This concise encyclopedia is the most complete international survey of sociology ever created in one volume.

Contains over 800 entries from the whole breadth of the discipline
Distilled from the highly regarded Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, with entries completely revised and updated to provide succinct and up-to-date coverage of the fundamental topics
Global in scope, both in terms of topics and contributors
Each entry includes references and suggestions for further reading
Cross-referencing allows easy movement around the volume