Bøger af Professor of Sociology

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Edited by Peter J. Kivisto, this acclaimed collection of accessible primary source readings enables students to experience "firsthand" a wide range of perspectives that are shaping current sociological theory. Now in its sixth edition, Social Theory: Roots and Branches covers both classical theory (the roots) and contemporary theory (the branches) and shows how they are linked.

An updated version of Collins's Three Sociological Traditions (OUP 1985), this book presents a concise intellectual history of sociology organized around the development of 4 classic schools of thought: the conflict tradition of Marx and Weber, the ritual solidarity of Durkheim, the micro-interactionist tradition of Mead, Blumer and Garfinkel, and the utilitarian/rational choice tradition.

America's Four Gods is an unprecedented investigation into what average Americans think about God. Utilizing survey data and in-depth interviews, Froese and Bader demonstrate how Americans have four distinct conceptions of God and how these different Gods lie at the heart of the major social, moral, and political divisions in our country.

This volume investigates the effect of globalisation on the world's major cities through an exploration of both the economic and cultural dimensions associated with this phenomenon. It produces a detailed and multi-faceted picture of these cities, covering leading urban centres such as London, New York, Tokyo, and Paris, and other cities as well.

Now in its seventh edition, The Study of Social Problems uses seven sociological perspectives-social pathology, social disorganization, value conflict, deviant behavior, labeling, the critical perspective, and social constructionism-to examine social problems.

This text offers a fuller and deeper view of America's quality of life, gathering together statistical information on such factors as the well-being of America's children and youth, the accessibility of health care, the quality of education, or the adequacy of housing.

Taking issue with contemporary trivializations of the self, this book traces a course of development from the early pragmatists who formulated what they called the "empirical self" to contemporary constuctionist views of the storied self.