- 353 pages
- English
- PDF
- Available on iOS & Android
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About this book
The Key to (Almost) Everything is an engaging, contemporary and concise approach to sociology written for adults, students and just about anybody who could profit from knowing about the discipline of sociology. It is expertly written by an author drawing on 40 years of teaching on the fundamental social structures and processes characteristic of human societies. Each of the book's chapters is modeled on the courses found in the sociology curriculum. These chapters are not course or lecture notes, rather they are engaging lessons on topics such as political sociology, urban sociology, religion in sociology, crime and guns, poverty, the American family, public opinion, wealth and power.
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Table of contents
- Contents
- Preface
- One Hundred Sixty-Eight Important Lessons You Can Learn by Studying Sociology
- 1: Introduction to Sociology
- 2: Theory and Perspectives
- 3: Research Methods and Statistics
- 4: Sociology of Contemporary American Society
- 5: Political Sociology
- 6: Public Opinion and Attitude Change
- 7: Wealth, Power, and Inequality
- 8: The Working Class
- 9: American Social Problems: Crime, Poverty, and Population
- 10: Sociology of the American Family
- 11: Sociology of Religion
- 12: Sociology of Alcohol and Drugs
- 13: Guns, Crime, and Violence
- 14: Homelessness
- 15: Urban Sociology
- 16: Social Inequalities and Health
- 17: Social Policy and Evaluation Research
- 18: Postscript: My Life as a Sociologist
- Index
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