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.
The Analysis of Political Systems
1st Edition
By Douglas V. Verney
November 03, 2010
Published in 1998, The Analysis of Political Systems is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology & Social Policy....
The Decline of Liberalism as an Ideology
1st Edition
By John H. Hallowell
November 03, 2010
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork....
The Economic Order and Religion
1st Edition
Edited
By Frank Knight, Thornton W. Merriam
November 03, 2010
First Published in 1998. In this highly fragmented culture of ours books are needed to integrate fields of interest ordinarily considered separately, to state their common problems and to deal with their differences in the light of other criteria than the separate functions and local loyalties of ...
The Revolution in Anthropology Ils 69
1st Edition
By I.C. Jarvie
November 03, 2010
Professor Jarvie examines the nature of the revolution in social anthropology in order to investigate its results. Working within Karl Popper's radical view of the nature of science, he argues that the subject is one of the oldest and most fundamental of all studies and suggests it can easily be ...
The Sociology of Knowledge: An Essay in Aid of a Deeper Understanding of the History of Ideas
1st Edition
By Stark F. Werner
November 03, 2010
This is Volume XVII of twenty-two in a collection on Social Theory and Methodology. Originally published in 1958, this book presents an essay in aid of a deeper understanding of the history of ideas....
The Sociology of Religion Part Two
1st Edition
By Werner Stark
November 03, 2010
First Published in 1998. This is Volume V of eight in the Sociology of Religion series and includes part two which looks at the sociology of Sectarian Religion in Christendom, exploring the origin and social cause, nature, variety and decay of sects....
The Theory of Social Change
1st Edition
By John McLeish
November 03, 2010
This is Volume XIX of twenty-two in the Social Theory and Methodology series. First published in 1969, this study looks at four views of the theory of social change and is intended for students in social studies, education and social psychology at university level....
Theory of Collective Behaviour
1st Edition
Edited
By Neil J. Smelser
November 03, 2010
This is Volume XVII of eighteen of a series on the Sociology of Behaviour and Psychology. First published in 1962, this study offers a theoretical synthesis of collective behavior....
Transformation Scene: The Changing Culture of a New Guinea Village
1st Edition
By Ian Hogbin
November 03, 2010
This is Volume XVIII of eighteen in a series on the Sociology of Development. Originally published in 1951, this is a book about the changing culture of a New Guinea village....
Causation and Functionalism in Sociology
1st Edition
By Wsevolod W. Isajiw
November 02, 2010
This is Volume I of twenty-two in the Social Theory and Methodology series. First published in 1968 this text looks at an analysis of functionalism by means of the notion of causality. It is a study of functionalism, yet also an explication of the notion of causality through its application to a ...
Explanation in Social Science
1st Edition
By Robert Brown
November 02, 2010
This is volume II of twenty-two of the Social Theory and Methodology series. Originally published in 1963, the present study has as its aim the discussion of certain questions of philosophical interest as they come to be imbedded in the work of social scientists. It is intended to be an essay which...
Sentiments and Activities
1st Edition
By George Caspar Homans
November 02, 2010
Published in 1998, Sentiments and Activities is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology and Social Policy....