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The only book designed for undergraduate teaching that shows today′s students how classical and contemporary social theories can be used to shed new light on such topics as the internet, the world of work, fast food restaurants, prostitution, shopping malls, alcohol use, body building, sales and service, and new religious movements. A perfect complement, either to a standard theory text, or to assigned reading of original sources· TWELVE original essays by leading scholars in the field who also are experienced undergraduate theory teachers (see Table of Contents).· Substantial Introductions by the Editor link the applied essays to a complete review of the classical and modern social theories used in the book. Headnotes provide a complete context for each essay.New To This Edition· Two new chapters in this edition by Paul Colomy and Laura Ross Greiner, and by Chris Prendergast (see table of contents on back page), and substantial revisions to the chapters by Walsh / Zacharias and by Staudenmeier."I think this is an excellent text. This book truly does ′speak to students.′" --- Ralph Pyle, Michigan State University"I have adopted this book repeatedly. It is a fine addition to my theory course since it makes theory more accessible and relevant to students...they see how they themselves may use theory to understand current events and situations...Without this book, students are left with the impression that theory is an abstract academic exercise and a form of torture we impose on them. With this book, Kivisto offers students some evidence that theory is a tool to be used." Sally Raskoff, University of Southern California

Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• Part 1 Classical Sociological Theory
• Introduction
• Working Longer, Living Less
• Understanding Marx through the Workplace Today
• The Weberian Theory of Rationalization and the McDonaldization of Contemporary Society
• Surfing the Net for Community
• A Durkheimian Analysis of Electronic Gatherings
• Alcohol-Related Windows on Simmel's Social World
• Part 2 Contemporary Theories and Their Connections To The Classics
• Introduction
• Criminalizing Transgressing Youth
• A Neofunctionalist Analysis of Institution Building
• Why Do African-Americans Pay More for New Cars? A Structural Explanation
• Critical Theory, Legitimation Crisis and the Deindustrialization of Flint, Michigan
• The Socially Constructed Body
• Insights from Feminist Theory
• Pretty Woman, Ugly Man
• Interpretivism and the Study of Prostitution
• Goffman's Dramaturgical Sociology
• Personal Sales and Service in a Commodified World
• The 'New' Means of Consumption
• A Postmodern Analysis
• Globalization and Religious Fundamentalism

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Peter Kivistois Richard A. Swanson Professor of Social Thought and Chair of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Welfare at Augustana College and Finland Distinguished Professor at the University of Turku. His current research involves a collaborative project on multiculturalism with colleagues in Finland. His interests include immigration, social integration, citizenship, and religion. Among his recent books are Key Ideas in Sociology (2011), Illuminating Social Life (2011); Beyond a Border: The Causes and Consequences of Contemporary Immigration(2010, with Thomas Faist); Citizenship: Discourse, Theory and Transnational Prospects(2007, with Thomas Faist); and Intersecting Inequalities(2007, with Elizabeth Hartung). He serves on the editorial boards of Contexts, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Journal of Intercultural Studies, and on the Publication Committee for Sociology of Religion.