The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology

George Ritzer (Editor), J. Michael Ryan (Editor)



This concise encyclopedia is the most complete international survey of sociology ever created in one volume.

• Contains over 800 entries from the whole breadth of the discipline
• Distilled from the highly regarded Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, with entries completely revised and updated to provide succinct and up-to-date coverage of the fundamental topics
• Global in scope, both in terms of topics and contributors
• Each entry includes references and suggestions for further reading
• Cross-referencing allows easy movement around the volume