Sociology : for the twenty-first century / Tim Curry

Includes bibliographical references and index

PART I Perspective and Method -- Chapter 1 What Is Sociology? -- Chapter 2 Culture, Society, and Social Change -- Chapter 3 Socialization -- Chapter 4 Deviance and Crime -- Chapter 5 Interaction, Groups, and Organizations -- PART II Social Inequality -- Chapter 6 Inequalities of Social Class -- Chapter 7 Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity -- Chapter 8 Inequalities of Gender -- PART III Social Institutions -- Chapter 9 The Economy -- Chapter 10 The Political Order -- Chapter 11 Marriage and the Family -- Chapter 12 Education -- Chapter 13 Religion -- Chapter 14 Medicine and Health Care -- PART IV Working for Change -- Chapter 15 Population, Ecology, and Urbanization -- Chapter 16 Collective Social Action.

"This volume introduces readers to sociology using an eclectic approach that is tied together by systematically highlighting two aspects of social change--1) the change or contrast between social life organized around personal, communal relations and social life organized around impersonal, associational relations; and 2) the ongoing social processes and the implications they have for life in the twenty-first century. While focusing on critical thinking, this reference encourages readers to think about tomorrow and the next century from a sociological viewpoint. The authors present culture, society and social change; social inequality; social institutions population, ecology, and urbanization; and collective social action. Anyone interested in a sociological viewpoint of society, culture, and change."