The Practical Skeptic: Core Concepts in SociologyUsing a conceptual organizing framework, this work provides a concise introduction to sociology that focuses on core concepts as the central building blocks for understanding sociology. Written in a conversational style, it uses numerous pedagogical features to help students grasp key sociological concepts. |
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... rules " about whom you can marry ? These rules may be unspo- ken but clear : Your parents may wish you to wed someone of your own race and religion and from the same educational and social- class background . Of course , there is no law ...
... rules " about whom you can marry ? These rules may be unspo- ken but clear : Your parents may wish you to wed someone of your own race and religion and from the same educational and social- class background . Of course , there is no law ...
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... Rules of the Sociological Method ( 1904 ) ÉMILE DURKHEIM What Is a Social Fact ? Sociological method as we practice it rests wholly on the basic prin- ciple that social facts must be studied as things , that is , as realities external ...
... Rules of the Sociological Method ( 1904 ) ÉMILE DURKHEIM What Is a Social Fact ? Sociological method as we practice it rests wholly on the basic prin- ciple that social facts must be studied as things , that is , as realities external ...
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... rules , which are more or less stable and more or less exhaustive , and which can be learned . Knowledge of these rules represents a special technical learning , which the officials possess . There is an established procedure or rule ...
... rules , which are more or less stable and more or less exhaustive , and which can be learned . Knowledge of these rules represents a special technical learning , which the officials possess . There is an established procedure or rule ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
The Sociological Eye | 27 |
Specialization | 35 |
Copyright | |
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Teaching the Novel Across the Curriculum: A Handbook for Educators Colin C. Irvine No preview available - 2007 |