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Sociology a down-to-earth approach
- "Sociology is the study of society and human behavior; it examines and attempts to understand our social worlds. [This book] provides an in-depth look at the ten major topics that are the foundation of many introductory sociology courses. -Back cover. The opening chapter introduces students to the sociological perspective and how sociologists do research.... Chapter 2 look[s] at how culture influences us ... Chapter 3 examine[s] the deep impact of socialization ... Chapter 4 compare[s] the macrosociological and microsociological approaches to studying social life ... In Chapter 5, [the author] first analyze[s] how broad historical changes in the structure of society affect our orientations to life and then examine[s] the far-reaching influence of groups on how we feel, think, and act.... Chapter 6 ... focus[es] on how groups "keep us in line" and sanction those who violate their norms. Chapter 7 ... turn[s] the focus on how social inequality pervades society and how those inequalities have an impact on our own lives.... Chapter 8 ... examine[s] gender, the most global of the inequalities.... Chapter 9 ... focus[es] on the pervasive inequalities of race-ethnicity. In the final chapter, as [the author] examine[s] the influences of the family on our lives, [he] look[s] at how this social institution is changing and how its changes, in turn, influence our orientations and decisions. Throughout this text runs a focus on social change -- and its implications for our own lives. -To the instructor from the author."
- "[This text] focuses on the socio-logical perspective. [The text] focuses on groups and social control, adds to the students' understanding of how significantly social groups influence our lives. [It] examines how social inequality pervades society and how those inequalities have an impact on our own lives. [It] helps students become more aware of how social institutions encompass their lives. [It also] focus[es] on broad social change.-Back cover."
- "The text is laid out in five parts. Part 1 focuses on the sociological perspective ... Part 2, which focuses on groups and social control, adds to the students' understanding of how far-reaching society's influence is -- how group membership penetrates even their thinking, attitudes, and orientations to life.... In Part 3, [the author turns his] focus on social inequality. [He] examine[s] how social inequality pervades society and how it has an impact on our own lives.... Part 4 helps students to become more aware of how social institutions encompass their lives. [The author] first look[s] at economy, the social institution that has become dominant in U.S. society ... and then at politics, our second overarching social institution ... With its focus on broad social change, Part 5 provides an appropriate conclusion for the book. Here [the author] examine[s] why our world is changing so rapidly, as well as catch a glimpse of what is yet to come. -To the instructor from the author."
- "[This book] stresses how profoundly our society and the groups to which we belong influence us.-To the student from the author. Filled with examples from around the world as well as from our own society, this text helps make today's multicultural, global society come alive for the student ... Six central themes run throughout this text: globalization, cultural diversity, down-to-earth sociology, critical thinking, the new technology, and the growing influence of the mass media on our lives.-To the instructor from the author."
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