The book concentrates on four main elements of Weber's work: his approach to sociological method, ethical neutrality and historical explanation; his influential work on religion and capitalism; his theory of authority and political power; ...

Based on the author's thesis, London University, 1966.

Here is a report from the front lines on the impact and implications for journalists and the public alike.

Encompassing general theorizing and empirical investigation, the book examines the treatment of crucial issues of the day, such as the relationships between race and class formation, and sexual subordination, as well addressing historical ...

The second edition of this strong collection brings together classical statements on social stratification with current and original scholarship, providing a foundation for theoretical debate on the nature of race, class, and gender ...

Emile Durkheim is the sociologist who raised to pre-eminence the question of what makes society possible.

When unemployed anthropologist James Krippendorf spends his grant money and is nowhere near completing his paper on an Amazon tribe, he invents the Shelmikedu tribe--which bears an uncanny resemblance to his three children, Shelly, Mickey, ...