Sociology : a global introduction / John J. Macionis, Ken Plummer.
Material type: TextPublication details: Harlow : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008.Edition: 4th edDescription: xl, 953 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (chiefly col.) ; 27 cmISBN:- 9780132051583 (pbk.) :
- 9780132051583 (pbk.)
- 301 MAC
- HM586
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Previous ed.: 2005.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 893-918) and index.
Part one: Introducing sociology -- 1.The sociological imagination -- 2.Thinking sociologically, thinking globally -- 3.Doing social science: an introduction to method -- Interlude 1: sociological thinking about sport -- Part two: the foundations of society: from macro to micro -- 4.Societies -- 5.Culture -- 6.Groups, organisationis and the rise of the network society -- 7.Micro-sociology: the social construction of everyday life -- Interlude 2: Introducing a sociology of food -- Part three: The unequal world: social divisions, social inequalities and social exclusion -- 8.Social divisions and social stratification -- 9.Global inequalities and poverty -- 10.Class, poverty and welfare -- 11.Racism, ethnicities and migration -- 12.The gender order and sexualities -- 13.Age stratification, children and later life -- 14.Disabilities, care and the humanitarian society -- Interlude 3: Social divisonis and global youth --Part four: Social structures, social practices and social institutions -- 15.Economies, work and consumption -- 16.Power, governance and social movements -- 17.Control, crime and deviance -- 18.Families, households and personal cultures -- 19.Religion and belief -- 20.Education -- 21.Health, medicine and well-being -- 22.Communication and the new media -- 23.Science, cyberspace and the risk society -- Interlude 4: Our life stories: the sociology of biography -- Part five: Social change and the twenty-first century -- 24.Populations, cities and the space of things to come -- 25.Social change and the environment -- 26.Living in the twenty-first century -- Interlude 5: Epilogue: social sufferings, utopias and the problem of values -- Part six: Resources for critical thinking.
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.