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Sociology For Dummies, UK Edition
2011, John Wiley & Sons, Wiley, For Dummies
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in English
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111999134X 9781119991342
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Table of Contents
Introduction.
Page 1
Part 1.
The Basic Basics
Page 9
Chapter 1.
Sociology: Getting Your Head around It
Page 11
Chapter 2.
What Is Sociology, and Why Should I Care?
Page 25
Chapter 3.
Making It Up As They Went Along: The History of Sociology
Page 41
Chapter 4.
Research Methods: Because You Can't Put Society in a Test Tube
Page 63
Part 2.
Seeing Society Like a Sociologist
Page 83
Chapter 5.
Socialisation: What is 'Culture,' and Where Can I Get Some?
Page 85
Chapter 6.
Microsociology: If Life Is a Game, What Are the Rules?
Page 105
Part 3.
Equality and Inequality in Our Diverse World
Page 121
Chapter 7.
Caught in the Web: The Power of Networks
Page 123
Chapter 8.
Social Stratification: We're All Equal, But Some of Us Are More Equal Than Others
Page 143
Chapter 9.
Gender and Ethnicity: I Know My Race, But Where's the Finish Line?
Page 161
Chapter 10.
Ways of Belonging: Citizenship and National Identities
Page 181
Chapter 11.
Getting Religion: Faith in the Modern World
Page 193
Chapter 12.
Crime and Deviance: I Fought the Law... and I Won!
Page 211
Part 4.
All Together New: The Ins and Outs of Social Organisation
Page 229
Chapter 13.
Corporate Culture: The Study of Organisations (and Disorganisations)
Page 231
Chapter 14.
The Rules of the Game: Social Movements and Political Sociology
Page 251
Chapter 15.
Urban Sociology and Demographics: (Ain't No) Love in the Heart of the City
Page 271
Part 5.
Sociology and Your Life
Page 287
Chapter 16.
The Family and the Life Course
Page 289
Chapter 17.
Future Passed: Understanding Social Change
Page 309
Part 6.
The Part of Tens
Page 329
Chapter 18.
Ten Sociology Books That Don't Feel Like Homework
Page 331
Chapter 19.
Ten Ways to Use Sociological Insight in Everyday Life
Page 337
Chapter 20.
Ten Myths About Society Busted by Sociology
Page 347
Index.
Page 355
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