Sociology: The Essentials / Edition 8

Sociology: The Essentials / Edition 8

ISBN-10:
1285431324
ISBN-13:
9781285431321
Pub. Date:
01/01/2014
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
ISBN-10:
1285431324
ISBN-13:
9781285431321
Pub. Date:
01/01/2014
Publisher:
Cengage Learning
Sociology: The Essentials / Edition 8

Sociology: The Essentials / Edition 8

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Overview

This theoretically balanced mainstream text, characterized by its broadly defined focus on diversity, is the briefer paperback version of Andersen and Taylor's best-selling SOCIOLOGY: UNDERSTANDING A DIVERSE SOCIETY. Featuring exceptional scholarship and a visually exciting presentation, this text provides a solid research-orientation to the basic principles of sociology while maintaining an accessible style.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781285431321
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Publication date: 01/01/2014
Series: MindTap Course List Series
Edition description: Older Edition
Pages: 470
Product dimensions: 8.40(w) x 10.70(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Margaret L. Andersen (B.A., Georgia State University; M.A., Ph.D. University of Massachusetts, Amherst) is the Edward F. and Elizabeth Goodman Rosenberg Professor of Sociology at the University of Delaware, where she has also served in several senior administrative positions, including most recently as Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Diversity. She holds secondary appointments in Black American Studies and Women and Gender Studies. She is the author of several books, including (among others) THINKING ABOUT WOMEN, recently published in its tenth edition; the best-selling anthology, RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER (co-edited with Patricia Hill Collins, now in its ninth edition); LIVING ART: THE LIFE OF PAUL R. JONES, AFRICAN AMERICAN ART COLLECTOR; and ON LAND AND ON SEA: A CENTURY OF WOMEN IN THE ROSENFELD COLLECTION. She is a member of the National Advisory Board for Stanford University's Center for Comparative Studies in Race and Ethnicity, the Past Vice President of the American Sociological Association, and Past President of the Eastern Sociological Society, from which she received the ESS Merit Award. She has also received two teaching awards from the University of Delaware and the American Sociological Association's Jessie Bernard Award.

Table of Contents

Part 1Introducing the Sociological Imagination
Chapter 1Sociological Perspectives and Sociological Research1
Part 2Society, Individuals, and Social Structure
Chapter 2Culture35
Chapter 3Socialization63
Chapter 4Society and Social Interaction91
Chapter 5Groups and Organizations119
Chapter 6Deviance and Criminal Justice145
Part 3Social Inequality
Chapter 7Social Class and Social Stratification175
Chapter 8Global Stratification204
Chapter 9Race and Ethnicity229
Chapter 10Gender258
Chapter 11Age and Sex288
Part 4Social Institutions
Chapter 12Families and Religion318
Chapter 13Education and Work351
Chapter 14Government and Health Care382
Part 5Social Change
Chapter 15Population, Urbanism, and the Environment410
Chapter 16Social Change and Social Movements435
Maps
Mapping America's Diversity
Glossary463
References469
Name Index
Subject Index
Maps
Mapping America's Diversity
Viewing Society in Global Perspective
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