Social Structure and Emotion - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0123740959 ISBN 13: 9780123740953

Publisher: Academic Press, 2008

Synopsis

As a reference that contains original and innovative research on the sociology of emotion, this book will not only appeal to sociologists but also to scholars of psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, history, social work, and business/management. With contributions from experts in the field, this text examines the role and influence of emotion in everyday social circumstances. It poses clear questions and presents the contemporary theoretical developments and empirical research linking social structure and emotion.

Comparable books are narrowly focused and less comprehensive, the breadth and depth of this new work is unmatched.

*Explores the roles played by emotion in social arrangements (i.e., the power of emotions in psychology, finance, economics, etc...)
*Poses clear questions and presents the newest theoretical developments and empirical research linking social structure and emotion
*Contributions from experts in the field

About this edition

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0123740959
• ISBN 13: 9780123740953
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384
• Editor: Clay-Warner Jody, Robinson Dawn T.