{"product_id":"the-isa-handbook-of-diverse-sujata-patel-9781847874023","title":"The ISA Handbook of Diverse Sociological Traditions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis latest edition to the ISA handbook series actively engages with the many traditions of sociology in the world. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwenty-nine chapters from prominent international contributors discuss, challenge and re-conceptualize the global discipline of sociology; evaluating the diversities within and between sociological traditions of many regions and nation-states. They assess all aspects of the discipline: ideas and theories; scholars and scholarship; practices and traditions; ruptures and continuities through an international perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Handbook argues that diversities in sociological traditions can be studied at three levels: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst, they need to be studied from multiple spatial locations: within localities, within nation-states, within regions and the globe.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSecond, they need to be discussed in terms of their sociological moorings in distinct philosophies, epistemologies and theoretical frames, cultures of science, and languages of reflection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThird, the intellectual moorings of sociological practices are extensive. The papers discuss the diverse and comparative sites of knowledge production and its transmission.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSections include: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeyond the Classical Theorists: European \u0026amp; American Sociology Today\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocal Traditions \u0026amp; Universal Sociologies: The Dilemmas of the Post-Communist States of Eastern \u0026amp; Central Europe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthoritarianism \u0026amp; Challenges to Sociology in Latin America\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Colonial Heritage \u0026amp; its Sociological Traditions: Africa, the Middle East, South Asia and the Caribbean\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLocal or Universal: Identity \u0026amp; Difference in the Sociology of the Far East\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWide-reaching in scope and ambitious in its aims this handbook is a relevant and challenging resource for students of sociology and practicing sociologists across the globe. Its goal is to become a text for debating the contours of international sociology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sujata Patel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1847874029\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781847874023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 7.10w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 135","brand":"Sujata Patel","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49000491843839,"sku":"9781847874023","price":242.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-isa-handbook-of-diverse-sujata-patel-9781847874023","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}