Sociology

Sociology: a global perspective

by Ferrante-Wallace, Joan

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"Sociology: A Global Perspective, 7/e is a brief introduction to sociology paperback text that uses sociological concepts and theories to analyze the most compelling and significant issues of our day, which happen to be global. Issues covered include the proposed and exiting border fences that separate Mexico from the United States, the disparities between the world’s richest and poorest countries, the century-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict, McDonaldization, and the planet’s dependence on fo…

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Title Statements

  • Full title :Sociology : a global perspective / Joan Ferrante.

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"Sociology: A Global Perspective, 7/e is a brief introduction to sociology paperback text that uses sociological concepts and theories to analyze the most compelling and significant issues of our day, which happen to be global. Issues covered include the proposed and exiting border fences that separate Mexico from the United States, the disparities between the world’s richest and poorest countries, the century-long Palestinian-Israeli conflict, McDonaldization, and the planet’s dependence on fossil fuels This approach demonstrates sociology's analytical power for thinking about personal, local, national, but especially global issues and events."--pub. desc.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:©2008.
  • Edition:7th ed

Publication Statements

  • Publisher(s):Thomson Wadsworth
  • Place of Publication:Belmont, CA
  • Language:eng
  • Publication Date:©2008.

The Physical Object

  • Description:xxii, 565 pages : : illustrations (some color), color maps ; : 28 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780495390916, 0495390917, 0840032048, 9780840032041
  • oclc:ocn190785236
  • LC Classification:HM586
  • Dewey Decimal:301

Table of Contents

1. The sociological imagination -- 2. Theoretical perspectives and methods of social research -- 3. Culture -- 4. Socialization -- 5. Social interaction -- 6. Formal organizations -- 7. Deviance, conformity, and social control -- 8. Social stratification -- 9. Race and ethnicity -- 10. Gender -- 11. Economics and politics -- 12. Family -- 13. Education -- 14. Religion -- 15. Population and urbanization -- 16. Social change.

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Subjects

Cross-cultural studies Histoire sociale -- Études transculture… Lehrbuch social history Social history -- Cross-cultural studies Sociologie Sociology Soziologie

Writers

Ferrante-Wallace, Joan

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