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International Library of Sociology

About the Book Series

The International Library of Sociology (ILS) is the most important series of books on sociology ever published. Founded in the 1940s by Karl Mannheim, the series became the forum for pioneering research and theory, marked by comparative approaches and the identification of new directions in sociology, publishing major figures in Anglo-American and European sociology, from Durkheim and Weber to Parsons and Gouldner, and from Ossowski and Klein to Jasanoff and Walby.

Its new editors, John Holmwood (University of Nottingham, UK) and Vineeta Sinha (National University of Singapore), plan to develop the series as a truly global project, reflecting new directions and contributions outside its traditional centres, and connecting with the original aim of the series to produce sociological knowledge that addresses pressing global social problems and supports democratic debate.

340 Series Titles


Human Behavior and Social Processes An Interactionist Approach

Human Behavior and Social Processes: An Interactionist Approach

1st Edition

By Arnold M. Rose
June 03, 2013

This is Volume VI in of eighteen a series on the Sociology of Behaviour and Psychology. Originally published in 1962, this book offers the interactionist approach when looking at human behaviour and social processes. This book shows that interaction theory can provide us with a body of significant ...

Inst Of Private Law    Ils 208

Inst Of Private Law Ils 208

1st Edition

By Karl Renner, Otto Kahn-Freund, A. Schwarzschild
June 03, 2013

As relevant to today's debates about law and order and punishment as when they were published, titles in this set put forward the central principle that it is impossible to think about contemporary problems without thinking about society. Covering topics such as youth crime, legal aid, youth ...

Juvenile Delinquency in an English Middle Town

Juvenile Delinquency in an English Middle Town

1st Edition

By Hermann Mannheim
June 03, 2013

This is Volume XI of fifteen in a series on the Sociology of Law and Criminology. First published in 1948, the local enquiry which forms the backbone of the present book may be regarded as a sequel to two other investigations: to the Home Office Enquiry into Juvenile Delinquency, undertaken at the...

Learng Thro Group Exp  Ils 249

Learng Thro Group Exp Ils 249

1st Edition

By A.K.C. Ottaway
June 03, 2013

First Published in 1998. This is Volume VIII in the Sociology of Behaviour and Psychology series. This book is a description of some of the things which happen in small groups of a particular kind. This kind of group I have called a 'non-directive' training group. This is a personal account of the ...

Legal Aid              Ils 210

Legal Aid Ils 210

1st Edition

By Robert Egerton
June 03, 2013

This is Volume XII of fifteen in a series on the Sociology of Law and Criminology. First published in 1945, based on the authors experience and produced just before the Lord Chancellor appointed a committee led by Lord Rushcliffe, to enquire into the present facilities for giving legal advice and...

Mental Health and Social Policy, 1845-1959

Mental Health and Social Policy, 1845-1959

1st Edition

By Kathleen Jones
June 03, 2013

This is Volume IV in a series of seven about the Sociology of Mental Health. Originally published in 1960, this volume covers the period of a hundred years from 1845, and was extended to include the Mental Health Act of 1959. The last two chapters, therefore are not 'historical' in character, but ...

Mental Hospitals at Work

Mental Hospitals at Work

1st Edition

By Kathleen Jones, Roy Sidebotham
June 03, 2013

First published in 1998. This is Volume IV, of seven in the Sociology of Mental Health series. Written in 1962, this study looks at of what mental hospitals actually do, what problems they face, how they use their resources, and how their efficiency can be assessed. We begin in Part I by briefly ...

Pentonville A Sociological Study of an English Prison

Pentonville: A Sociological Study of an English Prison

1st Edition

By Terence Morris, Pauline Morris
June 03, 2013

This is Volume XIII of fifteen in a series on the Sociology of Law and Criminology. Originally published in 1963, this is a sociological Study of an English Prison....

Psychology and the Social Pattern

Psychology and the Social Pattern

1st Edition

By Julian Blackburn
June 03, 2013

This is Volume X of eighteen in the Sociology of Behaviour and Psychology series. Published in 1945, the aim of this study is to provide an account of most of the major contributions to experimental psychology and an attempt to bring out the social aspects of those topics which are generally ...

Put Away               Ils 265

Put Away Ils 265

1st Edition

By Pauline Morris
June 03, 2013

This is Volume VI in a series of seven on the Sociology of Mental Health. Originally published in 1969, and using language of the time, this is a sociological study of institutions and hospitals for those with mental health conditions....

Social Defence         Ils 212

Social Defence Ils 212

1st Edition

By Marc Ancel, Leon Radzinowicz
June 03, 2013

First published in 1998. This book is concerned with a modern approach to criminal problems, written in 1965 by Marc Ancel, who combines a scientific and academic carrer with that of Judge of the Supreme Court of France....

Social Service and Mental Health An Essay on Psychiatric Social Workers

Social Service and Mental Health: An Essay on Psychiatric Social Workers

1st Edition

By M. Ashdown, S. Clement Brown
June 03, 2013

First published in 1998. This is Volume VII, the final of seven in the Sociology of Mental Health series. Written in 1953, this book is about individuals who choose and are chosen for psychiatric social work, the use that they make of training and the shaping of their careers when they enter ...

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