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`The most up-to-date survey of the range of research in contemporary sociology, extremely useful to students, teachers, and researchers alike. Indispensable for collective and personal libraries' - Immanuel Wallerstein, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris This unique Handbook provides state-of-the-art reviews of sociology conducted by prominent scholars. Drawing on dedicated knowledge and expertise, the book constitutes an unrivalled guide to the central theoretical and methodological perspectives in the discipline as a whole. The book is organized into six parts: o conceptual perspectives o social and cultural differentiation o changing institutions and collective action o demography, cities and housing o art and leisure o social problems Each chapter includes a comprehensive review of the literature, covering the full range of work from contrasting traditions of thought and approaches. No existing work matches this Handbook for scholarly coverage and relevance. It is a primary resource for understanding the discipline. As such, it will appeal to lecturers, researchers and advanced graduate and undergraduate students in Sociology.

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Author:   Stella R. Quah ,  Arnaud Sales
Publisher:   SAGE Publications Inc
Imprint:   SAGE Publications Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.40cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 24.60cm
Weight:   1.190kg
ISBN:  

9780761968887

ISBN 10:   0761968881
Pages:   568
Publication Date:   19 September 2000
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: INTRODUCTIONOf Consensus, Tensions and Sociology at the Dawn of the 21st Century - Stella Quah and Arnaud SalesPART TWO: CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVESThe Moving Frontier of the Social Sciences - Mattei DoganRational Choice Theory in Sociology - Thomas Voss and Martin Abraham A SurveyFeminist Theory and Critical Reconceptualization in Sociology - Rhoda Reddock The Challenge of the 1990sThe Challenge of Modernity/Postmodernity to the Classical Heritage in Sociology of Religion - Ivan VargaPART THREE: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIFFERENTIATIONThe Fourth Generation of Comparative Stratification Research - Donald J Treiman and Harry B G GanzeboomThe `Rediscovery' of Ethnicity - Christine Inglis Theory and AnalysisPART FOUR: CHANGING INSTITUTIONS AND COLLECTIVE ACTIONSociology of the Family - Barbara H Settles Global Advances and ChallengesInternational Political Sociology - Richard G Braungart and Margaret M BraungartInstitutional Change in Armed Forces at the Dawning of the 21st Century - David R Segal and Nehama E BabinSocial Movements - Bert Klandermans Trends and TurnsLate Modern Institutions and Collective Action - Pierre Hamel, Henri Lustiger-Thaler and Louis MaheuPART FIVE: DEMOGRAPHY, CITIES AND HOUSINGConceptual and Methodological Advances and Challenges in Demography - Dudley L Poston JrUrban Sociology - John WaltonThe Sociology of Housing - William Michelson and Willem Van VlietPART SIX: ART AND LEISURESociology of the Art - Antoine Hennion and Line Grenier New Stakes in a Post-Critical TimeThe Collapse of the Leisure Society? - Gilles Pronovost New Challenges for the Sociology of LeisureTheoretical Advances in the Sociological Treatment of Tourism - Graham DannPART SEVEN: ON SOCIAL PROBLEMSUnravelling Alienation - Deborah Kalekin-Fishman From an Omen of Doom to a Celebration of DiversityMedical Sociology at the Millennium - William C CockerhamMental Health and Illness Research - Rumi Kato Price, Clyde R Pope, C A Green and S C Kinnevy Millennium and Beyond Recent Advances and Challenges in Sociotechnics - Jon AlexanderFuture Research and Sociological Analysis - Eleonora Barbieri Masini

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`The most up-to-date survey of the range of research in contemporary sociology, extremely useful to students, teachers, and researchers alike. Indispensable for collective and personal libraries' - Professor Immanuel Wallerstein

'The most up-to-date survey of the range of research in contemporary sociology, extremely useful to students, teachers, and researchers alike. Indispensable for collective and personal libraries' - Professor Immanuel Wallerstein

Author Information

Stella Quah (Ph.D) is Professor of Sociology. Her areas of research are sociology of health, family sociology and social policy as reflected in her publications. She was awarded a Fulbright-Hays scholarship from 1969 to 1971. Her research and professional activities include sabbaticals as Research Associate and Visiting Scholar at the Institute of Governmental Studies, University of California Berkeley (1986-87); the Center for International Studies at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Department of Sociology at Harvard University (1993-94); the Harvard-Yenching Institute, Harvard University (1997); the Stanford Program in International Legal Studies, Stanford University (1997); the National Centre for Development Studies, Australian National University (2002); and the Walter H. Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Spogli Institute for International Studies, Stanford University (2006). She was elected Vice-President for Research of the International Sociological Association (ISA) and Chairperson of the ISA Research Council for the session 1994-998; and served as Associate Editor of International Sociology (1998-2004). As part of her other professional activities, Professor Quah serves in Institutional Review Boards; is member of the Society for Comparative Research (US); member of the Editorial Board of Marriage & Family Review; member of the International Advisory Board of the British Journal of Sociology; Sociology of Health and Illness; Health Sociology Review; and Asian Population Studies. Arnaud Sales holds a Doctorat d'Etat es Lettres et Sciences Humaines, from Universite de Paris 7-Denis Diderot. He is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Montreal, Canada. He is a specialist in economic sociology focusing on the interface of the economic and political fields. His research interests center on the relations between the public and private spheres, and the emergence of international private authorities; economic and administrative elites, and knowledge workers; the role of knowledge in social transformations. His publications include: La Bourgeoisie industrielle au Quebec (PUM, 1979); Decideurs et gestionnaires (Editeur officiel du Quebec, 1985); He has edited or co-edited the following volumes: Developpement national et economie mondialisee (Sociologie et Societes, 1979); La recomposition du politique (PUM/L'Harmattan, 1991); Quebec, fin de siecle (Sociologie et Societes,1994); The International Handbook of Sociology (Sage, 2000); New Directions in the Study of Knowledge, Economy and Society (SSIS, Current Sociology, Sage, 2001); Knowledge, Communication and Creativity, (Sage, 2007). He was Vice-Dean of the Universite de Montreal's Faculty of Graduate Studies (1987-1992) and has chaired the Department of Sociology (2000-2007). He is a former Vice-President, International, of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (1995-1998) where he founded the Knowledge, Economy and Society Network with R. Hollingsworth. After chairing the ISA Research Committee 02 on Economy and Society, he was elected Vice-President for Research (1998-2002) of the International Sociological Association and chaired ISA Research Council. In 2006, he was named Chevalier de l'Ordre des Palmes Academiques of France.

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