Questioning Sociology: Canadian Perspectives - Brossura

9780195440317: Questioning Sociology: Canadian Perspectives

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ISBN 10: 0195440315 ISBN 13: 9780195440317

Casa editrice: OUP Canada, 2012

The second edition of Questioning Sociology: Canadian Perspectives offers a collection of twenty-three readings that encourage students to challenge commonplace assumptions and to reflect critically on the social world they inhabit. Contributed by prominent Canadian scholars, these readings explore provocative sociological questions and are designed to lead students into debates about key social and theoretical topics. Also covering a number of important Canadian issues, including sovereignty for Quebec and Indigenous peoples, maritime economic transition, and immigration and citizenship, this text prompts students to engage thoughtfully with issues that are relevant to their lives. In doing so, it encourages readers to develop a critical 'sociological imagination'.

This edition features new chapters on family, mental illness, the environment, women in prison, media, and 'deserted questions' in sociology. Covering a range of important sociological topics and offering highly accessible pedagogy, this text is ideal for students who are new to the study of sociology.

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L'autore:

George C. Pavlich is a professor of law and sociology at the University of Alberta, currently serving as associate vice-president of research. George has written several books, including, Sociology for the Asking: An Introduction to Sociology for New Zealand, (OUP Australia 2003), Questioning Sociology: Canadian Perspectives, (OUP 2007), and Law and Society Redefined, (OUP 2011). Myra J. Hird is a professor of sociology at Queen's University. She is currently the graduate studies coordinator. Myra has written several books, including Sociology for the Asking: An Introduction to Sociology for New Zealand, (OUP Australia 2003), Questioning Sociology: Canadian Perspectives, (OUP 2007), and Sociology of Science: A Critical Canadian Introduction, (OUP 2012).

Contenuti:

Acknowledgements
Introduction: Sociological Questions
Myra J. Hird and George Pavlich
What is Sociology?
Sociologists and the Sociological Imagination
The Sociological Imagination and Other Disciplines
Three Sociological Approaches
Why the Questions?
Part 1: Subjective Troubles
1: Am I Free?
George Pavlich
Introduction
Sociology and Liberal Images of Freedom
An Alternative View of Individual Freedom
Conclusion: Am I Free?
Questions to Consider
2: Who Am I? Who Can I Become?
Dawn H. Currie and Deirdre M. Kelly
Introduction
Policing Conventional Girlhood: Popular Girls
Being 'Who You Are': Alternative Girls
Transforming Girlhood? From Personal to Social Change
Individualism and the Limits of Reflexivity
Conclusion
The Girls (In Alphabetical Order)
Questions to Consider
3: Am I a Woman?
Myra J. Hird
Introduction
Dividing Sex and Gender
The Two-Sex Distinction: Sex
The Two-Sex Distinction: Gender
Conclusion: Recognizing Sex/Gender/Sexuality Diversity
Questions to Consider
4: Why Be Queer?
Barry D. Adam
Introduction
Minoritizing, Universalizing
Disciplining Gender and Affection
Conclusion: Queer = Freedom
Questions to Consider
1: How Are Emotions Social?
Stephen Katz
Introduction
The Emotions in Sociology
Emotional Labour and Feeling Rules
The Social Making of Emotions
Conclusion: Other Ways To Feel
Questions to Consider
5: What Does Mental Illness Mean?
Erin Dej
Introduction
How Do We 'Know' Mental Illness?
Deinstitutionalization: Ideas and Reality
The Development of the Mad Movement
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
6: Does 'The Family' Exist?
Catherine Krull
Introduction
Situating the 'Traditional Family'
Legacy of Privileging the Nuclear Family
Canada's Family Diversity
Conclusion: Families Exist and They Still Matter
Questions to Consider
Part 2: Imagining the Social
7: What Is Social Reality?
Annette Burfoot
Introduction
Back to the Future: Cultural Studies from the Sociology of Culture
The Rise of Popular Culture from Youth Studies
Theoretical Underpinnings of Cultural Studies: Post-structuralism
Sociology of Culture
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
8: What's 'New' About the New Media Landscape?
Daniel Downes
Introduction
The Context of Mass Communication
Approaches to Media Study
What Happened to the Old Media?
Characteristics of New Media Systems
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
9: What Use Is Social Theory?
R.A. Sydie
Introduction
Social Theory
What is Social Theory?
What Do Theorists Do?
Postmodern Social Theory?
And So What Is the Use of Social Theory?
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
10: Does the Past Matter in Sociology?
Rob Beamish
Introduction
Reviving the Ancient Olympics
Immediate Challenges to Coubertin's Project
The Nazi Olympics
Olympic Principles and the Reality of Cold War Sport
Cold War Sport: East German Versus West German
The Rest of the Road to Seoul
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
11: What Do Official Statistics Tell Us About Ourselves?
Nob Doran
Introduction
Everyday Knowledge Versus Official Statistics: Learning from Ethnomethodology
Everyday Power Relations within 'Official Statistics': Learning from Feminist Scholarship
Class-based Experiential Knowledge Versus 'Official Statistics'
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
12: Is Social Welfare Viable?
Lois Harder
Introduction
Defining Social Welfare
The Keynesian Welfare State
The Crisis of the Welfare State
After the Welfare State
The New Social Welfare
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
13: Who Governs Whom in Canada?
Dawn Moore
Introduction
What Are the Different Ways We Can Think about Governance?
Who Has the Right to Govern?
How Do We Control the Right to Govern?
What If You Don't Want to Be Governed in a Specific Way?
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
Part 3: Critical Imaginations and Canada
14: Is There Justice for Young People?
Bryan Hogeveen
Introduction
What Is Justice?
Justice and the Poor?
Justice and Indigenous Youth?
Justice for Girls?
Voices of Youth?
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
15: Should Policing Be Privatized?
Curtis Clarke
Introduction
Policing: A Brief Explanation
The Shifting Landscape of Policing
A Question of Public Good
A Reconfigured Connection Between State and Policing
Legitimate Coercion
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
16: Why Are Women Going to Prison?
Kelly Hannah-Moffat
Introduction
Number and Characteristics of Women in Prisons
Economic Marginalization and Street Life
Violence and Formative Years
Mental Health
Gender-specific Approaches
The Revolving Door: Reintegration and Continued Social Marginality
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
17: What Is Sovereignty for Indigenous People?
Patricia Monture
Introduction
Challenging Myths, Stereotypes, and Discrimination
Sociological Understanding of Indigenous Sovereignty
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
18: What Is Sovereignty in Quebec?
Philippe Couton
Introduction
(Un)natural Independence
What Is a Nation?
Evolution Toward Independence?
Is Nationalism an Ideology?
Sovereignty to Post-sovereignty
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
19: What Are the Challenges of Economic Transition?
Jennifer Jarman
Introduction
Unemployment and Underemployment in Maritime Canada
The Brain Drain and Maritime Communities
The Rise of the Call Centre Industry
What Is a Call Centre?
Service Sector Employment Versus Work in Traditional Industries
Assessing the Fit of the Industry for the Maritime Region
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
20: How Do Migrants Become Canadian Citizens?
Randy Lippert and Patrick Lalonde
Introduction
The Governance of Immigration and Citizenship
Becoming a Migrant
Other Migrants: Sex-Trade Workers
From Migrant to Citizen
Ways of Making Citizens: Technologies of Citizenship
Resistance and Sanctuary
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
21: How Social Is the Environment?
Lisa Cockburn and Mark Vardy
Introduction
What Is the Environment?
A Question of Domination and Justice
A Question of Culture
What Can We Do About Environmental Problems?
A Question of Politics and Science
A Question of the Economy?
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
22: What Questions Has Sociology Deserted?
Lorne Tepperman
Introduction
Some Background
Some Deserted Questions
Conclusion
Questions to Consider
List of Contributors
Glossary
References
Index