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Investigating Social Problems

Investigating Social Problems, Fourth Edition, edited by A. Javier Trevino, offers a unique collaborative approach to examining timely social issues. Drawing from the insights of over two dozen sociology experts…

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Talcott Parsons on Law and the Legal System

A. Javier Trevino

One of the great ironies in contemporary sociology of law is that despite Talcott Parsons’s enormously influential role as the midwife of modern sociology, coupled with his three decades of…

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Talcott Parsons on Law and the Legal System

A. Javier Trevino

One of the great ironies in contemporary sociology of law is that despite Talcott Parsons’s enormously influential role as the midwife of modern sociology, coupled with his three decades of…

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The Sociology of Law: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives

A. Javier Trevino

The purpose of this book is to introduce the sociology of law by providing a coherent organization to the general body of literature in that field

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Classic Writings in Law and Society: Contemporary Comments and Criticisms

Over against such reference volumes as encyclopedias, commentaries consist of a collection of lectures or essays that discuss and explain in some detail particular topics and sources. This volume consists…

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The Sociology of Law: Classical and Contemporary Perspectives

A. Javier Trevino

The purpose of this book is to introduce the sociology of law by providing a coherent organization to the general body of literature in that field

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C. Wright Mills and the Cuban Revolution: An Exercise in the Art of Sociological Imagination

A. Javier Trevino

Reconsiders the opinions, perspectives, and insights of the Cubans that Mills interviewed during his visit to the island in 1960. On returning to the US, the controversial sociologist wrote a…

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C. Wright Mills and the Cuban Revolution: An Exercise in the Art of Sociological Imagination

A. Javier Trevino

Reconsiders the opinions, perspectives, and insights of the Cubans that Mills interviewed during his visit to the island in 1960. On returning to the US, the controversial sociologist wrote a…

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The Anthem Companion to Talcott Parsons

The Anthem Companion to Talcott Parsons offers the best contemporary work on Talcott Parsons, written by the best scholars currently working in this field. Original, authoritative and wide-ranging, the critical…

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The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems 2 Volume Hardback Set

Offers a wide-ranging roster of twenty-first-century social problems pressing for attention and amelioration. Unlike previous handbooks in this area, it also considers the work on researching and theorizing social problems…

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The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems: Volume 1

Volume 1 offers a wide-ranging roster of twenty-first-century social problems pressing for attention and amelioration. Unlike previous handbooks in this area, it also considers the work on researching and theorizing…

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The Cambridge Handbook of Social Problems: Volume 2

Volume 2 follows on from the previous volume, offering further twenty-first-century social problems pressing for attention and amelioration. It also considers the work on researching and theorizing social problems. Suitable…

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The Social Thought of C. Wright Mills

A. Javier Trevino

Aimed at a generation of students and activists who have probably encountered very little of his work, this is a thoughtful and engaging exploration of the critical social thought of…

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The Development of Sociological Theory: Readings from the Enlightenment to the Present

A comprehensive anthology of excerpts from original works of sociological theory.

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Clinard and Quinney’s Criminal Behavior Systems: A Revised Edition

A. Javier Trevino,Richard Quinney,Javier Trevino

Like its predecessors, Criminal Behavior Systems: A Revised Edition will be essential to criminologists formulating their own theories and research on criminal behavior as well as to students in criminology…

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Clinard and Quinney’s Criminal Behavior Systems: A Revised Edition

A. Javier Trevino,Richard Quinney,Javier Trevino

Like its predecessors, Criminal Behavior Systems: A Revised Edition will be essential to criminologists formulating their own theories and research on criminal behavior as well as to students in criminology…

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The Emerald Guide to C. Wright Mills

A. Javier Trevino (Wheaton College, USA)

This book offers a comprehensive guide to reading and understanding the development of Mills’s sociological ideas, placing them in the context of his life and his position in American sociology.

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Policing the Mexican Past: Transitional Justice in a Post-authoritarian Regime

Javier Trevino-Rangel

This book critically examines transitional justice in Mexico. Whilst transitional justice should contribute to the advancement of liberal democracy and, consequently, generate the following benefits: truth, justice, political reconciliation, peace…

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The Routledge International Handbook of Talcott Parsons Studies

Thematically organised, this volume brings together leading scholars working in the field of 'Parsonian Studies' to explore the background of Talcott Parsons's work, the content of his oeuvre and his…

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Law and Morality

Leon Petrazycki,A. Javier Trevino

In analyzing the socio-psychic nature and operations of intuitive legal rules, Petrazycki formulates a theory of law around five conceptual themes: anti-formalism, imperative-attributive legal relationships, law’s functional control, law’s subjective…

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Researching Social Problems

This book covers a wide range of contemporary methods for researching social problems and connects these approaches to the broader substance and theories of social problems. Chapters follow a uniform…

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Researching Social Problems

This book covers a wide range of contemporary methods for researching social problems and connects these approaches to the broader substance and theories of social problems. Chapters follow a uniform…

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Leon Petrazycki: Law, Emotions, Society

This volume aims to remedy this deficit by introducing Petrazycki’s life and work specifically to an English-speaking audience.

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Leon Petrazycki: Law, Emotions, Society

This volume aims to remedy this deficit by introducing Petrazycki’s life and work specifically to an English-speaking audience.

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The Routledge International Handbook of Talcott Parsons Studies

Thematically organised, this volume brings together leading scholars working in the field of ‘Parsonian Studies’ to explore the background of Talcott Parsons’s work, the content of his oeuvre and his…

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Law and Morality

Leon Petrazycki,A. Javier Trevino

In analyzing the socio-psychic nature and operations of intuitive legal rules, Petrazycki formulates a theory of law around five conceptual themes: anti-formalism, imperative-attributive legal relationships, law’s functional control, law’s subjective…

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An Introduction to the Sociology of Law

Nicholas Sergeyevitch Timasheff

This title is a treatise that seeks to explain the law as a social force. It makes two fundamental points: law can and must be studied by sociology, and law…

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Service Sociology and Academic Engagement in Social Problems

With both contemporary and historical analyses, the book traces the legacy, characteristics, contours, and goals of the sociology of service, shedding light on its roots in early American sociology and…

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Understanding Crime: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Susan Guarino-Ghezzi,A. Javier Trevino

Explores the interdisciplinary nature and potential of the field of criminology, covering the fields of sociology, economics, psychology, biology, philosophy and religious studies.

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Understanding Crime: A Multidisciplinary Approach

Susan Guarino-Ghezzi,A. Javier Trevino

Explores the interdisciplinary nature and potential of the field of criminology, covering the fields of sociology, economics, psychology, biology, philosophy and religious studies.

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Service Sociology and Academic Engagement in Social Problems

With both contemporary and historical analyses, the book traces the legacy, characteristics, contours, and goals of the sociology of service, shedding light on its roots in early American sociology and…

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The Social Reality of Crime

Wilhelm Roepke,A. Javier Trevino

Richard Quinney’s The Social Reality of Crime remains an eloquent and important statement on crime, law, and justice

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The Social Reality of Crime

Wilhelm Roepke,A. Javier Trevino

Richard Quinney’s The Social Reality of Crime remains an eloquent and important statement on crime, law, and justice

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The Institutions of Private Law and Their Social Functions

Renner Karl,A. Javier Trevino

In the English-speaking world, Karl Renner is by far the best-known among the Austro-Marxists who were active in the Austrian socialist movement during the first few decades of the twentieth…

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The Institutions of Private Law and Their Social Functions

Renner Karl,A. Javier Trevino

In the English-speaking world, Karl Renner is by far the best-known among the Austro-Marxists who were active in the Austrian socialist movement during the first few decades of the twentieth…

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Talcott Parsons Today: His Theory and Legacy in Contemporary Sociology

Javier A. Trevino

Talcott Parsons Today offers a reappraisal-and extension-of the work of the most significant and influential twentieth-century sociologist. The volume consists of original essays by prominent Parsons scholars from around the…

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Goffman’s Legacy

This volume consists of 12 essays by prominent Goffman scholars, which critically assess Goffman’s many contributions to various areas of study, including functionalism, social psychology, ethno-methodology and feminist theory.

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