Sociology Now
ISBN: 9780205404421 | 0205404421
Edition: 1stFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 5/17/2010 12:05:00 PM
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Sociology Nowreflects the discipline today and emphasizes the big questions about multiculturalism and globalization that sociologists ask. Sociology has always offered a way to make sense of the complex and sometimes contradictory forces that shape our social lives in any era. AsSociology Now explains sociology as both a body of knowledge and a "way of seeing", it shows how two such forces in particular have come to preoccupy sociologists and influence the way they look at the events and experiences of the early twenty first century: The first... MORE
| Brief | |
| What is Sociology? | |
| Culture and Society | |
| Society: Interactions, Groups, and Organizations | |
| How Do We Know What We Know? The Methods of the Sociologist | |
| Socialization | |
| Deviance and Crime | |
| Stratification and Social Class | |
| Race and Ethnicity | |
| Sex and Gender | |
| Sexuality | ... MORE |
| Age: From Young to Old | |
| The Family | |
| Economy and Work | |
| Politics and Government | |
| Religion and Science | |
| The Body and Society: Health and Illness | |
| Education | |
| Mass Media | |
| Sociology of Environments: The Natural, Physical, and Human Worlds | |
| Comprehensive: | |
| Chapter One: What is Sociology? | |
| Sociology: A Way of Seeing | |
| Beyond Either/Or: Seeing Sociologically | |
| Making Connections: Sociological Dynamics | |
| Sociological Understanding | |
| Doing Sociology | |
| Sociology and Science | |
| Sociology and the Other Social Sciences | |
| Getting Beyond "Common Sense" | |
| Where Did Sociology Come From? | |
| Before "Sociology" | |
| The Invention of Sociology | |
| Classical Sociological Thinkers | |
| American Sociological Thinkers | |
| The "Other" Canon | |
| Contemporary Sociology | |
| Symbolic Interactionism and the Sociology of the Self | |
| Structural Functionalism and Social Order | |
| Conflict Theories: An Alternative Paradigm | |
| New Issues, New Lenses | |
| Globalization and Multiculturalism: Interrelated Forces | |
| Modernism, Post-Modernism, and "Pre-Modernism"Sociology and The Future, Sociology and You | |
| Chapter Two: Culture and Society | |
| Culture | |
| Cultural Diversity | |
| Subcultures and Countercultures | |
| Elements of Culture | |
| Material Culture | |
| Symbols | |
| Language | |
| Ritual | |
| Dimensions of Culture | |
| Universal and Local | |
| High Culture and Popular Culture | |
| The Globalization of Popular Culture | |
| Culture as a Tool Kit | |
| Core Elements of Culture: Norms and Values | |
| Folkways, Mores, and Laws | |
| Values | |
| Changing and Contradictory Values | |
| What Are American Values? | |
| Cultural Change | |
| The Future of Culture | |
| Chapter Three: Society: Interactions, Groups, and Organizations | |
| The Social Construction of Reality | |
| Cooley and the Looking-Glass Self | |
| Goffman and the "Dramaturgical" Self | |
| Nonverbal Communication | |
| Verbal Communication | |
| Patterns of Social Interaction | |
| Elements of Social Structure | |
| Status | |
| Roles | |
| Groups | |
| Groups and Identity | |
| Types of Groups | |
| Social Networks | |
| Globalization and Networks: Connection and Isolation | |
| Dynamics of Groups | |
| Organizations | |
| Types of Organizations | |
| The "Gender" of Organizations | |
| Bureaucracy | |
| Problems with Bureaucracy | |
| The "Iron Cage" of Bureaucracy | |
| Chapter Four: How Do We Know What we Know? | |
| The Methods of the Sociologist | |
| Sociology as a Social Science | |
| Why Sociological Methods Matter | |
| Sociology and the Scientific Method | |
| The Qualitative/Quantitative Divide | |
| Doing Sociological Research | |
| Types of Sociological Research Methods | |
| Observational Methods | |
| Analysis of Quantitative Data | |
| Content Analysis | |
| Making the Right Comparisons | |
| Social Science and the Problem of "Truth"Predictability | |
| Causality | |
| Issues in Conducting Research | |
| Remain Objective and Avoid Bias | |
| Avoid Overstating Results | |
| Maintain Professional Ethics | |
| Emergent Methodologies | |
| Chapter Five: Socialization | |
| Socialization | |
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