Social Science Encycl Vol2 Ed3: 002

KUPER

ISBN 10: 0415347750 / ISBN 13: 9780415347754

Published by Routledge, 2003

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social Science Encycl Vol2 Ed3: 002
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0415347750
• ISBN 13: 9780415347754
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 1202 grams

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Synopsis

The Social Science Encyclopedia, first published in 1985 to acclaim from social scientists, librarians and students, was thoroughly revised in 1996, when reviewers began to describe it as a classic. This third edition has been radically recast. Over half the entries are new or have been entirely rewritten, and most of the balance have been substantially revised. Written by an international team of contributors, the Encyclopedia offers a global perspective on the key issues with the social sciences. Some 500 entries cover a variety of enduring and newly vital areas of study and research methods. Experts review theoretical debates from neo-evolutionism and rational choice theory to poststructuralism, and address the great questions that cut across the social sciences. What is the influence of genes on behaviour? What is the nature of consciousness and cognition? What are the causes of poverty and wealth? What are the roots of conflict, wars, revolutions and genocidal violence?

This authoritative reference work is aimed at anyone with a serious interest in contemporary academic thinking about the individual in society.

About the Author

Adam Kuper is an anthropologist, author of many books, regular broadcaster and contributor to the TLS and the London Review of Books. He is a Fellow of the British Academy. Jessica Kuper retired in 2002 as senior commissioning editor in the social sciences at Cambridge University Press.