The Blackwell Companion to Sociology

Copyright © 2004 Blackwell Publishing Ltd

The Blackwell Companion to Sociology

Editor(s): Judith R. Blau

Published Online: 15 APR 2008

Print ISBN: 9780631213185

Online ISBN: 9780470693452

DOI: 10.1002/9780470693452

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The Blackwell Companion to Sociology is a milestone collection of new essays by renowned sociologists, covering both the traditions and strengths of the field as well as newer developments and directions. Authors from the US, the UK, Europe and elsewhere have contributed to this all-in-one reference work, highlighting the relevance of interdisciplinary and international perspectives, while at the same time representing the scope and quality of sociology in its current form.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xxii)

  2. Part I: Referencing Globalization

    1. Chapter 1

      The Sociology of Space and Place (pages 1–15)

    2. Chapter 2

      Media and Communications (pages 16–29)

      John Durham Peters

    3. Chapter 3

      Modernity: One or Many? (pages 30–42)

      Peter Wagner

    4. Chapter 4

      Emerging Trends in Environmental Sociology (pages 44–57)

      Frederick H. Buttel and August Gijswijt

    5. Chapter 5

      Bringing in Codependence (pages 58–70)

      Judith R. Blau

  3. Part II: Relationships and Meaning

    1. Chapter 6

      Civil Society: A Signifier of Plurality and Sense of Wholeness (pages 73–85)

      Barbara A. Misztal

    2. Chapter 7

      Human Rights (pages 86–99)

      Abdullahi A. An-Naim

    3. Chapter 8

      Sociology of Religion (pages 100–113)

      Christian Smith and Robert D. Woodberry

    4. Chapter 9

      Intimate Relationships (pages 114–127)

      Raine Dozier and Pepper Schwartz

    5. Chapter 10

      Immigrant Families and Their Children: Adaptation and Identity Formation (pages 128–139)

      Carola Suárez-Orozco

  4. Part III: Economic Inequalities

    1. Chapter 11

      On Inequality (pages 143–160)

      Siddiqur Rahman Osmani

    2. Chapter 12

      The Persistence of Poverty in a Changing World (pages 161–177)

      Melvin L. Oliver and David M. Grant

    3. Chapter 13

      Racial Economic Inequality in the USA (pages 178–195)

      William A. Darity and Samuel L. Myers

    4. Chapter 14

      Rediscovering Rural America (pages 197–210)

      Bonnie Thornton Dill and Samuel L. Myers

  5. Part IV: Science, Knowledge, and Ideas

    1. Chapter 15

      The Sociology of Science and the Revolution in Molecular Biology (pages 213–226)

      Troy Duster

    2. Chapter 16

      Structures of Knowledge (pages 228–235)

      Richard E. Lee and Immanuel Wallerstein

    3. Chapter 17

      The New Sociology of Ideas (pages 236–249)

      Charles Camic and Neil Gross

  6. Part V: Politics and Political Movements

    1. Chapter 18

      Political Sociology (pages 253–267)

      Mike Savage

    2. Chapter 19

      Why Social Movements Come into Being and Why People Join Them (pages 268–281)

      Bert Klandermans

    3. Chapter 20

      Social Movement Politics and Organization (pages 282–294)

      Debra C. Minkoff

  7. Part VI: Structures: Stratification, Networks, and Firms

    1. Chapter 21

      Occupations, Stratification, and Mobility (pages 292–313)

      Donald J. Treiman

    2. Chapter 22

      Social Networks (pages 314–326)

      Bonnie Erickson

    3. Chapter 23

      Networks and Organizations (pages 327–341)

      David Knoke

  8. Part VII: Individuals and Their Well-Being

    1. Chapter 24

      Social Inequality, Stress, and Health (pages 345–360)

      Joseph E. Schwartz

    2. Chapter 25

      Two Research Traditions in the Sociology of Education (pages 365–374)

      Maureen T. Haliinan

    3. Chapter 26

      Aging and Aging Policy in the USA (pages 375–388)

      Madonna Harrington Meyer and Pamela Herd

    4. Chapter 27

      Immigration and Ethnicity: The United States at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century (pages 389–406)

      Rubén G. Rumbaut

    5. Chapter 28

      Social Psychology (pages 407–420)

      Lynn Smith-Lovin

  9. Part VIII: Social Action

    1. Chapter 29

      Immigrant Women and Paid Domestic Work: Research, Theory, and Activism (pages 421–436)

      Pierrette Hondagneu-Sotelo

    2. Chapter 30

      The Subject and Societal Movements (pages 437–449)

      Alain Touraine

    3. Chapter 31

      The Myth of the Labor Movement (pages 450–463)

      Rick Fantasia

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      Appendix: Data Resources on the World Wide Web (pages 464–525)

      Kathryn Harker

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      Bibliography (pages 526–589)

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      Index (pages 590–610)

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