The Blackwell dictionary of modern social thought / edited by William Outhwaite.
"This Dictionary provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the main themes of social thought, principal schools and movements of thought and those institutions that have been the subject of social analysis or engendered significant doctrines and ideas." "Detailed entries...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Malden, MA :
Blackwell Publishers,
2003.
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| Edition: | Second edition. |
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| Summary: | "This Dictionary provides an authoritative and comprehensive overview of the main themes of social thought, principal schools and movements of thought and those institutions that have been the subject of social analysis or engendered significant doctrines and ideas." "Detailed entries cover major currents of thought, philosophical and cultural trends, and the individual social sciences from anthropology to welfare economics. These are supplemented by shorter accounts of specific concepts and phenomena." "This second edition updates about 200 entries and includes new entries on the Internet, ethnic cleansing and other topics. Each entry includes suggestions for further reading, and the volume contains a bibliography of all sources cited within the text."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Item Description: | Revised edition of: The Blackwell dictionary of twentieth-century social thought. 1993. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 839 pages ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 751-839) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0631221646 9780631221647 1405134569 9781405134569 |