Making Sense of Society: Power and Possibility

This textbook provides an accessible and critical introduction to contemporary social research, drawing on cross-cultural examples to explore the relations of oppression and exploitation that give rise to social problems. It takes an unapologetically radical approach to identifying these relations and highlights how critical social research can contribute to exploring, understanding, and forging alternatives to an increasingly bankrupt, violent, unstable, and unjust status quo.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 352 pages
Publication date: 30 May 2022
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd

This textbook, rooted in the sister disciplines of sociology and anthropology, offers an accessible and critical introduction to contemporary social research. Alex Khasnabish departs from the traditional disciplinary boundaries in favor of an integrated approach to understanding and practicing critical social research. Situated within the North American context, the text employs cross-cultural examples to provide readers with a clear understanding of the diversity in human social relations. It is organized thematically, introducing readers to the core areas of social research and social organization while taking an unapologetically radical stance in identifying the relations of oppression and exploitation that give rise to what most corporate textbooks euphemistically refer to as social problems. By focusing on key dynamics and processes at the heart of many contemporary issues and public conversations, this text highlights the ways in which critical social research can contribute to exploring, understanding, and forging alternatives to an increasingly bankrupt, violent, unstable, and unjust status quo.

Weight: 430g
Dimension: 171 x 234 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781773630960