Russell Haggar
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[I am very pleased that Mr Pullinger has linked his presentations to this site]
My list of Sociology Presentations will gradually be extended to cover a wide range of Sociology topics including Introduction to Sociology, Sociological Perspectives, Research Methods. Theory and Methodology, Social Stratification. Sociology of Education, Power and Politics, Sociology of Religion, the Media and much more and so I hope that you will revisit this page in the future to see new Presentations
Meanwhile further information on all topics can be found in my Sociology textbook: Sociology: An Introduction and Beyond by John T. Pullinger
The text was recommended by Laser Learning Awards in their 2020 Newsletter It is published by Cambridge Academic and the Publisher’s review can be found here.
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Introduction to Sociology
Introduction to Sociology: What is Sociology? - Click here to download. No1
Introduction to Sociology: Social Structure, Life Chances, and the Life Course - Click here to download. No2
Introduction to Sociology: Using the Sociological Imagination - Click here to download. No3
Introduction to Sociology: Developing Critical Sociological Awareness - Click to download. No4
Part One: Sociological Perspectives
Sociological Perspectives: Introduction and Marxism - Click here to download. No5
Sociological Perspectives: Functionalism - Click here to download. No6
Sociological Perspectives: Social Action Theory - Click here to download. No7
Sociological Perspectives: Micro Perspectives - Click here to download. No8
Sociological Perspectives: Feminisms - Click here to download. No9
Sociological Perspectives: Postmodernisn and High Modernism - Click here to download. No10
Part Two: Research Methods
Research Methods: Introduction and Classification-Click to download. No11
Research Methods: Social Surveys- Click to download. No12
Research Methods: Unstructured Interviewing- Click to download. No13
Research Methods: Participant Observation and Ethnography - Click to download. No14
Research Methods: Observation, Focus Groups and Experiments - Click to download. No15
Research Methods: Official and Life Documents - Click here to download. No16
Research Methods: Content Analysis and Other Documentary Sources - Click to download No17
Part Three: Theory and Methodology
Theory and Methodology: Introduction and Positivism -Click here to download. No 18
Theory and Methodology: Interpretive Methodologies -Click here to download. No 19
Theory and Methodology: Critical Theory and Postmodernism- Click here to download. No 20
Part Four: Social Stratification
Social Stratification, Introduction and closed and open stratification systems - Click here to download. No 21
Social Stratification, Modern period sociological theories - Click here to download. No 22
Social Stratification, Measuring Social Class - Click here to download. No 23
Social Stratification, Social mobility - Click here to download. No 24
Social Stratification, Changes in the class structure - Click here to download. No 25
Social Stratification, Gender stratification - Click here to download. No 26
Social Stratification, Ethnic stratification - Click here to download. No 27
Part Five: Sociology of Education
Sociology of Education: Introduction to sociological theories – Click here to download. No 28
Sociology of Education: Interactionism and postmodernism - Click here to download. No 29
Sociology of Education: Gender and educational achievement - Click here to download. No 30
Sociology of Education: Ethnicity and educational achievement - Click here to download. No 31
Sociology of Education: Politics and social policy 1 - Click here to download. No 32
Sociology of Education: Politics and Social Policy 2 - Click here to download. No 33
Sociology of Education: Grade Inflation, grade deflation, credential inflation - Click here to download. No 34
Part 6 : Power and Politics
Power and Politics: Introduction and Key Concepts - Click here to Download No 35
Power and Politics: Functionalism and Marxism - Click here to Download No 36
Power and Politics: Max Weber and Ideal Types of Authority - Click here to Download No 37
Power and Politics: Elite Theory - Click here to Download No 38
Power and Politics: Pluralist Theory - Click here to Download No 39
Power and Politics: The Women’s Movement - Click here to Download No 40
Power and Politics: Voting Behaviour - Click here to Download No 41
Power and Politics: Postmodernism - Click here to Download No 42
Part 7: The Mass Media
The Mass Media: Introduction and perspectives on its role in society - Click here to Download No 43
The Mass Media: The structure of media ownership and control - Click here to Download No 44
The Mass Media: Models of media effect and audience response - Click here to Download No 45
The Mass Media: Media representation of different social groups - Click here to Download No 46
Part 8: The Sociology of Religion
The Sociology of Religion: Introduction and Functionalism - Click here to Download No 47
The Sociology of Religion: Marxism - Click here to Download No 48
The Sociology of Religion: Weber and Social Action Theory - Click here to Download No 49
The Sociology of Religion: Berger and Phenomenology - Click here to Download No 50
The Sociology of Religion: Secularisation 1 - meaning and measurement - Click here to Download No 51
The Sociology of Religion: Secularisation 2 - Pluralism and disengagement - Click here to Download No 52
The Sociology of Religion: Secularisation Revisited - Click here to Download No 53