Sociology

Anthony Giddens is the former Director of the London School of Economics and Political Science and is now a member of the UK House of Lords. Philip W. Sutton is an independent researcher, formerly of the University of Leeds and Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen.

Introduction: The Sociological Perspective 1. Sociology as the Science of Social Life W.E.B. Du Bois 2. The Promise of Sociology C. Wright Mills 3. Sociology as the Study of Figurations: Beyond Individual and Society? Norbert Elias 4. Decolonizing Sociology Raewyn Connell 5. Understanding Ourselves and Others Zygmunt Bauman & Tim May Further Reading PART 1 Thinking Sociologically 6. The Capitalist Revolution Karl Marx & Friedrich Engels 7. Tastes, Distinctions and Social Structure Pierre Bourdieu 8. Learning from the Outsiders Within Patricia Hill Collins 9. The Consequences of Modernity Anthony Giddens 10. Sociology after the Postcolonial Turn Gurminder K. Bhambra Further Reading PART 2 Doing Sociology 11. Treat Social Facts as Things mile Durkheim 12. Sociology's Historical Imagination Philip Abrams 13. Mixing Methods in Empirical Research Emma Pullen, Daniel Jackson & Michael Silk 14. Digital Sociology: Opportunities and Dangers Noortje Marres 15. What is Feminist Research? Patricia Leavy & Anne Harris Further Reading PART 3 Environment and Urbanism 16. The Metropolis and Mental Life Georg Simmel 17. A Sociology of Climate Change John Urry 18. Navigating the 'White Space' Elijah Anderson 19. Urban Transitions in the Global South AbdouMaliq Simone & Edgar Pieterse 20. Entering an Anthropocene Era? Rolf Lidskog & Claire Waterton Further Reading PART 4 Structures of Society 21. Religion and the Origins of Capitalism Max Weber 22. The Feminization of Work Teri L. Caraway 23. Families and Personal Life Deborah Chambers & Pablo Gracia 24. Schools: Challenging or Reproducing Social Inequalities? Christy Kulz 25. Capitalism and the Digital Revolution Shoshana Zuboff Further Reading PART 5 Social Inequalities 26. Intersectionality: Structural and Political Kimberl Crenshaw 27. Producing Disability and Abledness Fiona Kumari Campbell 28. Wealth Concentration and Inequality Thomas Piketty 29. Racial Distinctions and Social Structures Michael Banton 30. 'Doing Gender' via Domestic Labour Clare Lyonette & Rosemary Crompton Further Reading PART 6 Relationships and the Life Course 31. I, Me and the Social Self George Herbert Mead 32. Towards a Sociology of Personal Life Carol Smart 33. Love as a Sociological Problem Eva Illouz 34. From the Life Cycle to the Life Course Stephen J. Hunt 35. The Significance of Generational Experience Lorraine Green Further Reading PART 7 Interaction and Communication 36. Self Presentation and Impression Management Erving Goffman 37. Violence in Sociological Perspective Randall Collins 38. Misogyny, Beauty and Body Modification Sheila Jeffreys 39. Constructing and Negotiating Social Identity Susie Scott 40. Knowledge Production in a Post-Truth World Dominic Malcolm Further Reading PART 8 Health, Illness and the Body 41. The Medical Re-definition of Social Life Peter Conrad 42. Does Inequality Cause Poor Health Outcomes? Richard Wilkinson & Kate Pickett 43. Challenging the Dominance of Biomedicine Sarah Nettleton 44. Health and Illness in Sociological Perspective William C. Cockerham 45. The Exceptional and the Normal After COVID-19 Jens O. Zinn Further Reading PART 9 Crime and Social Control 46. The Social Construction of Outsiders Howard S. Becker 47. The Shifting Politics of Punishment David Garland 48. Race, Blackness and Exclusion in the USA Loc Wacquant 49. The Digital Transformation of Criminality David S. Wall 50. Back to the Future: The Return of Banishment Katherine Beckett & Steve Herbert Further Reading PART 10 Political Sociology 51. Co