Devorah Kalekin-Fishman

From the Editor
International Sociology 2008 23: 157. [PDF]  

Words from Writers: An Interview with Michael Humphrey
International Sociology 2008 23: 159-169. [PDF]  

Corrigendum
International Sociology 2008 23: 169. [PDF]  

Charles Crothers

Encyclopaedias, Handbooks, Dictionaries, Collections and Companions: Assessing Collective Works in Sociology
International Sociology 2008 23: 171-179. [Abstract] [Resumen] [Résumé] [PDF] [References]  

Amnon Reichman

The 'Social', the 'Legal' and Law-and-Society Research: A Quest for a Canon amid Diverse Conversations
International Sociology 2008 23: 181-193. [PDF] [References]  

At a Glance: Dick Hobbs and Richard Wright, eds, The Sage Handbook of Fieldwork. London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi: Sage, 2006, 399 pp., ISBN 0761974458, £85.00
International Sociology 2008 23: 195. [PDF]  

At a Glance: Craig Calhoun, Chris Rojek and Bryan Turner, eds, The Sage Handbook of Sociology. London, Thousand Oaks, CA and New Delhi, Sage, 2005, 590 pp., ISBN 0761968210, 9780761968214, £85.00
International Sociology 2008 23: 195-196. [PDF]  

Margaret Abraham

Globalization and the Call Center Industry
International Sociology 2008 23: 197-210. [Abstract] [Resumen] [Résumé] [PDF] [References]  

Volker H. Schmidt

Review: Emerging Occupations: A. Aneesh, Virtual Migration: The Programming of Globalization. Durham, NC and London: Duke University Press, 208 pp., ISBN 0822336693, US$21.95
International Sociology 2008 23: 211-214. [PDF]  

Piotr Sztompka

Review: Theoretical Concerns: Mattei Dogan, ed., Political Mistrust and the Discrediting of Politicians. Boston, MA: Brill, 2005, 264 pp., ISBN 9004145303, US$66.00. Matthew R. Cleary and Susan C. Stokes, Democracy and the Culture of Skepticism: Political Trust in Argentina and Mexico. New York: Russell Sage Foundation, 2006, 244 pp., ISBN 0871541661, US$39.65
International Sociology 2008 23: 215-221. [PDF] [References]  

As'ad Ghanem

Review: Theoretical Concerns: Mahmoud Dhaouadi, New Explorations in the Making of Ibn Khaldun's Umran (Civilization) Mind. Kuala Lumpur: A. S. Noordeen, 2003 (English), 273 pp. + index; Tunis: University Publication Centre, 1997 (Arabic), 268 pp., ISBN 9830650537, US$12.95
International Sociology 2008 23: 221-224. [PDF]  

Luiz A. Castro-Santos

Review: Theoretical Concerns: Randall Collins, Interaction Ritual Chains. Princeton, NJ and Oxford: Princeton University Press, 2004, 439 pp., ISBN 0691090270, US$29.95
International Sociology 2008 23: 224-228. [PDF] [References]  

Diane Barthel-Bouchier

Review: Theoretical Concerns: Vittorio Cotesta, Images du monde et société globale: grandes interprétations et débats actuels [Visions of the World and Global Society: Grand Interpretations and Current Debates], trans. Yves Zugmeyer, with Anny Mochel. Quebec: Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 2006, 222 pp., ISBN 276378271X, CA$47.95
International Sociology 2008 23: 228-230. [PDF] [References]  

Sambit Mallick and E. Haribabu

Review: Theoretical Concerns: Patrick Baert, Philosophy of the Social Sciences: Towards Pragmatism. Malden, MA: Polity Press, 2005, viii + 210 pp., ISBN 0745622471 (hbk), US$49.95, 074562247X (pbk). Anthony Thomson, The Making of Social Theory: Order, Reason, and Desire. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2006, x + 478 pp., ISBN 0195419863 (pbk), US$24.99
International Sociology 2008 23: 230-234. [PDF] [References]  

At a Glance: Stefan Gandler, Marxismo crítico en Mexico: Adolfo Sanchez Vazquez y Bolivar Echeverria [Critical Marxism in Mexico: Adolfo Sanchez Vazquez and Bolivar Echeverria]. Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro, 2007, 621 pp., ISBN 9789681684044
International Sociology 2008 23: 235. [PDF]  

Zaheer Baber

A Name for a Stray Dog — Global Civil Society
International Sociology 2008 23: 237-245. [PDF] [References]  

Aditya K. Mishra

Review: The Global and the Local: David Harvey, Spaces of Global Capitalism: Towards a Theory of Uneven Geographical Development. London and New York: Verso, 2006, 156 pp., ISBN 1844675505, £14.99
International Sociology 2008 23: 246-249. [PDF] [References]  

Elery Hamilton-Smith

Review: The Global and the Local: Hidefumi Imura and Miranda A. Schreurs, eds, Environmental Policy in Japan. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar for the World Bank, 2005, xvii + 406 pp., ISBN 1845423704, US$135.00
International Sociology 2008 23: 249-252. [PDF]  

Ari Sitas

Race, Tribe and Class in South Africa's Institutions
International Sociology 2008 23: 253-263. [PDF] [References]  

John Agbonifo

Review: Voices from Africa: Jeremiah I. Dibua, Modernization and the Crisis of Development in Africa: The Experience of Nigeria. Ashgate: Aldershot, 2006, 372 pp., ISBN 0754642283, £60.00
International Sociology 2008 23: 264-268. [PDF] [References]  

Charles Crothers

Review: Voices from Africa: Michael Bratton, Robert Britt Mattes and E. Gyimah-Boadi, Public Opinion, Democracy, and Market Reform in Africa. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2005, xvii + 466 pp., ISBN 0521841917 (hbk), US$75.00, 0521602912 (pbk), US$35.00
International Sociology 2008 23: 268-272. [PDF] [References]  

Kurt Jonassohn

Review: The Factor of Ethnicity: Daniel Levy and Natan Sznaider, The Holocaust and Memory in the Global Age (trans. Assenka Oksiloff from the German Erinnerung im Globalen Zeitalter: Der Holocaust, 2001). Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2006, 234 pp., ISBN 1592132758 (hbk), US$59.50, 1592132756 (pbk), US$19.95
International Sociology 2008 23: 273-275. [PDF]  

Micha Brumlik

Review: The Factor of Ethnicity: Karlheinz Schneider, Judentum und Modernisierung. Ein Deutsch—Amerikanischer Vergleich — 1870—1920 [Judaism and Modernization: A German—American Comparison, 1879—1920]. Frankfurt am Main: Campus, 2005, 485 pp., ISBN 3593373866, 49.00
International Sociology 2008 23: 275-278. [PDF] [References]  

Maria Yelenevskaya

Review: The Factor of Ethnicity: Natalya Kosmarskaya, `Children of the Empire' in Post-Soviet Central Asia: Mental Shifts and Practices of Adaptation (Russians in Kirghizia, 1992—2002). Moscow: Natalis, 2006, 596 pp., ISBN 580620127, US$30.50
International Sociology 2008 23: 278-281. [PDF]  

Radhamany Sooryamoorthy

Untouchability in Modern India
International Sociology 2008 23: 283-293. [PDF] [References]  

Maria Markantonatou

Review: Problems - and Solutions? Paul Henman and Menno Fenger, eds, Administering Welfare Reform: International Transformations in Welfare Governance. Bristol: The Polity Press, 2006, 287 pp., ISBN 1861346522, £50.00
International Sociology 2008 23: 294-296. [PDF]  

Fabrício Mendes Fialho

Review: Problems - and Solutions?Antonio Sérgio Alfredo Guimarães, Preconceito e discriminação [Prejudice and Discrimination], 2nd edn. São Paulo: Editora 34, 2004, 160 pp., ISBN 8573263180, R$27.00
International Sociology 2008 23: 296-299. [PDF]  

Shunit Reiter

Review: Disability Across the Globe: Bill Albert, ed., In or Out of the Mainstream? Lessons from Research on Disability and Development Cooperation. Leeds: The Disability Press, 2006, 210 pp., ISBN 0954902629, £18.00
International Sociology 2008 23: 300-303. [PDF] [References]  

Michelle K. Owen

Review: Disability Across the Globe: Colin Barnes and Geof Mercer, eds, The Social Model of Disability: Europe and the Majority World. Leeds: The Disability Press, 2005, 218 pp., ISBN 0954902602, £16.50
International Sociology 2008 23: 303-306. [PDF]  

Shaheeda Essack

Review: Issues in Education: Iffat Farah and Barbara Jaworski, Partnerships in Educational Development. Oxford: Symposium Books, 2006, 272 pp., ISBN 1873927355, £48.00
International Sociology 2008 23: 307-311. [PDF]  

Freema Elbaz-Luwisch

Review: Issues in Education: George J. Sefa Dei and Arlo Kempf, eds, Anti-Colonialism and Education: The Politics of Resistance. Rotterdam/Taipei: Sense Publishers, 2006, 314 pp., ISBN 9077874186 (hbk), US$147.00, (pbk) US$49.00
International Sociology 2008 23: 311-314. [PDF] [References]  

Bridget N. O'Connor

Review: Issues in Education: Ari Antikainen, Paivi Harinen and Carlos A. Torres, eds, In from the Margins: Adult Education, Work and Civil Society. Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2006, 351 pp., ISBN 907787447X (hbk), US$147.00, 90778874461 (pbk), US$49.00
International Sociology 2008 23: 315-318. [PDF]  

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