Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology A User's Guide to Sociolgical Language

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.Johnson, Allan G. is the author of 'Blackwell Dictionary of Sociology A User's Guide to Sociolgical Language', published 2000 under ISBN 9780631216810 and ISBN 0631216812.