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Sociology : a brief introduction/

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston: McGraw-Hill, ©2004Edition: 5th edDescription: xxxiii, 493 pages : : color illustrations ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780072824131
  • 0072824166
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HM 585 .S32 2004
Contents:
1. Understanding sociology What is sociology? What is sociological theory? The development of sociology Major theoretical perspectives Developing the sociological imagination 2. Sociological research What is the scientific method? Major research designs Ethics of research Technology and sociological research 3. Culture Culture and society Development of culture around the world Elements of culture Culture and the dominant ideology Cultural variation 4. Socialization The role of socialization The self socialization Socialization and the life course Agents of socialization 5. Social interaction and social structure Social interaction and reality Elements of social structure Social structure in global perspective 6. Groups and organizations Understanding groups Understanding organizations Technology's impact on the workplace 7. The mass media Sociological perspectives of the media The audience The media industry 8. Deviance and social control Social control Deviance Crime 9. Stratification in the United States and worldwide Understanding stratification Stratification by social class Social mobility Stratification in the world system Stratification within nations : a comparative perspective 10. Racial and ethnic inequality Minority, racial, and ethnic groups Prejudice and discrimination Studying race and ethnicity Patterns of intergroup relations Race and ethnicity in the United States 11. Stratification by gender and age Social construction of gender Explaining stratification by gender Women : the oppressed majority Aging and society Explaining the aging process Age stratification in the United States 12. The family and intimate relationships Global view of the family Studying the family Marriage and family Divorce Diverse lifestyles 13. Religion and education Durkheim and the sociological approach to religion World religions The role of religion Religious behavior Religious organization Sociological perspectives on education Schools as formal organizations 14. Government, the economy, and the environment Economic systems Power and authority Political behavior in the United States Models of power structure in the United States The changing economy The environment 15. Population, health, and communities Demography : the study of population World population patterns Fertility patterns in the United States Sociological perspectives on health and illness Social epidemiology and health How did communities originate? Urbanization Types of communities 16. Social movements, social change, and technology Social movements Theories of social change Resistance to social change Technology and the future Technology and society
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includes bibliographical references and index


1. Understanding sociology
What is sociology?
What is sociological theory?
The development of sociology
Major theoretical perspectives
Developing the sociological imagination
2. Sociological research
What is the scientific method?
Major research designs
Ethics of research
Technology and sociological research
3. Culture
Culture and society
Development of culture around the world
Elements of culture
Culture and the dominant ideology
Cultural variation
4. Socialization
The role of socialization
The self socialization
Socialization and the life course
Agents of socialization
5. Social interaction and social structure
Social interaction and reality
Elements of social structure
Social structure in global perspective
6. Groups and organizations
Understanding groups
Understanding organizations
Technology's impact on the workplace
7. The mass media
Sociological perspectives of the media
The audience
The media industry
8. Deviance and social control
Social control
Deviance
Crime
9. Stratification in the United States and worldwide
Understanding stratification
Stratification by social class
Social mobility
Stratification in the world system
Stratification within nations : a comparative perspective
10. Racial and ethnic inequality
Minority, racial, and ethnic groups
Prejudice and discrimination
Studying race and ethnicity
Patterns of intergroup relations
Race and ethnicity in the United States 11. Stratification by gender and age
Social construction of gender
Explaining stratification by gender
Women : the oppressed majority
Aging and society
Explaining the aging process
Age stratification in the United States
12. The family and intimate relationships
Global view of the family
Studying the family
Marriage and family
Divorce
Diverse lifestyles
13. Religion and education
Durkheim and the sociological approach to religion
World religions
The role of religion
Religious behavior
Religious organization
Sociological perspectives on education
Schools as formal organizations
14. Government, the economy, and the environment
Economic systems
Power and authority
Political behavior in the United States
Models of power structure in the United States
The changing economy
The environment
15. Population, health, and communities
Demography : the study of population
World population patterns
Fertility patterns in the United States
Sociological perspectives on health and illness
Social epidemiology and health
How did communities originate?
Urbanization
Types of communities
16. Social movements, social change, and technology
Social movements
Theories of social change
Resistance to social change
Technology and the future
Technology and society

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