Contains 1800 entries encompassing "anthropology, sociology, political science, economics, human geography, cultural studies, and Marxism in one volume."

"The entries draw on classic and contemporary scholarship, and include basic terms, concepts, theories, schools of thought, methodologies, techniques, topics, issues, and controversies. In addition to terminology, the Dictionary includes nearly 275 biographies of major figures—from Franz Boas to John Maynard Keynes to Max Weber..."