ISBN:
0761968881
,
9781848608405
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xxii, 542 p)
,
26 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Palo Alto, Calif ebrary 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
SAGE Studies in International Sociology
Parallel Title:
Print version The International Handbook of Sociology
DDC:
301
Keywords:
Sociology Handbooks, manuals, etc
;
Sociology Research
;
Sociology Bibliography
Abstract:
`The most up-to-date survey of the range of research in contemporary sociology, extremely useful to students, teachers, and researchers alike. Indispensable for collective and personal libraries' - Immanuel Wallerstein, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris. This unique Handbook provides state-of-the-art reviews of sociology conducted by prominent scholars. Drawing on dedicated knowledge and expertise, the book constitutes an unrivalled guide to the central theoretical and methodological perspectives in the discipline as a whole. The book is organized into six parts:. o conceptual perspectives
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover ; Contents ; Foreword; Part I: Introduction ; 1: Of Consensus, Tensions and Sociology at theDawn of the 21st Century; Part II: Conceptual Perspectives; 2: The Moving Frontier of the Social Sciences; 3: Rational Choice Theory in Sociology: A Survey; 4: Feminist Theory and Critical Reconceptualization in Sociology: The Challenge of the 1990s; 5: The Challenge of Modernity/Post-Modernity to the Classical Heritage in Sociology of Religion; Part III: Social and Cultural Differentiation; 6: The Fourth Generation of Comparative Stratification Research
Description / Table of Contents:
7: The 'Rediscovery' of Ethnicity: Theory and AnalysisPart IV: Changing Institutions and Collective Action; 8: Sociology of the Family: Global Advances and Challenges; 9: International Political Sociology; 10: Institutional Change in Armed Forces at the Dawning of the Twenty-First Century; 11: Social Movements: Trends and Turns; 12: Late Modern Institutions and Collective Action; Part V: Demography, Cities and Housing; 13: Conceptual and Methodological Advancesand Challenges in Demography; 14: Urban Sociology; 15: The Sociology of Housing; Part VI: Art and Leisure
Description / Table of Contents:
16: Sociology of Art: New Stakes in a Post-Critical Time17: The Collapse of the Leisure Society? New Challenges for the Sociology of Leisure; 18: Theoretical Advances in the Sociological Treatment of Tourism; Part VII: On Social Problems; 19:Unravelling Alienation: From an Omen of Doom to a Celebration of Diversity; 20: Medical Sociology at the Millennium; 21: Mental Health and Illness Research: Millennium and Beyond; 22: Recent Advances and Challenges in Sociotechnics; 23: Futures Research and Sociological Analysis; Reviewers; Name Index ; Subject Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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