Core Concepts in Sociology

J. MICHAEL RYAN, PhD, is currently a researcher for the TRANSRIGHTS Project at the Universidade de Lisboa (Portugal) funded by the European Research Council.

• List of Contributors xiIntroduction 1Aging, Sociology of 3Susan A. McDanielAlienation 6Chris YuillAnomie 8Mathieu DeflemBody, the 10Chris ShillingCapital: Cultural, Social, and Economic 14William HallerCapitalism 17Rob BeamishCitizenship 23Charles LeeCity, the 27Leonard NevarezClass 30Rob BeamishClass, Capitalist 34Leslie SklairColonialism and Postcolonialism 37Gurminder K. BhambraCommunity 40Graham DayConstructionism vs. Essentialism 43Kenneth J. GergenConsumption 46Juliet B. SchorCrime and Juvenile Delinquency, Sociology of 50Joseph Asomah and Hongming ChengCulture, Sociology of 55Lisa McCormickDemocracy 60Kathleen C. SchwartzmanDemography and Population Studies 63Sangeeta ParasharDevelopment, Sociology of 67Peter Evans and Patrick HellerDeviance 70Erich GoodeDisability, Sociology of 76Valerie LeiterDramaturgy 79Robert D. BenfordEconomic Sociology 81Milan ZafirovskiEducation, Sociology of 86Annette Lareau and Sherelle FergusonEmotion, Sociology of 90Marci D. CottinghamEnvironment, Sociology of the 93Riley E. DunlapEpistemology 96Liz StanleyEthnography 98Richard OcejoEthnomethodology 100Andrew P. CarlinEveryday Life 103Arthur McLuhanFamily and Kinship, Sociology of 105Linda L. SemuFeminist Theory 110Nancy NaplesFrames, Narratives, and Ideology 114Rens VliegenthartGender 118Michael Kimmel and Katie M. GordonGlobalization 123George RitzerHomelessness 126James D. WrightHomophobia and Heterosexism 129Damien W. RiggsHuman Rights, Sociology of 131Patricia HynesIdentity 133James E. CôtéImmigration, Migration, and Refugees 137Alexandra ParrsInequality, Gender 141Robert Max JacksonInequality, Global 145Roberto Patricio KorzeniewiczInequality, Racial and Ethnic 149Rutledge M. DennisInternet, the 155Charalambos TsekerisIntersectionality 158Kylan Mattias de VriesKnowledge, Sociology of 161E. Doyle McCarthyLife Course 166Jeylan T. MortimerMarxism 169Alan SpectorMasculinities 175Sebastián MadridMedia, Sociology of the 178Michele SoriceMedical Sociology 182William C. CockerhamMedicalization 187Peter ConradMental Health and Illness 190Emily Allen Paine and Tetyana PudrovskaMilitary Sociology 194Ryan Kelty and David R. SegalModernity 197Gerard Delanty and Aurea MotaNationalism 200Helen RizzoOrganizations, Sociology of 203Stewart CleggPatriarchy 206Bronwyn WinterPolitical Sociology 208Alan ScottPopular Culture 212Beryl LangerPostmodernism and Poststructuralism 215Julie M. AlbrightPoverty 219Tracy ShildrickPower and Authority 222Ashley Harrell and Shane ThyePublic Sociology 225Esther OliverQualitative Methods 229Amir MarvastiQuantitative Methods 235Guillermina JassoRace and Ethnicity 242John StoneRationalization, Bureaucratization, and McDonaldization 247George RitzerReligion, Sociology of 250Ryan T. CragunRisk 254Rolf LidskogScience and Technology, Sociology of 257Gary BowdenSelf, the 261Peter L. CalleroSexualities 265Barry D. AdamSocial Justice 271Valerie CheppSocial Media and Virtual Communities 274Gaspar BrändleSocial Movements and Social Change 276Colin Bernatzky and David A. SnowSocial Network Analysis 281Christina PrellSocial Psychology 284Maria C. Ramos and Lynn Smith‐LovinSocialization 290Jeremiah C. Morelock and John B. WilliamsonSociological Imagination 293Christopher AndrewsSociological Theory 295Jeffrey StepniskySociology 302Elizabeth Hartung and Peter KivistoSpace and Place 309John R. LoganSport, Sociology of 312Jay CoakleyStereotypes, Prejudice, and Discrimination 316Michael PickeringStigma 318Matthew ClairStratification and Inequality 322Nico WilterdinkStructure and Agency 326Piotr SztompkaSymbolic Interactionism 329Robert DingwallUrban Sociology 333Cate Irvin and Kevin Fox GothamWork, Occupations, and Professions, Sociology of 338Rudi VoltiIndex 342