Appropriate for courses in social inequality or social stratification. Courses are usually found in sociology departments, but sometimes also in history, philosophy, political science, and economics departments. Social Inequality in...
Sociology
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Author:Summary:Social and Political Philosophy: Classic and Contemporary Readings is a comprehensive reader that offers a carefully balanced perspective of modern-day social and political philosophy, and the ways in which classic thought has shaped it...
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Author:Pink, SarahSummary:The study of everyday life is fundamental to our understanding of modern society. This book provides a coherent, interdisciplinary way to engage with everyday activities and environments. Arguing for an innovative, ethnographic approach...
- Author:Brown, MonicaSummary:
Inspired by the #1 New York Times bestseller She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton and Alexandra Boiger comes a chapter book series about women who spoke up and rose up against the odds?including Diana Taurasi! When Diana Taurasi was a girl...
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Author:Parr, JoySummary:Our bodies are archives of sensory knowledge that shape how we understand the world. If our environment changes at an unsettling pace, how will we make sense of a world that is no longer familiar? One of Canada's premier historians...
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Weaves together classic, contemporary, and cross-cultural articles to showcase the many different perspectives sociology offers across a diverse variety of topics. Classic articles provide sociological statements of recognized...
- Author:Jean-François, Ouellet, Taillefer, AlexandreSummary:
Au volant de son taxi, le chauffeur se confie à son client: son métier n'est plus du tout ce qu'il était. Alors qu'il y a à peine dix ans, son taxi avait à son bord un passager payant le tiers du temps, les clients se...
- Author:McHugh, PeterSummary:
Peter McHugh (1929-2010) was an internationally known sociologist within the field of anti-positivist social theory. As the only collection of McHugh's sole-authored writings, Redefining the Situation presents a comprehensive yet...
- Author:King, PerrySummary:
From basketball hoops to cricket bats, the role community sports play in our cities and how crucial they are to diversity and inclusion. 'The virus exposed how we live and work. It also revealed how we play, and what we lose when...
- Author:Hartt, MaxwellSummary:
At 5 percent, Canada's population growth was the highest of all G7 countries when the most recent census was taken. But only a handful of large cities drove that growth, attracting human and monetary capital from across the country...
- Author:Kropotkin, PeterSummary:
Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution is a book by Peter Kropotkin on the subject of mutual aid, written while he was living in exile in England. It was first published by William Heinemann in London in October 1902. The individual chapters...
- Author:Arsenault, KerriSummary:
"This is a listen for anyone interested in small-town America, how it's changed, and why it matters...Though Arsenault may not be a professional narrator, her passion for these important stories comes through with just the right amount...
- Author:Cotter, JohnSummary:
A devastating account of the author's experience with the debilitating condition known as Ménière's Disease that sheds urgent, bracingly honest light on both the taboos surrounding disability and the limits of medical...
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Author:Weiss, Robert StuartSummary:Learning From Strangers is the definitive work on qualitative research interviewing. It draws on Robert Weiss's thirty years of experience in interviewing and teaching others how to do it. The most effective interviews, says Weiss, rely...
- Author:Thuram, LilianSummary:
Essai coup poing de Lilian Thuram qui dévoile le mécanisme du racisme et la pensée qui le nourrit et le reproduit. Résumé Ce livre revisite certains pans de l'histoire : les conquêtes coloniales, l'esclavage, les empires, le...
- Author:Huston, NancySummary:
Ce petit livre – dont le titre provient de la sagesse traditionnelle bantoue – rassemble dix-huit textes de Nancy Huston, écrits pour la plupart au printemps 2020, alors que la pandémie de la COVID-19 se répand dans le monde entier. D...
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Author:Springer, JaneSummary:"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them." -- Globe and Mail Some...
- Author:Coleman, James SamuelSummary:
Suggests a new approach to describing both stability and change in social systems by linking the behavior of individuals to organizational behavior.
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Author:White, James M.Summary:Presents an introduction to theories of the family. This title balances the diversity and richness of a broad scope of scholarly work with the conciseness needed for ease of use in a one-semester course for upper-division undergraduate...
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Author:Ericksen, Thomas HyllandSummary:Eriksen (social anthropology, U. of Oslo) surveys his field's theories and treatments on the construction of ethnicity and nations, comparing and evaluating their respective claims. The work was written to serve as a core text for...
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