Introduction to Sociology Your First Edition: A Comparison of Disciplines to Prepare Students to Build Skills for Social Life and Rewarding Careers

Introduction to Sociology: Your First Edition offers outstanding insights for students taking Introduction to Sociology, Sociology and Law, Introduction to Anthropology, and Introduction to Psychology courses. The book compiles scholarly reading materials that address basic fundamental sociological themes and sociological theories that have been discussed by most sociologists throughout the century and throughout the world, particularly in France, Europe where the discipline started [Schaeffer 2012] and in the United States where it developed with remarkable speed. Thus, in this book the names of famous sociologists as August Comte, the first sociologist who stated the word sociology [Schaeffer 2012] in his teaching at the university in France, David Émile Durkheim, who is well known by his famous studies of suicide, and Martineau, Spencer, Pierre Bourdieu, and Robert Merton are named. All contributors to the discipline in Britain, Germany, France, and the United States are named.

A brief discussion and comments on concepts and theories as well as the definitions of concepts, topics, and hypotheses are presented in clear language. Also, examples are provided to support arguments. Moreover, the authors have compiled assignments for effective learning. Most important to notice is a comparison of the discipline of sociology to other disciplines of social sciences including anthropology and psychology