Introduction to Sociology
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Introduction to Sociology

  1. 600 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Introduction to Sociology

About this book

The authors are proud sponsors of the2020 SAGE Keith Roberts Teaching Innovations Award—enabling graduate students and early career faculty to attend the annual ASA pre-conference teaching and learning workshop. Join the conversation with one of sociology's best-known thinkers. In the fully updated Fifth Edition of Introduction to Sociology, bestselling authors George Ritzer and Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy show students the relevance of sociology to their lives. While providing a rock-solid foundation, the text illuminates traditional sociological concepts and theories, as well as some of the most compelling contemporary social phenomena: globalization, consumer culture, the digital world, and the "McDonaldization" of society. Packed with current examples and the latest research of how "public" sociologists are engaging with the critical issues of today, this new edition encourages students to view the world through a sociological perspective, and to participate in a global conversation about social life in the twenty first century. This title is accompanied by a complete teaching and learning package.

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Table of contents

  1. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY - FRONT COVER
  2. INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
  3. COPYRIGHT
  4. BRIEF CONTENTS
  5. DETAILED CONTENTS
  6. LETTER FROM THE AUTHORS
  7. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  8. ABOUT THE AUTHORS
  9. CHAPTER 1 - AN INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY IN THE GLOBAL AGE
  10. CHAPTER 2 - THINKING SOCIOLOGICALLY
  11. CHAPTER 3 - RESEARCHING THE SOCIAL WORLD
  12. CHAPTER 4 - CULTURE
  13. CHAPTER 5 - SOCIALIZATION AND INTERACTION
  14. CHAPTER 6 - ORGANIZATIONS, SOCIETIES, AND GLOBAL RELATIONSHIPS
  15. CHAPTER 7 - DEVIANCE AND CRIME
  16. CHAPTER 8 - SOCIAL STRATIFICATION IN THE UNITED STATES
  17. CHAPTER 9 - GLOBAL STRATIFICATION
  18. CHAPTER 10 - RACE AND ETHNICITY
  19. CHAPTER 11 - GENDER AND SEXUALITY
  20. CHAPTER 12 - FAMILIES
  21. CHAPTER 13 - EDUCATION
  22. CHAPTER 14 - RELIGION
  23. CHAPTER 15 - POLITICS AND THE ECONOMY
  24. CHAPTER 16 - THE BODY, MEDICINE, HEALTH, AND HEALTH CARE
  25. CHAPTER 17 - POPULATION, URBANIZATION, AND THE ENVIRONMENT
  26. CHAPTER 18 - SOCIAL CHANGE, SOCIAL MOVEMENTS, AND COLLECTIVE ACTION
  27. GLOSSARY
  28. REFERENCES: CHAPTER-OPENING VIGNETTES
  29. REFERENCES: COMPREHENSIVE LIST
  30. INDEX