1st Edition
Change and Disruption Sociology of the Future
Introduction
PART 1: The world as it was and is
1 World disrupted: it has happened before
2 Moving pieces: the past of our global matters of concern
3 From difference to inequalities and inequities
4 Here and now: a quantitative snapshot of the present
PART 2: How did we get here? Theories of the modern world
Introduction
5 Ideology and power: the reign of instrumental reason
6 Social integration: cohesion, regulation, and trust
7 Theories of capitalism
Conclusion
PART 3: Matters of concern and emerging trends: the world as it will be or might be
Introduction
8 The state as the lever of power
9 Humans and nature: environment, climate change, pandemics, and disasters
10 Production, work, and technology
11 People and places: migration, immigration, and urbanization
12 Transformations of the self
Biography
Roberta Garner is Emeritus Professor of Sociology at DePaul University, USA. Her research explores sociological theory, stats and methods, urban sociology, criminology, and social movements and she has extensive experience of teaching theory, methods, and political sociology. She is the author of The Joy of Stats (Third Edition, 2022) and co-author of Changing Theories: New Directions in Social Theory (2009), Doing Qualitative Research: Designs, Methods, and Techniques (2012) and Rethinking Contemporary Social Theory (Routledge, 2013).
Black Hawk Hancock is Associate Professor of Sociology at DePaul University, USA. His main research interests are ethnography, race and ethnicity, culture, and social theory. He is the author of American Allegory: Lindy Hop and the Racial Imagination (2013), and co-author of of Changing Theories: New Directions in Social Theory (2009). From 2019 to 2022, he also served as co-editor of the Sociological Perspectives journal.
