Contemporary Sociology
Encyclopedia
Contemporary Sociology is an academic journal
in the field of sociology
, published bimonthly by Sage Publications
on behalf of the American Sociological Association
since 1972. Contemporary Sociology publishes review
s and discussions of the most important recent works in sociology and in related disciplines. The editor-in-chief is Alan Sica (The Pennsylvania State University).
Academic journal
An academic journal is a peer-reviewed periodical in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as forums for the introduction and presentation for scrutiny of new research, and the critique of existing research...
in the field of sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
, published bimonthly by Sage Publications
SAGE Publications
SAGE is an independent academic publisher of books, journals, and electronic products in the humanities and social sciences and the scientific, technical, and medical fields. SAGE was founded in 1965 by George McCune and Sara Miller McCune. The company is headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California,...
on behalf of the American Sociological Association
American Sociological Association
The American Sociological Association , founded in 1905 as the American Sociological Society , is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the discipline and profession of sociology by serving sociologists in their work and promoting their contributions to serve society.The ASA holds its...
since 1972. Contemporary Sociology publishes review
Review
A review is an evaluation of a publication, a product or a service, such as a movie , video game, musical composition , book ; a piece of hardware like a car, home appliance, or computer; or an event or performance, such as a live music concert, a play, musical theater show or dance show...
s and discussions of the most important recent works in sociology and in related disciplines. The editor-in-chief is Alan Sica (The Pennsylvania State University).
External links
- Journal page at homepage of the American Sociological Association
- Contemporary Sociology on JSTORJSTORJSTOR is an online system for archiving academic journals, founded in 1995. It provides its member institutions full-text searches of digitized back issues of several hundred well-known journals, dating back to 1665 in the case of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society...