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.

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Islam and the Integration of Society

1st Edition

By W. Montgomery Watt, Prof W Montgomery Watt
November 03, 2010

Ths book is one of the most important to explore the formation of Islamic thought and civilisation. William Montgomery Watt made an outstanding contribution to Islamic scholarship....

Malay Fishermen

1st Edition

By Raymond Firth
November 03, 2010

The social, political and economic impact of the decline of the old colonial powers in Africa, India and the Middle East are still key areas of scholarly research and debate. Based on careful social observation and empirical research, the titles in The Sociology of Development set of the ...

Mende Of Sierra Leone Ils 65

1st Edition

By Kenneth Little
November 03, 2010

The social, political and economic impact of the decline of the old colonial powers in Africa, India and the Middle East are still key areas of scholarly research and debate. Based on careful social observation and empirical research, these titles explore the tension between agriculture and ...

Plan for Reconstruction

1st Edition

By W.H. Hutt
November 03, 2010

First Published in 1998. This volume consists of a project for victory in war and peace, and in the broadest terms, the institutional requirements for the most efficient pursuit of a long total war; and secondly to describe in detail a way of tackling the immense task of turning from war to peace. ...

Politics Of Influence Ils 48

1st Edition

By Graham Wootton
November 03, 2010

This is Volume XV of eighteen in a series on Political Sociology. Originally published in 1963, this study looks at the political influence of British ex-servicemen, Cabinet decisions and cultural change from 1917 to 1957....

Politics of Mass Society

1st Edition

By William Kornhauser
November 03, 2010

The Politics of Mass Society explores the social conditions necessary for democracy and the vulnerabilities of large scale society to totalitarian systems. Mass movements mobilize people who are alienated from the social system, who do not believe in the legitimacy of the established order, and who...

Power & Society Ils 50

1st Edition

Edited By Harold D. Lasswell
November 03, 2010

First published in 1998. The present book is a by-product of the Research Project on Wartime Communication which was organized within the framework of the Library of Congress shortly before World War II. As a guide to research and analysis, it was necessary to review the then current state of ...

Religious Behaviour

1st Edition

By Michael Argyle
November 03, 2010

No study of religious practice ancient or modern is complete without reference to the work of sociologists on religious practice. The volumes in The Sociology of Religion set of the International Library of Sociology explore the social, economic and behavioural contexts of religious activity....

Revolution in a Chinese Village: Ten Mile Inn

1st Edition

By David Crook, Isabel Crook
November 03, 2010

First published in 2002. An in-depth study of land reform in one Chinese village, the authors were accepted as comrades in Party life and studies in post-war rural China....