Book Series

International Library of Sociology

New & Published Titles:

The Regions of Germany

A Geographical Interpretation

By Robert E. Dickinson

1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17703-0 (Routledge)

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The Social Background of a Plan

A Study of Middlesbrough

Edited by Ruth Glass

1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17706-1 (Routledge)

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Creative Demobilisation

Part 1

By E.A. Gutkind

1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17714-6 (Routledge)

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Higher Civil Servants in Britain

From 1870 to the Present Day

By R. K. Kelsall

1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17716-0 (Routledge)

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Housing Needs and Planning Policy

Problems of Housing Need & `Overspill' in England & Wales

By J Barry Cullingworth, J.B. Cullingworth

In seeking to understand society sociologists in the Public Policy, Welfare and Scoial Work set of the International Library of Sociology consider the policy and…

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1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17717-7 (Routledge)

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Social Policies for Old Age

A Review of Social Provision for Old Age in Great Britain

By B. E. Shenfield

1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17722-1 (Routledge)

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The Social Services of Modern England

By M. Penelope Hall

1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17725-2 (Routledge)

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Voluntary Societies and Social Policy

By Madeline Rooff

1998 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17728-3 (Routledge)

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Series Details:

The International Library of Sociology is the most important series of books on sociology ever published. Founded in the 1940's by Karl Mannheim, the series became the pioneering and prestigious forum for research and theory, marked by comparative approaches and analysis of new disciplines, such as the sociology of youth and culture. The history of the ILS is the history of modern sociology.

Forthcoming Titles:

Time, Innovation and Mobilities: Travels in Technological Cultures
By Peter Frank Peters
To be published January 20th 2010

Haunting the Knowledge Economy
By Jane Kenway, Elizabeth Bullen, Johannah Fahey, Simon Robb
To be published January 20th 2010

The Cinematic Tourist: Explorations in Globalization, Culture and Resistance
By Rodanthi Tzanelli
To be published January 20th 2010

Aeromobilities
Edited by Saulo Cwerner, Sven Kesselring, John Urry
To be published January 20th 2010

Social Transnationalism: Lifeworlds beyond the nation state
By Steffen Mau
To be published February 26th 2010

Towards Relational Sociology
By Nick Crossley
To be published July 30th 2010

Unintended Outcomes of Social Movements: The 1989 Chinese Student Movement
By Fang Deng
To be published July 30th 2010

Stillness in a Mobile World
Edited by David Bissell, Gillian Fuller
To be published September 30th 2010

Global China
By Lash Scott, Michael Keith, Jakob Arnoldi, Tyler Rooker
To be published October 31st 2010