International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences

by Smelser; Baltes

• ISBN13: 9780080430768
• ISBN10: 0080430767
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2001-11-22
• Publisher: Elsevier Science

Summary

This Encyclopedia is the first attempt in a generation to map the social and behavioral sciences on a grand scale. Not since the publication in 1968 of the International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences, edited by David L. Sills, has there been such an ambitious project to describe the state of the art in all the fields encompassed within the social and behavioral sciences. Available in both print (26 volumes) and online editions, it comprises 4,000 articles, commissioned by 52 Section Editors, and includes 90,000 bibliographic references as well as comprehensive name and subject indexes.

Table of Contents

Overarching Topics. Institutions and infrastructure

History of the social and behavioral sciences

Ethics of research and applications

Biographies

Integrative concepts and issues

Methodology. Statistics

Mathematics and computer sciences

Logic of inquiry and research design

Disciplines. Anthropology

Archaeology

Demography

Economics

Education

Geography

History

Law

Linguistics

Philosophy

Political science

Clinical and applied psychology

Cognitive psychology and cognitive science

Developmental social personality and motivational psychology

Sociology

Intersecting Fields. Evolutionary sciences

Genetics behavior and society

Behavioral and cognitive neuroscience

Psychiatry

Health

Gender studies

Religious studies

Expressive forms

Environmental/ecological sciences

Science and technology studies

Area and international studies

Applications. Organizational and management studies

Media studies and commercial applications

Urban studies and planning

Public policy

Modern cultural concerns

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