The Concise Encyclopedia of Sociology (E-Book) von George Ritzer

Introduction.

Acknowledgments.

Timeline.

Lexicon.

Sociology AZ.

Index.

• 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

J. Michael Ryan is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology at the University of Maryland at College Park. He was senior managing editor ofThe Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology (2007) and is managing editor of the online edition of that project as well as for several other forthcoming encyclopedias from Blackwell. Mike also served as managing editor of theJournal of Consumer Culture for four years. He has published more than a dozen articles and book chapters on consumption, sexuality, globalization, and social theory and has been the recipient of numerous awards for his commitment to teaching, LGBT rights, and social change.