanda Coffey, Beverley Lucy Holbrook and Paul Atkinson

The Third Culture: Beyond the Scientific Revolution
Brockman, John
Reviewed by Steve Fuller

Statistics for the Social Sciences
Sirkin, R.Mark
Reviewed by Kate Bloor

An Introduction to Population
Kammeyer, Kenneth J.
Reviewed by Clare Holdsworth

Cars: Analysis, History, Cases
Williams, Karel
Reviewed by Carl Dassbach

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