Building on the success of the 2003 Handbook of the Life Course, this second volume identifies future directions for life course research and policy. The introductory essay and the chapters that make up the five sections of this book, show consensus on strategic "next steps" in life course studies. These next steps are explored in detail in each section: Section I, on life course theory, provides fresh perspectives on well-established topics, including cohorts, life stages, and legal and regulatory contexts. It challenges life course scholars to move beyond common individualistic...
Building on the success of the 2003 Handbook of the Life Course, this second volume identifies future directions for life course research and polic...
The Handbook of Religion and Society is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of a vital force in the world today. It is an indispensable resource for scholars, students, policy makers, and other professionals seeking to understand the role of religion in society. This includes both the social forces that shape religion and the social consequences of religion.
This handbook captures the breadth and depth of contemporary work in the field, and shows readers important future directions for scholarship. Among the emerging topics covered in the handbook are biological...
The Handbook of Religion and Society is the most comprehensive and up-to-date treatment of a vital force in the world today. It is an indispensable...
This Handbook provides the hidden common threads that tie sociological inquiry together and featuring eminent scholars, it separates itself from its predecessors in substance and organization. Rather than rehashing old debates or longingly gazing at the past, this book presents sociologists with new ways of conceptualizing the organization and presentation of sociological theory. At the heart of this Handbook's vision is the twin goals of making theory a viable enterprise by reconceptualizing how we teach theory and keeping theory closely tied to its empirical applications. Three strategies...
This Handbook provides the hidden common threads that tie sociological inquiry together and featuring eminent scholars, it separates itself from its p...
This handbook covers social movement activities in Latin American countries that have had profound consequences on the political culture of the region. This Handbook is divided into seven substantive themes, providing overall coherence to a broad range of social conflicts across countries, issues and social groups.
This handbook covers social movement activities in Latin American countries that have had profound consequences on the political culture of the region...
Since the 1970s, the study of emotions has accelerated and is now at the forefront of sociological analysis. This book brings the reader up to date on the theory and research that have proliferated in the analysis of human emotions.
Since the 1970s, the study of emotions has accelerated and is now at the forefront of sociological analysis. This book brings the reader up to date on...
Researchers and students from divergent academic disciplines share an interest in the study of social movements and collective action. Through a variety of disciplinary approaches and techniques, researchers seek to understand the emergence and development of collective action. In the last few decades, the field of social-movements-studies has proliferated enormously, covering a wide array of movements, issues and places. With this growth, social movement scholars have criticized the traditional vision of collective mobilization as the results of irrational behavior and have instead...
Researchers and students from divergent academic disciplines share an interest in the study of social movements and collective action. Through a va...
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