ISA XIV World Congress
of Sociology (Montréal, 26 July-1 August 1, 1998) was the last ISA
congress organized in the twentieth century and was also an occasion to
celebrate fiftieth anniversary of the International Sociological Association.
One of the major aims of
the Montreal Congress was to make a critical assessment of sociological
heritage of the twentieth century. In this framework the ISA Congress Programme
Committee carried on in 1997 an opinion survey in order to identify ten
most influential books for sociologists. ISA members were asked to list
five books published in the twentieth century which were most influential
in their work as sociologists. 16% of ISA members (455 out of 2785) participated
in the survey.
