Sociology For Dummies

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John Wiley & Sons, Mar 5, 2010 - Social Science - 384 pages
The first authoritative yet accessible guide to this broad and popular topic

Sociology is the study of human and societal interaction, and because society is constantly changing, sociology will always remain a crucial and relevant subject. Sociology For Dummies helps you understand this complex field, serving as the ideal study guide both when you're deciding to take a class as well as when you are already participating in a course.

  • Provides a general overview of what sociology in as well as an in-depth look at some of the major concepts and theories
  • Offers examples of how sociology can be applied and its importance to everyday life

Avoiding jargon, Sociology For Dummies will get you up to speed on this widely studied topic in no time.

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Contents

Introduction
1
The Basic Basics 9
4
All Together Now The Ins and Outs
5
The Basic Basics 9
11
Social Organization
18
What Is Sociology and Why Should I Care?
23
Sociology Getting Your Head Around It 11 Chapter 2 What Is Sociology and Why Should I Care? 23 Chapter 3 Making It Up as They Went Along ...
39
Research Methods Because You Cant Put Society in a Test Tube
59
Why They Still Matter 173 Chapter 10 Getting Religion Faith in the Modern World
175
Getting Religion Faith in the Modern World 175 Chapter 11 Crime and Deviance I Fought the Law and I Won
191
All Together Now The Ins and Outs
211
Corporate Culture The Study of Organizations
213
Were Only Human
222
The Rules of the Game Social Movements and Political Sociology
233
Urban Sociology and Demographics Aint No Love
253
Sociology and Your Life
271

Choosing a Method
66
Preparing For Potential Pitfalls
73
Seeing Society Like a Sociologist
79
Seeing Society Like a Sociologist
82
What Are the Rules?
101
Socialization What is Culture and Where Can I Get Some? 81 Chapter 6 Microsociology If Life Is a Game What Are the Rules? 101 Chapter 7 Caugh...
119
Equality and Inequality in Our Diverse World
137
Gender and Ethnicity I Know My Race But Wheres the Finish Line?
157
Conscious and unconscious 162 The myth of the model minority 165 Immigration and assimilation or not 167 Sex and Gender
169
Sociology and Your Life
274
Future Passed Understanding Social Change
295
Work for change but dont panic 310 Sociology in the Future
312
Get Born Get a Job Get a Kid Get Out of Here
315
Ten Ways to Use Sociological Insight
323
Ten Sociology Books That Dont Feel Like Homework 317 Chapter 18 Ten Ways to Use Sociological Insight in Everyday Life 323 Chapter 19 Ten ...
333
Society Prevents Us From Being Our True Selves 339 There Is Such a Thing as a Perfect Society
340
Index
341
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Jay Gabler, PhD, is a writer, editor, and college instructor. Gabler received his PhD from Harvard University and now teaches at Rasmussen College in Minnesota.

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