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The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Sociology (2nd Edition) – PDF

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  • Authors: George Ritzer, Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy
  • File Size: 2 MB
  • Format: PDF
  • Length: 608 Pages
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 2nd edition
  • Publication Date: 4 Oct. 2019
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B07YSWW63B
  • ISBN-10: 1119429404
  • ISBN-13: 9781119429319, 9781119429401

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About The Author

George Ritzer

George Ritzer

Dr. George Ritzer is a Distinguished University Professor and a Distinguished Scholar-Teacher at the University of Maryland, where he has also received a Teaching Excellence Award. The American Sociological Association honoured him with the Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award, an honorary doctorate from LaTrobe University in Australia, and the Robin Williams Lectureship from the Eastern Sociological Society.

Over the course of two decades, his most well-known work, The McDonaldization of Society, has been read by hundreds of thousands of college students and translated into more than a dozen languages. Ritzer is also the editor of McDonaldization: The Reader and the author of a number of critical sociology books, including Enchanting a Disenchanted World, Expressing America: A Critique of the Global Credit Card Society, The Globalization of Nothing, as well as a number of best-selling social theory textbooks and Globalization: A Basic Text. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Consumer Culture and the editor of the Encyclopedia of Social Theory (2 volumes), the Encyclopedia of Sociology (11 volumes; 2nd edition forthcoming), and the Encyclopedia of Globalization (5 volumes).

Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Sociology, 2nd Edition, (PDF) is an authoritative survey of the important thing matters, present and upcoming tendencies, and up to date points within the examine of establishments and human social relationships. A set of contributions from internationally-acknowledged students and specialists discover the theoretical and methodological foundations of sociology, new and established debates, and the newest analysis within the subject. Broad in scope, this ebook features a multitude of matters starting from crime, sexuality, urbanization, and training to new questions surrounding large information, authoritarian capitalism, and the rise of nationalism. After the primary version of the Companion was printed, new developments have emerged and new issues have been created such because the omnipresence of political, social media, and institutional upheaval, and the worldwide refugee and immigration crises. This revised and up to date 2nd version explains and describes social modifications which have occurred within the final a number of years, each throughout the subject of sociology and society as an entire. Prior materials has been up to date to mirror present analysis, whereas eleven new chapters deal with matters together with debt and social change, feminist principle, and armed battle and conflict. This full quantity:

  • Shows state-of-the-artwork scholarship and up to date debates
  • Offers large-ranging, complete protection of the self-discipline
  • Explores points of up to date relevance like digital media and consumption
  • Provides an attractive and accessible information to the sector of sociology, revised and up to date for the second version
  • New chapters for the second version embrace important matters together with feminist principle, armed battle, large information, authoritarian capitalism, debt and social change, and the rise of nationalism

The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Sociology 2nd Edition is a useful useful resource for teachers and graduate college students, students, researchers, and educators within the self-discipline of sociology and allied fields reminiscent of anthropology, political science, human geography, and psychology. 978-1119429319, 978-1119429401

Reviews

“This new version will give us a wonderful illustration of the current state of educational sociology and will likely be properly acquired as a sound, full define of the primary fields of sociological examine.” — Nick Crossley, University of Manchester “This large-ranging and attention-grabbing proposal will present wonderful protection of the self-discipline. George Ritzer was ideally positioned to edit the prior quantity and is without doubt one of the absolute best individuals to deliver us up to date with all of the developments within the subject.” — Bryan Turner, CUNY Graduate Center

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