Sociological Footprints

Sociological Footprints

Explore some of today's most important social issues, such as violence, welfare reform, technology globalization, and terrorism, with the 76 sociology readings in SOCIOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS.

Author: Leonard Cargan

Publisher:

ISBN: 0534085385

Category: Sociology

Page: 462

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Explore some of today's most important social issues, such as violence, welfare reform, technology globalization, and terrorism, with the 76 sociology readings in SOCIOLOGICAL FOOTPRINTS. You'll find classical, contemporary, popular and multicultural articles in each chapter that demonstrate a wide range of perspectives. Each article is proceeded by a short introductory essay, a series of guideline questions and a list of glossary terms.
Categories: Sociology

Sociological Footprints

Sociological Footprints

-Back cover. The primary objective of [the text] is to provide a link between theoretical sociology and everyday life by presenting actual samples of both classic and current sociological studies.-Pref.

Author: Leonard Cargan

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Company

ISBN: CORNELL:31924091732341

Category: Social Science

Page: 484

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[This text] helps you apply sociological perspectives to real-life situations. [It includes] topic [on] politics, economics, education, deviance, socialization, cultural stratification. [It] includes samples of the most current research and the most relevant classic studies - showing you how sociological wisdom is applied practically everywhere in our society and in you everyday life. [It also] includes: articles on such topics as sports, health, gender, homosexuality, macro-sociology, and international development.-Back cover. The primary objective of [the text] is to provide a link between theoretical sociology and everyday life by presenting actual samples of both classic and current sociological studies.-Pref.
Categories: Social Science

Narrating the Everyday

Narrating the Everyday

Pp. 103-105 in Sociological Footprints: Introductory Readings in Sociology, edited by Jeanne H. Ballantine and Leonard Cargan. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth. Kain, Edward L. 1994. “Some Sociological Aspects of HIV Disease.

Author: Asta Rau

Publisher: UJ Press

ISBN: 9781928424192

Category: Social Science

Page: 468

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The chapters in this book reflect on the practice of using narratives to understand individual and social reality. They all reveal dimensions of the same concrete reality: contemporary society of Central South Africa. Except for two, all the chapters originated from research in the program The Narrative Study of Lives, situated in the Department of Sociology at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Each chapter opens a window on an aspect of everyday life in Central South Africa. Each window displays the capacity of the narrative as a methodological tool in qualitative research to open up better understandings of everyday experience. The chapters also reflect on the epistemological journey towards unwrapping and breaking open of meaning. Narratives are one of many tools available to sociologists in their quest to understand and interpret meaning. But, when it comes to deep understanding, narratives are particularly effective in opening up more intricate levels of meaning associated with emotions, feelings, and subjective experiences.
Categories: Social Science

Working with Rural Communities Participatory Action Research in Kenya

Working with Rural Communities Participatory Action Research in Kenya

Contributions of Social Science to Innovation Productivity in Cargan Leonard and Jeanne H. Ballantine; Sociological Footprints: Introductory Readings in Sociology. Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing Company.

Author: Chitere, Orieko P.

Publisher: University of Nairobi Press

ISBN: 9789966846884

Category: Social Science

Page: 378

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This book addresses itself to mobilisation and involvement of rural people in development projects. It describes an imperfect but, nonetheless, exciting and thought-provoking exercise that drew social science researchers and students from four public universities in Kenya into an experiment in participatory research, community education and development in two locations. The experiment was grounded on the assumptions that the people of Kenya are a primary resource and that given proper roles and contribution of planners, researchers and programme implementers, self-sustainable development can become a reality. The contributors of this book have focused on the potential of the university to facilitate participation of the people in development. They have given specific suggestions on how this might be accomplished.
Categories: Social Science

Society in Focus

Society in Focus

An Introduction to Sociology William E. Thompson, Joseph V. Hickey, Mica L. Thompson ... Globalization: The Transformation of Social Worlds, 2nd ed. ... Sociological Footprints: Introductory Readings in Sociology, 6th ed.

Author: William E. Thompson

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield

ISBN: 9781538116234

Category: Social Science

Page: 654

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Society in Focus: An Introduction to Sociology, Ninth Edition, is intended for the introduction to sociology course taught at the freshman/sophomore level.
Categories: Social Science

Urban Geography in America 1950 2000

Urban Geography in America  1950 2000

Brinkerhoff, D. B. and White, L. K., 1985, Sociology: An Introduction. St. Paul, MN: West Publishing, 500–502, ... Cargan, L. and Ballantine, J. H., editors, 1979, Sociological Footprints: Introductory Readings in Sociology.

Author: Brian J.L Berry

Publisher: Routledge

ISBN: 9781134728589

Category: Social Science

Page: 404

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First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Categories: Social Science

Our Social World

Our Social World

Introduction to Sociology Jeanne H. Ballantine, Keith A. Roberts, Kathleen Odell Korgen. Brunswick, NJ: Transaction. Strauss, Valerie. 2011. “ACT Scores Show Problems With College Readiness.” The Washington Post, August 17.

Author: Jeanne H. Ballantine

Publisher: SAGE Publications

ISBN: 9781506362069

Category: Social Science

Page: 1451

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Inspire your students to develop their sociological imaginations in Our Social World. Focused on deep learning rather than memorization, this book encourages readers to analyze, evaluate, and apply information about the social world; to see the connection between the world and personal events from a new perspective; and to confront sociological issues on a day-to-day basis. Organized around the "Social World Model”, a conceptual framework used across chapters to see the complex links between various micro- to macro-levels of the social system, students will develop the practice of using three levels of analysis, and to view sociology as an integrated whole, rather than a set of discrete subjects.
Categories: Social Science

Encyclopedia of Social Problems

Encyclopedia of Social Problems

2007. “Influences of Gender Socialization and Athletic Involvement on the Occurrence of Eating Disorders.” Pp. 81–90 in Sociological Footprints: Introductory Readings in Sociology, 10th ed., edited by L. Cargan and J. H. Ballantine.

Author: Vincent N. Parrillo

Publisher: SAGE Publications

ISBN: 9781452265926

Category: Social Science

Page: 1208

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Social problems affect everyone. Because so many actual and potential problems confront us, it is often difficult to decide which ones affect us most severely. Is it the threat of death or injury during a terrorist attack? Is it the threat caused by industrial pollution that may poison us or destroy our physical environment? Or does quiet but viciously damaging gender, age, class, racial, or ethnic discrimination have the most far-reaching effect? Do the problems of cities affect us if we live in the suburbs? Do poorer nations' problems with overpopulation affect our quality of life? The Encyclopedia of Social Problems offers an interdisciplinary perspective into many social issues that are a continuing concern in our lives, whether we confront them on a personal, local, regional, national, or global level. With more than 600 entries, these two volumes cover all of the major theories, approaches, and contemporary issues in social problems and also provide insight into how social conditions get defined as social problems, and the ways different people and organizations view and try to solve them. Key Features · Provides as comprehensive an approach as possible to this multifaceted field by using experts and scholars from 19 disciplines: anthropology, biology, business, chemistry, communications, criminal justice, demography, economics, education, environmental studies, geography, health, history, languages, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, and women's studies · Presents a truly international effort with contributors from 17 countries: Argentina, Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, New Zealand, Romania, Scotland, Turkey, and the United States · Addresses social problems that are fairly new, such as computer crimes and identity theft, and others that are centuries old, such as poverty and prostitution · Examines social problems differently from place to place and from one era to another · Explains the perspectives and foundations of various social theories and offers different lenses to view the same reality Key Themes · Aging and the Life Course · Community, Culture, and Change · Crime and Deviance · Economics and Work · Education · Family · Gender Inequality and Sexual Orientation · Health · Housing and Urbanization · Politics, Power, and War · Population and Environment · Poverty and Social Class · Race and Ethnic Relations · Social Movements · Social Theory · Substance Abuse Readers investigating virtually any social problem will find a rich treasure of information and insights in this reference work, making it a must-have resource for any academic library.
Categories: Social Science

American Families in Crisis

American Families in Crisis

Sociological Footprints: Introductory Readings in Sociology, 10th ed. Belmont, CA: Thomson Higher Education. Carp, F. M. 2000. Elder Abuse in the Family: An Interdisciplinary Model for Research. New York: Springer.

Author: Jeffrey S. Turner

Publisher: ABC-CLIO

ISBN: 9781598841640

Category: Families

Page: 332

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Explores a wide variety of issues related to familyies in America.
Categories: Families