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.
Montesquieu: Pioneer of the Sociology of Knowledge
1st Edition
By Werner Stark
December 10, 2010
First published in 1998. This is Volume X of twenty-two in the Sociology of Social Theory and Methodology series. Written in 1960, this focuses on Baron de Montesquieu the pioneer of the Sociology of Knowledge and the author’s wish to correct the widespread conviction that the sociology of ...
The Japanese Village Ils 56
1st Edition
By J.F. Embree
February 07, 2013
This is Volume V of six in a collection on the Sociology of East Asia. Initially published in 1946, Dr. Embree's book is a description, based on direct observation, of the life of a Japanese village community. Its chief purpose is to provide material for that comparative study' of the forms of: ...
The Logic of Social Enquiry
1st Edition
By Quentin Gibson
December 10, 2010
This comprehensive set introduces the fundamental principles of Sociology as propounded by such great figures as Gerth and Mills, Schlesinger, and Homans. Containing classic works of social theory and empirical research, volumes in this set bring together the British, European and American ...
Aeromobilities
1st Edition
Edited
By Saulo Cwerner, Sven Kesselring, John Urry
January 20, 2010
Aeromobilities is a collection of essays that tackle in many different ways the growing importance of aviation and air travel in our hypermobile, globalized world. Providing a multidisciplinary focus on issues ranging from global airports to the production of airspace, from airline work to ...
Federalism in Central and Eastern Europe
1st Edition
By Rudolf Schlesinger
October 18, 2010
First Published in 1998. Federalism became highly fashionable among all kind of blue-printers, those who believed in the capacity of constitutional forms to solve all the fundamental issues of social life, as well as those who were on the look-out for new descriptions for rather old-fashioned ...
Pacifism
1st Edition
By David A. Martin
October 18, 2010
First published in 1998. This book is divided into two parts. The first part is concerned with expounding a broad framework and with illustrating it from a wide variety of historical examples. The second part narrows the focus to modern Britain, largely in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, ...
Patterns of Peacemaking
1st Edition
By A. Briggs, E. Meyer, David Thomson
October 18, 2010
This is Volume XIII of eighteen in a series on Political Sociology. Originally published in 1945, this books makes a systematic survey and analysis, as objective as possible, of the tendencies most likely to govern peace-making. The authors intended to avoid making any specific recommendations of ...
Philosophy of Wilhelm Dilthey
1st Edition
By H.A. Hodges
November 10, 2010
First published in 1998.This is Volume VIII of twenty-two in the Sociology of Social Theory and Methodology series. Written in 1952, this book looks at the concepts behind the German philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey, whose ideas extend into several fields of learning, of which philosophy is only one. ...
Studies in Economic Development
1st Edition
By Alfred Bonne
October 18, 2010
This is Volume X in a series of eleven on Economics and Society. Originally published in 1957, this study has special reference to the conditions in the underdeveloped areas of Western Asia and India....
The Analysis of Political Behaviour
1st Edition
By Harold D. Lasswell
October 18, 2010
This is Volume III of eighteen in collection on Political Sociology. Originally published in 1948, this is an empirical approach to the analysis of political behaviour. The present volume contains a selection of Prof. Lasswell's articles and papers on politics— the science and the art of management...
The Logic of Liberty: Reflections and Rejoinders
1st Edition
By Michael Polanyi
October 18, 2010
This is Volume XI of eighteen in the Political Sociology Series and looks at the rejections and rejoinders of the logic of liberty, originally published in 1951....
The Sociology of Religion Part 4
1st Edition
By Werner Stark
October 18, 2010
First published in 1998. This is Volume VII of eight in the Sociology of Religion series and includes part four of the Sociology of Religion which looks at types of religious men in Christendom, starting with the figures of Jesus, St.Peter, St. Francis, Frate Elia, Joseph Smith and Brighton Young ...