Inspire your students to develop their sociological imaginations in Our Social World. Focused on deep learning rather than memorization, this book encourages readers to analyze, evaluate, and apply information about the social world; to see the connection between the world and personal events from a new perspective; and to confront sociological issues on a day-to-day basis. Organized around the "Social World Model", a conceptual framework used across chapters to see the complex links between various micro- to macro-levels of the social system, students will develop the practice of using three levels of analysis, and to view sociology as an integrated whole, rather than a set of discrete subjects.
Author(s): Jeanne H. Ballantine, Keith A. Roberts, Kathleen Odell Korgen
Edition: 6
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Year: 2017
Language: English
Pages: 923
City: Los Angeles
Cover
Title Page & Copyright
Brief Contents
Detailed Contents
Media Library
Preface: To Our Readers
Instructors: How to Make This Book Work for You
A Personal Note to the Instructor
Acknowledgments
PART I: Understanding Our Social World: The Scientific Study of Society
1 Sociology A Unique Way to View the World
2 Examining the Social World: How Do We Know?
PART II: Social Structure, Processes, and Control
3 Society and Culture Hardware and Software of Our Social World
4 Socialization: Becoming Human and Humane
5 Interaction, Groups, and Organizations: Connections That Work
6 Deviance and Social Control: Sickos, Weirdos, Freaks, and Folks Like Us
PART III: Inequality
7 Stratification Rich and Famous-or Rags and Famine?
8 Race and Ethnic Group Stratification: Beyond Us and Them
9 Gender Stratification: She/HeWho Goes First?
PART IV: Institutions
10 Family Partner Taking, People Making, and Contract Breaking
11 Education: What Are We Learning?
12 Religion: The Social Meaning of Sacred Meaning
13 Politics and Economics: Probing Power, Dissecting Distribution
14 Health Care: An Anatomy of Health and Illness
PART V: Social Dynamics
15 Population and Urbanization Living on Planet Earth
16 Process of Change: We Can Make a Difference!
Glossary
References
Index
About the Authors
