Bücher der Reihe Explorations in Sociology.

This book brings together research about a diverse range of groups who are rarely analysed together: Welsh, Irish, Jewish, Arab, White, African and Indian. The aim of the book is to critique orthodox explanations in the field, drawing upon the best of 'old' and 'new' theory.

This collection of essays represents some of the most important recent research into changing patterns of family, household and community life. It brings together some of the leading sociologists in the field to explore how these informal social relationships change over time and the life course.

This volume explores diverse ways of researching and theorizing the body. The different approaches to researching the body examined through these contributions include autobiography, case-studies, interviews and participant observation.

Various aspects of social life - including employment, family life, representations, politics, identities and the workings of the law - are considered, in terms of how sexuality shapes their organization and they shape sexuality.

Women and Working Lives explores the interconnections between women's domestic lives and their paid employment, and shows how male definitions of work need to be reformulated.

Various aspects of social life - including employment, family life, representations, politics, identities and the workings of the law - are considered, in terms of how sexuality shapes their organization and they shape sexuality.

This is an edited collection of chapters detailing research on modern family and household living arrangements, mainly in Great Britain but also with some reference to Germany.

During the 1980s there were profound changes in the labour process towards the 'flexible worker' and in the labour market towards a 'flexible workforce'. the notion of flexible specialisation associated with the 'new' institutional economics;