`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 col
Author(s): Stella R. Quah, Arnaud Sales
Edition: 1
Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 553
Cover
......Page 1
Contents
......Page 6
Foreword......Page 9
Part I: Introduction
......Page 12
1:
Of Consensus, Tensions and Sociology at theDawn of the 21st Century......Page 14
Part
II: Conceptual Perspectives......Page 44
2:
The Moving Frontier of the Social Sciences......Page 46
3:
Rational Choice Theory in Sociology:
A Survey......Page 61
4:
Feminist Theory and Critical
Reconceptualization in Sociology:
The Challenge of the 1990s......Page 95
5:
The Challenge of Modernity/Post-Modernity
to the Classical Heritage in Sociology of
Religion......Page 112
Part
III:
Social and Cultural Differentiation......Page 132
6: The Fourth Generation of Comparative
Stratification Research......Page 134
7:
The ‘Rediscovery’ of Ethnicity: Theory and
Analysis......Page 162
Part
IV:
Changing Institutions and Collective Action......Page 182
8: Sociology of the Family: Global Advances and Challenges......Page 184
9:
International Political Sociology......Page 208
10:
Institutional Change in Armed Forces at the
Dawning of the Twenty-First Century......Page 229
11:
Social Movements: Trends and Turns......Page 247
12:
Late Modern Institutions and Collective
Action......Page 266
Part
V: Demography, Cities and Housing......Page 282
13: Conceptual and Methodological Advancesand Challenges in Demography......Page 284
14:
Urban Sociology......Page 310
15:
The Sociology of Housing......Page 329
Part VI:
Art and Leisure......Page 350
16:
Sociology of Art: New Stakes in a Post-Critical Time......Page 352
17:
The Collapse of the Leisure Society? New
Challenges for the Sociology of Leisure......Page 367
18:
Theoretical Advances in the Sociological Treatment of Tourism......Page 378
Part VII:
On Social Problems......Page 396
19:Unravelling Alienation: From an Omen of
Doom to a Celebration of Diversity......Page 398
20:
Medical Sociology at the Millennium......Page 431
21:
Mental Health and Illness Research:
Millennium and Beyond......Page 454
22:
Recent Advances and Challenges in
Sociotechnics......Page 482
23:
Futures Research and Sociological Analysis......Page 502
Reviewers......Page 517
Name Index
......Page 520
Subject Index
......Page 542
