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Our Social World : Introduction to Sociology / Jeanne H. Ballantine, Keith A. Roberts, Kathleen Odell Korgen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, Inc, 2019Edition: Seventh editionDescription: 610 pages, coloured illustrations, 28 cmISBN:
  • 9781544371955
DDC classification:
  • 301 BAL
Contents:
Part 1: Understanding our social world: the scientific study of society. 1.Sociology: a unique way to view the world 2.Examining the social world: how do we know what we know? Part II: Social structure, processes, and control 3.Society and culture: hardware and software of our social world 4.Socialization: becoming human and humane 5.Interaction, groups and organizations: connections that work 6.Deviance and social control: sickos, weirdos, freaks, and folks like us Part III: Inequality 7.Stratification: rich and famous - or rags and famine 8.Race and ethnic group stratification: beyond "us" and "them" 9.Gender stratification: she/he - who goes first? Part IV: Institutions 10,Family: partner taking, people making, and contract breaking 11.Education: what are we learning? 12.Religion: the social meaning of sacred meaning 13.Politics and economics: probing power; dissecting distribution 14.Health care: an anatomy of health and illness Part V: Social dynamics 15.Environmental sociology: population, urbanization, and climate change 16.Process of change: we can make a difference!
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Part 1: Understanding our social world: the scientific study of society. 1.Sociology: a unique way to view the world 2.Examining the social world: how do we know what we know? Part II: Social structure, processes, and control 3.Society and culture: hardware and software of our social world 4.Socialization: becoming human and humane 5.Interaction, groups and organizations: connections that work 6.Deviance and social control: sickos, weirdos, freaks, and folks like us Part III: Inequality 7.Stratification: rich and famous - or rags and famine 8.Race and ethnic group stratification: beyond "us" and "them" 9.Gender stratification: she/he - who goes first? Part IV: Institutions 10,Family: partner taking, people making, and contract breaking 11.Education: what are we learning? 12.Religion: the social meaning of sacred meaning 13.Politics and economics: probing power; dissecting distribution 14.Health care: an anatomy of health and illness Part V: Social dynamics 15.Environmental sociology: population, urbanization, and climate change 16.Process of change: we can make a difference!

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