TEACHSOC: Re: secondary readings for Social Problems

[Del Thomas Ph D]

I would suggest getting to the core .....have students look at Durkheim's normal and pathological....... even is a society of saints....etc.  the events are always with us.... heat deaths,  flooding, police brutality, DWB......Most texts are as a result one trick ponies the first chapter tells all that is needed ..........Readings such as Joseph Bensman and Israel Gerver, "Crime and Punishment in the Factory," American Sociological Review, August 1963 provide reality and allow students to engage in adaptive rather than adoptive learning. No need to reinvent the wheel....also a chapter from Regulating the Poor would not hurt........ I'll send a resource on the ed crisis later. Best for a great weekend..... Del Robert Greene wrote: Or, Katherine Newman's No Shame in My Game: The Working Poor in the Inner City. and Jeremy Rifkin's, The End of the Work: The Decline of the Global Labor Force adn the Dawn of the Post-Market Era. "Julie Setele" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/13/06 1:30 AM >>> karen, i recommend: Joseph T. Hallinan's *Going Up the River: travels in a prison nation* (2003; 224pp text) David K. Shipler's *The Working Poor: invisible in America* (2004; 308pp text) best, julie This is a Social Problems 300 level course. I am looking for secoondary books for this course. I am considering Fast food nation, Nickle and Dimed in America and Shattered Lives. As this book is supplemental to the text, I am seeking books that are short (250-300 pgs) and focus on the educational crisis, aging issues, or crime/gangs. Jonathan Kozol's book on education are great, but they are too long for my needs. Any suggestions would be welcome. Karen Colvin University of Baltimore ________________________________________________________________ Julie Setele Department of Sociology University of California, Davis One Shields Avenue Davis, California 95616 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://sociology.ucdavis.edu/gradstudents/jasetele --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Teaching Sociology" group. To post to this group, send email to teachsoc@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/teachsoc -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---