Sociology Concepts and Applications in a Diverse World

Name: Sociology Concepts and Applications in a Diverse World
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ISBN: 9780205628063

ISBN-10: 0205628060

ISBN-13: 9780205628063

Edition: 8th 2009

Authors: Thomas J. Sullivan

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Available in paperback 4-color for the first time! This economical paperback text is theoretically balanced, offers global perspectives, shows how sociology is applied to real problems, and contains a built-in study guide. This introduction to sociology uses the three major theoretical perspectivesfunctionalist, conflict, and interactionistas tools for examining the social world. The author uses illuminating examples to show how society works and how human behavior is shaped by cultural, structural, and institutional forces. As in previous editions, the Eighth Edition integrates two themes that reflect contemporary trends in sociology. The first is a reemergence of interest in how…

Book details

List price: $85.40
Edition: 8th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/22/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 528
Size: 8.50" wide x 10.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 2.398
Language: English




The Sociological Perspective



What Is Sociology?



Culture, Society, and Diversity



The Individual In Society



Socialization



Groups and Organizations



Deviance, Crime, and Social Control



Stratification And Social Inequality



Social Stratification and Social Inequality



Social Inequality: Race and Ethnicity



Social Inequality: Gender



Social Institutions



Family and Human Sexuality



Health and Health-Care Institutions



Religion



Education and the Mass Media



Political and Economic Institutions



Human Ecology And Social Change



Human Ecology: Population and Community



Collective Behavior, Social Change, and Modernization


Glossary


Bibliography


Answers to Cumulative Practice Tests


Photo Credits


Name Index


Subject Index