Social scientists, whether earnest graduate students or tenured faculty members, clearly know the rules that govern good writing. But for some reason they choose to ignore those guidelines and churn out turgid, pompous, and obscure prose. Distinguished sociologist Howard S. Becker, true to his calling, looks for an explanation for this bizarre behavior not in the psyches of his colleagues but in the structure of his profession. In this highly personal and inspirational volume he considers academic writing as a social activity.
Both the means and the reasons for writing a thesis or article or book are socially structured by the organization of graduate study, the requirements for publication, and the conditions for promotion, and the pressures arising from these situations create the writing style so often lampooned and lamented. Drawing on his thirty-five years' experience as a researcher, writer, and teacher, Becker exposes the foibles of the academic profession to the light of sociological analysis and gentle humor. He also offers eminently useful suggestions for ways to make social scientists better and more productive writers. Among the topics discussed are how to overcome the paralyzing fears of chaos and ridicule that lead to writer's block; how to rewrite and revise, again and again; how to adopt a persona compatible with lucid prose; how to deal with that academic bugaboo, "the literature." There is also a chapter by Pamela Richards on the personal and professional risks involved in scholarly writing.
In recounting his own trials and errors Becker offers his readers not a model to be slavishly imitated but an example to inspire. Throughout, his focus is on the elusive work habits that contribute to good writing, not the more easily learned rules of grammar and punctuation. Although his examples are drawn from sociological literature, his conclusions apply to all fields of social science, and indeed to all areas of scholarly endeavor. The message is clear: you don't have to write like a social scientist to be one.

当代中国社会从未停止变化，新近在诸多方面的激进变动更是从本质上改变了社会的结构。个体的崛起，就是这样一种转型性的变革。
个体的崛起在很大程度上改变了社会关系的结构，导致了中国社会的个体化。在公共领域，特别是20世纪90年代后期以来城市化背景下的公共领域，个体的角色变得更为复杂和重要。对于当代的中国青年而言，个人幸福和个体自我的实现无疑成为了人生的终极目标。
那么，如何理解正在崛起的个体、及其在中国和世界范围内广泛而深远的影响。根本的问题在于：中国社会，是否像西方社会一样，正在经历一种个体化的进程？
作为一项持续数年的实证合作研究，本书深刻地揭示了：在中国，个人已经成为一个基本社会范畴的事实。中国已经出现了一种发展趋势，并渗透到社会生活的各个方面。这种发展不仅决定了私人领域、家庭结构和两性关系，也决定了经济的组织方式和灵活的就业，以及同样重要的，个人与国家之间的关系。同时，本书也从不同的角度表明，这一中国式的个体化进程具有其独特性，它并非是对欧洲个体化路径的单纯复制。
因此，所有想要了解当今中国社会基本构成——包括其两面性、偶然性和矛盾性等——的读者，都必须读一读此书。

《必须保卫社会》中福柯勾勒出“惩戒”权力的一般草图，即通过惩罚机关的监视技术、规范性的制裁等，个别地运用于肉体的权力，从而勾画出“生命权力”的轮廓。福柯随后对“政府性”进行了追问，这个权力通过国家理性和警察的装置与技术，从16世纪开始运转。《必须保卫社会》完全可以成为当时权力的政治问题和种族的历史问题的相交点、会合处和联接点。

这是一本由学术界公认的大师和睿智的教师介绍现代社会科学研究方法的一流教材。Treiman使复杂的问题变得简单，并提供了许多实用的建议和最优的方法。本书没有复杂的数学推导，通过大量的实例领会社会科学研究的基本逻辑和设计思想，图文并茂，浅显易懂，把握前沿最新社会科学成果。《量化数据分析：通过社会研究检验想法》不只是讲授统计学——它讲授如何用统计学回答社会问题,它教会学生如何运用统计学开展一流的量化研究。

本书汇集了作者的一些叙述了我们今天的性和亲密生活的变化模式的重要作品。该书第一部分 对海弗劳克·埃利斯到更近的米歇尔·福柯等性理论家展开了讨论。杰佛瑞·威克斯研究他们写作时的社会和政治背景， 探讨他们的作品在促成我们对于性和亲密关系的概念时起的作用。该书的第二部分探索了社会学家和历史学家们重审性的方式，以及新的性和社会运行如何重新创造了“性爱”。全书研究了在这个世纪改变了私人生活的艾滋病和一些逐步发生的变化造成的影响，并对这个千年结束时的性态度和性思想进行了考察

本书试图阐述健康、疾病和身体的共同意义, 以及它们是如何产生和再次产生的, 这些意义可能是普通人和医务人员生活世界中固有的。为了解释西方科学医学作为社会文化产物的要素, 本书“旁征博引”, 不仅探讨了医学社会学、健康和疾病社会学、医学史、医学人类学等亚学科的研究与文章, 同时对文化研究、传播研究、医学地理学以及科学与技术研究领域的视角也有所涉猎。

人脑中最精彩的电影，人性最隐秘的故事；
弗洛伊德、金赛之后最具里程碑意义的性学著作
在大多数情况下，我们知道睡在我们床上的人是谁，但我们的伴侣却不太确定那个睡在我们脑海中的人的名字。在接下来的章节中，我会更详细地考察这些关于性幻想的恼人问题，并且希望可以为这些复杂的问题提出一些解答。欢迎进入这个新奇而忌禁的性幻想世界。
这本书包含了很多极直白的与性有关的内容——将近1000个关于性幻想的描述。这些私密的幻想中有些可能会让你感到震惊；有些则会使你感到恶心；有些留给你的只是无趣和麻木；有些也许会获得你的怜悯，抑或让你产生鄙视和优越感；但仍有些会使你感到兴奋，或是导致完全的性唤起，阅读这些故事甚至会使你达到性高潮。
这里每一个幻想的主人都有着较为健康的生活，没有一个生活在监狱中或是精神病院，所有幻想的主人都自由地生活在这个社会中。因此，这些幻想不应被我们忽视。
 我们究竟为什么会有性幻想？
 每个人都有性幻想吗？为什么有些人的性幻想如此活跃？
 如果我幻想的内容很古怪，说明我是个精神紊乱的人吗？
 我们应该和伴侣谈谈自己的性幻想吗？
 如果我幻想的事情是“违法的”，这表明我可能会在现实中真的去做这件事吗？
 和我们的情人试验幻想的情景明智吗？
 我们的幻想代表的只是私下的一点娱乐，还是更深刻地暗示着我们的生活呢？
 我们可以改变自己的性幻想吗？
在《人类性幻想》一书中，人类最隐秘的性幻想及其本质，第一次得到如此直白、令人震惊的揭示。

第一讲 社会分层与社会流动概述
第二讲 传统社会分导理论
第三讲 新马克思主义分层理论
第四讲 新韦伯主义分层理论
第五讲 新涂尔主义与中国的社会融合
第六讲 功能主义的社会分层理论
第七讲 阶级结构的测量：赖特模型与戈德索普模型
第八讲 中国大陆社会结构的测量
第九讲 社会分层理论的新流派
第十讲 中国社会分层结构的特点与变迁

这部由当今最富独创性的社会思想家之一书写的非凡著作，试图寻求这种转型的轨迹，并试图评估它给普通个体的生活状况所带来的后果。书的第一部分致力于探讨新的全球性舞台：由于全球化的强大力量，人们已找不到外部的、隐蔽的空间去逃避和躲藏，过去的领土战争让位给了新型的“侦察战”。第二部分主要讨论由生活政治掌控大局并繁荣起来的背景。鲍曼认为，我们今天面临的巨大挑战是：能否找到新的途径将我们与生俱来的人性差异重铸为人类团结的天职。

本书详细阐述了亨利•列斐伏尔的“空间”概念和“空间模型”，深入地探讨了“空间”当中的“权力”关系和“权利/反抗”模式，对“空间关系”这一晚近资本主义的“生产关系”作了全面考察。

《音乐社会学：音乐的理性基础与社会学基础》是引进的一本音乐社会学著作，为音乐社会学学科的奠基之作。分为七章，依次从以下四个方面进行论证：与旋律有关的和声检验、与其他地区比较的西方音乐音阶体制研究、对解决音乐体系中的多音性和多响性方案的评论、检验乐器作为音乐理性化载体的角色。

我的目的是促使你们去阅读卡尔•马克思的《资本论》，并且按照马克思的本意去阅读它。我所鼓励的是你个人面对这一文本的经历，是直接对马克思的文本进行研读，是你将开始形成对他思想的独立见解。
马克思在《资本论》中所要达到的目的，是通过对政治经济的批判，来理解资本主义是如何运行的。资本主义如果不处于运动状态，就会失去意义。马克思对此有深刻的洞察力，他也致力于扭转资本活动的发展方向。所以说马克思将资本主义简化为一个静态的、结构性的整体其实是很奇怪的。我坚信，马克思的本意是辩证的，我们必须在阅读《资本论》时，首先采取一种辩证的态度。
自1971年以来，我几乎每年都会教授《资本论》，甚至一年中讲两三遍，而且针对各种不同的人群。在过去几十年阅读《资本论》的过程中，人类的地理、历史和社会情况发生了很大的改变。实际上，我喜欢每年都讲授《资本论》的一个原因是，每次我都必须问自己，应该以何种不同的方式阅读它？它又将带给我之前未曾注意的何种启示？
在19世纪五六十年代，马克思对资本主义世界的理解和说明是简明易懂的。但当前世界已经发生了巨大的变化，所以我们必须不断提出新的问题：在我们这个时代，应该如何运用这一文本？所以在本书中，我也加入了自己关于《资本论》与当今世界的相关性的理解，以及《资本论》文本中最符合时代发展趋势的观点。

本卷根据<马克思恩格斯全集>德文版并参照俄文版译出

Capital , one of Marx's major and most influential works, was the product of thirty years close study of the capitalist mode of production in England, the most advanced industrial society of his day. This new translation of Volume One , the only volume to be completed and edited by Marx himself, avoids some of the mistakes that have marred earlier versions and seeks to do justice to the literary qualities of the work. The introduction is by Ernest Mandel, author of Late Capitalism , one of the only comprehensive attempts to develop the theoretical legacy of Capital.

收录了“1844年经济学哲学手稿”中关于工资、资本的利润、地租等的论述，以及詹姆斯·穆斯《政治经济学原理》一书摘要等。

《德意志意识形态(节选本)》主要收入了《德意志意识形态》第一卷第一章：《费尔巴哈》。该章系统阐述了唯物主义历史观，并论述了科学社会主义的一些基本原理。

From Harvard sociologist and MacArthur "Genius" Matthew Desmond, a landmark work of scholarship and reportage that will forever change the way we look at poverty in America
In this brilliant, heartbreaking book, Matthew Desmond takes us into the poorest neighborhoods of Milwaukee to tell the story of eight families on the edge. Arleen is a single mother trying to raise her two sons on the $20 a month she has left after paying for their rundown apartment. Scott is a gentle nurse consumed by a heroin addiction. Lamar, a man with no legs and a neighborhood full of boys to look after, tries to work his way out of debt. Vanetta participates in a botched stickup after her hours are cut. All are spending almost everything they have on rent, and all have fallen behind.
The fates of these families are in the hands of two landlords: Sherrena Tarver, a former schoolteacher turned inner-city entrepreneur, and Tobin Charney, who runs one of the worst trailer parks in Milwaukee. They loathe some of their tenants and are fond of others, but as Sherrena puts it, “Love don’t pay the bills.” She moves to evict Arleen and her boys a few days before Christmas.
Even in the most desolate areas of American cities, evictions used to be rare. But today, most poor renting families are spending more than half of their income on housing, and eviction has become ordinary, especially for single mothers. In vivid, intimate prose, Desmond provides a ground-level view of one of the most urgent issues facing America today. As we see families forced into shelters, squalid apartments, or more dangerous neighborhoods, we bear witness to the human cost of America’s vast inequality—and to people’s determination and intelligence in the face of hardship.
Based on years of embedded fieldwork and painstakingly gathered data, this masterful book transforms our understanding of extreme poverty and economic exploitation while providing fresh ideas for solving a devastating, uniquely American problem. Its unforgettable scenes of hope and loss remind us of the centrality of home, without which nothing else is possible.

Homosexuality is a taboo subject in Arab countries. Clerics denounce it as a heinous sin, while newspapers write cryptically of "shameful acts." Although many parts of the world now accept sexual diversity, the Middle East is moving in the opposite direction. In this absorbing account, journalist Brian Whitaker calls attention to the voices of men and women who are struggling with gay identities in societies where they are marginalized and persecuted by the authorities. He paints a disturbing picture of people who live secretive, fearful lives and who are often jailed, beaten, and ostracized by their families, or sent to be "cured" by psychiatrists.
Whitaker's exploration of changing sexual behavior in the Arab world reveals that—while deeply repressive prejudices and stereotypes still govern much thinking about homosexuality—there are pockets of change and tolerance. The author combines personal accounts from individuals in the region with a look at recent Arab films and novels featuring gay characters and conducts a sensitive comparative reading of Christian, Jewish, and Islamic strictures around sexuality. Deeply informed and engagingly written, Unspeakable Love draws long overdue attention to a crucial subject.

Organized along the same lines as Three Sociological Traditions, Four Sociological Traditions is Randall Collins' updated guide to the development of modern sociology. Explaining in a brief, readable format the 4 main schools of sociological thought, this book represents a concise intellectual history of the development of sociology. Widely adopted as either a main or supplemental text, Four Sociological Traditions presents clearly the conflict tradition of Marx and Weber, the ritual solidarity tradition of Durkheim, and the microinteractionist tradition of Mead, Blumer, and Garfinkel, and - new in this edition - the rational choice/utilitarian tradition. One of the most lively and exciting writers in sociology, Randall Collins introduces students to the roots of social theory, indicating areas where progress has been made in our understanding, as well as those areas where controversy still exists. Students will find Four Sociological Traditions a fresh, thorough, and thought-provoking examination.

Professor Jones gives a succinct and critical analysis of the sociological theories and methodology of Emile Durkheim. He focuses on four of Durkheim's books -- The Division Of Labour In Society (1893), The Rules Of Sociological Method (1895) and The Elementary Forms Of Religious Life (1912). With an illuminating chapter analysis of each work, this text is ideal for undergraduate and graduate students.