Simon Williams (sociologist)

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Williams, Simon J. (1993). Chronic respiratory illness. London: Routledge. ISBN   9780203392560.
  • Williams, Simon J.; Calnan, Michael (1996). Modern medicine: lay perspectives and experiences. London: UCL Press. ISBN   9781857283181.
  • Williams, Simon J.; Bendelow, Gillian (1998). Emotions in social life critical themes and contemporary issues. London New York: Routledge. ISBN   9780203437452.
  • Williams, Simon J.; Bendelow, Gillian (1998). The lived body. London New York: Routledge. ISBN   9780203025680.
  • Williams, Simon J.; Calnan, Michael; Gabe, Jonathan (2000). Health, medicine and society. London: Routledge. ISBN   9780203463611.
  • Williams, Simon J. (2001). Emotion and social theory: corporeal reflections on the (ir)rational. London Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. ISBN   9781280369506.
  • Williams, Simon J.; Bendelow, Gillian; Carpenter, Mick; Vautier, Caroline (2002). Gender, health, and healing: the public/private divide. London New York: Routledge. ISBN   9780203996751.
  • Williams, Simon J.; Bendelow, Gillian; Birke, Lynda I.A. (2003). Debating biology: sociological reflections on health, medicine, and society. London New York: Routledge. ISBN   9780203987681.
  • Williams, Simon J. (2003). Medicine and the body. London Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Publications. ISBN   9781446217795.
  • Williams, Simon J. (2005). Sleep and society: sociological ventures into the (un)known. London New York: Routledge. ISBN   9780415354189.
  • Williams, Simon J.; Gabe, Jonathan; Davis, Peter (2009). Pharmaceuticals and society: critical discourses and debates. Chichester, UK Malden, Massachusetts: Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN   9781405190848.
  • Williams, Simon J. (2011). The politics of sleep: governing (un)consciousness in the late modern age. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   9780230223677. Preview.
  • Meloni, M, Williams, S.J. and Martin P. (eds) (2016) Biosocial Matters: Rethinking Sociology-Biology Relations in the Twenty-First Century. Oxford: Wiley.Blackwell.
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    2. 1 2 Williams, Simon J. (2005). Sleep and society: sociological ventures into the (un)known. London New York: Routledge. ISBN   9780415354189.
    3. 1 2 Williams, Simon J. (2011). The politics of sleep: governing (un)consciousness in the late modern age. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN   9780230223677.
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    Simon J. Williams

    Born1961 (age 6162)
    Nationality British
    Academic background
    Alma mater Royal Holloway
    Thesis The consequences of chronic respiratory illness: a sociological study  (1990)