Core Concepts in Sociology
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Core Concepts in Sociology

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Core Concepts in Sociology

About this book

An essential guide to the basic concepts that comprise the study of sociology with contributions from an international range of leading experts 

Core Concepts in Sociology is a comprehensive guide to the essential concepts relevant to the current study of the discipline and wider social science. The contributing authors cover a wide range of concepts that remain at the heart of sociology including those from its academic founding and others much more recent in their development. The text contains contributions from an international panel of leading figures in the field, utilizing their expertise on core concepts and presenting an accessible introduction for students.

Drawing on the widest range of ideas, research, current literature and expert assessment, Core Concepts in Sociology contains over 90 concepts that represent the discipline. Coverage includes concepts ranging from aging to capitalism, democracy to economic sociology, epistemology to everyday life, media to risk, stigma and much more. This vital resource:

  • Sets out the concepts that underpin the study of sociology and wider social science
  • Contains contributions from an international panel of leading figures in the field
  • Includes a comprehensive review of the basic concepts that comprise the foundation and essential development of the discipline
  • Designed as a concise and accessible resource 

Written for students, researchers and wider professionals with an interest in the field of sociology, Core Concepts in Sociology offers a concise, affordable and accessible resource for studying the underpinnings of sociology and social science.

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Information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781119168621, 9781119168614
eBook ISBN
9781119168638
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Index

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  • acquisition principle 18–20
  • activism
    • citizenship 24–25
    • disability 77
    • Marxism 170
    • political sociology 209–210
    • social justice 271–273
    • social movements 276–280
  • activity theory 3–4
  • ADA see Americans with Disabilities Act, 2008
  • ADHD see attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
  • Adorno, Theodor W. 48
  • advocacy, social movements 276–280
  • affect control theory 286
  • agency
    • the body 12
    • bounded 167
    • citizenship 24–25
    • identity 134–135
    • Marxism 170–171
    • the self 261–264
    • structures 326–328
  • age stratification 3–4
  • aging 3–5
    • life course 166–168
    • populations 66
  • Alba, Richard 245
  • alcoholism, medicalization 188
  • Alexander, Jeffrey 56 C. 56
  • alienation theory 6–7, 338
  • alternative social movements 277
  • Americans with Disabilities Act, 2008(ADA) 77
  • analysis, qualitative methods 232
  • anarchy, feminism 112
  • anomie 8–9
  • Aron, Raymond 210
  • Arrighi, Giovanni 147
  • artificial intelligence, the body 12
  • “art of penal government” 11–12
  • assimil...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Table of Contents
  3. Core Concepts in Sociology
  4. List of Contributors
  5. Introduction
  6. Aging, Sociology of
  7. Alienation
  8. Anomie
  9. Body, the
  10. Capital: Cultural, Social, and Economic
  11. Capitalism
  12. Citizenship
  13. City, the
  14. Class
  15. Class, Capitalist
  16. Colonialism and Postcolonialism
  17. Community
  18. Constructionism vs. Essentialism
  19. Consumption
  20. Crime and Juvenile Delinquency, Sociology of
  21. Culture, Sociology of
  22. Democracy
  23. Demography and Population Studies
  24. Development, Sociology of
  25. Deviance
  26. Disability, Sociology of
  27. Dramaturgy
  28. Economic Sociology
  29. Education, Sociology of
  30. Emotion, Sociology of
  31. Environment, Sociology of the
  32. Epistemology
  33. Ethnography
  34. Ethnomethodology
  35. Everyday Life
  36. Family and Kinship, Sociology of
  37. Feminist Theory
  38. Frames, Narratives, and Ideology
  39. Gender
  40. Globalization
  41. Homelessness
  42. Homophobia and Heterosexism
  43. Human Rights, Sociology of
  44. Identity
  45. Immigration, Migration, and Refugees
  46. Inequality, Gender
  47. Inequality, Global
  48. Inequality, Racial and Ethnic
  49. Internet, the
  50. Intersectionality
  51. Knowledge, Sociology of
  52. Life Course
  53. Marxism
  54. Masculinities
  55. Media, Sociology of the
  56. Medical Sociology
  57. Medicalization
  58. Mental Health and Illness
  59. Military Sociology
  60. Modernity
  61. Nationalism
  62. Organizations, Sociology of
  63. Patriarchy
  64. Political Sociology
  65. Popular Culture
  66. Postmodernism and Poststructuralism
  67. Poverty
  68. Power and Authority
  69. Public Sociology
  70. Qualitative Methods
  71. Quantitative Methods
  72. Race and Ethnicity
  73. Rationalization, Bureaucratization, and McDonaldization
  74. Religion, Sociology of
  75. Risk
  76. Science and Technology, Sociology of
  77. Self, the
  78. Sexualities
  79. Social Justice
  80. Social Media and Virtual Communities
  81. Social Movements and Social Change
  82. Social Network Analysis
  83. Social Psychology
  84. Socialization
  85. Sociological Imagination
  86. Sociological Theory
  87. Sociology
  88. Space and Place
  89. Sport, Sociology of
  90. Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination
  91. Stigma
  92. Stratification and Inequality
  93. Structure and Agency
  94. Symbolic Interactionism
  95. Urban Sociology
  96. Work, Occupations, and Professions, Sociology of
  97. Index
  98. End User License Agreement