Author Description

This collection of recent work in the field of sociology presents articles on theory and methods, social processes, institutions and culture, political and economic sociology, differentiation and stratification, the individual and society, policy, and historical sociology. Welfare reform, mathematics in sociology, global ethnography, and comparative research on women's employment are some of the topics examined. Other issues discussed are Chinese social stratification and social mobility, and race, gender, and authority in the workplace. Cook is affiliated with Stanford University, and Hagan is affiliated with Northwestern University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR