Sociology

A Primer on Social Movements
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A brief, affordable introduction to collective behavior and social movements.

Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century
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A collection of new essays by an interdisciplinary team of authors that gives a comprehensive introduction to race and ethnicity.

Biography and the Sociological Imagination: Contexts and Contingencies
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Because life course sociology is an imaginative framework, Biography and the Sociological Imagination is less about "what we know" about the life...

A Sociology of Globalization
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This groundbreaking study focuses on the importance of place, scale, and nation to the study of globalization.

The Mismatched Worker
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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.


