Classic and Contemporary Readings in Sociology

by Marsh; Ian

• ISBN13: 9780582320239
• ISBN10: 0582320232
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 1998-08-03
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Classic and Contemporary Readings in Sociology introduces the reader to sociological issues, theories and debates, providing extracts of primary source material, from both classical and contemporary theorists. Theorists are examined within their historical and sociological framework and the text provides an analysis of developments in sociological thought and research. The text is divided into four main sections: Part One, Origins and Concepts, surveys the history of the discipline of sociology and examines key themes which have influenced sociological theorising and investigation, in particular, social control, culture and socialisation. Parts Two and Four, Sociological Theories and Sociological Research, include a number of readings from the founding theorists and investigators, including Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, Karl Marx, Max Weber and Charles Booth, and also include more recent theoretical writing and research approaches. The focus on theory and research is extended by a selection of readings centred around the theme of Differences and Inequalities (Part Three); these readings provide students with examples of work from an area where sociological theorising and research has been widely applied.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix	(4)
Acknowledgements	xiii
Part I Origins and Concepts	1	(50)
1 Introduction	3	(4)
2 The two revolutions	7	(6)
Robert Nisbet
3 Social control	13	(6)
Peter Berger
4 Cultural diversity (1): Religion and witchcraft	19	(6)
Edward Evans-Pritchard
5 Cultural diversity (2): Learning sex roles	25	(6)
Margaret Mead
6 Culture and civilization	31	(6)
Sigmund Freud
7 Socialisation and gender roles	37	(7)
Marianne Grabucker
8 Culture and socialisation: The role of the soap opera	44	(7)
Jack Levin
Part II Sociological Theories	51	(94)
9 Introduction	53	(8)
10 The law of human progress	61	(5)
Auguste Comte
11 The social suicide rate	66	(7)
Emile Durkheim
12 Bourgeois and proletarians: Marx's analysis of class relationships (1)	73	(6)
Karl Marx
Frederick Engels
13 The French peasantry of the mid-nineteenth century: Marx's analysis of class relationships (2)	79	(3)
Karl Marx
14 The role of religion (1)	82	(6)
Emile Durkheim
15 The role of religion (2)	88	(2)
Karl Marx
16 Verstehen and the Protestant ethic	90	(6)
Max Weber
17 Parsons and grand theory	96	(7)
C. Wright Mills
18 The development of self	103	(5)
George Herbert Mead
19 Stigma	108	(6)
Erving Goffman
20 Critical theory and human needs	114	(4)
Herbert Marcuse
21 The second sex	118	(6)
Simone de Beauvoir
22 The theory of sexual politics	124	(4)
Kate Millett
23 Black women and feminist theory	128	(4)
bell hooks
24 City cultures and postmodern lifestyles	132	(4)
Mike Featherstone
25 Disciplinary control	136	(9)
Michel Foucault
Part III Differences and Inequalities	145	(136)
26 Introduction	147	(8)
27 Changes in the structure of industrial societies since Marx	155	(9)
Ralph Dahrendorf
28 Classes in the industrial societies	164	(5)
Tom Bottomore
29 Are social classes dying?	169	(6)
Terry Clark
Seymour Lipset
30 The persistence of classes in post-industrial societies	175	(9)
Mike Hout
Clem Brooks
Jeff Manza
31 The meritocratic ideal -- unequal but fair?	184	(10)
Peter Saunders
32 Social stratification in Europe	194	(8)
Howard Davis
33 Inequalities in health	202	(8)
Peter Townsend
Nick Davidson
34 Domestic violence: A case against patriarchy	210	(8)
R. Emerson Dobash
Russell Dobash
35 Young, female and Black	218	(8)
Heidi Mirza
36 Women and the criminal justice system	226	(4)
Ann Lloyd
37 What makes women sick: Gender and health	230	(6)
Lesley Doyal
38 Images of Black women in everyday life	236	(5)
Pat Hill-Collins
39 The history of Black people in Britain	241	(7)
Peter Fryer
40 Ethnic diversity and disadvantage in Britain	248	(11)
Tariq Modood
Richard Berthoud
41 Nationalism and ethnicity	259	(7)
Michael Ignatieff
42 How the other half dies	266	(6)
Susan George
43 Sociology and disability	272	(9)
Len Barton
Part IV Sociological Research	281	(79)
44 Introduction	283	(5)
45 The observation of social facts	288	(5)
Emile Durkheim
46 Sociology and the scientific method	293	(7)
Karl Popper
47 Social surveys (1): Poverty and labour in London in the 1880s	300	(5)
Charles Booth
48 Social surveys (2): Poverty and labour in London in the 1980s	305	(4)
Peter Townsend
Paul Corrigan
Ute Kowarzik
49 Measuring wealth and poverty	309	(3)
John Scott
50 The research process: Planning social surveys	312	(6)
Sara Arber
51 Participant observation (1): Inside the British police	318	(6)
Simon Holdaway
52 Participant observation (2): Deviant lives and careers	324	(8)
Ned Polsky
53 Researching prostitutes and their clients	332	(5)
Neil McKeganey
Marina Barnard
54 Feminist principles (1): A reflexive approach	337	(4)
Liz Stanley
Sue Wise
55 Feminist principles (2): Researching sexual violence	341	(5)
Liz Kelly
56 Feminist principles (3): Research for women	346	(4)
Anna Pollert
57 The effects of social research	350	(10)
Roger Homan
References	360	(11)
Index	371