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.
Race, Discourse and Labourism
1st Edition
By Caroline Knowles
July 13, 2016
Race, Discourse and Labourism argues that the commonwealth of socialism is founded upon a well-concealed history of brutality and repression. Caroline Knowles details the historical conditions of the emergence of race through Labour's dealings with Indian independence negotiations and anti-semitism...
Structures of Control in Health Management
1st Edition
By Rob Flynn
July 13, 2016
Using a variety of evidence the author documents the rise of general management, the application of new techniques to reduce medical costs and improve efficiency, and other methods to control use and evaluate clinical performance....
Home & Social Status
1st Edition
By Dennis Chapman
June 01, 2016
This is Volume X of twenty-one in a series on Race, Class and Social Structure. Originally published in 1955, this study includes a number of essays on the topic the sociology of housing which is complicated because it is inextricably entangled with the 'housing problem'. The complex of ...
Housing Needs and Planning Policy: Problems of Housing Need & `Overspill' in England & Wales
1st Edition
By J Barry Cullingworth, J.B. Cullingworth
May 17, 2016
In seeking to understand society sociologists in the Public Policy, Welfare and Scoial Work set of the International Library of Sociology consider the policy and planning implications of attempts to respond to and meet social needs by the Church, Civil Service, Industry and Voluntary Organizations....
Social Class Language and Education
1st Edition
By Denis Lawton
May 09, 2016
Titles in the Class, Race and Social Structure set of the International Library of Sociology consider every problem of socio-political importance that affected society in the years following the Second World War....
Illness as a Work of Thought: A Foucauldian Perspective on Psychosomatics
1st Edition
By Monica Greco
September 10, 2015
Illness as a Work of Thought is a practical application of Foucault's archaeological and genealogical methods of the study of illness and modernity. From medicine and psychiatry to psychology and the social sciences, Monica Greco explores what the history of these different disciplines contributes ...
Coop Living Palestine Ils 106
1st Edition
Edited
By Henrik F. Infield
August 26, 2015
First published in 1998. This is the fifth volume of the Race, Class and Social Structure series. In this study of co-operative living Doctor Henrik Infield has chosen the Kvutza as a type of rural settlement already of the highest value to the Jewish National Home in Palestine, and probably ...
Leisure, Lifestyle and the New Middle Class: A Case Study
1st Edition
By Derek Wynne
May 08, 2015
In this valuable study, conducted within the theoretical context associated with the work of Pierre Bourdieu, Derek Wynne looks at how the 'new middle class' of the late twentieth century goes about constructing and defending its social identity....
Mobilising Modernity: The Nuclear Moment
1st Edition
By Ian Welsh
April 07, 2015
During the nuclear heyday of the post-war years advocates of atomic power promised cheap electricity and a prosperous future. From the present, however, this promise seems tarnished by accidents, leaks and a lack of public confidence. Mobilising Modernity traces this journey from confidence in ...
A Tale Of Two Cities: Global Change, Local Feeling and Everday Life in the North of England
1st Edition
By Karen Evans, Penny Fraser
December 02, 2014
A Tale of Two Cities is a study of two major cities, Manchester and Sheffield. Drawing on the work of major theorists, the authors explore the everyday life, making contributions to our understanding of the defining activities of life....
Education in Israel ILS 222
1st Edition
By Jose Bentwich
December 02, 2014
This is Volume IX of twenty-eight in a series of on the Sociology of Education. Originally published in 1965, this book looks at the various forms of education in Israel, their present organisation and curriculum....
Families and their Relatives
1st Edition
By Hubert Firth, Forge Firth
December 02, 2014
As increased access to employment and educational opportunities brought dramatic changes to women's lives, sociologists began to look at the effect of women's changing roles on their children and families. Based on empirical investigations and personal experience, the studies included in the ...