The Blackwell Companion to Political Sociology brings together thirty-eight original essays covering the wide inter-disciplinary field of political sociology.

• Represents the most comprehensive overview available in the field of political sociology
• Covers traditional questions as well as emerging topics including recent debates on gender, citizenship, and political identity
• Includes detailed editorial introduction, abstracts, further reading lists, and a consolidated bibliography.

 

The Blackwell Companion to Major Classical Social Theorists provides a comprehensive review of classical social theory. Containing original essays especially commissioned for this volume, leading experts and practitioners examine the life and work of 12 major theorists.

    * Includes 12 original essays by leading scholars on major classical social theorists.
    * Covers the key figures who shaped social theory, such as Marx, Weber and Durkheim, as well as additional classical theorists such as Harriet Martineau and W. E. B. Du Bois.
    * Essays include biographical sketches, the social and intellectual context, and the impact of the thinker's work on social theory generally.
    * Includes bibliographies of the theorist's most important works as well as key secondary works.
    * Can be used in conjunction with The Blackwell Companion to Major Contemporary Social Theorists, edited by George Ritzer, for a complete reference source in social theory.

Blackwell Underground Clinical Vignettes: Pharmacology, Fourth Edition is your primary source for clinically relevant, case-based material essential for USMLE Step 1 review. Each Clinical Vignette simulates USMLE format, and includes classic buzzwords in history taking, physical examination, lab, imaging, and pathology. This revised edition contains: / Carefully selected cases templated to fit the way you are tested and taught to think / Valuable links to Step 1 and 2 Atlases for emphasis on photographic case studies / Over 50 new cases compatible with the updated content of USMLE Step 1 Blackwell Underground Clinical Vignettes: Pharmacology, Fourth Edition is perfect for medical students. Physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and related health professionals will also find Underground Clinical Vignettes valuable.

The Blackwell Encyclopedic Dictionary of Business Ethics provides clear, concise and highly informative definitions and explanations of the key concepts in one of the most important fields in contemporary business. Bringing together specially commissioned and carefully edited entries from an international team of the world's best known and respected ethics and business scholars, this will become the standard reference for students, researchers, academics and practitioners. The Dictionary has been carefully designed to give both the expert and newcomer overviews and succinct presentations of the most important issues in business ethics.

The Blackwell Companion to Social Movements is a compilation of original, state-of-the-art essays by internationally recognized scholars on an array of topics in the field of social movement studies.