Professor John Scott has conducted a thorough review of all entries to ensure that they are concise, focused, and up to date. Revisions reflect current intellectual debates and social conditions, particularly in relation to global and multi-cultural issues. New entries cover relevant contemporary concepts, such as climate change, social media, terrorism, and intersectionality, as well as key living sociologists.
This Dictionary is both an invaluable introduction to sociology for beginners and an essential source of reference for more advanced students and teachers.

Salient Features

• Completely revised and up-to-date content, with new entries on topical areas such as climate change, social media, terrorism, and intersectionality
• More than 2,500 clear, concise and authoritative entries
• Covers all aspects of sociology, from abolitionism to zeitgeist and includes in-depth entries on key topics including the sociology of migration, politics, and religion
• Includes terms taken from a wide range of related fields, such as psychology, economics, anthropology, philosophy, and political science
• Recommended entry-level web links, accessed and updated via the Dictionary of Sociology companion web page
• All entries thoroughly reviewed to ensure they are concise, focused and up to date
• New entries on global and multi-cultural topics such as climate change, social media, terrorism and intersectionality