Contemporary Introduction to Sociology: Culture and Society in Transition / Edition 1 available in Paperback
Contemporary Introduction to Sociology: Culture and Society in Transition / Edition 1
- ISBN-10:
- 1594512701
- ISBN-13:
- 9781594512704
- Pub. Date:
- 01/28/2008
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
- ISBN-10:
- 1594512701
- ISBN-13:
- 9781594512704
- Pub. Date:
- 01/28/2008
- Publisher:
- Taylor & Francis
Contemporary Introduction to Sociology: Culture and Society in Transition / Edition 1
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Overview
New to this edition:
New data, text box examples, photos, exercises, study questions, and glossary terms appear throughout.
New discussions added of arts-based and participatory approaches to research, historical changes in the perception of deviance, legalization of marijuana; Islam vs. secularism in France, new forms of socialization, heteronormative and essentialist language related to sex and gender, intersections of social class and other identities, the prison industrial complex, informal sharing economies, atheism, and more.
New text boxes include:
Young Saudis Find Freedom in their Phones
How One Stupid Tweet Blew Up Justine Sacco’s Life
School-to-Prison Pipeline
India’s Reproductive Assembly Line
Workers Feel Pain of Layoffs
Like Prohibition, the fight over guns is about something else
Micro-aggression and Changing Moral Cultures
Praise for A Contemporary Introduction to Sociology
"Treats sociology as a living, vibrant discipline. The book is a masterful synthesis written in a style that is at once sophisticated, engaging, and accessible."
Peter Kivisto, Augustana College
"Alexander and Thompson have produced the modern textbook we have all been waiting forcomprehensive and coherent, but above all intelligent. Designed to make teaching sociology unproblematic, the book is the ideal combination of theory, evidence, and accessibility."
Bryan S. Turner, editor of The Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology
"Sets new standards in speaking directly to students of the most significant recent developments in sociology and social changes they are living. It shows how inspiring the sociological imagination can be in areas like media, sexuality, gender relations, inequality, and globalization.
Lyn Spillman, University of Notre Dame
"A truly contemporary sociology, one that mines the classics of sociology for insights into a profoundly changed, postmodern world. Most important, the book reminds us of sociology’s capacity to surprise."
Francesca Polletta, University of California–Irvine
"An extraordinary textbook that synthesizes a wealth of sociological studies. The book is engaging and readable, key concepts are clearly defined, and important theories are succinctly explicated. I highly recommend it to students and faculty alike."
William Julius Wilson, Harvard University
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781594512704 |
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Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Publication date: | 01/28/2008 |
Series: | The Yale Cultural Sociology Series |
Edition description: | Older Edition |
Pages: | 656 |
Product dimensions: | 7.50(w) x 9.75(h) x 1.19(d) |
About the Author
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).