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Presenting in-depth coverage of all the major sub-disciplines of sociology, this comprehensive resource contains nearly 2300 specially commissioned entries written and edited by an international team of leading scholars.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished as both an online edition and as an twelve-volume set, \u003ci\u003eThe Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Edition\u003c\/i\u003e provides a comprehensive, up-to-date guide of key concepts, theories, methodologies, ideas, research, and debates in the expansive field of sociology and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second edition contains more than 300 entirely new entries reflecting original work on topics related to globalization, social and political movements, genders and sexualities, race and ethnicity, nationalism, health and society, social theory, and more. 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His authored works include \u003ci\u003eSociology: A Multiple Paradigm Science, The McDonaldization of Society: Into the Digital Age,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEnchanting a Disenchanted World\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHRIS ROJEK\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor of Sociology at City University London. He has published on leisure, culture, celebrity, lifestyle gurus, nationalism, and popular music. His books include \u003ci\u003eLifestyle Gurus: Constructing Authority \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInfluence Online and Presumed Intimacy: Parasocial Interaction in Media, Society, and Celebrity Culture\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJ. MICHAEL RYAN\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor-Researcher at Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He has held academic positions at leading universities across five continents. 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