Encyclopedia of sociology /Edgar F. Borgatta, editor-in-chief ; Rhonda J.V. Montgomery, managing editor.

Includes bibliographies and index.

volume 1. A-Drug -- volume 2. Ecol-Ital -- volume 3. Japa-Publ -- volume 4. Qual-Socio -- volume 5. Socio-Z Index.

Adolescence / Michael J. Shanahan -- Adult Education / John Houghton -- Adulthood / Jeylan T. Mortimer, Pamela Aronson -- Affect Control Theory and Impression Formation / David R. Heise -- Affirmative Action / Nathan Glazer -- African-American Studies / Joe R. Feagin -- African Studies / Walter R. Allen, Shani O'Neal -- Aggression / Craig A. Anderson -- Aging And The Life Course / Linda K. George -- Agricultural Innovation / David Gartrell, John Gartrell -- Alcohol / Ronald L. Akers, Thomas R. Heffington -- Alienation / Clarence Y. H. Lo -- Alternative Lifestyles / Karen Seccombe -- Altruism / Judith Howard, Jane Allyn Piliavin -- American Families / Laurie Russell Hatch -- American Indian Studies / C. Matthew Snipp -- American Society / Robin Williams, Jr. -- American Sociological Association And Other Sociological Associations / Carla B. Howery -- Analysis Of Variance And Covariance / Richard A. Bulcroft -- Anomie / Robert Crutchfield, Kristin A. Bates -- Applied Sociology / David W. Britt -- Art And Society / Gladys Lang -- Asian American Studies / William T. Liu, Elena S. H. Yu -- Attitudes / John D. Delamater -- Attribution Theory / Judith Howard, Danielle Kane -- Bankruptcy And Credit / Teresa A. Sullivan -- Behaviorism / W. David Pierce -- Birth And Death Rates / Deborah A. Sullivan -- British Sociology / Vaneeta D'andrea, Peter Robbins -- Bureaucracy / David G. Nickinovich -- Capitalism / Patrick H. Mooney -- Case Studies / Gale E. Miller, Richard S. Jones -- Caste And Inherited Status / Rita Jalali -- Causal Inference Models / Hubert M. Blalock, Jr. -- Censorship And The Regulation Of Expression / Jeffrey Strange, Melanie Green, Timothy Brock -- Census / Karl E. Taeuber -- Childhood Sexual Abuse / Heather Cecil -- China Studies / Martin K. Whyte -- Cities / Maurice D. Van Arsdol, Jr. -- Civil Liberties / Howard P. Greenwald -- Class And Race / Edna Bonacich -- Clinical Sociology / Jan Fritz -- Coalitions / Theodore Caplow -- Cognitive Consistency Theories / Todd D. Nelson -- Cohort Perspectives / Matilda White Riley -- Collective Behavior / Ralph H. Turner -- Communitarianism / Amitai Etzioni -- Community / Gunnar Almgren -- Comparable Worth / Nancy E. Durbin, Barbara Melber -- Comparative Health-Care Systems / Mary Zimmerman -- Comparative-Historical Sociology / Larry Griffin -- Complex Organizations / Howard E. Aldrich, Peter V. Marsden -- Compliance And Conformity / Cecilia L. Ridgeway -- Computer Applications In Sociology / Ronald E. Anderson -- Conflict Theory / Randall Collins -- Content Analysis / Philip J. Stone -- Convergence Theories / Richard M. Coughlin -- Conversation Analysis / Jack Whalen, Geoff Raymond -- Corporate Organizations / Cora B. Marrett -- Correlation And Regression Analysis / Herbert L. Costner -- Countercultures / Patricia A. Adler, Peter Adler -- Courtship / Mary Riege Laner -- Court Systems And Law / Edward Gross -- Crime, Theories Of / Don C. Gibbons -- Crime Rates / Robert M. O'Brien -- Criminal And Delinquent Subcultures / James F. Short -- Criminalization Of Deviance / Jackson Toby -- Criminal Sanctions / Peter Cordella -- Criminology / Robert Crutchfield -- Critical Theory / Dwight B. Billings, Patricia Jennings -- Cross Cultural Analysis / William A. Corsaro, Arthur Alderson -- Crowds And Riots / David Snow, Ronnelle Paulsen -- Culture / Samuel L. Gilmore -- Data Banks And Depositories / Guido Martinotti, Sonia Stefanizzi -- Death And Dying / John W. Riley, Jr. -- Decision-Making Theory And Research / Evan Pritchard -- Democracy / Andrew L. Creighton -- Demographic Methods / Neil G. Bennett -- Demographic Transition / Avery M. Guest, Gunnar Almgren -- Demography / Halliman H. Winsborough -- Dependency Theory / Jon Hendricks -- Depression / Regan A. R. Gurung -- Descriptive Statistics / Daphne Kuo -- Deviance Theories / George S. Bridges, Scott A. Desmond -- Diffusion Theories / Ronald W. Perry -- Disaster Research / Enrico L. Quarantelli -- Discrimination / Thomas F. Pettigrew, Marylee C. Taylor -- Division Of Labor / Paul Morgan Baker -- Divorce / Steven L. Nock, Alison Burke Albers -- Drug Abuse / Charles Winick, Leonard Saxe.

Economic Determinism / William Difazio -- Economic Institutions / Fred Block -- Economic Sociology / Richard Swedberg -- Educational Organization / Kevin Dougherty, Floyd Hammack -- Education And Development / Yih-Jin Young -- Education And Mobility / John Katsillis, J. Michael Armer -- Emotions / Theodore D. Kemper -- Environmental Equity / Glynis Daniels -- Environmental Sociology / Riley E. Dunlap, Eugene A. Rosa -- Epidemiology / Charles E. Holzer, III -- Epistemology / Costantino Cipolla, Guido Giarelli -- Equality Of Opportunity / James M. Mcpartland, Jomills Henry Braddock, II -- Ethics In Social Research / Howard P. Greenwald -- Ethnicity / Richard D. Alba -- Ethnography / Carol A. B. Warren -- Ethnomethodology / John Heritage -- Evaluation Research / Karl Kosloski -- Event History Analysis / Paul D. Allison -- Evolution: Biological, Social, Cultural / Maurice N. Richter, Jr. -- Expectation States Theory / Martha Foschi -- Experiments / Gerald Marwell -- Extreme Influence: Thought Reform, High Control Groups, Interrogation, And Recovered Memory Psychotherapy / Richard Ofshe -- Factor Analysis / Duane F. Alwin -- Family And Household Structure / Gary R. Lee, Padma Srinivasan -- Family And Population Policy In Less Developed Countries / Julie Brines -- Family And Religion / Jeffrey G. Pankhurst, Susan K. Houseknecht -- Family Law / Lisa J. McIntyre -- Family Planning / Jacqueline Darroch, Jennifer Frost -- Family Policy In Western Societies / Irving Tallman, Ginna M. Babcock -- Family Size / Lauri Steel -- Family Violence / Murray A. Straus -- Femininity/Masculinity / Peter J. Burke, Jan E. Stets -- Feminist Theory / Gaye Tuchman -- Fertility Determinants / Susan Cotts Watkins -- Field Theory / Richard B. Kettner-Polley -- Filial Responsibility / Rhonda J. V. Montgomery -- French School Of Sociology, The / Bernard Valade -- Functionalism And Structuralism / Alexandra Maryanski, Jonathan H. Turner -- Futures Studies As Human And Social Activity / Eleonora Barbieri Masini -- Game Theory And Strategic Interaction / H. Andrew Michener -- Gender / Judith Lorber -- Genocide / David Smith -- German Sociology / Erwin K. Scheuch -- Globalization And Global Systems Analysis / Sean O Riain, Peter B. Evans -- Government Regulation / Robin Stryker -- Group Conflict Resolution / Lynne Woehrle -- Group Size / David R. Schmitt -- Health And Illness Behavior / David Mechanic, Donna McAlpine -- Health And The Life Course / Donald E. Stull -- Health Care Utilization And Expenditures / Charlene Harrington, David N. Pellow -- Health Policy Analysis / Carroll L. Estes, Christopher Wellin -- Health Promotion And Health Status / Rosalie F. Young -- Hierarchical Linear Models / A. George Alder -- Higher Education / Steven G. Brint -- Hispanic Americans / Marta Tienda -- Historical Sociology / Stephen A. Kent -- Homelessness / Barrett A. Lee -- Human Ecology And Environmental Analysis / Lakshmi Bharadwaj -- Humanism / Joseph Scimecca -- Human Nature / Alan Wolfe -- Human Rights/Children's Rights / Edgar F. Borgatta -- Identity Theory / Sheldon Stryker -- Illegitimacy / Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr. -- Imperialism, Colonialism, And Decolonization / David Strang -- Incest / Brenda J. Vander Mey -- Income Distribution In The United States / Beth B. Hess -- Indian Sociology / Vimal P. Shah -- Indigenous Peoples / Joane Nagel, Thomas D. Hall -- Individualism / Lawrence E. Hazelrigg -- Industrialization In Less Developed Countries / R. Alan Hedley -- Industrial Sociology / Ivar Berg -- Infant And Child Mortality / Georgina Rojas-Garcia, Samuel Echevarria -- Informal Economy, The / Ann R. Tickamyer, Stephanie Bohon -- Information Society / Don A. Dillman -- Inheritance / Marvin B. Sussman -- Intellectuals / Seymour Martin Lipset -- Intelligence / Linda S. Gottfredson -- Intergenerational Relations / Karl Pillemer, J. Jill Suitor, Shirley A. Keeton -- Intergenerational Resource Transfers / Donald E. Stull, Barbara Hirshorn -- Intergroup And Interorganizational Relations / Oscar Grusky, Jeff Erger -- Intermarriage / Grace J. Yoo, Robert E. Staples -- Internal Migration / Charles F. Longino, Jr. -- International Associations In Sociology / David Sciulli -- International Law / Mary Ellen O'Connell -- International Migration / David M. Heer -- Internet / Christopher W. Gunn, Diana Odom Gunn -- Interpersonal Attraction / Ardyth Stimson -- Interpersonal Conflict Resolution / Anupama Joshi -- Interpersonal Power / Morris Zelditch, Jr. -- Italian Sociology / Alberto Gasparini.

Japanese Sociology / Masamichi Sasaki -- Juvenile Delinquency, Theories Of / John Hagan -- Juvenile Delinquency (And Juvenile Crime) / James E. Teele -- Kinship Systems And Family Types / Bernard Farber -- Labor Force / Valerie K. Oppenheimer -- Labor Movements And Unions / William Form -- Latin American Studies / Carlos H. Waisman -- Law And Legal Systems / Joseph Sanders -- Law And Society / William M. Evan -- Leadership / Roya Ayman -- Legislation Of Morality / Augustine Brannigan -- Leisure / John R. Kelly -- Levels Of Analysis / Robert M. O'Brien -- Liberalism/Conservatism / Robert Boguslaw -- Library Resources And Services For Sociology / Timothy D. Jewell -- Life Course, The / Glen H. Elder, Jr. -- Life Cycle / Dennis Hogan -- Life Expectancy / Eileen M. Crimmins -- Life Histories And Narrative / David R. Maines -- Lifestyles And Health / Janet Hankin -- Literature And Society / Sarah M. Corse -- Longitudinal Research / Richard T. Campbell -- Long-Term Care / David R. Phillips -- Long Term Care Facilities / Eva Kahana -- Love / Felix M. Berardo, Erica Owens -- Macrosociology / Ann R. Tickamyer, Jieli Li -- Major Personality Theories / Raymond J. Corsini -- Marginal Employment / Leif Jensen, Timothy A. Slack -- Marital Adjustment / Yoshinori Kamo -- Marriage / Marilyn Ihinger-Tallman -- Marriage And Divorce Rates / Paul C. Glick -- Marxist Sociology / Raymond A. Morrow -- Mass Media Research / Janice M. Engsberg, Gladys Lang, Kurt Lang -- Mass Society / Richard F. Hamilton -- Materialism / Robert J. Antonio -- Mate Selection Theories / Kris Bulcroft -- Mathematical Sociology / Barbara F. Meeker, Robert K. Leik -- Measurement / Edgar F. Borgatta, Yoshinori Kamo -- Measures Of Association / Herbert L. Costner -- Medical-Industrial Complex / Carroll L. Estes, David N. Pellow, Charlene Harrington -- Medical Sociology / Mary Zimmerman -- Mental Illness And Mental Disorders / Suzanne T. Ortega, Sharon L. Larson -- Meta-Analysis / Blair T. Johnson -- Metatheory / Walter L. Wallace -- Mexican Studies / Guillermo De La Pena, Bryan R. Roberts -- Middle Eastern Studies / George Sabagh -- Military Sociology / David J. Armor -- Modernization Theory / J. Michael Armer, John Katsillis -- Money / Viviana Zelizer -- Moral Development / Thomas J. Figurski -- Multiple Indicator Models / Kyle Kercher -- Music / Richard A. Peterson -- National Border Relations, Management Of / Raimondo Strassoldo -- Nationalism / Saad Nagi -- Negotiation Of Power / Bruno Tellia -- Nonparametric Statistics / Subhash Sonnad -- Observation Systems / Richard B. Kettner-Polley -- Occupational And Career Mobility / Margaret Mooney Marini -- Occupational Prestige / Keiko Nakao -- Organizational Structure / Rodolfo Alvarez, Leah Robin -- Organized Crime / Marilyn E. Walsh -- Paradigms And Models / Bernard P. Cohen -- Parental Roles / Constance L. Shehan -- Participatory Research / Francesca Cancian -- Peace / Louis Kreisberg -- Penology / J. Forbes Farmer -- Personal Autonomy / Kerry Marsh -- Personal Dependency / Mario Mikulincer -- Personality And Social Structure / Kenneth I. Spenner -- Personality Measurement / Gerard Saucier -- Personality Theory / Frank Dumont -- Persuasion / Susan McWilliams -- Phenomenology / Myron Orleans -- Police / Carl B. Klockars -- Polish And Eastern European Sociology / Jacek Szmatka, Kinga Wysienska -- Political And Governmental Corruption / Richard McGrath Skinner -- Political Correctness / Pierre L. Van Den Berghe -- Political Crime / Austin T. Turk -- Political Organizations / David Knoke -- Political Party Systems / Frederick D. Weil -- Political Sociology / J. Craig Jenkins -- Popular Culture / Chandra Mukerji -- Population / Thomas W. Pullum -- Pornography / Charles Winick -- Positive Mental Health / Janet Hankin -- Positivism / Jonathan H. Turner -- Postindustrial Society / Robert A. Fiala -- Postmodernism / Augustine Brannigan -- Poverty / Wayne J. Villemez -- Pragmatism / David R. Maines -- Prediction And Futures Studies / Alberto Gasparini -- Pregnancy And Pregnancy Termination / Lynn Borgatta -- Prejudice / Marylee C. Taylor, Thomas F. Pettigrew -- Probability Theory / Ronald J. Schoenberg -- Probation And Parole / Joseph G. Weis -- Professions / Patricia A. Roos -- Protest Movements / Leonard Gordon -- Public Opinion / Kurt Lang -- Public Policy Analysis / James D. Wright.

Qualitative Methods / Laura L. Ellingson, Carolyn Ellis -- Qualitative Models / Alex Durig, David R. Heise -- Quality Of Life / Kyriakos S. Markides -- Quasi-Experimental Research Designs / Kyle Kercher, Karl Kosloski -- Race / Susan R. Pitchford -- Rational Choice Theory / Russell Hardin -- Reliability / Richard A. Zeller -- Religion, Politics, And War / John H. Simpson -- Religious Movements / Jeffrey K. Hadden -- Religious Organizations / James R. Wood -- Religious Orientations / Robert Wuthnow -- Remarriage / J. Jill Suitor, Shirley A. Keeton -- Replication / Lowell J. Hargens -- Research Funding In Sociology / Howard P. Greenwald -- Retirement / Melissa A. Hardy, Kim Shuey -- Revolutions / Robert C. Liebman -- Role Theory / Bruce J. Biddle -- Role Theory: Foundations, Extensions, And Applications / John H. Yost, James R. Bailey -- Rural Sociology / Gene F. Summers, Frederick H. Buttel -- Sample Selection Bias / Christopher Winship, Robert D. Mare -- Sampling Procedures / Lowell J. Hargens -- Scandinavian Sociology / Carl Gunnar Janson -- Science / Warren Hagstrom -- Scientific Explanation / Linda Derksen, John Gartrell -- Secondary Data Analysis And Data Archives / Toby L. Parcel -- Secularization / New Jersey Demerath, III -- Segregation And Desegregation / Albert W. Black, Jr. -- Segregation Indices / Douglas S. Massey -- Self-Concept / Richard B. Felson -- Self-Esteem / Todd F. Heatherton, Kathleen D. Vohs -- Sentiments / Bernardo Cattarinussi -- Sex Differences / Monica Biernat, Kay Deaux -- Sexual Behavior In Marriage And Close Relationships / Marion C. Willetts, Janis C. Weber -- Sexual Behavior Patterns / Kendal Broad, John H. Scanzoni, William Marsiglio -- Sexually Transmitted Diseases / Mary Gilmore, Pepper Schwartz -- Sexual Orientation / William Simon -- Sexual Violence And Exploitation / Sharon Araji -- Slavery And Involuntary Servitude / David R. James, Sara Heiliger -- Small Groups / Robert W. Shotola -- Social And Political Elites / Patrick Akard -- Social Belonging / Gabriele Pollini -- Social Capital / Tracy Karner -- Social Change / Craig Calhoun -- Social Comparison Processes / Karen A. Hegvedt -- Social Control / Allen E. Liska -- Social Dynamics / Nancy Brandon Tuma -- Social Exchange Theory / Karen S. Cook -- Social Forecasting / John Stimson -- Social Indicators / Kenneth C. Land -- Social Inequality / Angela M. O'Rand -- Socialism And Communism / Szonja Szelenyi -- Socialization / Viktor Gecas -- Social Justice / Duane F. Alwin -- Social Mobility / Thomas A. Diprete -- Social Movements / Robert D. Benford, Timothy B. Gongaware, Danny L. Valadez -- Social Networks / Peter V. Marsden -- Social Organization / Herman Turk -- Social Perception / Barry Markovsky -- Social Philosophy / Alan Wolfe -- Social Problems / Armand L. Mauss, Valerie Jenness -- Social Psychology / Howard B. Kaplan -- Social Psychology Of Status Allocation / Archibald O. Haller, Edward L. Fink, Laura Janusik -- Social Resources Theory / Nan Lin -- Social Security Systems / Fred C. Pampel -- Social Stratification / David B. Grusky -- Social Structure / Steve Rytina -- Social Values And Norms / Margaret Mooney Marini -- Social Work / Carol Austin, Robert McClelland -- Societal Stratification / Archibald O. Haller -- Society And Technological Risks / Lee Clarke -- Sociobiology, Human / Joseph Lopreato -- Sociocultural Anthropology / Lin Poyer -- Sociolinguistics / Allen D. Grimshaw -- Sociology Among The Social Sciences / Mattei Dogan -- Sociology Of Education / Paul W. Kingston -- Sociology Of Islam / Riaz Hassan -- Sociology Of Knowledge / E. Doyle McCarthy -- Sociology Of Law / James M. Inverarity -- Sociology Of Religion / Rodney Stark.

Southeast Asia Studies / Charles Hirschman -- Soviet And Post-Soviet Sociology / Igor S. Kon, Vladimir A. Yadov -- Sport / Janet Lever, Jay Coakley -- Standardization / Christine L. Himes -- State, The / Jack A. Goldstone -- Statistical Graphics / John Fox -- Statistical Inference / Alan C. Acock -- Statistical Methods / J. Scott Long -- Status Attainment / Donald J. Treiman -- Status Incongruence / Mattei Dogan -- Stress / Nan Lin -- Structural Lag (And Cultural Lag) / Anne Foner -- Student Movements / Leonard Gordon -- Suburbanization / John R. Logan -- Suicide / Ronald W. Maris -- Survey Research / Howard Schuman -- Symbolic Interaction Theory / Sheldon Stryker -- Systems Theory / Robert Boguslaw -- Tabular Analysis / Jae-On Kim, Myoung-Jin Lee -- Territorial Belonging / Renzo Gubert -- Terrorism / Brian Michael Jenkins -- Time Series Analysis / Richard Berk -- Time Use Research / Elke Koch-Weser Ammassari -- Tourism / Giovanni Delli Zotti -- Transnational Corporations / R. Alan Hedley -- Typologies / Kenneth D. Bailey -- Urban Sociology / Lee J. Haggerty -- Urban Underclass / John D. Kasarda -- Utopian Analysis And Design / Robert Boguslaw -- Validity / George W. Bohrnstedt -- Value Theory And Research / David R. Karp -- Voluntary Associations / William V. D'Antonio -- Voting Behavior / Manfred Kuechler -- War / Edgar Kiser -- White Collar Crime / James E. Teele -- Widowhood / Felix M. Berardo, Donna H. Berardo -- Work And Occupations / Barbara F. Reskin -- Work Orientation / Charles W. Mueller -- World Religions / Larry D. Shinn.

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