The International Library of Sociology (ILS) is the most important series of books on sociology ever published. Founded in the 1940s by Karl Mannheim, the series became the forum for pioneering research and theory, marked by comparative approaches and the identification of new directions in sociology, publishing major figures in Anglo-American and European sociology, from Durkheim and Weber to Parsons and Gouldner, and from Ossowski and Klein to Jasanoff and Walby.
Its new editors, John Holmwood (University of Nottingham, UK) and Vineeta Sinha (National University of Singapore), plan to develop the series as a truly global project, reflecting new directions and contributions outside its traditional centres, and connecting with the original aim of the series to produce sociological knowledge that addresses pressing global social problems and supports democratic debate.
By Dr Julienne Ford, Julienne Ford
December 01, 2014
Drawing on the great wealth of knowledge and experience of educational practitioners and theorists, the volumes in The Sociology of Education set of the International Library of Sociology explore the very important relationship between education and society. These books became standard texts for ...
By Prof. Bernard Crick, Bernard Crick
December 01, 2014
Originally published between 1943 and 1969, the volumes in the International Library of Sociology Political Sociology set were written against a backdrop of rapid and radical political change. Covering topics as wide-ranging as European federalism, democracy and dictatorship and voting, these ...
By Michael Adler, Brian Longhurst
November 10, 2014
First Published in 1994. Discourse, Power and Justice is a distinctive and theoretically informed empirical study of the administration of the Scottish prison system. It is based on extensive research and combines theoretical innovation with detailed empirical evidence. The book is located at the ...
By David C. Thorns
November 10, 2014
First Published in 2004. This book addresses a number of key themes in the debate about the nature of a contemporary capitalist society. It poses the question as to whether the present changes are creating a more fragmented society. Through a comparative historical analysis of Australia, New ...
By Jose Bentwich
October 13, 2014
This is Volume IX of twenty-eight in a series of on the Sociology of Education. Originally published in 1965, this book looks at the various forms of education in Israel, their present organisation and curriculum....
By Rudolf Schlesinger
February 13, 2014
First Published in 1998. This is Volume VII of eight in the Sociology of the Soviet Union series. Written in 1945, this is a a study about the social background and development of Soviet Legal theory and deals with Soviet conceptions of Law. Law in the USSR is not an isolated systems of values and...
By Jose Ortega y Gasset
November 04, 2010
In 1930, the great Spanish philosopher Jos Ortega y Gasset set forth a program for reforming the modern Spanish university. Aware that the missions of the university are many and often competing, Ortega built his program around a conception of a general culture that knows no national boundaries or ...
By Rudolf Schlesinger
September 11, 2014
First Published in 1998. This is Volume V of eight in the Sociology of the Soviet Union series. Collated in 1956, this is a collection of selected readings and documents about the development of Soviet Nationalites Policies....
By Helen J. Richardson
August 12, 2014
This is Volume I of twenty-eight in the Sociology of Education series. Originally published in 1969, Adolescent Girls in Approved Schools looks at the subject of delinquency in relation to women and girls....
By Noel Tims
August 12, 2014
This is Volume V of seven in a collection on the Sociology of Mental Health. Originally published in 1964, the object of this book is to study a particular group of social workers, those trained as psychiatric social workers. It was begun in the belief that their work should not be 'left to the ...
By B. E. Shenfield
August 12, 2014
First Published in 1998. This is Volume X of eighteen of a series on the Sociology of Public Policy, Welfare and Social Work. Written in 1957 this text provides a review of social provision for old age in Great Britain. This book is intended to make a general review, in the light of the ...
By Jennie Germann Molz
August 12, 2014
Living in a world that is increasingly ‘on the move’ means that many of us now rely on mobile devices, social media, and networking technologies to coordinate togetherness with our social networks even when we are apart. Nowhere is this phenomenon more evident than in the emerging practices of ‘...