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, while other works are selected because they are notable enough to be mentioned in a general history of sociology or one of its subdisciplines.See Michie, Jonathan, ed. 2001. Reader's Guide to the Social Sciences.
Sociology studies society using various methods of empirical investigation to understand human social activity, from the micro level of individual agency and interaction to the macro level of systems and social structure.Scott, John, and Gordon Marshall, eds. 2005. "Comte, Auguste." A Dictionary of Sociology (3rd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. .Ashley, David, and David M. Orenstein. 2005. Sociological theory: Classical Statements (6th ed.). Boston: Pearson Education. . pp. 3–5, 32–40.Giddens, Anthony, Mitchell Duneier, and Richard Applebaum. 2011. "Chapter 1." Introduction to Sociology (8th ed.). New York: W. W. Norton & Company. .
Foundations
Comte, Auguste. 1865. [A General View of Positivism].Bridges, J. H., transl. 2009. A General View of Positivism (reprint ed.), by Auguste Comte. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. . Marx, Karl. 1867. [Capital: A Critique of Political Economy].Marx, Karl. 2007 . Das Kapital. Gardners Books. . Marx, Karl, and Engels, Friedrich. 1846. [The German Ideology].Marx, Karl, and Engels, Friedrich. 1998 . The German Ideology, including theses on Feuerbach and an introduction to the critique of political economy, Great Books in Philosophy. Prometheus Books. . Weber, Max. 1904. [The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism].Baehr, Peter, and Gordon C. Wells, trans. 2002. The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, by Max Weber. Penguin Books. . Putting forward a thesis that Puritan ethic 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. Du Bois, W. E. B. 1899. The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study.Du Bois, W. E. B. 2010 . The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania. . [see p. 520.]
Durkheim
1893. [The Division of Labour in Society].Durkheim, Emile. 1997 . The Division of Labour in Society (1st ed.). New York: Free Press. . 1897. [Suicide: A Study in Sociology].Durkheim, Emile. 1997 . Suicide: A Study in Sociology. New York: Free Press. . 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.Gianfranco Poggi (2000). Durkheim. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Chapter 1. 1912. [The Elementary Forms of the Religious Life].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. . 1919. [The Rules of Sociological Method].Halls, W. D., trans. The Rules of Sociological Method (1st American ed.), by Emile Durkheim, with introduction by Steven Lukes. New York: Free Press. .
Culture
Bourdieu, Pierre. 1979. La distinction: Critique sociale du jugement [Distinction: A Social Critique of the Judgment of Taste]. Bourdieu, Pierre, and Jean-Claude Passeron.1970. La Reproduction. Éléments pour une théorie du système d'enseignement [Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture].Bourdieu, Pierre, and Jean-Claude Passeron. 1990 . Reproduction in Education, Society and Culture, translated by R. Nice, (Theory, Culture and Society Series). London: SAGE. Katz, Jack. 1988. Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doing Evil.Katz, Jack. 1988. Seductions of Crime: Moral and Sensual Attractions in Doing Evil. Basic Books. . Schultz, Alfred. 1967. Der sinnhafte Aufbau der sozialen Welt [The Phenomenology of the Social world].
Economy
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.
Boltanski, Luc, and Ève Chiapello. 2005. The New Spirit of Capitalism.Boltanski, Luc, and Ève Chiapello. 2005. The New Spirit of Capitalism. London: Verso Books. Boltanski, Luc, and Laurent Thévenot. 2006. On Justification. The Economies of Worth.Boltanski, Luc, and Laurent Thévenot. 2006. On Justification. The Economies of Worth. Princeton University Press. de Tocqueville, Alexis. 1835/1840. [On Democracy in America] 1 & 2.Zunz, Olivier, ed. 2004. Democracy in America, by Alexis de Tocqueville, translated by A. Goldhammer. New York: The Library of America. . — 1856. [The Old Regime and the French Revolution].Gilbert, Stuart, trans. 1955. The Old Regime and the French Revolution, by Alexis de Tocqueville. New York: Anchor Books. Durkheim, Emile. 1893. [The Division of Labour in Society]. Granovetter, Mark. 1985. "Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness." The American Journal of Sociology 91(3):481–510.Granovetter, Mark. 1985. "Economic Action and Social Structure: The Problem of Embeddedness." The American Journal of Sociology 91(3):481–510. . Hirschman, Albert O. 1982. "Rival Interpretations of Market Society: Civilizing, Destructive, or Feeble?" Journal of Economic Literature 20(4):1463–84. Polanyi, Karl. 1944. The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time.Polanyi, Karl. 1944. The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time. Beacon Press. . Simmel, George. 1907. The Philosophy of Money.Frisby, David, ed. 2004 . The Philosophy of Money (3rd enlarged ed.), by Georg Simmel, translated by D. Frisby and T. Bottomore. London: Routledge. (eReader). (master eBook). Smelser, Neil and Richard Swedberg, eds. 2005. The Handbook of Economic Sociology. Weber, Max. 1922. [Economy and Society].Weber, Max. 1978 . Economy and Society. Berkeley: University of California Press. White, Harrison C. 2002. Markets from Networks: Socioeconomic Models of Production.White, Harrison C. 2002. Markets from Networks: Socioeconomic Models of Production. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
Industry Industrial sociology is the sociology of technological change, globalization, labor markets, work organization, managerial practices and employment relations.
Bell, Daniel. 1973. The Coming of Post-Industrial Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting. Braverman, Harry. 1974. Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century.Braverman, Harry. 1974. Labor and Monopoly Capital: The Degradation of Work in the Twentieth Century. New York City: Monthly Review Press. Burawoy, Michael. 1979. Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process Under Monopoly Capitalism.Burawoy, Michael. 1979. Manufacturing Consent: Changes in the Labor Process Under Monopoly Capitalism. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Dore, Ronald P. 1973. British factory, Japanese Factory. Goldthorpe, John, David Lockwood, Frank Bechhofer, and Jennifer Platt. 1968. The Affluent Worker: Industrial Attitudes and Behaviour.Goldthorpe, John, David Lockwood, Frank Bechhofer, and Jennifer Platt. 1968. The Affluent Worker: Industrial Attitudes and Behaviour. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Spatial sociology
Environment 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.
Carson, Rachel. 1962. Silent Spring.Carson, Rachel. 2002 . Silent Spring. Mariner Books. . Diamond, Jared. 2006. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.Diamond, Jared. 2006. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. New York: Penguin Books. . Hannigan, John A. 1995. Environmental Sociology: A Social Constructionist Perspective.Hannigan, John A. 1995. Environmental Sociology: A Social Constructionist Perspective (reprint ed.). London: Routledge. . 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. Michelson, William. 2002. Handbook of Environmental Sociology.Michelson, William. 2002. Handbook of Environmental Sociology (1st pub. ed.), edited by R. E. Dunlap. Westport: Greenwood Press. . Provides an overview of the field of environmental sociology and its various research emphases. Schnaiberg, Allan, and Kenneth Alan Gould. 2000. Environment and Society: The Enduring Conflict. Caldwell.Schnaiberg, Allan, and Kenneth Alan Gould. 2000. Environment and Society: The Enduring Conflict. Caldwell, NJ: Blackburn. . Demonstrates how our global economy requires increasing levels of economic expansion, which in turn requires increasing withdrawals for the natural environment.
Demography Demography is the statistical study of human population. It encompasses the study of the size, structure and distribution of these populations, and spatial and/or temporal changes in them in response to birth, migration, aging and death.
Malthus, Thomas. 1798. An Essay on the Principle of Population.Malthus, Thomas. 1830 . An Essay on the Principle of Population (1st ed.), including A Summary View and introduction by Antony Flew. Penguin Classics. . Myrdal, Alva, and Gunnar Myrdal. 1934. Crisis in the Population Question.
Urban Urban sociology refers the study of social life and human interaction in metropolitan areas.
Castells, Manuel 1972. The Urban Question: A Marxist Approach.Castells, Manuel. 1977 . The Urban Question: A Marxist Approach. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. . Delany, Samuel R. 1999. Times Square Red, Times Square Blue.Delany, Samuel R. 1999. Times Square Red, Times Square Blue. New York: New York University Press. . Gottdiener, Mark, and Ray Hutchison. 2000. The New Urban Sociology.Gottdiener, Mark, and Ray Hutchison. 2000. The New Urban Sociology (2nd ed.). Boston: McGraw-Hill. . Hutter, Mark. 2007. Experiencing Cities: A Global Approach.Hutter, Mark. 2007. Experiencing Cities: A Global Approach. Boston: Allyn & Bacon. . Jacobs, Jane. 1961. The Death and Life of Great American Cities.Jacobs, Jane. 1993 . The Death and Life of Great American Cities, with a foreword by the author. New York: Modern Library. . "[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." Molotch, Harvey, and John R. Logan. 1987. Urban Fortunes: The Political economy of Place.Molotch, Harvey, and John R. Logan. 2007 . Urban Fortunes: The Political economy of Place (20th ed.). Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. . 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. Park, Robert E., and Ernest W. Burgess. 1925. The City.Park, Robert E., and Ernest W. Burgess. 1984. . (reprint ed.), with introduction by M. Janowitz and R. D. McKenzie. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. . Foundational text in American sociology, Chicago school, Urban sociology, and Human ecology. Simmel, Georg. 1903. The Metropolis and Mental Life.
Gender and Intersectionality
Bem, Sandra Lipsitz. 1994. Lenses of Gender: Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality.Bem, Sandra Lipsitz. 1994. Lenses of Gender: Transforming the Debate on Sexual Inequality. New Haven: Yale University Press. Chodorow, Nancy. 1978. The Reproduction of Mothering.Chodorow, Nancy. 1999 . The Reproduction of Mothering. Berkeley: University of California Press. Collins, Patricia Hill. 2005. Black Sexual Politics: African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism.