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Introduction to Sociology de Frank Van Tubergen

Introduction to Sociology

Autor Frank Van Tubergen
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 9 mar 2020
This textbook presents key knowledge in sociology in a highly accessible and engaging way, introducing students to core concepts, theories, perspectives, methods and findings. It offers students a 'sociological toolkit', a set of useful insights, tools and principles, which will enable them to do research like a sociologist.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780815353850
ISBN-10: 0815353855
Pagini: 528
Ilustrații: 61 Tables, black and white; 211 Line drawings, black and white; 30 Halftones, black and white; 302 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensiuni: 174 x 246 x 27 mm
Greutate: 0.98 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: Taylor & Francis
Colecția Routledge
Locul publicării:Oxford, United Kingdom

Public țintă

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Cuprins

Part 1. Thinking Like a Sociologist;  1. Questions;  2. Theories;  3. Methodss;  4. Perspectives;  PART 2. Culture;  5. Opinions;  6. Norms;  Part 3. Social Relations;  7. Networks;  8. Groups;  Part 4. Inequality;  9. Stratification and Mobility; 10. Resources;  Part 5. Topics;  11. Immigration and Integration;  12. Modernization;  13. Religion.

Notă biografică

Frank van Tubergen is Professor of Sociology at Utrecht University, where he teaches introduction to sociology. His current work is focused on social networks, immigration and religion.

Recenzii

"Frank van Tubergen's excellent introduction delivers a fresh and unique approach to the key challenge of teaching Sociology: how can we combine the fascination for all the many social phenomena with the virtue of clear and systematic thinking, step by step? It was more than time to have such a textbook available."
Frank Kalter, University of Mannheim, Germany
"I’ve been waiting for an introduction like this for years. It introduces students to sociology’s overarching themes and shows how the principles of asking sociological questions, formulating and testing sociological ideas, and thus building knowledge applies across the seemingly different topics in our broad discipline. If you’re looking for an introduction that helps your students understand and engage with state-of-the-art (academic) sociology, look no further. This is an excellent introduction for students wishing to understand the key principles of building sound sociological knowledge and applying the sociological perspective across a wide range of topics. I will be recommending this to all our graduate students – whether they already took an intro to sociology or not."
Christiaan Monden, University of Oxford, UK
"Finally a free-of-dust introduction to state-of-the art sociology. Van Tubergen presents an excellent and most engaging overview of the discipline and shows beginners how to think as sociologists. An indispensable book to teach and learn the sociology that really matters."
Javier G. Polavieja, University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
"Frank van Tubergen's Introduction to Sociology is an invitation to think like a sociologist, written with a passion for the discipline and a mastery of the sociological toolkit. The book is a beacon for the aspiring sociology student and an inspiring and positive call for sociology as a science."
Christofer Edling, Lund University, Sweden
"Prof. van Tubergen’s Introduction to Sociology is very original in the understanding of social phenomena with the scheme of common themes such as norms, groups, networks, stratification, etc., which cuts across various institutional lives. The organization of the textbook is also very innovative and coherent in its approach to introducing sociological imagination to students."
Ping-Yin Kuan, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
"I’ve been teaching both ‘Introduction to Sociology’ and ‘Social Theory’ modules for a number of years and have never been able to find a textbook that I could recommend to my students for either. I’d given up looking for a textbook and was resigned to having to write them myself. You can imagine how overjoyed I was then to receive this draft text to review! Finally, a textbook that treats sociology as ‘normal science’ seeking explanations for social phenomena using social mechanisms and rigorous evidence. The focus on asking good questions and developing a sociological ‘toolkit’ means that students can see sociology as a coherent discipline which offers explanation, not just description. I really like the way that each chapter opens with a social pattern which is puzzling or at least interesting and then sets out to show how sociology can help us understand how it emerges from different social processes."
Richard Layte, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
"A most welcome, distinctive, new take on "the introduction to sociology" textbook."
Daniel McFarland, Stanford University, United States
 

Descriere

Why are today's youth soccer players of the national teams often born in January and rarely in December? Why are many people satisfied with their own life, but think the world is getting worse? Why is binge drinking so common in college, whereas the majority of students are against it? Why are your friends so similar to you? Why are citizens of the United States more religious than those in Western Europe?

 

Sociology is a science that studies a wide range of fascinating topics such as these. This textbook addresses not only foundational sociological work, but also integrates key insights from contemporary sociological research. It is written primarily as an introduction to sociology, and it covers a rich diversity of sociological topics and social problems, such as crime, immigration, race and ethnicity, media, education, family, organizations, gender, poverty, modernization, and religion.

 

This textbook presents in a highly accessible and engaging way key knowledge in sociology, introducing students to core concepts, theories, perspectives, methods and findings. Furthermore, it helps students learning to think like a sociologist. It offers students a 'sociological toolkit', a set of useful insights, tools and principles, which will enable them to do research like a sociologist themselves. Being able to think like a sociologist helps students to analyze any sociological topic and any contemporary social problem - even those with which one is yet unfamiliar.