Efnisyfirlit

• Contents at a Glance
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Conventions Used in This Book
  • Sociology is Controversial: Brace Yourself!
  • How This Book Is Organised
  • Icons Used In This Book
  • Where To Go From Here
• Part 1: The Basic Basics
  • Chapter 1: Sociology: Getting Your Head around It
    • Understanding Sociology
    • Seeing the World as a Sociologist
    • Understanding Differences Among People and Groups
    • Social Organisation
    • Sociology and Your Life
    • Sociology For Dummies, for Dummies
  • Chapter 2: What Is Sociology, and Why Should I Care?
    • Figuring Out What Sociology Is
    • Discovering Where Sociology Is ‘Done’
    • Recognising How Sociology Affects Your Life and Your World
  • Chapter 3: Making It Up As They Went Along: The History of Sociology
    • So . . . Who Cares about History?
    • Thinking about Society before There Was Sociology
    • The Development of ‘Sociology’
    • Sociology’s Power Trio
    • Sociology in the 20th Century
    • Sociology Today
  • Chapter 4: Research Methods: Because You Can’t Put Society in a Test Tube
    • The Steps of Sociological Research
    • Choosing a Method
    • Analyzing Analytical Tools
    • Preparing For Potential Pitfalls
• Part 2: Seeing Society Like a Sociologist
  • Chapter 5: Socialisation: What is ‘Culture,’ and Where Can I Get Some?
    • Understanding What Culture Is – and Isn’t
    • Studying Culture: Makin’ It and Takin’ It
    • Paddling the ‘Mainstream’
    • Socialisation: Where You Connect in Culture
    • Culture Paradox: Pulling Us Together and Pushing Us Apart
  • Chapter 6: Microsociology: If Life Is a Game, What Are the Rules?
    • Within You and Without You: The Paradox of Society
    • Rational – and Irrational – Choices
    • Symbolic Interactionism: Life is a Stage
• Part 3: Equality and Inequality in Our Diverse World
  • Chapter 7: Caught in the Web: The Power of Networks
    • The Global Village: Seeing Society as a Network
    • The Strength of Weak Ties
    • Insights from Network Analysis
  • Chapter 8: Social Stratification: We’re All Equal, But Some of Us Are More Equal Than Others
    • Excavating the Social Strata
    • The Many Means of Inequality
    • Comparing inequality internationally
  • Chapter 9: Gender and Ethnicity: I Know My Race, But Where’s the Finish Line?
    • Bias and Discrimination: A Two-Sided Coin
    • Race and Ethnicity
    • Sex and Gender
    • Race, Ethnicity, Sex, and Gender: Why They Still Matter
  • Chapter 10: Ways of Belonging: Citizenship and National Identities
    • Stating the Obvious: The Emergence of the State
    • ‘What is a Nation?’
    • When Nationalism Turns Ugly
    • Addressing Concepts of Citizenship
    • Multicultural Citizenship
  • Chapter 11: Getting Religion: Faith in the Modern World
    • Understanding Religion in History
    • Religion in Theory . . . and in Practice
    • Faith and Freedom in the World Today
  • Chapter 12: Crime and Deviance: I Fought the Law . . . and I Won!
    • All Crime is Deviance, but Not All Deviance is a Crime
    • Criminals in Society
    • The Social Construction of Crime
    • Becoming Deviant
    • Fighting Crime
• Part 4: All Together Now: The Ins and Outs of Social Organisation
  • Chapter 13: Corporate Culture: The Study of Organisations (and Disorganisations)
    • The Corporate Conundrum: Making a Profit Isn’t as Easy – or as Simple – as it Sounds
    • Weber’s Big Idea About Organisations
    • Rational Systems: Bureaucracy at its Purest
    • Natural Systems: We’re Only Human
    • Open Systems: The Whole Wide World of Work
  • Chapter 14: The Rules of the Game: Social Movements and Political Sociology
    • State and Government: Governing and Being Governed
    • Sharing (or Not Sharing) Power in Society
    • Social Movements: Working for Change
  • Chapter 15: Urban Sociology and Demographics: (Ain’t No) Love in the Heart of the City
    • Sociology in the City
    • Changing Neighbourhoods
    • Life in the City: Perils and Promise
• Part 5: Sociology and Your Life
  • Chapter 16: The Family and the Life Course
    • The Social Construction of Age
    • Running the Course of Life
    • Taking Care: Health Care and Society
    • Families Past and Present
  • Chapter 17: Future Passed: Understanding Social Change
    • Why Societies Change
    • What Comes Next?
    • Sociology in the Future
• Part 6: The Part of Tens
  • Chapter 18: Ten Sociology Books That Don’t Feel Like Homework
    • Randall Collins: Sociological Insight
    • William Foote Whyte: Street Corner Society
    • Laud Humphreys: Tea Room Trade
    • Erving Goffman: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
    • Stan Cohen: Folk Devils and Moral Panics
    • Arlie Hochschild: The Second Shift
    • Viviana Zelizer: Pricing the Priceless Child
    • Michael Schwalbe: Unlocking the Iron Cage
    • Tariq Modood: Not Easy Being British
    • Katherine Newman: No Shame in My Game
  • Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Use Sociological Insight in Everyday Life
    • Think Critically About Claims That ‘ Research Proves’ One Thing or Another
    • Beware of Unprovable Assertions About Society
    • Understand Barriers to Effective Communication
    • Know the Difference Between the Identity You Choose and the Identities Others Choose For You
    • Understanding Art: If It Seems Confusing, That’s Exactly the Point
    • Be Clever About Relationship-Building
    • Changing Society: Be Optimistic, But Keep Your Expectations Reasonable
    • Learn How to Mobilise a Social Movement
    • Run Your Company Effectively
    • Understand How We Can All Be Different, Yet All Be the Same
  • Chapter 20: Ten Myths About Society Busted by Sociology
    • With Hard Work and Determination, Anyone Can Get What They Deserve
    • Our Actions Reflect Our Values
    • We’re Being Brainwashed by the Media
    • Understanding Society is Just a Matter of ‘Common Sense’
    • Race Doesn’t Matter Any More
    • In Time, Immigrant Families Will Assimilate and Adopt a New Culture
    • Bureaucracy is Dehumanizing
    • People Who Make Bad Choices Are Just Getting the Wrong Messages
    • Society Stops Us Being Our ‘True Selves’
    • A Perfect Society Can Exist
• Index

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