{"product_id":"a-critical-dictionary-of-sociology-raymond-boudon-9780415017459","title":"A Critical Dictionary of Sociology","description":"\u003cp\u003eUnlike most other sociology or social science dictionaries, in this translation of the \u003cem\u003eCritical Dictionary of Sociology\u003c\/em\u003e, taken from the second French edition of the Dictionary and edited by the English sociologist Peter Hamilton, the critical value of this distinctive work is at last made available for a wider audience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach 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 Twentieth and Twenty-First centuries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Raymond Boudon,Francois Bourricaud\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415017459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415017459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/16\/1989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 452\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Raymond Boudon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48658843533567,"sku":"9780415017459","price":265.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_d02c3e71-8a11-400c-ae37-de8e6b6f803a.jpg?v=1781198694","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-critical-dictionary-of-sociology-raymond-boudon-9780415017459","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}