Full Description
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.
Contents
Annotated Table of Contents
Introduction and Acknowledgments
Changes to the Second Edition
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
Yung-Yi Diana Pan
Part 3: What Divides Us?
5. Race and Intersectionality
Janine Kay Gwen Chi
6. Class and Intersectionality
Brian Obach
7. Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectionality
Amalia Leguizamón
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
Alex S. Vitale
Index/Glossary
