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Informationen zum Autor George Ritzer is Distinguished University Professor at the University of Maryland. He was awarded the 2000 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award by the American Sociological Association and he has authored many refereed articles and more than 25 books, including monographs, reference works, and textbooks. He has been a major contributor to the literature on sociology as an author and editor, especially The Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (11 vols., 2007; 2nd ed. forthcoming); Introduction to Sociology (3rd ed, 2016), The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization (5 vols., 2012), Globalization: A Basic Text (2nd edition,? 2015 with Paul Dean), The McDonaldization of Society (8th editions, last in 2015), Expressing America: A Critique of the Global Credit Card Society (1995) and The Globalization of Nothing (2nd edition 2007). In the last decade his work has focused on the issue of prosumption. Klappentext Featuring a collection of original chapters by leading and emerging scholars, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology presents a comprehensive and balanced overview of the major topics and emerging trends in the discipline of sociology today.* Features original chapters contributed by an international cast of leading and emerging sociology scholars* Represents the most innovative and 'state-of-the-art' thinking about the discipline* Includes a general introduction and section introductions with chapters summaries by the editor Zusammenfassung Featuring a collection of original chapters by leading and emerging scholars, The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sociology presents a comprehensive and balanced overview of the major topics and emerging trends in the discipline of sociology today.* Features original chapters contributed by an international cast of leading and emerging sociology scholars* Represents the most innovative and 'state-of-the-art' thinking about the discipline* Includes a general introduction and section introductions with chapters summaries by the editor Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors viii Introduction 1 George Ritzer Part I Introduction 7 1 Philosophy and Sociology 9 Stephen Turner 2 A Selective History of Sociology 25 Alan Sica 3 Quantitative Methods 55 Russell K. Schutt 4 Qualitative Methods 73 Mitchell Duneier 5 Classical Sociological Theory 82 Alan Sica 6 Contemporary Sociological Theory 98 George Ritzer and William Yagatich Part II Basic Topics in Sociology 119 7 Action, Interaction, and Groups 121 Kimberly B. Rogers and Lynn Smith-Lovin 8 Groups and Institutions, Structures and Processes 139 Murray Webster, Jr. and Jane Sell 9 The Sociology of Organizations 164 Stewart R. Clegg 10 Cultural Analysis 182 John Tomlinson 11 The Changing Life Course 197 Angela M. O'Rand 12 Deviance: A Sociology of Unconventionalities 212 Nachman Ben-Yehuda 13 Criminology 229 Charles F. Wellford 14 Critical Sexualities Studies 243 Ken Plummer 15 Feeling Class: Affect and Culture in the Making of Class Relations 269 Beverley Skeggs 16 Racial and Ethnic Issues: Critical Race Approaches in the United States 287 Brittany Chevon Slatton and Joe R. Feagin 17 Genders and Sexualities in Global Context: An Intersectional Assessment of Contemporary Scholarship 304 Nancy A. Naples and Barbara Gurr 18 Changing Families: Fluidity, Partnership, and Family Structure 333 Graham Allan and Emma Head 19 Sociology of Education 348 Maureen T. Hallinan and Ge Liu 20 Sociology of Religion 367 Christian Smith and Robert D. Woodberry...
