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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Sociology, Second Edition is an authoritative survey of the major topics, current and emerging trends, and contemporary issues in the study of human social relationships and institutions. A collection of contributions from globally-recognized scholars and experts explore the theoretical and methodological foundations of sociology, new and established debates, and the most current research in the field. Broad in scope, this book covers a multitude of topics ranging from crime, urbanization, sexuality, and education to new questions surrounding big data, authoritarian capitalism, and the rise of nationalism. Since the first edition of the
Companion was published, new developments have emerged and new problems have been created such as the omnipresence of social media, political and institutional upheaval, and the global refugee and immigration crises. This revised and updated second edition describes and explains social changes that have occurred in the past several years, both within the field of sociology and society as a whole. Previous material has been updated to reflect current research, while eleven new chapters address topics including feminist theory, debt and social change, and armed conflict and war.
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Sociology, Second Edition is an invaluable resource for academics and graduate students, researchers, scholars, and educators in the discipline of sociology and allied fields such as anthropology, human geography, political science, and psychology.
List of contents
Contributors Bios vii
Introduction xiii
George Ritzer and Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy Part I Introduction 1 1 Classical Sociological Theory 3
Alan Sica 2 Contemporary Social Theory 21
Jeffrey Stepnisky 3 Quantitative Methods 39
Russell K. Schutt 4 Qualitative Methods 57
Mitchell Duneier Part II Basic Topics 67 5 Action, Interaction, and Groups 69
Kimberly B. Rogers and Lynn Smith¿Lovin 6 Social Network Analysis 87
Nick Crossley 7 Culturalizing Sociology 104
Laura Grindstaff and Ming¿Cheng M. Lo 8 Deviance: A Sociology of Unconventionalities 124
Nachman Ben¿Yehuda 9 Criminology 141
Charles F. Wellford 10 Critical Sexualities Studies: Moving On 156
Ken Plummer 11 Racial and Ethnic Issues: Critical Race Approaches in the United States 174
Brittany C. Slatton and Joe R. Feagin 12 Families 190
Medora W. Barnes 13 Sociology of Education 206
Joseph J. Merry and Maria Paino 14 Sociology of Religion 224
Robert D. Woodberry, Christian Smith, and Christopher P. Scheitle 15 Medicine and Health 250
William C. Cockerham 16 Urbanization 267
Kevin Fox Gotham and Arianna J. King 17 Environmental Sociology 283
Richard York and Riley E. Dunlap 18 Social Movements, Protest, and Practices of Social Change 301
Kevin Gillan 19 War and Society 319
Miguel A. Centeno and Vicki Yang 20 Immigration 340
Noriko Matsumoto 21 The Sociology of Consumption 358
Christopher Andrews 22 Digital Technology, Social Media, and TechnöSocial Life 377
Mary Chayko 23 Contemporary Feminist Theory 398
Michelle Meagher Part III Cutting Edge Issues 417 24 Big Data for Sociological Research 419
Jason Radford and David Lazer 25 Toward a Sociology of Debt 444
Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy 26 Sociology of Sport 460
Alan Tomlinson 27 From Fordism to Brexit and Trump: Is Authoritarian Capitalism on the Rise? 477
Robert J. Antonio and Alessandro Bonanno Index 496
About the author
GEORGE RITZER is Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland, USA and was named a Distinguished-Scholar Teacher there. He is editor of the
Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2007) and author of several books including
The McDonaldization of Society (9
th ed., 2018),
The Globalization of Nothing (2
nd ed., 2007), and coauthor with Paul Dean of
Globalization: The Essentials (2
nd ed, 2019)
. WENDY WIEDENHOFT MURPHY is Professor of Sociology at John Carroll University, USA. She is author of
Consumer Culture and Society (2017) and co-author with George Ritzer of
Essentials of Sociology, (3
rd ed., 2018) and focuses primarily on sociological theory, environmental sociology, and the sociology of consumption.
Summary
Revised edition of The Wiley Blackwell companion to sociology, 2012.
