Concise Encyclopedia of Comparative Sociology

Preface Acknowledgements List of authors List of figures and tables PART 1: THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES IN COMPARING SOCIETIES 1. Comparing Societies around the world, Henry Teune 2. Comparing Societies across scales and varying units, Mattei Dogan 3. Comparing Societies: Qualitative Methods, Julian Go 4. Comparing Societies: Quantitative Methods, Peter Mohler PART 2: COMPARATIVE HISTORICAL SOCIOLOGY 1. Ancient Civilizations, S.N. Eisenstadt 2. Empires, imperial states, and colonial societies, George Steinmetz 3. Modern Societies, John A. Hall 4. Post-Modern Cultures: The Diverse Use of Digital Formations, Saskia Sassen PART 3: COMPARING INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIAL STRUCTURES 1. Population Structures, Arland Thornton 2. Social Class/Stratification/Mobility, Sandra Buchholz and Hans-Peter Blossfeld 3. State Structures, Victor Nee 4. Parties and Party Systems, Thomas Saalfeld and Margret Hornsteiner 5. Economic Systems Andrew Savchenko 6. Multi-Ethnic Societies, Ralph Grillo 7. Religion, William D'Antonio and Anthony J. Pogorelc 8. Corporations and Commerce, Harland Prechel 9. The Metropolis, Anthony Orum 10. Voluntary Organizations and Civil Society, Joonmo Son 11. Family Systems, Stephen Sanderson 12. Gender and Society, Harriet Bradley 13. Professions, Joseph Hermanowicz and David R. Johnson 14. Social Welfare Systems, James Midgley 15. Language, Joshua Fishman 16. Education, David Baker 17. Mass Media, Willam Gampson 18. Mass Culture, Mike Featherstone 19. Military Organization, Michelle Sandhoff and David Segal 20. Social Organization of Science and Technology, W. K. Bauchspies 21. Cross-national Public Opinion, Tom Smith PART 4: COMPARING SOCIAL PROCESSES 1. Economic Growth and Development, Erich Weede 2. Emergence of Nation-States, Hendrik Spruyt 3. Development of Nationalism and Citizenship, Veljiko Vujacic 4. Modernization and Globalization, Robert Marsh 5. Democratization, Luis Roniger 6. Political Socialization and Values, Henk Vinken 7. Voting Behaviour and Public Opinion, Harald Schoen 8. Communication in the Internet Age, Karen A. Cerulo 9. Demographic Change and Migration, Jack Goldstone 10. Crime, Imprisonment, and Social Control, Bill McCarthy 11. Social Problems, Robert Heiner 12. Social Deviance, Stephen Hall 13. Social Movements and Collective Behavior, Mario Diani 14. Terrorism, Michel Wieviorka 15. Harzards and Disasters Kathleen Jane Tierney 16. Internal War and Revolution, Ekkart Zimmermann 17. International War, Jack Levy 18. Ecology and Environment, Riley Dunlap and Andrew Jorgenson 19. Leisure and Consumption, Robert Stebbins 20. Small Groups, Social Networks, and Social Interaction, Linda Molm 21. Emotions and Emotional Life, Jonathan Turner 22. Trust, Piotr Sztompka 23. Collective Memory, Howard Schuman and Amy Corning PART 5: COMPARING NATION STATES AND WORLD REGIONS 1. The Asian World: South, Central, and East Asia, Masamichi Sasaki 2. Europe: the EU and the Non-EU states, former Western and Eastern Europe, William Outhwaite 3. American Society, Claude Fischer and Benjamin Moodie 4. Societies of Latin America, Miguel Centeno 5. Societies of the Middle East, Glenn Robinson 6. Societies of Sub-Saharan Africa, Nicholas van de Walle and Danielle Resnick PART 6: BIOGRAPHIES Index