Bibliography of sociology explained
This bibliography of sociology is a list of works, organized by subdiscipline, on the subject of sociology. Some of the works are selected from general anthologies of sociology, while other works are selected because they are notable enough to be mentioned in a general history of sociology or one of its subdisciplines.[1]
Sociology studies society using various methods of empirical investigation to understand human social activity, from the micro level of individual agency and interaction to the macro level of systems and social structure.[2] [3] [4]
Foundations
See also: History of sociology and Max Weber bibliography.
Durkheim
See main article: Émile Durkheim.
- 1893. [''[[The Division of Labour in Society]]].[10]
- 1897. [''[[Suicide (Durkheim book)|Suicide: A Study in Sociology]]].[11]
- 1912. [''[[The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life]]].[13]
- 1919. [''[[The Rules of Sociological Method]]].[14]
Culture
- Bourdieu, Pierre. 1979. La distinction: Critique sociale du jugement [''[[Distinction (book)|Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste]]].
- Bourdieu, Pierre, and Jean-Claude Passeron.1970. La Reproduction. Éléments pour une théorie du système d'enseignement [Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture].[15]
- Katz, Jack. 1988. Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doing Evil.[16]
- Schultz, Alfred. 1967. Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt [''The Phenomenology of the Social world''].
Economy
Economic sociology attempts to explain economic phenomena. While overlapping with the general study of economics at times, economic sociology chiefly concentrates on the roles of social relations and institutions.[17]
- Boltanski, Luc, and Ève Chiapello. 2005. The New Spirit of Capitalism.[18]
- Boltanski, Luc, and Laurent Thévenot. 2006. On Justification. The Economies of Worth.[19]
- de Tocqueville, Alexis. 1835/1840. [''[[Democracy in America|On Democracy in America]]] 1 & 2.[20]
- — 1856. [''[[The Old Regime and the Revolution|The Old Regime and the French Revolution]]].[21]
- Durkheim, Emile. 1893. [''[[The Division of Labour in Society]]].
- Granovetter, Mark. 1985. "Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness." The American Journal of Sociology 91(3):481–510.[22]
- Hirschman, Albert O. 1982. "Rival Interpretations of Market Society: Civilizing, Destructive, or Feeble?" Journal of Economic Literature 20(4):1463–84.
- Polanyi, Karl. 1944. The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time.[23]
- Simmel, George. 1907. The Philosophy of Money.[24]
- Smelser, Neil and Richard Swedberg, eds. 2005. The Handbook of Economic Sociology.
- Weber, Max. 1922. [''[[Economy and Society]]].[25]
- White, Harrison C. 2002. Markets from Networks: Socioeconomic Models of Production.[26]
Industry
Industrial sociology is the sociology of technological change, globalization, labor markets, work organization, managerial practices and employment relations.[27] [28]
Spatial sociology
Environment
Environmental sociology studies the relationship between society and environment, particularly the social factors that cause environmental problems, the societal impacts of those problems, and efforts to solve the problems.
- Carson, Rachel. 1962. Silent Spring.[32]
- Diamond, Jared. 2006. .[33]
- Hannigan, John A. 1995. Environmental Sociology: A Social Constructionist Perspective.[34]
- Argues that a society's willingness to recognize and solve environmental problems depends more upon the way these claims are presented by a limited number of interest groups than upon the severity of the threat they pose.
- Michelson, William. 2002. Handbook of Environmental Sociology.[35]
- Provides an overview of the field of environmental sociology and its various research emphases.
- Schnaiberg, Allan, and Kenneth Alan Gould. 2000. Environment and Society: The Enduring Conflict. Caldwell.[36]
- Demonstrates how our global economy requires increasing levels of economic expansion, which in turn requires increasing withdrawals for the natural environment.
Demography
Demography is the statistical study of human population. It encompasses the study of the size, structure and distribution of these populations, and spatial and/or temporal changes in them in response to birth, migration, aging and death.
Urban
Urban sociology refers the study of social life and human interaction in metropolitan areas.
- Castells, Manuel 1972. The Urban Question: A Marxist Approach.[38]
- Delany, Samuel R. 1999. Times Square Red, Times Square Blue.[39]
- Gottdiener, Mark, and Ray Hutchison. 2000. The New Urban Sociology.[40]
- Hutter, Mark. 2007. Experiencing Cities: A Global Approach.[41]
- Jacobs, Jane. 1961. The Death and Life of Great American Cities.[42]
- "[This book] became perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning, and simultaneously helped to kill off the modern movement in architecture."[43]
- Molotch, Harvey, and John R. Logan. 1987. Urban Fortunes: The Political economy of Place.[44]
- Turned mainstream sociological opinion against the Chicago school of Human Ecology by foregrounding the influence of institutions and political settings in the growth of cities.
- Park, Robert E., and Ernest W. Burgess. 1925. The City.[45]
- Foundational text in American sociology, Chicago school, Urban sociology, and Human ecology.
- Simmel, Georg. 1903. The Metropolis and Mental Life.
Gender and Intersectionality
See main article: Sociology of gender and Intersectionality.
Knowledge
Sociology of knowledge refers to the study of the relationship between human thought and the social context within which it arises, as well as of the effects prevailing ideas have on societies.
Politics
Traditionally, political sociology has been concerned with the ways in which social trends, dynamics, and structures of domination affect formal political processes, as well as exploring how various social forces work together to change political policies.[56] Now, it is also concerned with the formation of identity through social interaction, the politics of knowledge, and other aspects of social relations.
Race and ethnicity
The sociology of race and ethnic relations refers to the study of social, political, and economic relations between races and ethnicities at all levels of society, encompassing subjects such as racism and residential segregation.
Religion
See main article: Sociology of religion. The sociology of religion concerns the role of religion in society, including practices, historical backgrounds, developments, and universal themes.[63] There is particular emphasis on the recurring role of religion in all societies and throughout recorded history.
Theory
See main article: Sociological theory. Sociological theories are complex theoretical and methodological frameworks used to analyze and explain objects of social study, which ultimately facilitate the organization of sociological knowledge.[66]
Conflict Theory
Conflict theories, originally influenced by Marxist thought, are perspectives that see societies as defined through conflicts that are produced by inequality.[67] Conflict theory emphasizes social conflict, as well as economic inequality, social inequality, oppression, and crime.
Rational Choice Theory
Rational choice theory models social behavior as the interaction of utility-maximizing individuals.
Social Exchange Theory
Social Exchange Theory models social interaction as a series of exchanges between actors who give one another rewards and penalties, which impacts and guides future behavior. George Homans' version of exchange theory specifically argues that behaviorist stimulus-response principles can explain the emergence of complex social structures.
- Blau, Peter. 1964. Exchange & Power in Social Life.
- Emerson, Richard. 1962. "Power-Dependence Theory." American Sociological Review 27(1):31-41.
- Homans, George C. 1958. "Social Behavior as Exchange." American Journal of Sociology 63(6):597-606.
- Homans, George C. 1961. Social Behavior: Its Elementary Forms.
Social Network Analysis
Making use of network theory, social network analysis is structural approach to sociology that views norms and behaviors as embedded in chains of social relations.
- Scott, John. 1991. Social Network Analysis: A Handbook.[74]
- Provides a broad introduction to the subject.
- Wasserman, Stanley, and Katherine Faust. 1994. Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications.[75]
- Presents thorough methodological coverage of the approach.
- Wellman, Barry, and S.D. Berkowitz, eds. 1988. Social Structures: A Network Approach.[76]
- Provides a readable theoretical overview of the subject using many case studies.
Sociocybernetics
Sociocybernetics is the application of systems theory and cybernetics to sociology.
- Bánáthy, Béla H. 1996. Designing Social Systems in a Changing World.[77]
- Bateson, Gregory. 1972. Steps to an Ecology of Mind: Collected Essays in Anthropology, Psychiatry, Evolution, and Epistemology.[78]
- — (1979). Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity.[79]
- Bateson, Gregory, and M. C. Bateson. 1988. Angels Fear: Towards an Epistemology of the Sacred.[80]
- László, Ervin. 1984. The Systems View of the World: The Natural Philosophy of the New Developments in the Sciences.[81]
- von Bertalanffy, Ludwig. 1968. General System Theory: Foundations, Development, Applications.[82]
- Wiener, Norbert. 1948. .[83]
Structural Functionalism
Structural functionalism is a broad perspective that interprets society as a structure with interrelated parts.
Symbolic Interactionism
Symbolic interactionism argues that human behavior is guided by the meanings people construct together in social interaction.
See also
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