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Sociology of Race and Ethnicity
Jennifer Ounjian · Contra Costa College
In the contents: 03: Theoretical Frameworks in Ethnic Studies and Sociology
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SOC 300: Introductory Sociology
Donnisha Lugo · Consumnes River College
In the contents: 01: An Introduction to Sociology · 1.02: What Is Sociology · 1.03: The History of Sociology
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Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined (Robeyns)
Ingrid Robeyns · Utrecht University
Wellbeing, Freedom and Social Justice: The Capability Approach Re-Examined is both an introduction to the capability approach and a thorough evaluation of the challenges and disputes that have engrossed the scholars who have developed it.
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Minority Studies
Ruth Dunn · Houston Community College
In the contents: 10: Websites of Interest to Students of Sociology · 10.01: Web Sites of Interest to Students of Sociology
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Contemporary Families - An Equity Lens
Elizabeth B. Pearce · Linn-Benton Community College
This openly licensed text, created with students, approaches contemporary families from an equity lens. It asks two questions relevant to the Difference, Power, and Discrimination outcomes at Linn-Benton Community College and Oregon State University: “What do families need?” and “How do society and institutions support or get in the way of families getting what they need?
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Deleting Dystopia: Re-Asserting Human Priorities in the Age of Surveillance Capitalism
Richard A. Slaughter · Australian Foresight Institute
Deleting Dystopia confirms that the existential threats posed by the misuse of advanced digital technologies are real. But, in place of apathy and fatalism, Slaughter explores ways of understanding the threat, conceptualising solutions and identifying strategies that lead away from digital authoritarian futures towards those funded on humanly viable values and practices.
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A Theory of Literate Action - Literate Action II
Charles Bazerman · University of California, Santa Barbara
In the contents: 1.04: Active Social Symbolic Selves - The Phenomenological Sociology Tradition · 1.06: Social Order - Structural and Structurational Sociology
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Defend Dissent: Digital Suppression and Cryptographic Defense of Social Movements
Glencora Borradaile · Oregon State University
Defend Dissent is an introduction to cryptography paired with the social impacts of surveillance and the protective potential of encryption, with a focus on US social movements. Each chapter ends with a story that brings social context to the material—from surveillance used against contemporary US protests to the African National Congress’s use of partially manual encryption in fighting apartheid in South Africa in the 80s.
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Principles of Sociological Inquiry – Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
Anonymous · LibreTexts
In the contents: 1.02: Science Social Science and Sociology · 15.03: Public Sociology
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Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Social Life
Vera Kennedy · West Hills College Lemoore
In the contents: Cultural Sociology
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International Relations Theory
McGlinchey, Walters and Scheinpflug · E-International Relations
This book is designed as a foundational entry point to International Relations theory – structured to condense the most important information into the smallest space and present that information in an accessible manner. Each chapter sets out the basics of a theory whilst also applying it to a real-world event or issue, creating a lively, readable and relevant guide that will help students to see not only what theories are – but why they matter.
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Changing Society
Aimee Samara Krouskop, Ben Cushing, Kimberly Puttman, and Avery Temple · Open Oregon
In the contents: 1.02: The Art of Sociology
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Research Methods for the Social Sciences
William Pelz · Herkimer College
This text will introduce you to the fascinating and important study of the methods of inquiry in the Social Sciences. You will learn both the logic behind – and the procedures for – a wide variety of research methods, including correlational and experimental designs. If you are the curious type, and if you like to think rationally, I believe you will enjoy this course.
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Wait...Why do We Do That?
Jayanti Roy and Marx Gomez-Liendo · De Anza College
Wait...Why Do We Do That? An Understanding of Sociology invites students to look at the everyday world through a sociological lens, asking why social patterns exist, who they affect, and how sociologists study them. Built around real case studies and contemporary examples, the book connects theory to lived experience in a way that feels relevant and accessible to today's students.
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Our Lives - An Ethnic Studies Primer
Guadalupe Capozzi, Silas Cha, & Daryl Johnson · CC ECHO
This book is an introduction or primer to ethnic studies and is not a complete or comprehensive review of the literature. We identified and included major concepts, theories, perspectives, and voices in ethnic studies with research from anthropology, history, political science, psychology, and sociology to offer an inclusive approach for critical inquiry.
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Critical Perspectives on Technology and the Family
Susan K. Walker · University of Minnesota
As Information and Communications Technology (ICT) evolve families and the professionals who work with them are best armed with tools that enable their intentional use. This comprehensive text offers a balanced perspective of family life, member development and relationships, and professional use through contemporary research, learning activities and more.
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Comparative Culture and Society 2e
Danshiro Velasco · LibreTexts
This textbook contains fifteen short units that give students opportunities to discuss, debate, present, and write about global topics and issues. Most units are paired with one country, so that each topic can be viewed from that cultural perspective, which can then be compared to students’ own cultural perspectives and experience. This textbook integrates such fields as intercultural communication, psychology, sociology, and anthropology, as well as elements from the field of English-as-a-Secon
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Contemporary Families in the US: An Equity Lens 2e
Elizabeth B. Pearce · Linn-Benton Community College
This text provides students with a foundational understanding of the changing experiences and needs of contemporary families in the United States. It emphasizes the multi-directional influence of social structure as well as the impacts of difference, power, and oppression. Using an intersectional lens and placing the diversity of families at its core, the text prepares students with a range of majors and career paths.
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International Relations
Stephen McGlinchey · E-International Relations
This book is designed to be a ‘Day 0' introduction to International Relations. As a beginner's guide, it has been structured to condense the most important information into the smallest space and present that information in the most accessible way. The chapters offer a broad sweep of the basic components of International Relations and the key contemporary issues that concern the discipline.
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Beyond Race: Cultural Influences on Social Life
Vera Kennedy · West Hills College Lemoore
In the contents: 1.03: Cultural Sociology