Second Thoughts: Sociology Challenges Conventional Wisdom

Second Thoughts: Sociology Challenges Conventional Wisdom
ISBN-10
1506345786
ISBN-13
9781506345789
Series
Second Thoughts
Category
Social Science
Pages
400
Language
English
Published
2019-06-06
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Authors
Janet M. Ruane, Karen A. Cerulo

Description

Is it true that "numbers don't lie?" Is America "the land of equal opportunity?" Is marriage a "dying institution?" Each of the 23 essays in Second Thoughts reviews a familiar conventional wisdom, and introduces relevant sociological concepts and theories in order to explain, qualify, and sometimes debunk that conventional wisdom.

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