Sociology Re-Wired
About the Book Series
This innovative series is for all readers interested in books that provide frameworks for making sense of the complexities of contemporary social life. Each of the books in this series uses a sociological lens to provide current critical and analytical perspectives on significant social issues, patterns and trends. The series consists of books that integrate the best ideas in sociological thought with an aim toward public education and engagement. These books are designed for use in the classroom as well as for scholars and socially curious general readers.
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides?: Abortion, Assisted Dying, Capital Punishment, and Torture
3rd Edition
By Sheldon Ekland-Olson
October 26, 2017
Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Decides? looks at several of the most contentious issues in many societies. The book asks, whose rights are protected? How do these rights and protections change over time, and who makes those decisions? This book explores the fundamentally sociological processes which ...
Getting Married: The Public Nature of Our Private Relationships
1st Edition
By Carrie Yodanis, Sean Lauer
September 19, 2016
In Getting Married, Carrie Yodanis and Sean Lauer examine the social rules and expectations that shape our most personal relationships. How do couples get together? How do people act when they’re married? What happens when they’re not? Public factors influence our private relationships. From ...
Sociological Perspectives on Sport: The Games Outside the Games
1st Edition
Edited
By David Karen, Robert Washington
March 10, 2015
Sociological Perspectives on Sport: The Games Outside the Games seeks not only to inform students about the sports world but also to offer them analytical skills and the application of theoretical perspectives that deepen their awareness and understanding of social processes linking sports to the ...
Gender Circuits: Bodies and Identities in a Technological Age
2nd Edition
By Eve Shapiro
February 02, 2015
The new edition of Gender Circuits explores the impact of new technologies on the gendered lives of individuals through substantive sociological analysis and in-depth case studies. Examining the complex intersections between gender ideologies, social scripts, information and biomedical technologies...
Migration, Incorporation, and Change in an Interconnected World
1st Edition
By Syed Ali, Doug Hartmann
January 22, 2015
Written in engaging and approachable prose, Migration, Incorporation, and Change in an Interconnected World covers the bulk of material a student needs to get a good sense of the empirical and theoretical trends in the field of migration studies, while being short enough that professors can easily ...
Life and Death Decisions: The Quest for Morality and Justice in Human Societies
2nd Edition
By Sheldon Ekland-Olson
November 12, 2014
Issues of Life and Death such as abortion, assisted suicide, capital punishment and others are among the most contentious in many societies. Whose rights are protected? How do these rights and protections change over time and who makes those decisions? Based on the author’s award-winning and hugely...
Understanding Deviance: Connecting Classical and Contemporary Perspectives
1st Edition
By Tammy L. Anderson
January 28, 2014
In this collection of 48 reprinted and completely original articles, Tammy Anderson gives her fellow instructors of undergraduate deviance a refreshing way to energize and revitalize their courses. [36 are reprints; 12 are original to this text/anthology] First, in 12 separate sections, she ...
Religion in Today's World: Global Issues, Sociological Perspectives
1st Edition
By Melissa Wilcox
December 06, 2013
Religion is a major force in contemporary society. It is also one of the least understood social and political influences on individuals and communities. In this innovative collection of original essays and classic readings, experts explore the significance of contemporary religiosity: as a source ...
The Senses in Self, Society, and Culture: A Sociology of the Senses
1st Edition
By Phillip Vannini, Dennis Waskul, Simon Gottschalk
October 10, 2013
The Senses in Self, Society, and Culture is the definitive guide to the sociological and anthropological study of the senses. Vannini, Waskul, and Gottschalk provide a comprehensive map of the social and cultural significance of the senses that is woven in a thorough analytical review of classical,...
Surviving Dictatorship: A Work of Visual Sociology
1st Edition
By Jacqueline Adams
March 07, 2012
Written as a book for undergraduate students as well as scholars, Surviving Dictatorship is a work of visual sociology and oral history, and a case study that communicates the lived experience of poverty, repression, and resistance in an authoritarian society: Pinochet’s Chile. It focuses on ...
Stargazing: Celebrity, Fame, and Social Interaction
1st Edition
By Kerry O. Ferris, Scott R. Harris
December 20, 2010
The sociology of fame and celebrity is at the cutting edge of current scholarship in a number of different areas of study. Stargazing highlights the interactional dynamics of celebrity and fame in contemporary society, including the thoughts and feelings of stars on the red carpet, the thrills and ...
Sociologists Backstage: Answers to 10 Questions About What They Do
1st Edition
By Sarah Fenstermaker, Nikki Jones
November 08, 2010
Published social science rarely gives real attention to the actual doing of research, making the process appear magical, or at least self-evident and simple. This book is intended to right the balance by illuminating the craft and the choices made as the research process unfolds for the sociologist...