Description: The Power of Sociology uses the study of social inequality as it relates to power --the heart of sociology--as a vehicle to survey the field. Written explicitly from a cross-cultural and comparative perspective, it challenges students to see themselves as global citizens capable of affecting social change.
Brief description: Dr. Guðmundur Oddsson is a Professor of Sociology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Akureyri, Iceland. He has over 15 years of experience teaching introductory sociology at the university level. He earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Missouri, Columbia, in 2014 and was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Northern Michigan from 2014 to 2017. Oddsson is passionate about making sociology accessible and engaging, and in 2023, he was inducted into the Teaching Academy in Iceland, whose main goal is to strengthen dialogue about teaching and pedagogical development within and between universities, as well as to reward academic staff who excel in teaching. Oddsson has also been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University and a Visiting Senior Fellow at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on social control, deviance, and class inequality, with a particular emphasis on the subjective dimensions of class. Oddsson has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on these topics.
Review Quotes: This book is up to date and incorporates the latest data, offering a fresh and distinctive lens on core sociological topics. It skillfully weaves together classical and contemporary sociological theories, making the content both analytically rich and highly relevant for today′s students.--Saeed Ahmad