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This authoritative volume brings together several hundred of the most accomplished sociologists in the world, to create a definitive and indispensable overview of the field.
The book draws on entries from the highly regarded Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology. Entries have been completely revised and updated to provide succinct and up-to-date coverage of the fundamental topics. Covering major subjects such as theory and methods, right through to current topics like sport and popular culture, and with introductions to key theorists, this concise encyclopedia is an excellent resource for scholars and essential reading for students.
The most complete international survey of sociology ever created in one volume, The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology not only summarizes the discipline, it defines it.
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This authoritative volume brings together several hundred of themost accomplished sociologists in the world, to create a definitiveand indispensable overview of the field.
The book draws on entries from the highly regarded BlackwellEncyclopedia of Sociology. Entries have been completely revisedand updated to provide succinct and up-to-date coverage of thefundamental topics. Covering major subjects such as theory andmethods, right through to current topics like sport and popularculture, and with introductions to key theorists, this conciseencyclopedia is an excellent resource for scholars and essentialreading for students.
The most complete international survey of sociology ever createdin one volume, The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology notonly summarizes the discipline, it defines it.
Über die Autorenschaft und weitere Mitwirkende
George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at theUniversity of Maryland, with awards that include the AmericanSociological Association's Distinguished Contribution to TeachingAward. He is the author of numerous books including TheMcDonaldization of Society (1993; 2008), The Globalizationof Nothing (2003; 2007) Globalization: A Basic Text(2010) and the editor of The Encyclopedia of Social Theory(2005), The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2007),The Blackwell Companion to Globalization (2007) and theforthcoming The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization. Hiswork has been translated into over twenty languages.
J. Michael Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at theUniversity of Maryland at College Park. He was senior managingeditor of The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2007) andis managing editor of the online edition of that project as well asfor several other forthcoming encyclopedias from Blackwell. Mikealso served as managing editor of the Journal of ConsumerCulture for four years. He has published more than a dozenarticles and book chapters on consumption, sexuality,globalization, and social theory and has been the recipient ofnumerous awards for his commitment to teaching, LGBT rights, andsocial change.
