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Reviews the book "Certainties and Doubts: Collected Papers, 1962-1985," by George Caspar Homans.

The article reviews the book "Networks of Power: Organizational Actors at the National, Corporate, and Community Levels," edited by Robert Perrucci and Harry R. Potter.

Reviews two books on feminism. They are: "Everyday Sexism in the Third Millennium," edited by Carol Rambo Ronai, Barbara A. Zsembik, and Joe R. Feagin; "Postfeminisms-Feminism, Cultural Theory, and Cultural Forms."

Reviews the book "Emile Durkheim and the Reformation of Sociology," by Stjepan G. Mestrovic.

Reviews the book "Practice & Progress: British Sociology, 1950-1980," edited by Philip Abrams, Rosemary Deem, Janet Finch and Paul Rock.

This article reviews S. M. Lipset’s major works of comparative sociology, specifying their problematic assumptions and appraising their contribution to the cross-national study of political and social systems. It is made clear that Lipset’s perspective has shifted over the years. The second part of the paper focuses on the changes that his views have undergone, arid explains such alterations by examining certain aspects of Lipset’s intellectual arid professional life experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "Medical Work in America: Essays on Health Care," by Eliot Friedson.

Reviews the book "Mapping the Dynamics of Science and Technology," edited by Michael Callon, John Law and Arie Rip.

Reviews three books on sociology. "Performing Rites: On the Value of Popular Music," by Simon Frith, "The Place of Music," edited by Andrew Leyshon; and "The Black Culture Industry," by Ellis Cashmore.

Reviews several books on criminology. Some of these books are: "The Criminology Theory Reader," edited by Stuart Henry and Werner Einstadter; "Postmodern Criminology," by Dragan Milovanovic; "The Color of Crime: Racial Hoaxes, White Fear, Black Protectionism, Police Harassment, and Other Macroaggressions," by Katheryn K. Russell.

Reviews two books on cultural sociology. "Tourism and Culture: An Applied Perspective," edited by Erve Chambers and "Cross-Cultural Consumption: Global Markets, Local Realities," edited by David Howes.

Reviews the book "Structures of Power and Constraint: Papers in Honor of Peter M. Blau," edited by Craig Calhoun.

The article reviews the book "Ideal Citizens: The Legacy of the Civil Rights Movement," by James Max Fendrich.

The article reviews the book "Deceptive Distinctions: Sex, Gender and the Social Order," by Cynthia B. Fuchs Epstein.

The article reviews the book "Social Psychology, Past & Present: An Integrative Orientation," by Jay M. Jackson.

Reviews the book "Explorations in General Theory in Social Science: Essays in Honor of Talcott Parsons," edited by Jan L. Loubser, Rainer C. Baum, Andrew Effrat and Victor Meyer Lidz.

Reviews the books "Sociology and Nature: Social Action in Context," by Raymond Murphy; "Essays in Ecological Marxism," by James O'Connor; and "Understanding Globalization: The Social Consequences of Political, Economic, and Environmental Change," by Robert K. Schaeffer.

Reviews the book `On Becoming Homeless: The Shelterization Process for Homeless Families,' by Ione Y. DeOllos.

Reviews the book "Becoming American, Becoming Ethnic: College Students Explore Their Roots," edited by Thomas Dublin.

The article reviews the book "The Shadow of Dionysus: A Contribution to the Sociology of the Orgy," by Michel Maffesoli.

The article reviews the book "Jones's Minimal: Low-Wage Labor in the United States," by David Griffith.

Reviews the book "Critical Theory Since 1965," edited by Hazard Adams and Leroy Searle.

Reviews the book "Writing for Social Scientists," by Howard S. Becker.

Reviews the book "Antonio Candido: On Literature and Society," by Howard S. Becker.

The article reviews the book "Jean Baudrillard: From Marxism to Postmodernism and Beyond," by Douglas Kellner.

Reviews the book "Strong Mothers, Weak Wives," by Miriam Johnson.

Reviews several books. "Genius Explained," by Michael J. A. Howe; "Before the Gates of Excellence: The Determinants of Creative Genius," by R. Cambridge Ochse; "Born to Rebel: Birth Order, Family Dynamics & Creative Lives," by Frank J. Sulloway; "Origins of Genius: Darwinian Perspectives on Creativity," by Dean Keith Simonton.

Books reviewed in this article: Lynn Pan (ed.), The Encyclopedia of the Chinese Overseas Lynn Pan, Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese Diaspora Sharon K. Hom (ed.), Chinese Women Traversing Diaspora: Memoirs, Essays, and Poetry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Reviews the book "Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community," by Robert D. Putnam.

Reviews several books on sociology. "Epistemic Cultures: How the Sciences Make Knowledge," by Karin Knorr Cetina; "Social Mechanisms: An Analytic Approach to Social Theory," edited by Peter Hedstrom and Richard Swedberg; "A Watched POT: How We Experience Time," by Michael G. Flaherty.

Reviews the book "Children on the Streets of the Americas: Globalization, Homelessness and Education in the United States, Brazil and Cuba," edited by Roslyn Arlin Mickelson.

Reviews two books on sociology. "The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change," by Randall Collins; "Roads From Past to Future," by Charles Tilly and A.L. Stinchcombe.

Reviews the book "Minority Families in the United States: A Multicultural Perspective," 2nd ed, edited by Ronald L. Taylor.

Reviews the book "Coffee and Power: Revolution and the Rise of Democracy in Central America," by Jeffery M. Paige.

Reviews the book `Feminism and Men: Reconstructing Gender Relations,' edited by Steven P. Schacht and Doris W. Ewing.

Reviews the book "Law and Literature: A Misunderstood Relation," by Richard A. Posner.

Reviews the book `Sexual Harassment and Sexual Consent,' edited by Barry Dank and Roberto Refinetti.

Reviews the book "Shelter Blues: Sanity and Selfhood Among the Homeless," by Robert Desjarlais.

Reviews the books "Foucault, Health and Medicine," by A. Petersen and R. Bunton; Bodies in Protest: Environmental Illness and the Struggle Over Medical Knowledge," by S. Kroll-Smith and H. H. Floyd.

Reviews the book "The Golden Age Illusion: Rethinking Postwar Capitalism," by Michael J. Webber and David L. Rigby.

Reviews the book "Teaching Sociology With Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography."