NCJ Number
139961
Editor(s)
J Blake,
J Hagan
Date Published
1992
Length
581 pages
Annotation
These 23 essays review recent important sociological theory and research in 12 broad categories: macrosociology, theory and methods, social processes, institutions and culture, political and economic processes, social differentiation and stratification, the individual and society, demography, urban and rural community issues, and the sociology of regions.
Abstract
Each paper provides a critical assessment of current theory and research in a specific area, as well as future directions that appear promising. Individual papers discuss social control and the medical model of deviance, family relationships, media images, labor movements, and domestic political conflict. Other papers examine job mobility and career processes, concepts and measurement of prestige, social stress, crime and deviance in the course of life, homelessness, the self concept over time, changing fertility patterns and polities in developing countries, and population aging and social policy. Other papers discuss the sociology of Mexico, development in Africa, and suburban communities. Figures, tables, photograph, chapter reference lists, and subject and author indexes