Craig Calhoun
1800 entries
Oxford's unprecedented Dictionary of the Social Sciences is designed to break down the barriers between social science disciplines, as well as to make social scientific language comprehensible to general readers. Collecting anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism in one volume, the dictionary presents concise, clearly written definitions of terms within each specific discipline and acquaints readers with the intellectual issues at stake when the terms are used. The entries draw on classic and contemporary scholarship, and include basic terms, concepts, theories, schools of thought, methodologies, techniques, topics, issues, and controversies. The dictionary also includes nearly 275 biographies of major figures - from Franz Boas to John Maynard Keynes to Max Weber, whose work has had a profound impact on the various fields.
The Dictionary of the Social Sciences is an invaluable tool for anyone in the social science disciplines. Experts crossing disciplines will find it as useful as non-specialists interested in gaining a broader perspective on the social sciences.
Craig Calhoun is president of the Social Science Research Council in New York and a professor of sociology and history at New York University.
