Sociology : Introductory Readings (Paperback, 4 ed)

Introduction: The Sociological Perspective1. Sociology as the Science of Social Life - W.E.B. Du Bois2. The Promise of Sociology - C. Wright Mills3. Sociology as the Study of Figurations: Beyond Individual and Society? - Norbert Elias4. Decolonizing Sociology - Raewyn Connell5. Understanding Ourselves and Others - Zygmunt Bauman & Tim MayFurther ReadingPART 1 Thinking Sociologically6. The Capitalist Revolution - Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels7. Tastes, Distinctions and Social Structure - Pierre Bourdieu8. Learning from the Outsiders Within - Patricia Hill Collins9. The Consequences of Modernity - Anthony Giddens10. Sociology after the Postcolonial Turn - Gurminder K. BhambraFurther ReadingPART 2 Doing Sociology11. Treat Social Facts as Things - Emile Durkheim12. Sociology's Historical Imagination - Philip Abrams13. Mixing Methods in Empirical Research - Emma Pullen, Daniel Jackson & Michael Silk14. Digital Sociology: Opportunities and Dangers - Noortje Marres15. What is Feminist Research? - Patricia Leavy & Anne HarrisFurther ReadingPART 3 Environment and Urbanism16. The Metropolis and Mental Life - Georg Simmel17. A Sociology of Climate Change - John Urry18. Navigating the 'White Space' - Elijah Anderson19. Urban Transitions in the Global South - AbdouMaliq Simone & Edgar Pieterse20. Entering an Anthropocene Era? - Rolf Lidskog & Claire WatertonFurther ReadingPART 4 Structures of Society21. Religion and the Origins of Capitalism - Max Weber22. The Feminization of Work - Teri L. Caraway23. Families and Personal Life - Deborah Chambers & Pablo Gracia24. Schools: Challenging or Reproducing Social Inequalities? - Christy Kulz25. Capitalism and the Digital Revolution - Shoshana ZuboffFurther ReadingPART 5 Social Inequalities26. Intersectionality: Structural and Political - Kimberle Crenshaw27. Producing Disability and Abledness - Fiona Kumari Campbell28. Wealth Concentration and Inequality - Thomas Piketty29. Racial Distinctions and Social Structures - Michael Banton30. 'Doing Gender' via Domestic Labour - Clare Lyonette & Rosemary CromptonFurther ReadingPART 6 Relationships and the Life Course31. I, Me and the Social Self - George Herbert Mead32. Towards a Sociology of Personal Life - Carol Smart33. Love as a Sociological Problem - Eva Illouz34. From the Life Cycle to the Life Course - Stephen J. Hunt35. The Significance of Generational Experience - Lorraine GreenFurther ReadingPART 7 Interaction and Communication36. Self Presentation and Impression Management - Erving Goffman37. Violence in Sociological Perspective - Randall Collins38. Misogyny, Beauty and Body Modification - Sheila Jeffreys39. Constructing and Negotiating Social Identity - Susie Scott40. Knowledge Production in a Post-Truth World - Dominic MalcolmFurther ReadingPART 8 Health, Illness and the Body41. The Medical Re-definition of Social Life - Peter Conrad42. Does Inequality Cause Poor Health Outcomes? - Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett43. Challenging the Dominance of Biomedicine - Sarah Nettleton44. Health and Illness in Sociological Perspective - William C. Cockerham45. The Exceptional and the Normal After COVID-19 - Jens O. ZinnFurther ReadingPART 9 Crime and Social Control46. The Social Construction of Outsiders - Howard S. Becker47. The Shifting Politics of Punishment - David Garland48. Race, Blackness and Exclusion in the USA - Loic Wacquant49. The Digital Transformation of Criminality - David S. Wall50. Back to the Future: The Return of Banishment - Katherine Beckett & Steve HerbertFurther ReadingPART 10 Political Sociology51. Conceptualizing Power in Sociological Theory - Steven Lukes52. Ethnic Cleansing and the Dark Side of Democracy - Michael Mann53. Populist Politics and Mobilization - Bart Bonikowski54. Representations of British Muslims During the Covid-19 Pandemic - Elizabeth Poole & Milly Williamson55. Social Media Use in Black Lives Matter Activism - Marcia Mundt, Karen Ross & Charla M. Burnett Further Reading