Sociology: A Global Introduction, 5th edition

Published by Pearson (February 7, 2013) © 2013

  • John J. Macionis Kenyon College
  • Ken Plummer University of Essex
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Sociology: A Global Introduction represents a uniquely co-ordinated and complete learning resource for sociology students worldwide. International in outlook and culturally wide-ranging, it also reminds us that sociology is valuable. Unrivalled in breadth, it is a text of passion and sophistication helping you become an active, connected and critical learner.

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  • Part One: Introducing Sociology
  • 1 The Sociological Imagination
  • 2 Thinking Sociologically, Thinking Globally
  • 3 Studying the Social: An Introduction to Sociological Method
  • Part Two: The Foundations of Society: From Macro to Micro
  • 4 Societies
  • 5 Culture
  • 6 Groups, Organisations and the Rise of the Network Society
  • 7 Micro-sociology: The Social Construction of Everyday Life
  • Part Three: The Unequal World: Difference, Division and Social Stratification
  • 8 Inequality, Social Divisions and Social Stratification
  • 9 Global Poverty/Global Inequality
  • 10   Class, Poverty and Welfare: The Case of the UK
  • 11   Racism, Ethnicities and Migration
  • 12   The Gender Order and Sexualities
  • 13   Age Stratification, Children and Later Life
  • 14   Disabilities, Care and the Humanitarian Society
  • Part Four: Social Structures, Social Practices and Social Institutions
  • 15   Economies, Work and Consumption
  • 16   Power, Governance and Social Movements
  • 17   Control, Crime and Deviance
  • 18   Families, Personal Life and Living Together
  • 19   Religion and belief
  • 20   Education
  • 21   Health, Medicine and Well-being
  • 22   Communication and the New Media
  • 23   Science, Cyberspace and the Risk Society
  • Part Five: Social Change and the Twenty-First Century
  • 24   Populations, Cities and the Space of Things to Come
  • 25   Social Change and the Environment
  • 26   Living in the Twenty-First Century
  • Part Six: Resources for Critical Thinking: Creating Sociological Imaginations

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