From the list below select a book by one of the theorists and write a book review.  The review should consist of a summary of the author’s main ideas, reviews of the work by other sociologists ( go to the Book Review sources in the library to find out what other scholars have written about the work) and your critique of the author’s approach (three sections) .

Berger, Peter, 1969, The Social Construction of Reality, Doubleday.
Bernard, Jessie, The Future of Marriage
Blumer, Herbert, Symboic Interactionism: Perspective and Method, Prentice-Hall.
Collins, Randall, 1975, Conflict Sociology: Toward and Explanatory Science, Academic Press.
Coser, Lewis, 1956, The Funcions of Social Conflict, The Free Press.
Daly, Mary,  Beyond God the Father .
Darendorf, Ralf, 1959, Class and Class Conflict in Industrial Society, Stanford University Press.
DuBois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk, Paradigm Publishers, 2004.
Durkheim, Emile, 1951, Suicide, The Free Press.
Foucault, Michel, 1977, Discipline and Punish: The Birth of the Prison, Allen Lane.
Giddens, Anthony, 1984, The Constitution of Society, Polity.
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins, Women and Economics
Gilligan, Carol, In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women’s Development
Goffamn, Erving, 1963, Stigma: Notes on the Management of Spoiled Identity, Prentice-Hall. (or any other book by this author)
Habermas, Jurgen, 1979, Communication and the Evolution of Society, Heinnemann Education Books.
Hochschild, Arlie Russell, 1989, The Second Shift: Working Parents and Revolution at Home, Viking.
Homans, George C. 1950, The Human Group, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanvich.
Kuhn, Thomas, 1970, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, University of Chicago Press.
Marcuse, Herbert, 1955, Eros and Civilization. Vintage Books.
Mead, George Herbert, 1934, Mind, Self and Society, University of Chicago Press,
Mills, C. Wright,1956, The Power Elite, Oxford University Press.
Parson, Talcott, 1978, Action and the Human Condition, Free Press.
Simmel, Georg, 1955, Conflict, the Free Press
Thomas, William I., 1928, The Child in America, Alfred K. Knof.
Wallerstein, Immanuel, 1974, The Modern World System (either vol. I or II or III) Academic Press.
Weber, Max, 1958, The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Scribners.
Wilson, Edmund O. Sociology Biology: The New Systhesis, The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.

If you would like to read a book by a theorist discussed  in the texts but not included above, check the book with me.

Your paper should have the correct bibliographic citation format as the title. It should include: Author, Year, Title, Place of publiction, Publisher.  Reviews of the book you have found should be listed at the end in the same format.

Your paper should be typed, single-spaced, 3-5 pages.

Assignment is due: November 21, 2005

Theorists Chart Assignment

Prepare a chart of the major theorists studied this quarter.  You will turn in two versions: Version I will cover those theorists read and studied in the first half of the course and Version II will cover those theorists read and studied in the second half of the course.  You will get up to 10 points for each version.  Version I will be turned in at the mid-term exam and Version II will be turned in at the last day of class.  No late copies will be accepted.  If you can not take the midterm then turn the first  Version in on the next class day.  The purpose of the chart is to help you to prepare for the exam and to clarify any misunderstandings of the theorists.

Example:

If more than one concept has created by the theorists list all of them discussed in the texts and class.  If they have written more than one important work, list them.

The Study guide will list the theorists to be included in your chart.
 
Version I due:  October 31, 2005
Version II due:  Last day of class 

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