Annual Review of Sociology, Volume 31

The 17 articles of this collection present the current state of research on various questions in the field, written by scholars at American universities. The collection begins with an overview of the work and career of James S. Coleman (d.1995) by Peter V. Marsden (sociology, Harvard U.). A sampling of other topics featured includes identity politics, immigrant assimilation, new directions in corporate governance, agency theory, multiethnic North American cities, and new theories of care work. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR