Discusses the idea of "public sociology," wherein students come to understand the connections between sociology, democracy, and civic engagement.
Listen to “'Hope's Boy,' a Memoir of Childhood in Foster Care” at http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=68349288, and then answer the following questions: 1. What is the position in the economic institution of most people ...
Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life [With The Engaged Sociologist 2/E]
This brief edition of David Newman's Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life provides introductory sociology students an inviting, accessible introduction to the fascinating world of sociology and the sociological imagination ...
Brings the subject matter of sociology to life for students. Linking theory and practice, this textbook explores how sociological knowledge is used in the community to fight for social change and justice.
Our Social World, Condensed Version In this brief text, two leaders of the Teaching Sociology movement help students develop their sociological imaginations by teaching them to role-take within their global society, allowing them to ...
Oft-cited studies of life in public housing depict residents as on the defensive, attempting to protect themselves from surrounding and increasingly internal human and physical threats (Newman, 1972; Popkin, Gwiasda, Olson, Rosenbaum ...
The book is designed for instructors who want to expose students to some original scholarship in their first sociology course, but who do not want to adopt a comprehensive reader along with the core text they are using.
In this book, noted scholars examine the impact of social class on the racial identity of multiracial Americans, in highly readable essays, from a range of sociological perspectives.
“Recent Changes in U.S.Family Finances:Evidence from the 2001 and 2004 Survey of Consumer Finances”by Bucks,Brian K.,Arthur B.Kennickell,and Kevin B.Moore (with Gerhard Fries and A. Michael Neal). 2006.
This book highlights the variety of ways in which sociology brings about social change in community settings, assists nonprofit and social service organizations in their work, and influences policy at the local, regional, and national ...