A brief, affordable introduction to collective behavior and social movements. Award-winning sociologists David Snow and Sarah Soule draw from a broad range of theories including political sociology, theories of organizations, and the study of culture and social interaction to introduce the essential ideas for analyzing social movements.

A Primer on Social Movements (Contemporary Societies Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Snow, David A.

Soule, Sarah A.

Social Sciences

W.W.Norton&Company

Based on several years of close personal contact with the homeless, this study sheds new light on homelessness in late 20th-century USA. It reveals who the people are, how they live, and why they are on the streets. It also shows how the lives of the homeless testify to human resilience.

Down on Their Luck: A Study of Homeless Street People

Anderson, Leon

Univ. Of California Pr.

Together Alone: Personal Relationships in Public Places

Exploring locales such as city streets, bus stops, parking lots, bars, retail establishments, and discussion groups, Together Alone ventures into what is often thought of as the realm of passing strangers to examine the nature of personal relationships conducted in public spaces. While most studies of social interaction have gone behind closed doors to focus on relationships in the family, school, and workplace, this innovative collection pushes the boundaries of the field by analyzing both fleeting and anchored relationships in the seldom-studied communal areas where much of contemporary life takes place. The contributors shed light on the diversity and character of day-to-day negotiations in public spaces and at the same time illuminate how these social ties paradoxically blend aspects of durability and brevity, of emotional closeness and distance, of being together and alone.

History

Morrill, Calvin

White, Cindy

Americas

University of California Press

This comprehensive guide takes a 'how-to' approach to qualitative data collection and analysis. Drawing from a wealth of illustrative research examples and applications, the authors introduce techniques of collecting, focusing, and analyzing data in a step-by-step manner. First published in 1971, this book has become the field manual for any student doing social science fieldwork.

Analyzing Social Settings: A Guide to Qualitative Observation and Analysis

Lofland, John

Lofland, Lyn H.

Science & Math

Wadsworth Publishing

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