Sociology (5th Edition)

This best-selling volume teaches readers how to think sociologically by showing them how theory and research in sociology build upon one another and how they help us to understand a variety of different yet related social conditions. Readers learn how to analyze everyday events through the sociological perspective, increase their social knowledge, and develop critical thinking skills. With a strong emphasis on diversity, it introduces the major methods, theories, and findings of sociology and relates them to today's sociological institutions, movements, and issues. Provides the most current data and statistics, references to recent research, and a variety of special boxed materials. Sociology: The Discipline. How Sociology Is Done. Perspectives on Society and Interaction. Culture and Social Structure. Socialization. Stratification: Structured Social Inequality. Race and Ethnic Relations. Sex, Gender, and Society. Groups, Organizations, and the Workplace. Deviance, Crime, and Social Control. Economy and Society. Marriages and Families. Education. Religion. Health and Health Care. Population and Aging. Urban Society: City Life and Collective Behavior. Social Movements and Change. For anyone wanting a solid introduction to sociological theories and their application to everyday events.