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Contents Foreword – Dr. Bob Bendiksen, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse Preface Acknowledgements The editors The contributors Introduction PART ONE Sociological Foundations Introduction to Part One Emile Durkheim Michael Brennan, England, UK Max Weber Jodie Croxall, Wales, UK and Michael Brennan, England, UK Marxism Neil Thompson, Wales, UK George Herbert Mead Gerry R. Cox, USA Erving Goffman Gerry R. Cox, USA Women’s Contributions to Classical Sociology June Allan, Australia PART TWO Sociological Developments Introduction to Part Two Michel Foucault Neil Thompson and Eryl Owen, Wales, UK Pierre Bourdieu Neil Small, England, UK Existentialism Neil Thompson, Wales, UK Continuing Bonds Dennis Klass, USA An Egalitarian Perspective Darcy Harris, Canada Disenfranchised Grief Neil Thompson, Wales, UK and Kenneth Doka, USA PART THREE Contemporary Issues and Debates Introduction to Part Three Dark Tourism Erin Dermody, Canada Aging and Ageism Sue Thompson, Wales, UK Alcohol and Other Drug Use Wulf Livingston, Wales, UK Culturally Competent Practice Neil Thompson, Wales, UK Toward a Sociology of Terrorism Gerry R. Cox, USA and Neil Thompson, Wales, UK Is Grief a Disease? The Medicalization of Grief by the Psy-Disciplines in the 21st Century Leeat Granek, Israel Being-in-the-World of the Sociological Imagination: Understanding Living with and Beyond Cancer Jan Pascal and Olivia Sagan, England, UK Death, Grief, and Virtual Connections: The Role of Social Media for Social Support and Memorialization Kathleen R. Gilbert, USA Infertility and Loss: Conception and Motherhood in the Era of Assisted Reproductive Technology Iris Po Yee Lo and Celia Hoi Yan Chan The Demise of Accountability in Public Services: A Dilemma Exemplified by the Hidden Sepsis Crisis Paul Stepney, Finland The Role of Religion and Spirituality in Grieving Neil Thompson, Wales, UK A Cultural Sociological Review of Chinese Funeral Rituals Sharon Chan and Amy Chow, Hong Kong, China Afterword – Dr. Inge Corless, USA Index