Your goal is to edit such
a book and write its introduction by:
(1) finding four
scholarly journal articles that will become the chapters of the book about a Social Mobility
(2) deciding on a catchy
title and cover picture for the book
(3) figuring out a
logical order for the chapters
(4) providing the table
of contents
(5) writing the introduction to the book, emphasizing its importance for
the reader and each chapter’s contribution to sociology as well as function in
your book. This will be the main body of your written work.
Editors use different
criteria when choosing articles that will eventually become their chapters.
Some might want each chapter to reflect what is happening today in various
countries around a social issue they are exploring, others might want to
reflect how the ideas of one single major theoretical perspective applies to a
range of problems, while others might simply commission colleagues they have
known for several years and who share some common interest to write a chapter.
YOUR GOAL WILL BE DIFFERENT:
As
someone who has been exposed to classical sociological theory this semester,
you want each chapter of the book to reflect how each theoretical perspective
we will have seen (Weber, Marx, Durkheim, and W.E.B Dubois)
applies to the study of a sociological question. As such, each article you find
should be written by someone who identifies with and uses one of these
perspectives and carries out research on your topic. Once you have done this, you can write the introduction to the
book.
