The interface between intellectual property rights and competition policy is one of the most important and difficult areas of EU commercial law. Traditionally seen as involving a conflict between monopoly rights and the promotion of competition, the relationship is now regarded as a more subtle and [...]

For one-quarter/semester Introductory Sociology courses at 4-year schools. With a straight-forward, one-color presentation, Jonathan Turner offers the most comprehensive and theoretical introduction to sociology. This format allows students to read and focus on what is most important . The extensi[...]

A how-to guide for the discovery and prevention of the illegal transfer of money Written for the private sector-where most money laundering takes place-this book clearly explains shows business professionals how to deter, detect, and resolve financial fraud cases internally.[...]

In recent years 'the New Institutionalism' has focused more on organizations in their social and cultural environments than on societal-level institutional systems. Thus, missing from these studies has been a larger sociological analysis of institutions, per se. In his newest book, leading social th[...]

Written by award-winning scholar, Jonathan Turner, "Contemporary Sociological Theory" covers the range of diversity of theory in nine theoretical traditions, and variants of theoretical approaches in these traditions. The result is a comprehensive review of present-day theorizing in sociology coveri[...]

A brief, yet in-depth examination of twelve major sociological theories.

A comprehensive exploration of classical social theory portraying the historical context (Renaissance Europe to the Industrial Age), covering all major developments in sociological theory (Enlightenment to George Herbert Mead) and focusing on all the key figures you'd expect: Comte, Spencer, Marx, W[...]