Sociology

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Fulcher, James (Author), Scott, John, 1949- (Author)
Format Book
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011
Edition4th ed.
Subjects
ISBN9780199563753
Physical Descriptionxxvi, 879 s. : barev. il. ; 27 cm

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Table of Contents:
  • Thinking sociologically : theories and methods
  • What is sociology?
  • Theories and theorizing
  • Methods and research
  • Social identities
  • Socialization, identity, and interaction
  • Sex, gender, and sexuality
  • Racial and ethnic identities
  • Crime and deviance
  • Body, health, and medicine
  • Culture, knowledge, and belief
  • Education
  • Communication and the media
  • Religion, belief, and meaning
  • Social organization and control
  • Family and life course
  • Cities and communities
  • Organization, management, and control
  • The state, social policy, and welfare
  • Globalization
  • Production, inequalities, and social divisions
  • Work, employment, and leisure
  • Inequality, poverty, and wealth
  • Stratification, class, and status
  • Power, division, and protest.