The international handbook of sociology [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Stella R. Quah and Arnaud Sales

• Pubblicazione: London, : SAGE, 2000
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (553 p.)
• Disciplina: 301
• Soggetto topico: Sociology; Sociology - Research
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: QuahStella R SalesArnaud
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Foreword; Part I: Introduction; 1: Of Consensus, Tensions and Sociology at the Dawn of the 21st Century; Part II: Conceptual Perspectives; 2: The Moving Frontier of the Social Sciences; 3: Rational Choice Theory in Sociology: A Survey; 4: Feminist Theory and Critical Reconceptualization in Sociology: The Challenge of the 1990's; 5: The Challenge of Modernity/Post-Modernity to the Classical Heritage in Sociology of Religion; Part III: Social and Cultural Differentiation; 6: The Fourth Generation of Comparative Stratification Research ; 7: The 'Rediscovery' of Ethnicity: Theory and Analysis Part IV: Changing Institutions and Collective Action; 8: Sociology of the Family: Global Advances and Challenges; 9: International Political Sociology; 10: Institutional Change in Armed Forces at the Dawning of the Twenty-First Century; 11: Social Movements: Trends and Turns; 12: Late Modern Institutions and Collective Action; Part V: Demography, Cities and Housing; 13: Conceptual and Methodological Advances and Challenges in Demography; 14: Urban Sociology; 15: The Sociology of Housing; Part VI: Art and Leisure ; 16: Sociology of Art: New Stakes in a Post-Critical Time17: The Collapse of the Leisure Society? New Challenges for the Sociology of Leisure; 18: Theoretical Advances in the Sociological Treatment of Tourism; Part VII: On Social Problems; 19:Unravelling Alienation: From an Omen of Doom to a Celebration of Diversity; 20: Medical Sociology at the Millennium; 21: Mental Health and Illness Research: Millennium and Beyond; 22: Recent Advances and Challenges in Sociotechnics; 23: Futures Research and Sociological Analysis; Reviewers; Name Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: This handbook provides a guide to the central theoretical and methodological perspectivies in the discipline. It provides a critical counterpoint explaining the terrain of consensus and tension in sociology at the start of the 21st century.
• Titolo autorizzato: The international handbook of sociology
• ISBN: 1-281-25106-2; 9786611251062; 1-84860-840-3; 1-84787-156-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450781603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: SAGE Studies in International Sociology