| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
160 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Heads Up |
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Heads Up.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
From gender and identity to welfare and consumerism, sociology is the study of how societies are organized and what helps them function or go wrong. Questions posed include: What is my "tribe"? Why do people commit crimes? Who decides if someone has a mental illness? What's work for? Does aid do any good? Heads Up Sociology explores these fascinating questions and more. |
| Contents |
What is sociology? -- What do sociologists do? -- Research methods -- Who am I? (What is my identity ; Girls and boys ; Women and work ; Biography: Judith Butler ; What's my tribe? ; Does race matter? ; Biography: Elijah Anderson ; Who do you love? ; Age and society ; What does famioy mean? ; Are we all middle class now? ; Identity: in context). |
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Does society exist? (What do schools teach? ; Are institutions a good thing?; Biography: Charles Wright Mills ; Who holds the power? ; What role does religion play in society? ; Does religion still matter? ; Rural life versus urban life ; A sense of community ; Biography: Max Weber ; Why do we work? ; How is work changong? Biography: Arlie R. Hochschild ; Watching the workers ; Social institutions in context). |
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When it all goes wrong (Why do people commit crimes? ; Biography: Emile Durkheim ; Breaking society's rules ; White-collar crime ; Are we all on camera? ; Biography: Howard Becker ; Health and equality ; Not fitting in) -- Crime and health: in context). |
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Why si the world so unfair? (Superrich ; Wealth and status ; The poverty trap ; Who's to blame? ; Where did racism come from? ; Why haven't developing countries developed yet? ; Biography: Boaventura de Sousa Santos ; Is globalization a good thing? ; Glocalization ; Biography: Saskia Sassen ; What's our impact on the planet? ; Biography: Anthony Giddens ; Wealth and development: in context). |
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Modern culture (I shop therefore I am? ; What is culture ; Biography: Pierre Bordieu ; Leisure time ; We are living in uncertain times ; Biography: Zygmunt Bauman ; Does the mass media affect you? ; Who wons the media? ; Who decides what's news? Where do you get your news from? ; What does the Internet do for us? ; Do you live online ; Culture and the media: in context). |
| Subject |
Sociology -- Philosophy -- Juvenile literature.
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Globalization -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.
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Manners and customs -- Juvenile literature.
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YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- Reference.
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YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION -- Social Science -- Sociology.
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Globalization -- Social aspects.
(OCoLC)fst00943547
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Sociology -- Philosophy.
(OCoLC)fst01123904
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| Genre/Form |
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
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| Added Author |
Thorpe, Christopher, author.
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Todd, Megan, consultant.
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| Added Title |
Sociology |
| ISBN |
9781465468635 (paperback) |
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1465468633 (paperback) |
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9781544410913 (Follettbound) |
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1544410913 (Follettbound) |
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