Product Description: The Concise Encyclopedia of Comparative Sociology presents the current state of knowledge in comparative sociology for students, scholars, and the educated lay public. The major aim of comparative sociological research is to identify similarities and differences among societies, studying variation across both geographical regions and historical periods...read more

Gives detailed, in-depth definitions to key sociological concepts

The BLACKWELL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIOLOGY is published in both print and online. Arranged across eleven volumes in A-Z format, it is the definitive reference source for students, researchers, and academics in the field. This ground-breaking project brings together specially commissioned entries written and edited by an international team of the world's best scholars and teachers. It provides: Clear, concise, expert definitions and explanations of the key concepts An essential reference for expert and newcomer alike, with entries ranging from short definitions of key terms to extended explorations of major topics Materials that have historically defined the discipline, but also more recent developments, significantly updating the store of sociological knowledge Introductions to sociological theories and research that have developed outside of the United States and Western Europe Sophisticated cross-referencing and search facilities Timeline, lexicon by subject area, bibliography, and index. For further details on advisory editors and contributors together with a list of entries, go online to the Encyclopedia website: www.sociologyencyclopedia.com

Addresses the recent societal changes occurring in the areas of race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy, the Internet, privacy, and epidemiology.

Addresses the recent societal changes occurring in the areas of race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy, the Internet, privacy, and epidemiology.

More than twelve hundred entries describe the ideas, discoveries, and developments in sociology and related areas of psychology, history, geography, and other fields, along with profiles of individuals and a timeline. (view table of contents)

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Broad in scope, this title offers non-specialists with insights into sociology topics that are often only accessible to academics and experts in the field in a format that should be readable and quickly retrievable. The volumes contain 90 articles. (view table of contents)

Covers affirmative action, crime, family planning, mental illness, parental roles, race relations, terrorism, and the Women's Movement (view table of contents)

Arranged into 370 subject areas, these volumes present information on classic and new sociological concerns, and discuss current sociological concepts and investigations (view table of contents)

Reference source for interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, historical, social, political, economic, and religious information for more than 1,500 cultural groups.

Product Description: This is a comprehensive encyclopedia that provides the general reader or student with an insight into the main topics and concerns of sociology. It contains 335 signed articles with a comprehensive glossary of terms, annotated bibliographies, and subject and general indices...read more

342 articles on 12 key political subject areas are represented. Each essay comprises sections that are preceded by a list of key terms that help guide students and general readers into the topic in this easy-to-understand reference work. Ranging from the history of government and politics and political philosophy to the functions of government, the essays cover local, regional, national, and comparative government; they address civil rights and liberties, as well as economic, military, and religious issues.

Arranged into 370 subject areas, these volumes present information on classic and new sociological concerns, and discuss current sociological concepts and investigations

Addresses the recent societal changes occurring in the areas of race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy, the Internet, privacy, and epidemiology.

Addresses the recent societal changes occurring in the areas of race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy, the Internet, privacy, and epidemiology.

Addresses the recent societal changes occurring in the areas of race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy, the Internet, privacy, and epidemiology.

Addresses the recent societal changes occurring in the areas of race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy, the Internet, privacy, and epidemiology.

Addresses the recent societal changes occurring in the areas of race, poverty, violence, economics, pregnancy, the Internet, privacy, and epidemiology.

Product Description: This latest addition to the Oxford Illustrated Encyclopedia explains why people throughout the world live as they do; it sets out their beliefs; their political and economic systems; and their social and cultural structures, providing a useful handbook to the issues, ideas, and institutions underlying current affairs...read more