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049 _aBAUN_MERKEZ
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_b.M34 2008
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100 1 _aMacionis, John J.
245 1 0 _aSociology :
_ba global introduction /
_cJohn J. Macionis, Ken Plummer.
250 _a4th ed.
264 1 _aHarlow, England ;
_aNew York :
_bPearson Prentice Hall,
_c2008.
300 _axi, 953 pages :
_bcolor illustrations, maps ;
_c27 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages [893]-918) and indexes.
505 0 0 _tBrief contents
_tGuide to boxes and features xx
_tPreface xx
_tAbout the Authors xx
_tGuided Tour xx
_tAcknowledgements xx
_tPart One: Introducing Sociology 00
_t1 The Sociological Imagination 00
_t2 Thinking Sociologically, Thinking Globally 00
_t3 Doing Social Science: An Introduction to Method 00
_t Interlude 1: Sociological Thinking about Sport 00
_tPart Two: The Foundations of Society: From Macro to Micro 00
_t4 Societies 00
_t5 Culture 00
_t6 Groups, Organisations and the Rise of the Network Society 00
_t7 Micro-sociology: the Social Construction of Everyday Life 00
_t Interlude 2: Introducing a Sociology of Food 00
_tPart Three: The Unequal World: Social Divisions, Social Inequalities and Social Exclusion 00
_t8 Social Divisions and Social Stratification 00
_t9 Global Inequalities and Poverty 00
_t10 Class, Poverty and Welfare 00
_t11 Racism, Ethnicities and Migration 00
_t12 The Gender Order and Sexualities 00
_t13 Age Stratification: The Elderly and Childhood 00
_t14 Disabilities, Care and the Humanitarian Society 00
_t Interlude 3: Social Divisions and Global Youth 00
_t####Brief contents
_tPart Four: Social Structures, Social Practices and Social Institutions 00
_t15 Economies, Work and Consumption 00
_t16 Power, Governance and Social Movements 00
_t17 Control, Crime and Deviance 00
_t18 Families, Households and Personal Cultures 00
_t19 Religion and Belief 00
_t20 Education 00
_t21 Health, Medicine and Well-being 00
_t22 Communication and the New Media 00
_t23 Science, Cyberspace and the Risk Society 00
_t Interlude 4: Our Life Stories: The Sociology of Biography 00
_tPart Five: Social Change and the Twenty-First Century 00
_t24 Populations, Cities and the Space of Things to Come 00
_t25 Social Change and the Environment 00
_t26 Living in the Twenty-First Century 00
_t Interlude 5: Epilogue: Social Sufferings, Utopias and the Problem of Values 00
_tPart Six: Resources for Critical Thinking 00
_t Film: 100 key films of sociological interest 00
_t Novels: 100 novels of sociological interest 00
_t Art and Sociology: Paintings and Photos of Sociological Interest 00
_t Time and Space: Review the Book for History and World Cultures 00
_t Websites: 101 Sites of interest 00
_t You Tube: 100 You Tube Themes 00
_t Thinkers: 25 Key Social Thinkers 00
_t Statistics: The Ten Boxes 00
_t Questions: 25 Key debates of our time 00
_t Glossary 00
_t References 00
_t Name Index 00
_t Subject Index 00
_tcontents
_tGuide to boxes and features xxx
_tPreface xxx
_tAbout the authors xxx
_tGuided tour xxx
_tAcknowledgements xxx
_tPart One: Introducing Sociology 00
_t1 The Sociological Imagination 00
_tWhat is sociology? 00
_tThe sociological perspective in everyday life 00
_tSocial change and the origins of sociology 00
_tSociologists look to the future 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 00
_tAppendix: Surfing for sociology: an entrance 00
_t2 Thinking Sociologically, Thinking Globally 00
_tWhat is the classical tradition of sociology? Starting a short tour of sociological theory 00
_t'Classical', traditional perspectives in sociology 00
_tContemporary perspectives in sociology: multiple perspectives, other voices and the postmodern 00
_tThinking globally: a global perspective in sociology 00
_tTaking stock and looking ahead 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 00
_t3 Doing Social Science: An Introduction to Method 00
_tThe basics of sociological investigation 00
_tWhat is a sociological 'truth'? Matters of epistemology 00
_tMaking sense of sociological data 00
_tThe tools of sociological research 00
_tEthical, political and policy questions 00
_tPutting it all together: planning a sociological project 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 00
_tInterlude 1: Sociological Thinking about Sport 000
_tPart Two: The Foundations of Society: From Macro to Micro 00
_t4 Societies 00
_tChanging patterns of society 00
_tExplaining modern industrial society: the classical sociological accounts 00
_tKarl Marx: capitalism and conflict 00
_tMax Weber: the rationalisation of society and the disenchantment of the world 00
_tEmile Durkheim: the bonds that tie us together: from mechanical to organic 00
_tReviewing the theories 00
_tThe contemporary shape of world societies 00
_tConclusion: Change and societies 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t####Contents
_t5 Culture 000
_tWhat is culture? 00
_tThe major components of culture 00
_tCultural diversity: many ways of life in one world 00
_tMuslim cultures 00
_tA global culture? 00
_tUnderstanding culture 00
_tFrom culture to cultural studies 00
_tLooking ahead: culture and human freedom 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t6 Groups, Organisations and the Rise of the Network Society 000
_tSocial groups 00
_tOrganisations 00
_t'Social networks' and the rise of the network society 00
_tLooking ahead: the network society 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t7 Micro-sociology: The Social Construction of Everyday Life 000
_tThe social construction of reality 00
_tBecoming social: the process of socialisation 00
_tBecoming biographies? Two theories of socialisation 00
_tThe life course and generations 00
_tConstructing situations: Erving Goffman and drama 00
_tEthnomethodology and conversational analysis 00
_tThe sociologies of identity, emotion and the body 00
_tConclusion: micro-sociology 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_tInterlude 2: Introducing a Sociology of Food 000
_tPart Three: The Unequal World: Social Divisions, Social Inequalities and Social Exclusion 000
_t8 Social Divisions and Social Stratification 000
_tWhat is social stratification? 00
_tClosed and open systems of stratification: slavery, estate, caste and class 00
_tSome examples of stratification at work: Japan and Russia 00
_tThe role of ideology: stratification's 'staying power' 00
_tExplaining social stratification 00
_tMarxist and neo-Marxist ideas on stratification and conflict 00
_tMax Weber: class, status and power 00
_tStratification and technology in global perspective 00
_tInequalities, stratification and divisions in the twenty-first century 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t9 Global Inequalities and Poverty 000
_tWhat is global stratification? 00
_tGlobal wealth and poverty 00
_tThe globalisation of the 'super rich' and the localisation of the 'bottom billion' 00
_tWho are the global poor? 00
_tGlobal inequality: how is it to be explained? 00
_tGlobal inequality: looking ahead 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_tContents
_t#
_t10 Class, Poverty and Welfare 000
_tThe nature of social class 00
_tSome dimensions of class and social inequality in the UK 00
_tLayers of social class in the UK 00
_tSocial exclusion and the idea of an underclass 00
_tPoverty: the lower ends of inequality in capitalist society 00
_tThe 'Death of Class' debate 00
_tCitizenship and the rise of welfare states 00
_tLooking ahead: class in the twenty-first century 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t11 Racism, Ethnicities and Migration 000
_tThe social significance of race and ethnicities 00
_tPrejudice and racism 00
_tExplaining racism 00
_tDiscrimination 00
_tMajority and minority: patterns of interaction 00
_tMigration, ethnicity and race 00
_tEthnicity in the UK 00
_tRacism and ethnic antagonism in Europe 00
_tThe future of ethnic relations 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t12 The Gender Order and Sexualities 000
_tThe Gender Order 00
_tKey terms and basic distinctions: sex and gender? 00
_tPatriarchy, gender stratification and sexism 00
_tBecoming gendered: the case of gender socialisation 00
_tNancy Chodorow and the reproduction of mothering 00
_tUnderstanding gender 00
_tResisting patriarchy: the Women's Movement and feminism 00
_tSexualities 00
_tSexuality and stratification 00
_tUnderstanding sexualities 00
_tKey elements of sexual stratification: gay and lesbian relations 00
_tSocial change and sexuality 00
_tLooking ahead: gender and sexuality in the twenty-first century 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t13 Age Stratification: The Elderly and Childhood 000
_tA sociology of children 00
_tGrowing older: age populations in the twenty-first century 00
_tThe social implications of ageing 00
_tResearching ageing 00
_tLooking ahead: ageing
505 0 0 _t in the twenty-first century 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t14 Disabilities, Care and the Humanitarian Society 000
_tClarifying disabilities and differences 00
_tThe classical social theories and disability 00
_tStigma and outsiders: cultural responses to disabilities 00
_tContemporary disabling responses: legal responses and social policy 00
_tThe Disability Movement 00
_tGlobalisation: differences and disabilities 00
_tHumanitarianism, care and the humane society 00
_t####Contents
_tLooking for the signs of an emerging compassionate society 00
_tLooking ahead: disability, difference and change 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_tInterlude 3: Social Divisions and Global Youth 000
_tPart Four: Social Structures, Social Practices And Social Institutions 00
_t15 Economies, Work and Consumption 000
_tChanging economies: the great transformations 00
_tEconomies: different kinds 00
_tThe changing nature of work 00
_tUnemployment 00
_tThe world of corporations 00
_tConsumption in modern economies 00
_tLooking ahead 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t16 Power, Governance and Social Movements 000
_tTypes of political system 00
_tThe globalisation of politics 00
_tGender and power 00
_tPolitical organisation in Europe 00
_tExplaining power? Theoretical analysis of power in society 00
_tPower beyond the rules 00
_tNew politics: The rise of social movements 00
_tThe globalisation of 'human rights regimes'? 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t17 Control, Crime and Deviance 000
_tSome opening definitions 00
_tThe social and global shapes of crime 00
_tChanges in social control 00
_tExplaining crime and deviance 00
_tLooking ahead 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t18 Families, Households and Personal Cultures 000
_tWhat are families? 00
_tFamily and history 00
_tThinking about families: theories and ideas 00
_tFamily differences in the UK: class, ethnicity and gender 00
_tPractices of family life 00
_tTowards the postmodern family? 00
_tLooking ahead: families in the twenty-first century 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t19 Religion and Belief 000
_tWhat is religion? 00
_tUnderstanding religion 00
_tThe nature of religious organisations 00
_tThe social shapes of global religions 00
_tReligion in Europe 00
_tReligion in the twenty-first century 00
_tTaking stock and looking ahead 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_tContents
_t#
_t20 Education 000
_tGlobal education and literacy 00
_tSchooling around the world 00
_tUnderstanding education in the modern world 00
_tSocial divisions and schooling 00
_tEducation in the twenty-first century: some current issues 00
_tLooking ahead 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t21 Health, Medicine and Well-being 000
_tWhat is health? 00
_tHealth: a global survey 00
_tHealthcare provision and medicine 00
_tUnderstanding health and medicine 00
_tA growing health problem: the overweight and the underweight 00
_tHIV/AIDS and sociology 00
_tDeath, dying and sociology 00
_tTaking stock and looking ahead: health in the twenty-first century 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t22 Communication and the New Media 000
_tThe media age 00
_tCommunications and social change 00
_tThe twentieth century: harbinger of new media 00
_tMedia theories 00
_tThree key questions in media analysis 00
_tThe globalisation of the media 00
_tLooking ahead: the future of the media 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t23 Science, Cyberspace and the Risk Society 000
_tRisk and the three scientific revolutions of the twentieth century 00
_tKnowledge and science: traditions of study 00
_tThe quantum revolution: human society and the cosmos 00
_tThe 'biotechnology revolution': social issues 00
_tThe computer revolution and the information society 00
_tLooking to the future: technology and the risk society 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_tInterlude 4: Our Life Stories: The Sociology of Biography 000
_tPart Five: Social Change and the Twenty-First Century 00
_t24 Populations, Cities and the Space of Things to Come 000
_tThe sociology of space 00
_tDemography and population 00
_tKey factors shaping the population 00
_tPopulation growth 00
_tUrbanisation: space and the city 00
_tUnderstanding cities? 00
_tLooking ahead: population and urbanisation in the twenty-first century 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t25 Social Change and the Environment 000
_tSociology, natural disasters and the global environment 00
_tSociology and the natural environment 00
_t####Contents
_tThe changing global environment 00
_tGrowth and its limits 00
_tThe 'social practices' of degrading the environment 00
_tConstructing the social problem of the environment 00
_tThe environmental movement 00
_tTaking stock and looking ahead: for a sustainable world? 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_t26 Living in the Twenty-First Century 000
_tSociology tells one grand story, and a multitude of smaller ones 00
_tSocial change and modernity 00
_tCauses of social change 00
_tRecalling modernity 00
_tThe world as it is now: the good news and the bad news 00
_tThe future and change: new kinds of society in the making? 00
_tGlobalisation revisited 00
_tThe cyber-information society revisited 00
_tPostmodernism revisited 00
_tThe risk society revisited 00
_tThe shape of societies to come
_r/ A New World Order? 00
_tIn conclusion 00
_tSummary 00
_tSociology e-lab 000
_tInterlude 5: Epilogue: Social Sufferings, Utopias and the Problem of Values 000
_tPart Six: Resources for Critical Thinking 000
_tFilm: 100 key films of sociological interest 00
_tNovels: 100 novels of sociological interest 00
_tArt and Sociology: Paintings and Photos of Sociological Interest 00
_tTime and Space: Review the Book for History and World Cultures 00
_tWebsites: 101 Sites of interest 00
_tYou Tube: 100 You Tube Themes 00
_tThinkers: 25 Key Social Thinkers 00
_tStatistics: The Ten Boxes 00
_tQuestions: 25 Key debates of our time 00
_tGlossary 00
_tReferences 00
_tName Index 00
_tSubject Index 00
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