“…Featured in the program: Bestuzhev-Lada, Igor' Vasil'evich (Sociologist) Contributors: Lebedeva, Masha (Anchor) Дискуссия о плюсах и минус социально-экономического устройства СССР и последствия его развала. …”

“…Drawing upon theoretical insights from both feminist economists and economic sociologists, the book demonstrates that social inequalities are integral to the way in which markets operate."…”

“…Appearances of: Marcel Courthiades (Professor of Romany language, France), Bela Danyi (Auschwitz survivor), Günter Grass (Nobel-Prize winning German author), Henriette Asseo (Historian, France), Ion Mihai Pletos (Gypsy Baron, Romania), Paul Iulian (Mayor of Vidra, Romania), Francisc Giurgiu (Mayor of Livezi, Romania), Grigore Voroneanu (Mayor of Gulia, Romania), Erika Csovcsics (High School Director, Hungary), George Soros (businessman, philanthropist and CEU Founder), Dimitrina Petrova (Executive Director of the European Roma Rights Center in Budapest, Hungary), Aladar Kotai (leader of the Gypsy Minority and President of the Roma Council in Ozd, Hungary), and Angéla Kóczé (Sociologist, Hungary).…”

“…Appearances of: Marcel Courthiades (Professor of Romany language, France), Bela Danyi (Auschwitz survivor), Günter Grass (Nobel-Prize winning German author), Henriette Asseo (Historian, France), Ion Mihai Pletos (Gypsy Baron, Romania), Paul Iulian (Mayor of Vidra, Romania), Francisc Giurgiu (Mayor of Livezi, Romania), Grigore Voroneanu (Mayor of Gulia, Romania), Erika Csovcsics (High School Director, Hungary), George Soros (businessman, philanthropist and CEU Founder), Dimitrina Petrova (Executive Director of the European Roma Rights Center in Budapest, Hungary), Aladar Kotai (leader of the Gypsy Minority and President of the Roma Council in Ozd, Hungary), and Angéla Kóczé (Sociologist, Hungary).…”

“…Shedding new light on Elias's thought, whilst exploring questions of methodology and the relevance of older research to modern questions, this book will be of interest to social theorists, as well as sociologists with interests in research methodology and the history of sociology."…”

“…The lucid arguments and judicious comparisons in this book will be of great interest to political scientists, sociologists, geographers, economists, and historians."…”

“…There are chapters from labour historians, theoreticians, more mainstream industrial relations scholars, sociologists, organizational psychologists, geographers, policy advisors, economists and lawyers. …”

“…The chapters in this book engage with these three key debates and challenge commonly held views of political sociologists and social movement scholars on all three counts, thus allowing us to advance study in the field."…”

“…In the next section I focus on the social-reformist inclinations of Polanyi's use of the notion of embeddedness and thereby highlight a challenge posed in The Great Transformation that was largely not taken up by economic sociologists. Finally, I discuss limitations for developing a macro theory of the economy that result from making embeddedness the core concept of economic sociology…”

“…The authors, Germany’s leading critical sociologists—Klaus Dörre, Stephan Lessenich, and Hartmut Rosa—share a conviction that ours is a pivotal period of renewal, in which the collective endeavour of academics can amount to an act of intellectual resistance, working to prevent any regressive development that might return us to neoliberal domination. …”

“…Risk and society, a rapidly growing area of historical research, interests sociologists, psychologists, and other social scientists. …”

“…This path-breaking book is essential reading for health psychologists, sociologists, welfare economists, social policy analysts and all those concerned with the future of developed societies."…”

“…(Part 1) Featured in the program: Dondurei, Daniil Borisovich (Sociologist); Kulik, Oleg Borisovich (Painter) Contributors: Sologubova, Nataliia (Director) Дискуссия о российской экономической политике; интервью с коллекционером живописи социалистического реализма; рассуждение о вербальном характере российской культуры и об отсутствии идеалов в современном российском обществе. …”

“…Sociologist Ida Regalia provides an engaging account of experimental local and regional pacts in Italy and France that allow several employers to share temporary workers, thereby providing workers job security within the group rather than with an individual firm. …”

“…Working for Justice is a valuable resource for sociologists and other scholars in the interdisciplinary field of labor studies, as well as for advocates and policymakers."…”

“…"Political acceptability is an essential issue in choosing the appropriate climate policy. Sociologists and behavioral scientists recognize the importance of selecting environmental policies that have broad political support, while economists compare different instruments first based on their efficiency and then by assessing their distributional impacts and thus the political acceptability of such policies. …”

“…International Politics: <br/>- American presidential elections <br/>- USSR: opponents of perestroika <br/>- Willy Brandt's press conference in Moscow <br/><br/>Domestic Affairs: <br/>- Marjai in Berlin <br/>- Situation of the Hungarian minority in Romania <br/>- Sociologists' conference in Kecskemét <br/>- Interview on the dialog between Marxists and Protestants <br/>- Budapest Council's housing management <br/>- Opportunities for foreigners to buy real estate and apartments <br/><br/>Economy: <br/>- The MEDICOR concern will continue to operate Külpolitika: <br/>- Amerikai előválasztások <br/>- SZU: a peresztrojka ellenzői <br/>- Willy Brandt moszkvai sajtóértekezlete <br/><br/>Belpolitika: <br/>- Marjai Berlinben <br/>- A romániai magyar kisebbség helyzete <br/>- Kecskeméti szociológiai tanácskozás <br/>- Interjú a marxisták és a protestánsok közötti párbeszédről <br/>- A Fővárosi Tanács lakásgazdálkodása <br/>- Külföldiek ingatlan és lakásszerzési lehetőségei <br/><br/>Gazdaság: <br/>- A MEDICOR konszernként működik a továbbiakban…”

“…Through a detailed comparative analysis of the reforms of both countries in areas such as corporate governance, the labour market, social policy, and in their electoral systems the authors explain why these reforms have not resulted in economic and political success This innovative volume will be an excellent resource for political scientists specialized in political economy and industrial relations, labour economists and sociologists as well as policy practitioners and corporate governance specialists. …”

“…"The distinguished sociologist Richard Sennett surveys major differences between earlier forms of industrial capitalism and the more global, more febrile, ever more mutable version of capitalism that is taking its place. …”

“…"Despite its centrality to contemporary inequality, working poverty is often popularly discussed but rarely studied by sociologists. Using the Luxembourg Income Study, we analyze whether an individual is working poor across 18 affluent democracies circa 2000. …”