Sociology The Essentials (with InfoTrac)

by Andersen, Margaret L.; Taylor, Howard F.

• ISBN13: 9780534566654
• ISBN10: 0534566650
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-27
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Andersen & Taylor is a theoretically balanced, mainstream, brief text characterized by its emphasis on diversity. In every chapter, students explore research and data that illustrate how class, race-ethnicity, gender, age, geographic residence, and sexual orientation relate to the topics covered. This text provides a solid research orientation to the basic principles of sociology while maintaining an accessible style, appealing to the ever-changing student population, and inviting students to view the world through a sociological lens. This highly integrated, research-oriented, contemporary example approach combined with its depth of coverage in a brief-text format accounts for its wide appeal to professors and students alike.

Table of Contents

PART ONE INTRODUCING THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION
Sociological Perspectives and Sociological Research	1	(30)
PART TWO SOCIETY AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE
Culture	31	(28)
Socialization	59	(29)
Society and Social Interaction	88	(27)
Groups and Organizations	115	(26)
Deviance	141	(29)
PART THREE SOCIAL INEQUALITY
Social Stratification	170	(28)
Global Stratification	198	(22)
Race and Ethnicity	220	(27)
Sex and Gender	247	(29)
PART FOUR SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Families	276	(27)
Education and Work	303	(30)
Government and Health Care	333	(31)
Religion	364	(27)
PART FIVE SOCIAL CHANGE
Population, Urbanism, and the Environment	391	(23)
Social Change and Social Movements	414