Ten Lessons in Introductory Sociology

by Gould, Kenneth A.; Lewis, Tammy L.

• ISBN13: 9780190663865
• ISBN10: 0190663863
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2017-06-30
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Designed to introduce students to key concepts and methods in sociology and to engage them in critical thinking, Ten Lessons in Introductory Sociology provides a brief and valuable overview to four major questions that guide the discipline:

* Why sociology?
* What unites us?
* What divides us?
* How do societies change?

Deftly balancing breadth and depth, the book makes the study of sociology accessible, relevant, and meaningful. Contextualizing the most important issues, Ten Lessons helps students discover "the sociological imagination" and what it means to be part of an engaged public discourse.

Author Biography

Kenneth A. Gould is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and Professor of Sociology and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Tammy L. Lewis is Professor of Sociology at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York and Professor of Sociology and Earth and Environmental Sciences at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Gould and Lewis are coeditors of Thirty Readings in Introductory Sociology, Second Edition (OUP, 2016).

Table of Contents

Annotated Table of Contents
Introduction and Acknowledgments
About the Contributors
List of Tables
List of Figures
List of Boxes

Part 1: Why Sociology?

1. The Sociological Imagination, Kenneth A. Gould and Tammy L. Lewis

2. Theory and Methods, Tammy L. Lewis

Part 2: What Unites Us?

3. Socialization and Culture, Stella M. Capek

4. Social Institutions, Naomi Braine

Part 3: What Divides Us?

5. Race and Intersectionality, Janine Kay Gwen Chi

6. Class and Intersectionality, Brian Obach

7. Gender, Sexuality and Intersectionality, Nancy A. Naples

Part 4: How Do Societies Change?

8. Forces of Social Change, Jason Konefal

9. Global Dynamics, Kenneth A. Gould

10. Public Sociology: The Task and the Promise, Michael Burawoy

Index
Glossary