Scott Sernau's Critical Choices shows students how to apply sociological insights to their own lives in ways that challenge complacency and easy answers. In exploring the connections between their social world and day-to-day lives--their plans, aspirations, and life choices--students sharpen their critical-thinking skills. Written in an engaging, conversational tone, Critical Choices helps instructors communicate the relevance of studying sociology to students--how it can make us more savvy, successful, and empathetic social actors. The book's interactive, critical-thinking approach calls on students to apply data on trends and patterns, confront myth-challenging facts, examine tables and charts, and explore the social underpinnings of current controversies. Included are global concerns and issues of race, health, community, and gender--all crucial in the contemporary context of making critical choices. "Reaching Out" sections extend to interaction with the student's particular community. These include a wide range of hands-on learning experiences, such as short field projects, content analyses, ethnographic writing, and other community activities to encourage habits of thoughtful involvement. Critical Choices offers a key resource to instructors seeking to convey both the intrigue and the practicality of sociology--and to spark fresh sociological imaginations. The table of contents is designed to match the range of topics found in most core introductory texts.

Critical Choices: Applying Sociological Insight in Your Life, Family, and Community

Sernau, Scott

Parenting & Relationships

Oxford University Press

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<li> Understand social problems on a global scale – from inequalities to sustainability </li>
<li> See the interconnections of the world and people throughout the world </li>
<li> Learn about issues with a multinational and multidisciplinary approach, so readers will be able to have a broader understanding of the subject </li> </ul>

Global Problems: The Search for Equity, Peace, and Sustainability (Mysearchlab)

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

Pearson

Rapid economic changes throughout the world economy offer new possibilities for economic development. Yet the multitude of people in an impoverished underclass often find the burst of economic development in their country continues to exclude them. As technologies and demographics reshape economies, the underclass finds its skills increasingly peripheral to the urban economy into which it is drawn. The daunting task before Mexico in raising the living standards of its people is carefully analyzed with the help of economic theory. The current focus on Mexico and Latin America since the passage of NAFTA makes this a particularly relevant book for economists and readers interested in labor, international topics, and in Mexico.

Economies of Exclusion: Underclass Poverty and Labor Market Change in Mexico (Contributions in Afro-American and)

Business & Money

Economics

Praeger

Please Don't Squeeze the Christian Into the World's Mold

Religion & Spirituality

INTERVARSITY PRESS *

Scott Sernau's Critical Choices shows students how to apply sociological insights to their own lives in ways that challenge complacency and easy answers. In exploring the connections between their social world and day-to-day lives--their plans, aspirations, and life choices--students sharpen their critical-thinking skills. Written in an engaging, conversational tone, Critical Choices helps instructors communicate the relevance of studying sociology to students--how it can make us more savvy, successful, and empathetic social actors. The book's interactive, critical-thinking approach calls on students to apply data on trends and patterns, confront myth-challenging facts, examine tables and charts, and explore the social underpinnings of current controversies. Included are global concerns and issues of race, health, community, and gender--all crucial in the contemporary context of making critical choices. "Reaching Out" sections extend to interaction with the student's particular community. These include a wide range of hands-on learning experiences, such as short field projects, content analyses, ethnographic writing, and other community activities to encourage habits of thoughtful involvement. Critical Choices offers a key resource to instructors seeking to convey both the intrigue and the practicality of sociology--and to spark fresh sociological imaginations. The table of contents is designed to match the range of topics found in most core introductory texts.

Social Sciences

Roxbury Pub. Co

Exploring social problems on a global scale This text uses social science perspectives to examine the various dimensions of globalization, the social problems of inequality, war and violence, and environmental sustainability that are occurring on a global scale.   Clear writing and vivid examples help students to better understand their role as global citizens. The book was designed for courses such as Global Issues, Contemporary Problems, Social Problems, Social Stratification, World Cultures, and Social Change. Learning GoalsUpon completing this book, readers should be able to: Understand social problems on a global scale – from inequalities to sustainability See the interconnections of the world and people throughout the world Learn about issues with a multinational and multidisciplinary approach, so readers will be able to have a broader understanding of the subject

Global Problems: Pearson New International Edition:The Search for Equity, Peace, and Sustainability

Bound: Living in the Globalized World

* Individual vignettes and case studies offer a refreshing twist on the globalization discussion * Written in an accessible style engrossing to both undergraduates and the socially conscious general reader Bound promises a stimulating and straightforward introduction to one of the most significant issues of our time: globalization. Sernau examines the background to current global interconnectedness, asking what trends and practices have ushered in this new global century. This book challenges readers to see their place in this changing planet, and to consider the necessary actions to build a more equitable, rewarding, and sustainable global society.

Sociology

Kumarian Press

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Critical Choices: Applying Sociological Insight in Your Life, Family, and Community

Global Problems: The Search for Equity, Peace, and Sustainability (Mysearchlab)

Economies of Exclusion: Underclass Poverty and Labor Market Change in Mexico (Contributions in Afro-American and)

Please Don't Squeeze the Christian Into the World's Mold

Critical Choices: Applying Sociological Insight in Your Life, Family, and Community

Global Problems: Pearson New International Edition:The Search for Equity, Peace, and Sustainability

Bound: Living in the Globalized World

Bound: Living in the Globalized World