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The SAGE handbook of sociology : [electronic book] /

Contributor(s): Calhoun, Craig J, 1952- [editor] | Rojek, Chris [editor] | Turner, Bryan S [editor].
Publisher: London : SAGE, 2005Description: 1 online resource (607 p.).Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781446266052.Other title: Sociology.Subject(s): SociologyDDC classification: 301 Online resources: Access ebook here
Contents:
Cover; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part 1: Theory and Method; 1 -- Quantitative Research Methods; 2 -- Qualitative Research Traditions; 3 -- Sociology and Philosophy; 4 -- The Diversity and Insularity of Sociological Traditions; 5 -- Comparative Sociology: Some Paradigms and their Moments; 6 -- The Culture of Work; 7 -- The Sociology of the Family; 8 -- The Social Institution of Money; 9 -- The Sociology of Consumption and Lifestyle; 10 -- The Sociology of Mediation and Communication; 11 -- An Entirely Different World? Challenges for the Sociology of Raceand Ethnicity
12 -- A Sociology of Information13 -- Class and Stratification: Current Problems and Revival Prospects; 14 -- The Sociology of Culture; 15 -- The Sociology of Health and Illness; 16 -- The Sociology of Religion; 17 -- Leisure and Tourism; 18 -- The Sociology of the Environment and Nature; 19 -- Poverty and Life Chances:The Conceptualization and Study of the Poor; 20 -- Globalization: Sociology and Cross-Disciplinarity; 21 -- The Sociology of Gender Relations; 22 -- Population and Society: Historical Trends and Future Prospects; Part 3: Primary Debates
23 -- A New Approach for Theoretically Integrating Micro and Macro Analysis24 -- Global Inequality: Bringing Politics Back In; 25 -- Sociology and the Body; 26 -- The City: Its Return as a Lens for Social Theory; 27 -- Sociology of Deviance: the Disciplines of Social Exclusion; 28 -- Globalizing Business; 29 -- Sex and Power: Capillaries, Capabilities and Capacities; 30 -- The Sociology of the University and Higher Education: The Consequences of Globalization; 31 -- Science, Technology and their Implications; 32 -- Citizenship, Ethnicity and Nation-States
Summary: Providing an authoritative guide to theory and method, the key sub-disciplines and the primary debates in contemporary sociology, this work brings together the leading authors to reflect on the condition of the discipline.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Part 1: Theory and Method; 1 -- Quantitative Research Methods; 2 -- Qualitative Research Traditions; 3 -- Sociology and Philosophy; 4 -- The Diversity and Insularity of Sociological Traditions; 5 -- Comparative Sociology: Some Paradigms and their Moments; 6 -- The Culture of Work; 7 -- The Sociology of the Family; 8 -- The Social Institution of Money; 9 -- The Sociology of Consumption and Lifestyle; 10 -- The Sociology of Mediation and Communication; 11 -- An Entirely Different World? Challenges for the Sociology of Raceand Ethnicity

12 -- A Sociology of Information13 -- Class and Stratification: Current Problems and Revival Prospects; 14 -- The Sociology of Culture; 15 -- The Sociology of Health and Illness; 16 -- The Sociology of Religion; 17 -- Leisure and Tourism; 18 -- The Sociology of the Environment and Nature; 19 -- Poverty and Life Chances:The Conceptualization and Study of the Poor; 20 -- Globalization: Sociology and Cross-Disciplinarity; 21 -- The Sociology of Gender Relations; 22 -- Population and Society: Historical Trends and Future Prospects; Part 3: Primary Debates

23 -- A New Approach for Theoretically Integrating Micro and Macro Analysis24 -- Global Inequality: Bringing Politics Back In; 25 -- Sociology and the Body; 26 -- The City: Its Return as a Lens for Social Theory; 27 -- Sociology of Deviance: the Disciplines of Social Exclusion; 28 -- Globalizing Business; 29 -- Sex and Power: Capillaries, Capabilities and Capacities; 30 -- The Sociology of the University and Higher Education: The Consequences of Globalization; 31 -- Science, Technology and their Implications; 32 -- Citizenship, Ethnicity and Nation-States

Providing an authoritative guide to theory and method, the key sub-disciplines and the primary debates in contemporary sociology, this work brings together the leading authors to reflect on the condition of the discipline.

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