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Social Blueprints is a concise introduction to sociological thought that is a refreshing alternative to the approaches of traditional textbooks and other brief introductions to the field. David K. Brown introduces students to concepts and theories that form the foundation of sociological reasoning. In a highly engaging style, he uses personal experiences, salient cultural examples, and pressing social issues to ground these ideas in the everyday experiences of students. In five cogent chapters, Brown explores how core sociological ideas such as culture, social structure, identities, power, and globalization can better inform our understanding of the social world. He uses contemporary, historical, and global examples drawn from realms such as music, professional sports, fashion, film, government, warfare, protests, corporations, workplaces, education, crime, poverty, architecture, and tourism to lend immediate relevance to sociological endeavor. Acutely focused and written with a clear, critical point of view, Social Blueprints is ideal for use in introductory and other sociology courses as either a primary or supplemental text.

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• Each chapter ends with Suggestions for Further Study
• 1 Individuality, Society, and Identity: Cornerstones of Sociological Reasoning
• Vivifying the Mundane: The Sociological Imagination
• The Sociological Imagination
• Individual v. Social Problems
• The Sociology of Celebrities: Individuals in Social Context
• The American Preoccupation with Individualism in Cultural, Political, & Economic Life
• The Sociology of Identities
• Individuals as Webs of Group Affiliation
• Social Identities: Repertoire Selection, Multiple Consciousness, and Ambiguity
• The Contested Terrain of Sociological Knowledge
• Some Cautionary Notes about Sociology v. Psychology
• The Reality of the Social: Social Facts
• The Logical Gulf Between Fact and Value Statements
• Muddying the Waters
• The Politics of Social Knowledge
• Conclusion
• 2 Social Theories
• Their Interplay and Contradictions
• The Nature and Relevance of Social Theories
• Theories as Paradigms
• Theoretical Reasoning: Inductive and Deductive
• Four Broad Types of Social Theory
• Rational Choice Theories: Individuals Pursuing Interests
• Where Do Desires Come From?
• The Free-Rider Problem
• Are Rational People Honest?
• Do People Choose to be Unequal?
• Functional Theories: Harmony and Necessary Differences
• Basic Functionalist Imagery
• Is Social Inequality Simply Necessary?
• Symbolic Interactionist and Social Constructionist Theories
• Interaction, Meaning, and Everyday Life
• Mind, Self, and Society
• Modern Symbolic Interactionism
• Symbolic Interactionism/Constructionism: Are the Trees Hiding the Forest?
• Conflict Theories: Arenas of Power and Inequality
• The Interplay of Conflict Theory with Other Perspectives
• Karl Marx's Enduring Legacy
• Weber's Multidimensional Conflict Theory
• Conflict Theories: Too Much Pessimism, or Sober Realism?
• Conclusion
• 3 Culture, Structure, and Interaction: Unraveling the Fibers of Everyday Life
• Distinguishing Social Structure, Culture, and Interaction
• Social Structural Determinism or Cultural Autonomy
• Beyond Good and Evil: Religion as an Emblem of Society
• Beyond Cold Hard Cash: The Sociology of Money
• Understanding Culture and Social Power
• Cashing in on Culture: The Flow of Cultural, Social, and Economic Capital
• Roads Between High Culture and Popular Culture
• Interpreting Pink Flamingoes: Everyday Expressions of Social Positions
• "Lions & Tigers & Bears--Oh My!": The Cultural and Political Construction of Social Problems
• Cultural Production, Distribution, and Interpretation
• A Basic Model of Cultural Production Processes
• Making Chili Peppers
• Organizational Processes in the Rise of a Band
• Pets or Meat? The Interpretation of Cultural Products
• Conclusion
• 4 Power and Authority: In Social Movements, States, and Organization
• A Sociological Perspective on Power
• The Power Prism and its Refractions: An analytical Tool
• Social Power and Social Movements
• Reading Power into Political Protests
• Power, States, and Legitimacy
• Spreading Social Power in Authoritarian Regimes
• Theaters of War
• The Social Construction of State Legitimacy
• Power in Organizations
• Power and Control in Work Places
• Bureaucratic Organizations and Abstract Social Power
• The Symbolic Architecture of Organizational Power
• Conclusion
• 5 Globalization: Contep

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