{"product_id":"theory-for-the-working-sociologist-9780231181655","title":"Theory for the Working Sociologist","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheory for the Working Sociologist\u003c\/i\u003e makes social theory easy to understand by revealing sociology's hidden playbook. Fabio Rojas argues that sociologists use four different theoretical \"moves\" when they try to explain the social world: how groups defend their status, how people strategically pursue their goals, how values and institutions support each other, and how people create their social reality. Rojas uses famous sociological studies to illustrate these four types of theory and show how students and researchers may apply them to their interests. The guiding light of the book is the concept of the \"social mechanism,\" which clearly and succinctly links causes and effects in social life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on dozens of empirical studies that define modern sociology and focusing on the nuts and bolts of social explanation, Rojas reveals how areas of study within the field of sociology that at first glance seem dissimilar are, in fact, linked by shared theoretical underpinnings. In doing so, he elucidates classical and contemporary theory, and connects both to essential sociological findings made throughout the history of the field. Aimed at undergraduate students, graduate students, journalists, and interested general readers who want a more formal way to understand social life, \u003ci\u003eTheory for the Working Sociologist\u003c\/i\u003e presents the underlying themes of sociological thought using contemporary research and plain language.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFabio Rojas is professor of sociology at Indiana University Bloomington. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrom Black Power to Black Studies: How a Radical Social Movement Became an Academic Discipline\u003c\/i\u003e and the co-author with Michael T. Heaney of \u003ci\u003eParty in the Street: The Antiwar Movement and the Democratic Party after 9\/11\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50923932254482,"sku":"9780231181655","price":35.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a342a115-ee65-4801-a258-a2530f185945.jpg?v=1738965499","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/theory-for-the-working-sociologist-9780231181655","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}