Our social world : introduction to sociology /
Ballantine, Jeanne H.
Our social world : introduction to sociology / Jeanne H. Ballantine, Keith A. Roberts. - 3rd ed. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, An Imprint of SAGE Publications, 2010, c2011. - 593 p. : (chiefly col.) ill., maps ; 29 cm.
CW017
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[PART I. UNDERSTANDING OUR SOCIAL WORLD] Sociology: A Unique Way to View the World -- Examining the Social World: How Do We Know? [PART II. SOCIAL STRUCTURE, PROCESSES, AND CONTROL] Society and Culture: 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 [PART III. 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? [PART IV. INSTITUTIONS] Family: Partner Taking, People Making, and Contract Breaking -- Education: What Are We Learning? -- Religion:The Meaning of Sacred Meaning -- Politics and Economics: Penetrating Power and Privilege -- Medicine: An Anatomy of Health and Illness [PART V. SOCIAL DYNAMICS ] Population and Urbanization: Living on Spaceship Earth -- The Process of Change: Can We Make a Difference?
9781412980043: £46.99 1412980046 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
2010010643
Sociology--Cross-cultural studies
Sociology.
Sociology & anthropology
Sociology
/ .B35 2011
301
Our social world : introduction to sociology / Jeanne H. Ballantine, Keith A. Roberts. - 3rd ed. - Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Pine Forge Press, An Imprint of SAGE Publications, 2010, c2011. - 593 p. : (chiefly col.) ill., maps ; 29 cm.
CW017
Includes bibliographical references and index.
[PART I. UNDERSTANDING OUR SOCIAL WORLD] Sociology: A Unique Way to View the World -- Examining the Social World: How Do We Know? [PART II. SOCIAL STRUCTURE, PROCESSES, AND CONTROL] Society and Culture: 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 [PART III. 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? [PART IV. INSTITUTIONS] Family: Partner Taking, People Making, and Contract Breaking -- Education: What Are We Learning? -- Religion:The Meaning of Sacred Meaning -- Politics and Economics: Penetrating Power and Privilege -- Medicine: An Anatomy of Health and Illness [PART V. SOCIAL DYNAMICS ] Population and Urbanization: Living on Spaceship Earth -- The Process of Change: Can We Make a Difference?
9781412980043: £46.99 1412980046 (pbk. : acidfree paper)
2010010643
Sociology--Cross-cultural studies
Sociology.
Sociology & anthropology
Sociology
/ .B35 2011
301