Critical Concepts in Sociology

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1. Multiculturalism

   Edited by Gerd Baumann, Steven Vertovec

   Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

   Edited by two leading scholars in the field, this new title in Routledge’s Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Sociology, is a four-volume collection of canonical and cutting-edge research. Serious work on multiculturalism flourishes as never before, and this ‘mini library’ meets the need for...

   Published November 30th 2010 by Routledge
2. Celebrity

   Edited by Chris Rojek

   Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

   In recent years, the study of celebrity has developed and cohered into a flourishing field of social and cultural analysis. There is huge interest in topics such as the politics and logic of glamour; the role of the public-relations industry in manipulating television audiences; the relationship...

   Published December 13th 2009 by Routledge
3. The Information Society

   Edited by Robin Mansell

   Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

   ‘The information society’ refers to a constellation of developments arising from the growing use of communication technologies in the acquisition, storage, and processing of information, and the role of information in supporting the creation and exchange of knowledge. Research on information...

   Published April 2nd 2009 by Routledge
4. Society

   Edited by Reiner Grundmann, Nico Stehr

   Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

   What is the nature of our current societies? Do we see a clash of civilizations, or the end of history? The advent of globalization, or the birth of the network society? Are we witnessing the emergence of a risk society, or the advent of the knowledge society? More fundamentally, is ‘society’ an...

   Published December 14th 2008 by Routledge
5. Social Exclusion

   Edited by David Byrne

   Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

   Edited by a leading scholar in the field, this new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Sociology, is a four-volume collection of canonical and cutting-edge research on the intellectual origins and the development of ‘socal exclusion’, a critical concept in the social...

   Published August 4th 2008 by Routledge
6. Sociology of Religion 5 vols

   Critical Concepts in Sociology

   Edited by Malcolm Hamilton

   Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

   This new Routledge Major Work is a five-volume collection of seminal and influential articles, chapters, and extracts in the sociology of religion and related disciplines. The collection uniquely brings together material ranging widely from conceptual and theoretical discussions through substantive...

   Published April 25th 2007 by Routledge
7. Social Movements

   Critical Concepts in Sociology

   Edited by Jeff Goodwin, James Jasper

   Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

   A social movement is a collective, organized, sustained and non-institutional challenge to authorities, power holders, or cultural beliefs and practices. In the modern world, social movements are one of the main ways that people try to control their lives and articulate their moral positions. From...

   Published February 27th 2007 by Routledge
8. Social Stratification

   Edited by David Inglis, John Bone

   Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

   The study of social cohesion and solidarity and their antitheses, social fragmentation and dissension, are central components of sociology. From the very beginnings of sociology right through to the present day, sociologists have endeavoured to identify the forces that either unite people into...

   Published October 25th 2006 by Routledge
9. Men & Masculinities

   Edited by Stephen Whitehead

   Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

   Men & Masculinities is a new title in the Routledge Major Works series, Critical Concepts in Sociology. In five volumes, this set brings together canonical and cutting-edge material in the field to make sense of a rapidly expanding area of research. The sociology of masculinity began to...

   Published August 23rd 2006 by Routledge
10. Transgression

    Edited by Chris Jenks

    Series: Critical Concepts in Sociology

    Transgression – a concept defined as conduct that breaks rules or exceeds boundaries – is a key idea for sociologists, anthropologists and cultural theorists, and is a major feature of postmodern thought. Providing an inter-disciplinary base to the notion of transgression, this four-volume set...

    Published August 23rd 2006 by Routledge