Book Reviews
Title Index
Against the Tide: Battling for Economic Renewal in Newfoundland and Labrador, by J. D. House.
Ageing and Popular Culture, by Andrew Blaikie
Animals and Nature: Cultural Myths, Cultural Realities, by Rod Preece
Anthony Giddens: The Last Modernist, by Stjepan Mestrovic
Battling for American Labor: Wobblies, Craft Workers, and the Making of the Union Movement, by Howard Kimeldorf
The Bedroom and the State: The Changing Practices and Politics of Contraception and Abortion in Canada, 1880-1997, Second Edition, by Angus McLaren and Arlene Tigar McLaren
Beyond The Body: Death and Social Identity, ed. by Elizabeth Hallam, Jenny Hockey and Glennys Howarth.
The Body in Everyday Life, by Sarah Nettleton and Jonathan Watson, eds.
The California Caldron: Immigration and the Fortunes of Local Communities, by William A.V. Clark.
Canadian Critical Race Theory: Racism and the Law, by Carol A. Aylward
Career Paths of Nursing Professionals: A Study of Employment Mobility, by Robert D. Hiscott
Challenges for Work and Family in the Twenty-First Century, ed. by Dana Vannoy & Paula J. Dubeck
Challenging Professions: Historical And Contemporary Perspectives On Women's Professional Work, ed. by E. Smyth, S. Acker, P. Bourne & A. Prentice
Challenging Racism in the Arts: Case Studies of Controversy and Conflict by Carol Tator, Frances Henry & Winston Mattis
Citizens or Consumers? Social Policy in a Market Society, ed. by D. Broad and W. Antony
Civility and Subversion: The Intellectual in Democratic Society by Jeffrey C. Goldfarb
Colonial Hegemony and Popular Resistance: Princes, Peasants, and Paramount Power, by Hira Singh
Coming Out of Feminism? ed. by Mandy Merck, Naomi Segal & Elizabeth Wright
Comprehending Cults: The Sociology of New Religious Movements, by Lorne L. Dawson
Configuring Gender: Explorations in Theory and Practice, by Barbara Marshall.
Cottage Country in Transition: A Social Geography of Change and Contention in the Rural-Recreational Countryside, by Greg Halseth
Communities in Cyberspace, ed. by Marc A. Smith and Peter Kollock
Connections: Social and Cultural Studies of the Telephone in American Life, by James Katz.
Constructing Death. The Sociology of Dying and Bereavement, by Clive Seale
Contracting Masculinity: Gender, Class, and Race in a White-Collar Union, 1944- 1994, by Gillian Creese
Counseling and the Therapeutic State, ed. by James L. Chriss
Cutting the Edge: Current Perspectives in Radical/Critical Criminology and Criminal Justice, ed. by Jeffrey Ian Ross
Defying Conventional Wisdom: Political Movements and Popular Contention against North American Free Trade, by Jeffey M. Ayres
The Development of Durkheim’s Social Realism, by Robert Alun Jones
Diseases of the Will: Alcohol and the Dilemmas of Freedom, by Mariana Valverde.
Doing Ethnographic Research: Fieldwork Settings, ed. by Scott Grills
“Down to Earth People”: Beyond Class Reductionism and Postmodernism, by Wally Seccombe and D. W. Livingstone.
Earning and Caring in Canadian Families, by Roderic Beaujot
The Eclipse of Morality: Science, State and Market, by Lawrence Busch.
Education in Canada: Recent Trends and Future Challenges, by Neil Guppy and Scott Davies
The Education-Jobs Gap: Underemployment or Economic Democracy, by D.W. Livingstone
Émigré Feminism: Transnational Perspectives, ed. by Alena Heitlinger
Ethnicity, Politics, and Public Policy: Case Studies in Canadian Diversity, ed. by Harold Troper and Morton Weinfeld
Expectations of Modernity: Myths and Meanings of Urban Life on the Zambian Copperbelt, by James Ferguson
Exploring Disability: A Sociological Introduction, by Colin Barnes, Geof Mercer & Tom Shakespeare.
The Family Squeeze: Surviving the Sandwich Generation, by Suzanne Kingsmill & Benjamin Schlesinger
Fantasy City: Pleasure and Profit in the Postmodern Metropolis, by John Hannigan
Finding Our Way: Rethinking Ethnocultural Relations in Canada, by Will Kymlicka
Fishy Business: Salmon, Biology, and the Social Construction of Nature, by Rik Scarce
Forging Business-Labour Partnerships: The Emergence of Sector Councils in Canada, by Morley Gunderson & Andrew Sharpe
Foucault Contra Habermas: Recasting the Dialogue Between Genealogy and Critical Theory, ed. by Samantha Ashenden and David Owen
From Hope to Harris: The Reshaping of Ontario’s Schools, by R.D. Gidney
Fundamentalism, Sectarianism and Revolution: The Jacobin Dimensions of Modernity, by S.N. Eisenstadt
Gender and Technology: Empowering Women, Engendering Development, by Saskia Everts
Gender and the South China Miracle: Two Worlds of Factory Women, by Ching Kwan Lee
Gender in Canada, by E.D. Nelson & Barrie W. Robinson
Gender, Politics and the State, ed. by Vicky Randall & Georgina Waylen
The Gendered Society, by Michael Kimmel.
The Global Emergence of Gay and Lesbian Politics: National Imprints of a Worldwide Movement, ed. by Barry D. Adam, Jan Willem Duyvendak and André Krouwel
Global Sex Workers: Rights, Resistance, and Redefinition, ed. by Kamala Kempadoo and Jo Doezema
God’s Assassins: State Terrorism in Argentina in the 1970s, by Patricia Marchak, with William Marchak.
The Good-Natured Feminist: Ecofeminism and the Quest for Democracy, by Catriona Sandilands
Governing Morals: A Social History of Moral Regulation, by Alan Hunt
Health and Social Change in Russia and Eastern Europe, by William C. Cockerham
Health and Wealth: How Social and Economic Factors Affect our Well-being, by Monica Townson. .
How Emotions Work, by Jack Katz
Illusion of Inclusion: Women in Post-secondary Education, ed by Jackie Stalker and Susan Prentice
Inside the Academy and Out: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Studies and Social Action, ed. by Janice L. Ristock & Catherine G. Taylor
Inside the Sports Pages, by Mark Douglas Lowes
Interpreting Visual Culture: Exploration in the Hermeneutics of the Visual, ed. by Ian Heywood and Barry Sandywell
Interpreting Weight: The Social Management of Fatness and Thinness, ed. by Jeffery Sobal and Donna Maurer
The Invention of the Passport. Surveillance, Citizenship and the State, by John Torpey.
Island Stories Unravelling Britain Theatres of Memory, Volume II, by Raphael Samuel
Just My Soul Responding: Rhythm and Blues, Black Consciousness, and Race Relations, by Brian Ward
Kiss and Tell: Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century, by Julia A. Ericksen with Sally A. Steffen
The Labour of Loss: Mourning, Memory and Wartime Bereavement in Australia, by Joy Damousi.
Language in Canada, ed. by John Edwards
Lefebvre, Love & Struggle: Spatial Dialectics, by Rob Shields
Lesbian and Gay Rights in Canada: Social Movements and Equality-Seeking, 1971-1995, by Miriam Smith.
Liberating Methods: Feminism and Social Research, by Marjorie L. DeVault
Locating Law: Race/Class/Gender Connections, ed. by Elizabeth Comack
Lone Parent Incomes and Social Policy Outcomes: Canada in International Perspective by Terrance Hunsley
Making Trouble: Cultural Constructions of Crime, Deviance, and Control, ed. by Jeff Ferrell and Neil Websdale
Making Work, Making Trouble: Prostitution as a Social Problem, by Deborah Brock
Manufacturing Guilt: Wrongful Convictions in Canada, by Barrie Anderson
Marxism and Social Science, ed. by Andrew Gamble, David Marsh, and Tony Tant
Mean Streets: Youth Crime and Homelessness, by John Hagan & Bill McCarthy
Men and Power, ed.by Joseph A. Kuypers
Mennonites in the Global Village, by Leo Driedger.
Missing Persons: A Critique of Personhood in the Social Sciences, by Mary Douglas and Steven Ney
Moral Panics, by Kenneth Thompson.
More With Less: Work Reorganization in the Canadian Mining Industry, by Bob Russell
Morel Tales: The Culture of Mushrooming, by Gary Alan Fine
Muslims in the Diaspora: The Somali Communities of London and Toronto, by Rima Berns McGown
The Mystery of the Eye and the Shadow of Blindness, by Rod Michalko
Networks in the Global Village: Life in Contemporary Communities, ed. by Barry Wellman
Norbert Elias, by Robert van Krieken.
Not By Politics Alone The Enduring Influence of the Christian Right, by Sara Diamond
On Their Own? Making the Transition From School to Work in the Information Age, by S. Crysdale, A. J.C. King, & N. Mandell
The Pink and the Black: Homosexuals in France since 1968, by Frédéric Martel
The Place of Music, ed. by Andrew Leyshon, David Matless and George Revill
Placing Friendship in Context. ed. by Rebecca G Adams & Graham Allan
Public Attitudes Towards Education in Ontario 1998: The Twelfth OISE/UT Survey, by D.W. Livingstone, D. Hart, and L.E. Davie
The Quality of Work: A People-Centred Agenda, by Graham S. Lowe
Race and Racism: Canada’s Challenge, ed. by Leo Driedger and Shiva S. Halli
Race in Contemporary Brazil: From Indifference to Inequality, ed. by Rebecca Reichmann
Le Racisme: une introduction, par Michel Wieviorka - English
Reading Organization Theory: A Critical Approach to the Study of Organizational Behaviour and Structure, by Albert J. Mills & Tony Simmons
Reconstructing Chinatown, by Jan Lin
Reenchanted Science Holism in German Culture from Wilhelm II to Hitler, by Anne Harrington
The Reformation of Canada’s Schools: Breaking the Barriers to Parental Choice, by Mark Holmes
Research in Race and Ethnic Relations Volume 10: The Black Intellectuals, ed. by Rutledge M. Dennis
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Volume 16, ed. by Kevin T. Leicht
Research in the Sociology of Work, Volume 7: Work and Family, ed. by Toby L. Parcel
Revisioning Gender, ed. by Myra Marx Ferree, Judith Lorber, and Beth Hess
The Rhetoric of Economics (2nd ed), by Deirdre N. McCloskey
Risk, by Deborah Lupton
The Rites of Men: Manhood, Politics, and the Culture of Sport, by Varda Burstyn
Searching For Life. The Grandmothers Of The Plaza De Mayo And The Disappeared Children Of Argentina, by Rita Arditti.
Shelf Life: Supermarkets and the Changing Cultures of Consumption, by Kim Humphery
The Social Construction of What? by Ian Hacking.
Society, Spirituality and the Sacred: A Social Scientific Introduction, by Donald S. Swenson
Sociology and Nature: Social Action in Context, by Raymond Murphy.
The Sociology of Philosophies A Global Theory of Intellectual Change, by Randall Collins
The Sociology Student Writer's Manual, by William A. Johnson, Jr., Richard P. Rettig, Gregory M. Scott, and Stephen M. Garrison
Speaking of Abortion: Television and Authority in the Lives of Women, by Andrea Press and Elizabeth Cole
Sport and Postmodern Times, ed. by Geneviève Rail
State Making and Labor Movements: France and the United States, 1876-1914, by Gerald Friedman
The State of the Nation: Ernest Gellner and the Theory of Nationalism, ed. by John A. Hall
States, Markets, Families: Gender, Liberalism and Social Policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States, by Julia S. O’Connor, Ann Shola Orloff & Sheila Shaver
Steelworker Alley: How Class Works in Youngstown.by Robert Bruno
A Student’s Guide to Analysis of Variance by Maxwell J. Roberts and Riccardo Russo.
Struggles for Subjectivity: Identity, Action and Youth Experience, by Kevin McDonald
Taking Care of Men: Sexual Politics in the Public Mind, by Anthony McMahon
Technology, War and Fascism, Collected Papers of Herbert Marcuse, Volume 1
“Terror to Evil Doers” Prisons and Punishment in Nineteenth Century Ontario, by Peter Oliver
Thinking About Criminology, by Simon Holdaway & Paul Rock
Thinking About Social Problems: An Introduction to Constructionist Perspectives, by Donileen Loseke.
A Thousand Screenplays. The French Imagination in a Time of Crisis, by Sabine Chalvon-Demersay.
Tocqueville's Revenge: State, Society, and Economy in Contemporary France, by Jonah D. Levy
Twentieth Century Sex: A History, by Angus McLaren
The Two in One: Walking with Smokie, Walking with Blindness, by Rod Michalko
Under the Gaze: Learning to Be Black in White Society, by Jennifer Kelly
Understanding Diversity: Ethnicity and Race in the Canadian Context, by Wsevolod W. Isajiw
Universities for Sale: Resisting Corporate Control over Canadian Higher Education by Neil Tudiver.
The Vertical Mosaic Revisited, ed. by Rick Helmes-Hayes & James Curtis
Warmth of the Welcome: The Social Causes of Economic Success for Immigrants in Different Nations and Cities, by Jeffrey Reitz
Weighty Issues: Fatness and Thinness as Social Problems, ed. by Jeffery Sobal and Donna Maurer
The Werewolf Complex: America’s Fascination With Violence, by Denis Dudos
Who Owns Domestic Abuse? The Local Politics of a Social Problem, by Ruth M. Mann
Women, Families, & HIV/AIDS by Carole Campbell
Women’s Organizing and Public Policy in Canada and Sweden, ed. by Linda Briskin and Mona Eliasson
Working Hard and Making Do: Surviving in Small Town America, by Margaret K. Nelson and Joan Smith
Writing the Social: Critique, Theory and Investigations, by Dorothy E. Smith
Youth Culture: Identity in a Postmodern World, ed. by Jonathan S. Epstein