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“leonard beeghley”

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  • The Emergence of Sociological Theory

    by Leonard Beeghley, Jonathan H. Turner, Charles H. Powers ...
    This scholarly text covers the first one hundred years of sociological theorizing, from 1830 to 1930, focusing primarily on Comte, Spencer, Marx, Weber, Simmel, Durkheim, and Mead. The authors provide an in-depth examination of these early sociological theorists with biographical background, analysis of key works, major influences, and critical insights. They answer the question, "What do these ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • What Does Your Wife Do?

    Gender And The Transformation Of Family Life

    by Leonard Beeghley ...
    In the past, a woman would routinely be asked what her husband did for a living. Increasingly, a man is likely to be asked what his wife does for a living. It's a small switch, but it signifies a revolution in gender roles and family life. Leonard Beeghley uses historical and international data to explain the dramatic changes in the way women and men organize their lives together.Beeghley looks at ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Structure of Social Stratification in the United States

    by Leonard Beeghley ...
    This book distills out of the rich vein of sociological research some of what is known about the structure of stratification in the United States. It emphasizes the importance of power for understanding the structure of stratification. ... Read more

    $190.00 USD

  • Angles Of Vision

    How To Understand Social Problems

    by Leonard Beeghley ...
    Angles of Vision is a compact text that provides students with basic information about social problems and teaches them a strategy for understanding these issues. Students learn how to distinguish between individual and structural analyses and the importance of placing issues in a historical and international context to gain a clearer understanding. In so doing, students come to appreciate that ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Homicide

    A Sociological Explanation

    by Leonard Beeghley ...
    The American homicide rate remains dramatically higher than that in other Western nations. News of a murder has become a routine event. How do we explain such high levels of lethal violence in the world's leading democracy?Echoing Durkheim's Suicide, this book focuses on one important phenomenon to explain larger currents in American society. Leonard Beeghley examines the historical and cross ... Read more

    $38.89 USD

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    American Families and the Nostalgia Trap

    by Stephanie Coontz ...
    **The classic, myth-shattering history of the American family.“The Way We Never Were effectively demolishes the normal, traditional nuclear family as neither normal nor traditional, and not even nuclear.” ―Nation**Leave It to Beaver was not a documentary, a man’s home has never been his castle, the “male breadwinner marriage” is the least traditional family in history, and rape and sexual assault ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

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  • Colorblind

    The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity

    by Tim Wise ...
    Series series City Lights Open Media
    How "colorblindness" in policy and personal practice perpetuate racial inequity in the United States today.Following the civil rights movement, race relations in the United States entered a new era.Legal gains were interpreted by some as ensuring equal treatment for all and that "colorblind" policies and programs would be the best way forward. Since then, many voices have called for an end to ... Read more

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  • Against the Wall

    Poor, Young, Black, and Male

    by Cornel West ...
    Series series The City in the Twenty-First Century
    Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic TitleTypically residing in areas of concentrated urban poverty, too many young black men are trapped in a horrific cycle that includes active discrimination, unemployment, violence, crime, prison, and early death. This toxic mixture has given rise to wider stereotypes that limit the social capital of all young black males.Edited and with an ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • The Subject of Care

    Feminist Perspectives on Dependency

    Edited by Ellen K. Feder, Eva Feder Kittay ...
    Series series Feminist Constructions
    All people spend a considerable portion of their lives either as dependents or the caretakers of dependents. The fact of human dependency-a function of youth, severe illness, disability, or frail old age-marks our lives, not only as those who are cared for, but as those who engage in the work of caring. In spite of the time, energy and resources-material and emotional, social and individual-that ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Losing Ground (10th Anniversary Edition)

    American Social Policy, 1950-1980

    by Charles Murray ...
    This classic book serves as a starting point for any serious discussion of welfare reform. Losing Ground argues that the ambitious social programs of the1960s and 1970s actually made matters worse for its supposed beneficiaries, the poor and minorities. Charles Murray startled readers by recommending that we abolish welfare reform, but his position launched a debate culminating in President ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Rewards of Punishment

    A Relational Theory of Norm Enforcement

    by Christine Horne ...
    The Rewards of Punishment describes a new social theory of norms to provide a compelling explanation why people punish. Identifying mechanisms that link interdependence with norm enforcement, it reveals how social relationships lead individuals to enforce norms, even when doing so makes little sense.This groundbreaking book tells the whole story, from ideas, to experiments, to real-world ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Inequality

    A Contemporary Approach to Race, Class, and Gender

    by Lisa A. Keister, Darby E. Southgate ...
    Inequality: A Contemporary Approach to Race, Class, and Gender offers a comprehensive introduction to the topics animating current sociological research focused on inequality. Contemporary, engaging, and research-oriented, it is the ideal text to help undergraduate students master the basic concepts in inequality research and gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which race, class, and gender ... Read more

    $43.49 USD