TY  - SOUND
AU  - Ballantine,Jeanne H.
AU  - Roberts,Keith A.
TI  - Our social world: introduction to sociology 
AV  - HM 586 B188o 2007
U1  - 301 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Princeton, N.J.
PB  - Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Sociología
N1  - Originally published: Thousand Oaks, CA : Pine Forge Press, c2007; Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-541); Understanding our social world, the scientific study of society: Sociology, a unique way to view the world; Examining the social world, how do we know -- Social structure, processes, control: Culture and society, hardware and software of our social world; Socialization, becoming human and humane; Interaction, groups, and organizations, connections that work; Deviance and social control, sickos, perverts, freaks, and folks like us -- Inequality: Stratification, rich and famous, or rags and famine; Race and ethnic group stratification, beyond "we" and "they"; Gender stratification, she/he, who goes first -- Institutions: Family, partner taking, people making,and contract breaking; Education, what are we learning; Religion, the meaning of sacred meaning; Medicine, an anatomy of health and illness -- Social dynamics: Population and urbanization, living on spaceship Earth; Process of change, can we make a difference -- Glossary; Distribution is restricted to RFB&D members who have a documented print disability such as a visual impairment, learning disability or other physical disability
N2  - [This text] introduces the discipline of sociology to the contemporary student and provides an integrated, comprehensible framework from which to view the world. In each chapter, [the authors] provide an organizing theme that is not exclusively tied to one theoretical paradigm to help students see relationships between topics. Although several books address global issues, [The text] presents the perspective of students living in the larger global world. -Publisher description
ER  -