International Handbook of Contemporary Developments in Sociology

RAJ P. MOHAN is Professor of Sociology at Auburn University and Adjunct Professor of Sociology at the University of Joensuu in Finland. His previous publications include the Handbook of Contemporary Developments in World Sociology (1975), Management and Complex Organizations in Comparative Perspective (1979), and The Mythmakers: Intellectuals and the Intelligentsia in Comparative Perspective (1987), all published by Greenwood Press. He is the editor of the International Journal of Contemporary Sociology.ARTHUR S. WILKE is a Sociologist affiliated with Auburn University./e He is an Associate Editor of the International Journal of Contemporary Sociology and Coeditor of Sociological Spectrum. His current interests include the sociology of science, knowledge, and technology, and the political implications of social problems. His previous publications include The Hidden Professoriat (Greenwood Press, 1979).

• Preface Acknowledgments Sociology in Western and Northern Europe Contemporary Sociology in Austria by Christian Fleck Contemporary Sociology in Belgium by Liliane Voye and Karel Dobbelaere Contemporary Sociology in Britain by Steven Yearley Contemporary Sociology in Denmark by Heine Andersen, Britt-Mari Blegvad, and Mogens Blegvad The Development and Present State of Sociology in Finland by Erik Allardt The Sociological Debate in France (1960-1991) by Pierre Ansart Contemporary Sociology in Germany by Walter L. Buhl Contemporary Sociology in the Netherlands by Henk A. Becker and Frans L. Leeuw Contemporary Sociology in Sweden by Richard Swedberg Contemporary Sociology in Switzerland by Jacques Coenen-Huther Sociology in the Western Hemisphere Expansion and Survival: Canadian Sociology and the Development of the Canadian Nation by Harley D. Dickinson and B. Singh Bolaria A View of Contemporary Latin American Sociology by Louis H. Bluhm Sociology's Academic Development as Reflected in Journal Debates by Graham C. Kinloch Contemporary Sociological Methodology in the United States by Tom Petee The United States: Metatheoretical Concerns by Arthur S. Wilke and Raj P. Mohan Research Features of U.S. Sociology: Reflections and Dilemmas by Raj P. Mohan and Arthur S. Wilke Sociology in Eastern Europe Contemporary Sociology in Bulgaria by V. Dobrianov The History of Modern Sociology in Hungary by Tibor Huszar Polish Sociology 1975-1991: Between Involvement and Detachment by Anna Giza-Poleszczuk Russian Sociology: Its Origins and Current Trends by Gennady S. Batygin and Inna F. Deviatko Sociology in Southern Europe Social Science with the Emphasis on the Present Status of Sociology in Greece by George A. Kourvetaris Sociology in Italy: Problems and Perspectives by Franco Ferrarotti The Current Status of Sociology in Spain by Carlota Sole Sociology in Africa and the Middle East Contemporary Sociology in Israel by Eva Etzioni-Halevy and Rina Shapira Contemporary Sociology in Morocco by M'hammed Sabour Contemporary Sociology in Zimbabwe by A.P. Cheater Sociology in the East Sociology in Australia and New Zealand by Cora Vellekoop Baldock Contemporary Sociology in Bangladesh by Abul Hasnat Golam Quddus The Development of Sociology in China by Ming Yan Development of Sociology in Hong Kong by Rance P.L. Lee and Lau Siu-kai Contemporary Sociology in India by Raj P. Mohan and Vijayan K. Pillai Sociology and Sociological Works in Japan by Tsuyoshi Ishida Contemporary Sociology in Nepal by Krishna B. Bhattachan and James F. Fisher Contemporary Sociology in Pakistan by Hassan N. Gardezi Select Bibliography Index