The Sage handbook of sociology

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Title:

The Sage handbook of sociology

Author:

Calhoun, Craig J., 1952-

ISBN:

9780761968214

Publication Information:

London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, 2005.

Physical Description:

xv, 590 ; 26 cm

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 -- The 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. The culture of work / Richard Sennett -- The sociology of the family / Bryan Turner -- The social institution of money / Geoffrey Ingham -- The sociology of consumption and lifestyle / Don Slater -- The 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 -- The sociology of culture / Wendy Griswold -- The sociology of health and illness / Gary L. Albrecht-- The sociology of religion / Bryan Turner -- Leisure and tourism / Chris Rojek -- The 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 -- The sociology of gender relations / Sylvia Walby -- Population and society : historical trends and future prospects / Charles Hirschman -- Part 3. Primary debates. A 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 -- The 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-- The 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 / Siniša Malešević and John A. Hall.

Abstract:

Providing an authoritative guide to theory and method, the key sub-disciplines and the primary debates in contemporary sociology, this work brings together the leading authors to reflect on the condition of the discipline.

Subject Term:

Sociology.

Added Author:

Calhoun, Craig J., 1952-

Rojek, Chris.

Turner, Bryan S.

Added Corporate Author:

Sage Publications.

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Summary

Sociology has evolved greatly since it′s inception as an academic discipline. It has diverged into numerous strands often flowing in disparate directions - so much so that today the notion of canonical sociology has become widely disputed. The field of sociology at present approximates to one of multi-paradigmatic complexity in which many approaches to theory must be distinguished and situated. In addition, the discipline has had to confront new challenges from globalization, the shift of interest from production to consumption, the rise of new social movements, the challenge of bio-engineering, the collapse of a ′presently existing socialist alternative′ and much else besides.

The new SAGE Handbook of Sociology aims to address these new developments, while at the same time providing an authoritative guide to theory and method, the key sub-disciplines and the primary debates of today. To undertake this ambitious project three leading figures in the field of sociology were selected as editors to bring together the foremost exponents of the different strands that contribute towards the make up modern sociology. Drawn from both sides of the Atlantic the contributors have been commissioned to utilise the most up to date research available to provide a critical, international analysis of their area of expertise.

The result is this essential resource collection that not just reflects upon the condition of sociology today but also looks to future developments in the discipline. The Handbook is invaluable not just all sociologists but to a wide variety of students and researchers across the social sciences.

Click on ′Sample Chapters & Resources′ to download the introduction.