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by: Henslin, James M

ISBN: 9780205407354 | 0205407358

This best-selling comprehensive text shares the excitement of sociology with the acclaimed "down-to-earth" approach that highlights the sociology of everyday life. the seventh edition of this highly-regarded text retains all the features that have made previous editions so successful. the author has a unique ability to engage readers without sacrificing content or talking down to them. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, Henslin is able to share his passion for sociology with his readers like no other author of an introductory text can. for the seventh edition, fourteen completely new boxes reflect the most current issues and meaningful topics to students and instructors, and four new photo essays ("Through the Author s Lens") based on the author's travel and research have been added to this edition.

Each chapter concludes with "Summary and Review." I. THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE. 1. The Sociological Perspective. The Sociological Perspective. Sociology and the Other Sciences. Origins of Sociology. Values in Sociological Research. Verstehen and Social Facts. Sexism in Early Sociology. Sociology in North America. Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology. Trends Shaping the Future of Sociology. 2. Culture. What Is Culture? Components of Symbolic Culture. Many Cultural Worlds: Subcultures and Countercultures. Values in U.S. Society. Cultural Univ... MOREersals. Technology in the Global Village. 3. Socialization. What Is Human Nature? Socialization into the Self and Mind. Learning Personality, Morality, and Emotions. Socialization into Gender. Agents of Socialization. Resocialization. Socialization Through the Life Course. Are We Prisoners of Socialization? 4. Social Structure and Social Interaction. Levels of Sociological Analysis. The Macrosociological Perspective: Social Structure. Social Institutions. The Microsociological Perspective: Social Interaction in Everyday Life. The Need for Both Macrosociology and Microsociology. 5. How Sociologists Do Research. What Is a Valid Sociological Topic? Common Sense and the Need for Sociological Research. A Research Model. Research Methods. Gender in Sociological Research. Ethics in Sociological Research. How Research and Theory Work Together. II. SOCIAL GROUPS AND SOCIAL CONTROL. 6. Societies to Social Networks. Social Groups and Societies. The Transformation of Societies. Groups Within Society. Group Dynamics. 7. Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations. The Rationalization of Society. Formal Organizations and Bureaucracy. Voluntary Associations. Working for the Corporation. Humanizing the Corporate Culture. U.S. and Japanese Corporations. 8. Deviance and Social Control. What Is Deviance? The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective. The Functionalist Perspective. The Conflict Perspective. Reactions to Deviance. III. SOCIAL INEQUALITY. 9. Global Stratification. Systems of Social Stratification. What Determines Social Class? Why Is Social Stratification Universal? How Do Elites Maintain Stratification? Comparative Social Stratification. Global Stratification: Three Worlds. How Did the Worlds Nations Become Stratified? Maintaining Global Stratification. A Concluding Note. 10. Social Class in the United States. What Is Social Class? Sociological Models of Social Class. Consequences of Social Class. Social Mobility. Intergenerational Social Mobility. Poverty. 11. Sex and Gender. Issues of Sex and Gender. Gender Inequality in Global Perspective. How Females Became a Minority Group. Gender Inequality in the United States. Gender Inequality in Health Care. Gender Inequality in the Workplace. Gender and Violence. The Changing Face of Politics. Glimpsing the FutureWith Hope. 12. Race and Ethnicity. Laying the Sociological Foundation. Theories of Prejudice. Global Patterns of Intergroup Relations. Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States. Looking Toward the Future. 13. The Elderly.

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