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CIS offers access to and free downloads of the new titles in the collection Opiniones y Actitudes. Downloads can be carried out on personal computers or on other electronic reading devices at no additional cost. For this purpose three electronic formats have been developed: pdf accessible (designed so that any user, regardless of their physical abilities and using the appropriate devices, is able to read the book from their computer); and two further formats which are adapted to various electronic reading devices: pdf for e-readers and e-pub for every type of electronic device and smartphones. Existing download formats: pdf accessible pdf for e-readers e-pub for any other electronic devices and smartphones For those who wish to acquire a paper copy of the book, forthcoming titles will also be available via the "impresión bajo demanda" facility, where any reader who prefers to have a physical copy will be able to purchase one by placing an online order on our web page. In order to buy the paper edition, click on the image of the title which interests you; this will take you to a print-on-demand platform where you will be able to acquire the book.

INFORMATIVE DOCUMENT - Bibliographical information Title: De la sociología. Números, narrativas e integración de la investigación y la teoría. Author/es: John H. Goldthorpe Introduction by José María Maravall Publication Language: Spanish Edition: 1st edition, 1st printing Date Published: 04/2010 Publication: Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas (CIS) and Boletín Oficial del Estado (BOE) Description: 607 p. 23x15 cm Binding: paperback Collection: Clásicos Contemporáneos, 1 ISBN: 978-84-7476-484-0 Summary of content: One of the most important sociologists of our time analyses the differences between social classes and inequalities in life opportunities, social mobility rates and educational achievements.He also delves into exciting theoretical and methodological debates. His work constitutes a defence of rational action theory applied to the explanation of social phenomena. Buy with a 5% discount This first title in the new CIS collection offers a true guide to what it means to undertake good sociological research. John H. Goldthorpe is an emeritus member of Nuffield College at Oxford University. He is also a member of the British Academy, the European Academy and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Goldthorpe is one of the main scholars of the structure of social classes and social mobility in advanced societies, a field to which he has contributed with a number of now classic research projects. His class schema is possibly the most influential instrument of analysis in contemporary empirical sociology as it has enabled the comparison of social structures - in a given country over a period of time and also between different countries - and the measurement of their effects on behaviour. In the last few years, as well as continuing to undertake empirical research, he has actively participated in sociology's methodological debates, presenting a clear defence of his point of view on the direction of scientific progress in furthering knowledge of societies. José María Maravall is professor of sociology at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Honorary Fellow of St. Antony's College at Oxford University, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and also the British Academy. In 2007 he was awarded the National Sociology and Political Science Award by the CIS, of which he is currently a member of the Advisory Council. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas (REIS), published by the CIS. His numerous publications tackle a wide range of issues which include the comparative study of the functioning of democracies and their institutions.

The Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas announces the creation of the annual Best Article Published in the REIS Prize. With this prize, which will be awarded for the first time in 2010 to the best article published in 2009, the CIS particularly seeks to acknowledge the articles displaying the most originality, importance and high methodological quality published annually in the journal; at the same time, it wishes to provide a boost to authors by supporting the dissemination of their research activity among the scientific community both in Spain and abroad and increasing the visibility of their work in the field of the social sciences. We would also like to report that the REIS has been selected to form part of the two most prestigious international citation indices: the Thomson Reuters Social Sciences Citation Index, and Elsevier's Scopus. Apart from representing an extraordinary recognition of its acknowledged quality and scientific importance, it means that the journal joins the small group of Spanish publications that have been admitted to these international benchmark indices. On the other hand, in our recent study on specialist Spanish social science journals the level of interdisciplinary content is analysed. The results obtained by REIS are excellent; it is in third place in the social science journal category and first in the sociology and political science category: http://redc.revistas.csic.es/index.php/redc/article/view/458/470 Additionally, we remind that the REIS has broadened the free access to its articles; now, only the last four numbers are exclusively reserved for subscribers. Finally, we wish to announce that, following the decision of the Editorial Board, the REIS is to become a bilingual publication. It already receives and assesses manuscripts in English and those that obtain the approval of the Editorial Board will also be published in this language.