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CR1014: Introduction to Sociology(Academic year 2017-2018)
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Term 1 (117 items)
Textbooks (7 items)There is no one set text for this course. If you want a general textbook to get anidea of what Sociology covers then the following is recommended:
Sociology - James Fulcher, John Scott, 2011Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | There are several earlier editions that you can
buy second-hand
For a more detailed discussion of much of the material covered in the first term thefollowing is recommended:
Perspectives in Sociology - E. C Cuff et al, 2006Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Again, there are several earlier editions
available
Perspectives in sociology - E. C. Cuff, W. W. Sharrock, D. W. Francis, MyiLibrary, 2006Book | Suggested for Student Purchase
For a particularly imaginative introduction to sociology, you could try Fevre and Bancroft's'textbook with a twist'. It's a fictional account of an undergraduate sociologist coming toterms with theory:
Dead White Men and Other Important People: Sociology's Big Ideas - Ralph Fevre, AngusBancroft, 2010
Book | Suggested for Student Purchase
Information on many of the Sociologists discussed in the first term can be found atthe Dead Sociologists Index: http://media.pfeiffer.edu/lridener/DSS/
Week 1: The Sociological Imagination (11 items)
Key Reading (3 items)
The Sociological Imagination - C. Wright Mills, 2000Book | Essential | Chapter 1: 'The Promise’
The Sociological Imagination - C. Wright Mills, 2000Book | Essential | Chapter 1: 'The Promise’.
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The relevant section can be found at http://www.lclark.edu/~goldman/socimagination.html
Introductory Reading (1 items)
All textbooks have a genereral introductory 'What is Sociology?' section or chapter. Anywill give you an overview of the discipline.
Further Reading (7 items)
Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective - Peter L. Berger, 1963Book | Further | Chapter 4 & 5
Perspectives in Sociology - E. C Cuff et al, 2006Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Chapter 1
Perspectives in Sociology - E.C. Cuff et al, 2006 (electronic book)Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Chapter 1
A Short History of Society - Mary Evans, 2006Book | Further | Chapter 1
A Short History of Society: The Making of the Modern World - Mary Evans, 2006Book | Further | Chapter 1
Theorizing Classical Sociology - Larry J. Ray, 1999Book | Further | Chapters 2 & 3
A Short History of Sociological Thought - Alan Swingewood, 2000Book | Further | Chapter 1
Week 2: Marx’s Social Theory (18 items)
Key Reading (2 items)
You need to read Marx and Engel's The Communist Manifesto for the Seminar. There arenumerous copies in the library, available either as stand-alone texts or in the variouscollections of Marx'swritings. You can also get it online at http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1848/communist-manifesto/index.htm
The Communist Manifesto - Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, 2008Book | Essential
Introductory Reading (10 items)
All introductory textbooks have a discussion of Marx's thought. These are particularlygood:
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Perspectives in Sociology - E. C Cuff et al, 2006Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Part 1, Chapter 2
Perspectives in Sociology - E.C. Cuff et al, 2006 (electronic book)Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Part 1, Chapter 2
Sociology - James Fulcher, John Scott, 2011Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Short section on Marx
There are many general overviews of Marx's life and writings a couple of the best are:
Karl Marx, His Life and Thought - David McLellan, 1973Book | Recommended
Marx: A Very Short Introduction - Peter Singer, 2000Book | Recommended
Marx: A Very Short Introduction - Peter Singer, 2000Book | Recommended
For those who what to gain a greater understanding of Marx, Engels and the times inwhich they lived, try:
Karl Marx - Francis Wheen, 1999Book | Recommended
Further Reading (6 items)
Marx in His Own Words - Ernst Fischer et al, 1973Book | Further | Relevant sections include 1, 2, 6.
Karl Marx - Bob Jessop, 2007Chapter | Further
Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim andMax Weber - Anthony Giddens, 1971
Book | Further | Chapters 1 & 2
Sociological Lives and Ideas - Fred C. Pampel, 2007Book | Further | Chapter 1
Theorizing Classical Sociology - Larry J. Ray, 1999Book | Further | Chapter 7
A Short History of Sociological Thought - Alan Swingewood, 2000Book | Further | Chapter 2
Week 3: Marx’s Analysis of Capitalism (9 items)
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Key Readings (3 items)
Estranged Labour - Karl Marx, 2011Chapter | Essential
available online at http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1844/manuscripts/labour.htm
Marx in His Own Words - Ernst Fischer et al, 1973Book | Essential | Sections 3-5
Further Reading (6 items)
Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim andMax Weber - Anthony Giddens, 1971
Book | Further | Part 1
Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right - Karl Marx, 2012Book | Further | Introduction
A Short History of Sociological Thought - Alan Swingewood, 2000Book | Further | Chapter 2
Marx: A Very Short Introduction - Peter Singer, 2000Book | Further
Marx: A Very Short Introduction - Peter Singer, 2000Book | Further
Religion and Social Theory - Bryan S. Turner, 1991Book | Further | Chapter 3
Week 4: Durkheim, Social Facts and the Sociology of Suicide (12 items)
Key Reading (4 items)
Classic and Contemporary Readings in Sociology - Ian Marsh (ed.) et al, 1998Book | Essential | Durkheim, E ‘The Social Suicide Rate’ and ‘The Observation of Social
Facts’
Classic and Contemporary Readings in SociologyBook | Essential | Durkheim, E ‘The Social Suicide Rate’ and ‘The Observation of Social
Facts’
The Rules of Sociological Method - Emile Durkheim, 1982Book | Essential | Chapter 1: ‘What is a Social Fact?’
You can also access the relevant part online at http://media.pfeiffer.edu/lridener/DSS/Durkheim/SOCFACT.HTML
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Introductory Reading (3 items)
Perspectives in Sociology - E. C Cuff et al, 2006Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Part 1, Chapter 4
Perspectives in Sociology - E.C. Cuff et al, 2006 (electronic book)Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Part 1, Chapter 4
Sociology - James Fulcher, John Scott, 2011Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Short section on Durkheim
Further Reading (5 items)
Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim andMax Weber - Anthony Giddens, 1971
Book | Further | Part 2 chpts 5,6,8
Durkheim - Anthony Giddens, 1978Book | Further | Chapter 2
Emile Durkheim: His Life and Work: A Historical and Critical Study - Steven Lukes, 1975Book | Further | Chapter 7
Sociological Lives and Ideas - Fred C. Pampel, 2007Book | Further | Chapter 2
A Short History of Sociological Thought - Alan Swingewood, 2000Book | Further | Chapter 3
Week 5: Durkheim on Society and Religion (14 items)
Key Reading (3 items)
The Role of Religion - Emile Durkheim, 1998Chapter | Essential
The Role of Religion - Emile Durkheim, 1998 (electronic book)Chapter | Essential
Theorizing Classical Sociology - Larry J. Ray, 1999Book | Essential | Chapter 5
Introductory Reading (5 items)
Perspectives in Sociology - E. C Cuff et al, 2006Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Part 1, Chapter 4
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Perspectives in Sociology - E.C. Cuff et al, 2006 (electronic book)Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Part 1, Chapter 4
Sociology - James Fulcher, John Scott, 2011Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Short section on Durkheim also a brief
discussion of his view on Religion in section 'Understanding Religion'
There are several short overviews of Durkheim's life and work, the best of which is:
Durkheim - Anthony Giddens, 1978Book | Recommended
Further Reading (6 items)
Sociological insight: an introduction to non-obvious sociology - Randall Collins, 1992Book | Further
Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim andMax Weber - Anthony Giddens, 1971
Book | Further | Part 2, chapters 5,6,8
Emile Durkheim: His Life and Work: A Historical and Critical Study - Steven Lukes, 1975Book | Further | Chapter 7
Sociological Lives and Ideas - Fred C. Pampel, 2007Book | Further | Chapter 2
Emile Durkheim - Whitney Pope, 2007Chapter | Further
A Short History of Sociological Thought - Alan Swingewood, 2000Book | Further | Chapter 3
Week 6 Reading week – No lectures or seminars
Week 7: Weber’s Approach to Sociological Theory I (12 items)
Key Reading (3 items)
You can find a variety of Weber's writing at:
http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~felwell/Theorists/Weber/Whome.htm
In particular look at "Definition of Sociology".
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism - Max Weber, 2002Book | Essential | Dip into but concentrate on chapters 1 & 2
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism - Max Weber, 2012Book | Essential | Dip into but concentrate on Chapters 1 & 2
Introductory Reading (3 items)
Perspectives in Sociology - E. C Cuff et al, 2006Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Part 1, Chapter 3
Perspectives in Sociology - E.C. Cuff et al, 2006 (electronic book)Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Part 1, Chapter 3
Sociology - James Fulcher, John Scott, 2011Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Short section on Weber
Further Reading (6 items)
Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim andMax Weber - Anthony Giddens, 1971
Book | Further | Part 3, Chapters 10 and 11
Sociological Lives and Ideas - Fred C. Pampel, 2007Book | Further | Chapter 3
Max Weber - Frank Parkin, 2002Book | Further
Theorizing Classical Sociology - Larry J. Ray, 1999Book | Further | Chapter 8
Max Weber - L.A. Scaff, 2007Chapter | Further
A Short History of Sociological Thought - Alan Swingewood, 2000Book | Further | Chapter 4
Week 8: Weber’s Approach to Sociological Theory II (12 items)
Key Reading (3 items)
You can find a variety of Weber's writing at:
http://www.faculty.rsu.edu/~felwell/Theorists/Weber/Whome.htm
In particular look at "Definition of Sociology". Dip into the Protestant Ethic–butconcentrate on Chapters 1 & 2.
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The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism - Max Weber, 2002Book | Essential | concentrate on Chapters 1 & 2
The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism - Max Weber, 2012Book | Essential | concentrate on Chapters 1 & 2
Introductory Reading (3 items)
Perspectives in Sociology - E. C Cuff et al, 2006Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Part 1, Chapter 3
Perspectives in Sociology - E.C. Cuff et al, 2006 (electronic book)Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Part 1, Chapter 3
Sociology - James Fulcher, John Scott, 2011Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Short section on Weber
Further Reading (6 items)
Capitalism and Modern Social Theory: An Analysis of the Writings of Marx, Durkheim andMax Weber - Anthony Giddens, 1971
Book | Further | Part 3, Chapters 10 and 11
Sociological Lives and Ideas - Fred C. Pampel, 2007Book | Further | Chapter 3
Max Weber - Frank Parkin, 1988Book | Further
Theorizing Classical Sociology - Larry J. Ray, 1999Book | Further | Chapter 8
Max Weber - L.A. Scaff, 2007Chapter | Further
A Short History of Sociological Thought - Alan Swingewood, 2000Book | Further | Chapter 4
Week 9: Parsonian Sociology (9 items)
Key Readings (3 items)
Some Principles of Stratification - Kingsley Davis, Wilbert E. Moore, 1945Article | Essential
The Family in Urban-Industrial America - T. Parsons, 1971Chapter | Essential
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The Talcott Parsons Reader - Talcott Parsons, Bryan S. Turner (ed.), 1999Book | Essential | Read Introduction
Introductory Reading (4 items)
Perspectives in Sociology - E. C Cuff et al, 2006Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Part 2, Chapter 5
Perspectives in Sociology - E.C. Cuff, W.W. Sharrock, D.W. Francis, 2006 (electronic book)Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Part 2, Chapter 5
Sociology - James Fulcher, John Scott, 2011Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | pp.42-47, pp.748-49
A Short History of Sociological Thought - Alan Swingewood, 2000Book | Recommended | Chapter 6
Further Reading (2 items)
Talcott Parsons - Robert Holton, 2008Chapter | Further
The Family, Politics and Social Theory - D. H. J. Morgan, 1985Book | Further | Chapter 7
Week 10: The Chicago School (6 items)
Key Readings (4 items)
Perspectives in Sociology - E. C Cuff et al, 2006Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Chapter 6
Perspectives in Sociology - E.C. Cuff et al, 2006 (electronic book)Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Chapter 6
Sociological Lives and Ideas - Fred C. Pampel, 2007Book | Essential | Chapter 5
The Chicago School of Sociology: Institutionalization, Diversity, and the Rise of SociologicalResearch - Martin Bulmer, 1986
Book | Essential | Chapters 6-7
Further Reading (2 items)
The Growth of the City - Ernest W. Burgess, 1996Chapter | Further
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The Dilemma of Qualitative Method: Herbert Blumer and the Chicago Tradition - MartynHammersley, 1989
Book | Further | Chapter 3
Week 11: Interaction Theories (7 items)
Key Readings (3 items)
Perspectives in Sociology - E. C Cuff et al, 2006Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Chapters 6 & 7
Perspectives in Sociology - E.C. Cuff, W.W. Sharrock, D.W. Francis, 2006 (electronic book)Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Chapters 6 & 7
Sociological Lives and Ideas - Fred C. Pampel, 2007Book | Essential | Chapter 5
Further Reading (4 items)
Asylums - Erving Goffman, 2007Book | Further | Chapter on ‘the Moral Career of the Mental Patient’
OR
The Goffman Reader - Erving Goffman (ed) et al, 1997Book | Further | Chapter 6
Conversation Analysis - J. Heritage, 1992Chapter | Further
Term 2 (139 items)
Course Textbooks (3 items)
You may find it useful to purchase your own copy of the following text:
Sociology - James Fulcher, John Scott, 2011Book | Suggested for Student Purchase
There are also many earlier editions available in the Bedford library. Many books are alsoavailable on Google-books:
https://support.google.com/books/answer/43725?hl=en
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Journals (14 items)
The following journals are particularly useful for the course. They can be accessed viaRoyal Holloway library:
SociologyJournal | Recommended
Sociological Research OnlineJournal | Recommended
The British Journal of SociologyJournal | Recommended
Ethnic and Racial StudiesJournal | Recommended
Ethnic and Racial Studies (On-line)Journal | Recommended
Sociology of Health and IllnessJournal | Recommended
Sociology of Health and Illness (On-line)Journal | Recommended
Social Science and MedicineJournal | Recommended
Body and SocietyJournal | Recommended
Cultural SociologyJournal | Recommended
Science & Technology StudiesJournal | Recommended
Journal of Gender StudiesJournal | Recommended
Journal of Consumer CultureJournal | Recommended
1. Health, Medicine and Society (18 items)
Key Reading (3 items)
Sociology - James Fulcher, John Scott, 2011
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Book | Suggested for Student Purchase | Part 2, Chapter 8 – ‘Body, Health and Medicine’
The Body and Social Theory - Chris Shilling, 2003Book | Essential | Chapters 1 & 2
The Body and Social Theory - Chris Shilling, 2003Book | Essential | Chapters 1 & 2
Further Reading (15 items)
Dysmorphology and the Spectacle of the Clinic - Katie Featherstone et al, 2005Article | Further
The Body: Social Process and Cultural Theory - Mike Featherstone (ed.) et al, 1990Book | Further
The Birth of the Clinic - Michel Foucault, 1973Book | Essential
The Birth of the Clinic - Michel Foucault, 2003Book | Essential
Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age - Anthony Giddens,1991
Book | Further | Introduction and Chapter 5
Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age - Anthony Giddens,1991
Book | Further | Introduction and Chapter 5
Asylums: Essays on the Social Situation of Mental Patients and Other Inmates - ErvingGoffman, 2007
Book | Essential
Rewriting Bodies, Portraiting Persons? the New Genetics, the Clinic and the Figure of theHuman - Joanna Latimer, 2013
Article | Further
The Culture of Narcissism: American Life in an Age of Diminishing Expectations -Christopher Lasch, 1978
Book | Further
Changing Bodies: Habit, Crisis and Creativity - Chris Shilling, 2008Book | Further
The Body in Culture, Technology and Society - Chris Shilling, 2005Book | Further
The Body and Society. Explorations in Social Theory - Bryan S. Turner, 1996Book | Further
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The Body and Society. Explorations in Social Theory - Bryan S. Turner, 2008Book | Further
Regulating Bodies: Essays in Medical Sociology - Bryan S. Turner, 1992Book | Further
Regulating Bodies: Essays in Medical Sociology - Bryan S. Turner, 1992Book | Further
2. The Sociology of the Professions (12 items)
Key Reading (5 items)
The Sociology of the Professions - Keith M. MacDonald, 1995Book | Essential | Chapter 1
The Sociology of the Professions - Keith M. Macdonald, 1995Book | Essential | Chapter 1
The Rise of Professionalism: A Sociological Analysis - Magali Sarfatti Larson, 1979Book | Essential | Introduction and Chapter 1
Defining a Profession: The Role of Knowledge and Expertise - Mike Saks, 2012Article | Essential
Also available at: https://journals.hioa.no/index.php/pp
Further Reading (7 items)
The System of Professions: An Essay on the Division of Expert Labor - Andrew DelanoAbbott, 1988
Book | Further
Some Problems in the Sociology of the Professions - Bernard Barber, 1963Article | Further
Professionalism: Value and Ideology - Julia Evetts, 2013Article | Further
Professional Powers: a Study of the Institutionalization of Formal Knowledge - EliotFreidson, 1986
Book | Further
Professional Dominance: The Social Structure of Medical Care - Eliot Freidson, 1970Book | Further
Profession of Medicine: A Study of the Sociology of Applied Knowledge - Eliot Freidson,1988
Book | Further
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Removing the Blinkers? a Critique of Recent Contributions to the Sociology of Professions -Mike Saks, 1983
Article | Further
3. Consumption and Society (15 items)
Key Reading (1 items)
Consumer Culture - Celia Lury, 2011Book | Essential | Introduction, and Chapter 1 & 2
Further Reading (14 items)
Consuming Life - Zygmunt Bauman, 2007Book | Further | Introduction and Chapter 1
Consuming Life - Zygmunt Bauman, 2007Book | Further | Introduction and Chapter 1
Consumption and Lifestyles - Robert Bocock, 1992Chapter | Further
Consumption - Robert Bocock, 1993Book | Further | Chapters 1-3
Consumption - Robert Bocock, 1993Book | Further | Chapters 1-3
Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age - Anthony Giddens,1991
Book | Further | Introduction and Chapter 1, 2 & 3
Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age - Anthony Giddens,1991
Book | Further | Introduction and Chapter 1, 2 & 3
Consumer Culture - Celia Lury, 2011Book | Further
Consumerism as a Way of Life - Steven Miles, 1998Book | Further | Chapters 1-3
Consumerism as a Way of Life - Steven Miles, 1998Book | Further | Chapters 1-3
Social Theory in the Real World - Steven Miles, 2001Book | Further | Chapter 4
Consumption and its Consequences - Daniel Miller, 2012
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Book | Further
Consumption and its Consequences - Daniel Miller, 2012Book | Further
The Consumer Society Reader - Juliet Schor, Douglas B. Holt (eds.), 2000Book | Further
4. Risk and Society (13 items)
Key Reading (1 items)
Risk Society: Towards a New Modernity - Ulrich Beck, 1992Book | Essential | Introduction and Chapter 1
Further Reading (12 items)
Individualization: Institutionalized Individualism and Its Social and Political Consequences -Ulrich Beck, Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim, 2002
Book | Further
Conversations with Ulrich Beck - Ulrich Beck, Johannes Willms, 2008Book | Further
World at Risk - Ulrich Beck, 2009Book | Further
Risk and Society - David Denney, 2005Book | Further
Risk and Society - David Denney, 2005Book | Further
Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age - Anthony Giddens,1991
Book | Further
Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age - Anthony Giddens,1991
Book | Further
Runaway World: How Globalization is Reshaping Our Lives - Anthony Giddens, 2003Book | Further
Runaway World: How Globalization is Reshaping Our Lives - Anthony Giddens, 2002Book | Further
Ulrich Beck: A Critical Introduction to the Risk Society - Gabe Mythen, 2004Book | Further
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Ulrich Beck: A Critical Introduction to the Risk Society - Gabe Mythen, 2004Book | Further
Understanding the Risk Society: Crime, Security and Justice - Gabe Mythen, 2014Book | Further
5. Social Interaction, Technology and Everyday Life (13 items)
Key Reading (3 items)
Sociology - Anthony Giddens, Philip W. Sutton, 2009Book | Essential | Chapter 7: Social Interaction in Everyday Life
Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age - Anthony Giddens,1991
Book | Essential | Introduction and Chapter 5
Modernity and Self-Identity: Self and Society in the Late Modern Age - Anthony Giddens,1991
Book | Essential | Introduction and Chapter 5
Further Reading (10 items)
The Cybercultures Reader - David Bell, Barbara M. Kennedy, 2007Book | Further
An Introduction to Cybercultures - David Bell, 2001Book | Further
An Introduction to Cybercultures - David Bell, 2001Book | Further
The Rise of the Network Society - Manuel Castells, 2010Book | Further
The Rise of the Network Society - Manuel Castells, 2010Book | Further
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life - Erving Goffman, 1990Book | Further
The Managed Heart: Commercialization of Human Feeling - Arlie Russell Hochschild, 2012Book | Further
Tales from Facebook - Daniel Miller, 2011Book | Further
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other - SherryTurkle, 2011
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Book | Further
Video Games and the Cerebral Subject: On Playing Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - PasiValiaho, 2014
Article | Further
6. Reading week – no lecture or seminars
7. Sociology of Deviance 1: Social Structure and Deviance (8 items)
Key Reading (1 items)
Social Structure and Anomie - Robert K. Merton, 1938Article | Essential
Further Reading (7 items)
Contemporary British Society - Nicholas Abercrombie et al, 2000Book | Further | Chapter 16 (a textbook introduction)
Outsiders: Studies in the Sociology of Deviance - Howard S. Becker, 1997Book | Further | In particular chpt., 8 Moral Entrepeneurs
Understanding Deviance: A Guide to the Sociology of Crime and Rule-Breaking - David M.Downes, Paul Elliott Rock, 2011
Book | Further | In particular look at the chapter on Anomie
Social Deviance - Stuart Henry, 2009Book | Further | Chpt. 2
Theories of Delinquency: An Examination of Explanations of Delinquent Behavior - DonaldJ. Shoemaker, 2005
Book | Further | Chpt. 5
Theories of Delinquency: An Examination of Explanations of Delinquent Behavior - DonaldJ. Shoemaker, 2010
Book | Further | Chpt. 5
Deviance: The Interactionist Perspective - Earl Rubington, Martin S. Weinberg, 1987Book | Further | In particular look at the section “the rise & nature of deviant
subcultures.”
8. Sociology of Deviance 2: Youth Culture as a Form of Deviance (13items)
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Key Reading (1 items)
Media & crime - Yvonne Jewkes, 2015Book | Essential | Chapter 3: ‘Media and Moral Panics’
Further Reading (12 items)
Folk Devils and Moral Panics: The Creation of the Mods and Rockers - Stanley Cohen, 2002Book | Further | The classic study
The Subcultures Reader - Sarah Thornton (ed.), Ken Gelder (ed.), 1997Book | Further | great collection dip into the bits that interest you
The Subcultures Reader - Ken Gelder (ed.), 2005Book | Further | 2nd edition of the collection above.
Resistance Through Rituals: Youth Subcultures in Post-War Britain - Stuart Hall, TonyJefferson (eds.), 1991
Book | Further | One of the most influential books written on youth culture – look at theethnographic chapters.
Resistance Through Rituals: Youth Subcultures in Post-War Britain - Stuart Hall, TonyJefferson (eds.), 2006
Book | Further | One of the most influential books written on youth culture – look at theethnographic chapters.
Subculture: The Meaning of Style - Dick Hebdige, 1988Book | Further | incredibly influential book
Subculture: The Meaning of Style - Dick Hebdige, 1988Book | Further | incredibly influential book
Youth Crime & Youth Culture - Tim Newburn, 2012Chapter | Further
Hooligan: A History of Respectable Fears - Geoffrey Pearson, 1983Book | Further
Moral Panics - Kenneth Thompson, 1998Book | Further | Chpts. 1,2,3,7
Subcultural Theory. - J. Patrick Williams, 2011Book | Further | Chpt., 6 Labels & Moral Panics
Subcultural Theory - J. Patrick Williams, 2011Book | Further | Chpt., 6 Labels & Moral Panics
9. Feminism, Gender and Sociology (14 items)
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Key Reading (1 items)
Doing Gender - Candace West, Don H. Zimmerman, 1987Article | Essential
Further Reading (13 items)
Inclusive Masculinity: The Changing Nature of Masculinities - Eric Anderson, 2012Book | Further
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity - Judith Butler, 2006Book | Further
Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity - Judith Butler, 1999Book | Further
Gender in Modern Britain - Nickie Charles, 2002Book | Further | especially chapter 1
Gender and Everyday Life - Mary Holmes, 2009Book | Further
Gender, Culture and Society: Contemporary Femininities and Masculinities - Mairtin Mac anGhaill, Chris Haywood, 2007
Book | Further
Gender and Everyday Life - Mary Holmes, 2009Book | Further
Gender, Culture and Society: Contemporary Femininities and Masculinities - Mairtin Mac anGhaill, Chris Haywood, 2007
Book | Further
Gender and Popular Culture - Katie Milestone, Anneke Meyer, 2012Book | Further
The Ann Oakley Reader: Gender, Women and Social Science - Ann Oakley, 2005Book | Further
Introducing Gender and Women's Studies - Diane Richardson, Victoria Robinson, 2008Book | Further
"Just Like a Girl": How Girls Learn to be Women - Sue Sharpe, 1994Book | Further
Accounting for Doing Gender - Candace West, Don H. Zimmerman, 2009Article | Further
10. Race and Ethnicity in Modern Society (11 items)
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Key Reading (2 items)
Racisms: An Introduction - Steve Garner, 2010Book | Essential | Chapter 1
Super-Diversity and Its Implications - Steven Vertovec, 2007Article | Essential
Further Reading (9 items)
Theories of Race and Racism: A Reader - Les Back, John Solomos, 2007Book | Further
Race and Ethnicity in the 21st Century - Alice Bloch, John Solomos, 2010Book | Further
Multicultural Horizons: Diversity and the Limits of the Civil Nation - Anne-Marie Fortier,2008
Book | Further
Ethnicity - R Mason, 2000Chapter | Further
Multicultural Politics: Racism, Ethnicity, and Muslims in Britain - Tariq Modood, 2005Book | Further
Theories of Race and Ethnicity: Contemporary Debates and Perspectives - 2015Book | Further
Race, Ethnicity and Difference: Imagining the Inclusive Society - Peter Ratcliffe, 2004Book | Further
Race and Racism in Britain - John Solomos, 2003Book | Further
Race and Racism in Britain - John Solomos, 2003Book | Further
11. Course Overview (5 items)
This session draws together the key themes from the course and provides guidance onrevision and exam preparation.
The following textbooks are useful starting points for revision; however, you should consultoriginal theoretical accounts and research studies where possible:
Sociology - James Fulcher, John Scott, 2011
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Book | Suggested for Student Purchase
Sociology - Anthony Giddens, Philip W. Sutton, 2009Book | Recommended
Being Sociological - Steve Matthewman et al (eds), 2007Book | Recommended
Sociology: A Global Introduction - John J. Macionis, Kenneth Plummer, 2012Book | Recommended
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