Books in the Sociological Review Monographs series

Much anthropological and sociological work on South Asia (especially work done by western academics) takes for granted the centrality of caste in Hindu society. The aim of the present volume is to take a critical look at this assumption, contextualising caste in relation to other dimensions of modern Indian society.

Interdisciplinary collection of up-to-date research and social scientific thinking on consumption. Contains extended introduction. Covers both the production of consumption and the experience of consumption with reference to class, gender, ethnicity and generations.

This book introduces contemporary writing about difference through the idea of the labour of division. The contributors see divisions as artefacts that are not only produced in representations of the social but are performed as a continuous labour.

Addresses a wide variety of provocative and unique topics related to conspiracy theory and practice. Established contributors ranging from academics within politics, media studies, anthropology, sociology, management and cultural studies.

Using examples as diverse as train accidents, novels and gardening, this book evaluates the prospects for utopian thought and practice in the context of a world organized by market managerialism. Asks if ideas about utopia are redundant.

Arguing that mass is key to understanding the materialisation of social relations, this collection opens up contemporary thinking about identity, choice and values. With new contributions by Zygmunt Bauman, Robert Cooper and Dan Rose, these twelve innovative papers draw together debates on social theory, community, materiality and consumption.

This volume offers a distinctive and timely comparative analysis of the sociological, economic, and political significance of bids for, and the hosting of, sports mega-events throughout the world. A collection by leading international scholars examining sports mega-events, such as the Olympic Games and the FIFA World Cup.

This collection advances contemporary debates in class analysis by offering a range of new empirical research on emergent forms of social stratification and by re-thinking the intersection between economic change, social polarisation and the remaking of class relations.

This book asks what might be required of "a new sociology of work" and why such a project is vital for understanding people's working lives at the start of the twenty-first century. A collection of essays examining the concept of work, questioning what constitutes work, and where work ends and other activities begin.

Comprising eight chapters written by leading sociologists from five countries, this volume demonstrates the significance of emotions for sociological inquiry. Shows what sociology looks like when emotions are taken seriously.

A dynamic and provocative contribution to contemporary debate about the public sphere. Engages in different ways with Jurgen Habermas's seminal study, The Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere.

Interdisciplinary exploration of the burgeoning genre of men's lifestyle magazines. Addresses key questions about the production and consumption of men's lifestyle magazines, and their contribution to current gender politics.

This research monograph reviews the advances in thinking about organization, but also articulates a vision of the possible future of organization theory. Introduces and evaluates the work of eighteen key theorists writing over the last two decades.

Clear analysis of a highly topical and controversial themeA well-integrated text drawing on the perspectives of sociology, history, sociolinguistics and political theoryHighly focused but wide-ranging: themes include citizenship, language, devolution, and the EU's relations with the United States and Eastern Europe.