Second Thoughts: Seeing Conventional Wisdom Through the Sociological Eye - Softcover

Ruane, Janet M.; Cerulo, Karen A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761986650 ISBN 13: 9780761986652

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 1999

Synopsis

The Second Edition of this book offers a `tried and true' approach to nurturing sociological thinking in the undergraduate student. Twenty chapters examine popular conceptions on important social subjects, accepted by many in society as `conventional wisdom'.

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Review

"The essays in this book motivate students to exercise their critical thinking skills―and that’s much of what education effort is about, isn’t it?" 

(Roger McVannan)

About the Author

Janet M. Ruane (PhD, Rutgers University) is a professor of sociology at Montclair State University. She has served as her department’s undergraduate and graduate program director. Professor Ruane’s research interests include formal and informal social control mechanisms, media and technology, research methods, and applied sociology. She is the author of Essentials of Research Methods (Blackwell) and has contributed articles and chapters to several journals and collections including Sociological Forum, Sociological Inquiry, Law and Policy, Communication Research, Sociological Focus, Journal of Applied Sociology, and Science as Culture. Since stepping into her first classroom, Professor Ruane has accumulated decades of valuable teaching experience in both introductory and advanced-level sociology courses. These years have afforded her a wealth of opportunities for generating and fine-tuning many second thoughts. 

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0761986650
• ISBN 13: 9780761986652
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 272