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Sociology : a global introduction / John J. Macionis, Ken Plummer.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Harlow : Prentice Hall, 2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxviii, 766 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (some col.) ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 9780130407375 (pbk.) :
  • 0130407372
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301 MAC
LOC classification:
  • HM586
Contents:
Part 1: The Foundations of Sociology:- 1.The Sociological Perspective -- 2.Sociological Investigation. Part 2: The Foundations of Society:- 3. Society -- 4.Culture -- 5. Socialisation -- 6. Social interaction in Everyday Life -- 7. Groups and Organisations -- 8. Deviance and Control. Part 3: Social Inequality:- 9. Social Stratification -- 10. Class, Poverty and Welfare -- 11. Global Stratification -- 12.Race, Ethnicity and Migration -- 13. Gender and Sexuality -- 14. Ageing and the Elderly. Part 4: Social Institutions:- 15.The Economy, Consumption and Work -- 16. Power, the State and Social Movements -- 17. Families -- 18. Religion -- 19.Education -- 20. Health and Medicine -- 21.The Mass Media. Part 5: Social Change:- 22. Population and Urbanisation -- 23. Environment and the Risk Society -- 24. Social Change: Traditional, Modern and Postmodern Societies.
Summary: This volume provides a fresh approach to the study of introductory sociology. It looks at the social world from a global perspective, recognising that it is increasingly difficult to understand one country in isolation from another.
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Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Nursing Collection 301 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 201941

Previous ed.: 1997.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 681-730) and index.

Part 1: The Foundations of Sociology:- 1.The Sociological Perspective -- 2.Sociological Investigation. Part 2: The Foundations of Society:- 3. Society -- 4.Culture -- 5. Socialisation -- 6. Social interaction in Everyday Life -- 7. Groups and Organisations -- 8. Deviance and Control. Part 3: Social Inequality:- 9. Social Stratification -- 10. Class, Poverty and Welfare -- 11. Global Stratification -- 12.Race, Ethnicity and Migration -- 13. Gender and Sexuality -- 14. Ageing and the Elderly. Part 4: Social Institutions:- 15.The Economy, Consumption and Work -- 16. Power, the State and Social Movements -- 17. Families -- 18. Religion -- 19.Education -- 20. Health and Medicine -- 21.The Mass Media. Part 5: Social Change:- 22. Population and Urbanisation -- 23. Environment and the Risk Society -- 24. Social Change: Traditional, Modern and Postmodern Societies.

This volume provides a fresh approach to the study of introductory sociology. It looks at the social world from a global perspective, recognising that it is increasingly difficult to understand one country in isolation from another.

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