Introduction - The Sociological Perspective 1 Private Troubles, Public Issues C. Wright-Mills 2 The Scope of Sociology Anthony Giddens 3 What is Sociology For? Richard Jenkins Further Reading Part 1 Theories of Society 4 Human History as Class Conflict Karl Marx 5 From Mechanical to Organic Solidar...ity Emile Durkheim 6 Structuring Patriarchal Societies Sylvia Walby 7 Intimations of Postmodernity Zygmunt Bauman 8 Riding the Juggernaut of Modernity Anthony Giddens Further Reading Part 2 Research Methods 9 Quantitative versus Qualitative Methods? Alan Bryman 10 What is a Social Survey? Alan Buckingham and Peter Saunders 11 Researching Individual Lives Barbara Merrill and Linden West 12 Sociology’s Historical Imagination Philip Abrams 13 Participant Observation / Observant Participation Loïc Wacquant Further Reading Part 3 Natural and Urban Environments 14 Individuality in the Modern City Georg Simmel 15 Creating Humane Cities Richard Sennett 16 The Global City Saskia Sassen 17 A New Ecological Paradigm for Sociology Riley E. Dunlap 18 A Politics for Global Warming Anthony Giddens Further Reading Part 4 Institutions and Organizations 19 The Spirit of Capitalism Max Weber 20 The Essence of Religion Emile Durkheim 21 Families in Global Perspective Göran Therborn 22 The Hidden Curriculum - A Teacher’s View John Taylor Gatto 23 Work in the Next Industrial Revolution Alan S. Blinder Further Reading Part 5 Social Inequalities 24 What is Social Stratification? Wendy Bottero 25 Woman - The Second Sex? Simone De Beauvoir 26 Intersecting Inequalities Patricia Hill Collins 27 The Rise, Fall and Rise of Social Class Rosemary Crompton 28 The Social Model of Disability Colin Barnes and Geof Mercer and Tom Shakespeare Further Reading Part 6 Relationships and the Life-course 29 Life Cycle or Life Course? Stephen Hunt 30 Social Constructions of Sexuality Jeffrey Weeks 31 The Normal Chaos of Love Ulrich Beck and Elisabeth Beck-Gernsheim 32 Ageing and Ageism Bill Bytheway 33 The Loneliness of the Dying Norbert Elias Further Reading Part 7 Interaction and Communication 34 Presenting the Self in Social Life Erving Goffman 35 Throwing Like a Girl Iris Marion Young 36 Hollywood’s Misrepresentation of Arabs Jack G. Shaheen 37 The Internet Galaxy James Slevin 38 Building Virtual Communities Howard Rheingold Further Reading Part 8 Health and the Body 39 Defending Parsons’ Sick Role Bryan S. Turner 40 What Makes Women Sick? Lesley Doyal 41 The Experience of Illness and Recovery Mike Bury 42 The Problem with Medicine Ivan Illich 43 Sociology and the Body Chris Shilling Further Reading Part 9 Crime and Deviance 44 The Normality of Deviance Emile Durkheim 45 Crime as a Deviant Adaptation Robert Merton 46 The Birth of the Prison Michel Foucault 47 Principles of Restorative Justice John Braithwaite 48 How Serious are ‘Cybercrimes’? David S. Wall Further Reading Part 10 Political Sociology 49 Defining Power Steven Lukes 50 New Wars in a Global Age Mary Kaldor 51 The Social Movement Society? David S. Meyer and Sidney Tarrow 52 The New Terrorism Walter Laqueur 53 Cosmopolitan Democracy Daniele Archibugi Further Reading