The International Library of Sociology (ILS) is the most important series of books on sociology ever published. Founded in the 1940s by Karl Mannheim, the series became the forum for pioneering research and theory, marked by comparative approaches and the identification of new directions in sociology, publishing major figures in Anglo-American and European sociology, from Durkheim and Weber to Parsons and Gouldner, and from Ossowski and Klein to Jasanoff and Walby.
Its new editors, John Holmwood (University of Nottingham, UK) and Vineeta Sinha (National University of Singapore), plan to develop the series as a truly global project, reflecting new directions and contributions outside its traditional centres, and connecting with the original aim of the series to produce sociological knowledge that addresses pressing global social problems and supports democratic debate.
By M.L. Jacks
June 03, 2013
First Published in 1998. This is Volume XXVI in the Sociology of Education series. In this study Total Education (by definition) caters for the needs of all boys and girls and adult members of the community in their infinite variety, -and it can only do this if its educational provision is of a ...
By Paul Streeten
November 02, 2010
This is Volume XXI of twenty-two in a series on Social Theory and Methodology. First published in 1958, this is a selection of essays on practical methodology when trying to answer the question of what are the new presuppositions of social thought which can do justice to the changes in social ...
By Ronald King
November 05, 2013
This is Volume XXVII of twenty eight in a series on the Sociology of Education. First published in 1969, this study is an investigation of the values and school involvement in a boy's maintained grammar school in London....
By Henry Mess
July 26, 2013
First Published in 1998. This is Volume XV of eighteen of a series on the Sociology of Public Policy, Welfare and Social Work. Written in 1948, this book highlights clearly the work that had been done by the voluntary social services in the period between the two wars, so as to make clearer the ...
By Madeline Rooff
September 25, 2013
First Published in 1998. This is Volume XVI of eighteen in a series on Public Policy, Welfare and Social Work. The main purpose is to throw some light on the changing role of voluntary organisations and their relation with statutory bodies in the provision of the British social services....
By Mary Morris
July 26, 2013
First Published in 1998. This is Volume XVII of eighteen of a series on the Sociology of Public Policy, Welfare and Social Work. Voluntary work is undertaken for three main reasons; first, there are jobs to be done which cannot be or at least will not be done by paid personnel; second, the ...
By M. A. Hodges
November 02, 2010
First Published in 1998. This is Volume XXII of twenty-two in the Sociology of Social Theory and Methodology series. Written in 1944, this book serves as an introduction to German philosopher Wilhelm Dilthey, whose trend of his interests and purposes were brought together in a great work, his ...
By Kenneth Little
November 03, 2010
The social, political and economic impact of the decline of the old colonial powers in Africa, India and the Middle East are still key areas of scholarly research and debate. Based on careful social observation and empirical research, these titles explore the tension between agriculture and ...
By Brian Holmes
November 25, 2011
First published in 1998. This book is concerned with the methodology and is a result of the author’s thoughts over a twenty year period about the theoretical problems associated with the study of comparative education....
By E Fromm
November 01, 2010
Following the publication of the seminal Fear of Freedom , Erich Fromm applied his unique vision to a critique of contemporary capitalism in The Sane Society . Where the former dealt with man's historic inability to come to terms with his sense of isolation, and the dangers to which this can lead, ...
By K. Ishwaran
November 03, 2010
Published in 1998, Shivapur: South Ind Vill LLs 71 is a valuable contribution to the field of Sociology & Social Policy....