Elements of Sociology: A Critical Canadian Introduction has become a cornerstone of Oxford's domestic sociology list. Its unique narrative (conversational and lively), accessible reading level, coverage of First Nations issues, and compact yet comprehensive coverage make it an engaging introductory volume for students studying introductory sociology.
Explore sociology through personal stories in this approachable, comprehensive, and critical introductionAcclaimed by instructors and students alike for its fresh, innovative approach to the discipline, Elements of Sociology is back and ...
Elements of Sociology
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
The second edition retains the book's conceptual organization, aligning to most courses, and has been significantly updated to reflect the latest research and provide examples most relevant to today's students.
The authors argue in this book that social theory can usefully be conceived in terms of four broad paradigms, based upon different sets of meta-theoretical assumptions with regard to the nature of social science and the nature of society.
Includes chapter summaries and concept review boxes. Giddens is affiliated with the London School of Economics. Duneier is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin- Madison, and the University of California-Santa Barbara.
Social scientists, including political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, historians, economists, social psychologists, and students of social phenomena among nonhumans, will find this work indispensable reading.
The power of this symbolic reversal is attested to by the fact that, two decades later, an American psychologist, Herbert C. Kelman, ... For an overview of these developments, see Hartman, “The Voice of Vichy” (Hartman, 1996: 72–81).
A watershed event in the field of sociology, this text introduced “a major breakthrough in the sociology of knowledge and sociological theory generally” (George Simpson, American Sociological Review).
The third, expanded edition of this well-known text on sociology has detailed analyses of the economic system, industry, population and food supply.