Sociology In Our Times (looseleaf Version With Cd-rom And Infotrac)

by Kendall, Diana

• ISBN13: 9780534627102
• ISBN10: 0534627102
• Edition: 5th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-08
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Kendall's SOCIOLOGY IN OUR TIMES, Fifth Edition, part of the new Thomson ADVANTAGE PROGRAM, is a cutting-edge textbook offering top quality authorship and content at a price sensitive to a student's budget. This applied book highlights the relevance of sociology by including a diverse collection of theories, research, and "lived experiences" that accurately mirror the diversity in society itself. The author's vivid, applied, personal writing style engages students, and activates compelling everyday examples that make sociology particularly relevant to diverse students. A social issue or application opens each chapter and provides various topics for boxes, features, and examples that are carried throughout the entire chapter. Kendall's text is acclaimed in the field for being the first textbook to integrate race, class, and gender issues; as well as for its thorough presentation of sociological theory, which includes diverse theoretical viewpoints such as feminist and postmodernist theory. Kendall shows students that sociology involves important questions and issues that they confront both personally and vicariously.

Table of Contents

Studying Society and Social Life

The Sociological Perspective

Sociological Research Methods

Culture

Socialization

Social Groups and Social Control

Society, Social Structure, and Interaction

Groups and Organizations

Deviance and Crime

Social Inequality

Global Stratification

Social Class in the United States

Race and Ethnicity

Sex and Gender

Aging and Inequality Based on Age

The Economy and Work in a Global Perspective

Social Institutions

Politics and Government in Global Perspective

Families and Intimate Relationships

Education

Religion

Health, Health Care, and Disability

Social Dynamics and Social Change

Population and Urbanization

Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Social Change

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