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William C. CockerhamandFerris J. Ritchey As a scientific discipline or specialty develops an identity, consensustypically emerges as to which concepts are central to the field, as wellas precise definitions of…[...]

The New Blackwell Companion toMedical Sociologyedited byWilliam C. Cockerham The New Blackwell Companion to Medical Sociology is the latest book in Blackwell’ s Companion series that brings together leading scholars…[...]

Qualitative and Quantitative : Approaches W. Lawrence Neuman Socialr esearchis all arounclu s. Educatorsg, o\,-ernment officials, business managers, hutntrrtservice providers, and health care professionalsregularly uses social research methods and findings.People…[...]

Vern L. Bengtson, PhDK. Warner Schaie, PhDEditors How important are theories of aging? Does the time-consuming exercise ofbuilding theories-by which we mean the development of explanations toaccount for empirical relationships—have…[...]

Tom Bottomore The Frankfurt School of German social theory has exerted aconsiderable influence over the sociology of the last twogenerations. Originally a centre for the study of Marxist theorybrought into…[...]

The Legacy of Pierre BourdieuCritical EssaysEdited bySimon Susen and Bryan S. Turner Unsurprisingly, the Second World War had separate and distinctiveconsequences for different national traditions of sociology. After the War,…[...]

White Sarisand Sweet MangoesAging, Gender, and Body in North Indiasarah lamb This book is about aging, gender, and the making and unmaking of persons.Early on in my days in Mangaldihi…[...]

Cosmopolitan Familiesin India and AbroadSarah Lamb This book uses aging as a lens to examine and reflect upon profound processesof social change under way in India and the world today.…[...]

Families in Ageing SocietiesA Multi-Disciplinary ApproachEdited bySARAH HARPER The trends towards falling fertility and mortality, and increasing longevity,which have led to the demographic ageing of all western industrialized societies,have not…[...]

Peter Morrall is Senior Lecturer in Health and Sociology at theUniversity of Leeds, UK. This lively, introductory text provides students and health practitionerswith the foundations of a sociological understanding ofhealth…[...]