Learn how to think like a sociologist with this short, up-to-date and
accessible introduction to studying A Level Sociology or starting
sociology at university. Find out how sociology works and what it can
do, as well as where it can take you.Get a headstart on your A-Level
Sociology topics and understand how to be an excellent sociologist.
Packed with inspiring and current examples, this fascinating and
practical guide introduces the capacity and challenge, insights and
parameters of sociology through key ideas and readings that relate to
the current A-Level Sociology specifications, foundation access courses
and the world around us. Hugely readable it will appeal to anyone
interested in learning more about sociology.By becoming a sociologist,
you will learn to be careful, considered, and creative, analytical, and
rigorous, and reflexive and ethical. These dispositions will prepare you
for life, education, and work.Introduction: Why be a sociologist?Chapter
1: Be Imaginative: Making connections between the personal and the
publicChapter 2: Be Conceptual: Putting on sociological glassesChapter
3: Be Rigorous: Exploring the sociological toolkitChapter 4: Be
Knowledgeable: Asking questions and finding answersChapter 5: Be
Reflexive: Turning the sociological imagination onto sociology
itselfChapter 6: Be Transformative: Bringing about change in yourself
and othersAn Ending: A sociology of hope and reasons to be optimistic
