SociologyThis text integrates three major theories of sociology (conflict, symbolic interactionist, & functionist) throughout each chapter and its popular SQ3R format. A new chapter (12) on Age Inequality: The Elderly has been added and Chapters 18 and 19 have been combined in the new Chapter 19 Population and Urbanization. A new feature entitled Voices with excerpts from articles and/or books now appears in each Critical Application. Up-to-date topics include The Children of Waco (Ch. 20), and Child Care (Part IV) a Critical Application. New Doing Research studies include The Demise of Rural Iris Gerontocracy (Nancy Scheper-Hughes, Ch. 12) and The Withering of the American Dream? (Katherine S. Newman, Ch. 21). |
Contents
Sociological Perspectives | 1 |
CHAPTER | 13 |
Theoretical Perspectives and Sport | 36 |
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References to this book
The Study of Organizations: Positions, Persons, and Patterns Larry C. Ingram No preview available - 1995 |