ISBN:
9781452265193
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (1346 pages)
Parallel Title:
Print version 21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
〈b〉21st Century Sociology: A Reference Handbook〈/b〉 provides a concise forum through which the vast array of knowledge accumulated, particularly during the past three decades, can be organized into a single definitive resource. The two volumes of this 〈b〉Reference Handbook〈/b〉 focus on the corpus of knowledge garnered in traditional areas of sociological inquiry, as well as document the general orientation of the newer and currently emerging areas of sociological inquiry
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Volume 1; Contents; Preface; About the Editors; About the Contributors; Part I - The Discipline of Sociology; Chapter 1 - The Sociological Perspective; Chapter 2 - The History of Sociology: The European Perspective; Chapter 3 - The History of Sociology: The North American Perspective; Chapter 4 - Sociological Theory in the 21st Century; Part II - International Perspectives; Chapter 5 - Asian Sociology; Chapter 6 - Sociology in Canada; Chapter 7 - European Sociology; Chapter 8 - British Sociology; Part III - The Scientific Approach to the Study of Society
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Chapter 9 - Qualitative MethodologyChapter 10 - Quantitative Methodology; Chapter 11 - Comparative Historical Sociology; Part IV - The Fabric of Social Life; Chapter 12 - The Sociology of Culture; Chapter 13 - The Sociology of Socialization; Chapter 14 - Social Psychology; Part V - Social Aggregations; Chapter 15 - The Sociology of Social Structure; Chapter 16 - The Sociology of Group Dynamics; Chapter 17 - The Sociology of Organization; Chapter 18 - Industrial Sociology; Chapter 19 - The Sociology of Voluntary Associations; Chapter 20 - The Sociology of Social Networks
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Chapter 21 - Work and OccupationsPart VI - Social Distinctions and Diversity; Chapter 22 - Social Stratification; Chapter 23 - The Sociology of Racial and Ethnic Relations; Chapter 24 - The Sociology of Gender; Chapter 25 - The Sociology of Sexuality; Part VII - Social Institutions; Chapter 26 - The Sociology of Love, Courtship, and Dating; Chapter 27 - Marriage and Divorce in the United States; Chapter 28 - Family Sociology in the 21st Century; Chapter 29 - The Sociology of Religion; Chapter 30 - Political Sociology; Chapter 31 - The Sociology of Education; Chapter 32 - Economic Sociology
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Chapter 33 - Medical SociologyChapter 34 - The Sociology of Law; Chapter 35 - Military Sociology; Part VIII - Societal Problems and Disaffections; Chapter 36 - Social Problems; Chapter 37 - The Sociology of Deviance; Chapter 38 - Sexual Deviance; Chapter 39 - Criminology; Chapter 40 - The Sociology of Gambling; Chapter 41 - Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Chapter 42 - The Sociology of Drug Use; Chapter 43 - Juvenile Delinquency; Chapter 44 - The Sociology of Corrections; Part IX - Locality and Social Life; Chapter 45 - Human Ecology; Chapter 46 - The Sociology of Community
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Chapter 47 - Rural SociologyChapter 48 - Urban Sociology in the 21st Century; Chapter 49 - The Sociology of Migration; Chapter 50 - The Sociology of Development; Part X - The Quantification of Social Life; Chapter 51 - Demography; Chapter 52 - The Sociology of Social Indicators; Part XI - Collective Behavior and Social Movements; Chapter 53 - The Sociology of Collective Behavior; Chapter 54 - Social Movements; Chapter 55 - Mass Communications; Part XII - Society in Motion; Chapter 56 - Social Change; Chapter 57 - Dynamic Systems Theory; Volume One Notes; Volume One References; Volume 2
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Contents
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Description based upon print version of record
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