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Book SynopsisSociology For Dummies helps you understand the complex field of sociology, serving as the ideal study guide both when you're deciding to take a class as well as when you are already participating in a course. Avoiding jargon, Sociology For Dummies will get you up to speed on this widely studied topic in no time.
Table of ContentsIntroduction. Part I: The Basic Basics.
Chapter 1: Sociology: Getting Your Head around It.
Chapter 2: What Is Sociology, and Why Should I Care?
Chapter 3: Making It Up As They Went Along: The History of Sociology.
Chapter 4: Research Methods: Because You Can’t Put Society in a Test Tube.
Part II: Seeing Society Like a Sociologist.
Chapter 5: Socialisation: What is 'Culture,' and Where Can I Get Some?
Chapter 6: Microsociology: If Life Is a Game, What Are the Rules?
Part III: Equality and Inequality in Our Diverse World.
Chapter 7: Caught in the Web: The Power of Networks.
Chapter 8: Social Stratifi cation: We're All Equal, But Some of Us Are More Equal Than Others.
Chapter 9: Gender and Ethnicity: I Know My Race, But Where's the Finish Line?
Chapter 10: Ways of Belonging: Citizenship and National Identities.
Chapter 11: Getting Religion: Faith in the Modern World.
Chapter 12: Crime and Deviance: I Fought the Law . . . and I Won!
Part IV: All Together Now: The Ins and Outs of Social Organisation.
Chapter 13: Corporate Culture: The Study of Organisations (and Disorganisations).
Chapter 14: The Rules of the Game: Social Movements and Political Sociology.
Chapter 15: Urban Sociology and Demographics: (Ain’t No) Love in the Heart of the City.
Part V: Sociology and Your Life.
Chapter 16: The Family and the Life Course.
Chapter 17: Future Passed: Understanding Social Change.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 18: Ten Sociology Books That Don’t Feel Like Homework.
Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Use Sociological Insight in Everyday Life.
Chapter 20: Ten Myths About Society Busted by Sociology.
Index.
