tag:open.umn.edu,2005:/opentextbooks/subjects/sociology?page=2Open Textbook Library - Sociology Textbooks2020-07-21T23:05:45Zhttps://open.umn.edu/assets/common/favicon/favicon-1594c2156c95ca22b1a0d803d547e5892bb0e351f682be842d64927ecda092e7.icohttps://open.umn.edu/assets/library/otl_logo-f9161d5c999f5852b38260727d49b4e7d7142fc707ec9596a5256a778f957ffc.png8932020-07-21T23:05:45Z2024-03-26T17:53:20ZFoundations of Social Work Research<img alt="Read more about Foundations of Social Work Research" title="Foundations of Social Work Research cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="541" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTI5OCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--e510420da24c9471ef339366076dae841d9174b0/Social-Work-Foundations-Cover-Half-Size-Pressbooks-350x541.jpg" />This textbook was created to provide an introduction to research methods for BSW and MSW students, with particular emphasis on research and practice relevant to students at the University of Texas at Arlington. It provides an introduction to social work students to help evaluate research for evidence-based practice and design social work research projects. It can be used with its companion, A Guidebook for Social Work Literature Reviews and Research Questions by Rebecca L. Mauldin and Matthew DeCarlo, or as a stand-alone textbook.8632020-07-03T03:23:34Z2024-03-25T13:15:22ZSlavery to Liberation: The African American Experience - 2nd Edition<img alt="Read more about Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience - 2nd Edition" title="Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience - 2nd Edition cover image" class="cover " width="116" height="150" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NDY5NywicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--5cf2a566446fc2caa22b9e0487359cb59b28e23f/thumbnail.jpg" />Slavery to Liberation: The African American Experience gives instructors, students, and general readers a comprehensive and up-to-date account of African Americans’ cultural and political history, economic development, artistic expressiveness, and religious and philosophical worldviews in a critical framework. It offers sound interdisciplinary analysis of selected historical and contemporary issues surrounding the origins and manifestations of White supremacy in the United States. By placing race at the center of the work, the book offers significant lessons for understanding the institutional marginalization of Blacks in contemporary America and their historical resistance and perseverance.8582020-06-29T20:21:45Z2024-01-22T14:52:09ZClassical Sociological Theory and Foundations of American Sociology<img alt="Read more about Classical Sociological Theory and Foundations of American Sociology" title="Classical Sociological Theory and Foundations of American Sociology cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="453" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTEzNSwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--7b9f7ea94defcc74ad9850597176450c8dbf13b1/classic_socciaolg.jpg" />There are a few major themes that come up over and over again during the course of classical sociological theory’s development. All three classical theorists were writing at a time when sociology was a new and emerging discipline. This new discipline was called forth by momentous social changes taking place in European (and American) society during this time period. These changes were related to the rise of capitalism, industrialization, and new political representation for the majority of people (or, at least, a desire for such by many). Calls for socialism emerged as a response to recognition of new social divisions. Each of the three theorists you will read here weighed in on these historical changes, theorizing the contours and dynamics of this new “modern” society.8452020-06-25T19:21:20Z2024-01-22T19:00:52ZSpeak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy<img alt="Read more about Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy" title="Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="544" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6MTA5NiwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--3e02a92e315b4d890c7ec073d9cbd42cf0524bb4/SpeakOutCoverFINAL2-011-1-350x544.jpg" />Speak Out, Call In: Public Speaking as Advocacy is a contemporary, interdisciplinary public speaking textbook that fuses rhetoric, critical/cultural studies, and performance to offer an up-to-date resource for students. With a focus on advocacy, this textbook invites students to consider public speaking as a political, purposeful form of information-sharing.8222020-04-20T16:09:09Z2024-03-10T04:52:07ZA Quick Guide to Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences<img alt="Read more about A Quick Guide to Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences" title="A Quick Guide to Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences cover image" class="cover " width="555" height="785" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6ODc2LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--48f8d51f164a7bcebf369082f538aad529918bb6/0000QuiQuaSoc.jpg" />This resource is intended as an easy-to-use guide for anyone who needs some quick and simple advice on quantitative aspects of research in social sciences, covering subjects such as education, sociology, business, nursing. If you area qualitative researcher who needs to venture into the world of numbers, or a student instructed to undertake a quantitative research project despite a hatred for maths, then this booklet should be a real help. The booklet was amended in 2022 to take into account previous review comments.8002019-12-29T21:32:05Z2024-01-22T14:52:15ZChild, Family, and Community<img alt="Read more about Child, Family, and Community" title="Child, Family, and Community cover image" class="cover " width="640" height="828" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NzU5LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--cbcca6991931376843bd5cffd7552e568e9cb9a7/0000ChiFamCom.png" />Over the years researchers have found the necessity to develop theories of behavior that are specific to family settings. These theories have been developed by people with a variety of areas of emphasis, from family therapists to gerontologists to child development specialists. In this chapter we will briefly discuss six such theories: Bioecological Model, Family Systems, Functionalism, Conflict Theory, Symbolic Interactionism, and Psychological Perspectives.7292019-06-22T17:20:37Z2024-01-22T19:07:12ZSpeaking of Culture<img alt="Read more about Speaking of Culture" title="Speaking of Culture cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="525" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6Njc0LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--35ea6d728f7441982dafe73280544d850f407ddb/0000SpeaofCul.jpg" />“Speaking of Culture” is a collection of instructor-authored background readings intended to accompany other activities, discussions, experiences, projects, and readings for IELI 2470 – Cross-Cultural Perspectives, a course offered by faculty in the Intensive English Language Institute at Utah State University. Its main purpose is to define culture and other concepts often associated with it.6672019-02-07T20:08:56Z2024-01-22T14:52:23ZIntroduction to Design Equity<img alt="Read more about Introduction to Design Equity" title="Introduction to Design Equity cover image" class="cover " width="350" height="484" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NjExLCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--98518f237ed6b6677d8b6fe7076fc0184cdac217/9781946135506.jpg" />Why do affluent, liberal, and design-rich cities like Minneapolis have some of the biggest racial disparities in the country? How can designers help to create more equitable communities? Introduction to Design Equity, an open access book for students and professionals, maps design processes and products against equity research to highlight the pitfalls and potentials of design as a tool for building social justice.6562019-01-24T19:01:01Z2024-01-22T14:52:11ZThe Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology<img alt="Read more about The Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology" title="The Art of Being Human: A Textbook for Cultural Anthropology cover image" class="cover " width="417" height="624" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NTk2LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--9c0157eb14b3c9d7dd9be68e73ed1794b14f4aec/9781944548131.png" />Anthropology is the study of all humans in all times in all places. But it is so much more than that. “Anthropology requires strength, valor, and courage,” Nancy Scheper-Hughes noted. “Pierre Bourdieu called anthropology a combat sport, an extreme sport as well as a tough and rigorous discipline. … It teaches students not to be afraid of getting one’s hands dirty, to get down in the dirt, and to commit yourself, body and mind. Susan Sontag called anthropology a “heroic” profession.” What is the payoff for this heroic journey? You will find ideas that can carry you across rivers of doubt and over mountains of fear to find the the light and life of places forgotten. Real anthropology cannot be contained in a book. You have to go out and feel the world’s jagged edges, wipe its dust from your brow, and at times, leave your blood in its soil. In this unique book, Dr. Michael Wesch shares many of his own adventures of being an anthropologist and what the science of human beings can tell us about the art of being human.6082018-09-16T16:10:59Z2024-01-22T14:52:01ZBeyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life<img alt="Read more about Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life" title="Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life cover image" class="cover " width="642" height="834" data-controller="common--cover" data-placeholder="/assets/common/placeholder-0e0607cbc50663ddb9e8fd188058bcd2630c730ef6ee322801278607b7d5af8e.png" src="/rails/active_storage/blobs/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsiZGF0YSI6NTM0LCJwdXIiOiJibG9iX2lkIn19--67c17a3a5755ef4fd4b9a5069eec455bfa169587/0000BeyRacCIo.PNG" />The book is supported by discussion of relevant theory and research in cultural sociology. Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Human Social Life has stressed learner-centered teaching with the instructor taking on the role of a facilitator of learning. As such, it is expected the instructor will serve as the mediator between the content of this book and learners’ understanding of material on multiple and higher levels. This book does not offer a set of rules in teaching cultural sociology, but rather suggests content and applications to consider and modify as needed by the ever-changing dynamics of instructors and learners.
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