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Georgetown U. Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. In this pocket-size (5x7") guide, Geaves (religious studies, University of Chester) defines and succinctly explains terms used in religious studies and theology. Many terms are drawn from the disciplines of sociology, anthropology, psychology, and philosophy, reflecting the intersection of these disciplines with religious studies. (©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Westview Press, 2004. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. The wildly popular "Sopranos" TV series is a rich source for sociology, focusing viewers on a parade of social problems that worry the nation--crime; the structure of wealth and power, and the immoralities that can follow from both; a growing, media-fed culture of lies, deception, and alienation; and "micro-social" issues of marriage, family, and the crises of everyday life. This is the paper edition of a study first published in 200... more information

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Council/Research in Values..., 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Górski (philosophy and sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences and politics, Swierokrztska Academy) examines ideas about civil society, democracy, pluralism and universalism across Poland, Eastern Europe, Spain and Latin America. He describes the concepts about civil society by Gramsci applied by Italy and elsewhere, the transition from Marxism to liberalism, and the ideas about civil society extant in Poland and East Central Europe,... more information

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Seven Stories Press, 2006. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Rather than draw up an example bill of impeachment and defending it, as other authors calling for the impeachment of President George W. Bush have done, Loo (sociology, California State Polytechnic U.) and Phillips (sociology, Sonoma State U.) have identified 12 reasons for impeachment and recruited knowledgeable authors to address each one. The reasons they cite include the common charges of lying the country into the war in Iraq, directing the to... more information

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Basic Books, 2003. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This work is a result of a conference titled "Globalization and Resistance" that was organized by the Center for the Study of Culture, Technology, and Work, which seeks to promote connections between academics and activism. Aronowitz and Gautney (respectively, a professor and doctoral student in sociology at the City U. of New York) present 21 essays from the conference that deal with questions of capitalist globalization, imperialism, and, given... more information

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Orbis Books, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Father Greeley (sociology, U. of Arizona) collects his weekly syndicated columns from the Chicago Sun-Times between September 16, 2001, through April 13, 2007, all commenting on "War on Terror," the invasion and occupation of Iraq, and related matters from a liberal Roman Catholic perspective. Greeley opposed the Iraq invasion strongly in his columns and unlike many of his fellow Democrats did not fall for the deceitful "Weapons of Mass Dest... more information

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Westview Press, 2005. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. In this book, which began as the Simon's (sociology, U. of Ottawa, Canada) dissertation, an ethnography of workers and managers in leather tanning factories in southern Taiwan is presented, with a focus on identity, nationalism, and political dimensions of their culture. Aimed at undergraduates, the book considers whether Taiwan is a Chinese or Taiwanese culture, provides a national and political context, describes social life and the influence of t... more information

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AldineTransaction, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This reprint from 1969 (the first paperback printing of the volume), by Rosengren (sociology, U. of Rhode Island) and Lefton (sociology and anthropology, Case Western Reserve U.) considers the crisis in American medicine that centers on the organization of the hospital, its attitudes toward patients, and the relationship of hospitals to one another. They apply theories of sociology and organization to these topics, discussing how the traditional syst... more information

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Women Unlimited, 2007. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. Indian women's rights advocates Kannabiran (sociology, NALSAR U. of Law) and writer and publisher Menon trace efforts to counter rape and other violence against women in India during the final two decades of the 20th century. They include judicial and legislative action, alternative forms of protest, feminist interventions, and confronting state violence. They have not indexed their work. Distributed in the US by South Asia Books. (©2008 Book ... more information

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Mercer University Press, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This tour book is organized around four tours of important civil rights sites in Atlanta. The first three tours, Auburn Avenue, Atlanta University Center, and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, provide information about sites located within a single neighborhood. The fourth tour identifies and describes various demonstration sites and important grave sites. The book begins with a 30-page history of the civil rights movement in Atlanta in the 1950s-6... more information

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Beacon Press, 2007. Hardbound. New Book. Hardbound. As understood by Newman (sociology and public affairs, Princeton U.) and Chen (a Harvard U. doctoral candidate in sociology and social policy), "America's Missing Class" consists of those approximately 57 million Americans living in the nether region above the official poverty line but well below economic security--those households earning roughly between $20,000 and $40,000 for a family of four. They offer a portrait of the social and econo... more information

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AltaMira Press, 2003. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Eleven papers by authors representing history, ethnic studies, education, English, sociology, and other disciplines address issues of race and mixed race. They invite readers to consider the many ways that identity, community, and collectivity are formed and the challenges that multiracial identity poses to an understanding of race and ethnicity. The volume began as an April 2002 conference designed and organized by students at the U. of Santa Barbara, ... more information

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AldineTransaction, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This is a paperback reprint of a text originally published in 1971 by Aldine Pub. Co. (Chicago). Heine has taught at the Illinois Institute of Technology and U. of Michigan, and written on social psychology theory. In this text, she provides psychology and sociology students and scholars with an examination of the relation of the individual to the group through social definitions of person and personality. Coverage includes the development and specif... more information

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AldineTransaction, 2007. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. This reprint from 1968 delves into the political impact of the city planner on community decision making. It is a comparative analysis of six studies of planning decisions in New Jersey communities that were chosen based on their reputations of having effective or ineffective planning; they vary in size, problems, and socioeconomic characteristics. Rabinovitz discusses the keys to effective influence--organization and a technical role orientation--an... more information

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Univ. Press of America, 2005. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. James (sociology and criminal justice, St. Thomas Aquinas College, New York) and Barbara (criminal justice and political science, Marist College, New York) discuss various theories and practices regarding what is done and what ought to be done with people convicted of having committed a crime. They consider free-will versus determinism (thus the man or mouse), deterrence, rehabilitation, retribution, and how to undo the disaster they see the US ... more information

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Prometheus Books, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Delaney (State U. of New York at Oswego) uses events and excerpts of a dialogue from the comedy cartoon show The Simpsons to discuss the many issues of social relevance that the satirical show has touched upon over the course of its time on air. He mixes sociological, psychological, and philosophical approaches in discussing the relevance of The Simpsons to American culture, friendship and community, love and marriage, family dynamics, gender roles an... more information

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Univ. Press of America, 2003. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Walters (sociology, Kingsborough Community College, City U. of New York) explores the patronage of Impressionist art between 1890 and 1912 through an empirical approach that aims to trace the exact provenance of individual artworks and collections and a probabilistic statistical approach that investigates major trends in art patronage in market systems. (©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) ... more information

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Paragon House, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Oliner (emeritus, sociology, Humbolt State U., California) suggests four antidotes to the violence pervading modern society: altruism, genuine apology, forgiveness, and reconciliation. He draws on published literature on reconciliation and apology in healing past group transgressions, on scripture to look at altruism in various religious traditions, and on a survey to sample people's opinion in the US and Poland. Poland serves as a case study, with t... more information

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Transaction Publishers, 2009. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Berger (broadcast and electronic communication arts, San Francisco State U.) introduces important concepts in a number of methodologies that can be used to analyze material culture, and offers some examples of how the concepts can be or have been used. He focuses on material culture in relatively recent times--since people have become literate and started recording history--so the established methods of archaeological anthropology are of limited... more information

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Aarhus University Press, 2008. Paperback. New Book. Paperback. Four of the ten essays are revised from keynote presentations at the August 2008 meeting of the Nordic Sociological Association, which also focused on violence and conflict, emphasizing the social and political context and consequences. The topics include the violence of the liberal utopia, money and mystique of the FARC in Columbia, and the potential ontology of the society of terror. There is no index. Distributed in North America by The Davi... more information

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