Introduction

The Diversity of Culture

Bibliographic Data

ID9770883
AuthorsAmy J Binder (0009-0003-9389-1526, University of California San Diego, corresponding author), Amy Binder (University of California San Diego), M Blair-Loy (0000-0002-3447-9924, University of California San Diego), J H Evans (0000-0001-7487-3216, University of California San Diego), John Evans (0000-0003-1516-6882, University of California San Diego), Kwai H Ng (0000-0003-4078-923X, University of California San Diego), Kwai Ng (University of California San Diego), M Schudson (0000-0002-0086-0743, University of California San Diego)
Year2008
Volume619
Issue1
Pages6-14
Publication date2008-09-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0002716208318469
OpenAlexW2318345215
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited8

By AMY BINDER, MARY BLAIR-LOY, JOHN EVANS, KWAI NG, and MICHAEL SCHUDSON 2008, the much publicized in sociology is old news.1 How far are we from the point where we made our initial turn toward culture? Some say we are in the midst of it (Friedland and Mohr 2004), while others believe we are in fact moving beyond it (Bonnell and Hunt 1999). Rather than debate this question, our goal in this special volume of The Annals is to add substance to the claim that all sociology must concern itself with meaning. The volume will provide evidence of cultural work being done throughout the discipline by offering updated reports from several different sociological subfields. The collection intentionally differs from other attempts to define cultural sociology from a particular theoretical position. Rather than aiming for definitive conclusions, we demonstrate how culture is already put into use in many areas of sociological inquiry, some of which, at first glance, seem to have little to do with culture

Diversity (politics · Economic geography · Geography · Political science · Sociology · Anthropology · Global Education and Multiculturalism · Global Educational Policies and Reforms · Social and Cultural Dynamics

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