Handbook of Contemporary Sociological Theory
This Handbook provides the hidden common threads that tie sociological inquiry together and, featuring eminent scholars, it separates itself from its predecessors in substance and organization. Rather than rehashing old debates or longingly gazing at the
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Seth Abrutyn Editor
Handbook of Contemporary Sociological Theory
Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research Series Editor John DeLamater, University of Wisconsin, MADISON, Wisconsin, USA
Each of these Handbooks survey the field in a critical manner, evaluating theoretical models in light of the best available empirical evidence. Distinctively sociological approaches are highlighted by means of explicit comparison to perspectives characterizing related disciplines such as psychology, psychiatry, and anthropology. These seminal works seek to record where the field has been, to identify its current location, and to plot its course for the future. If you are interested in submitting a proposal for this series, please contact the series editor, John DeLamater: [email protected].
More information about this series at http://www.springer.com/series/6055
Seth Abrutyn Editor
Handbook of Contemporary Sociological Theory
Editor Seth Abrutyn Department of Sociology The University of Memphis Memphis, Tennessee, USA
ISSN 1389-6903 Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research ISBN 978-3-319-32248-3 ISBN 978-3-319-32250-6 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-32250-6
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In loving memory of my Mom, Alie
Foreword
In recent decades, large handbooks and even larger encyclopedias on virtually all topics have proliferated in the academic world. Part of this trend is to be explained by the proliferation of knowledge in an ever-more specialized intellectual ecosystem; there is now a market for summaries and reviews because it is virtually impossible to keep up in the ever-expanding subfields within disciplines, to say nothing of new disciplines that continue to emerge. The penetration of the Worl
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