Sociology: A Brief Introduction Loose Leaf

by Schaefer, Richard T.

• ISBN13: 9780078027109
• ISBN10: 0078027101
• Additional ISBN(s): 9780078026720, 9781259425585
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Loose-leaf
• Copyright: 2014-08-19
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Summary

Sociology: A Brief Introduction invites students to take sociology with them in their daily lives. This successful franchise includes strong coverage of race, ethnicity, and globalization. Paired with a personal and adaptive learning experience, students learn to apply sociology’s three theoretical frameworks to the world around them.

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Table of Contents

Brief Contents

1 Understanding Sociology

2 Sociological Research

3 Culture

4 Socialization and the Life Course

5 Social Interaction, Groups, and Social Structure

6 The Mass Media

7 Deviance, Crime, and Social Control

8 Stratification and Social Mobility in the United States

9 Global Inequality

10 Racial and Ethnic Inequality

11 Stratification by Gender

12 The Family and Human Sexuality

13 Religion and Education

14 Government and the Economy

15 Health and the Environment

16 Social Change in the Global Community