International Handbook Of Contemporary Developments In Sociology

Author : Raj Mohan,Arthur Wilke
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 864 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1994-11-14
Category : Education
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009806022

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International Handbook of Contemporary Developments in Sociology by Raj Mohan,Arthur Wilke Pdf

Many changes have happened in sociology around the world in the last few decades. This reference work offers a thorough overview of recent developments in sociology in a wide range of countries. The chapters, written by expert contributors, provide first-hand information on new research trends and significant advances. Chapters generally provide a broad historical context, and then focus on developments in sociology since 1975. Part One contains chapters on sociology in Western and Northern Europe. Part Two, on the Western Hemisphere, includes several chapters on sociology in the United States, along with Canada and Latin America. Part Three discusses the many changes in Eastern Europe that have happened in recent years, while Parts Four, Five, and Six, covering Southern Europe, Africa and the Middle East, and the Far East add a valuable perspective to the work. Chapters include detailed bibliographies, and a selected, general bibliography concludes the work.

Author : Michael W. Apple,Stephen J. Ball,Luis Armando Gandin
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 590 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-12-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781135179700

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The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Education by Michael W. Apple,Stephen J. Ball,Luis Armando Gandin Pdf

This collection brings together many of the world’s leading sociologists of education to explore and address key issues and concerns within the discipline. The thirty-seven newly commissioned chapters draw upon theory and research to provide new accounts of contemporary educational processes, global trends, and changing and enduring forms of social conflict and social inequality. The research, conducted by leading international scholars in the field, indicates that two complexly interrelated agendas are discernible in the heat and noise of educational change over the past twenty-five years. The first rests on a clear articulation by the state of its requirements of education. The second promotes at least the appearance of greater autonomy on the part of educational institutions in the delivery of those requirements. The Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Education examines the ways in which the sociology of education has responded to these two political agendas, addressing a range of issues which cover three key areas: perspectives and theories social processes and practices inequalities and resistances. The book strongly communicates the vibrancy and diversity of the sociology of education and the nature of ‘sociological work’ in this field. It will be a primary resource for teachers, as well as a title of major interest to practising sociologists of education.

Author : Stella R Quah,Arnaud Sales
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000-11-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : UOM:39076002207616

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The International Handbook of Sociology by Stella R Quah,Arnaud Sales Pdf

`The most up-to-date survey of the range of research in contemporary sociology, extremely useful to students, teachers, and researchers alike. Indispensable for collective and personal libraries' - Immanuel Wallerstein, Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, ParisThis unique Handbook provides state-of-the-art reviews of sociology conducted by prominent scholars. Drawing on dedicated knowledge and expertise, the book constitutes an unrivalled guide to the central theoretical and methodological perspectives in the discipline as a whole.The book is organized into six parts:o conceptual perspectiveso social and cultural differentiationo changing institutions and collective actiono demography, cities and housingo art and leisureo social problemsEach chapter includes a comprehensive review of the literature, covering the full range of work from contrasting traditions of thought and approaches.No existing work matches this Handbook for scholarly coverage and relevance. It is a primary resource for understanding the discipline. As such, it will appeal to lecturers, researchers and advanced graduate and undergraduate students in Sociology.

Author : Raj P. Mohan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Aufsatzsammlung - Soziologie
ISBN : OCLC:256297440

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Handbook of Contemporary Developments in World Sociology by Raj P. Mohan Pdf

Author : Stella R Quah,Arnaud Sales
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 553 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781847871565

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The International Handbook of Sociology by Stella R Quah,Arnaud Sales Pdf

`The most up-to-date survey of the range of research in contemporary sociology, extremely useful to students, teachers, and researchers alike. Indispensable for collective and personal libraries′ - Immanuel Wallerstein, Maison des Sciences de l′Homme, Paris This unique Handbook provides state-of-the-art reviews of sociology conducted by prominent scholars. Drawing on dedicated knowledge and expertise, the book constitutes an unrivalled guide to the central theoretical and methodological perspectives in the discipline as a whole. The book is organized into six parts: o conceptual perspectives o social and cultural differentiation o changing institutions and collective action o demography, cities and housing o art and leisure o social problems Each chapter includes a comprehensive review of the literature, covering the full range of work from contrasting traditions of thought and approaches. No existing work matches this Handbook for scholarly coverage and relevance. It is a primary resource for understanding the discipline. As such, it will appeal to lecturers, researchers and advanced graduate and undergraduate students in Sociology.

Author : Gerard Delanty,Stephen P. Turner
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 630 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000427165

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Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Social and Political Theory by Gerard Delanty,Stephen P. Turner Pdf

The triangular relationship between the social, the political, and the cultural has opened up social and political theory to new challenges. The social can no longer be reduced to the category of society, and the political extends beyond the traditional concerns of the nature of the state and political authority. This Handbook will address a range of issues that have recently emerged from the disciplines of social and political theory, focusing on key themes as opposed to schools of thought or major theorists. It is divided into three sections which address: the most influential theoretical traditions that have emerged from the legacy of the twentieth century; the most important new and emerging frameworks of analysis today; the major theoretical problems in recent social and political theory. The Second edition is an enlarged, revised, and updated version of the first edition, which was published in 2011 and comprised 42 chapters. The new edition consists of 50 chapters, of which seventeen are entirely new chapters covering topics that have become increasingly prominent in social and political theory in recent years, such as populism, the new materialism, postcolonialism, Deleuzean theory, post-humanism, post-capitalism as well as older topics that were not covered in the first edition, such as Arendt, the gift, critical realism, anarchism. All chapters retained from the first edition have been thoroughly revised and updated. The Routledge International Handbook of Contemporary Social and Political Theory encompasses the most up-to-date developments in contemporary social and political theory, and as such is an essential research tool for both undergraduate and postgraduate students as well as researchers working in the fields of political theory, social and political philosophy, contemporary social theory, and cultural theory.

Author : James E. Côté,Sarah Pickard
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-21
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000538724

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Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Higher Education by James E. Côté,Sarah Pickard Pdf

Higher education has come under increasing public scrutiny in recent years, assailed with demands for greater efficiency, accountability, cost reduction, and, above all, job training. Drawing upon examples from across the world, with an emphasis on Anglo-American higher-education systems, this handbook employs sociological approaches to address these pressing concerns. The second edition is thoroughly updated and adds several new chapters to shed further light on the transformations wrought by the interrelated processes of massification, vocationalization, and marketization that have swept through universities in the wake of neoliberal reforms introduced by governments since the 1980s. The handbook explores recent developments in higher-education systems and policy as well as the everyday experiences of students and staff and ongoing problems of inequality and diversity within universities. In doing so, the chapters address a number of current issues concerning the legitimacy of higher-educational credentials, from the continuing debate regarding traditional pedagogies and the role of universities in social class reproduction to more recent concerns about standards in mass systems. Collectively, this handbook demonstrates that the sociology of higher education has the potential to play a leadership role in improving the myriad higher-education systems around the world that are now part of an interrelated set of subsystems, replete with both persistent problems and promising prospects. This book is therefore necessary reading for a variety of stakeholders within academia as well as professionals and policy-makers interested in understanding higher education and the acute challenges it faces.

Author : Moshe Hirsch,Andrew Lang
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-11-30
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781783474493

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Research Handbook on the Sociology of International Law by Moshe Hirsch,Andrew Lang Pdf

Bringing together a highly diverse body of scholars, this comprehensive Research Handbook explores recent developments at the intersection of international law, sociology and social theory. It showcases a wide range of methodologies and approaches, including those inspired by traditional social thought as well as less familiar literature, including computational linguistics, performance theory and economic sociology. The Research Handbook highlights anew the potential contribution of sociological methods and theories to the study of international law, and illustrates their use in the examination of contemporary problems of practical interest to international lawyers.

Author : James J.F. Forest,Philip G. Altbach
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 1136 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-18
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781402040122

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International Handbook of Higher Education by James J.F. Forest,Philip G. Altbach Pdf

This book provides a central, authoritative source of reference on the most essential topics of higher education. The International Handbook of Higher Education combines a rich diversity of scholarly perspectives with a wide range of internationally derived descriptions and analyses. Chapters in the first volume cover central themes in the study of higher education, while contributors to the second volume focuses on contemporary higher education issues within specific countries or regions. Together, these volumes provide a centralized, easily accessible, yet scholarly source of information.

Author : Salvatore Babones
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1138839663

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Routledge International Handbook of Development Sociology by Salvatore Babones Pdf

Author : Sokratis Koniordos,Alexandros Kyrtsis
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 467 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781136711213

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Routledge Handbook of European Sociology by Sokratis Koniordos,Alexandros Kyrtsis Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of European Sociology explores the main aspects of the work and scholarship of European sociologists during the last sixty years (1950-2010), a period that has shaped the methods and identity of the sociological craft. European social theory has produced a vast constellation of theoretical landscapes with a far reaching impact. At the same time there has been diversity and fragmentation, the influence of American sociology, and the effect of social practice and transformations. The guiding question is: does European Sociology really exist today, and if the answer is positive, what does this really mean? Divided into four parts, the Handbook investigates: intellectual and institutional settings regional variations thematic variations European concerns. The Handbook will provides a set of state-of-the-art accounts that break new ground, each contribution teasing out the distinctively European features of the sociological theme it explores. It will be of interest to students and scholars across the social sciences and humanities.

Author : Gregory Hooks
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 728 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-09-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520963474

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The Sociology of Development Handbook by Gregory Hooks Pdf

The Sociology of Development Handbook gathers essays that reflect the range of debates in development sociology and in the interdisciplinary study and practice of development. The essays address the pressing intellectual challenges of today, including internal and international migration, transformation of political regimes, globalization, changes in household and family formations, gender dynamics, technological change, population and economic growth, environmental sustainability, peace and war, and the production and reproduction of social and economic inequality.

Author : Robert Burgess,Anne Murcott
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317875925

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Developments in Sociology by Robert Burgess,Anne Murcott Pdf

Appropriate as a supplemental text to courses in Sociology. Providing an overview grounded in research. Developments in Sociology focuses on the major areas of theoretical, methodological and substantive developments in sociology. Each author takes a field of study in which they are an acknowledged expert and highlights the way in which the subject has developed over the last fifty years.

Author : Laurie Hanquinet,Mike Savage
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-09-16
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135008888

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Routledge International Handbook of the Sociology of Art and Culture by Laurie Hanquinet,Mike Savage Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Arts and Culture offers a comprehensive overview of sociology of art and culture, focusing especially – though not exclusively – on the visual arts, literature, music, and digital culture. Extending, and critiquing, Bourdieu’s influential analysis of cultural capital, the distinguished international contributors explore the extent to which cultural omnivorousness has eclipsed highbrow culture, the role of age, gender and class on cultural practices, the character of aesthetic preferences, the contemporary significance of screen culture, and the restructuring of popular culture. The Handbook critiques modes of sociological determinism in which cultural engagement is seen as the simple product of the educated middle classes. The contributions explore the critique of Eurocentrism and the global and cosmopolitan dimensions of cultural life. The book focuses particularly on bringing cutting edge ‘relational’ research methodologies, both qualitative and quantitative, to bear on these debates. This handbook not only describes the field, but also proposes an agenda for its development which will command major international interest.

Author : Andrew Yiannakis,Merrill J. Melnick
Publisher : Human Kinetics
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Sports
ISBN : 0736037101

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Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport by Andrew Yiannakis,Merrill J. Melnick Pdf

Melnick, PhD, Contemporary Issues in Sociology of Sport includes: an exploration of topics and themes that have received limited attention in other sociology of sport texts but have been long-standing social concerns; a review of the attitudes toward female athletes and the anti-homosexual phobias present in sport; an in-depth look at the impoverishment of children's games in America; an overview of high school sport participation; a study of the challenges and benefits of the big-time collegiate sport experience; a critique of television's impact on sport and its portrayal of gender and race, and a review of sport and globalization. Unit I provides the reader with a historical background on the development of sociology of sport and addresses several critical issues about the relationship between sociology, physical education, and sociology of sport.