Sociology Looks at the Arts

This article introduces the reader to the current status of cultural sociology as a specific mode of inquiry. It first discusses the pre-history of cultural sociology, tracing its ...

This book provides an introduction to core concepts in sociology. Accessibly written chapters illustrate the history and practice of sociological work. Recent areas of social scien...

The textbook is devoted to topical issues of modern sociology of education as one of the key branches of sociological science. The task is to form a comprehensive understanding of ...

Introduction to Arts Management offers a unique, dynamic and savvy guide to managing a performing or visual arts organization, be that an arts center, theatre, museum, art gallery,...

Evolutionary family sociology studies how genetic relatedness and psychological predispositions shape intimate relations. It approaches human families in comparison to other specie...

At an earlier time, sociologists C. Wright Mills, W. E. Du Bois, and Jane Addams loudly protested injustices and inequities in American society, provided critiques and analyses of ...

John Tusa has been Managing Director of London’s Barbican Centre for more than a decade. In that time, he has been a notable controversialist, speaking up for the need for the arts...

What do sociologists mean when they talk about ‘crime’ and ‘deviance’? Can we use theory to explain why individuals break the law? And how do we measure criminal behaviour in moder...