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Sociology : concepts and applications in a diverse world / Thomas J. Sullivan.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Allyn and Bacon ; London : Pearson Education [distributor], 2009.Edition: 8th edDescription: 528 p. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 9780205628063 (pbk.) :
  • 9780205628063 (Paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301 SUL
LOC classification:
  • HM585 .S85 2009
Contents:
Part I.The sociological perspective -- 1.What is sociology? -- 2.Culture, society, and diversity -- Part II.The individual in society -- 3.Socialization -- 4.Groups and organizations -- 5.Deviance, crime, and social control -- Part III.Stratification and social inequaility -- 6.Social stratification and social inequality -- 67.Social inequality: race and ethnicity -- 8.Social inequality: gender -- Part IV.Social institutions -- 9.Family and human sexuality -- 10.Health and health-care institutions -- 11.Religion -- 12.Education and the mass media -- 13.Political and economic institutions -- Part V.Human ecology and social change -- 14.Human ecology: population, community, and environment- 15.Collective behavior, social change, and modernization.
Summary: This eighth edition continues to expand the students mind through a series of probing questions, sociological theories and facts, which further go on and illustrate the issues and concepts that are faced by societies and cultures around the world.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Short Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 301 SUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 209873

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I.The sociological perspective -- 1.What is sociology? -- 2.Culture, society, and diversity -- Part II.The individual in society -- 3.Socialization -- 4.Groups and organizations -- 5.Deviance, crime, and social control -- Part III.Stratification and social inequaility -- 6.Social stratification and social inequality -- 67.Social inequality: race and ethnicity -- 8.Social inequality: gender -- Part IV.Social institutions -- 9.Family and human sexuality -- 10.Health and health-care institutions -- 11.Religion -- 12.Education and the mass media -- 13.Political and economic institutions -- Part V.Human ecology and social change -- 14.Human ecology: population, community, and environment- 15.Collective behavior, social change, and modernization.

This eighth edition continues to expand the students mind through a series of probing questions, sociological theories and facts, which further go on and illustrate the issues and concepts that are faced by societies and cultures around the world.

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