Contemporary issues in Society /

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : McGraw-Hill,c 1992.Description: xx, 556 pISBN:
  • 9780070279650
  • 0070279659
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301 CON
Contents:
Part 1 Introduction: sociological perspectives on issues. Part 2 The individual in society: issues in group affiliation; issues in deviance; issues in work. Part 3 Social inequalities: issues in poverty; issues in race and ethnicity; issues in gender; issues in ageing. Part 4 Major institutional settings: issues in the family; issues in religion; issues in power and politics; issues in the economy; issues in education; issues in health and medical care. Part 5 Social environments: issues in the city and community; issues in the environment. Part 6 Epilogue: emerging issues.
Summary: A comprehensive reader for introductory courses in sociology, intended to supplement a text. It aims to reflect three levels of analysis cultural and contextual, individual and cross-cultural and includes discussion questions at the end of each chapter.
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Part 1 Introduction: sociological perspectives on issues. Part 2 The individual in society: issues in group affiliation; issues in deviance; issues in work. Part 3 Social inequalities: issues in poverty; issues in race and ethnicity; issues in gender; issues in ageing. Part 4 Major institutional settings: issues in the family; issues in religion; issues in power and politics; issues in the economy; issues in education; issues in health and medical care. Part 5 Social environments: issues in the city and community; issues in the environment. Part 6 Epilogue: emerging issues.

A comprehensive reader for introductory courses in sociology, intended to supplement a text. It aims to reflect three levels of analysis cultural and contextual, individual and cross-cultural and includes discussion questions at the end of each chapter.

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