Research Catalog

Title

The Wiley-Blackwell companion to sociology / edited by George Ritzer.

Publication

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

Ritzer, George.

Description

xvii, 661 p. : ill.; 26 cm

Series Statement

Wiley-Blackwell companions to sociology

Uniform Title

Blackwell companions to sociology.

Alternative Title

• Companion to sociology
• Sociology

Subject

• Sociology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Philosophy and sociology / Stephen Turner -- A selective history of sociology / Alan Sica -- Quantitative methods / Russell Schutt -- Qualitative methods / Mitchell Duneier -- Classical sociological theory / Alan Sica -- Contemporary sociological theory / William Yagatich and George Ritzer -- Action, interaction and groups / Kimberly B. Rogers and Lynn Smith-Lovin -- Groups and institutions, structures and processes / Murray Webster and Jane Sell -- The sociology of organizations / Stewart R. Clegg -- Cultural analysis / John Tomlinson -- The changing life course / Angela M. O'Rand -- Deviance : a sociology of unconventionalities / Nachman Ben-Yehuda -- Criminology / Charles Wellford -- Critical sexuality studies / Ken Plummer -- Feeling class : affect and culture in the making of class relations / Bev Skeggs -- Racial and ethnic issues : critical race approaches in the United States / Joe Feagin and Brittany Slatton.
• Genders and sexualities in global context : an intersectional assessment of contemporary scholarship / Nancy Naples and Barbara Gurr -- Changing families : fluidity, partnership and family structure / Graham Allan and Emma Head -- Sociology of education / Maureen Hallinan and Ge Liu -- Sociology of religion / Christian Smith and Robert D. Woodberry -- Current directions in medical sociology / William Cockerham -- Media and communications / John Durham Peters and Jefferson Pooley -- Work and employment / Steve Vallas -- The sociology of consumption / PJ Rey and George Ritzer -- Population / Suzanne Bianchi and Vanessa Wight -- Urbanization / Kevin Gotham -- Environmental sociology / Richard York and Riley Dunlap -- Social movements / Remy Cross and David A. Snow -- Globalization / Paul Dean and George Ritzer -- After neoliberalism : whither capitalism? / Bob Antonio -- Organized coercion and political authority : armed conflict in a world of states / Meyer Kestnbaum.
• Science and technology : now and in the future / Frank Webster and Marc Erickson -- The internet: web 2.0 and beyond / Nathan Jurgenson and George Ritzer.

Call Number

HM585

ISBN

• 9781444330397 (hbk.)
• 144433039X (hbk.)
• 9781444347357 (ePDF)
• 1444347357 (ePDF)
• 9781444347388 (Wiley Online Library)
• 1444347381 (Wiley Online Library)
• 9781444347364 (ePub)
• 1444347365 (ePub)
• 9781444347371 Mobi) (canceled/invalid)
• 1444347373 Mobi) (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2011020599

OCLC

773413639

Title

The Wiley-Blackwell companion to sociology / edited by George Ritzer.

Imprint

Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Series

Wiley-Blackwell companions to sociology

Blackwell companions to sociology.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Ritzer, George.

Research Call Number

*R-RMRR HM585 .W55 2012