The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Sociology.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Contributors Bios -- Introduction -- Part I Introduction -- Chapter 1 Classical Sociological Theory -- Defining "The Classical" -- Continuity and Change in Evaluating "The Classical" -- The French Mode of Classical Theorizing -- Scotland's Classical Contributions -- Auguste Comte Invents "Sociologie" -- The Lasting Classical Voices -- References -- Chapter 2 Contemporary Social Theory -- Period 1: Positivism, Functionalism, and Its Others -- Period 2: Conflict, Culture, Language, and Identity -- Period 3: Return to the Real -- References -- Chapter 3 Quantitative Methods -- Introduction -- History and Philosophy -- Quantitative Research Goals -- Measurement -- Generalization -- Causation -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4 Qualitative Methods -- References -- Part II Basic Topics -- Chapter 5 Action, Interaction, and Groups -- Meaning and Emotion in Social Interaction -- Empirical Tests of the Control Theories -- Multiple Identities -- Social Structural Influences on Meaning -- Group Processes and the Development of Meaning -- Future Potential for Linkage -- References -- Chapter 6 Social Network Analysis -- Introduction -- Whole Networks, Ego-Nets, and Two-Mode Networks -- Network Properties and Measures -- Statistical and Mixed Method Approaches -- References -- Chapter 7 Culturalizing Sociology -- Overview -- A Brief History -- From Cultural Sociology to Culturalized Sociology -- Culturalizing Sociological Theory -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Chapter 8 Deviance: A Sociology of Unconventionalities -- What Is Deviance? -- Some Contemporary Debates -- Enter Durkheim -- Implications of Durkheim's Ideas -- Deviance and Social Control -- Moral Entrepreneurship -- Moral Panics -- Deviance, Change, and Stability1 -- Politics and Deviance -- Political Deviance versus Political Justice.

Political Trials and Judging Deviants -- Criminals as Heroes and Political Criminals -- Power and Morality in Regular Deviance -- Two Illustrations for Understanding Deviance Within Processes of Change and Stability -- Cultural Criminology -- Conclusions -- Note -- References -- Chapter 9 Criminology -- Introduction -- The Making of Law -- The Breaking of Law -- Single-Factor Reductionism -- Systemic Reductionism -- Multidisciplinary Approaches -- Interdisciplinary Explanations -- Society's Reaction to Law Breaking -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 10 Critical Sexualities Studies: Moving On -- Obdurate Features of Critical Sexualities Studies (CSS) -- The Emergence of CSS: Four Moments -- Complex Global Sexualities in the New Millennium -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 11 Racial and Ethnic Issues: Critical Race Approaches in the United States -- Introduction -- Critical Analysis of Mainstream Race and Ethnicity Theories -- Contemporary Critical Race Scholarship -- Resistance -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 Families -- Key Changes in Family Patterns -- Changes in Daily Lives: Family, Work, and Parenting -- The Future of the Family -- New Frontiers -- References -- Chapter 13 Sociology of Education -- Recent Trends: Race, Class, and Gender -- Policy Developments, School Choice, and School Organization -- Schools and Inequality in Context -- Emerging Issues -- Recent Sociological Insights on Higher Education -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 14 Sociology of Religion -- Globalizing Religion -- Rethinking Micro-Level Secularization -- Religion and Social Movements -- Religion's Influence on Individuals -- Economic Outcomes -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 15 Medicine and Health -- Parsons and the Role of Theory -- The Post-Parsons Era (1952-1969) -- The Period of Maturity (1970-2000).

The Present (2000-2020) -- Future Directions -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 16 Urbanization -- Theories of Urbanization -- Urbanization and Suburbanization -- Megalopolis, Exurbia, Multinucleated Metropolitan Region, Crisis Driven Urbanization -- Urbanization in Less-Developed Countries -- Contemporary Urbanization Trends: Mega-Cities and Global Cities -- References -- Chapter 17 Environmental Sociology -- Introduction -- From Constructivism and Realism to Agnosticism and Pragmatism -- Anthropogenic Causes of Environmental Problems -- Social Impacts of Environmental Problems -- The Way Forward: Solutions -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 18 Social Movements, Protest, and Practices of Social Change -- The Actor: What Is a Social Movement? -- The Action: What Do Movements Do? -- Strategic Practices: How Do Movements Seek Social Change? -- Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 19 War and Society -- Born or Bred for War? -- The Universality of War -- Why War? -- What War Feels Like -- Where Do Warriors Come From? -- The Progress of War -- Conquest, Genocide, and Armageddon -- How Wars Build -- An Unseen Global War in the Twenty-first Century? -- References -- Chapter 20 Immigration -- The Origins of Immigration -- Immigrant Assimilation and Integration -- Implications of Immigration on Race Relations and Identity -- Immigration Control: Mechanisms of Inclusion and Exclusion -- Changes in Immigrant Receiving Societies -- Conclusion -- Note -- References -- Chapter 21 The Sociology of Consumption -- Historical Context -- Theoretical Perspectives -- Consumption, Culture, and Society -- Objects of Consumption -- Subjects of Consumption -- Places and Spaces of Consumption -- Money, Credit, and Debt -- Food -- Politics of Consumption -- Collaborative Consumption, Prosumption, and the Sharing Economy -- Conclusion -- References.

Chapter 22 Digital Technology, Social Media, and Techno-Social Life -- Introduction -- Understanding the "Techno" -- Understanding the "Social" -- The Growth of a Participatory Culture -- Features of Mediated Digital Environments -- Key Issues and Impacts -- Being Plugged In … To Society -- References -- Chapter 23 Contemporary Feminist Theory -- Second-Wave Feminisms -- Feminist Theories of Gender and Compulsory Heterosexuality -- Intersectionality -- Transnational and Decolonial Feminisms -- Transgender Theory -- Feminist Feelings -- Feminism After Humanism -- Feminist Theory as an Expanding Field -- References -- Part III Cutting Edge Issues -- Chapter 24 Big Data for Sociological Research -- Introduction -- What Is Big Data? -- Digitalized Life -- Digital Trace Data -- Digital Life -- Digital Instrumentation -- Opportunities -- Vulnerabilities -- Research Ethics -- Future Trends -- References -- Chapter 25 Toward a Sociology of Debt -- Introduction -- Debt as Sin -- Debt as Risk -- Debt as Power -- Debt and Social Change -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgment -- References -- Chapter 26 Sociology of Sport -- Introduction -- Sociology of Sport: Origins -- The Sociology of Sport in the United States/North America -- The Sociological Study of Sport in the United Kingdom -- The Sociology of Sport at 50 -- Whither the Sociological Study of Sport?: An Integrated Future for Ongoing Work2 -- Public Intellectuals and Active Scholars: Entering and Reshaping Sporting Discourse and Practice -- References -- Chapter 27 From Fordism to Brexit and Trump: Is Authoritarian Capitalism on the Rise? -- From Market Liberalism to Social Liberalism -- Returning with a Vengeance: Neoliberal Market Fundamentalism -- Neoliberal Legitimation Crisis: Crony Capitalism and American Decline -- Capitalism in the Age of Trump and Brexit: Authoritarian Capitalism on the Rise?.

Conclusion: Democracy or Authoritarianism? -- Notes -- References -- Index -- EULA.

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