Volume 52 No 1 March 2001

Contents

Sociology of Science

• Sociology and the public understanding of science: from rationalization to rhetoric Simon Locke
• Science against modernism: the relevance of the social theory of Michael Polanyi Charles Thorpe
• Colonizing nature: scientific knowledge, colonial power and the incorporation of India into the modern world system Zaheer Baber

Other papers

• The myth of the best argument: power, deliberation and reason Luigi Pellizzoni
• Dialectical dialogue: the struggle for speech, repressive silence and the shift to multiplicity Zali Gurevitch
• Zygmunt Bauman's poisoned gift of morality Matthias Junge
• Witchcraft, geneology, Foucault Steven Russell
• Religion and attitudes towards nature in Britain Bernadette Hayes and Manussos Marangudakis
• Uncertain identities and health-risking behaviour: the case of young people and smoking in late modernity Martyn Denscombe

Books reviewed

Pages 179-187

Author	Title	Reviewer
Bauman, Zygmunt	In Search of Politics	Nick Ellison
Benyon, Huw and Glavanis, Pandeli	Patterns of Social Inequality	Tracey Warren
Eisenstadt, S N	Paradoxes of Democracy: Fragility, Continuity and Change	Rob Jenkins
Gilbert, Nigel and Troitzch, Klaus G	Simulation for the Social Scientist	Brendan Halpin
Goldscheider, Frances and Goldscheider, Calvin	The Changing Transition to Adulthood: Leaving and Returning Home	Ursula Henz
Heath, Anthony F, Breen, Richard and Whelan, Christopher T (eds)	Ireland North and South: Perspectives from Social Science	Patrick McGovern
Nelson, Robert L and Bridges, William P	Legalizing Gender Inequality: Courts, Markets and Unequal Pay for Women in America	Catherine Hakim
O'Connor, Julia S, Orloff, Ann Shola and Shaver, Sheila	States, Markets, Familities: Gender, Liberalizm and Social Policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain and the United States	Nick Ellison