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Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World, Brief Edition v2.0
By: 
Steven E. Barkan
Published: 
July 2017
Discipline: 
Sociology Textbooks
ISBN (Digital): 
978-1-4533-8490-9

Brief Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Sociology and the Sociological Perspective

Chapter 2: Culture and Society

Chapter 3: Socialization and Social Interaction

Chapter 4: Groups and Organizations

Chapter 5: Deviance, Crime, and Social Control

Chapter 6: Social Stratification

Chapter 7: Race and Ethnicity

Chapter 8: Gender and Gender Inequality

Chapter 9: Aging and the Elderly

Chapter 10: Politics and the Economy

Chapter 11: The Family

Chapter 12: Education and Religion

Chapter 13: Health and Medicine

Chapter 14: Social Change: Population, Urbanization, and Social Movements

Chapter 15: Conclusion: Understanding and Changing the Social World


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