The New Urban Sociology
Title | The New Urban Sociology PDF eBook |
Author | Michael T. Ryan |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 411 |
Release | 2018-05-04 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0429974035 |
Widely recognized as a groundbreaking text, The New Urban Sociology is a broad and expert introduction to urban sociology that is both relevant and accessible to the student. A thought leader in the field, the book is organized around an integrated paradigm (the sociospatial perspective) which considers the role played by social factors such as race, class, gender, lifestyle, economics, culture, and politics on the development of metropolitan areas. Emphasizing the importance of space to social life and real estate to urban development, the book integrates social, ecological and political economy perspectives and research through a fresh theoretical approach. With its unique perspective, concise history of urban life, clear summary of urban social theory, and attention to the impact of culture on urban development, this book gives students a cohesive conceptual framework for understanding cities and urban life. In this thoroughly revised 5th edition, authors Mark Gottdiener, Ray Hutchison, and Michael T. Ryan offer expanded discussions of created cultures, gentrification, and urban tourism, and have incorporated the most recent work in the field throughout the text. The New Urban Sociology is a necessity for all courses on the subject.
Sociology
Title | Sociology PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Giddens |
Publisher | Polity |
Pages | 1121 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Ecology |
ISBN | 074563379X |
This updated edition provides an ideal teaching text for first-year university and college courses.
Sociology, Work and Industry
Title | Sociology, Work and Industry PDF eBook |
Author | Tony Watson |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 440 |
Release | 2002-09-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1134784805 |
First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights
Title | Handbook of Sociology and Human Rights PDF eBook |
Author | David L. Brunsma |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 585 |
Release | 2015-10-23 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1317258398 |
Long the province of international law, human rights now enjoys a renaissance of studies and new perspectives from the social sciences. This landmark book is the first to synthesize and comprehensively evaluate this body of work. It fosters an interdisciplinary, international, and critical engagement both in the social study of human rights and the establishment of a human rights approach throughout the field of sociology. Sociological perspectives bring new questions to the interdisciplinary study of human rights, as amply illustrated in this book. The Handbook is indispensable to any interdisciplinary collection on human rights or on sociology. This text: Brings new perspectives to the study of human rights in an interdisciplinary fashion. Offers state-of-the-art summaries, critical discussions of established human rights paradigms, and a host of new insights and further research directions. Fosters a comprehensive human rights approach to sociology, topically representing all 45 sections of the American Sociological Association.
Handbook of Population
Title | Handbook of Population PDF eBook |
Author | Dudley L. Poston |
Publisher | Springer Science & Business Media |
Pages | 914 |
Release | 2006-04-26 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0387231064 |
This comprehensive handbook provides an overview and update of the issues, theories, processes, and applications of the social science of population studies. The volume's 30 chapters cover the full range of conceptual, empirical, disciplinary, and applied approaches to the study of demographic phenomena. This book is the first effort to assess the entire field since Hauser and Duncan's 1959 classic, The Study of Population. The chapter authors are among the leading contributors to demographic scholarship over the past four decades. They represent a variety of disciplines and theoretical perspectives as well as interests in both basic and applied research.
The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care
Title | The Sociology of Health, Illness, and Health Care PDF eBook |
Author | Rose Weitz |
Publisher | Wadsworth Publishing Company |
Pages | 506 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN |
Traditionally, medical sociology texts have been written from a medical perspective, focusing primarily on health issues as they have been defined by doctors, and often reading much like health education textbooks. Weitz, instead, adopts a critical perspective, sometimes challenging medical perspectives, sometimes raising broader issues beyond those of interest to the medical world. This perspective, which is more thoroughly sociological, is now more common among instructors than the older medical perspective.
An Invitation to Environmental Sociology
Title | An Invitation to Environmental Sociology PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Mayerfeld Bell |
Publisher | SAGE Publications |
Pages | 513 |
Release | 2015-07-01 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 1452275785 |
“This is not only the best environmental sociology text I’ve used, but it is the best text of any type I’ve used in college-level teaching.” –Dr. Cliff Brown, University of New Hampshire Join author Mike Bell and new co-author Loka Ashwood as they explore “the biggest community of all” and bring out the sociology of environmental possibility. The highly-anticipated Fifth Edition of An Invitation to Environmental Sociology delves into this rapidly changing and growing field in a clear and artful manner. Written in a lively, engaging style, this book explores the broad range of topics in environmental sociology with a personal passion rarely seen in sociology books. The Fifth Edition contains new chapters entitled “Money and Markets,” “Technology and Science,” and “Living in An Ecological Society.” In addition, this edition brings in fresh material on extraction between core and periphery countries, the industrialization of agriculture, the hazards of fossil fuel production, environmental security, and making environmentalism normal.