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What Do We Really Teach in Introductory Sociology Textbooks? Three Underlying Messages and Their Instructional Implications.
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Friedman, Norman L. – American Sociologist, 1991
Describes an examination of underlying themes presented in introductory sociology textbooks published between 1975 and 1989. Concludes that the books (1) portray society as overstructured and impersonal; (2) overinterpret society in ideologically liberal ways; and (3) overrepresent sociological knowledge as the "highest knowledge" about society.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Ideology, Introductory Courses, Objectivity
And Some Are More Equal Than Others
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Kilpatrick, James J. – American Sociologist, 1976
Charges that Macmillan Publishing Company's policy guidelines for textbooks ought to be denounced as a wilful exercise in intellectual dishonesty, as the company insists that its textbooks depict society, not as it is, but as the publishers would like it to be. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Formal Criticism, Guidelines, Policy Formation, Publishing Industry
Responses From Jean Baldigo, Mary Jo Deegan, Susan Fernandez, Joan Huber, Marion Kilson, Norma Shepalak, Charles Willie...[to Article by James J. Kilpatrick]
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Baldigo, Jeanne; And Others – American Sociologist, 1976
Several responses to Kilpatricks' article on the Macmillan Publishing Company's policy guidelines governing textbook publication are provided. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Formal Criticism, Guidelines, Policy Formation, Publishing Industry
Criminal Justice, Sociology, and Academia.
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Farrell, Bill; Koch, Larry – American Sociologist, 1995
Discusses and criticizes criminal justice's deviation from its roots in sociology and adaptation of a more career-oriented perspective. Maintains that the symbiotic relationship between law enforcement agencies and criminal justice as an academic discipline has corrupted the discipline and inhibited academic inquiry. (MJP)
Descriptors: Academic Freedom, Career Ladders, College Curriculum, Criminology