TY  - BOOK
AU  - Macionis,John J.
AU  - Plummer,Kenneth
TI  - Sociology: a global introduction 
SN  - 9780132051583
AV  - HM586 .M34 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Harlow, England, New York
PB  - Pearson Prentice Hall
KW  - Sociology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages [893]-918) and indexes; Brief contents; Guide to boxes and features xx; Preface xx; About the Authors xx; Guided Tour xx; Acknowledgements xx; Part One: Introducing Sociology 00; 1	The Sociological Imagination 00; 2	Thinking Sociologically, Thinking Globally 00; 3	Doing Social Science: An Introduction to Method 00; 	Interlude 1: Sociological Thinking about Sport 00; Part Two: The Foundations of Society: From Macro to Micro 00; 4	Societies 00; 5	Culture 00; 6	Groups, Organisations and the Rise of the Network Society 00; 7	Micro-sociology: the Social Construction of Everyday Life 00; 	Interlude 2: Introducing a Sociology of Food 00; Part Three: The Unequal World: Social Divisions, Social Inequalities and Social Exclusion 00; 8	Social Divisions and Social Stratification 00; 9	Global Inequalities and Poverty 00; 10	Class, Poverty and Welfare 00; 11	Racism, Ethnicities and Migration 00; 12	The Gender Order and Sexualities 00; 13	Age Stratification: The Elderly and Childhood 00; 14	Disabilities, Care and the Humanitarian Society 00; 	Interlude 3: Social Divisions and Global Youth 00; ####Brief contents; Part Four: Social Structures, Social Practices and Social Institutions 00; 15	Economies, Work and Consumption 00; 16	Power, Governance and Social Movements 00; 17	Control, Crime and Deviance 00; 18	Families, Households and Personal Cultures 00; 19	Religion and Belief 00; 20	Education 00; 21	Health, Medicine and Well-being 00; 22	Communication and the New Media 00; 23	Science, Cyberspace and the Risk Society 00; 	Interlude 4: Our Life Stories: The Sociology of Biography 00; Part Five: Social Change and the Twenty-First Century 00; 24	Populations, Cities and the Space of Things to Come 00; 25	Social Change and the Environment 00; 26	Living in the Twenty-First Century 00; 	Interlude 5: Epilogue: Social Sufferings, Utopias and the Problem of Values 00; Part Six: Resources for Critical Thinking 00; 	Film: 100 key films of sociological interest 00; 	Novels: 100 novels of sociological interest 00; 	Art and Sociology: Paintings and Photos of Sociological Interest 00; 	Time and Space: Review the Book for History and World Cultures 00; 	Websites: 101 Sites of interest 00; 	You Tube: 100 You Tube Themes 00; 	Thinkers: 25 Key Social Thinkers 00; 	Statistics: The Ten Boxes 00; 	Questions: 25 Key debates of our time 00; 	Glossary 00; 	References 00; 	Name Index 00; 	Subject Index 00; contents; Guide to boxes and features	xxx; Preface	xxx; About the authors	xxx; Guided tour	xxx; Acknowledgements	xxx; Part One: Introducing Sociology 00; 1	The Sociological Imagination 00; What is sociology? 00; The sociological perspective in everyday life 00; Social change and the origins of sociology 00; Sociologists look to the future 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 00; Appendix: Surfing for sociology: an entrance 00; 2	Thinking Sociologically, Thinking Globally 00; What is the classical tradition of sociology? Starting a short tour of sociological theory 00; 'Classical', traditional perspectives in sociology 00; Contemporary perspectives in sociology: multiple perspectives, other voices and the postmodern 00; Thinking globally: a global perspective in sociology 00; Taking stock and looking ahead 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 00; 3	Doing Social Science: An Introduction to Method 00; The basics of sociological investigation 00; What is a sociological 'truth'? Matters of epistemology 00; Making sense of sociological data 00; The tools of sociological research 00; Ethical, political and policy questions 00; Putting it all together: planning a sociological project 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 00; Interlude 1: Sociological Thinking about Sport	000; Part Two: The Foundations of Society: From Macro to Micro 00; 4	Societies 00; Changing patterns of society 00; Explaining modern industrial society: the classical sociological accounts 00; Karl Marx: capitalism and conflict 00; Max Weber: the rationalisation of society and the disenchantment of the world 00; Emile Durkheim: the bonds that tie us together: from mechanical to organic 00; Reviewing the theories 00; The contemporary shape of world societies 00; Conclusion: Change and societies 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; ####Contents; 5	Culture 000; What is culture? 00; The major components of culture 00; Cultural diversity: many ways of life in one world 00; Muslim cultures 00; A global culture? 00; Understanding culture 00; From culture to cultural studies 00; Looking ahead: culture and human freedom 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; 6	Groups, Organisations and the Rise of the Network Society 000; Social groups 00; Organisations 00; 'Social networks' and the rise of the network society 00; Looking ahead: the network society 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; 7	Micro-sociology: The Social Construction of Everyday Life 000; The social construction of reality 00; Becoming social: the process of socialisation 00; Becoming biographies? Two theories of socialisation 00; The life course and generations 00; Constructing situations: Erving Goffman and drama 00; Ethnomethodology and conversational analysis 00; The sociologies of identity, emotion and the body 00; Conclusion: micro-sociology 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; Interlude 2: Introducing a Sociology of Food 000; Part Three: The Unequal World: Social Divisions, Social Inequalities and Social Exclusion 000; 8	Social Divisions and Social Stratification 000; What is social stratification? 00; Closed and open systems of stratification: slavery, estate, caste and class 00; Some examples of stratification at work: Japan and Russia 00; The role of ideology: stratification's 'staying power' 00; Explaining social stratification 00; Marxist and neo-Marxist ideas on stratification and conflict 00; Max Weber: class, status and power 00; Stratification and technology in global perspective 00; Inequalities, stratification and divisions in the twenty-first century 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; 9	Global Inequalities and Poverty 000; What is global stratification? 00; Global wealth and poverty 00; The globalisation of the 'super rich' and the localisation of the 'bottom billion' 00; Who are the global poor? 00; Global inequality: how is it to be explained? 00; Global inequality: looking ahead 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; Contents; #; 10	Class, Poverty and Welfare 000; The nature of social class 00; Some dimensions of class and social inequality in the UK 00; Layers of social class in the UK 00; Social exclusion and the idea of an underclass 00; Poverty: the lower ends of inequality in capitalist society 00; The 'Death of Class' debate 00; Citizenship and the rise of welfare states 00; Looking ahead: class in the twenty-first century 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; 11	Racism, Ethnicities and Migration 000; The social significance of race and ethnicities 00; Prejudice and racism 00; Explaining racism 00; Discrimination 00; Majority and minority: patterns of interaction 00; Migration, ethnicity and race 00; Ethnicity in the UK 00; Racism and ethnic antagonism in Europe 00; The future of ethnic relations 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; 12	The Gender Order and Sexualities 000; The Gender Order 00; Key terms and basic distinctions: sex and gender? 00; Patriarchy, gender stratification and sexism 00; Becoming gendered: the case of gender socialisation 00; Nancy Chodorow and the reproduction of mothering 00; Understanding gender 00; Resisting patriarchy: the Women's Movement and feminism 00; Sexualities 00; Sexuality and stratification 00; Understanding sexualities 00; Key elements of sexual stratification: gay and lesbian relations 00; Social change and sexuality 00; Looking ahead: gender and sexuality in the twenty-first century 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; 13	Age Stratification: The Elderly and Childhood 000; A sociology of children 00; Growing older: age populations in the twenty-first century 00; The social implications of ageing 00; Researching ageing 00; Looking ahead: ageing;  in the twenty-first century 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; 14	Disabilities, Care and the Humanitarian Society 000; Clarifying disabilities and differences 00; The classical social theories and disability 00; Stigma and outsiders: cultural responses to disabilities 00; Contemporary disabling responses: legal responses and social policy 00; The Disability Movement 00; Globalisation: differences and disabilities 00; Humanitarianism, care and the humane society 00; ####Contents; Looking for the signs of an emerging compassionate society 00; Looking ahead: disability, difference and change 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; Interlude 3: Social Divisions and Global Youth 000; Part Four: Social Structures, Social Practices And Social Institutions 00; 15	Economies, Work and Consumption 000; 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; 16	Power, Governance and Social Movements 000; Types of political system 00; The globalisation of politics 00; Gender and power 00; Political organisation in Europe 00; Explaining power? Theoretical analysis of power in society 00; Power beyond the rules 00; New politics: The rise of social movements 00; The globalisation of 'human rights regimes'? 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; 17	Control, Crime and Deviance 000; 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; 18	Families, Households and Personal Cultures 000; What are families? 00; Family and history 00; Thinking about families: theories and ideas 00; Family differences in the UK: class, ethnicity and gender 00; Practices of family life 00; Towards the postmodern family? 00; Looking ahead: families in the twenty-first century 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; 19	Religion and Belief 000; 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; #; 20	Education 000; Global education and literacy 00; Schooling around the world 00; Understanding education in the modern world 00; Social divisions and schooling 00; Education in the twenty-first century: some current issues 00; Looking ahead 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; 21	Health, Medicine and Well-being 000; 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; 22	Communication and the New Media 000; The media age 00; Communications and social change 00; The twentieth century: harbinger of new media 00; Media theories 00; Three key questions in media analysis 00; The globalisation of the media 00; Looking ahead: the future of the media 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; 23	Science, Cyberspace and the Risk Society 000; 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; 24	Populations, Cities and the Space of Things to Come 000; The sociology of space 00; Demography and population 00; Key factors shaping the population 00; Population growth 00; Urbanisation: space and the city 00; Understanding cities? 00; Looking ahead: population and urbanisation in the twenty-first century 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; 25	Social Change and the Environment 000; 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; 26	Living in the Twenty-First Century 000; Sociology tells one grand story, and a multitude of smaller ones 00; Social change and modernity 00; Causes of social change 00; Recalling modernity 00; The world as it is now: the good news and the bad news 00; The future and change: new kinds of society in the making? 00; Globalisation revisited 00; The cyber-information society revisited 00; Postmodernism revisited 00; The risk society revisited 00; The shape of societies to come; / A New World Order? 00; In conclusion 00; Summary 00; Sociology e-lab 000; Interlude 5: Epilogue: Social Sufferings, Utopias and the Problem of Values 000; Part Six: Resources for Critical Thinking 000; Film: 100 key films of sociological interest 00; Novels: 100 novels of sociological interest 00; Art and Sociology: Paintings and Photos of Sociological Interest 00; Time and Space: Review the Book for History and World Cultures 00; Websites: 101 Sites of interest 00; You Tube: 100 You Tube Themes 00; Thinkers: 25 Key Social Thinkers 00; Statistics: The Ten Boxes 00; Questions: 25 Key debates of our time 00; Glossary 00; References 00; Name Index 00; Subject Index 00
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