The Wiley Blackwell companion to sociology. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Companion to sociology; Sociology
• Further Information: Note: Edited by George Ritzer, Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy.
• Editors: Ritzer, George; Wiedenhoft Murphy, Wendy A
• Contents: Part I: Introduction Chapter 1 Classical Sociological Theory (Alan Sica ) Chapter 2 Contemporary Sociological Theory (Jeff Stepnisky ) Chapter 3 Quantitative Methods (Russell Schutt ) Chapter 4 Qualitative Methods (Mitchell Duneier ) Part II: Basic Topics Chapter 5 Action, Interaction, and Groups (Kimberly Rogers and Lynn Smith-Lovin ) Chapter 6 Social Network Analysis (Nicholas Crossley ) Chapter 7 Culturalizing Sociology (Laura Grindstaff and Ming-Cheng M. Lo ) Chapter 8 Deviance: A Sociology of Unconventionalities (Nachman Ben-Yehuda ) Chapter 9 Criminology (Charles Wellford ) Chapter 10 Critical Sexuality studies: Moving On (Ken Plummer ) Chapter 11 Critical Race Approaches in the United States (Brittany Chevon Slatton and Joe Feagin ) Chapter 12 Families (Medora Barnes ) Chapter 13 Sociology of Education (Joeseph Merry and Maria Paino ) Chapter 14 Sociology of Religion (Christian Smith, Robert Woodberry, and Christopher Scheitle ) Chapter 15 Medicine and Health (William Cockerham ) Chapter 16 Urbanization (Kevin Fox Gotham and Arianna King ) Chapter 17 Environmental Sociology (Richard York and Riley Dunlap ) Chapter 18 Social Movements, Protest, and Practices of Social Change (Kevin Gillan ) Chapter 19 War and Society (Migeul Centeno and Vicki Yang ) Chapter 20 Immigration (Noriko Matsumoto ) Chapter 21 Sociology of Consumption (Chris Andrews ) Chapter 22 Digital Technology, Social Media, and Techno-Social Life (Mary Chayko ) Chapter 23 Contemporary Feminist Theory (Michelle Meagher ) Part III: Cutting Edge Issues Chapter 24 Big Data for Sociological Research (Jason Radford and David Lazer ) Chapter 25 Toward a Sociology of Debt (Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy ) Chapter 26 Sociology of Sports (Alan Tomlinson ) Chapter 27 From Fordism to Brexit and Trump: Is Authoritarian Capitalism on the Rise? (Robert Antonio and Alessandro Bonanno )
• Edition: Second edition
• Publisher Details: Chichester : Wiley Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 304; Sociology
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781119429326
• Related ISBNs: 9781119429401
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