Theories and Concepts

Sociology in Pictures: Theories and Concepts Self-Study and Teacher Guide provides a series of questions and suggested answers for each of the topics in the student book. It includes an evaluation of each theory and concept and, where appropriate, a short biography of major sociologists. Sociology in Pictures: Theories and Concepts is a fresh and exciting publication based on styles from graphic novels and comics. The Self-Study and Teacher Guide provides a series of questions and suggested answers for each of the topics in the student book. These can be used for individual work, group work or class discussions, for homework or for self study. The Guide also includes an evaluation of each theory and concept and, where appropriate, a short biography of major sociologists. Contents 1. Culture 2. Social control 3. Marxism 4. Alienation 5. Emile Durkheim 6. Anomie 7. Functionalism 8. Functions of religion 9. Max Weber 10. Rational action 11. Stratification 12. The Chicago School 13. Symbolic interactionism 14. Interaction processes 15. Acting the part 16. Ethnomethodology 17. Phenomenology 18. Feminism 19. Gender 20. Michel Foucault 21. Pierre Bourdieu 22. Postmodern society 23. Late modernity 24. The second modernity 25. Liquid modernity 26. Globalisation 27. The network society 28. The reinvention society 29. Common sense 30. References A companion book, Sociology in Pictures: Theories and Concepts Self-Study and Teachers Guide, is also available.