An essential guide to the basic concepts that comprise the study of sociology with contributions from an international range of leading experts
Core Concepts in Sociology is a comprehensive guide to the essential concepts relevant to the current study of the discipline and wider social science. The contributing authors cover a wide range of concepts that remain at the heart of sociology including those from its academic founding and others much more recent in their development. The text contains contributions from an international panel of leading figures in the field, utilizing their expertise on core concepts and presenting an accessible introduction for students.
Drawing on the widest range of ideas, research, current literature and expert assessment, Core Concepts in Sociology contains over 90 concepts that represent the discipline. Coverage includes concepts ranging from aging to capitalism, democracy to economic sociology, epistemology to everyday life, media to risk, stigma and much more. This vital resource:
- Sets out the concepts that underpin the study of sociology and wider social science
- Contains contributions from an international panel of leading figures in the field
- Includes a comprehensive review of the basic concepts that comprise the foundation and essential development of the discipline
- Designed as a concise and accessible resource
Written for students, researchers and wider professionals with an interest in the field of sociology, Core Concepts in Sociology offers a concise, affordable and accessible resource for studying the underpinnings of sociology and social science.
Table of Contents
List of Contributors xi
Introduction 1
Aging, Sociology of 3
Susan A. McDaniel
Alienation 6
Chris Yuill
Anomie 8
Mathieu Deflem
Body, the 10
Chris Shilling
Capital: Cultural, Social, and Economic 14
William Haller
Capitalism 17
Rob Beamish
Citizenship 23
Charles Lee
City, the 27
Leonard Nevarez
Class 30
Rob Beamish
Class, Capitalist 34
Leslie Sklair
Colonialism and Postcolonialism 37
Gurminder K. Bhambra
Community 40
Graham Day
Constructionism vs. Essentialism 43
Kenneth J. Gergen
Consumption 46
Juliet B. Schor
Crime and Juvenile Delinquency, Sociology of 50
Joseph Asomah and Hongming Cheng
Culture, Sociology of 55
Lisa McCormick
Democracy 60
Kathleen C. Schwartzman
Demography and Population Studies 63
Sangeeta Parashar
Development, Sociology of 67
Peter Evans and Patrick Heller
Deviance 70
Erich Goode
Disability, Sociology of 76
Valerie Leiter
Dramaturgy 79
Robert D. Benford
Economic Sociology 81
Milan Zafirovski
Education, Sociology of 86
Annette Lareau and Sherelle Ferguson
Emotion, Sociology of 90
Marci D. Cottingham
Environment, Sociology of the 93
Riley E. Dunlap
Epistemology 96
Liz Stanley
Ethnography 98
Richard Ocejo
Ethnomethodology 100
Andrew P. Carlin
Everyday Life 103
Arthur McLuhan
Family and Kinship, Sociology of 105
Linda L. Semu
Feminist Theory 110
Nancy Naples
Frames, Narratives, and Ideology 114
Rens Vliegenthart
Gender 118
Michael Kimmel and Katie M. Gordon
Globalization 123
George Ritzer
Homelessness 126
James D. Wright
Homophobia and Heterosexism 129
Damien W. Riggs
Human Rights, Sociology of 131
Patricia Hynes
Identity 133
James E. Côté
Immigration, Migration, and Refugees 137
Alexandra Parrs
Inequality, Gender 141
Robert Max Jackson
Inequality, Global 145
Roberto Patricio Korzeniewicz
Inequality, Racial and Ethnic 149
Rutledge M. Dennis
Internet, the 155
Charalambos Tsekeris
Intersectionality 158
Kylan Mattias de Vries
Knowledge, Sociology of 161
E. Doyle McCarthy
Life Course 166
Jeylan T. Mortimer
Marxism 169
Alan Spector
Masculinities 175
Sebastián Madrid
Media, Sociology of the 178
Michele Sorice
Medical Sociology 182
William C. Cockerham
Medicalization 187
Peter Conrad
Mental Health and Illness 190
Emily Allen Paine and Tetyana Pudrovska
Military Sociology 194
Ryan Kelty and David R. Segal
Modernity 197
Gerard Delanty and Aurea Mota
Nationalism 200
Helen Rizzo
Organizations, Sociology of 203
Stewart Clegg
Patriarchy 206
Bronwyn Winter
Political Sociology 208
Alan Scott
Popular Culture 212
Beryl Langer
Postmodernism and Poststructuralism 215
Julie M. Albright
Poverty 219
Tracy Shildrick
Power and Authority 222
Ashley Harrell and Shane Thye
Public Sociology 225
Esther Oliver
Qualitative Methods 229
Amir Marvasti
Quantitative Methods 235
Guillermina Jasso
Race and Ethnicity 242
John Stone
Rationalization, Bureaucratization, and McDonaldization 247
George Ritzer
Religion, Sociology of 250
Ryan T. Cragun
Risk 254
Rolf Lidskog
Science and Technology, Sociology of 257
Gary Bowden
Self, the 261
Peter L. Callero
Sexualities 265
Barry D. Adam
Social Justice 271
Valerie Chepp
Social Media and Virtual Communities 274
Gaspar Brändle
Social Movements and Social Change 276
Colin Bernatzky and David A. Snow
Social Network Analysis 281
Christina Prell
Social Psychology 284
Maria C. Ramos and Lynn Smith‐Lovin
Socialization 290
Jeremiah C. Morelock and John B. Williamson
Sociological Imagination 293
Christopher Andrews
Sociological Theory 295
Jeffrey Stepnisky
Sociology 302
Elizabeth Hartung and Peter Kivisto
Space and Place 309
John R. Logan
Sport, Sociology of 312
Jay Coakley
Stereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination 316
Michael Pickering
Stigma 318
Matthew Clair
Stratification and Inequality 322
Nico Wilterdink
Structure and Agency 326
Piotr Sztompka
Symbolic Interactionism 329
Robert Dingwall
Urban Sociology 333
Cate Irvin and Kevin Fox Gotham
Work, Occupations, and Professions, Sociology of 338
Rudi Volti
Index 342
