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The Social Science Encyclopedia
Contributor(s): Kuper, Adam (Editor), Kuper, Jessica (Editor)
ISBN: 0415476356     ISBN-13: 9780415476355
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $80.70  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2009
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Annotation: The third edition of this already classic reference work, the leading single-volume social science encyclopedia.
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BISAC Categories:
- Reference | Encyclopedias
- Social Science | Sociology - General
Dewey: 300.3
Physical Information: 1.9" H x 6.8" W x 9.6" (3.35 lbs) 1120 pages
 
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Publisher Description:

The Social Science Encyclopedia, first published in 1985 to acclaim from social scientists, librarians and students, was thoroughly revised in 1996, when reviewers began to describe it as a classic. This third edition has been radically recast. Over half the entries are new or have been entirely rewritten, and most of the balance have been substantially revised.
Written by an international team of contributors, the Encyclopedia offers a global perspective on key issues within the social sciences. Some 500 entries cover a variety of enduring and newly vital areas of study and research methods. Experts review theoretical debates from neo-evolutionism and rational choice theory to poststructuralism, and address the great questions that cut across the social sciences. What is the influence of genes on behaviour? What is the nature of consciousness and cognition? What are the causes of poverty and wealth? What are the roots of conflict, wars, revolutions and genocidal violence?
This authoritative reference work is aimed at anyone with a serious interest in contemporary academic thinking about the individual in society.