In this paper a sociological role theory for the explanation of variations in accident rates is presented. Accident Risk is seen as a combined result of a person's exposure to dangerous situations, here labeled Role Strain, ...

It is argued that Marxian urban sociology as developed in the last decade requires substantial reformulation if it is to make any further progress. The problem with the approach is that although the new urban sociology was ...

The examined cross-cultural evidence indicates that women may come to have many options in very different types of societies and through very different combinations of social, political, cultural and economic reasons. ...

A variety of meanings is attached to the concept 'community care' and, as an ideology, it may function as a legitimation for very different social policies. In this article the different functions of this ideology in old ...

The article consists of four parts. The first is a short introduction to tenant influence in Sweden. In the second part certain motives and aims for tenant influence are deduced. Some conflicts of aims and some conse quences ...

The paper reviews Durkheim's theory of suicide, with particular reference to his treat ment of alcohol as a causal factor. It is argued that Durkheim views alcohol as an individual-level factor, rather than as a socio-cultural ...