The Blackwell Companion to Sociology (Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 063121318X ISBN 13: 9780631213185

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, 2001

Synopsis

The Blackwell Companion to Sociology is a milestone collection of new essays by renowned sociologists, covering both the traditions and strengths of the field as well as newer developments and directions. Authors from the US, the UK, Europe and elsewhere have contributed to this all-in-one reference work, highlighting the relevance of interdisciplinary and international perspectives, while at the same time representing the scope and quality of sociology in its current form.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Blackwell Companion to Sociology is a milestone collection of new essays by renowned sociologists, covering both the traditions and strengths of the field as well as newer developments and directions.

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• Contains 31 definitive essays by an international panel of renowned figures in sociology
  
• Covers traditional topics in sociology, such as theory, stratification, political sociology, and the sociology of education and social movements, as well as emerging areas such as immigration studies, the sociology of space and time, and the sociology of intimate relations and religion
  
• Considers the most recent advances in communications, political mobilization, and analyses of the nation-state, reflecting the rapid changes wrought by globalization
  
• Includes a comprehensive list of sociological data resources available on the web.

Authors from the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere have contributed to this all-in-one reference work highlighting the relevance of interdisciplinary and international perspectives, while at the same time representing the scope and quality of sociology in its current form.

About the Author:

Judith R. Blau is Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and President of the US chapter of Sociologists without Borders, an international NGO. She is the author of Architects and Firms (1984), The Shape of Culture (1989), and Social Contracts and Economic Markets (1993), and Race in the Schools (2003), and has published articles on organizations, networks, economic inequalities, crime, sociology of science, urban sociology, historical sociology, medical sociology, and sociology of education.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 063121318X
• ISBN 13: 9780631213185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 632
• Editor: Blau Judith R.