Social Class Books

New and Published Books

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. Changing Gay Male Identities

   By Andrew Cooper

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   As the world changes, so sexual identities are changing. In a context of globalisation, mass communication and technological advances, individuals find themselves able to make lifestyle choices in new and different ways. In this increasingly confusing world, sociologists have argued that identities...

   Published April 3rd 2013 by Routledge
3. Residential Segregation Patterns of Latinos in the United States, 1990–2000

   By Michael E Martin

   Series: Latino Communities: Emerging Voices - Political, Social, Cultural and Legal Issues

   Historically, residential segregation of Latinos has generally been seen as a result of immigration and the process of self-segregation into ethnic enclaves. The only theoretical exception to ethnic enclave Latino segregation has been the structural inequality related to Latinos that have a high...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. State Formation and Radical Democracy in India

   By Manali Desai

   Series: Routledge Studies in Asia's Transformations

   State Formation and Radical Democracy in India analyzes one of the most important cases of developmental change in the twentieth century, namely, Kerala in southern India and begs the question of whether insurgency among the marginalized poor can use formal representative democracy to create...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
5. The Institutionalization of Social Welfare

   A Study of Medicalizing Management

   By Mikael Holmqvist

   Series: Routledge Advances in Sociology

   Today most countries rely on formally organized welfare programs - in some cases to the extent that they are labeled "welfare states". These programs, which have been constructed over the last decades, make up a larger national and international system of good intentions. Overall, it appears...

   Published March 20th 2013 by Routledge
6. Unequal Prospects

   Is Working Longer the Answer?

   By Tay McNamara, John Williamson

   Series: Framing 21st Century Social Issues

   In light of the recent financial crisis and changing economic landscape, McNamara and Williamson present and analyze the possibility of working longer. Including a range of potential policies (e.g., further increasing the age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits, allocating...

   Published March 5th 2013 by Routledge
7. Migration, Agrarian Transition, and Rural Change in Southeast Asia

   Edited by Philip F. Kelly

   Rural life in Southeast Asia is being transformed by new and intensifying processes of migration and mobility. Migration out of rural areas creates new forms of class mobility, familial relations, production processes and income. Migration into rural areas creates a new and sometimes marginalized...

   Published February 27th 2013 by Routledge
8. The Social Meaning of Children and Fertility Change in Europe

   Edited by Anne Lise Ellingsaeter, An-Magritt Jensen, Merete Lie

   Series: Routledge/ESA Studies in European Societies

   Low fertility in Europe has given rise to the notion of a ‘fertility crisis’. This book shifts the attention from fertility decline to why people do have children, asking what children mean to them. It investigates what role children play in how young adults plan their lives, and why and how young...

   Published February 24th 2013 by Routledge
9. Unions and Class Transformation

   The Case of the Broadway Musicians

   By Catherine P. Mulder

   Series: New Political Economy

   How can unions move from a defensive strategy to one of class transformation? Mulder demonstrates how the current union strategies of class blindness lead to weak and often unintended results. Unions, she argues, do not use their collective power for class transformation and union commentators/...

   Published February 13th 2013 by Routledge
10. Geographies of Privilege

    Edited by France Winddance Twine, Bradley Gardener

    How are social inequalities experienced, reproduced and challenged in local, global and transnational spaces? What role does the control of space play in distribution of crucial resources and forms of capital (housing, education, pleasure, leisure, social relationships)? The case studies in...

    Published January 28th 2013 by Routledge