TASA - The Australian Sociology Association

Titles nominated in the nomination process for The Most Influential Books in Australian Sociology

Homosexual : oppression and liberation by
   Altman, D. (1972 & 1993)
Trauma trails, recreating song lines: the transgenerational effects of trauma in Indigenous Australia by
   Atkinson, J. (2002)
Women, social welfare, and the state in Australia by
   Baldock, C.V. & Cass, B. (1983 & 1988)
Emotion, social theory and social structure : a macrosociological approach by
   Barbalet, J.M. (2001)
Social theory : a guide to central thinkers by
   Beilharz, P. (1991)
Radically speaking : feminism reclaimed by
   Bell, D. & Klein, R. (1996)
Accounting for tastes : Australian everyday cultures by
   Bennett, T., Emmison, M. & Frow, J. (1999)
After the Odyssey : a study of Greek Australians by
   Bottomley, G. (1979)
Intersexions : gender, class, culture and ethnicity by
   Bottomley, G., De Lepervanche, M. & Martin, J. (1991)
Crime, shame and reintegration by
   Braithwaite, J. (1989)
Damned if we do : contradictions in women's health care by
   Broom, D. (1991)
Welfare and the state : who benefits? by
   Bryson, L. (1992)
An Australian newtown : life and leadership in a working-class suburb by
   Bryson, L. & Thompson, F. (1972)
Offending girls : sex, youth and justice by
   Carrington, K. (1993)
Mistaken identity : multiculturalism and the demise of nationalism in Australia by
   Castles, S., Cope B., Kalantzis, M. & Morrissey, M. (1988 & 1992)
Society and health : social theory for health workers by
   Cheek, J., Shoebridge, Willis, E. & J. Zadoroznyj, M. (1996)
Masculinities by
   Connell, R.W. (1995)
Class structure in Australian history : poverty and progress by
   Connell, R.W. & Irving, T.H. (1980 & 1992)
Making the difference : schools, families and social division by
   Connell, R.W., Ashenden, D.W., Kessler, S. & Dowsett, G.W. (1982)
Ruling class ruling culture : studies of conflict, power and hegemony in Australian life by
   Connell, R.W. (1977)
Gender and power : society, the person, and sexual politics by
   Connell, R.W. (1987)
Postmodernization : change in advanced society by
   Crook, S., Pakulski, J. & Waters, M. (1992)
From subject to citizen : Australian citizenship in the twentieth century by
   Davidson, A. (1997)
Australian society : a sociological introduction by
   Davies, A. F. & Encel, S. (1965 & 1977)
Frogs and snails and feminist tales : preschool children and gender by
   Davies, B. (1989)
Surveys in social research by
   de Vaus, D. (1986 & 2002)
Smalltown : a study of social inequality, cohesion and belonging by
   Dempsey, K. (1990)
Regulation and repression : the study of social control by
   Edwards, A. (1988)
Equality and authority : a study of class, status and power in Australia by
   Encel, S. (1970)
Gender at work by
   Game, A. & Pringle, R. (1984)
Australian families : a comparative perspective by
   Gilding, M. (1997)
Wild politics : feminism, globalisation, biodiversity by
   Hawthorne, S. (2002)
Social self, global culture : an introduction to sociological ideas by
   Kellehear, A. (1996)
Capitalism and the countryside : the rural crisis in Australia by
   Lawrence, G. (1987)
Social theory : the multicultural and classic readings by
   Lemert, C. (1993 & 1999)
Faces on the campus : a psychosocial study by
   Little, G. (1975)
A new Britannia : an argument concerning the social origins of Australian radicalism and nationalism by
   MacQueen, H. (1970 & 1986)
The migrant presence : Australian responses 1947-1977 : research report for the National Population Inquiry by
   Martin, J.I. (1978)
Good and mad women : the historical construction of femininity in twentieth-century Australia by
   Matthews, J.J. (1984)
Settlers and the agrarian question : foundations of capitalism in colonial Australia by
   McMichael, P. (1984)
States, markets, families : gender, liberalism, and social policy in Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and the United States by
   O'Connor, J., Orloff, A. & Shaver, S. (1999)
The death of class by
   Pakulski, J. & Waters, M. (1996)
Health care & public policy : an Australian analysis by
   Palmer, G. & Short, S. (1989 & 2000)
The sexual contract by
   Pateman, C. (1988)
Secretaries talk : sexuality, power & work by
   Pringle, R. (1988)
Economic rationalism in Canberra : a nation-building state changes its mind by
   Pusey, M. (1991)
Having families : marriage, parenthood and social pressure in Australia by
   Richards, L. (1978 & 1985)
Indonesia : the rise of capital by
   Robison, R. (1986)
Where it hurts : an introduction to sociology for health workers by
   Russell, C. & Schofield, T. (1986)
Sociology for Australians / The new sociology for Australians by
   Sargeant, M. (1983 & 1994)
Man made language by
   Spender, D (1980 & 1990)
Damned whores and God's police : the colonization of women in Australia by
   Summers, A. (1975 & 2002)
Understanding multiculturalism and Australian identity by
   Theophanous, A. (1995)
Living decently : material well-being in Australia by
   Travers, P. & Richardson, S. (1993)
The body and society : explorations in social theory by
   Turner, B. (1984 & 1996)
Medical power and social knowledge by
   Turner, B.S. (1987 & 1995)
Feminism confronts technology by
   Wacjman, J. (1991)
Do it yourself social research by
   Wadsworth, Y. (1984 & 1997)
Modern sociological theory by
   Waters, M. (1994)
Social inequality in Australian society by
   Western, J.S. (1983)
Bradstow : a study of status, class and power in a small Australian town by
   Wild, R.A. (1974 & 1978)
Open cut : the working class in an Australian mining town by
   Williams, C. (1981)
Medical dominance : the division of labour in Australian health care by
   Willis, E. (1983 & 1989)
Australian immigration : a survey of the issues by
   Wooden, M., Holton, R., Hugo, G. & Sloan, J. (1990 & 1994)
Bureaucrats, technocrats, femocrats : essays on the contemporary Australian state by
   Yeatman, A. (1990)
Postmodern revisionings of the political by
   Yeatman, A. (1994)