British Journal of Sociology

Welcome to BJS Online, the LSE hosted webpage for the BJS. The page enables access to the tables of contents for all the published copies of the Journal from 1950 through to the present.

The BJS - Shaping Sociology Over  60 Years
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The BJS turns 60 this year. To mark this occasion the Editors have chosen two articles from each of the Journal's six decades that, in their view, have had a significant and enduring impact on sociology. Each of the articles is accompanied by contemporary commentary that critically assesses it legacy. While the articles chosen represent just a fraction of the many path-breaking contributions publishing in The BJS over the years, it is our hope that they will serve to amply demonstrate the Journal’s central and longstanding role in fostering the sociological imagination.  Follow this link for free access to The BJS - Shaping Sociology Over 60 Years|

Missed the BJS Public Lecture on 6 October 2009|?
Watch the Video Podcast of the BJS Lecture on 6 October 2009 - please click here|. (Lecture also available as an audio podcast , please click here|.)

Bringing the Penal State Back In
Speaker  - Loïc Wacquant
In his lecture Loïc Wacquant  draws on classical theory, social history, and a comparative analysis of the penalization of urban poverty inadvanced societies at the century's turn to argue that we need to bring the penal state back to the centre of the sociology of social inequality, public policy and citizenship

 

Micro-debate on 'Violence' - BJS September 2009 Issue|
Are human beings wired for violence?   Randall Collins' debates his provocative book   Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory with Richard B. Felson| and Mark Cooney |

BJS Prize
We are delighted to announce that the BJS Prize in 2009 has been awareded to Dr. Clare Saunders (School of Social Sciences, Southampton University) for her paper

'Double-edged swords? Collective identity and
solidarity in the environment movement'
(BJS, Vol 59, June 2009|)

This is the first BJS Prize to be awarded.  It is a biennial prize given to the author of an article published in the BJS that in the opinion of the judges makes an outstanding contribution to increasing sociological knowledge.

To listen to a short podcast by Clare Saunders please click here|.

Thinking Allowed: Laurie Taylor interviews Loïc Wacquant and Nicola Lacey on the topic of Penal Policy.  To link to this interview please click here|

Website for the British Journal of Sociology maintained by Jacquie Gauntlett, email j.gauntlett@lse.ac.uk|