Dictionary of Sociology

Informationen zum Autor Allan G. Johnson is Professor of Sociology at Hartford College for Women. His previous publications include "The Forest and the Trees: Sociology as Life! Practice! and Promise " (1997)! "The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy" (1997)! and "Human Arrangements "(fourth edition! 1996). Klappentext This second edition of Allan G. Johnson's one-volume dictionary includes 75 new entries, as well as an expanded biographical section, extensive revisions and updates, and more thorough cross-referencing. The combination of clear prose, engaging examples, a single author's voice, and minimal assumptions about the average reader's prior knowledge of the field, makes this a distinctive and valuable reference work. Johnson defines amorphous and fuzzy sociological concepts in a lively and sensible way and his book provides an introduction to what it means to think sociologically. For a deeper understanding of social life, and of the only discipline dedicated to making sense of it in all its diversity, this Dictionary is a perfect guide. Zusammenfassung This new edition of Allan G. Johnson's one-volume dictionary includes 75 new entries! as well as an expanded biographical section! extensive revisions and updates! and more thorough cross-referencing. Inhaltsverzeichnis About this Book. Dictionary Entries A-Z. Biographical Sketches: A Selected Sociological Who's Who. Index.

Product details

• Authors: Johnson, Allan G. Johnson, Allan G. (Hartford College for Women) Johnson, Larry Johnson, Johnson Allan G.
• Publisher: Blackwell Scientific Publishers Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.04.2000
• EAN: 9780631216810
• ISBN: 978-0-631-21681-0
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 232 mm x 33 mm
• Subjects: Education and learning; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Reference works, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology