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HERE IS THE READING LIST FOR SECTIONS 3 AND 4 OF CSO 103 ~ INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE SOCIOLOGY (Third Edition April 7, 2016)
Baker, James A. (2005) The
Anger Busting Workbook: Simple, Powerful Techniques for Managing Anger and
Saving Relationships Houston, TX: Bayou Publishing.[Relevant to Self
Control and Anger Management topics]
Cohen, Bruce (1979) Theory and Problems of
Introduction to Sociology. Schaum’s Outline Series. New York:
McGraw-Hill Book Company.
Drum, Kevin (2012) “Social
Mobility in America: It’s All about the Poor” www.motherjones.com
Featherstone, Richard and Mathieu Deflem
(2003) “Anomie
and Strain: Context and Consequences of Merton’s Two Theories” Sociological
Inquiry 73 (4): 471-489, 2003.
Final Examination Papers: CSO
103, December 2008 to December 2012 [Uploaded by Mauri Yambo]
Forman, Johanna Mendelson (2013) “Cuba’s
Emerging Middle Class and Growing Private Sector” in Huffington Post, November 11, 2013
Gates, Bill and Melinda Gates (2014) “2014
Gates Annual Letter: 3 Myths that Block Progress for the
Poor” www.gatesfoundation.org
Gibbs, Jack P. (1989) Control:
Sociology’s Central Notion. Urbana: University of Illinois Press.
[Themes covered in the book include: The notion of control; basic types of
control; inanimate, biotic and human control; and conflict and social class. Gibbs
touches on the consensus-conflict debate, arguing that “The opposite of
consensus is dissensus, not conflict” (p. 287). Has brief but interesting
comments on certain leading conflict theorists]
Gibbs, Jack (1990) “The
Sociology of Deviance and Social Control”, pp. 483-524, in Morris Rosenberg
and Ralph. H. Turner, eds. 1990. Social
Psychology: Sociological Perspectives. New Brunswick, NY: Transaction
Publishers, Rutgers.
Hirschi, Travis (1971) Causes
of Delinquency. Berkeley: University of California Press. [This is
a preview. Read what you can about Perspectives on Delinquency, Causes of
Delinquency, Strain Theory Control Theory of Delinquency, Conventional
Activities]
Hutson, Matthew (2014) “Social
Darwinism Isn’t Dead: Rich people think they really are different from you and
me” www.slate.com [Discusses the
problematic of “Social Class Essentialism”]
Ingham, Harrison and Joseph Luft’s, “Johari Window Model”
(This is meant for “understanding and training self-awareness, personal
development… interpersonal development”, etc.). Note: Joe + Harry = Johari.
Compare that model with this
version by Alan Chapman (2003)
Juma, Victor (2010) “Kenya
Ranked Among Most Unequal Societies”. Business Daily, November 5.
Leke, Acha, et al. 2010. “What’s
Driving Africa’s Growth?” McKinsey & Company, www.mckinsey.com
Maguire, Mike, Rod Morgan and Robert Reiner, Eds
(2012) The
Oxford Handbook of Criminology. 5th
Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Merton, Robert (1938) “Social
Structure and Anomie” American
Sociological Review, Vol. 3, No. 5, October 1938, pp. 672-682
Mugwe, David (2011) “Kenyans
in UK earn above average incomes”
Business Daily, January 18, 2011.
Parsons, Talcott (1964) “Evolutionary
Universals in Society”, American
Sociological Review, Vol. 29, Issue 3 (June 1964), pp. 339-357.
Social Engineering Texts [Note that the
Sociologist’s understanding and usage of
the term social engineering is contrary to the misleading
usages/definitions of the terms – usages
perhaps based on extreme interpretation or implementation of the idea of
“psychological manipulation” – that have in the last five or so clogged the
Google search engine. I have in mind terms such as: phishing, confidence
trick/trickster, pretexting, ‘diversion theft’, computer/information security,
‘forced’ system access (or break-in or hacking), fraud and deception. Here are
some texts to keep you on the right track]:
a. Sociological
conceptualization of “Social Engineering”.
See http://www.thefreedictionary.com
b. Thomas
Avery (2000) “Popper
on ‘Social Engineering’: A Classical Liberal View”, Reason Papers Vol. 26: 29-38 (Summer 2000). www.reasonpapers.com
c. Vincent
Navarro. 2003. “Policy
Without Politics: The Limits of Social Engineering” American Journal of Public Health, January 2003, 93 (1), 64-67.
Williams, Katherine S. 2012. Textbook
on Criminology. 7th Edition. Oxford: Oxford
University Press. [Read Chapter 13 on
Control Theories, pp. 370-403]
Yambo, Mauri (2012) “Components of Social Control” (Topic 3) www.mauriyambo.blogspot.com
Yambo, Mauri (2013) “So
Living in a Middle Class Area With a Large Middle Class Boosts a Poor Child’s
Prospects of Rising to Middle Class?” www.mauriyambo.com
