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			Social theory and social structure by Merton, Robert K Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : The Free Press, 1968 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HM51 M477S. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Discourse studies : a multidisciplinary introduction volume1 Discourse as structure and process by Dijk, Teun A. van, ed Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Sage, 1997 Other title: Discourse as structure and process Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: P302 D572. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Covariance structure models : an introduction to LISREL by Long, J. Scott Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage, 1983 Availability: No items available. Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Economic development, social structure and population growth by D'Souza, Victor Salvadore Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New Delhi : Sage, 1985 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HC435.2 D768E. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Economy/society : markets, meanings, and social structure / Bruce G. Carruthers, Sarah L. Babb by Carruthers, Bruce G Babb, Sarah L Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, c2000 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HM548 C377E. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Discourse studies : a multidisciplinary introduction volume2 Discourse studies as social interaction by Dijk, Teun A. van, ed Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Sage, 1997 Other title: Discourse as structure and process Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: P302 D572. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Discourse studies : a multidisciplinary introduction volume 2 Discourse studies as social interaction by Dijk, Teun A. van, ed Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Sage, 1997 Other title: Discourse as structure and process Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: P302 D572. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The evolution of institutional economics : agency, structure and Darwinism in American institutionalism / Geoffrey M. Hodgson by Hodgson, Geoffrey M Series: Economics as social theory Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: London : Routledge, 2004 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HB99.5 H623E. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Social learning and social structure : a general theory of crime and deviance / Ronald L. Akers ; with a new introduction by the author by Akers, Ronald L Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: New Brunswick, N.J. : Transaction, c2009 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HM811 A337S. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	Self, social structure, and beliefs [electronic resource] : explorations in sociology / edited by Jeffrey C. Alexander, Gary T. Marx, and Christine L. Williams by Alexander, Jeffrey C, 1947- [ed.] Marx, Gary T [ed.] Williams, Christine L, 1959- [ed.] Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Social inequality : patterns and processes / Martin N. Marger by Marger, Martin N Edition: 2nd ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Boston, Mass. : McGraw-Hill, c2002 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HM821 M373S 2002. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Social problems : with research navigator / D. Stanley Eitzen, Maxine Baca Zinn by Eitzen, D. Stanley Zinn, Maxine Baca, 1942- Edition: 9th ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Boston, Mass. : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2004 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HN17.5 E379S 2004. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Cultural complexity : studies in the social organization of meaning by Hannerz, Ulf Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: New York, N.Y. : Columbia Univ. Press, 1992 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HM101 H366C. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			Geographies of exclusion : society and difference in the West by Sibley, David Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Routledge, 1995 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: GF21 S524G. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Social problems / D. Stanley Eitzen, Maxine Baca Zinn by Eitzen, D. Stanley Zinn, Maxine Baca, 1942- Edition: 9th ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Boston, Mass. : Allyn and Bacon, c2003 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HN17.5 E379S 2003. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	The McDonaldization of society : an investigation into the changing character of contemporary social life / George Ritzer by Ritzer, George Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, 1993 Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
			The McDonaldization of society / George Ritzer by Ritzer, George Edition: New century ed. Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, 2000 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HM 706 R579M. Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Local cover image Image from Amazon.com	The sociology of Anthony Giddens [electronic resource] / Steven Loyal. by Loyal, Steven Material type: Text; Format: print ; Literary form: Not fiction Publication details: London : Pluto Press, 2003 Online resources: Electronic Resources Availability: No items available. Found in Open Library: Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Self-organisation and evolution of social systems / edited by Charlotte K. Hemelrijk by Hemelrijk, Charlotte K [ed.] Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Cambridge : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: QH313 S443. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)
		Image from Amazon.com	Organizing identity : persons and organizations 'after theory' / Paul Du Gay by Du Gay, Paul Series: Culture, representation, and identities Material type: Text; Literary form: Not fiction ; Audience: Specialized; Publication details: Los Angeles, Calif. : Sage, 2007 Availability: Items available for loan: BU Library and Learning Space (1)Call number: HM548 D832O. Found in Open Library: Place hold Save to lists Add to cart (remove)