Sociological Theory
- Donna Haraway – Situated knowledges, Cyborg, Cyborg feminism, Chthulucene
- Judith Butler – Gender performativity, Queer theory, Deconstruction of identity categories
- Seyla Benhabib – Postmodernism, Feminism, Cosmopolitanism
- Nancy Fraser – Justice, recognition and redistribution, Capitalism and neoliberalism, Feminist theory and the feminist movement
- Charles Taylor – Philosophy, Political theory, Cultural studies
- Raewyn Connell – Gender, Power, Challenges and solutions, Pedagogy
- Edward Said – Orientalism, Postcolonial theory, Political activism
Epistemology
Methodology
Principles and Problems of Quantitative Research (Survey Analysis)
Wolf, C., Joye, D., Smith, T.W., &Fu, Y.E. (Eds). 2016. The SAGE handbook of survey methodology. Sage.
Treiman, D.J. 2008. Quantitative data analysis: doing social research to test ideas. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Reflexivity and Ethical Issues in Social Science Research
other topics
Lifestyle migration and amenity migration
BARTOŠ, M., KUŠOVÁ, D., TĚŠITEL, J., a kol. (2011): Amenitní migrace do venkovských oblastí České republiky. Nakladatelství Lesnická práce, Kostelec nad Černými lesy, 196 s.
Librová, H., Galčanová, L., Pelikán, V., & Kala, L. (2017). Věrní a rozumní: kapitoly o ekologické zpozdilosti. Masarykova univerzita.
Counterurbanisation: rhythms, identities, homes
Benson, M. (2016). Lifestyle migration: Expectations, aspirations and experiences. Routledge.
O’Reilly, K., & Benson, M. (2009). Lifestyle migration: escaping to the good life?. © Ashgate
Benson, M., & Osbaldiston, N. (Eds.). (2014). Understanding lifestyle migration: Theoretical approaches to migration and the quest for a better way of life. Springer.
Osbaldiston, N. (2018). Introduction: Towards a Sociology of Coasts. In Towards a Sociology of the Coast (pp. 1-12). Palgrave Macmillan, London.
Osbaldiston, N. (2012). Seeking authenticity in place, culture, and the self: the great urban escape. Springer.
Moss, L. A. (Ed.). (2006). The amenity migrants: Seeking and sustaining mountains and their cultures. Cabi.
Castells, M. (1983). The city and the grassroots: a cross-cultural theory of urban social movements (No. 7). Univ of California Press.
Lefebvre, H., & Nicholson-Smith, D. (1991). The production of space (Vol. 142). Blackwell: Oxford.
Use of mixed methodology for exploring motivation - Reason Analysis
Rossi, P. H. (1955). Why families move: A study in the social psychology of urban residential mobility. Free Press.
Lazarsfeld, P. F. (1935). The art of asking WHY in marketing research: three principles underlying the formulation of questionnaires. National marketing review, 26-38.
Mishler, E. G. (1991). Research interviewing: Context and narrative. Harvard university press.
Ely, M., Anzul, M., Freidman, T., Garner, D., & McCormack-Steinmetz, A. (1991). Doing qualitative research: Circles within circles (Vol. 3). Psychology Press.
Barriball, K. L., & While, A. (1994). Collecting data using a semi-structured interview: a discussion paper. Journal of Advanced Nursing-Institutional Subscription, 19(2), 328-335.
Kadushin, C. (2012). Understanding social networks: Theories, concepts, and findings. Oup Usa.
Media and its influence on the society and decision process of individualities and groups
Weimann, G. (1994). The influentials: People who influence people. SUNY Press.
(Weimann, G. (1999). Communicating unreality: Modern media and the reconstruction of reality. Sage Publications.)
Perse, E. M., & Lambe, J. L. (2017). Media Effects and Society (2nd Edition). New York: Routledge.
Shoemaker, P. J., & Reese, S. D. (2014). Mediating the Message in the 21st Century: A Media Sociology Perspective. New York: Routledge.
Reese, S. D., & Shoemaker, P. J. (2016). A Media Sociology for the Networked Public Sphere: The Hierarchy of Influences Model. Mass Communication & Society, 5436(July), 1–39.
(A chapter in the book Advances in Foundational Mass Communication Theories)
Herman, E. S., & Chomsky, N. (2010). Manufacturing consent: The political economy of the mass media. Random House.
Burton, G. (2010). Media and society: Critical perspectives. McGraw-Hill Education (UK).
Curran, J. (2010). Media and society. Bloomsbury Publishing.
Bourdieu, P. 1979. Public Opinion Does Not Exist, in A. Mattelart and S. Siegelaub (eds.) in
Communication and Class Struggle. New York: International General.
Bauman, Z. (2013). The art of life. John Wiley & Sons
Beck, U. and Beck-Gernsheim, E. 2002. Individualization, London: Sage.
Seligman, M. E. (2012). Flourish: A visionary new understanding of happiness and well-being. Simon and Schuster.
Diener, E. 2000. Subjective well-being: The science of happiness and a proposal for a national
index. American psychologist, 55(1), 34.Springer
Diener, E., Seligman, P. 2002. Very happy people. Psychological Science, 13, 80-83.
Fave, D. A., Brdar I., Freire T., Vella-Brodrick, D., Wissing P. M. 2010. The Eudaimonic and
Hedonic Components of Happiness: Qualitative and Quantitative Findigs. Social Indicators
Research 100: 185-207. DOI 10.1007/s11205-010-9632-5.
Motivation in sociology
Maslow, A. H. (2013). Toward a psychology of being. Simon and Schuster
Maslow, A. H. (1981). Motivation and personality. Prabhat Prakashan.
Alsted, J. (2005). A model of human motivation for sociology. P. Lang.
Jansen, C. J. (2016). Readings in the Sociology of Migration: The Commonwealth and International Library: Readings in Sociology. Elsevier.
Emmet, D. (1976). Motivation in sociology and social anthropology. Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour.
Smith, C. P., Atkinson, J. W., McClelland, D. C., & Veroff, J. (Eds.). (1992). Motivation and personality: Handbook of thematic content analysis. Cambridge University Press.
Turner, J. (1987). Toward a Sociological Theory of Motivation. American Sociological Review, 52(1), 15-27. Retrieved November 9, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/2095389