This second edition, of Allan G. Johnson's one-volume dictionary, includes 75 new entries, as well as an expanded biographical section, extensive revisions and updates, and more thorough cross-referencing. The combination of clear prose, engaging examples, a single author's voice, and minimal assumptions about the average reader's prior knowledge of the field, makes this a distinctive and valuable reference work. Johnson defines amorphous and fuzzy sociological concepts in a lively and sensible way and his book provides an ...
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This second edition, of Allan G. Johnson's one-volume dictionary, includes 75 new entries, as well as an expanded biographical section, extensive revisions and updates, and more thorough cross-referencing. The combination of clear prose, engaging examples, a single author's voice, and minimal assumptions about the average reader's prior knowledge of the field, makes this a distinctive and valuable reference work. Johnson defines amorphous and fuzzy sociological concepts in a lively and sensible way and his book provides an introduction to what it means to think sociologically. For a deeper understanding of social life, and of the only discipline dedicated to making sense of it in all its diversity, this Dictionary is a perfect guide.
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Add this copy of The Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology a User's Guide to to cart. $24.74, new condition, Sold by discount_scientific_books rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sterling Heights, MI, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
