Mapping The Social Landscape: Readings In Sociology

ISBN: 150636828X

Author: Ferguson, Susan J.

Condition: New

Now with SAGE Publishing, Mapping the Social Landscape: Readings in Sociology is one of the most established and widely-used anthologies for Introductory Sociology. Susan J. Ferguson selects, edits, and introduces 58 readings representing a plurality of voices and views within sociology. The selections include classic statements from great thinkers like C. Wright Mills, Karl Marx, Howard Becker, and Max Weber, as well as the works of contemporary scholars who address current social issues. Many of the readings integrate questions of diversity, helping students see the interrelationships among race-ethnicity, social class, and gender, and understand how these relationships have shaped the experiences of all people in society.New selections focus ono how Superstorm Sandy damaged social as well as physical structureso gender panics and bathroomso extreme poverty in the United Stateso transgender challenges to our understanding of gendero a Muslim American punk rock subculture that is challenging Islamophobiao lessons from the Affordable Care Acto revolutionary movements for social change