Sociology has evolved greatly since its 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 is invaluable not just all sociologists but to a wide variety of students and researchers across the social sciences.Click on Sample Chapters & Resources to download the introduction.
Introduction - Craig Calhoun, Chris Rojek and Bryan Turner PART ONE: THEORY AND METHOD Quantitative Research Methods - Adrian E Raftery Qualitative Research Traditions - Paul Atkinson and Sara Delamont Sociology and Philosophy - Randall Collins The Diversity and Insularity of Sociological Traditions - Charles Crothers Comparative Sociology - David A Apter Some Paradigms and their Moments PART TWO: THE AXIAL PROCESSES OF SOCIETY The Culture of Work - Richard Sennett The Sociology of the Family - Bryan Turner The Social Institution of Money - Geoffrey Ingham The Sociology of Consumption and Lifestyle - Don Slater The Sociology of Mediation and Communication - Roger Silverstone An Entirely Different World? Challenges for the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity - Patricia Hill Collins A Sociology of Information - David Lyon Class and Stratification - Mike Savage Current Problems and Revivial Prospects The Sociology of Culture - Wendy Griswold The Sociology of Health and Illness - Gary L Albrecht The Sociology of Religion - Bryan Turner Leisure and Tourism - Chris Rojek The Sociology of the Environment and Nature - Steven Yearley Poverty and Life Chances - Dalton Conley The Conceptualization and Study of the Poor Globalization - Roland Robertson and Kathleen E White Sociology and Cross-Disciplinarily The Sociology of Gender - Sylvia Walby Historical Trends and Future Prospects - Charles HirschmanPopulation and Society PART THREE: PRIMARY DEBATES A New Approach for Theoretically Integrating Micro and Macro Analysis - Jonathan H Turner Global Inequality - Jan Nederveen Pieterse Bringing Politics Back In Sociology and the Body - Nick Crossley The City - Saskia Sassen Its Return as a Lens for Social Theory Sociology of Deviance - Heinz Steinert The Disciplines of Social Exclusion Globalizing Business - Stewart R Clegg Sex and Power - Elspeth Probyn Capillaries, Capabilities and Capacities The Sociology of the University and Higher Education - Gerard Delanty The Consequences of Globalization Science, Technology and their Implications - Karin Knorr Cettina Citizenship, Ethnicity and Nation-States - Sinisa Malesevic and John A Hall
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