SAGE Journal Articles and Readings

SAGE Journal Articles and Readings allow you to combine cutting-edge academic journal scholarship with the topics in your course for a robust classroom experience. Full-text CQ Researcher, Pacific Standard magazine, and SAGE journal articles have been carefully selected to support and expand on the concepts presented in each chapter. This feature also provides questions to focus and guide student interpretation and discussion.

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Chapter 1. Sociology: A Unique Way to View the World

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Journal Articles And Reference Articles:

Sociological Perspective

Applying the Sociological Imagination

Movement Popularity on Different Levels

CQ Researcher:

Analyzing to Find Solutions

Pacific Standard:

Social Rules and Disaster

Chapter 2. Examining the Social World: How Do We Know?

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Journal Articles:

Scientific Method

Women Who “Opt Out”

CQ Researcher:

Obesity and Health

Pacific Standard:

Sociology in Pop Culture

Chapter 3. Society and Culture: Hardware and Software of Our Social World

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Journal Articles and Reference Articles:

Culture and Food

Symbolic Interaction

CQ Researcher:

Taboo: Assisted Suicide

Pacific Standard:

Counterculture and the Mainstream

Chapter 4. Socialization: Becoming Human and Humane

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SAGE Journal and Reference Articles:

Cultural Socialization

Socialization in Sports

Socialization in Schools

CQ Researcher:

Aging Population

Pacific Standard:

Childhood Development

Chapter 5. Interaction, Groups, and Organizations: Connections That Work

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SAGE Journal and Reference Articles:

Social Media and Social Capital

McDonalidization

The Sociology of Social Networks

CQ Researcher:

Corporate Social Responsibility

Pacific Standard:

Autonomy and Social Media

Chapter 6. Deviance and Social Control: Sickos, Weirdos, Freaks, and
Folks Like Us

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Reference Articles:

Perspectives on Deviance

Sociological Perspective on Drug Use

CQ Researcher:

Criminal Rehabilitation

Pacific Standard:

Chapter 7. Stratification: Rich and Famous—or Rags and Famine?

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SAGE Journal and Reference Articles

Social Inequality

Social Mobility

CQ Researcher:

Increasing Life Expectancy

Pacific Standard:

The Great Recession

Chapter 8. Race and Ethnic Group Stratification: Beyond “Us” and “Them”

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Reference Articles:

CQ Researcher:

Is Racism on the Rise?

Pacific Standard:

Racism in Schools

Chapter 9. Gender Stratification: She/He—Who Goes First?

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Journal Articles:

Gender Stratification

Gender Relations

CQ Researcher:

Gender in Schools

Pacific Standard:

Workplace Equality

Chapter 10. Family and Education: Institutionalizing Socialization

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Journal Articles:

Role of Fathers

School Dropouts

CQ Researcher:

Women and the Work-Life Balance

Education and Gender

Pacific Standard:

Government Programs

Chapter 11. Religion: The Social Meaning of Sacred Meaning

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Journal Articles:

Religion and Academic Achievement

CQ Researcher:

Religion in Schools

Pacific Standard:

Benefits of Religion

Religious Knowledge

Chapter 12. Politics and Economics: Probing Power; Dissecting Distribution

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Journal Articles:

Political Involvement

Revolutionary Movements

CQ Researcher:

Pacific Standard:

Justifying Surveillance

Terrorism: Foiled Plots or FBI Created?

Chapter 13. Population and Urbanization: Living on Planet Earth

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SAGE Journal Articles:

CQ Researcher:

Pacific Standard:

Industrial Economy

Chapter 14. The Process of Change: We Can Make a Difference

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Journal Articles:

CQ Researcher:

Research and Development

Pacific Standard:

Human Rights, Women's Rights, and Climate Change

One Refugee's Journey to Human Rights Advocacy

Digital Rights and Digital Risks