Contemporary Readings in Sociology
Editat de Kathleen Odell Korgenen Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 apr 2008
- Focuses on teaching the 'sociological eye' or sociological perspective to undergraduate students so they can learn more about the activities of actual sociologists.
- Features rigorous research in an edited format, making important articles more accessible for - and still challenging to - undergraduate students
- Offers an emphasis on contemporary readings to introduce students to cutting-edge sociology research
- Includes more than 30 readings, including articles on social interaction, social institutions, the media, deviance, social stratification, race and ethnicity, sex and gender, global issues, and social movements, providing a well-rounded collection of original material on core topics
- Combines an array of unique pedagogy to make the reader even more valuable and user-friendly, including a topics guide to help instructors choose the best readings for specific course subjects, a detailed list of Internet resources, and discussion questions for each article
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781412944731
ISBN-10: 1412944732
Pagini: 296
Dimensiuni: 216 x 279 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
ISBN-10: 1412944732
Pagini: 296
Dimensiuni: 216 x 279 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.69 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: SAGE Publications
Colecția Sage Publications, Inc
Locul publicării:Thousand Oaks, United States
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Cuprins
Section 1: Culture and Social Interaction
1. When Fiends become Friends: The Need to Belong and Perceptions of Personal and Group Discrimination - Mauricio Carvallo and Brett W. Pelham
2. Authentic Identities: Straightedge Subcultures, Music and the Internet - Patrick Williams
3. Differences between Actual and Perceived Student Norms: An Examination of Alcohol Use, Drug Use, and Sexual Behavior - Matthew P. Martens, Jennifer C. Page, Emily S. Mowry, Krista M. Damann, Kari K. Taylor, M. Dolores Cimini
4. The Influence of Friendship Groups on Intellectual Self-Confidence and Educational Aspirations in College - Anthony Lising Antonio
Section 2: Social Structure, Social Institutions, and the Media
5. Unmarried with Children - Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas
6. Student Disengagement and the Socialization Styles of High Schools - Lisa A. Pellerin
7. “Regarding the Pain of Others”: Media, Bias and the Coverage of International Disasters - Susan D. Moeller
Section 3: Deviance and Crime
8. Political Culture and the Penalty - Patrick Fisher and Travis Pratt
9. Social Capital, Too Much of a Good Thing? American Religious Traditions and Community Crime - Kraig Beyerlein and John R. Hipp
10. Reconsidering Peers and Delinquency: How do Peers Matter? - Dana L. Haynie and D. Wayne Osgood
11. Exposure to Community Violence and Childhood Delinquency - Justin W. Patchin, Beth M. Huebner, John D. McCluskey, Sean P. Varano, and Timothy S. Bynum
12. Bullies Move Beyond the Schoolyard: A Preliminary Look at Cyberbullying - Justin W. Patchin and Sameer Hinduja
Section 4: Social Stratification and Power
13. Mass Imprisonment and the Life Course: Race and Class Inequality in U.S. Incarceration - Becky Pettit and Bruce Western
14. Talk of Class: The Discursive Repertoires of White Working- and Upper-Middle-Class College Students - Jenny M. Stuber
15. A Place in Town: Doing Class in a Coffee Shop - Carrie Yodanis
16. Professional Capital: Blue-Collar Reflections on Class, Culture and the Academy - Mary Kosut
Section 5: Race and Ethnicity
17. Race as Class - Herbert J. Gans
18. A Distorted Nation: Perceptions of Racial/Ethnic Group Sizes and Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Other Minorities - Richard Alba, Rubén G. Rumbaut, and Karen Marotz
19. The Opportunity Costs of Admissions Preferences at Elite Universities - Thomas J. Espenshade and Chang Y. Chung
20. Circles of Influence and Chains of Command: The Social Processes Whereby Ethnic Communities Influence Host Societies - Anthony M. Orum
Section 6: Sex and Gender
21. Divorce Culture and Marital Gender Equality: A Cross-National Study - Carrie Yodanis
22. I Just Want to Play: Women, Sexism, and Persistence in Golf - Lee McGinnis, Julia McQuillan, and Constance L. Chapple
23. I’m Not Thinking of It as Sexual Harrassment: Understanding Harassment across Race and Citizenship - Sandy Welsh, Jacquie Carr, Barbara MacQuarrie, and Audrey Huntley
24. Multiple Masculinities? Teenage Boys Talk about Jocks and Gender - C.J. Pascoe
25. William Wants a Doll. Can He Have One? Feminists, Child Care Advisors, and Gender-Neutral Child Rearing - Karin A. Martin
Section 7: Global Issues
26. Sociology of Terrorism - Austin Turk
27. Free-Market Ideology and Environmental Degradation: The Case of Belief in Global Climate Change - Yuko Heath and Robert Gifford
28. Glocommodification: How the Global Consumes the Local – McDonald’s in Israel - Uri Ram
29. ‘In the Court of Public Opinion:’ Transnational Problem Construction in the HIV/AIDS Medicine Access Campaign, 1998-2001 - Thomas Olesen
Section 8: Social Movements and Social Change
30. Making Theological Sense of the Migration Journey from Latin America: Catholic, Protestant and Interfaith Perspectives - Jacqueline Hagan
31. Hate Crime Reporting as a Successful Social Movement Outcome - Rory McVeigh, Michael R. Welch, Thorodurr Bjarnason
32. Culture Jamming: A Sociological Perspective - Vince Carducci
33. Corporate Citizenship and Social Responsibility in a Globalized World - Juan José Palacios
1. When Fiends become Friends: The Need to Belong and Perceptions of Personal and Group Discrimination - Mauricio Carvallo and Brett W. Pelham
2. Authentic Identities: Straightedge Subcultures, Music and the Internet - Patrick Williams
3. Differences between Actual and Perceived Student Norms: An Examination of Alcohol Use, Drug Use, and Sexual Behavior - Matthew P. Martens, Jennifer C. Page, Emily S. Mowry, Krista M. Damann, Kari K. Taylor, M. Dolores Cimini
4. The Influence of Friendship Groups on Intellectual Self-Confidence and Educational Aspirations in College - Anthony Lising Antonio
Section 2: Social Structure, Social Institutions, and the Media
5. Unmarried with Children - Kathryn Edin and Maria Kefalas
6. Student Disengagement and the Socialization Styles of High Schools - Lisa A. Pellerin
7. “Regarding the Pain of Others”: Media, Bias and the Coverage of International Disasters - Susan D. Moeller
Section 3: Deviance and Crime
8. Political Culture and the Penalty - Patrick Fisher and Travis Pratt
9. Social Capital, Too Much of a Good Thing? American Religious Traditions and Community Crime - Kraig Beyerlein and John R. Hipp
10. Reconsidering Peers and Delinquency: How do Peers Matter? - Dana L. Haynie and D. Wayne Osgood
11. Exposure to Community Violence and Childhood Delinquency - Justin W. Patchin, Beth M. Huebner, John D. McCluskey, Sean P. Varano, and Timothy S. Bynum
12. Bullies Move Beyond the Schoolyard: A Preliminary Look at Cyberbullying - Justin W. Patchin and Sameer Hinduja
Section 4: Social Stratification and Power
13. Mass Imprisonment and the Life Course: Race and Class Inequality in U.S. Incarceration - Becky Pettit and Bruce Western
14. Talk of Class: The Discursive Repertoires of White Working- and Upper-Middle-Class College Students - Jenny M. Stuber
15. A Place in Town: Doing Class in a Coffee Shop - Carrie Yodanis
16. Professional Capital: Blue-Collar Reflections on Class, Culture and the Academy - Mary Kosut
Section 5: Race and Ethnicity
17. Race as Class - Herbert J. Gans
18. A Distorted Nation: Perceptions of Racial/Ethnic Group Sizes and Attitudes Toward Immigrants and Other Minorities - Richard Alba, Rubén G. Rumbaut, and Karen Marotz
19. The Opportunity Costs of Admissions Preferences at Elite Universities - Thomas J. Espenshade and Chang Y. Chung
20. Circles of Influence and Chains of Command: The Social Processes Whereby Ethnic Communities Influence Host Societies - Anthony M. Orum
Section 6: Sex and Gender
21. Divorce Culture and Marital Gender Equality: A Cross-National Study - Carrie Yodanis
22. I Just Want to Play: Women, Sexism, and Persistence in Golf - Lee McGinnis, Julia McQuillan, and Constance L. Chapple
23. I’m Not Thinking of It as Sexual Harrassment: Understanding Harassment across Race and Citizenship - Sandy Welsh, Jacquie Carr, Barbara MacQuarrie, and Audrey Huntley
24. Multiple Masculinities? Teenage Boys Talk about Jocks and Gender - C.J. Pascoe
25. William Wants a Doll. Can He Have One? Feminists, Child Care Advisors, and Gender-Neutral Child Rearing - Karin A. Martin
Section 7: Global Issues
26. Sociology of Terrorism - Austin Turk
27. Free-Market Ideology and Environmental Degradation: The Case of Belief in Global Climate Change - Yuko Heath and Robert Gifford
28. Glocommodification: How the Global Consumes the Local – McDonald’s in Israel - Uri Ram
29. ‘In the Court of Public Opinion:’ Transnational Problem Construction in the HIV/AIDS Medicine Access Campaign, 1998-2001 - Thomas Olesen
Section 8: Social Movements and Social Change
30. Making Theological Sense of the Migration Journey from Latin America: Catholic, Protestant and Interfaith Perspectives - Jacqueline Hagan
31. Hate Crime Reporting as a Successful Social Movement Outcome - Rory McVeigh, Michael R. Welch, Thorodurr Bjarnason
32. Culture Jamming: A Sociological Perspective - Vince Carducci
33. Corporate Citizenship and Social Responsibility in a Globalized World - Juan José Palacios
Descriere
A cutting edge selection of sociology articles, each edited and prefaced. A far more pedagogical approach than most readers.