Inside Social Life - Readings in Sociological Psychology &amp; Microsociology (5th, 07) by Cahill, Spencer E [Paperback (2003)]

Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Cahill, Spencer E.

Psychology & Counseling

Oxford University Press

Now in its sixth edition, Spencer E. Cahill's best-selling anthology provides an introduction to the sociological study of social psychology, interpersonal interaction, social construction, and the social shaping of human experience in our everyday lives. Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology presents forty-one selections that include both classic and contemporary theoretical work as well as empirical studies. Detailed introductions to each part and article identify and explain central issues, key concepts, and relationships among topics. Incorporating the insights of Kent Sandstrom, the new coeditor, the sixth edition features twenty-three new readings on such fascinating topics as: * Symbols and the creation of reality * Speed culture and TV commercials * Smell, odor, and somatic work * The organizational management of shame * The embodiment of gender differences in preschool practices * Sex education and the reproduction of inequality * Gang-related gun violence and the self * Emotion work among employees at an abortion clinic * Police oppression of Mexican Americans * Women, hair, and power * Being Middle Eastern in the context of the war on terror * Nazi doctors in Auschwitz . . . and much more. The sixth edition also features section introductions that link the selections together and an Instructor's Resource CD.

Sandstrom, Kent

Now in its seventh edition, this best-selling reader provides an introduction to the sociological study of social psychology, interpersonal interaction, embodiment, emotion, selfhood, inequality, and the politics of everyday realities. Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology and Microsociology presents forty-two selections that include both classic and contemporary theoretical work and empirical studies. Detailed introductions to each part and article identify and explain central issues, key concepts, and relationships among topics. The seventh edition features extended introductions to each of the book's nine parts as well as reflective questions for critical thinking and application at the end of each reading. It also includes ten new readings on such engaging topics as: * Self-presentation in on-line worlds * The management of emotion by Mixed Martial Arts fighters * The bodily labor and discipline expected of fashion models * The dramaturgical rituals and masculine displays that characterize "girl hunts" * The reproduction of racial hierarchies in an organization that serves black youth * Stigma management among mobile home residents * The justification of divorce by conservative Christian women * The social construction of family troubles An Instructor's Resource CD including chapter summaries, key points, and reflective questions and answer guidelines is available for qualified instructors.

Politics & Social Sciences

Froyum, Carissa

Sociology

From the private academies of Colonial America to the comprehensive public high schools and alternative schools of today, The Praeger Handbook of American High Schools offers a thorough compendium for parents, educators, and students. In its accessible and well-organized volumes, it includes charts and tables representing such things as enrollment trends, drop out rates, and academic achievement, as well as original entries on everything from assessment to No Child Left Behind to vouchers.
Written by an interdisciplinary group of experts in education, psychology, sociology, and other fields, this landmark handbook provides a thorough examination of U.S. secondary education from the private academies of Colonial America to the comprehensive high schools and alternative schools of today. This accessible compendium is a treasure trove of reliable and authoritative information for educators, parents, and students.
It includes original entries on assessment, architecture, bullying, campus life, censorship, college preparation, desegregation, disabilities, ethnic identity, family and community involvement, finance inequality, gangs, home schooling, homework, immigrants, intelligence, learning styles, magnet schools, mentoring, peer groups and peer culture, prom, reunions, rural schools, school boards, school to work programs, sex education, sports, standardized tests, student rights, teacher certification, teacher shortage, test preparation, violence, vouchers, and yearbooks, just to name a few. The text includes primary documents, each with scene and context-setting introductions, such as reports, legislation, and US Supreme Court cases will be found as well. Thorough cross-referencing enables the user to follow a topic from an entry to a primary document or another related entry. This wide-ranging, accessible and user-friendly source is an authoritative reference for anyone concerned with high schools and high school students in the United States.

The Praeger Handbook of American High Schools [4 volumes]

Education & Teaching

Borman, Kathryn M.

Cotner, Bridget A.

Schools & Teaching

Praeger

Social Sciences

Roxbury Pub. Co

The Fifth Edition of Spencer Cahill's best-selling anthology provides an introduction to the sociological study of social psychology, interpersonal interaction, social construction, and the social shaping of human experience in our everyday lives. The book's primary-source articles feature both contemporary and classic theoretical statements as well as empirical studies. Introductions to each part and to each article identify and explain central issues, key concepts, and relationships among topics. The new edition features revised introductions and 10 entirely new contributions. The new articles address such topics as: * The social construction of human experience * The neurological plasticity of the developing human brain * Young children's ethnic and racial definitions of self * The historical transformation of grief in America * The experience of taking psychiatric drugs * The presentation of "cyberselves" on the Internet * The conversational delivery of bad medical diagnostic news * Young adult children's negotiations with parents over cars * The challenges of living in impoverished, inner-city neighborhoods * The processes that resulted in the design and establishment of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial The Instructor's Manual for this anthology consists of entirely new material.

Inside Social Life: Readings in Sociological Psychology And Microsociology

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