Books in the Routledge Library Editions: British Sociological Association series

Imagining Cities considers the interplay of past and present, imagined and substantive, and links present and future in examining the idea of the virtual city. The world of cyberspace recasts views of space and communication, and has a profound impact on the sociological imagination itself.

Originally published in 1969, Comparability in Social Research examines the comparability of data assembled by research, in several sociological fields. This edited collection includes essays on the topic of education, family and household, income and occupation.

Originally published in 1982, Rethinking Social Inequality is a collection of essays looking at the breadth of contemporary work in social inequality.

Key Variables in Social Investigation encourages sociologists and other social scientists to think about the conceptual and empirical problems of using and evaluating key variables in social research.

Originally published in 1974, Deviance and Social Control reveals how the American approach to deviance has been taken up by British sociologists, and revised and modified, and they explore possibilities of extending and strengthening the subject.

Originally published in 1978, Health and the Division of Labour examines problems and tensions experienced in health work.

Originally published in 1981 Practice and Progress is a collection examining the changes that have occurred in the theories, methodologies and practices of sociology, in the institutional and educational setting of the subject, and in British society.

Originally published in 1981 Law, State and Society confronts many of the most important issues within the developing field of law and society.

Originally published in 1990, Youth in Transition addresses the issue of large-scale policy intervention, related to problems of employment in Britain¿s youth.

Originally published in 1976, Sexual Divisions and Society suggests that sociology has often included women completely within the term of `men¿, or as a part of their husbands, rather than asking how and when the relationship between the sexes explans social structure and behaviour.

Originally published in 1970, Race and Racialism aims to bring race discussions into the mainstream of sociological discussion through scrutinizing concepts that defines theoretical issues.

Originally published in 1977, Health Care and Health Knowledge presents some of the best new work being done in the field of medical sociology.