Books in the Sociological Review Monographs series

The empirical and theoretical cases presented in this volume, when taken as a whole, demonstrate the nuanced ways that the political may influence the articulation of particular social phenomena. So too they reflect how a concern for the political impacts on how we undertake our sociological enquiries.

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.

Un/Knowing Bodies brings together leading international authors from across the social science disciplines to explore contemporary re-theorizing of bodies as known, knowing, and unknowing. The volume is based on a colloquium funded by The Foundation for the Sociology of Health and Illness.

Space Travel and Culture explores the significance of the first Apollo moon landing and how the countless books, films and products associated with factual space fiction had an affect on popular culture and artistic practice, but not social sciences and humanities.

This book demonstrates how sociology has an important part to play both in understanding and shaping how human societies respond to the threat of ecological catastrophe.

This collection will be essential reading for all those interested in the intimate relationship between elites and the remaking of present day capitalism.

Norbert Elias has been increasingly recognised as one of the most important sociologists of the twentieth century and, moreover, one whose writings retain their significance and relevance for the twenty-first century. This monograph provides a unique perspective on Elias's thought.

Features a collection of articles originating from MYPLACE (Memory, Youth, Political Legacy and Civic Engagement), which has mapped the relationship between political heritage, forms and levels of civic and political engagement of young people in Europe, and their potential receptivity to radical and populist political agendas.

Gender and Creative Labour presents a collection of readings that reflect the latest research related to employment positions in a range of creative industries to show the gender implications of creative labour under contemporary neoliberal economic policies.

This insightful collection of papers on the contemporary cityscape explores the rhythms of urban flows, temporalities and interactions. It interprets the city as a complex whole, interwoven with networks and constant movement, and offers case studies of global metropolises from Manchester to Rio de Janeiro, Cardiff to Jakarta.

Winner of the 2014 Amsterdamska Award by the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology! Arguing that disasters configure the political in new ways, this collection provides a truly international insight into how they can help us to understand the materiality and the pragmatics of politics.

Violence and Society features a multidisciplinary collection of readings by leading national and international experts that set a new agenda for our understanding of interpersonal and state violence in contemporary society.

Sociologies of Moderation presents a series of original papers that explore the origins, intellectual foundations, and relevance of moderation in 21st-century politics, religion, and society.

This book offers the first framing of potential social science approaches to the compelling and yet hugely under-researched topic of food waste.

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.

Reflecting developments in consumer culture, medical technology, identity politics, ecological awareness, genetic engineering and bio-politics, 'the body' has become one of the fastest growing, most influential, and most contested subjects in the social sciences and humanities.

A set of novel contributions exploring the sociology of `market devices' - the analysis of the various sorts of technical instruments that intervene in the shaping and reshaping of markets.

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.

Issues of measure and value are emerging as central in current debates concerning the capacity of social science and cognate disciplines to engage contemporary social and cultural life.