Stella R. Quah & Arnaud Sales 
The International Handbook of Sociology [PDF ebook] 

`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.

قائمة المحتويات

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION

Of Consensus, Tensions and Sociology at the Dawn of the 21st Century – Stella Quah and Arnaud Sales

PART TWO: CONCEPTUAL PERSPECTIVES

The Moving Frontier of the Social Sciences – Mattei Dogan

Rational Choice Theory in Sociology – Thomas Voss and Martin Abraham

A Survey

Feminist Theory and Critical Reconceptualization in Sociology – Rhoda Reddock

The Challenge of the 1990s

The Challenge of Modernity/Postmodernity to the Classical Heritage in Sociology of Religion – Ivan Varga

PART THREE: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL DIFFERENTIATION

The Fourth Generation of Comparative Stratification Research – Donald J Treiman and Harry B G Ganzeboom

The `Rediscovery′ of Ethnicity – Christine Inglis

Theory and Analysis

PART FOUR: CHANGING INSTITUTIONS AND COLLECTIVE ACTION

Sociology of the Family – Barbara H Settles

Global Advances and Challenges

International Political Sociology – Richard G Braungart and Margaret M Braungart

Institutional Change in Armed Forces at the Dawning of the 21st Century – David R Segal and Nehama E Babin

Social Movements – Bert Klandermans

Trends and Turns

Late Modern Institutions and Collective Action – Pierre Hamel, Henri Lustiger-Thaler and Louis Maheu

PART FIVE: DEMOGRAPHY, CITIES AND HOUSING

Conceptual and Methodological Advances and Challenges in Demography – Dudley L Poston Jr

Urban Sociology – John Walton

The Sociology of Housing – William Michelson and Willem Van Vliet

PART SIX: ART AND LEISURE

Sociology of the Art – Antoine Hennion and Line Grenier

New Stakes in a Post-Critical Time

The Collapse of the Leisure Society? – Gilles Pronovost

New Challenges for the Sociology of Leisure

Theoretical Advances in the Sociological Treatment of Tourism – Graham Dann

PART SEVEN: ON SOCIAL PROBLEMS

Unravelling Alienation – Deborah Kalekin-Fishman

From an Omen of Doom to a Celebration of Diversity

Medical Sociology at the Millennium – William C Cockerham

Mental Health and Illness Research – Rumi Kato Price, Clyde R Pope, C A Green and S C Kinnevy

Millennium and Beyond

Recent Advances and Challenges in Sociotechnics – Jon Alexander

Future Research and Sociological Analysis – Eleonora Barbieri Masini

عن المؤلف

Arnaud Sales holds a Doctorat d′État ès Lettres et Sciences Humaines, from Université de Paris 7-Denis Diderot. He is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at the University of Montreal, Canada. He is a specialist in economic sociology focusing on the interface of the economic and political fields. His research interests center on the relations between the public and private spheres, and the emergence of international private authorities; economic and administrative elites, and knowledge workers; the role of knowledge in social transformations.

His publications include: La Bourgeoisie industrielle au Québec (PUM, 1979); Décideurs et gestionnaires (Éditeur officiel du Québec, 1985); He has edited or co-edited the following volumes: Développement national et économie mondialisée (Sociologie et Sociétés, 1979); La recomposition du politique (PUM/L’Harmattan, 1991); Québec, fin de siècle (Sociologie et Sociétés, 1994); The International Handbook of Sociology (Sage, 2000); New Directions in the Study of Knowledge, Economy and Society (SSIS, Current Sociology, Sage, 2001) ; Knowledge, Communication and Creativity, (Sage, 2007).

He was Vice-Dean of the Université de Montréal’s Faculty of Graduate Studies (1987-1992) and has chaired the Department of Sociology (2000-2007). He is a former Vice-President, International, of the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics (1995-1998) where he founded the Knowledge, Economy and Society Network with R. Hollingsworth. After chairing the ISA Research Committee 02 on Economy and Society, he was elected Vice-President for Research (1998-2002) of the International Sociological Association and chaired ISA Research Council.

In 2006, he was named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques of France.