Sociology category: 22581 books
Political and Military Sociology
Volume 38: An Annual Review
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2017
Political and Military Sociology continues a mission of publishing cutting-edge research on some of the most important issues in civil-military relations. In this inaugural volume of the new annual publication, Won-Taek Kang tackles the issue of nostalgia for Park Chung Hee in South Korea, and analyzes...
by Mary Jo Deegan
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Jane Addams is well known for her leadership in urban reform, social settlements, pacifism, social work, and women's suffrage.The men of the Chicago School are well known for their leadership in founding sociology and the study of urban life.What has remained hidden however, is that Jane Addams played...
The Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse
Investigating the Politics of Knowledge and Meaning-making.
Language: English
Release Date: August 6, 2018
The Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse (SKAD) has reoriented research into social forms, structuration and processes of meaning construction and reality formation; doing so by linking social constructivist and pragmatist approaches with post-structuralist thinking in order to study discourses...
Sociology on the Web
A Student Guide
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2014
Sociology on the Web is directed at those who want to be able to access sociology Internet resources quickly and efficiently without needing to become IT experts.
The emphasis throughout is on the location of high quality sociology Internet related resources likely to be useful for learning,...
Introducing Sociology
A Graphic Guide
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2016
Sociology is interested in the ways people shape the society they live in, and the ways society shapes them. Simply, it is the study of what modern society is and how it functions. In the series’ inimitable style, Introducing Sociology traces the origins of sociology from industrialization, revolution...
Invitation to Sociology
A Humanistic Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2011
The most popularly read, adapted, anthologized, and incorporated primer on sociology ever written for modern readers
Acclaimed scholar and sociologist Peter L. Berger lays the groundwork for a clear understanding of sociology in his straightforward introduction to the field, much...
The Promise of Sociology
The Classical Tradition and Contemporary Sociological Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2010
Unlike most introductory texts that take a topical approach to studying sociology, this smart, challenging, and accessibly written text looks at the core principles of the discipline, making links to a contemporary context.Both students and instructors will find in these pages a fresh and original...
Sociology (Routledge Revivals)
A guide to problems and literature
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2010
First published in 1962, this seminal work is an introduction to sociology in a world context, and a sophisticated guide to the major themes, problems and controversies in contemporary sociology. The book remains unique in its organisation and presentation of sociological ideas and problems, in it...
by Steve Fuller
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2006
C. Wright Mills' classic The Sociological Imagination has inspired generations of students to study Sociology. However, the book is nearly half a century old. What would a book address, aiming to attract and inform students in the 21st century? This is the task that Steve Fuller sets himself in this...
Economic Sociology
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2006
This insightful key resource presents the clearest, most comprehensive and wide ranging account of economic sociology to date. Hass presents a critical and sophisticated yet approachable analysis of economic behaviour and phenomena. He makes the insights, claims, and logic of economic sociology interactive...
American Sociology
From Pre-Disciplinary to Post-Normal
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2016
American Sociology has changed radically since 1945. This volume traces these changes to the present, with special emphasis on the feminization of sociology and the decline of the science ideal as well as the challenges sociology faces in the new environment for universities.
Political Sociology
Oppression, Resistance, and the State
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2010
Designed to help students analyze and understand political developments in the world around them, this unique text covers a wide array of political sociology concepts and theoretical perspectives. The book's multidimensional view emphasizes the interplay between power, inequality, multiple oppressions,...
by Michael T. Ryan, Ray Hutchison, Mark Gottdiener
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2018
Widely recognized as a groundbreaking text, The New Urban Sociology is a broad and expert introduction to urban sociology that is both relevant and accessible to the student. A thought leader in the field, the book is organized around an integrated paradigm (the sociospatial perspective) which considers...
by John Farley, Michael Flota
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2017
This best-selling textbook returns for a seventh edition with material on the most fundamental and fascinating issues in sociology today. The authors continue their tradition of focusing on the big picture, with an emphasis on race, class, and gender in every chapter. The text continues to frame sociological...