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.
This text presents a complete sociological toolkit, guiding students in the art of asking good sociological questions, devising a sophisticated theory and developing methodologies to observe social phenomena.
An Introductory Textbook and Reader Daniel Nehring, Ken Plummer. the Extreme: Moral Life in the Concentration Camps (1999), London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson; Stanley Cohen, States of Denial (2000) Cambridge: Polity.
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An introductory guide to the key concepts, themes, and topics in the discipline of sociology, providing sociology students with comprehensive coverage of all the main areas of study for their first year and beyond.
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.
Sociologist Emily Kane (2012) conducted in-depth interviews with more than 40 parents of preschoolers, asking about the children's toys, clothing, and socialization, among other things. She found that while parents often want to ...
This surprising volume is a wonderful antidote to the impression that the Frankfurt School opposed empirical research. . . . This brief work is thick with implications for the discipline of sociology, which Adorno fundamentally rethinks.
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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.