This bibliography of sociology is a list of works, organized by subdiscipline, on the subject of sociology. Some of the works are selected from general anthologies of sociology,[1][2][3][4][5] while other works are selected because they are notable enough to be mentioned in a general history of sociology or one of its subdisciplines.[lower-roman 1]
Putting forward a thesis that Puritanethic and ideas had influenced the development of capitalism, Weber observes religious devotion to usually be accompanied by rejection of mundane affairs, including economic pursuit. Weber addresses the paradox of why this was not the case within Protestantism.
A case study of suicide rates amongst Catholic, Protestant and Jewish populations, distinguished sociological analysis from psychology or philosophy. Also a major contribution to structural functionalism.[20]
Bourdieu, Pierre, and Jean-Claude Passeron.1970. La Reproduction. Éléments pour une théorie du système d'enseignement [Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture].[23]
Katz, Jack. 1988. Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doing Evil.[24]
Schultz, Alfred. 1967. Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt [The Phenomenology of the Social world].
Economic sociology attempts to explain economic phenomena. While overlapping with the general study of economics at times, economic sociology chiefly concentrates on the roles of social relations and institutions.[25]
Boltanski, Luc, and Ève Chiapello. 2005. The New Spirit of Capitalism.[26]
Boltanski, Luc, and Laurent Thévenot. 2006. On Justification. The Economies of Worth.[27]
Environmental sociology studies the relationship between society and environment, particularly the social factors that cause environmental problems, the societal impacts of those problems, and efforts to solve the problems.
Hannigan, John A. 1995. Environmental Sociology: A Social Constructionist Perspective.[42]
Argues that a society's willingness to recognize and solve environmental problems depends more upon the way these claims are presented by a limited number of interest groups than upon the severity of the threat they pose.[citation needed]
Michelson, William. 2002. Handbook of Environmental Sociology.[43]
Provides an overview of the field of environmental sociology and its various research emphases.[citation needed]
Schnaiberg, Allan, and Kenneth Alan Gould. 2000. Environment and Society: The Enduring Conflict. Caldwell.[44]
Demonstrates how our global economy requires increasing levels of economic expansion, which in turn requires increasing withdrawals for the natural environment.[citation needed]
"[This book] became perhaps the most influential single work in the history of town planning, and simultaneously helped to kill off the modern movement in architecture."[51]
Turned mainstream sociological opinion against the Chicago school of Human Ecology by foregrounding the influence of institutions and political settings in the growth of cities.
Sociology of knowledge refers to the study of the relationship between human thought and the social context within which it arises, as well as of the effects prevailing ideas have on societies.
Ethnography of microbiologists working at the Salk Institute. Explains the elevation of observations to the level of fact through a system of credibility. Started the ethnographic laboratory studies movement in the sociology of knowledge.
Traditionally, political sociology has been concerned with the ways in which social trends, dynamics, and structures of domination affect formal political processes, as well as exploring how various social forces work together to change political policies.[67] Now, it is also concerned with the formation of identity through social interaction, the politics of knowledge, and other aspects of social relations.
The sociology of religion concerns the role of religion in society, including practices, historical backgrounds, developments, and universal themes.[75] There is particular emphasis on the recurring role of religion in all societies and throughout recorded history.
Sociological theories are complex theoretical and methodological frameworks used to analyze and explain objects of social study, which ultimately facilitate the organization of sociological knowledge.[78]
Social Exchange Theory models social interaction as a series of exchanges between actors who give one another rewards and penalties, which impacts and guides future behavior. George Homans' version of exchange theory specifically argues that behaviorist stimulus-response principles can explain the emergence of complex social structures.
Blau, Peter. 1964. Exchange & Power in Social Life.
Emerson, Richard. 1962. "Power-Dependence Theory." American Sociological Review 27(1):31-41.
Homans, George C. 1958. "Social Behavior as Exchange." American Journal of Sociology 63(6):597-606.
Homans, George C. 1961. Social Behavior: Its Elementary Forms.
Social Network Analysis
Making use of network theory, social network analysis is structural approach to sociology that views norms and behaviors as embedded in chains of social relations.
Ashley, David, and David M. Orenstein. 2005. Sociological theory: Classical Statements (6th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education. ISBN978-0-205-38130-2. pp. 3–5, 32–40.
Marx, Karl, and Engels, Friedrich. 1998 [1867]. The German Ideology, including theses on Feuerbach and an introduction to the critique of political economy, Great Books in Philosophy. Prometheus Books. ISBN978-1-57392-258-6.
Cladis, Mark S., ed. 2008. The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life (reissue ed.), by Emile Durkheim, translated by C. Cosman. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN978-0-19-954012-9.
Halls, W. D., trans. The Rules of Sociological Method (1st American ed.), by Emile Durkheim, with introduction by Steven Lukes. New York: Free Press. ISBN978-0-02-907940-9.
Donald Emery Wray (1953). Industrial sociology: an annotated bibliography. Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of Illinois. ASINB003NXV2LW.
Michelson, William. 2002. Handbook of Environmental Sociology (1st pub. ed.), edited by R. E. Dunlap. Westport: Greenwood Press. ISBN978-0-313-26808-3.
Berger, Peter L., and Thomas Luckmann. 1991 [1966]. The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge (reprint ed.). London: Penguin Books. ISBN978-0-14-013548-0.
Fuller, Steve (1993). "Critical notice: David Bloor's Knowledge and Social Imagery". Philosophy of Science. 60 (1) (Seconded.): 158–170. doi:10.1086/289724.
Skocpol, Theda. 1979. States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN978-0-521-29499-7.
Du Bois, W. E. B. 1996 [1903]. The Souls of Black Folk (Penguin Classics reprint ed.), with introduction by D. B. Gibson. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN0-14-018998-X.
Kevin J. Christiano, et al., (2nd ed., 2008), Sociology of Religion: Contemporary Developments, Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN978-0-7425-6111-3
Wasserman, Stanley, and Katherine Faust. 1999 [1994]. Social Network Analysis: Methods and Applications (reprint. ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN978-0-521-38707-1.
Wellman, Barry, and S. D. Berkowitz, eds. (1991) [1988]. Social Structures: A Network Approach (reprint ed.). Greenwich: Jai Press. ISBN978-0-7623-0290-1.
Parsons, Talcott. 1968. [1937]. The Structure of Social Action: A Study in Social Theory with Special Reference to a Group of Recent European Writers (Pbk. ed.). New York: Free Press. ISBN978-0-02-924240-7.
Allan, Kenneth; Allan, Kenneth D. (2010). Explorations in classical sociological theory: seeing the social world (2nded.). Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Pine Forge Press. ISBN978-1-4129-7812-5.
Appelrouth, Scott; Edles, Laura Desfor (2007). Sociological theory in the contemporary era: text and readings. Thousand Oaks: Pine Forge Press. ISBN978-0-7619-2801-0.
Blau, Peter M. (1972). Hoselitz, Berthold Frank (ed.). A reader's guide to the social sciences. Free Press.
Edles, Laura Desfor; Appelrouth, Scott (2010). Sociological theory in the classical era: text and readings (2nded.). Los Angeles: Pine Forge Press. ISBN978-1-4129-7564-3.
Farganis, James, ed. (2011). Readings in social theory: the classic tradition to post-modernism (6thed.). New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill. ISBN978-0-07-811155-6.
Herron, Nancy L., ed. (2002). The social sciences (Thirded.). Greenwood Village, CO: Libraries unlimited. ISBN978-1-56308-985-5.
Hiller, Harry H.; Langlois, Simon (2001). "The Most Important Books/Articles in Canadian Sociology in the Twentieth Century: A Report". Canadian Journal of Sociology. 26 (3): 513–516. doi:10.2307/3341899. JSTOR3341899.
Lauer, Robert H.; Lauer, Jeanette C., eds. (2007). Sociology: windows on society: an anthology (7thed.). Los Angeles, Calif.: Roxbury Publishing. ISBN978-0-19-533052-6.
Michie, Jonathan, ed. Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences (2 vol. 2001) 1970 pages annotating the major books in all the social sciences.
White, Carl M. (1973). Sources of information in the social sciences: a guide to the literature (2nded.). Chicago: American Library Association. ISBN978-0-8389-0134-2.