Being Sociological considers the lived experience of sociology, stressing the active nature of social life and highlighting the role that students can play in enacting social change. Fully reworked in this third edition, with five brand new chapter topics and a diverse roster of new contributors, this textbook presents a fresh take on society today.
The book encourages readers to examine both enduring challenges and their potential solutions. Dynamic learning features help students unpack key ideas from sociological theory and apply them to today's problems to cultivate their own sociological imagination. An inspiring read, this textbook will empower students to engage with sociology outside the classroom and embed it in their everyday lives.
With new contributors, fresh organisation and a vibrant student-centric focus, this third edition brings
Being Sociological fully up to date and reaffirms its place as an invaluable introduction to sociology for students new to the field.
New to this Edition:
- All chapters completely rewritten to provide a fresh overview of sociology today
- Coverage of five new chapter subjects: including social movements, urbanization, migration and sport and leisure, reflecting their centrality in modern life and in introductory sociology courses
- A focus on the SHiP framework, moving away from social categories to consider instead society's structural composition, its historical patterns and power inequalities and their interplay in individual lives
- A forward-looking, optimistic orientation, bolstered by new pedagogical features inviting students to consider pathways for change
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Curtis, Bruce: - Bruce Curtis is Head of School of Social Sciences and Professor of Sociology at the University of Waikato, New Zealand.
El-Ojeili, Chamsy: - Chamsy el-Ojeili is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social and Cultural Studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has authored, co-authored, and edited seven books, including the widely used Critical Theories of Globalization (with Patrick Hayden, 2006)
Huppatz, Kate: - Kate Huppatz is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Western Sydney, Australia.
Matthewman, Steve: - STEVE MATTHEWMAN is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Mayeda, David: - David Mayeda is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Rojek, Chris: - CHRIS ROJEK is Professor of Sociology and Culture at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He is the author of many books the most recent of which are Leisure Theory, Celebrity, Stuart Hall, and Frank Sinatra. In 2003 he was awarded the Allen V. Sapora Award for outstanding achievement in the field of Leisure Studies.
Taylor, Dylan: - Dylan Taylor is Lecturer in Sociology at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has undertaken a comprehensive study of the Occupy movement-Social Movements and De-mocracy in the 21st Century (2017)-as well as studying social movements and Left organisation in New Zealand, where he lives. Taylor is one of the founding mem-bers of Economic and Social Research Aotearoa, New Zealand's first Left-wing thinktank.
Wilding, Raelene: - Raelene Wilding is Associate Professor of Sociology at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
