Sociology Research eBooks
The Chamberlain University Library offers a large collection of electronic books (eBooks) that can be accessed from your computer or mobile device. Below are quick links to eBooks that have been selected by your program. These eBooks cover social science topics, including the scientific method, and the Structural-Functionalist, Social-Conflict, and Symbolic-Interactionist theoretical perspectives.
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Scientific Method
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Introducing Social Research Methods: Essentials for Getting the Edge by ISBN: 9781118874202Publication Date: 2015-12-02This book is a concise and student-friendly introduction to research methods that uses examples from around the world to illustrate the centrality of social science research in our everyday lives. -
Introduction to Research Methods and Report Writing by ISBN: 9781498278515Publication Date: 2016-04-08This book provides introductory materials on research methods and report writing that aim at guiding students and researchers towards effective research and reporting of their findings. It will prove a useful guide for students and researchers in social sciences and humanities who wish to transform research theory into real and feasible research projects. -
Investigating the Psychological World by ISBN: 9780262322379Publication Date: 2014-04-04A broad theory of research methodology for psychology and the behavioral sciences that offers a coherent treatment of a range of behavioral research methods. This book considers scientific method in the behavioral sciences, with particular reference to psychology.
Sociological Theory
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Family Theories: Foundations and Applications by ISBN: 9781119281276Publication Date: 2016-07-21This book presents a comprehensive and accessible approach to the most current perspectives in the field of family theory. -
Introduction to Sociological Theory by ISBN: 9781118471920Publication Date: 2019-09-16The extensively revised and updated second edition combines carefully chosen primary quotes with wide-ranging discussion and everyday illustrative examples to provide an in-depth introduction to classical and contemporary sociological theory. -
The SAGE Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religion by ISBN: 9781473942202Publication Date: 2020-03-25This book takes a three-pronged look at this, namely investigating the role of religion in society; unpacking and evaluating the significance of religion in and on human history; and tracing and outlining the social forces and influences that shape religion. -
The Sociology of the Individual by ISBN: 9781446272022Publication Date: 2017-02-04The Sociology of the Individual is an innovative and though-provoking sociological exploration of how the ideas of the individual and society relate. Athanasia Chalari explains the key sociological and psychological theories related to the investigation of the social and the personal analyses the ways that both sociology and psychology can contribute to a more complete understanding and theorising of everyday life . -
Special Social Groups, Social Factors and Disparities in Health and Health Care by ISBN: 9781786354686Publication Date: 2016-08-16This volume features papers on the theme of issues in health and health care for special groups, social factors and disparities.This includes papers dealing with macro-level system issues and micro-level issues involving special groups, social factors and disparities linked to issues in health and health care. -
Theory in Action: Theoretical Constructionism by ISBN: 9789004314177Publication Date: 2016-10-07This book is relevant for researchers and students interested in constructing theories in the social sciences. Topics discussed include: the heuristic role of concepts; theoretical construction work; the importance of question-driven sociology; counterfactual reasoning; the power of ordinary language; an inventory of explanatory practices in social science; comparative case studies; class operations and the potential for using Merton's middle range theory. -
Understanding Health Inequalities and Justice by ISBN: 9781469630342Publication Date: 2016-11-07The twelve essays in this volume show that public debates routinely bypass complex ethical, sociocultural, historical, and political questions about how we should address ideals of justice and equality in health care. Integrating perspectives from the humanities, social sciences, medicine, and public health, this volume illuminates the relationships between justice and health inequalities to enrich debates. -
The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements by ISBN: 9781119168607Publication Date: 2018-09-18This second edition of The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements features forty original essays from the field. With contributions from both established and ascendant scholars, the Companion seeks to present current research on social movements in all its diversity.
