Providing a brief introduction to sociology, this work encourages students to think seriously about the choices they will face in education, career, marriage, parenthood, and other important aspects of life. Popular ideology argues that people can - and should - get what they want from life, but the research highlighted in this book indicates that most people do not get what they want, and settle instead for what they can get. How choices are shaped and limited by the actions of others underlies the authors' explanation of social structure and sociology - the systemic study of social relations.

Choices and Chances: Sociology for Everyday Life

Politics & Social Sciences

Tepperman, Lorne

Anthropology

HARCOURT, BRACE

Readings in Sociolgy: an Introduction

Curtis, James

Social Sciences

McGraw-Hill Inc.,US

This anthology offers a global selection of contemporary articles dealing with the varied forms of inequality - of wealth, power and prestige - resulting in differences in work experience, lifestyle and belief.

Haves and Have Nots: An International Reader on Social Inequality

Pearson College Div

Close Relations: An Introduction to the Sociology of Families (2nd Edition)

McDaniel, Susan A.

Pearson Canada

Appropriate for 1-semester courses in Marriage and the Family, and Sociology of the Family. 
Focuses on applications and theory for one semester courses. Several overarching themes help organize the material: an emphasis on processes (interaction, communication, cooperation and empathy) found in all families rather than on the specific forms of the family; the fact that the family is becoming more rather than less important, the constant tension between families, schools and work; and historical changes and cross-national comparisons. With a new chapter on Family Dynamics.

Close Relations: An Introduction to the Sociology of Families, Brief Edition

Sociology

This volume lets readers realize for themselves that a “sociological imagination” can help them understand the burning questions of today's society, and that this kind of thinking is within their grasp. It illustrates how understanding society means engaging with its issues. The book consists of a series of debates in which multiple sides of today's hottest topics are examined: Is the environment improving? Is religion dead? Do poor people create their own poverty? Should marijuana be legalized? Is ethnic nationalism destructive? Revealing how much sociology has to contribute to our understanding of these topics, it encourages readers to Think Twice...then think again. The essays and debates presented here examine the issues surrounding the individual and society, social differences, social institutions and social change. For anyone interested in a balanced view of many of the most crucial issues and dilemmas in our society and our earth.

Think Twice! Sociology Looks at Current Social Issues (2nd Edition)

Blain, Jenny

Pearson

Close Relations: An Introduction to the Sociology of Families (3rd Edition)

This book lets students realize for themselves that a "sociological imagination" can help them understand the burning questions of today's society, and that this kind of thinking is within their grasp. It illustrates how understanding society means engaging with its issues. The book consists of a series of debates in which multiple sides of today's hottest topics are examined-Is the environment improving? Is religion dead? Do poor people create their own poverty? Should marijuana be legalized? Is ethnic nationalism destructive? Revealing how much sociology has to contribute to our understanding of these topics, it encourages readers to Think Twice...then think again.

Think Twice: Sociology Looks at Current Social Issues

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Close Relations: An Introduction to the Sociology of Families (5th Edition)

Close Relations: An Introduction to the Sociology of Families, Loose Leaf Version (5th Edition)

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