Preface / Judith R. Blau -- Introduction / David L. Brunsma, Keri E. Iyall Smith, and Brian K. Gran -- Sex and gender / Barbara Gurr & Nancy A. Naples -- Aging and the life course / Robin Shura -- Mental health / Giedre Baltrusaityte -- Racial and ethnic minorities / James Michael Thomas & David L. Brunsma -- Asia and asian america / Mary Danico & Phi Su -- Latino/a sociology / Rogelio Saenz, Karen Manges Douglas & Cristina Morales -- Children and youth / Brian Gran -- Race, gender, and class / Mary Romero -- Sexualities / Mary Bernstein -- Animals and society / Victoria Johnson & John Sanbonmatsu -- Disability and society / Jean M. Lynch -- Sociology and human rights : institutions in society -- Medical sociology / Sue Hinze -- Crime, law, and deviance / Joachim Savelsberg -- Education / Nathalia Jaramillo, Peter McLaren & Jean Ryoo -- Family / Angela Hattery & Earl Smith -- Organizations, occupations, and work / Kenneth Benson -- Political sociology / Thomas Janoski -- Culture / Mark Jacobs & Les Kurtz -- Science, knowledge and technology / Jennifer Croissant -- Communication and information technologies / Diana Papademas -- Law / Christopher N. J. Roberts -- Religion / David Brewington -- Economic sociology / Clarence Lo -- Sociology and human rights : living together locally and globally -- Community and urban sociology / Kenneth Neubeck -- Peace, war, and social conflict / Nader Saiedi -- Environment and technology / Francis Adeola & J. Steven Picou -- Population / Jenniffer Santos-Hernandez -- Collective behavior and social movements / Lyndi Hewitt -- Alcohol, drugs, and tobacco / Jennifer Bronson -- Rationality and society / Valeska Korff, Mimi Zou, Tom Zwarts & Rafael Wittek -- International migration / Tanya Golash-Boza -- Labor and labor movements / Hector L. Delgado -- Evolution, biology, and sociology / Rosemary Hopcroft -- Sociology and human rights : methodology, practice, and theory -- Methodology / Amir Marvasti and Karyn McKinney -- Mathematical sociology / Guillermina Jasso -- Ethnomethodology and conversational analysis / Peter Eglin -- Comparative and historical sociology / Jean Quataert and Benita Roth -- Political economy of the world systems / Tariq Niazi & Jeremy Hein -- Social psychology / Steven Hitlin & Matthew Andersson -- Sociological practice and public sociology / Jan Fritz -- Teaching and learning / Corey Dolgon -- History of sociology / Hans Bakker -- Theory / Elizabeth Gill -- Emotions / Ann Branaman -- Marxist sociology / David Fasenfest.