TY - BOOK AU - Calhoun,Craig J. AU - Rojek,Chris AU - Turner,Bryan S. ED - Sage Publications, inc. TI - The Sage handbook of sociology SN - 0761968210 : AV - HM586 .S24 2005 PY - 2005/// CY - London, Thousand Oaks, Calif. PB - Sage Publications KW - Sociology N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Table of Contents -- Introduction / Craig Calhoun, Chris Rojek and Bryan -- PART ONE: THEORY AND METHOD: Quantitative Research Methods / Adrian E Raftery -- Qualitative Research Traditions / Paul Atkinson and Sara Delamont -- Sociology and Philosophy / Randall Collins -- The Diversity and Insularity of Sociological Traditions / Charles Crothers -- Comparative Sociology / David A Apter -- Some Paradigms and their Moments -- PART TWO: THE AXIAL PROCESSES OF SOCIETY: The Culture of Work / Richard Sennett -- The Sociology of the Family / Bryan Turner -- The Social Institution of Money / Geoffrey -- The Sociology of Consumption and Lifestyle / Don Slater -- The Sociology of Mediation and Communication / Roger Silverstone -- An Entirely Different World? Challenges for the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity / Patricia Hill Collins -- A Sociology of Information / David Lyon -- Class and Stratification / Mike Savage -- Current Problems and Revivial Prospects -- The Sociology of Culture / Wendy Griswold -- The Sociology of Health and Illness / Gary L Albrecht -- The Sociology of Religion / Bryan Turner -- Leisure and Tourism / Chris Rojek -- The Sociology of the Environment and Nature / Steven Yearley -- Poverty and Life Chances / Dalton Conley -- The Conceptualization and Study of the Poor -- Globalization / Roland Robertson and Kathleen E White -- Sociology and Cross-Disciplinarily -- The Sociology of Gender / Sylvia Walby -- Historical Trends and Future Prospects / Charles Hirschman -- Population and Society -- PART THREE: PRIMARY DEBATES: A New Approach for Theoretically Integrating Micro and Macro Analysis / Jonathan H Turner -- Global Inequality / Jan Nederveen Pieterse -- Bringing Politics Back In -- Sociology and the Body / Nick Crossley -- The City / Saskia Sassen -- Its Return as a Lens for Social Theory -- Sociology of Deviance / Heinz Steinert -- The Disciplines of Social Exclusion -- Globalizing Business / Stewart R Clegg -- Sex and Power / Elspeth Probyn -- Capillaries, Capabilities and Capacities -- The Sociology of the University and Higher Education / Gerard Delanty -- The Consequences of Globalization -- Science, Technology and their Implications / Karin Knorr Cettina -- Citizenship, Ethnicity and Nation-States / Sinisa Malesevic and John A Hall -- Index ER -