Is Sociology Dead?

Download or read book Is Sociology Dead? written by Jack Nusan Porter and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Message to the Reader p. vii Preface p. ix Introduction: The Death of Sociology? Toward a New Paradigm p. xv I Sociological Theory p. 1 1 Conflict Theory: Classical and Contemporary p. 5 2 Situational Theory p. 15 3 Small Groups: Theory and Methods p. 19 4 Means of Conflict Resolution p. 29 5 The Urban Middleman: A Comparative Analysis p. 47 6 What is Evil? Some New Post-Modern Theories to Explain the Post-9/11 Era p. 69 II Images of Sociology p. 85 7 The Image of Sociology: A Mixed Bag p. 87 8 The Making of a Sociologist p. 93 9 Radical Sociology Textbooks p. 111 10 Confronting the Media: The Impact of Jonestown p. 121 11 The Sociological Imagination of Film p. 125 III Creative Praxis p. 137 12 Talking Police Blues: The Pedagogic Dilemma of the Academic p. 141 13 Corporations that Grant Degrees? p. 149 14 Computer Networks and Metanetworks p. 157 15 Two Newtons or One? One Affluent, One Not! p. 185 16 The Sociological Imagination in Politics p. 193 17 Toward a Sociology and History of Peace p. 197 IV Postscript p. 209 18 Jack Nusan Porter: Thoughts on Internal and External Peace Don Martindale p. 211 Sources p. 231 Index p. 233 About the Author p. 241.