Volume 8 No 2 June 1957

Contents

• The British Sociological Association Conference, 1957
  • [Introduction], Ronald Fletcher
  • Social Theory: Retrospect and Prospect, Donald G MacRae
  • The Role-Set: Problems in Sociological Theory, Robert K Merton
  • Social Investigation: Past Achievements and Present Difficulties, T S Simey
  • Primordial, Personal, Sacred and Civil Ties: Some Particular Observations on the Relationships of Sociological Research and Theory, Edward Shils
  • Social Research and Social Policy in the Nineteenth Century, O R McGregor
  • Sociology and Social Policy, G D H Cole
  • Reports of Group Discussions, Olive Banks, D V Donnison, Maurice Freedman, T P Morris
• The Social Grading of Occupations in Brazil, Bertram Hutchinson

Books reviewed

Pages 190-196

Author	Title	Reviewer
Hermann Mannheim	Group Problems in Crime and Punishment	John Mack
Hermann Mannheim, Leslie T Wilkins	Prediction Methods in Relation to Borstal Training	John Mack
R N Saksena	India's Villages	M W Smith
R N Saksena	Social Economy of a Polyandrous People	M W Smith
Henry Desroche	Les Shakers américains	T B Bottomore
N Dennis, F Henriques, C Slaughter	Coal Is Our Life	W C E Gregory
D Daiches Raphael	Moral Judgment	Ernest Gellner
Luke Ebersole	American Society. An Introductory Analysis	A Tropp
William G McLoughlin, Jr	Billy Sunday Was His Real Name	Bryan R Wilson
Alfred G Steer, Jr	Goethe's Social Philosophy	H S Reiss
D M Wilner, B P Walkley, S W Cook	Human Relations in Interracial Housing	Anthony H Richmond