Stage 1(Only) - Introduction (Inequality)

A GUIDE TO DOING THE HANDBOOK FOR CLASSICAL SOCIOLOGICAL THEORY
This guide contains a reprint of the assignment from the syllabus, a partial sample entry to let you get an idea of what we are expectingnote we have written what is probably a B+-level example, a list of possible topics, and actual copies of a number of the articles named in the list of topics.
The Assignment.
HANDBOOK. (110 pts)
The purpose of this assignment is to have you leave the course with a reference tool you have created yourself that will serve as a reminder of the essential features of the theories studied this semester and also show you how to apply them to contemporary issues. It will be developed in four stages and is worth a total of 110 points. An overview of how to do an entry is provided in the box below; a list of possible topics is given in A Guide to the Handbook

HOW TO DO EACH ENTRY. Each Handbook entry will consist of two theorists/theories you will present and then compare and contrast. For each theorist, you will write a two-page entry in which you present
a. life dates, country of origin, country of adult life, some generalization about the theorists life (accuracy about theoristdates, titles of works.)
b. major workstwo to three titles
c. key conceptsthree to five concepts (clearly stated and based in the theory)
d. a summary of the main points of the theory, using the concepts you have named in c and quoting passages from the theorists own work
e. a checklist of questions you would ask in analyzing a situation from the standpoint of that theorythree to four questions, and how you will analyze the topic you chose.
f. an application of the theory to the topic you have chosen, using the checklist as a guide. This application should explain how a sociologist working out of this theory would respond to the topic. Explained to show how it derives from the theory, with clearly defined concepts that are logically related to each other and the questions/principles of the list.
Then in the last page of the entry, you will compare the two theorists you have done entries for, noting strengths and weaknesses and giving your own preference. Thus, each entry will be five pages long with an introductory page prefacing the whole Handbook (see Stage One below) The entire Handbook will be about 20 pages long.

The FOUR STAGES are outlined here and you should refer to the syllabus as you prepare to do each stage.

STAGE 1 (10 POINTS) You need to write a one-full (bottom) page introduction explaining what you are doing in the Handbook and naming the topic you will be analyzing for the applicationStep f above. This will be your application topic for all the Handbook entries. HAND THE ARTICLE YOU CHOSE IN!

STAGE 2 (30 POINTS) is a 5-page entry (plus the intro page) for your Handbook in which you compare the theories of Karl Marx and Jane Addams.

STAGE 3 (30 POINTS) is a 5-page entry (plus the intro page) for your Handbook in which you compare the theories of Emile Durkheim and Max Weber.

STAGE 4 (40 POINTS) calls for a submission of the revised entries done in Stages 1, 2, and 3 and an additional 5-page mix-and-match entry in which you compare two of the four following theoristsfrom Feminist Theory either Marianne Weber or Charlotte Perkins Gilman, from Africana Theory, either Anna Julia Cooper, Ida B. Wells-Barnett or W.E. B. Du Bois, from Positivism, Georg Simmel, and from Interpretive Theory, George Herbert Mead.
YOU MUST SUBMIT THE GRADE SHEETS FROM STAGES 2 AND 3 WITH STAGE 4.

TOPICS FOR APPLICATION IN HANDBOOK ENTRIES. You are to select one of the articles listed under these topics and use that article in all three of your Handbook entries as described above. (After you choose the topic use all of the links under each topic as sources.)

TOPIC 3: Inequality (I CHOSE THIS TOPIC)
The Justice Departments stunning report on the Baltimore Police Department by Radley Balko.
Washington Post August 10, 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2016/08/10/the-justice-departments-stunning-report-on-the-baltimore-police-department/?utm_term.5e79a005417c
**DONT USE ANY OUTSIDE SOURCES THAN THE READINGS I PROVIDED**
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Grading Criteria. Handbook entries will be evaluated in terms of the following expectations:
____1. Focusthe entry does what is assignedthat is, you follow instructions (see above)
____2. Facts–accuracy about theoristdates, titles of works.
____3. Conceptsrepresentative of and important to the theory.
____4a. Checklist–clearly stated and based in the theory.
____4b. Checklistexplained to show how it derives from the theory, with clearly defined concepts that are logically related to each other and the questions/principles of the list.
____4c. Authoritythe entry supports its positions with appropriate quotation from the theorist
____5. Insightfact and theory are combined in the application to explicate the problem and in the comparison of the two theories.
____6. Effectiveness in expression and organization, including word choice, sentence structure and typographical devices like sidebars, boldface and italics).
A late paper will be penalized 3 points.
Nota Bene: All essays should use ASA Style in references and citation.

All essays should use ASA Style in references and citation: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/583/01/
A PARTIAL SAMPLE HANDBOOK ENTRY
(STAGE ONE) The very first page of the entire Handbook needs to do two things. One, it should explain what you are seeking to accomplish hereto give yourself a permanent record of what you learned, to see how classical theory applies to a contemporary issue and to see how you can use theory both to explain the situation and to show you ways to study the situation.
Two, it should make clear what the data source is, explain why you picked this topic, summarize the main points of that data source and put it in context. So for instance, the data source I am using for this sample entry is Jonathan Rauschs online response on the Brookings Institute website, to the 2015 Supreme Court ruling in favor of gay marriage in The Supreme Court weds gay marriage to family values (https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2015/06/26/the-supreme-court-weds-gay-marriage-to-family-values/).
I would need to explain my interest in this topic, who Rausch is, and the nature of the Court case he is responding to.
Finally, you need to make clear that when you say something like I am using Comte, you mean I am applying Comtes ideas as stated in his writings not imagining what Comte might think were he alive today.

YOU ONLY NEED TO DO STAGE 1 FOR NOW.