Reading List

Sociology 101, Introduction to Sociology @QC
Readings for FALL 2010, Professor Levine

Readings for the first half of the course are here on line at www.sociology101.net. You can print them at home, on campus, or anywhere in the world. Get a 1/2 inch or 1 inch three-ring binder, and a three-hole puncher, and put the readings in the binder (or at least put them in a strong, manila folder). You can also print out a second copy of each reading, staple the pages together, and bring each article to class when we are discussing it. There are many options.
The important thing is to have and read the articles ON PAPER.

TIP: The headers for each week's reading (the words right after the date), and the full title of each article, are very important. As you read each article make sure you fully understand the meaning of all the words and phrases, including the article titles and sub titles. To do that you will have to use a dictionary AND closely read all the articles. You absolutely need to remember all the headings and reading titles. It will help you to remember the authors as well.
This reading list is the most important document in the class. Know it well!

1. Aug 30 - Sept 1 - Things are not as they seem to be: The peculiarities and hidden uses of cultural patterns
- Body Rituals of the Nacirema by Horace Miner
- Baseball Magic by George Gmelch
- India's Sacred Cow by Marvin Harris
- Ritual & Taboo (at dictionary.com)
- REALLY REALLY important Things To Know For This Class and The Exam

2. (Wed) Sept 8 - (no class on Mon Sept 6 (Labor Day) - Society Inside of Us: Culture, Ethnicity, Socialization, Internalization, and Roles
- Cultural Responses to Pain by Mark Zborowski,
- Learning The Student Role: Kindergarten As Academic Boot Camp by Harry Gracy
- Fashion and Status by Alison Lurie
- Culture - the Encarta Encyclopedia

3. Sept 13-15 - What Happens When Corporations Are Not Regulated By Government?: The Contradiction Between Corporate Profit and the Public Good
- Love Canal by Michael Brown
- Pinto Madness by Mark Dowie
- Six Errors On the Way To The Financial Crisis by Alan Binder

4. Sept 20-22 - The Case of Marijuana Possession and Policing: Things Are Not As They Seem To Be
- Targeting Blacks for Marijuana: Possession Arrests in California, 2004-08 by Levine, Gettman and Siegel
- The Epidemic of Pot Arrests in New York City by Harry G. Levine
- NY City's Marijuana Arrest Crusade ... Continues by Harry Levine (the graphs and tables are the most important part)
- Excerpts from: Marijuana Arrest Crusade: Racial Bias and Police Policy in New York City (30 pages) by Harry G. Levine and Deborah P. Small
- Whites Smoke Pot, but Blacks Are Arrested – by Jim Dwyer
- Busted: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters by Flex Your Rights (45 minute video – watch closely)

5. Sept 27-29 - Family, Health and Government Policy in the U.S., Canada, and Europe
- Teenage pregnancy in developed countries by Jones et. al.
- Health care in crisis: does Canada have the answer? From Consumer Reports
- The Idea Behind Our Failed Health-Care System by Malcom Gladwell
- Until Medical Bills Do Us Part by Nicholas Kristof
- Health Care Realities – Paul Krugman

(Tip: Make sure you already have or now get Invitation to Sociology by Peter Berger. Used books from Amazon take two weeks for delivery)

6. Oct 4-6 - The Impact of Racial Prejudice
- Racism and Research: The case of the Tuskegee syphilis study by Alan Brandt,
- Decisions of death. by David Bruck
- Asian Americans: The myth of the model minority by Ronald Takaki

7. (Wed) Oct 13 - Wealth and Inequality in America (No class Monday)
- The Great Wealth Transfer by Paul Krugman
- Helping The Poor, The British Way by Paul Krugman
- One other reading to be added later

8. Oct 18-20 - The Sociological Imagination and Review
- The Promise of the Sociological Imagination. by C. Wright Mills,
- Invitation To Sociology by Peter Berger - Read Back Cover, Table Of Contents, Preface. (The actual paper book, not on the web)

9. Mon Oct 25 - Review - Wed Oct 27 MIDTERM EXAM - click here for MIDTERM STUDY MATERIALS

10. Mon Nov 1 - Invitation To Sociology by Peter Berger (Bring the book to class). No class Wed Dec 3.
- Read Back Cover, Table Of Contents, Preface.
- read Chapter 1. "Sociology As An Individual Pastime."

11. Nov 8-10 - Debuking, Unrespectabiity, Relativizing, Cosmopolitanism
- read Chapter 2 "Sociology as a Form of Consciousness"
(Chapter 2 is about the four motifs
Tip: first read the last two pages of Chapter 2 first, especially the last paragraph of Chapter 2).
Bring the book to class

12. Nov 15-17 - Social Control, Institutions, Stratification
- read Chapter 4 "Man In Society" (Bring Invitation to Sociology to class)

13. Nov 22-Nov 24 - Roles, Reference Groups, Socialization, Internalization, & The Sociology Of Knowledge
- read: Chapter 5: "Society In Man" (Bring the book to class))

14. Nov 29-Dec 1 Real Choice And Real Freedom In The Real World
- read: Chapter 6: "Society As Drama"
- skim: Chapter 8: "Sociology As A Humanistic Discipline"
- read Closely: The Last Three Pages Of Chapter 8 -- Pages 174-176

15. Dec 6-8 - Wrap Up and Review (Bring the book and all readings to class)

16. Dec 13 - Last Class - Review (Bring the book and all readings to class)

The final exam covers the whole semester. The final exam covers the whole semester.
All final exams at the college, including ours, will be scheduled by the QC Registrar and held sometime from Wednesday Dec 15 to Tuesday Dec 21
The time of the final exam is announced by the Registrar's office later in the semester.

click here for MIDTERM STUDY MATERIALS
click here for: KEY CONCEPTS FROM INVITATION TO SOCIOLOGY (Berger's book) (click here)

Peter Berger, Invitation to Sociology: A Humanistic Perspective
At http://www.amazon.com/Invitation-Sociology-Perspective-Peter-Berger/dp/0385065299
At: http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9780385065290&itm=3
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