Sociology category: 22581 books
Emile Durkheim
Selected Writings on Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Emile Durkheim is widely lauded as one of the founding fathers of modern Sociology and for his substantial contribution to the sociology of education. This set brings some of his most important writings on the subject together for the first time.
by Robert Leroux
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 8, 2019
The thinking of Antoine-Augustin Cournot has inspired a growing literature in economy and epistemology, but as of yet, his sociological thought has not been explicitly discussed and contextualized within the discipline. From the 1850s to the end of the 1870s, Cournot contributed significantly to the...
The Challenge of Modernity
Simmel’s Sociological Theory
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2018
The complete collected works of Georg Simmel are now available. Yet, the standing of Simmel’s sociological theory is still a subject of controversy. Is Simmel only a brilliant impressionist, a flâneur in the territories of modernity?
Providing an illuminating and coherent presentation of...
Talking Race in Young Adulthood
Race and Everyday Life in Contemporary Britain
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
At a time in which race lies at the heart of so much public debate, Talking Race in Young Adulthood comes at an important moment.
Drawing on ethnographic research with young adults in Manchester, Harries engages with ideas of the post-racial to explore how young adults make sense of their identities,...
Modern Motherhood and Women’s Dual Identities
Rewriting the Sexual Contract
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2018
Why do women in contemporary western societies experience contradiction between their autonomous and maternal selves? What are the origins of this contradiction and the associated ‘double shift’ that result in widespread calls to either ‘lean in’ or ‘opt out’? How are some mothers subverting...
‘Doing’ Coercion in Male Custodial Settings
An Ethnography of Italian Prison Officers Using Force
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2017
This book offers a sustained study of one feature of the prison officer’s job: the threat and use of force, which the author calls ‘doing’ coercion. Adopting an interactionist, micro-sociological perspective, the author presents new research based on almost two years of participant observation...
The Sociology of Chinese Capitalism in Southeast Asia
Challenges and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2018
Set within the context of ASEAN integration, this book considers how Capitalism from China interacts with the ASEAN Economic Community, considering the issue from a variety of sociological, cultural and economic perspectives. It examines some of the creative strategies – de-sinicization, re-sinicization...
Which identity for Europe?
Perspectives on identity formation in the European Union
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2009
Seminar paper from the year 2008 in the subject Sociology - Political Sociology, Majorities, Minorities, grade: 1,0, European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), 46 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: In the last decades, debates about the existence and the meaning of an European...
Sexual Divisions and Society
Process and Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2018
Originally published in 1976, Sexual Divisions and Society argues that mainstream sociology has neglected to incorporate the notion of sexual divisions as an integral part of its theoretical underpinnings. It suggests that sociology has often included women completely within the term of ‘men’,...
Thinking About Victimization
Context and Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2019
Bringing together cutting-edge theory and research that bridges academic disciplines from criminology and criminal justice, to developmental psychology, sociology, and political science, Thinking About Victimization offers an authoritative, comprehensive, and refreshingly accessible overview of scholarship...
by Gerald Mars, Michael Nicod
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2019
Originally published in 1984, The World of Waiters provides a close look at the area of everyday working life, focusing on the profession of waiters. The book addresses the complex world of waiters, look at the insecurities, hierarchies and ‘the politics of serving’ that come into play in the...
Transcending the Color Line
The Sociology of Black Experience in America
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2014
"Transcending the Color Line", by sociologist and professor Bobby E. Mills, PhD, represents a philosophical attempt to make sense out of American black collective experience. This collection of essays does not reflect traditional sociological perspectives and methodological considerations. Instead, the...
Ethnocentrism
Integrated Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2018
Ethnocentrism works to reinvigorate the study of ethnocentrism by reconceptualising ethnocentrism as a social, psychological, and attitudinal construct.
Using a broad, multidisciplinary approach to ethnocentrism, the book integrates literature from disciplines such as psychology, political...