A Dictionary of Sociology by Gordon Marshall
This is the most comprehensive and authoritative dictionary of sociology available in a single volume. Compiled by an expert team of sociologists under the editorship of Gordon Marshall, this new edition has been fully revised and updated. Ideal for those new to the subject, it will also be invaluable to more advanced students as well as teachers. The features includes: over 2500 entries; covering a wide-range - includes major concepts from related disciplines; international coverage of terms, methods, and concepts; biographical entries on major figures; related terms from psychology, economics, anthropology, philosophy, and political science; and contains many substantial entries which are particularly helpful for students The revision extends coverage of areas such as cultural studies and identity, mass media, nationalism, and developments in sociological research in the US. New entries include: administrative theory, broken window thesis, child abuse, consumer society, cultural studies, diaspora, Hans Eysenck, Goldthorpe Class Scheme, hooliganism, Internet, Japanization, McDonaldization, multi-level models, quality of life, reflexive modernization, sequence analysis, sustainable development, and victimology.
Readers and especially beginning readers of sociology can scarcely do better than turn to Gordon Marshall's dictionaryThere is no better single-volume compilation for an up-to-date, readable and authoritative source of definitions, summaries and references in contemporary sociology A. H. Halsey
Marshall Gordon, EdD has spent over 40 years teaching mathematics in secondary schools and mathematics education and philosophy of education in undergraduate and graduate school. He received his AB in mathematics and philosophy from Hunter College, City University of New York, and his EdD in mathematics education from Columbia University Teachers College. He has been at the Park School of Baltimore since 1985.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780192800817 |
| ISBN 10 | 0192800817 |
| Title | A Dictionary of Sociology |
| Author | Gordon Marshall |
| Series | Oxford Quick Reference Ser |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1998-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 720 |
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