Essentials of Sociology

1068 Pages·2018·17.29 MB·English

by  George Ritzer, Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy

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Essentials of Sociology
Third Edition
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To Sue, from George: With much love for enduring, mostly with her usual
good humor intact, all the years I was often unavailable while writing this
book
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Essentials of Sociology
Third Edition
George Ritzer
University of Maryland
Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy
John Carroll University
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Ritzer, George, author. | Wiedenhoft Murphy, Wendy A., author.
Title: Essentials of sociology / George Ritzer, University of Maryland, Wendy
Wiedenhoft Murphy, John Carroll University.
Description: Third edition. | Thousand Oaks : Sage, [2019] | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017041110 | ISBN 9781506388953 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subjects: LCSH: Sociology.
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Brief Contents
Letter from the Authors
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Chapter 1. An Introduction to Sociology in the Global Age
Chapter 2. Thinking about and Researching the Social World
Chapter 3. Culture
Chapter 4. Socialization and Interaction
Chapter 5. Organizations, Societies, and Global Relationships
Chapter 6. Deviance and Crime
Chapter 7. Social Stratification in the United States and Globally
Chapter 8. Race and Ethnicity
Chapter 9. Gender and Sexuality
Chapter 10. Families
Chapter 11. Education and Religion
Chapter 12. Politics and the Economy
Chapter 13. The Body, Medicine, Health, and Health Care
Chapter 14. Population, Urbanization, and the Environment
Chapter 15. Social Change, Social Movements, and Collective Action
Glossary
References: Chapter-Opening Vignettes
References: Comprehensive List
Index
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Detailed Contents
Letter from the Authors
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
1 An Introduction to Sociology in the Global Age
Learning Objectives
A Sociology of Revolutions and Counterrevolutions
The Changing Nature of the Social World—and Sociology
Central Concerns for a Twenty-First-Century Sociology
Globalization
Digital Living: Blogging and Tweeting about Sociology
Consumption
McDonaldization
Critiquing Consumption
The Digital World
Trending: The McDonaldization of Society
Globalization, Consumption, the Digital World, and You
Sociology: Continuity and Change
The Sociological Imagination
Private Troubles and Public Issues
The Micro–Macro Relationship
The Agency–Structure Relationship
The Social Construction of Reality
Social Structures and Processes
Sociology’s Purpose: Science or Social Reform?
Sociology, the Other Social Sciences, and Common Sense
Summary
Key Terms
Review Questions
2 Thinking about and Researching the Social World
Learning Objectives
Sociologists Theorize about and Research Climate Change
Theorizing the Social World
Classical Sociological Theory
Karl Marx
Max Weber
Émile Durkheim
Georg Simmel
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