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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... goals for their members . These goals are simply socially valued things worth striving for . As we discovered in chapter 7 , at the top of the list of things that people in the United States tend to value are achievement and success ...
... goals for their members . These goals are simply socially valued things worth striving for . As we discovered in chapter 7 , at the top of the list of things that people in the United States tend to value are achievement and success ...
Page 167
... goals by following socially acceptable means . In modern Western society , however , there tends to be a signif- icant gap , or disjunction , between goals and legitimate means . Or , as Merton put it , anomie exists " when a system of ...
... goals by following socially acceptable means . In modern Western society , however , there tends to be a signif- icant gap , or disjunction , between goals and legitimate means . Or , as Merton put it , anomie exists " when a system of ...
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... goals and means and then substitute new ones . It is the substitu- tion of new goals and means that distinguishes the rebel from the retreatist . And it is the substitution of new goals and means that makes the rebel seem to be the ...
... goals and means and then substitute new ones . It is the substitu- tion of new goals and means that distinguishes the rebel from the retreatist . And it is the substitution of new goals and means that makes the rebel seem to be the ...
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 |