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.
The State of Sex: Tourism, Sex and Sin in the New American Heartland
1st Edition
By Barbara Brents, Crystal Jackson, Kathryn Hausbeck
December 15, 2009
The State of Sex is a study of Nevada’s brothels that situates the nation's only legal brothel industry in the political economy of contemporary tourism. Nevada is part of the "new American heartland," as its pastimes, people, and politics have become more central to the nation. The rise of a ...
Watching TV Is Not Required: Thinking About Media and Thinking About Thinking
1st Edition
By Bernard McGrane, John Gunderson
October 21, 2009
This book uses a social world–today's undergraduate students' ubiquitous everyday experience of television–as a vehicle for helping awaken students to the true possibilities for learning and their responsibilities inherent in achieving those goals. The book also introduces students to the social ...
Violence Against Women: Vulnerable Populations
1st Edition
By Douglas A. Brownridge
January 15, 2009
Violence Against Women: Vulnerable Populations investigates under-researched and underserved groups of women who are particularly vulnerable to violent victimization from an intimate male partner. In the past, there has been an understandable reluctance to address this issue to avoid stereotyping ...
Hoop Dreams on Wheels: Disability and the Competitive Wheelchair Athlete
1st Edition
By Ronald Berger
September 12, 2008
Hoop Dreams on Wheels is a life-history study of wheelchair athletes associated with a premier collegiate wheelchair basketball program. The book, which grapples with the intersection of biography and history in society, situates the study in broader context with background on the history and ...
GIS and Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences: Coding, Mapping, and Modeling
1st Edition
By Robert Nash Parker, Emily K. Asencio
July 10, 2008
This is the first book to provide sociologists, criminologists, political scientists, and other social scientists with the methodological logic and techniques for doing spatial analysis in their chosen fields of inquiry. The book contains a wealth of examples as to why ...
Political Justice and Religious Values
1st Edition
By Charles Andrain
May 28, 2008
Why do individuals and groups hold distinctive theological views? Why do these beliefs change? In what ways do theological interpretations influence concepts of spiritual and political justice? How and why do these concepts of justice affect policy preferences held by religious liberals and ...