Writing in Sociology

Section I: Thinking Broadly About Writing Sociology
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Turning Ideas into Researchable Questions
Chapter 3: Overview of Writing a Research Paper: An Extended Analogy
Chapter 4: Borrowing Well from the Literature
Chapter 5: Citing Sources: Why, When, and How
Section II: Writing Quantitative Papers
Chapter 6: Quantitative Papers: The Introduction
Chapter 7: Quantitative Papers: The Literature Review
Chapter 8: Quantitative Papers: The Data and Methods Section
Chapter 9: Quantitative Papers: Presenting Results
Chapter 10: Quantitative Papers: Discussions and Conclusions
Section III: Writing Qualitative Papers
Chapter 11: Presenting Qualitative Data: A Brief Example
Chapter 12: Ethnographic Interviewing and Storytelling
Chapter 13: Writing a Case Study
Chapter 14: The Internship Journal
Section IV: Other Sociology Writing Tasks
Chapter 15: Revisiting Literature Reviews: Applied Sociology Research Projects
Chapter 16: Peer Review
Chapter 17: Writing a Book Review
Chapter 18: Tips on Writing Theory and Content Papers

An honest and approachable guide to sociological writing for both undergraduate and postgraduate students.