David B Skinner
Biographic Data
| ID | 4588923 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David B Skinner |
| GIVEN NAMES | David B |
| FAMILY NAME | Skinner |
| SIGNATURE | SKINNER D B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Anglia Ruskin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3014-9127 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 19 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ludford [Ludforde, Ludforth], Nicholas
Davy [Davys], Richard
Introductory Sociology
Introductory Sociology has established itself as one of the most popular textbooks in its field. The third edition is completely revised, updated and redesigned, to include additional diagrams, charts
Education
This chapter explores central sociological issues in education. We consider the changing social context of education, including the major policy shifts of recent decades. We examine debates about the social nature of the curriculum, and about the relationship of education to the labour market and to social inequality. In addition, we document the ways that class, race, ethnicity and gender are reflected in educational outcomes. Finally, the chapt…
Making Our Futures
In this final chapter we argue that there is still a vital role for sociology to play in helping people to shape their own lives and build their own diverse futures. Despite all the doubts about the modernist project of progress through reason, sociology can still claim to offer vital insights to people in society about the possibilities and limits that face them.
Understanding Crime
This chapter examines the diversity of sociological explanations of crime by comparing them along a number of different dimensions. While highlighting key differences between these approaches, we try to show how they have shared a common commitment to the ‘modernist project’ — that is, to a belief in the possibility and legitimacy of constructing a valid explanation of the phenomenon of crime and, hence, of developing strategies for doing somethi…
Introductory Sociology
Education
This chapter explores central sociological issues in education. We consider the changing social context of education, including the major policy shifts of recent decades. We examine debates about the social nature of the curriculum, and about the relationship of education to the labour market and to social inequality. In addition, we document the ways that class, race, ethnicity and gender are reflected in educational outcomes. Finally, the chapt…
Making Our Futures
In this final chapter we argue that there is still a vital role for sociology to play in helping people to shape their own lives and build their own diverse futures. Despite all the doubts about the modernist project of progress through reason, sociology can still claim to offer vital insights to people in society about the possibilities and limits that face them.
Understanding Crime
This chapter examines the diversity of sociological explanations of crime by comparing them along a number of different dimensions. While highlighting key differences between these approaches, we try to show how they have shared a common commitment to the ‘modernist project’ — that is, to a belief in the possibility and legitimacy of constructing a valid explanation of the phenomenon of crime and, hence, of developing strategies for doing somethi…
Introductory Sociology
Introductory Sociology
Introductory Sociology has established itself as one of the most popular textbooks in its field. The third edition is completely revised, updated and redesigned, to include additional diagrams, charts
Ludford [Ludforde, Ludforth], Nicholas
Davy [Davys], Richard
Sociology (5 works) · Contemporary Sociological Theory and Practice (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Social science (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · History and Developments in Astronomy (2 works) · Labor Movements and Unions (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Anthropology (1 works)