Journal of Sociology articles from August 2001

Journal of Sociology archives from August 2001

From the Editors
August 1, 2001... This issue completes the transition of editorship of the Journal of Sociology to the new editorial team at Flinders University. As `new' editors we wish to thank the outgoing editorial team -- their efforts over the past 4 years have generated a...

Birth and the `Reflexive Consumer': Trust, Risk and Medical Dominance in Obstetric Encounters
August 1, 2001... Introduction For some decades now, the so-called `consumer' movement in health care has grown in Australia and overseas and become increasingly significant in a range of areas of health care provision including obstetrics (Bastian, 1991;...

Testing the Precepts of Republican Political Theory against Citizen Attitudes, Beliefs and Practices
August 1, 2001... Introduction Over the last decade, Australians have been engaged in a major debate over whether to change their system of government from a constitutional monarchy to a republic. This debate led to a referendum in November 1999 which saw the...

Postmodern Consumption and Alternative Medications
August 1, 2001... Introduction Theorists who have posited a postmodern society (e.g. Crook et al., 1992) or a late modern society (e.g. Giddens, 1991), which is different in character from modern society, put consumption as a central feature of such a society....

Information Technology in Frontline Service Work Organization
August 1, 2001... Introduction The use of information technology (IT) is increasingly prevalent in modern workplaces. This is particularly so in financial service and telecommunications industries which rely heavily on IT for service and sales delivery....

Required Reading: Sociology's Most Influential Books.
August 1, 2001... REQUIRED READING: SOCIOLOGY'S MOST INFLUENTIAL BOOKS Dan Clawson (ed.) Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1998, 221 pp., $33.00 (paperback). This book will interest anyone concerned with sociology's disciplinarity. Originating...

Crime and Criminology: An Introduction.
August 1, 2001... CRIME AND CRIMINOLOGY: AN INTRODUCTION Rob White and Fiona Haines Melbourne: Oxford, 2nd edition, 2000, 242 pp., $32.95 (paperback). It is not unusual to come across claims that criminology/the sociology of deviance is undergoing a...

The Social Construction Of Anorexia Nervosa.
August 1, 2001... THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF ANOREXIA NERVOSA Julie Hepworth London: Sage, 7999, ix + 146 pp., $44.95 (paperback). Julie Hepworth is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of General Practice at the University of Adelaide, and it is heartening...