Sociologists’ Tales brings together the thoughts and experiences of key UK sociologists from different generations of British sociology in reflecting on why they have chosen a career in sociology, how they have managed to do it and what ...

Following this are themed chapters that cover a particular aspect of late modern culture, such as media, music, fashion, tourism and counter-cultural ideologies and movements.

This book is about the development of sociology in Britain told through the story of its learned society, The British Sociological Association.

This book both offers a concise answer to the question of what cultural sociology is and provides an overview of the fundamental approaches in the field.

This volume is a completely revised and expanded edition thatincludes new materials on health and fitness, intimacy, time, spaceand disorder, risk, globalization, identity, organizations, and newtechnologies.

This collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by prominent international scholars covers the most important issues comprising the sociology of culture.

The Handbook's 40 original chapters have been organised into five thematic sections: Theoretical Paradigms Major Methodological Perspectives Domains of Inquiry Cultural Sociology in Contexts Cultural Sociology and Other Analytical ...

The book also sets out the key antecedents contributing to the emergence of cultural sociology and presents students with a firm grounding in theoretical and methodological principles applied by cultural sociologists in their work.

This book provides a powerful new theoretical framework for understanding cross-national cultural differences.

This collection of selected articles published since the first issue provides the reader with an informed insight and understanding of the nature, range and value of sociological thinking, its development over the last twenty-five years as ...