The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Sociology (Oxford Quick Reference)

Book Overview

From anomy to Zeitgeist, this is the most authoritative and up-to-date dictionary of sociology available in a single volume. Designed to meet the needs of those new to the subject, it will also be invaluable to more advanced students. Over 2,500 clear, jargon-free entries give international coverage of terms, methods, and concepts, including biographical entries on major figures, and related terms for psychology, economics, anthropology, philosophy, and political science.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019285237X
• ISBN13: 9780192852373
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 582 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.7" x 1.2" x 5.2"

Customer Reviews

Good Social Science Reference

I bought this book to use as a anthropological reference as an undergrad. Good anthropological dictionaries were non-existent at that time. Anyway, I found this book very useful. Since then, I have purchased a few more sociological dictionaries, but this one is still the best that I have come across. It gets four stars because it has some shortcomings, like the fact that it doesn't have listings for living theorists. Their theories are covered under other headings and in discussion of other theorists, which makes it sometimes hard to find.