Introduction to Sociology van Frank van Tubergen is een Engelstalig gedrukt boek. Deze titel is geschikt voor studenten in het hoger onderwijs.
Comprehensive and engaging, this textbook introduces students not only to foundational sociological work, but also to insights from contemporary sociological theory and research. This combined approach ensures that students become familiar with the core of sociology: key concepts, theories, perspectives, methods, and findings. Students will acquire the ability to think like a sociologist, investigate and understand complex social phenomena. This text presents a complete sociological toolkit, guiding students in the art of asking good sociological questions, devising a sophisticated theory and developing methodologies to observe social phenomena. The chapters of this book build cumulatively to equip students with the tools to quickly understand any new sociological topic or contemporary social problem. The textbook also applies the sociological toolkit to selected key sociological issues, showing how specific sociological topics can be easily investigated and understood using this approach. Taking a global and comparative perspective, the book covers a rich diversity of sociological topics and social problems, such as crime, immigration, race and ethnicity, media, education, family, organizations, gender, poverty, modernization and religion.
This textbook presents key knowledge in sociology in a highly accessible and engaging way, introducing students to core concepts, theories, perspectives, methods and findings. It offers students a 'sociological toolkit', a set of useful insights, tools and principles, which will enable them to do research like a sociologist.
Inhoudelijk sluit dit boek aan bij onderwerpen als Sociology, Research methods / methodology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.