| Description |
xv, 590 ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Theory and method. Quantitative research methods / Adrian E. Raftery -- Qualitative research traditions / Paul Atkinson and Sara Delamont -- Sociology and philosophy / Randall Collins -- Diversity and insularity of sociological traditions / Charles Crothers -- Comparative sociology : some paradigms and their moments / David E. Apter -- Part 2. The axial processes of society. Culture of work / Richard Sennett -- Sociology of the family / Bryan Turner -- Social institution of money / Geoffrey Ingham -- Sociology of consumption and lifestyle / Don Slater -- Sociology of mediation and communication / Roger Silverstone -- An entirely different world? Challenges for the sociology of race and ethnicity / Patricia Hill Collins -- A sociology of information / David Lyon -- Class and stratification : current problems and revival prospects / Mike Savage -- Sociology of culture / Wendy Griswold -- Sociology of health and illness / Gary L. Albrecht -- Sociology of religion / Bryan Turner -- Leisure and tourism / Chris Rojek -- Sociology of the environment and nature / Steven Yearley -- Poverty and life chances : the conceptualization and study of the poor / Dalton Conley -- Globalization : sociology and cross-disciplinarity / Roland Robertson and Kathleen E. White -- Sociology of gender relations / Sylvia Walby -- Population and society : historical trends and future prospects / Charles Hirschman -- Part 3. Primary debates. New approach for theoretically integrating micro and macro analysis / Jonathan H. Turner -- Global inequality : bringing politics back in / Jan Nederveen Pieterse -- Sociology and the body / Nick Crossley -- City : its return as a lens for social theory / Saskia Sassen -- Sociology of deviance : the disciplines of social exclusion / Heinz Steinert -- Globalizing business / Stewart R. Clegg -- Sex and power : capillaries, capabilities and capacities / Elspeth Probyn -- Sociology of the university and higher education : the consequences of globalization / Gerard Delanty -- Science, technology and their implications / Karin Knorr Cetina -- Citizenship, ethnicity and nation-states / Sinisa Malesevic and John A. Hall. |
| Subject |
Sociology.
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| Added Author |
Calhoun, Craig J., 1952-
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Rojek, Chris.
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Turner, Bryan S.
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Sage Publications, inc.
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| ISBN |
0761968210 |
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9780761968214 |
| Standard No. |
NLGGC 270179151 |
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YDXCP 100369677 |
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