Introduction: why emotions are crucial / Jack Barbalet -- The two traditions in the sociology of emotions / Chris Shilling -- Secure states: towards a political sociology of emotion / Mabel Berezin -- Predicting emotions in groups: some lessons from September 11 / Theodore D. Kemper -- Emotions and economics / Jocelyn Pixley -- Corporate emotions and emotions in corporations / Helena Flam -- Managing the emotions of competition and recognition in academia / Charlotte Bloch -- Science and emotions / Jack Barbalet -- Complex emotions: relations, feelings and images in emotional experience / Ian Burkitt
Summary
Leading sociologists from five countries explore the significance of emotions to social processes and organizations
