The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Sociology (eBook)

George Ritzer, Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy (Herausgeber)

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2019 | 2. Auflage
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-42932-6 (ISBN)

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The new, updated edition of the authoritative and comprehensive survey of modern sociology

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. This comprehensive volume: 

• Offers an engaging and accessible guide to the field of sociology, revised and updated for the second edition
• Presents wide-ranging, comprehensive coverage of the discipline
• Explores issues of contemporary relevance such as digital media and consumption
• Reflects state-of-the-art scholarship and contemporary debates
• New chapters for the second edition cover essential topics including feminist theory, armed conflict, big data, authoritarian capitalism, debt and social change, and the rise of nationalism

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. 

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 Edition (2017) and focuses primarily on sociological theory, environmental sociology, and the sociology of consumption.

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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 (9th ed., 2018), The Globalization of Nothing (2nd ed., 2007), and coauthor with Paul Dean of Globalization: The Essentials (2nd 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, (3rd ed., 2018) and focuses primarily on sociological theory, environmental sociology, and the sociology of consumption.

Inhalt

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 Techno-Social 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

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"This new edition will give us an excellent representation of the current state of academic sociology and will be well received as a sound, comprehensive outline of the main fields of sociological study."
--Nick Crossley, University of Manchester

"This wide-ranging and engaging proposal will provide excellent coverage of the discipline. George Ritzer was ideally placed to edit the previous volume and is one of the very best people to bring us up to date with all the developments in the field."
--Bryan Turner, CUNY Graduate Center

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Contributors Bios

Christopher Andrews is an assistant professor of sociology at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. He has published book chapters and articles on software startups and the “new economy”, online job listings and informal hiring practices, and self‐service in the retail food industry. His most recent book The Overworked Consumer: Self‐Checkouts, Supermarkets, and the Do‐It‐Yourself Economy (2019) examines the growing trend of self‐service and its effects on American jobs and consumers.

Robert J. Antonio specializes in social theory, but also teaches and works in the areas of globalization, political economy, and environment. He is currently working on multiple projects related to contemporary capitalism’s crisis tendencies, especially concerning the intersection of increased economic inequality, ecological risk, and possible democratic and authoritarian responses.

Medora W. Barnes is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and Criminology at John Carroll University. Her research focuses on a variety of gendered life transitions. Recent research has examined teachers’ work‐family decisions during the transition to parenthood, and how learning fetal sex changes the interactions of pregnant women. Publications include articles in the Journal of Family Issues, Qualitative Sociology Review, and Journal of Consumer Culture.

Nachman Ben‐Yehuda, department of sociology and anthropology, Hebrew University’ centers his research on various manifestations of deviance from Durkheimian and constructivist perspectives. By asking the age‐old Hobbesian question “how is the social order possible?” he focuses on the Hegelian concept of antithesis. This general plot is occasioned by directing attention to how, why, where and when challenges to the status quo emerge and function as catalysts for processes of social change or stability. His last book is on fraud in research (with Amalya Oliver‐Lumerman).

Alessandro Bonanno is Texas State University System Regents’ Professor and Distinguished Professor of Sociology at Sam Houston State University. His work focuses on the neoliberal globalization of the economy and society. In particular, he investigates the impact that neoliberal globalization has on democracy, labor relations and the emancipatory options of subordinate groups. Dr. Bonanno is the author of numerous publications that appeared in English and other major languages. His latest books are: “The legitimation Crisis of Neoliberalism” (2017) and “Resistance to the Neoliberal Agri‐food Regime: A Critical Analysis” (2018).

Mary Chayko is a sociologist, social media researcher, and professor at Rutgers University's School of Communication and Information (SC&I). Her research is on the impact of digital technology and social media on relationships, community, society, and self. She is the author of four books, including Superconnected: The Internet, Digital Media, and Techno‐Social Life (Sage Publications), now in its second edition. Connect with Dr. Chayko at http://marychayko.com and on Twitter @MaryChayko.

Miguel A. Centeno is the Musgrave Professor of Sociology at Princeton University.

William C. Cockerham is Distinguished Professor and Chair Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He was Editor‐in‐Chief of the Wiley‐Blackwell Encyclopedia of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society (2014) and served on the editorial boards of the American Sociological Review, Mental Health and Society, and Social Currents among others. Recent books include Medical Sociology, 14th edition (2017) and Sociology of Mental Disorder, 10th edition (2017).

Nick Crossley is a Professor of Sociology and Co‐Founder/Co‐Director of the Mitchell Centre for Social Network Analysis at the University of Manchester (UK). His recent work has focused upon the role of social networks in collective action and culture, particularly music. His most recent book is Networks of Sound, Style and Subversion: The Punk and Post‐Punk Worlds of Manchester, London, Liverpool and Sheffield, 1975–1980 (Manchester University Press 2015). He is currently working on a book which maps out a relational approach to music sociology, to be published by Manchester University Press.

Mitchell Duneier is Maurice P. During Professor of Sociology at Princeton. He is the author of Sidewalk, Slim’s Table, and Ghetto: The Invention of a Place, the History of an Idea.

Riley E. Dunlap is Dresser Professor and Regents Professor of Sociology Emeritus at Oklahoma State University and one of the founders of environmental sociology. He has chaired the environmental sociology groups within the American Sociological Association, the Rural Sociological Society and the Society for the Study of Social Problems, and served as President of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Environment and Society. He also chaired the American Sociological Association’s Task Force on Sociology and Global Climate Change, and is senior editor the resulting volume, Climate Change and Society: Sociological Perspectives (Oxford, 2015).

Joe R. Feagin, Distinguished Professor at Texas A&M University, researches systemic racism, sexism, and classism. His 73 books include The White Racial Frame (Routledge 2013); and Elite White Men Ruling (Routledge 2017). He is the recipient of the American Association for Affirmative Action’s Fletcher Lifetime Achievement Award and the American Sociological Association’s W. E. B. Du Bois Career of Distinguished Scholarship Award and Cox‐Johnson‐Frazier Award. He was the 1999–2000 president of the American Sociological Association.

Kevin Gillan is a Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester and Editor‐in‐Chief of Social Movement Studies. His work focuses primarily on the ways in which social movements generate and communicate alternative conceptions of political economy. He is currently writing a book with the working title How Capitalism Matters: Economy, Polity, Society (Palgrave).

Kevin Fox Gotham is a professor of sociology and associate dean at Tulane University. He is author of Crisis Cities: Disaster and Redevelopment in New York and New Orleans (with Miriam Greenberg) (2014, Oxford University Press), Race, Real Estate and Uneven Development (2014, SUNY Press), Authentic New Orleans (2007, NYU Press), Critical Perspectives on Urban Redevelopment (2001, Elsevier Press), and over 100 publications on real estate and housing policy, racial segregation, urban redevelopment, and tourism.

Laura Grindstaff is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis, and a faculty affiliate in Gender Studies, Performance Studies, and Cultural Studies. Her research and teaching focus on the cultural dimensions of sex/gender, race, and class inequality, with a particular emphasis on American media and popular culture. She is the author of The Money Shot: Trash, Class, and the Making of TV Talk Shows as well as numerous articles and essays on aspects of popular culture ranging from sports and cheerleading to reality TV and social media.

Arianna J. King is earning her Ph.D. in Urban Studies at Tulane University. She holds a master’s degree from the University of New Orleans in Urban Studies and is a current member of the African Studies Association, American Anthropological Association, and the Rural Sociology Society. Her research has appeared in the Advances in Gender Research series (2016, Elsevier Press). Her current research leverages interdisciplinary approaches to explore gender and urban space in Ghana.

David Lazer is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Computer and Information Science, Northeastern University, and Co‐Director, NULab for Texts, Maps, and Networks. His research focuses on the nexus of network science, computational social science, and collaborative intelligence. He is the co‐inventor of the Volunteer Science research platform.

Ming‐Cheng M. Lo is Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Davis. Lo’s research focuses on culture, illness experiences, and civic engagement. She is the author of Doctors within Borders: Profession, Ethnicity, and Modernity in Colonial Taiwan (University of California Press 2002; Japanese edition, 2014). A recent series of articles addresses the roles of cultural capital and non‐dominant cultural resources in health, healthcare, and environmental justice activism.

Noriko Matsumoto is a lecturer at the University of Vermont (Department of Sociology and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies Program). Her work has appeared in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Encyclopedia of Global Human Migration (2013), and The Next Generation: Immigrant Youth in a Comparative Perspective (2011, coauthor). She is the author of Beyond the City and the Bridge: East Asian Immigration in a New Jersey Suburb (Rutgers University Press, 2018).

Michelle Meagher is Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton Canada, where she teaches courses on the history of feminist thought, representations of gender, and popular culture. Her...

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• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 4.10.2019
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Companions to Sociology
• Reihe/Serie: Blackwell Companions to Sociology
• Reihe/Serie: Wiley Blackwell Companions to Sociology
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Mikrosoziologie
• Schlagworte: Anthropologie • Anthropology • contemporary sociology • Geographie • Geography • <p>Sociology • Social & Cultural Anthropology • Social & Cultural Geography • sociological studies </p> • Sociology • sociology companion • sociology guide • sociology introduction • Sociology Methods • sociology overview • sociology research • sociology textbook • sociology theory • Soziale u. kulturelle Anthropologie • Soziologie • Sozio- u. Kulturgeographie
• ISBN-10: 1-119-42932-3 / 1119429323
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-42932-6 / 9781119429326