Sociology : a global perspective / Joan Ferrante.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 519-545) and index.

1. The Sociological Imagination. 2. Theoretical Perspectives and Methods of Social Research (With Emphasis on Mexico). 3. Culture (With Emphasis on North and South Korea). 4. Socialization (With Emphasis on Israel and the Palestinian Territories). 5. Social Interaction (With Emphasis on the Democratic Republic of the Congo). 6. Formal Organizations (With Emphasis on McDonalds with Operations in 119 Countries). 7. Deviance, Conformity, and Social Control (With Emphasis on the People's Republic of China). 8. Social Stratification (With Emphasis on the World's Richest and Poorest Countries). 9. Race and Ethnicity (With Emphasis on the Peopling of the United States: A Global Story). 10. Gender (With Emphasis on American Samoa). 11. Economics and Politics (With Emphasis on Iraq). 12. Family (With Emphasis on Japan). 13. Education (With Emphasis on the European Union). 14. Religion (With Emphasis on the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan). 15. Population and Urbanization (With Emphasis on India). 16. Social Change (With Emphasis on Greenland).