Contemporary society : an introduction to social science / John A. Perry, Erna K. Perry.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Harper & Row, c1991.Edition: 6th edDescription: xviii, 652p.; ill., 24cmISBN:- 0060451602
- 300 PER
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Includes bibliographical references.
The social world through the lens of science; In the beginning.....; Life in groups: Interaction and structure of human life in society; Culture: product and guide to life in society; Becoming a person; Devience and criminality; The great divide: ranking and stratification; Differentiation: race, ethnicity, and minority; Didderentiation: Gender and age; Pivotal institutions: the family; Pivitol institutions: religion, education; Contemporary society and the effects of social change: Mass society, formal organizations, bureaucracy; The world and its people: population and environment; The city and its people: urbanization and collective behaviour; Ideologies and their consequences: autocracy and democracy; Government: theory and the american experience; Democracy in action: we, the people; The economy: concepts and history; Microeconomics and Macroeconomics; Nation among nations: International relations.