SOCIOLOGY 120 PRINCIPLES OF SOCIOLOGY: Spring 2015 Instructor: Dr. Gregg Robinson Office Hours: Tues/Thurs. 12:30 -3:00 pm Office: 54-514 B Telephone: 644-7560 Leaving Messages: Call my office number and leave a message PLUS a number to reach you. Texts: :Giddens: Essentials of Sociology 4th . REQUIREMENTS: 1. Quizzes: There are five quizzes in this class. Quizzes are multiple choice tests designed to see if you are keeping up with the reading…
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Max Weber, Karl Marx & Emile Durkheim -> the “tri force of Sociology” However, more than these three Georg Simmel: the “one man wolf pack” -Interested in studying small group dynamics “What happens when you add a person to a group?” (third wheel) -Simmel was the first person to formally define 1) Small and large groups 2) A party 3) A stranger (Chapter 4 Massey) 4) The poor -Major influence in cultural and urban sociology Karl Marx: society is organized on the economy -The economic system…
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Sexuality Sexuality is an important topic in sociology and concerns everyone. For this reason, there are a huge number of sources (legal, peer-reviewed and mainstream media) that cover topics of sexuality that are of importance. The term sexuality refers to a number of different elements of an individual. It can cover sexual orientation (homosexuality, bisexuality or heterosexuality) which are often debated due to religious and legal reasons. Additionally, there are many discussions about other…
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Bossier Parish Community College SYLLABUS Sociology 201-104 & 105 Introduction to Sociology Days and Times When the Course Meets 9:30-10:45am TR 11:00-12:15 TR Instructor: Kay Boston, Professor Office: E-113 Office Hours: 9:00-11:30am MW; 8:00-9:30am TR; 1:45-2:30pm TR Telephone: 318-678-6064 E-Mail Address: kboston@bpcc.edu Textbook: Henslin, James. Essentials of Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach. 10th Ed. Pearson: New Jersey, 2013. Software requirements: Microsoft…
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Four aspects to sociological analysis: 1. Historical factors ‐ influence of past 2. Structural factors ‐ influence of social organisation 3. Cultural factors ‐ influence of culture 4. Critical factors ‐ asking why (Evan Willis in Germov, 2014, p. 7‐8) The Sociological Imagination Historical Structural Sociological Analysis Cultural Critical 14 Personal troubles/public issues • Personal trouble: – Workplace injuries/death affect very small percentage of workforce. • Public…
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Introducing Pierre Bourdieu’s Analysis of Class, Gender and Sexuality Beverley Skeggs (from L.Adkins & B.Skeggs (2005) Feminism After Bourdieu. Oxford. Blackwell. Pierre Bourdieu died in January 2002, leaving a huge legacy of work, across a range of topics and disciplines. Although institutionally established as professor of sociology at the prestigious College de France his first substantive research was anthropological – on the Kabliya in Algeria (The Algerians 1958)1. From this he developed…
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In chapter seven of the Social Inequality book, the author scratches the surface in giving details as to who would be more prone to be against or disagree with homosexuality and gay marriage. The text revealed that “republicans, white evangelical Protestants, less educated individuals and older adults are more likely than other groups to see the trend of acceptance of gay and lesbians in a negative light” (Hurst 151). In addition to that, the most likely to view homosexuality as immoral or to believe…
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and US Immigration: Gender, Race and Boundary Crossing LALS 31107M -82942 Prof. Norma Fuentes-Mayorga Lectures: Tues, Thurs 11:00am -12:15pm Office: 6/108C NAC Classroom: 379 Shepard Hall Office Hours: 4-6pm Course description: This course explores the immigrant and integration experience of Latina women in the US and the significance of gender and race in their socioeconomic life chances. The course bridges literatures on international migration, Latino studies, gender, race and boundary crossing…
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UNIT ONE AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY: ITS PROMISE AND POWER TABLE OF CONTENTS Page UNIT ONE: INTRODUCTION An Introduction to Sociology: its Promise and Power ................................................ 1 Part A: Sociology – Defamiliarising the Familiar .............................................................. 2 1. Sociology and Common Sense............................................................................ 2 2. The Sociological Imagination: Insights, Themes and Skills…
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Chapter 1: Thinking like a Sociologist Sociological Imagination-intersection between individual lives and larger social influences Ex: connection between personal troubles (biography) and structural (public and historical) issues-if some people are unemployed, that’s a personal trouble. But if unemployment is widespread, it’s a public issue, because economic opportunities have collapsed and the problem requires solutions at the societal rather than the individual level. Auguste Comte-“father of…
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