Routledge Revivals

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1. Sociology in Action (Routledge Revivals)

   A Critique of Selected Conceptions of the Social Role of the Sociologist

   By Christopher Bryant

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   This book, first published in 1976, discusses four classical paradigms for sociology – the positivism of Saint-Simon and Comte, Durkheim, Marx and Weber – and four contemporary developments or revisions of them – the sociologie active of Dumazedier and his colleagues in France, sociology in...

   Published April 4th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Soviet Union under Gorbachev (Routledge Revivals)

   Prospects for Reform

   By David A. Dyker

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Gorbachev’s accession to General Secretary promised great changes to the Soviet Union and its relationship with the rest of the world. This book, first published in 1987, discusses the problems faced by Gorbachev when he entered office and how he planned to tackle them. Gorbachev was a figure of...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
3. Sociological Impressionism (Routledge Revivals)

   A Reassessment of Georg Simmel's Social Theory

   By David Frisby

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   When Sociological Impressionism was first published in 1981, it was the first comprehensive study on Simmel’s social theory to appear in English since 1925. A pioneering work, it did much to bring about the rediscovery of Georg Simmel as one of the key sociologists of the twentieth century. David...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
4. The Alienated Mind (Routledge Revivals)

   The Sociology of Knowledge in Germany 1918-1933

   By David Frisby

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   This book, first published in 1983, with a second edition in 1992, investigates the emergence of the sociology of knowledge in Germany in the critical period from 1918 to 1933. These years witnessed the development of distinctive paradigms centred on the works of Max Scheler, Georg Lukács and Karl...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
5. The Theory of Futures Trading (Routledge Revivals)

   By Barry Goss

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1972, this book provides an important critical review on the theory of futures trading. B. A. Goss looks at the work and ideas of Keynes and Hicks on futures, and considers how these have also been developed by Kaldor. He discusses the evolution of the concept of hedging in the...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
6. Futures Markets (Routledge Revivals)

   Their Establishment and Performance

   By Barry Goss

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1986, this book discusses many important aspects of the theory and practice of Futures Markets. It describes how they, at the time, grew to be an increasingly important feature of the world's major financial centres. Indeed, they adopted the role of being efficient forward...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
7. Environmental Economics and Management (Routledge Revivals)

   Pollution and Natural Resources

   By Finn Førsund, Steinar Strøm

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1988, this book examines pollution and natural resources in relation to economic analysis. The section on pollution looks at areas such as the main problems in the field at the time, possible remedies and the environmental costs involved. In regards to natural resources, the book...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
8. Labour Market Economics (Routledge Revivals)

   By D Sapsford

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   First published in 1981, Labour Market Economics develops the basic economic theory of introductory courses within the context of labour market analysis and applies it both to particular features and special problems of the subject. The author begins by outlining the nature of the area and the...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
9. Transport Planning for Third World Cities (Routledge Revivals)

   Edited by Harry T. Dimitriou

   Series: Routledge Revivals

   Cities within the developing world experience a form of urban development which is different to those in more industrialised countries. Rates of growth are usually much more dramatic, housing and transport are often provided informally, and institutional support for urban management is also much...

   Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge
10. The Value Dimension (Routledge Revivals)

    Marx versus Ricardo and Sraffa

    By Ben Fine

    Series: Routledge Revivals

    The essays in this edited collection, first published in 1986, focus on important debates surrounding the central Marxian problem of the transformation of values into prices. The collection brings together major contributions on the value theory debate from the decade prior to the book’s...

    Published March 31st 2013 by Routledge