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Canadian Society in the 21st Century

By Trevor W. Harrison and John W. Friesen

Published:

August 2010

ISBN-13:

978-1-55130-371-0

Format:

352pp, Paperback

Description:

Now in its second edition, Canadian Society in the 21st Century: A Historical Sociological Approach opens up an engaging and much-needed overview of our society, at a level appropriate for a wide range of courses in Canadian Studies, Sociology, and History. This original work examines the growth and development of Canadian society within a socio-historical framework. The authors investigate historical, economic, political, cultural, and ideological perspectives through three key relationships: Quebec and Canada, Canada and the United States, and Canada and the Aboriginal Nations.

• Examines society as a set of relationships that emerge gradually over time as fostered, encouraged, and mediated by a set of institutions, in particular, the state and markets.
• Explores society as the product of an historical narrative - a movie, rather than a snapshot - which enlists many literary devices, including myths, metaphors, symbols, heroes, villains, and tragic figures.
• Identifies the complex relationship between individuals and society. Students are asked to consider to what extent individuals create society, and conversely, to what extent society creates individuals.

Rethinking Society in the 21st Century

Edited by Michelle Webber and Kate Bezanson

Published:

April 2008

ISBN-13:

978-1-55130-342-0

Format:

350pp, Paperback

Description:

This unique collection of readings maps out the concepts sociologists use to understand the foundations of society - families, economy and labour, education, health, and health care. This engaging and thought provoking book weaves together feminist, class-conscious, and anti-racist approaches to the study of Introductory Sociology.

Rethinking Society balances classical theoretical approaches in sociology - Durkheim, Marx, and Mills - with contemporary approaches found in the work of Dorothy Smith and Michel Foucault, for example. Following this exemplary grounding, Rethinking Society then introduces the foundations of society - socialization, social interaction, and culture - as well as the major social institutions of the family, the economy, and labour. Crime, moral regulation, and social justice are presented in a progressive light while population, globalization, and the New World Order complete this well-rounded introduction to Canadian sociology.