Experience Sociology With Connect Plus Access Card

by Croteau, David; Hoynes, William

• ISBN13: 9780077606268
• ISBN10: 0077606264
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-01-16
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages

Summary

Make the familiar new. Experience Sociologyempowers students to use the lenses of Culture, Structure, Power to see sociology everywhere. Bringing theory and sociological concepts together, Experience Sociologyhelps students move beyond an individual perspective to gain a sociological perspective. Experience Sociologyengages students with a clear framework for understanding sociology based on three familiar concepts: Culture, Structure, and Power. For every topic in the book - from the family to the economy to the environment - students learn to recognize the effects of the culture that has taught them, see the structures that constrain or empower them, and notice how power operates at every level of society.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Sociology in Changing Times

Chapter 2: Understanding the Research Process

Chapter 3: Culture

Chapter 4: Social Structure

Chapter 5: Power

Chapter 6: Socialization

Chapter 7: Interaction, Groups, and Organizations

Chapter 8: Deviance and Social Control

Chapter 9: Class and Global Inequality

Chapter 10: Race and Ethnicity

Chapter 11: Gender and Sexuality

Chapter 12: Family and Religion

Chapter 13: Education and Work

Chapter 14: Media and Consumption

Chapter 15: Communities, the Environment, and Health

Chapter 16: Politics and the Economy

Chapter 17: Social Change: Globalization, Population and Social Movements