Jeffrey Alexander, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Kenneth Thompson, Laura Desfor Edles, Moshoula Capous-Desyllas

A Contemporary Introduction to Sociology (eBook, ePUB)

Culture and Society in Transition

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The influential authors significantly update their popular introductory text that invites students to reflect on their lives in the context of the combustible leap from modern to postmodern life. They authors show how culture is central to understanding many world problems as they challenge readers to confront the problems and possibilities of a

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 650
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juli 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000938869
• Artikelnr.: 68490979

Autorenporträt

Jeffrey C. Alexander is the Lillian Chavenson Saden Professor of Sociology at Yale University, where he is co-director of the Center for Cultural Sociology. Among his many influential books are The Civic Sphere (Oxford University Press, 2006) and The Drama of Social Life (Polity Press, 2017).

Kenneth Thompson, Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the Open University, has held positions at Yale, UCLA, Rutgers, and Smith. He is the author of Moral Panics (Routledge, 1998) and co-authored influential sociology textbooks with Stuart Hall and other OU colleagues..

Laura Desfor Edles is Professor of Sociology at California State University, Northridge. Among her many publications are a best-selling series of sociological theory textbooks (co-authored with Scott Appelrouth).

Moshoula Capous-Desyllas is Associate Professor of Sociology at California State University Northridge. Her arts-based research is featured in her latest co-authored anthology, Creating Social Change Through Creativity: Anti-Oppressive Arts-Based Research Methodologies (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

Part One
What is Sociology?
Chapter 1: Sociological Stories and Key Concepts
Chapter 2: Sociological Methods
Part Two
The Social and Cultural Construction of Meaning
Chapter 3: Cultural Structures
Chapter 4: Media and Communication
Chapter 5: Deviance, Crime and Social Control
Part Three
Personal Worlds and Identities
Chapter 6: Socialization and the Life Cycle
Chapter 7: Sex and Gender
Chapter 8: Sexuality & Sexual Orientation
Part Four
Inequalities and Identities
Chapter 9: Social Class and Inequality
Chapter 10: Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 11: Marriage and Family
Part Five
Social Institutions
Chapter 12: Work and the Economy
Chapter 13: Education
Chapter 14: Health and Medicine
Chapter 15: Religion
Chapter 16: Politics, Publics, and the State
Chapter 17: Social Change and Social Movements