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Sociology: Books & eBooks
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Reference Resources for Sociology
Reference items are helpful for finding background information; definitions and spelling; facts and figures; translations; statistics and topical overviews of subjects. Reference books can be found both in print and online. See here for further information
Useful online reference material for Sociology include:
International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences by ISBN: 9780080970875Publication Date: 2015-02-17This second edition of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, first published in 2001,discusses history, current trends and future directions. Topics are cross-referenced with related topics and each article highlights further reading
Oxford Dictionary of Sociology by ISBN: 9780199533008Publication Date: 2009-02-15This sociology dictionary was compiled by a team of sociological experts, under the editorship of Gordon Marshall and John Scott,and has over 2,500 entries. With terms taken from sociology and the related fields of psychology, economics, anthropology, philosophy, and political science, it provides widespread coverage of the discipline. It also contains biographies covering key figures, such as Gilles Deleuze and Erich Fromm.
The Encyclopedia of European Migration and Minorities by ISBN: 9781107614857Publication Date: 2013-08-22Although migration and integration have become important concepts today as a result of globalization, migration movements, integration, and multiculturalism have always been part of the history of Europe. Newly available to an English-speaking audience, this encyclopaedia presents a systematic overview of the existing scholarship regarding migration within and into Europe.
- Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology Online This link opens in a new windowUCD has access to content published in 2007 only.
- Encyclopedia of Race and Racism (Gale) This link opens in a new windowExamines the anthropological, sociological, historical, economic, and scientific theories of race and racism in the modem era. Delves into the historic origins of ideas of race and racism and explores their social and scientific consequences. Includes biographies of significant theorists, as well as political and social leaders and notorious racists.
- Sage Knowledge This link opens in a new window
Covering the social and behavioural sciences, SAGE Knowledge provides access to thousands of scholarly eBooks published by SAGE. The collection also includes hundreds of award-winning reference titles including subject encyclopedias, dictionaries and handbooks which provide students with the perfect place to start their research.
Books for Sociology
Books and eBooks are listed in OneSearch, our resource discovery service. Useful titles available via UCD Library include:
- Introduction to Sociology 2e
An Open Educational Resource hosted by Open Stax. Introduction to Sociology 2e adheres to the scope and sequence of a typical, one-semester introductory sociology course. It offers comprehensive coverage of core concepts, foundational scholars, and emerging theories. The textbook presents section reviews with rich questions, discussions that help students apply their knowledge, and features that draw learners into the discipline in meaningful ways. The second edition has been updated significantly to reflect the latest research and current, relevant examples.
Tocqueville and Beaumont by ISBN: 9783319696669Publication Date: 2018-01-26This is the first concise study to give full credit to the collaboration of works between French nobleman, writer and politician Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) and his travel companion and friend Gustave de Beaumont (1802-66), and puts this collaboration into its social, historical and theoretical context.
State Power and Asylum Seekers in Ireland by ISBN: 9783319919348Publication Date: 2018-07-20This book aims to account for the reception, treatment and sometimes, eventual deportation, of asylum seekers in Ireland, by analysing how they are framed and dealt with by the Irish state.
Cultural Evolution by ISBN: 9781108489317Publication Date: 2018-03-22Cultural Evolution argues that people's values and behavior are shaped by the degree to which survival is secure; it was precarious for most of history, which encouraged heavy emphasis on group solidarity, rejection of outsiders, and obedience to strong leaders. The unprecedented prosperity and security of the postwar era brought cultural change, the environmentalist movement, and the spread of democracy. But in recent decades, diminishing job security and rising inequality have led to an authoritarian reaction.
Simulating Social Complexity by ISBN: 9783319669472Publication Date: 2017-12-11This volume examines all aspects of using agent or individual-based simulation. This approach represents systems as individual elements having their own set of differing states and internal processes. The interactions between elements in the simulation represent interactions in the target systems. Individual and agent-based computational approaches hold out the possibility of new and deeper understanding of such systems.
The Sociology of Early Childhood by ISBN: 9781446272985Publication Date: 2017-06-22The Sociology of Early Childhood is a theoretically and historically grounded examination of young children's experiences in contemporary society. Arguing that a sociology of early childhood must bring together and integrate different disciplines, this book synthesises different sociological perspectives on childhood as well as incorporating multi-disciplinary research findings on the lives of young children.
A Contemporary Introduction to Sociology by ISBN: 1138282049Publication Date: 2017-11-02This book shows how culture is central to understanding many world problems as it challenges readers to confront the problems and possibilities of an era in which the futures of the physical and social environments seem uncertain.
Nakedness, Shame, and Embarrassment by ISBN: 9783658159832Publication Date: 2016-10-26This volume is a sociological investigation - both historical and contemporary - into the problems surrounding naked bodies. The author studies the often very complex and paradoxical emotions that have been associated with nakedness in the Western world for centuries.
A Gentle Introduction to Stata, Fifth Edition by ISBN: 9781597181853Publication Date: 2016-04-19Alan C. Acock's A Gentle Introduction to Stata, Fifth Edition, is aimed at new Stata users who want to become proficient in Stata. After reading this introductory text, new users will be able not only to use Stata well but also to learn new aspects of Stata.
The Routledge Handbook of Irish Criminology by ISBN: 9781138019430Publication Date: 2015-12-01The Routledge Handbook of Irish Criminology is the first edited collection of its kind to bring together the work of leading Irish criminologists in a single volume. While Irish criminology can be characterised as a nascent but dynamic discipline, it has much to offer the Irish and international reader due to the unique historical, cultural, political, social and economic arrangements that exist on the island of Ireland.
Curating Difficult Knowledge by ISBN: 9780230296725Publication Date: 2011-10-04This volume brings museum and heritage studies to bear on questions of transitional justice, memory and post-conflict reconciliation. As practitioners, artists, curators, activists and academics, the contributor explore the challenges of bearing witness to past conflicts.
Marx and the Alternative to Capitalism by ISBN: 9780745330020Publication Date: 2011-05-06This is an accessible and comprehensive look at the ideas of Karl Marx.Dispensing with the dryness of traditional explanations of Marx, Allen shows how Marx's ideas apply to modern society.
The Sociology of War and Violence by ISBN: 9780521731690Publication Date: 2010-06-10War is a highly complex and dynamic form of social conflict. This new book demonstrates the importance of using sociological tools to understand the changing character of war and organised violence. The book brings the study of organised violence to the fore by providing a wide-ranging sociological analysis that links classical and contemporary theories with specific historical and geographical contexts.
Decolonizing European Sociology by ISBN: 9780754678724Publication Date: 2010-05-06Decolonizing European Sociology builds on the work challenging the androcentric, colonial and ethnocentric perspectives eminent in mainstream European sociology by identifying and describing the processes at work in its current critical transformation.
Generative Social Science by ISBN: 9780691125473Publication Date: 2007-01-28Agent-based computational modeling is changing the face of social science. In Generative Social Science, Joshua Epstein argues that this powerful, novel technique permits the social sciences to meet a fundamentally new standard of explanation, in which one "grows" the phenomenon of interest in an artificial society of interacting agents: heterogeneous, boundedly rational actors, represented as mathematical or software objects.
Contemporary Ireland by ISBN: 1904558879Publication Date: 2008-04-03A very readable, in-depth description and analysis of the transformations that have taken place in Ireland over the past ten years during the heyday of the Celtic Tiger.
Essential Concepts in Sociology by ISBN: 9781509516704Publication Date: 2017-05-11This clear and jargon-free book introduces a careful selection of essential concepts that have helped to shape sociology and others that continue to do so. Going beyond brief, dictionary-style definitions, Anthony Giddens and Philip W. Sutton provide an extended discussion of each concept which sets it in historical and theoretical context, explores its main meanings in use, introduces relevant criticisms, and points readers to its ongoing development in contemporary research and theorizing.
Reviewing the Sociology Literature
Writing the Literature Review by ISBN: 9781462536917Publication Date: 2018-09-24This accessible text provides a roadmap for producing a high-quality literature review--an integral part of a successful thesis, dissertation, term paper, or grant proposal. Each step of searching for, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing prior studies is clearly explained and accompanied by user-friendly suggestions, organizational tips, vignettes, and examples of student work.
Where in the Library?
Most print material related to Sociology is held on level 2 of the James Joyce Library.
The Development Studies collection is held on Level 3 of the James Joyce Library.