Overview
- Brings together experts in the sociology of gender to present indepth discussions as well as up-to-date and extensive bibliographies on the array of subspecialities that comprise the field
- Not focused on just women but on gender
- Specifically analyses gender from a sociological viewpoint
- Saltzman Chafetz has been one of the most prominent feminist theorists committed to developing scientific explanations of gender stratification
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research (HSSR)
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Table of contents (28 chapters)
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Basic Issues
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Macrostructures and Processes
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Microstructures and Processes
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Institutions
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“... I find the volume as a whole to offer a broad range of diverse sources and perspectives that are conveniently brought together in a single compendium. For a handbook that necessarily presumes a certain level of disciplinary knowledge, and hence some degree of jargon, it is relatively accessible and clearly written ... This book is a substantial resource ...” (American Journal of Sociology)
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Book Title: Handbook of the Sociology of Gender
Authors: Janet Saltzman Chafetz
Series Title: Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36218-5
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45978-8Published: 31 May 1999
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-36218-2Published: 22 November 2006
Series ISSN: 1389-6903
Series E-ISSN: 2542-839X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 630
Topics: Sociology, general, Social Sciences, general, Personality and Social Psychology