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| Genre/Form: | Handbooks, manuals, etc Bibliography |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: International handbook of sociology. London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 2000 (OCoLC)654673880 |
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Stella R Quah; Arnaud Sales |
| ISBN: | 0761968881 9780761968887 0761953787 9780761953784 |
| OCLC Number: | 44015545 |
| Description: | xxii, 542 p. ; 26 cm. |
| Contents: | On consensus, tensions and sociology at the dawn of the 21st century / S.R. Quah and A. Sales -- The moving frontier of the social sciences / Mattei Dogan -- Rational choice theory in sociology : a survey / Thomas Voss and Martin Abraham -- Feminist theory and critical reconceptualization in sociology : the challenge of the 1990s / Rhoda Reddock -- The challenge of modernity/post-modernity to the classical heritage in sociology of religion / Ivan Varga -- The fourth generation of comparative stratification research / Donald J. Treiman and Harry B.G. Ganzeboom -- The 'rediscovery' of ethnicity : theory and analysis / Christine Inglis -- Sociology of the family : global advances and challenges / Barbara H. Settles -- International political sociology / Richard G. Braungart and Margaret M. Braungart Institutional change in armed forces at the dawning of the 21st century / David R. Segal and Nehama E. Babin -- Social movements : trends and turns / Bert Klandermans -- Late modern institutions and collective action / Pierre Hamel, Henri Lustiger-Thaler and Louis Maheu -- Conceptual and methodological advances and challenges in demography / Dudley L. Poston, Jr. -- Urban sociology / John Walton -- The sociology of housing / William Michelson and Willem Van Vliet -- Sociology of art : new stakes in a post-critical time / Antoine Hennion and Line Grenier -- The collapse of the leisure society? New challenges for the sociology of leisure / Gilles Pronovost -- Theoretical advances in the sociological treatment of tourism / Graham Dann -- Unravelling alienation : from an omen of doom to a celebration of diversity / Devorah Kalekin-Fishman Medical sociology at the millennium / William C. Cockerham -- Mental health and illness research : millennium and beyond / Rumi Kato Price ... [et al.] -- Recent advances and challenges in sociotechnics / Jon Alexander -- Futures research and sociological analysis / Eleonora Barbieri Masini. |
| Other Titles: | Handbook of sociology |
| Responsibility: | edited by Stella R. Quah and Arnaud Sales. |
Abstract:
"This Handbook provides state of the art reviews of sociology conducted by prominent scholars. Drawing on dedicated knowledge and expertise, the book constitutes a guide to the central theoretical and methodological perspectives in the discipline as a whole."--BOOK JACKET.
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