Sociology Concepts and Applications in a Diverse World, VangoBooks
ISBN: 9780205628063 | 0205628060
Edition: 8thFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Pearson
Pub. Date: 12/22/2008
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Available in paperback 4-color for the first time! This economical paperback text is theoretically balanced, offers global perspectives, shows how sociology is applied to real problems, and contains a built-in study guide. This introduction to sociology uses the three major theoretical perspectivesfunctionalist, conflict, and interactionistas tools for examining the social world. The author uses illuminating examples to show how society works and how human behavior is shaped by cultural, structural, and institutional forces. As in previous edit... MORE
| The Sociological Perspective | |
| What Is Sociology? | |
| Culture, Society, and Diversity | |
| The Individual In Society | |
| Socialization | |
| Groups and Organizations | |
| Deviance, Crime, and Social Control | |
| Stratification And Social Inequality | |
| Social Stratification and Social Inequality | |
| Social Inequality: Race and Ethnicity | ... MORE|
| Social Inequality: Gender | |
| Social Institutions | |
| Family and Human Sexuality | |
| Health and Health-Care Institutions | |
| Religion | |
| Education and the Mass Media | |
| Political and Economic Institutions | |
| Human Ecology And Social Change | |
| Human Ecology: Population and Community | |
| Collective Behavior, Social Change, and Modernization | |
| Glossary | |
| Bibliography | |
| Answers to Cumulative Practice Tests | |
| Photo Credits | |
| Name Index | |
| Subject Index | |
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