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The SAGE Handbook of Sociology

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608 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
`This is a wide-ranging and authoritative analysis of sociology's 'state-of-the-art'. It will set the terms of debate for the next decade' - John Urry, Lancaster University, U.K.

`The profession of sociology was blessed by abundance of excellent handbooks. The one edited by Craig Calhoun, Christ Rojek and Bryan Turner was preceded by outstanding sociology handbooks, the most eminent ones by Robert Farris and E Lee published in 1964 and a more recent one by Neil Smelser in1988. The volume by Farris and Lee not only served as an introductory text to the discipline, but contained many innovative papers, which re-oriented social research for years to come. Smelser brought together the best possible and most polished overview of the contributions professional sociology at his time. The Calhoun-Rojek-Turner Handbook combines the best of these traditions. It gives a comprehensive overview of our field, much like Smelser's book did, but it is also daringly innovative - reminiscent to some of the by now classical chapters of the Farris-Lee treatise - in terms of giving voice to new areas of investigations, inviting contributions not only from established figures but also from younger talented scholars. This new Handbook of Sociology bravely confronts the epochal changes of our times, the new problems of the new global world order, it avoids the temptations to impose on the discipline any over-arching paradigm or methodology and forcefully combines professional or scientific approaches to sociology with politically engaged public sociologies. The book will recruit socially committed and scientifically ambitious students to major in sociology if used in introductory undergraduate courses but even graduate students will benefit reading it in trying to identify where the cutting edges of their professions might be'
- Ivan Szelenyi, Yale University

'This Handbook of Sociology breaks new grounds by bringing together top European and American sociologists. The contributions provide a fresh perspective on many of the most recent developments in the field of sociology. This volume will prove to be a very useful tool for researchers and students across the social sciences. It will set the agenda for a more integrated, yet plural, sociology'
- Michele Lamont, Harvard University, author of The Dignity of Working Men: Morality and the Boundaries of Race, Class and Immigration

Sociology has evolved greatly since it's inception as an academic discipline. It has diverged into numerous strands often flowing in disparate directions - so much so that today the notion of canonical sociology has become widely disputed. The field of sociology at present approximates to one of multi-paradigmatic complexity in which many approaches to theory must be distinguished and situated. In addition, the discipline has had to confront new challenges from globalization, the shift of interest from production to consumption, the rise of new social movements, the challenge of bio-engineering, the collapse of a 'presently existing socialist alternative' and much else besides.

The new SAGE Handbook of Sociology aims to address these new developments, while at the same time providing an authoritative guide to theory and method, the key sub-disciplines and the primary debates of today. To undertake this ambitious project three leading figures in the field of sociology were selected as editors to bring together the foremost exponents of the different strands that contribute towards the make up modern sociology. Drawn from both sides of the Atlantic the contributors have been commissioned to utilise the most up to date research available to provide a critical, international analysis of their area of expertise. The result is this essential resource collection that not just reflects upon the condition of sociology today but also looks to future developments in the discipline. The Handbook will be invaluable not just all sociologists but to a wide variety of students and researchers across the social sciences.  
Craig Calhoun, Chris Rojek and Bryan Turner
Introduction
 
PART ONE: THEORY AND METHOD
Adrian E Raftery
Quantitative Research Methods
Paul Atkinson and Sara Delamont
Qualitative Research Traditions
Randall Collins
Sociology and Philosophy
Charles Crothers
The Diversity and Insularity of Sociological Traditions
David A Apter
Comparative Sociology
Some Paradigms and their Moments

 
 
PART TWO: THE AXIAL PROCESSES OF SOCIETY
Richard Sennett
The Culture of Work
Bryan Turner
The Sociology of the Family
Geoffrey Ingham
The Social Institution of Money
Don Slater
The Sociology of Consumption and Lifestyle
Roger Silverstone
The Sociology of Mediation and Communication
Patricia Hill Collins
An Entirely Different World? Challenges for the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
David Lyon
A Sociology of Information
Mike Savage
Class and Stratification
Current Problems and Revivial Prospects

 
Wendy Griswold
The Sociology of Culture
Gary L Albrecht
The Sociology of Health and Illness
Bryan Turner
The Sociology of Religion
Chris Rojek
Leisure and Tourism
Steven Yearley
The Sociology of the Environment and Nature
Dalton Conley
Poverty and Life Chances
The Conceptualization and Study of the Poor

 
Roland Robertson and Kathleen E White
Globalization
Sociology and Cross-Disciplinarily

 
Sylvia Walby
The Sociology of Gender
Historical Trends and Future Prospects

Charles HirschmanPopulation and Society
 
PART THREE: PRIMARY DEBATES
Jonathan H Turner
A New Approach for Theoretically Integrating Micro and Macro Analysis
Jan Nederveen Pieterse
Global Inequality
Bringing Politics Back In

 
Nick Crossley
Sociology and the Body
Saskia Sassen
The City
Its Return as a Lens for Social Theory

 
Heinz Steinert
Sociology of Deviance
The Disciplines of Social Exclusion

 
Stewart R Clegg
Globalizing Business
Elspeth Probyn
Sex and Power
Capillaries, Capabilities and Capacities

 
Gerard Delanty
The Sociology of the University and Higher Education
The Consequences of Globalization

 
Karin Knorr Cettina
Science, Technology and their Implications
Sinisa Malesevic and John A Hall
Citizenship, Ethnicity and Nation-States

...an eclectic, essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate

students and those with an avid interest in the contemporary, greatly evolving, science

of sociology, who need instruction and enlightenment in the cutting edge of

theoretical discourses of society as a whole. Recommended
Journal of Sociology


This is a wide-ranging and authoritative analysis of sociology's 'state-of-the-art'. It will set the terms of debate for the next decade
John Urry
Lancaster University of Life


The profession of sociology was blessed by abundance of excellent handbooks. The one edited by Craig Calhoun, Christ Rojek and Bryan Turner was preceded by outstanding sociology handbooks, the most eminent ones by Robert Farris and E Lee published in 1964 and a more recent one by Neil Smelser in1988. The volume by Farris and Lee not only served as an introductory text to the discipline, but contained many innovative papers, which re-oriented social research for years to come. Smelser brought together the best possible and most polished overview of the contributions professional sociology at his time. The Calhoun-Rojek-Turner Handbook combines the best of these traditions. It gives a comprehensive overview of our field, much like Smelser's book did, but it is also daringly innovative - reminiscent to some of the by now classical chapters of the Farris-Lee treatise - in terms of giving voice to new areas of investigations, inviting contributions not only from established figures but also from younger talented scholars. This new Handbook of Sociology bravely confronts the epochal changes of our times, the new problems of the new global world order, it avoids the temptations to impose on the discipline any over-arching paradigm or methodology and forcefully combines professional or scientific approaches to sociology with politically engaged public sociologies. The book will recruit socially committed and scientifically ambitious students to major in sociology if used in introductory undergraduate courses but even graduate students will benefit reading it in trying to identify where the cutting edges of their professions might be
Ivan Szelenyi
Yale University


This Handbook of Sociology breaks new grounds by bringing together top European and American sociologists. The contributions provide a fresh perspective on many of the most recent developments in the field of sociology. This volume will prove to be a very useful tool for researchers and students across the social sciences. It will set the agenda for a more integrated, yet plural, sociology
Michele Lamont
Harvard University

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...an eclectic, essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate

students and those with an avid interest in the contemporary, greatly evolving, science

of sociology, who need instruction and enlightenment in the cutting edge of

theoretical discourses of society as a whole. Recommended
Journal of Sociology


This is a wide-ranging and authoritative analysis of sociology's 'state-of-the-art'. It will set the terms of debate for the next decade
John Urry
Lancaster University of Life


The profession of sociology was blessed by abundance of excellent handbooks. The one edited by Craig Calhoun, Christ Rojek and Bryan Turner was preceded by outstanding sociology handbooks, the most eminent ones by Robert Farris and E Lee published in 1964 and a more recent one by Neil Smelser in1988. The volume by Farris and Lee not only served as an introductory text to the discipline, but contained many innovative papers, which re-oriented social research for years to come. Smelser brought together the best possible and most polished overview of the contributions professional sociology at his time. The Calhoun-Rojek-Turner Handbook combines the best of these traditions. It gives a comprehensive overview of our field, much like Smelser's book did, but it is also daringly innovative - reminiscent to some of the by now classical chapters of the Farris-Lee treatise - in terms of giving voice to new areas of investigations, inviting contributions not only from established figures but also from younger talented scholars. This new Handbook of Sociology bravely confronts the epochal changes of our times, the new problems of the new global world order, it avoids the temptations to impose on the discipline any over-arching paradigm or methodology and forcefully combines professional or scientific approaches to sociology with politically engaged public sociologies. The book will recruit socially committed and scientifically ambitious students to major in sociology if used in introductory undergraduate courses but even graduate students will benefit reading it in trying to identify where the cutting edges of their professions might be
Ivan Szelenyi
Yale University


This Handbook of Sociology breaks new grounds by bringing together top European and American sociologists. The contributions provide a fresh perspective on many of the most recent developments in the field of sociology. This volume will prove to be a very useful tool for researchers and students across the social sciences. It will set the agenda for a more integrated, yet plural, sociology
Michele Lamont
Harvard University

Sample Materials & Chapters

Introduction


Craig Calhoun

Chris Rojek

Chris Rojek is Professor of Sociology and Culture at Brunel University, West London. He is a prolific and influential author in the field of Celebrity, Leisure Studies and Popular Culture. In 2003 he was awarded the Allen V. Sapora prize for outstanding achievement in the field of Leisure and Tourism Studies. Besides lecturing in the UK he has given lectures on leisure in Australia, Canada, the USA and the Netherlands. In 2009 he was Hood Fellow at the University of Auckland, New Zealand. He also writes on celebrity culture, neat capitalism and myths and realities of national identity. His current research is on popular music and... More About Author

Bryan S Turner

Bryan S. Turner is one of the world’s leading sociologists of religion; he has also devoted significant attention to sociological theory, the study of human rights, and the sociology of the body. In Vulnerability and Human Rights (Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006), he presents an interdisciplinary dialogue with the literature of economics, law, medicine, philosophy, political science, and religion. His current research involves the role of religion in contemporary Asia and the changing nature of citizenship in a globalizing world. Turner has written, coauthored, or edited more than seventy books and more than two hundred articles... More About Author

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