Sociology in Action: Cases for Critical and Sociological Thinking

Abstract

PART ONE: DOING SOCIOLOGY Seeing Society Using Theory Decoding Culture Uncovering Inequalities and Power Imagining Futures PART TWO: DECISION CASES The Worth of a Sparrow Conflict at Riverside Tossin' and Turnin' Lucy Allman In the Eye of the Beholder The Case of the Minnetonka Kawn Ordinance Off to College What's So Scary about the Truth? People Like You Lisa's Hidden Identity