
A Contemporary Introduction to Sociology
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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).
Content
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
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