Sociology 101 for All Walks of Life
Edition: 1
Copyright: 2020
Pages: 44
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This little gem is for students who are new to Sociology - the study of life in human societies - and are looking for a quick, helpful and inspiring guide to this enormous subject. It's also a fabulous resource for anyone wanting to understand the world around them and contribute to positive change. Completely innovative, this primer will ready you for Sociology in a heartbeat, building on more than two decades of passionately exposing thousands of university students to this enthralling and deeply relevant discipline.
Preface
Who is this e-text for?
To start off: social distance, social capital
Caveat
Introduction
The Sociological Imagination
More on the Sociological Imagination
The Sociological Imagination’s Three Basic Versions
Symbolic Interactionism
Structural Functionalism and Conflict Theories
Durkheim’s social theory and theory of suicide
Conflict Theory
Circling Back and Moving Forward into Social Change: Max Weber
Social and Cultural Change and Social Movements
Culture
Human Culture’s Importance and Difference
Social isolation
Socialization
Attachment Theory
Acting Out
Labelling Theory
George Mead: The Symbolic Interactionist Development of the Self
Erving Goffman and Dramaturgy
Michael Foccault and Surveillance Society
Stratification
Stratification, Economic Class, and Rationalization
Stratification, Race, and Ethnicity
Stratification and Gender
Population, Urbanization, and Environment
Thomas Malthus
Demographic Transition Theory
What are we to do?
Conclusion
Mark Durieux (PhD) is a veteran university sociology instructor who came to the knowledge and craft of Sociology later in life after academic training in Education and Social Work. Mark gets, then, the critical importance of sociology in human service and in making this precious Earth a better, sustainable home. He is deeply committed to sociology's democratization. Co-author (along with Robert Stebbins) of "Social Entrepreneurship for Dummies," Mark is also authoring a forthcoming primer on Environmental Sociology to be published by Kendall Hunt.