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INTRODUCTION/COURSE/THE SOCIOLOGY SHOP

The Sociology Shop

SOC 206 Room

Here are some non-required (but useful) sociological glossaries/dictionaries:
-----THE RED FEATHER DICTIONARY of CRITICAL SOCIAL SCIENCE
-----General Sociology Glossary
-----Sociology Spanish Dictionary
-----Glossary of Social Science by Frank W. Elwell



CRITICAL SOCIOLOGY/SOCIOLOGICAL CONCEPTS/INSTITUTIONS

A. Definition of Sociology

B. Sociological Concepts

Bracketing
-----ALSO: Bracketing Statements
Obvious
Critical
Radical
Presupposing
Social Relation
Synergism
Levels of Reality & LOR Table & LOR Models
Definition of the Situation
Paradigms, Paradigm Article, Purple

C. Institutions

D. Social Institutions

E. Institutional Grooves Diagram

F. Mills' Structural Model of Society

G. Types of Societies (TH pp.59-62)

H. Manifest & Latent Functions

I. Outline of Chapter 4 of Invitation to Sociology



EDUCATION---Chapter 14

A. Characteristics of American Education System

B. Chapter 2 from Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
-----Notes on Pedagogy of the Oppressed---Chapter 2

C. Selected quotes from Paulo Freire

D. Summary of Banking and Problem-Posing and Commentary

E. A Problem-Posing Approach



FAMILY---Chapter 13

A. Overstreet quote on the "Family"

B. Which of these is a Family?

C. Stephanie Coontz Homepage

D. The Way We Weren't

E. Am I Parenting Material?



POLITICAL ECONOMY---Chapters 16 & 17

A. Pre-Political and Political Thought

B. Political Economy: Various Definitions

C. Politics and The System

D. Who Governs?

E. Capitalism: From Three Perspectives

F. Sectors of the Economy

G. Fiscal Crisis of the State

H. Labor and Alienated Labor in Capitalist Society
-----A short outline of Marx's Concept of Alienation



THE MEDIA---(Selected Pages in TH)

A. Who Owns What
Details galore

B. The Big Ten

C. Marxist Media Theory

D. Media Room in TSS

E. Media Reform Information Center
Links and Resources on Media Reform

F. What is the Meaning of The Medium is the Message?



RELIGION---Chapter 15

A. Sociology of Religion...Durkheim

B. Marx on Religion
His own words

C. Marx, Religion, and Sociology of Religion
by David H. Kessel

D. Freedom of Religion or Belief
A Country by Country Analysis

E. Religion Gateway: Resources

F. Religion



HEALTH & HEALTH CARE---Chapter 18

A. "Health as a Virtue" by Ivan Illich

B. "The Psychology of Normalcy" by Erich Fromm

C. Sickness as Deviance and the Issue of Social Control

D. The Medicalization of Old Age



SOCIAL CHANGE---Chapter 20

A. Comparative Characteristics of Social Change Theories

B. Society as Drama
Outline of Chapter 6 from INVITATION TO SOCIOLOGY by Peter L. Berger
-----Entire Chapter 6 online



CONCLUSION

A. Celebration of Awareness

B. The Future is Now