Sociology
Color Lines and Racial Angles
Paperback
Assembling the most provocative, productive new thinking on race in one volume.
The Social Side of Politics
Paperback
Assembling the most provocative new thinking on politics and political processes.
Crime and the Punished
Paperback
An essential introduction to how sociologists think about and research crime and punishment.
The Mismatched Worker
Paperback
In this provocative new study, Arne L. Kalleberg examines how the now-common expectation that a career should at once provide fulfillment, challenge, meaning, and financial success is creating a growing number of “mismatched” workers—workers who fit poorly with their employers or careers.
Breaking the Bowls: Degendering and Feminist Change
Paperback
In Breaking the Bowls, the sequel to Paradoxes of Gender, Judith Lorber shows the cracks, anomalies, and resistances that are breaking down the gendered social order in Western post-industrial societies and lays out how we can take this process further by deliberate degendering.