Social Science Encyclopedia

by Adam Kuper (Editor)

• Used

  Hardcover
  1995

  $5.30

  The Social Science Encyclopedia, first published in 1985 to acclaim from social scientists, librarians and students, was thoroughly revised in 1996, when reviewers began to describe it as a classic. This third edition has been radically recast. Over half the entries are new or have been entirely rewritten, and most of the balance have been substantially revised.

  Written by an international team of contributors, the Encyclopedia offers a global perspective on the key issues within the social sciences. Some 500 entries cover a variety of enduring and newly vital areas of study and research methods. Experts review theoretical debates from neo-evolutionism and rational choice theory to poststructuralism, and address the great questions that cut across the social sciences. What is the influence of genes on behaviour? What is the nature of consciousness and cognition? What are the causes of poverty and wealth? What are the roots of conflict, wars, revolutions and genocidal violence?

  This authoritative reference work is aimed at anyone with a serious interest in contemporary academic thinking about the individual in society.

• Used

  Hardcover
  1985

  $5.29

  The second edition of this reference guide to the social sciences, with ninety per cent of the entries being new, rewritten or revised. New entries cover developments in traditional fields over the last decade, as well as new areas of study such as environmental economics, and profiles are included of key figures and schools of thought.

• New

  Paperback
  2008

  $53.50

  Written by an international team of contributors, this encyclopedia offers a global perspective on key issues within the social sciences. It includes some 500 entries that cover a variety of enduring areas of study and research methods. It reviews theoretical debates from neo-evolutionism and rational choice theory to poststructuralism.