The real world : an introduction to sociology / Kerry Ferris and Jill Stein.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : W.W. Norton, c2008.Description: 1 v. (various pagings) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 28 cmISBN:- 9780393979060 (pbk.)
- 9780393979060 (pbk.)
- 301 FER
- HM586 .F48 2008
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: Thinking sociologically and doing sociology -- 1.Sociology and the real world -- 2.Sociology\'s family tree: theories and theorists -- 3.Studying social life: sociological research methods -- Part II.Framing social life -- 4.Cultural cross roads -- 15.The self and interaction -- 6.Separate and together: life in groups -- Part III: Understanding deviance and inequality -- 7.Deviance and conformity -- 8.Social class: the structure of inequality -- 9.Race and ethnicity as lived experience -- 10.Constructing gender and sexuality -- Part IV: examing social institutions as sites of everyday life -- 11.The macro-micro link in social institutions: politics, educaiton, and religion -- 12.The economy, work, and working -- 13.Life at home -- 14.Recreation and leisure in everyday life -- Part V: Creating social change and envisioning the future -- 15.Country and city: the natural world and the social world -- 16.Social change: looking toward tomorrow.