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This paper presents an examination of some of the ways in which social criticism can be developed on the basis of the analysis of everyday life in modern societies. An attempt is made to combine the results of phenomenological (Schutz), ethnomethodological (Garfinkel), and dialectical (Kosik) approaches to the everyday world as the world-taken-for-granted, with the study, founded on semiological theory, of social images and the ideological elements implicit in them. At the centre of the discussion lies the mechanism of thematization by which the subjects assign predicates to persons, objects and events in a given social context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article is designed to investigate the operation of two social variables in the formal communication system of science. Scientific papers contain references to previously published work, and these citations present a valuable source of data since they are generally considered to reflect the opinion which authors hold of work previously published. If work is considered important, either in a positive or negative sense, it will be cited. Therefore, the actual number of citations received by an article or person will serve as some indication of perceived importance. It was found that people who had power and high prestige (HIPP) in 1957-61 published significantly more papers in 1960 than did those with no power and low prestige (LOPP). Individual self-citation rates for LOPP papers were significantly higher than for HIPP and important papers. The relation was a strong one. No HIPP people cited any Important or LOPP papers. This suggests a high degree of polarisation in the formal communication system. It may be that, relative to the number of total citations, the number of self-citations is constant. The proportion of self-citations to the total may change as the total changes but the absolute number of self-citations remains steady.

The role of archival journals in the communication system of science has been recognized as important by many writers.' The nature of the scientific reward system and the ideology of pure science ensures that public communication is central to the social system of science. The two journals considered here were in a sample of thirty-two British social science journals whose editors and referee organizations were discussed in an earlier paper. Their submission and rejection rates were similar to the median rates for the journals, but their age was less than that of the majority. They were both founded within five years of the year whose submissions were studied; such young journals constituted about a third of the journals in the sample. The differences in research area and autonomy affected the nature of the journals' referee systems. The pure discipline journal sent most of its submissions to a regular panel of editorial referees for evaluation and the editor usually accepted their recommendations.

The first section of this paper looks at the types of job separations experienced by men in the samples and relates these to the occurrence of subemployment. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article presents a paper that explores ways in which general practitioners make sense of the changing political economy of this relationship. It explains that the interpersonal relationship between doctor and patient is fundamental to general medical practice. However, it is restructured by ideas about the patient as consumer, and as it increasingly constitutes the consultation as a point of interaction that may be intrinsically therapeutic. In particular, ways are explored in which consultation is the site of negotiated power relations between doctor and patient, and is the site of the doctor's negotiation of powerful discourses of professional and institutional identity. It develops some ideas about the relationship between doctors and patients in general practice. It focuses on the ways in which the professional rhetoric of general practice has come to be organized around a very specific view of the possibilities that arise from this relationship.

The article presents a list of books related to sociology. Some of the books included in the list are: "Understanding Research Methods," by G.R. Adams and J.D. Schvaneveldt, "Barbara Wootton: Social Science and Public Policy: Essays in Her Honour," edited by P. Bean and D. Whynes, "Focal Problems: Theory and Support in Stories and Myths," by G. Burnard, "The Category of the Person: Anthropology, Philosophy, History," edited by M. Carrithers, "The Social Construction of Literacy," edited by J. Cook-Gumperz, "The Hollywood Studio System," by D. Gomery, "Social Workers and their Practice in Welfare Bureaucracies," by D. Howe, "Anatomy of a War: Vietnam, the United Stales, and the Modern Historical Experience," by G. Kolko, "The Ideology of the New Right," by R. Levitas, "Labour and Employment in the USSR," by D. Lane, " Explanation in Social History," by C. Lloyd, "Women and European Politics," by J. Lovenduski, "Codetermination, Communication and Control in the Workplace: A Study of Participation in Four Midlands Companies," by R. Loveridge, "Schooling as a Ritual Performance," by P. McLaren, and "Cross-Class Families: A Study of Wives' Occupational Superiority," by S. McRae.

The article presents a list of the books received by the journal "The Sociological Review." Some of the books in the list are: "Movement and Institution", "Culture and Environment", "Western Sexuality: Practice and Precept in Past and Present Times", "Social Stratification and Mobility in the Netherlands", "Pre-Trial Justice: A Study of Case Settlement in Magistrates' Courts", "Comparative industrial Relations: An Introduction to Cross-National Perspectives", "Health and Disease: A Reader", "Solving Costly Organizational Conflicts", "Architects and Firms: A Sociological Perspective on Architectural Practice", "The challenge of Social change", "A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste", "Education and the Labour Market: Work and Unemployment Among Recent Cohorts of Irish School Leavers", "Psychological and Social Structures", "Introduction to Social Administration in Britain", "Positivism in Social Theory and Research", "Sociological Research Methods: An Introduction", and "The Chicago School of Sociology."

This article presents a list of several books received by the journal 'The American Sociological Review." Some of them are, "Philosophy of Modern Music," "Heredity and Society," " Closing Correctional Institutions,"Success and Failure in the Secondary School," "Agrarian Structure in Latin America," "Culture As Praxis," "Research in Religious Behavior: Selected Readings," "Class, Codes and Control," "Deviancy and the Family," "Family Doctors and Public Policy," "Needs of the Elderly for Health and Welfare Services," and others.

The article presents a list of books reviewed by the journal. It lists several books including "Theoretical Logic in Sociology," vol.4 "The Modern Reconstruction of Classical Thought," by J.C. Alexander; "Applied Sociological Perspective," edited by R.J. Anderson and El Sharrock; "Identity and Stability in Marriage," by J. Asham; "Affari Socialilnternazionali," by M. Astengo; "Certificate in Social Service: The Durham Papers," edited by H. Barr; "Consent and Efficiency: Labour Relations and Management Strategy in the State Enterprise," by F. Batstone; "Couples in Crisis: Facing Marital Breakdown," by C. Belshaw and M. Strutt; "Centralization and Autonomy: A Study in Organization Behaviour," by Mi Brooke; "In the Field: An Introduction to Field Research, " by R.G. Burgess; "Radical Political Economy: An Introduction to the Alternative Economics," by B. Burkitt; "Students in the Press: 1955-1975," by M. Clarke; "The Modelling of Socio-Economic Planning Processes," by S.I. Cohen; and "Down and Out: Orwell's Paris and London Revisited," by S. Craig and C. Schwarz.

A list of books related to sociology is presented. They include "Who Should Know What? Social Science, Privacy and Ethics," by J. A. Barnes, "Introduction to Psychotherapy: An Outline of Psychodynamic Principles and Practice," by D. Brown and J. Pedder and "The Education of the Future: An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Socialist Education," by S. Castles and W. Wustenberg.

This article presents a list of books, related to sociology. Some of the books included in the article are "Trade Unionism," by J.A. Banks, "Caught in the Act: Children, Society and the Law," by M. Berlins and G. Wansell, "The International Urban Crisis," by T.L. Blair, "The Mafia of a Sicilian Village: A Study of Violent Peasant Entrepreneurs," by A. Blok, "Abandonment of Children in Jamaica," by E. Brodber, "On Community, Family and Delinquency," by E.W. Burgess, "Renewing Urban Teaching," by L.F. Claydon, "Greedy Institutions: Patterns of Undivided Commitment," by L.A. Coser, etc.

This article presents a list of books, related to sociology. Some of the books mentioned in the article are "The Idea of a Spiritual Power: Comte Memorial Lecture," by H.B. Acton, "Gypsy Politics and Social Change," by T. Action, "Women in America," by E.H. Altbach, "Human Behavior in the Social Environment," by R.E. Anderson and I.E. Carter, "The Essential Comte," edited by S. Anderski, "The Social Control of Drugs," by P. Bean, "Computers and the Social Sciences," by A. Brier and I. Robinson and "Knowledge, Education and Cultural Change," edited by R. Brown.