Our social world : introduction to sociology / Jeanne H. Ballantine, Keith A. Roberts.

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LOC classification:
  • HM 586 B188o 2007
Contents:
Understanding our social world, the scientific study of society: Sociology, a unique way to view the world; Examining the social world, how do we know -- Social structure, processes, control: Culture and society, hardware and software of our social world; Socialization, becoming human and humane; Interaction, groups, and organizations, connections that work; Deviance and social control, sickos, perverts, freaks, and folks like us -- Inequality: Stratification, rich and famous, or rags and famine; Race and ethnic group stratification, beyond "we" and "they"; Gender stratification, she/he, who goes first -- Institutions: Family, partner taking, people making,and contract breaking; Education, what are we learning; Religion, the meaning of sacred meaning; Medicine, an anatomy of health and illness -- Social dynamics: Population and urbanization, living on spaceship Earth; Process of change, can we make a difference -- Glossary .
Summary: [This text] introduces the discipline of sociology to the contemporary student and provides an integrated, comprehensible framework from which to view the world. In each chapter, [the authors] provide an organizing theme that is not exclusively tied to one theoretical paradigm to help students see relationships between topics. Although several books address global issues, [The text] presents the perspective of students living in the larger global world. -Publisher description.
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Originally published: Thousand Oaks, CA : Pine Forge Press, c2007.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-541).

Understanding our social world, the scientific study of society: Sociology, a unique way to view the world; Examining the social world, how do we know -- Social structure, processes, control: Culture and society, hardware and software of our social world; Socialization, becoming human and humane; Interaction, groups, and organizations, connections that work; Deviance and social control, sickos, perverts, freaks, and folks like us -- Inequality: Stratification, rich and famous, or rags and famine; Race and ethnic group stratification, beyond "we" and "they"; Gender stratification, she/he, who goes first -- Institutions: Family, partner taking, people making,and contract breaking; Education, what are we learning; Religion, the meaning of sacred meaning; Medicine, an anatomy of health and illness -- Social dynamics: Population and urbanization, living on spaceship Earth; Process of change, can we make a difference -- Glossary .

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[This text] introduces the discipline of sociology to the contemporary student and provides an integrated, comprehensible framework from which to view the world. In each chapter, [the authors] provide an organizing theme that is not exclusively tied to one theoretical paradigm to help students see relationships between topics. Although several books address global issues, [The text] presents the perspective of students living in the larger global world. -Publisher description.

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