Sociology: a global introduction /

Macionis, John J

Sociology: a global introduction / by John J Macionis and Ken Plummer - New Delhi: Pearson, c2014. - xxi,1040 p: ill; 26 cm.

PART ONE:
Introducing sociology
Thinking sociologically Thinking Globally
Studying the social: An introduction to sociological Method

PART TWO:
The foundations of societies: From Macro to Micro
Culture
Groups, Organizations and the Rise of the Network society
Micro-sociology: The social construction of everyday life

PART THREE:
The Unequal world : Difference ,division and social stratification
Inequality,social Division and social stratification
global poverty/global in equality
class,poverty and welfare: the case of the UK
Racism ,Ethnicity and migration
The gender order and sexuality
Age stratification: Children,youth and later life
Disabilities, care and the Humanitarian society

PART FOUR: Social structures, Social practices and social Institutions
Economies,Work and consumption
power, Government and social Movements
control,crime and deviance
Families, personal life and living Together
Religion and belief
Education
Health ,Medicine and Well-being
Communication and the New Media
Science, cyberspace and the Risk society

PART FIVE: social change and the twenty-first century

populations, cities and the space of things to come
social change and the environment
living in the twenty-first century

PART SIX: web resources for critical thinking: creating sociological imaginations








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