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Sociology : a global introduction

John J. Macionis

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Introducing sociology
The sociological imagination
Thinking sociologically, thinking globally
Studying the social: an introduction to sociological method
Interlude 1: researching sport
The foundations of society : from macro to micro
Societies
Culture
Groups, organisations, and the rise of the network society
Micro-sociology : the social construction of everyday life
Interlude 2: researching food
The unequal world : difference, division, and social stratification
Inequality, social divisions, and social stratification
Global poverty/global inequality
Class, poverty and welfare: the case of the UK
Racism, ethnicities, and migration
The gender order and sexualities
Age stratification, children and later life
Disabilities, care and the humanitarian society
Interlude 3: researching music and inequalities
Social structures, social practices, and social institutions
Economies, work, and consumption
Power, governance and social movements
Control, crime, and deviance
Families, personal life, and living together
Religion and belief
Education
Health, medicine, and well-being
Communication and the new media
Science, cyberspace and the risk society
Interlude 4: researching our generational biographies
Social change and the twenty-first century
Populations, cities, and the space of things to come
Social change and the environment
Living in the twenty-first century
Resources for critical thinking : creating sociological imaginations
Films
Novels
Art and sociology
Time and space
Websites
YouTube
Key social thinkers
World statistics
Big debates of our time
Abbreviations and acronyms.

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