“…In the process, he draws on scholarship from industrial relations, law, political science, moral philosophy, theology, psychology, sociology, and economics, and advances debates over free markets, globalization, human rights, and ethics. …”

“…Author note: Jonathan Cutler is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Wesleyan University and co-editor of Post-Work."…”

“…These workers receive 80% of the total annual occupational exposure to ionizing radiation in French nuclear plants. The sociological study presented in this book began with some workers' accounts of their experiences, and analyzes the social division of labor that divides workers' activities between highly specialized operations and "nuclear servitude" -a highly suggestive term designating the indispensable tasks that entail the most exposure to radiation while preparing for other maintenance operations. …”

“…Consequently, this book will appeal to an array of audiences, including academic and policy researchers in sociology, political science, economics, management studies, and more particular labor market and social policy; policy communities; and bachelor's- and master's-level students in courses on European studies or any of the aforementioned subject areas."…”

“…Analysing the ways in which young people engage in and develop new cultures of democracy, Rethinking Young People’s Marginalisation will appeal to postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers interested in fields such as Youth Studies, Youth Sociology, Education Studies, and Critical Social Theory."…”

“…A timely volume, this book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as postdoctoral researchers who are interested in fields such as Sociology, Social Policy, Management and Youth Studies."…”

“…They have drawn both on established work in the history and sociology of technology and on newer feminist perspectives to show just how important and fruitful it is to try to answer that deeper question. …”

“…Posing an ambitious challenge to sociological theories that reduce labor politics to pure economics or state power structures, Lee argues that gender plays a crucial role in the cultures and management strategies of factories that rely heavily on women workers."…”

“…The paper starts with an historical and sociological review of the middle class concept in France, Germany, Belgium and the United Kingdom. …”

“…A landmark publication, this volume is geared for faculty and graduate students of economics, political science, social policy, and sociology, as well as policymakers concerned with increasing inequality in a period of deep economic and social crisis."…”

“…An additional step seeks to identify (3) the reasons for the variation across countries in the relationship between poverty and social disintegration. This macro-sociological perspective examines context effects that allow conclusions to be drawn regarding two hypotheses, in particular - that of stigmatisation and that of crowding out. …”

“…A must-read for professionals and students interested on European" (Ana Marta Guillén, Dep Sociology- Oviedo University)"…”

“…It does so in a unique way, because of the extensive evidence base used and the inter-disciplinary approach it takes in which theoretical and empirical economics, sociology, anthropology, regulatory and legal studies, and rhetorical analysis converge. …”

“…Patterns of Behavior Under Political Repression[from: Miesięcznik, no. 16 (15 April 1984)]This is a brief study, claiming to be neither sociological nor psychological, of the more obvious forms of behavior under the particular stress of political repression. …”

“…Abby Peterson Department of Sociology and Work Science University of Gothenburg"…”

“…Miss NETHERSOLE, after a very distinguished career in another sphere of activity, probably by some considered more frivolous, has been devoting her energies to the study of sociology, of criminology, and of the mind and the body of human beings, and if more people who are not perhaps in the abstract scientific people, that is to say, people who don't devote their lives to science pure and simple, would give some of their spare time, some of their interest to a study of mentality, it would help them enormously both in their own homes with their own children, and those who have to deal with other people's children would derive great benefit. …”