Sociology & Social Policy

On Art, Labor, and Religion..

On Art, Labor, and Religion..

This autobiographical analysis of the many difficult issues, dilemmas, choices, and adjustments involved in becoming a social scientist highlights the strengths and limitations of two principal research methods: survey research and participant observation...

This radical appraisal of Durkheim's method, first published in 1988, argues that fundamental errors have been made in interpreting Durkheim. Mike Gane argues that to understand The Rules it is necessary also to understand the context of the French society in which the book was written. He explores ..

This radical appraisal of Durkheim's method, first published in 1988, argues that fundamental errors have been made in interpreting Durkheim. Mike Gane argues that to understand The Rules it is necessary also to understand the context of the French society in which the book was written. He explores ..

On Folkways and Mores..

On Genetic Interests..

On National Socialism..

Durkheim’s 1897 work is a powerful evidence-based study of why people take their own lives...

Public safety protections promote what T.H. Marshall called "social rights" of equitable citizenship. Frontlines of Welfare State shows how public safety agencies function as welfare state agencies, responsible for a range of essential public functions including emergency service, criminal investiga..

On the Origin of Societies by Natural Selection..

This book finds a richer understanding of the origins of gender inequality by bringing biological factors into the debate...