By George Ritzer
This concise encyclopedia is the main whole overseas survey of sociology ever created in a single quantity.
- Contains over 800 entries from the complete breadth of the discipline
- Distilled from the extremely popular Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, with entries thoroughly revised and up-to-date to supply succinct and updated assurance of the basic topics
- Global in scope, either when it comes to issues and contributors
- Each access contains references and recommendations for extra reading
- Cross-referencing permits effortless circulation round the volume
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