Volume 2 provides an overview of specialties within sociology and interdisciplinary studies that is both comprehensive and up to date.

List of contributors; List of figures; List of tables; Introduction; Part I. Perspectives on Race: 1. Racial formation theory Eileen O'Brien; 2. Systemic racism Kimberley Ducey and Joe Feagin; 3. Color-blind racism Meghan Burke; 4. Critical race theory Mary Romero and Jeremiah Chin; Part II. Perspectives on Social Class: 5. Marxism and class Michelle Williams and Vishwas Satgar; 6. Pluralism Rick Zdan; 7. The class domination theory G. William Domhoff; Part III. Feminist perspectives: 8. Feminist theories Seung-Kyung Kim and Carole McCann; 9. Feminist methodologies Shulamit Reinharz and Nicholas Monroe; Part IV. Specialty Areas: 10. The sociology of nonhuman animals and society Elizabeth Cherry; 11. Quality-of-life /social indicators research Kenneth Land; 12. Visual sociology Vincent O'Brien; 13. The sociology of risk Jenns O. Zinn; 14. The sociology of disaster Thomas E. Drabek; 15. The sociology of mental health Teresa Scheid; 16. Sociobiology Rosemary L. Hopcroft; 17. The sociology of science and technology Miwao Matsumoto; 18. The sociology of violence Larry Ray; 19. Environmental justice David Pellow; 20. The sociology of food Anne Murcott; Part V. The Sociology of the Self: 21. The sociology of the body and embodiment Carla A. Pfeffer; 22. The sociology of emotions Kathryn J. Lively; 23. The sociology of friendship James A. Vela-McConnell; Part VI. The Sociology of the Life Course: 24. The sociology of children Gertrud Lenzer; 25. The sociology of aging Elizabeth W. Markson and Peter Stein; 26. The sociology of death and dying Ruth McManus; Part VII. Culture and Behavior: 27. The sociology of consumption Stanley Blue; 28. The sociology of leisure and recreation Robert Stebbins; 29. The sociology of popular culture Dustin Kidd, Amanda Turner and Jennifer Kim; 30. The sociology of art Alain Quemin; 31. The sociology of music Pam Kirk; Part VIII. Sociology's Impact on Society: 32. Public sociology Laura Nichols; 33. Humanist sociology Woody Doane; 34. Applied sociology Harry Perlstadt; 35. Clinical sociology Jan Fritz; 36. Teaching sociology: creating a citizenry with a sociological imagination Kathleen Lowney; Part IX. Related Fields: 37. Criminology Kaitlyn Clarke, Philip D. McCormack and Larry Siegel; 38. Criminal justice studies Gennifer Furst; 39. Social work Kathleen McInnis-Dittrich; 40. Social psychology Laurie O'Brien, Stefanie Simon and Caroline Tipler; 41. Sociology of translation and translation studies Rafael Schögler; 42. Women and gender studies Angela Jean Hattery and Earl Smith; Index.