This concise encyclopedia is the most complete international survey of sociology ever created in one volume. \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains over 800 entries from the whole breadth of the discipline\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDistilled 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\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eGlobal in scope, both in terms of topics and contributors\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEach entry includes references and suggestions for further reading\u003c/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCross-referencing allows easy movement around the volume\u003c/li\u003e \u003c/ul\u003e