Download PDF Society: The Basics Twelfth Edition by Jhon J. Macionis

Sinopsis

Today’s world challenges us like never before. Several years into the present recession, the economy remains uncertain, not only here in the United States but around the world. During recent decades, income inequality has steadily increased. There is a lot of anger about how our national leaders in Washington are doing or not doing  their jobs. Technological disasters of our own making threaten the natural environment, and the mild winter of 2011–2012 in the United States only adds to of the mounting evidence of global warming. Perhaps no one should be surprised to read polls that tell us most people are anxious about their economic future, unhappy with government, and worried about the state of the planet. Many of us simply feel overwhelmed, as if we were up against forces we can barely understand much less control.

That’s where sociology comes in. For more than 150 years, sociologists have been working to better understand how society operates. We sociologists may not have all the answers, but we have learned quite a lot that we can share with you. A beginning course in sociology is your introduction to the fascinating and very useful study of the social world. After all, we all have a stake in understanding our world and doing all we can to improve it.

Society: The Basics, Twelfth Edition, provides you with comprehensive understanding of how this world works. You will find this book to be informative, engaging, and even entertaining. Before you have finished the first chapter, you will discover that sociology is not only useful it is also fun. Sociology is a field of study that can change the way you see the world and open the door to many new opportunities. What could be more worthwhile than that?

Content

1. Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method 
2. Culture 
3. Socialization: From Infancy to Old Age 
4. Social Interaction in Everyday Life 
5. Groups and Organizations 
6. Sexuality and Society 
7. Deviance 
8. Social Stratification 
9. Global Stratification
10. Gender Stratification 
11. Race and Ethnicity 
12. Economics and Politics 
13. Family and Religion 
14. Education, Health, and Medicine 
15. Population, Urbanization, and Environment 
16. Social Change: Modern and Postmodern Societies

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