This concise encyclopedia is the most complete international survey of sociology ever created in one volume. * Contains over 800 entries from the whole breadth of the discipline * Distilled from the highly regarded Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, with entries completely revised and updated to provide succinct and up-to-date coverage of the fundamental topics * Global in scope, both in terms of topics and contributors * Each entry includes references and suggestions for further reading * Crossreferencing allows easy movement around the volume

Leseprobe

Contributors. Introduction. Acknowledgments. Timeline. Lexicon. Sociology A-Z. Index.