| A New Dictionary of the Social Sciences Contributor(s): Mitchell, G. Duncan (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0202308782 ISBN-13: 9780202308784 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $52.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Reference - Social Science | Sociology - General |
| Dewey: 300.321 |
| LCCN: 2006049795 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 6.32" W x 9.02" (0.92 lbs) 252 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Designed especially to meet the needs of beginners in all the social sciences, "A New Dictionary of the Social Sciences" follows its highly successful distinguished predecessor initially issued as "A Dictionary of Sociology" first published in 1968. Many of the entries have been revised and updated to keep abreast of the proliferation in the vocabulary of the social sciences. The volume remains on excellent single source for definitions in social research. The entries include social psychological terms, terms in social and cultural anthropology, terms common to political science, social administration and social work. In the choice of words, a generous definition of social science was employed, making the dictionary a very useful reference source for all beginners in the social sciences. Some terms are explained quite briefly while others are given lengthy treatment, according to the further assumptions that some sociological terms can imply. Thus, long entries are given on words, such as authority, consensus, phenomenology, role, social stratification, structuralism, whereas short and succinct entries suffice for words such, as agnate, eidos, or mores. A number of short biographical sketches are also included. The contributors are all scholars working in universities, predominantly in the United Kingdom and the United States. More than a glossary, "A New Dictionary of the Social Sciences" helps the student understand some of the theoretical considerations underlying the use of sociological terms, as well as something of their history, and therefore resembles an encyclopaedia in its scope and depth of information. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mitchell, G. Duncan: - G. Duncan Mitchell received his degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science and has taught at the Universities of Liverpool, Birmingham, and Oxford as well as at several universities in the United States and Canada. He was professor of sociology at the University of Exeter and the author of several books including Sociology: The Study of Social Systems, co-author of Neighborhood and Community, and editor of A Dictionary of Sociology. |