Contributors Bios vii Introduction xiii George Ritzer and Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy Part I Introduction 1 1 Classical Sociological Theory 3 Alan Sica 2 Contemporary Social Theory 21 Jeffrey Stepnisky 3 Quantitative Methods 39 Russell K. Schutt 4 Qualitative Methods 57 Mitchell Duneier Part II Basic Topics 67 5 Action, Interaction, and Groups 69 Kimberly B. Rogers and Lynn Smith]Lovin 6 Social Network Analysis 87 Nick Crossley 7 Culturalizing Sociology 104 Laura Grindstaff and Ming]Cheng M. Lo 8 Deviance: A Sociology of Unconventionalities 124 Nachman Ben]Yehuda 9 Criminology 141 Charles F. Wellford 10 Critical Sexualities Studies: Moving On 156 Ken Plummer 11 Racial and Ethnic Issues: Critical Race Approaches in the United States 174 Brittany C. Slatton and Joe R. Feagin 12 Families 190 Medora W. Barnes 13 Sociology of Education 206 Joseph J.

Merry and Maria Paino 14 Sociology of Religion 224 Robert D. Woodberry, Christian Smith, and Christopher P. Scheitle 15 Medicine and Health 250 William C. Cockerham 16 Urbanization 267 Kevin Fox Gotham and Arianna J. King 17 Environmental Sociology 283 Richard York and Riley E. Dunlap 18 Social Movements, Protest, and Practices of Social Change 301 Kevin Gillan 19 War and Society 319 Miguel A. Centeno and Vicki Yang 20 Immigration 340 Noriko Matsumoto 21 The Sociology of Consumption 358 Christopher Andrews 22 Digital Technology, Social Media, and Techno]Social Life 377 Mary Chayko 23 Contemporary Feminist Theory 398 Michelle Meagher Part III Cutting Edge Issues 417 24 Big Data for Sociological Research 419 Jason Radford and David Lazer 25 Toward a Sociology of Debt 444 Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy 26 Sociology of Sport 460 Alan Tomlinson 27 From Fordism to Brexit and Trump: Is Authoritarian Capitalism on the Rise? 477 Robert J. Antonio and Alessandro Bonanno Index 496.