Sociology : a global introduction - Macionis, John J.; Plummer, Kenneth (Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson Prentice Hall, 2008)
in the twenty-first century 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 t Changing economies: the great transformations 00 Economies: different kinds 00 The changing nature of work 00 Unemployment 00 The world of corporations 00 Consumption in modern economies 00 Looking ahead 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 t Some opening definitions 00 The social and global shapes of crime 00 Changes in social control 00 Explaining crime and deviance 00 Looking ahead 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 t What is religion? 00 Understanding religion 00 The nature of religious organisations 00 The social shapes of global religions 00 Religion in Europe 00 Religion in the twenty-first century 00 Taking stock and looking ahead 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 Contents # t What is health? 00 Health: a global survey 00 Healthcare provision and medicine 00 Understanding health and medicine 00 A growing health problem: the overweight and the underweight 00 HIV/AIDS and sociology 00 Death, dying and sociology 00 Taking stock and looking ahead: health in the twenty-first century 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 t Risk and the three scientific revolutions of the twentieth century 00 Knowledge and science: traditions of study 00 The quantum revolution: human society and the cosmos 00 The 'biotechnology revolution': social issues 00 The computer revolution and the information society 00 Looking to the future: technology and the risk society 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 Interlude 4: Our Life Stories: The Sociology of Biography 000 Part Five: Social Change and the Twenty-First Century 00 t Sociology, natural disasters and the global environment 00 Sociology and the natural environment 00 ####Contents The changing global environment 00 Growth and its limits 00 The 'social practices' of degrading the environment 00 Constructing the social problem of the environment 00 The environmental movement 00 Taking stock and looking ahead: for a sustainable world? 00 Summary 00 Sociology e-lab 000 t
Includes bibliographical references (pages [893]-918) and indexes.
Keywords: Sociology