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Volume 36, Number 5, September 2007
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Editors' Note

Theory, History, Applications, and Politics
pp. vii-viii(1)
Authors: Jenness, Valerie; Smith, David A.; Stepan-Norris, Judith

Review Essays on Theory and History

An Archaeology of Sociology: Ancient Roots of a Modern Discipline
pp. 411-413(3)
Author: Gorski, Philip S.

The Modernity of Athens in a Comparative Evolutionary Perspective
pp. 413-415(3)
Author: Eisenstadt, S.N.

Commentary on Gorski and Eisenstadt
pp. 415-418(4)
Author: Bellah, Robert N.

Review Essays on Theory and Application

The State of (Cumulative Theoretical) Social Psychology
pp. 418-420(3)
Author: Howard, Judith A.

Integrating Human Rights and Human Nature
pp. 420-420(1)
Author: Horowitz, Irving Louis

Review Essays on Theory and Politics

Who Are the Deciders Now? The Legacy of C. Wright Mills
pp. 422-422(1)
Author: Quadagno, Jill

Public Intellectuals: Academics and Movements
pp. 426-429(4)
Author: Clawson, Dan

Inequalities

Crossing the Line: Vagrancy, Homelessness and Social Displacement in Russia
pp. 430-431(2)
Author: Borchard, Kurt

Girls in Power: Gender, Body, and Menstruation in Adolescence
pp. 431-432(2)
Author: Carpenter, Laura M.

Unruly Immigrants: Rights, Activism, and Transnational South Asian Politics in the United States
pp. 432-432(1)
Author: Dhingra, Pawan

The Black Middle Class: Social Mobility—and Vulnerability
pp. 433-435(3)
Author: Feagin, Joe R.

Knocking on the Door: The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the Suburbs
pp. 435-436(2)
Author: Grannis, Rick

Race, Work, and Family in the Lives of African Americans
pp. 436-437(2)
Author: Kimmons, Leslie Baker

The American Dream and the Power of Wealth: Choosing Schools and Inheriting Inequality in the Land of Opportunity
pp. 438-439(2)
Author: Rodriquez, Jason

Women, Gender, and Technology
pp. 439-439(1)
Authors: Smith-Doerr, Laurel; Feldscher, Courtney

Approaches to Class Analysis
pp. 440-442(3)
Author: Torche, Florencia

The Arab Jews: A Postcolonial Reading of Nationalism, Religion, and Ethnicity
pp. 442-442(1)
Author: Wolf, Diane L.

Intimate Relationships, Family, and Life Course

Immigration, Gender, and Family Transitions to Adulthood in Sweden
pp. 443-444(2)
Author: Foner, Nancy

Mobile Communication and Society: A Global Perspective
pp. 444-446(3)
Author: Geser, Hans

After the Fall of the Wall: Life Courses in the Transformation of East Germany
pp. 446-447(2)
Author: Weymann, Ansgar

Work, Organizations, and Markets

Contesting Communities: The Transformation of Workplace Charity
pp. 447-448(2)
Author: Frumkin, Peter

Demanding Work: The Paradox of Job Quality in the Affluent Economy
pp. 448-450(3)
Author: Kenworthy, Lane

Modeling Life: Art Models Speak About Nudity, Sexuality, and the Creative Process
pp. 450-451(2)
Author: Kilburn, John C.

Worker Skills and Job Requirements: Is There a Mismatch?
pp. 451-452(2)
Author: Monk-Turner, Elizabeth

Working Construction: Why White Working-Class Men Put Themselves—and the Labor Movement—in Harm's Way
pp. 452-454(3)
Author: Royster, Deirdre A.

Organizational Encounters with Risk
pp. 454-455(2)
Author: Zeitz, Gerald

Cognitions, Emotions, and Identities

Good Humor, Bad Taste: A Sociology of the Joke
pp. 456-456(1)
Author: Best, Joel

Getting Your Way: Strategic Dilemmas in the Real World
pp. 457-458(2)
Author: Wagner-Pacifici, Robin

Ideology and Cultural Production

Planning the Past: Heritage Tourism and Post-Colonial Politics at Port Royal
pp. 458-459(2)
Author: Barthel-Bouchier, Diane

The Crosses of Auschwitz: Nationalism and Religion in Post-Communist Poland
pp. 459-460(2)
Author: Gusfield, Joseph

Population, Communities, and the Environment

The Hard Count: The Political and Social Challenges of Census Mobilization
pp. 460-462(3)
Author: Poston, Dudley L.

Mexican Immigrants in the Labor Market: The Strength of Strong Ties
pp. 462-463(2)
Author: Burgos, Marcos

Social Capital in the City: Community and Civic Life in Philadelphia
pp. 463-464(2)
Author: Grazian, David

The Sage Handbook of Rural Studies
pp. 464-466(3)
Author: Pfeffer, Max J.

Multiple Origins, Uncertain Destinies: Hispanics and the American Future
pp. 466-466(1)
Author: Roth, Wendy D.

Politics and the State

Designs on Nature: Science and Democracy in Europe and the United States
pp. 467-468(2)
Author: Evans, John H.

Exit-Voice Dynamics and the Collapse of East Germany: The Crisis of Leninism and the Revolution of 1989
pp. 469-470(2)
Author: Glenn, John K.

Changing the Guard: Developing Democratic Police Abroad
pp. 470-471(2)
Author: Manning, Peter K.

Soldiers to Citizens: The G. I. Bill and the Making of the Greatest Generation
pp. 471-472(2)
Author: Neiberg, Michael S.

Justice in the United States: Human Rights and the U.S. Constitution
pp. 473-474(2)
Author: Sjoberg, Gideons

Social Control, Deviance, and Law

State-Corporate Crime: Wrongdoing at the Intersection of Business and Government
pp. 474-475(2)
Author: Barak, Gregg

The Truce: Lesson from an L.A. Gang War
pp. 475-477(3)
Author: Contreras, Randol

Out of Order: The Political Imprisonment of Women in Northern Ireland, 1972-1998
pp. 477-478(2)
Author: Flavin, Jeanne

Native Americans and the Criminal Justice System
pp. 478-479(2)
Author: Fukurai, Hiroshi

Gangs in the Global City: Alternatives to Traditional Criminology
pp. 480-481(2)
Author: Klein, Malcolm W.

Understanding Crime Statistics: Revisiting the Divergence of the NCVS and UCR
pp. 481-483(3)
Author: Land, Kenneth C.

What Works in Corrections: Reducing the Criminal Activities of Offenders and Delinquents
pp. 483-484(2)
Author: Mair, George

The Explanation of Crime: Context, Mechanisms and Development
pp. 484-485(2)
Author: Tittle, Charles R.

Social Movements

Straightedge Youth: Complexity and Contradictions of a Subculture
pp. 485-486(2)
Author: Galliher, John F.

The Politics of Protest: Social Movements in America
pp. 487-488(2)
Author: Krinsky, John

Troubling the Waters: Black-Jewish Relations in the American Century
pp. 488-489(2)
Author: Leonard, David J.

Global Dynamics and Social Change

The Global Dynamics of Racial and Ethnic Mobilization
pp. 489-491(3)
Author: Chai, Sun-Ki

Global Social Change: Historical and Comparative Perspectives
pp. 491-492(2)
Author: Hung, Ho-fung

Global Feminism: Transnational Women's Activism, Organizing, and Human Rights
pp. 492-494(3)
Author: Zwingel, Susanne

Take Note

Take Note
pp. 495-501(7)

Publications Received

Publications Received
pp. 502-505(4)

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