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A critical dictionary of sociology / Raymond Boudon and François Bourricaud ; selected and translated by Peter Hamilton.

By: Boudon, Raymond [author.]Contributor(s): Bourricaud, François [author.] | Hamilton, Peter (Translator) [editor,, translator.]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Publisher: London : Routledge, 2015Description: xiii, 438 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780415861915 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Sociology -- Encyclopedias | Society | SocietyDDC classification: 301'.03 Summary: Each entry grapples directly with an issue, whether theoretical, epistemological, philosophical, political or empirical, and provides a strong statement of what the authors think about it. The discussions are considered but argumentative. By reaffirming that a non-marxist style of critique is still possible, Boudon and Bourricaud have presented a distinctive approach to the key issues which confront the societies of the 20th and 21st centuries. For some this work will be a textbook, for others an indispensable sourcebook of sociological concepts, and for most a way of opening our eyes to new dimensions in our understanding of the great ideas and theories of sociology.
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Translated from the French.

This translation originally published: 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Each entry grapples directly with an issue, whether theoretical, epistemological, philosophical, political or empirical, and provides a strong statement of what the authors think about it. The discussions are considered but argumentative. By reaffirming that a non-marxist style of critique is still possible, Boudon and Bourricaud have presented a distinctive approach to the key issues which confront the societies of the 20th and 21st centuries. For some this work will be a textbook, for others an indispensable sourcebook of sociological concepts, and for most a way of opening our eyes to new dimensions in our understanding of the great ideas and theories of sociology.

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