Main description:
The publication of the Handbook of Sociology heralded a new age of sociological thought and practice. This volume synthesizes the field. It provides an orginal and comprehensive look at this vital discipline - which has not had a new Handbook in 25 years ... years in which sociology as a field of study and practice has undergone significant change. Eminent scholars representing both micro and macro perspectives combine their expertise to address the diversity, growth, and new developments which characterize the field of sociology today.
Smelser, one of the leading sociologists of our time, introduces the Handbook with a reflective and incisive essay on the historical developments within the field, the status of sociology as a discipline, and the future of the profession. Eminent contributors from all subfields of the discipline provide chapters on theoretical and methodological issues; bases of inequality in society; major institutional and organizational settings; and social processes and change. Offering incomparable depth and breadth, the Handbook of Sociology effectively synthesizes the complex and controversial issues which surround the discipline of sociology.
Table of contents:
PART ONE: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
Toward a Disciplinary Matrix in Sociology - Walter L Wallace
The New Theoretical Movement - Jeffrey Alexander
Social Structure - Neil J Smelser
On Sociological Data - Peter H Rossi
Causal Inference for Sociological Data - Richard A Berk
PART TWO: BASES OF INEQUALITY IN SOCIETY
Inequality and Labour Processes - Mark Granovetter and Charles Tilly
Race and Ethnicity - Katherine O'Sullivan See and William J Wilson
Sociology of Age - Matilda White Riley, Anne Foner, and Joan Waring
Gender and Sex Roles - Janet Z Giele
PART THREE: MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SETTINGS
Jobs and Work - Joanne Miller
Environments and Organizations - Howard E Aldrich and Peter V Marsden
Political Sociology - Anthony M Orum
Trends in Family Sociology - Joan Huber and Glenna Spitze
The Sociology of Education - Charles Bidwell and Noah E Friedkin
Sociology of Religion - Robert J Wuthnow
The Sociology of Science - Harriet Zuckerman
Medical Sociology - William C Cockerham
Mass Media Institutions - Gaye Tuchman
PART FOUR: SOCIAL PROCESS AND CHANGE
Spatial Processes - W Parker Frisbie and John D Kasarda
Deviance and Social Control - Andrew T Scull
Social Movements - Douglas McAdam, John McCarthy, and Mayer N Zald
Development and the World Economy - Peter B Evans and John Stephens
The publication of the Handbook of Sociology heralded a new age of sociological thought and practice. This volume synthesizes the field. It provides an orginal and comprehensive look at this vital discipline - which has not had a new Handbook in 25 years ... years in which sociology as a field of study and practice has undergone significant change. Eminent scholars representing both micro and macro perspectives combine their expertise to address the diversity, growth, and new developments which characterize the field of sociology today.
Smelser, one of the leading sociologists of our time, introduces the Handbook with a reflective and incisive essay on the historical developments within the field, the status of sociology as a discipline, and the future of the profession. Eminent contributors from all subfields of the discipline provide chapters on theoretical and methodological issues; bases of inequality in society; major institutional and organizational settings; and social processes and change. Offering incomparable depth and breadth, the Handbook of Sociology effectively synthesizes the complex and controversial issues which surround the discipline of sociology.
Table of contents:
PART ONE: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES
Toward a Disciplinary Matrix in Sociology - Walter L Wallace
The New Theoretical Movement - Jeffrey Alexander
Social Structure - Neil J Smelser
On Sociological Data - Peter H Rossi
Causal Inference for Sociological Data - Richard A Berk
PART TWO: BASES OF INEQUALITY IN SOCIETY
Inequality and Labour Processes - Mark Granovetter and Charles Tilly
Race and Ethnicity - Katherine O'Sullivan See and William J Wilson
Sociology of Age - Matilda White Riley, Anne Foner, and Joan Waring
Gender and Sex Roles - Janet Z Giele
PART THREE: MAJOR INSTITUTIONAL AND ORGANIZATIONAL SETTINGS
Jobs and Work - Joanne Miller
Environments and Organizations - Howard E Aldrich and Peter V Marsden
Political Sociology - Anthony M Orum
Trends in Family Sociology - Joan Huber and Glenna Spitze
The Sociology of Education - Charles Bidwell and Noah E Friedkin
Sociology of Religion - Robert J Wuthnow
The Sociology of Science - Harriet Zuckerman
Medical Sociology - William C Cockerham
Mass Media Institutions - Gaye Tuchman
PART FOUR: SOCIAL PROCESS AND CHANGE
Spatial Processes - W Parker Frisbie and John D Kasarda
Deviance and Social Control - Andrew T Scull
Social Movements - Douglas McAdam, John McCarthy, and Mayer N Zald
Development and the World Economy - Peter B Evans and John Stephens