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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


State and Economics in the Middle East With Special Refernce to Conditions in Western Asia & India

State and Economics in the Middle East: With Special Refernce to Conditions in Western Asia & India

1st Edition

By Alfred Bonne
May 03, 2013

This is Volume XVI of eighteen in series on the Sociology of Development. Originally published in 1948, this study looks at the Middle East as a society in transition in terms of its state and economics. Written during the early war period, the book covers developments only up to that date....

The Conditions of Social Performance

The Conditions of Social Performance

1st Edition

By Cyril Belshaw
May 03, 2013

First published in 1998.This essay is an excursion towards model building by an anthropologist looking at social development in an exploration of the possibility of constructing a theoretical framework which would lead to the formation of hypotheses about the ways in which the conditions present in...

The Economic Development of the Middle East

The Economic Development of the Middle East

1st Edition

By Alfred Bonne
May 03, 2013

First published in 1998. This is Volume II of eleven in the Economics and Society series. This book provides an outline of the economic development of the Middle East and planned reconstruction and the problems of transformation after the war....

The Journey to Work Its Significance for Industrial and Community Life

The Journey to Work: Its Significance for Industrial and Community Life

1st Edition

By Kate Liepmann
May 03, 2013

Originally published in 1944. This title available in eBook format. Click here for more information.Visit our eBookstore at: www.ebookstore.tandf.co.uk....

The Negro Family in British Guiana Family Structure and Social Status in the Villages

The Negro Family in British Guiana: Family Structure and Social Status in the Villages

1st Edition

By Raymond T. Smith
May 03, 2013

This is Volume IX of eighteen in a collection on the Sociology of Development. Originally published in 1956 and using language of the time, this monologue looks at the family system in Guianese families....

The Study of Groups

The Study of Groups

1st Edition

By Josephine Klein
May 03, 2013

In attempting to understand the psychological aspects of the developmental process and socialisation, the distinct disciplines of sociology and psychology were brought together for the first time. Titles in the Sociology of Behaviour and Psychology set of the International Library of Sociology ...

Transitional Economic Systems The Polish Czech Example

Transitional Economic Systems: The Polish Czech Example

1st Edition

By Dorothy W. Douglas
May 03, 2013

This is Volume XI of a series of eleven of Economic and Society. Originally published in 1953, this includes a look at the Polish-Czech example- looking at the influence if USSR and bases of change in Poland; Czechoslovakia, commonalities and their transition to socialism....

City & Region          Ils 169

City & Region Ils 169

1st Edition

By Robert E Dickinson
February 28, 2013

This is Volume II of thirteen in a series on Urban and Regional Sociology. Originally published in 1964. This book, like its predecessor in this series (City Region and Regionalism, 1947), is not about planning. It is concerned with the inherent geographical structure of society upon which planning...

The Educational Thought and Influence of Matthew Arnold

The Educational Thought and Influence of Matthew Arnold

1st Edition

By W.F. Connell
February 28, 2013

Drawing on the great wealth of knowledge and experience of education practitioners and theorists, these volumes explore the very important relationship between education and society. These book became standard texts for actual and intending teachers. Drawing upon comparative material from Israel ...

Unintended Outcomes of Social Movements The 1989 Chinese Student Movement

Unintended Outcomes of Social Movements: The 1989 Chinese Student Movement

1st Edition

By Fang Deng
November 28, 2012

Why did the 1989 Chinese student movement end in violent confrontation at Tiananmen Square, despite the fact that both the Chinese government and the students very much wanted to avoid violence? This puzzle, which lies at the heart of the tragic events at Tiananmen, is addressed here from a fresh ...

Historical Sociology

Historical Sociology

1st Edition

Edited By A. Weber, Alfred W. Von Martin
May 23, 2012

The subjects covered by this set are wide-ranging and international. Works included seek to understand the social causes and consequences of key events in world history, and the set includes influential work by Georg Misch. Smelser's book on social change in the industrial revolution, included here...

Social Transnationalism Lifeworlds Beyond The Nation-State

Social Transnationalism: Lifeworlds Beyond The Nation-State

1st Edition

By Steffen Mau
April 30, 2012

In recent decades, the rise of world markets and the technological revolutions in transportation and communication have brought what was once distant and inaccessible within easy reach of the individual. The territorial and social closure that characterized nation-states is fading, and this is ...

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