Social Science : An Introduction to the Study of Society
ISBN: 9780205524068 | 0205524060
Edition: 14thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/2011
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This classic text provides a revised and updated survey of the social sciences, written in an unbiased manner with a multidisciplinary, common sense approach. The Thirteenth Edition highlights the dramatic political and economic changes that have swept the world in recent years, providing students and instructors with a starting point for lively classroom discussions and debate.
| Social Science and Its Methods | |
| Social Science | |
| The Methods of Social Science | |
| Social Science and Society | |
| Conclusion | |
| Appendix 1-A, Historical Roots of Social Science | |
| The Enlightenment | |
| From Philosophy to Social Science | |
| Human Origins | |
| The Origin of the Human Species | |
| The Evolution ... MORE | |
| Conclusion | |
| Origins of Western Society | |
| From the Stone Age to the Agricultural Age | |
| Early Civilizations | |
| The Middle Ages (A.D. 500-1453) | |
| The Renaissance | |
| The Development of Modern Economic and Political Institutions | |
| Conclusion | |
| Society, Culture, and Cultural Change | |
| Culture and Multiculturism | |
| Culture and the Nature of Society | |
| Cultural Integration | |
| Culture, Society, and Social Change | |
| Social Change and Social Problems | |
| Contrasts Among Cultures | |
| Geography, Demography, Ecology, and Society | |
| Geography | |
| Demography | |
| Ecology: The Interaction of Geography, Demography, and Environment | |
| Conclusion | |
| Technology and Society | |
| The Industrial Revolution | |
| Technology and Globalization | |
| Technology and Social Change | |
| Natural Resources, Economics, and Technology | |
| Technology of the Past | |
| Technology of the Future | |
| The Individual, Society, and Culture | |
| Socialization of the Individual | |
| Personality and Its Development | |
| Intelligence, Personal Adjustment, and Normality | |
| Deviance | |
| Conclusion | |
| The Family | |
| Variations in the Family Pattern | |
| Functions of the Family in Society | |
| Variations of Family Patterns and the Functions of the Family | |
| The Family in the United States Today | |
| The Family in Transition | |
| Religion | |
| The Nature of Religion | |
| The Great Religions of Today | |
| The Role of Religion in Society | |
| The Future of Religion | |
| Education | |
| Schools as Agencies of Social Control | |
| The Development of U.S | |
| Education | |
| Examining the School System | |
| Interaction of Economics, Politics, and Social Institutions | |
| Social and Economic Stratification | |
| Types of Social Stratification | |
| Social Mobility | |
| Economic and Social Inequality | |
| Increasing Social and Economic Inequality | |
| Stratification, Minorities and Discrimination Race and Ethnicity | |
| Minorities | |
| Conclusion | |
| The Functions and Forms of Government | |
| The Primary Functions of Government | |
| Debates about the Nature of Government | |
| Forms of Government | |
| Governments Are Far from Simple | |
| Democratic Government in the United States | |
| Historical Development of U.S. Government | |
| The Structure of U.S. Government | |
| The Political Process | |
| Evaluation of the Democratic Political Process | |
| Governments of the World | |
| French Government | |
| Nigerian Government | |
| Japanese Government | |
| Russian Government | |
| Saudi Arabian Government | |
| Some Lessons about Governments | |
| Future Changes in Governments | |
| The Organization of Economic Activities | |
| The Nature of an Economy | |
| The Evolution of Economic Systems | |
| Market Economies | |
| Globalization and the Changing Nature of the U.S. Economy | |
| The Socialist Economic System | |
| The Continuing Evolution of Economies | |
| Government and the Economy | |
| Government's Direct Role in the Economy | |
| Government's Indirect Role in the Economy | |
| Conclusion | |
| International Political Relations | |
| The State in International Relations. | |
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