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Second Thoughts Janet M. Ruane

Second Thoughts By Janet M. Ruane

Second Thoughts by Janet M. Ruane

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Second Thoughts, Second Edition, offers a 'tried and true' approach to nurturing sociological thinking in the undergraduate student. Twenty chapters examine popular conceptions on important social subjects, accepted by many in society as 'conventional wisdom'.

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Second Thoughts: Seeing Conventional Wisdom Through the Sociological Eye by Janet M. Ruane

The Second Edition of this book offers a `tried and true' approach to nurturing sociological thinking in the undergraduate student. Twenty chapters examine popular conceptions on important social subjects, accepted by many in society as `conventional wisdom'.

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The essays in this book motivate students to exercise their critical thinking skills-and that's much of what education effort is about, isn't it?

-- Roger McVannan

About Janet M. Ruane

Janet M. Ruane (PhD, Rutgers University) is a professor of sociology at Montclair State University. She has served as her department's undergraduate and graduate program director. Professor Ruane's research interests include formal and informal social control mechanisms, media and technology, research methods, and applied sociology. She is the author of Essentials of Research Methods (Blackwell) and has contributed articles and chapters to several journals and collections including Sociological Forum, Sociological Inquiry, Law and Policy, Communication Research, Sociological Focus, Journal of Applied Sociology, and Science as Culture. Since stepping into her first classroom, Professor Ruane has accumulated decades of valuable teaching experience in both introductory and advanced-level sociology courses. These years have afforded her a wealth of opportunities for generating and fine-tuning many second thoughts. Karen A. Cerulo (PhD, Princeton University) is a professor of sociology at Rutgers University. Her research interests include culture and cognition, symbolic communication, media and technology, and comparative historical studies. Professor Cerulo's articles appear in a wide variety of journals, including the American Sociological Review, Contemporary Sociology, Poetics, Social Forces, Sociological Forum, Sociological Inquiry, Communication Research, and annuals such as the Annual Review of Sociology and Research in Political Sociology. She is the author of three books: Identity Designs: The Sights and Sounds of a Nation, winner of the ASA Culture Section's award for the Best Book of 1996 (Rose Book Series of the ASA, Rutgers University Press); Deciphering Violence: The Cognitive Structure of Right and Wrong (Routledge); and Never Saw It Coming: Cultural Challenges to Envisioning the Worst (University of Chicago Press). She has also edited a collection entitled Culture in Mind: Toward a Sociology of Culture and Cognition (Routledge). Professor Cerulo's teaching and research earned her both the Rutgers University Awards for Distinguished Contributions to Undergraduate Education and the Scholar-Teacher Award. In 2014, she was named the Robin Williams Lecturer for the Eastern Sociological Society.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Sociological Perspective PART ONE: METHODS Numbers Don't Lie PART TWO: CULTURE Winning Is Everything Children Are Our Most Precious Commodity PART THREE: SOCIAL STRUCTURE Love Knows No Reason Stress Is Bad for Your Well-Being The 'Golden Years' Are Tarnished Years PART FOUR: SOCIALIZATION AND IDENTITY What's in a Name? That Which We Call a Rose by Any Other Name Would Smell as Sweet Beauty Is Only Skin Deep PART FIVE: STRATIFICATION The More We Pay, the More It's Worth Money Is the Root of All Evil You've Come a Long Way, Baby America Is the Land of Equal Opportunity PART SIX: DEVIANCE, CRIME AND SOCIAL CONTROL Violence Is on the Rise in the United States - No-One Is Safe There Ought to Be a Law Honesty Is the Best Policy PART SEVEN: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: MARRIAGE AND FAMILY The Nuclear Family Is the Backbone of American Society Marriage Is a Failing Institution PART EIGHT: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: THE ECONOMY Welfare Is Ruining This Country Immigrants Are Ruining This Nation PART NINE: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS: EDUCATION Education Is the Great Equalizer Conclusion Why Do Conventional Wisdoms Persist?

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CIN0761986650G
9780761986652
0761986650
Second Thoughts: Seeing Conventional Wisdom Through the Sociological Eye by Janet M. Ruane
Janet M. Ruane
Used - Good
Paperback
SAGE Publications Inc
19990924
272
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