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In this elective course our aim is to introduce some major issues, fundamental concepts, theories and methods applied in sociology as to help the students to form a basic idea of the subject matter of sociology in their minds. However, it must be noticed that within the discipline of sociology there is not a consensus even on the subject matter of sociology, and this course, being designed as an elective course, does not aim to cover all the crucial (and controversial) issues in the field. Keeping this in mind, we will try to discuss some basic topics (or rather, fields of specialisation) in sociology such as gender, family, deviance, stratification, political power, mass media, religion, as well as sociological research methods and theory.

Remember that each discipline has its own technical specialities and needs some effort to be understood on the part of the student. Never think "sociology concerns the things happening in everyday life in which we all live. So we can make sense of it without further studying. In most cases the reverse is true and sociological knowledge does not correspond to what we think about social phenomena solely depending on our good common-sense. For this reason, attendance to the course is a must. For lectures may not cover whole of the assigned material, and it is strongly recommended that the students read them (It is this reading material the students will be held responsible in the exams).

There will be two mid-term exams (30 % each) and a final exam (40 %).

NOTE:The reading material assigned for the course may not be found in the library, or the copies that you can find may have a different pagination. To overcome the eventually resultant confusion, the photocopies of the readings will be available at the reserve section of the library (you can reach them either by course name or instructor's name).
 
 

1.  (05.III.04)  Introduction: What is Sociology? The study of the society, culture and individual.

Giddens, A., Sociology, Polity Press, London, 2001, pp. 1-30.

C. W. Mills, Sociological Imagination, Penguin Books, Harmondsworht, 1980, pp. 11-17.

2.  (12.III.04)  Types of Society
 
• Giddens, Anthony, Sociology, Polity Press, London, 1998, Ch. 3, pp. 45-63.
• Barfield, Thomas J., The Nomadic Alternative, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1993, pp. 4-18.
• Sahlins, Marshall, Stone Age Economics, Tavistock Publications, London, 1978, pp. 9-14.

 
3.  (19.III.04)  Gender, Sexuality and the Body
 
• Giddens, A., Sociology, Polity Press, London, 1998, pp. 90-127.

 
4.  (26.III.04)  Sociology of Family
 
• Giddens, A., Sociology, Polity Press, London, 1998, pp. 140-168.

 

5.  (02.IV.04)  FIRST MIDTERM, date and hour is the same as class, the place will be announced later.

 
6.  (09.IV.04)  Deviance and Crime
 
• Giddens, A., Sociology, Polity Press, London, 1998, pp. 172-181, 186-189, 196-206.
• Garland, David, Punishment and Modern Society: A Study in Social Theory, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1991, pp. ??.

 
7.  (16.IV.04)  Problems of Identity: Race, Nationality, and Ethnicity
 
• Giddens, Anthony, Sociology, Polity Press, London, 1998, 210-222.
• Hutchinson, J. and Smith, Anthony D. (ed.s), Ethnicity, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996, pp. 3-31.

 

8.  (30.IV.04)  Social Inequality and Stratification

• Giddens, Anthony, Sociology, Polity Press, London, 1998, 240-244.
• Bilton, T., Bonnett, K., Jones, P., Stanworth, M., Sheard, K., and Webster, A., Introductory SociologyMacMillan Press, London, 1993, pp. 41-57.
• Giddens, A., Sociology, Polity Press, London, 1998, pp. 263-271.
  
  
  
9.  (07.V.04)  Political Power & The State: Political Sociology
 
• Giddens, Anthony, Sociology, Polity Press, London, 1998, pp. 338-342.
• Bilton, T., Bonnett, K., Jones, P., Stanworth, M., Sheard, K. and Webster, A., Introductory Sociology, MacMillan Press, London, 1993, pp. 196-219.
  
  

  (12.V.04)  SECOND MIDTERM: Wednesday, 17:40-18:20, place will be announced later.

10.  (14.V.04)  Sociology of Religion
 
• Giddens, Anthony, Sociology, Polity Press, London, 1998, 434-446.
• Bilton, T., Bonnett, K., Jones, P., Stanworth, M., Sheard, K. and Webster, A., Introductory Sociology, MacMillan Press, London, 1993, pp. 414-427.



11.  (21.V.04)  Sociological Research Methods
 
• Giddens, Anthony, Sociology, Polity Press, London, 2001, pp. 638-661.

 
12.  (28.V.04)  Sociological Theory


• Giddens, Anthony, Sociology, Polity Press, London, 1998, pp. 529-548.
• Bilton, T., Bonnett, K., Jones, P., Stanworth, M., Sheard, K. and Webster, A., Introductory Sociology, MacMillan Press, London, 1993, pp. 555-589.

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