James Wright

The Key to (Almost) Everything (eBook, ePUB)

Sociology for All of Us

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Key to (Almost) Everything is an engaging, contemporary and concise approach to sociology written for adults, students and just about anybody who could profit from knowing about the discipline of sociology. It is expertly written by an author drawing on 40 years of teaching on the fundamental social structures and processes characteristic of human societies. Each of the book's chapters is modeled on the courses found in the sociology curriculum. These chapters are not course or lecture notes, rather they are engaging lessons on topics such as political sociology, urban sociology, religion in sociology, crime and guns, poverty, the American family, public opinion, wealth and power.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538124598
• Artikelnr.: 56348636

Autorenporträt

James D. Wright is an author, educator, and the Provost's Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus in the Department of Sociology at the University of Central Florida. Before his retirement in 2018, Wright also served as director of the UCF Institute for Social and Behavioral Sciences, as editor-in-chief of the journal Social Science Research, and as editor-in-chief of the International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. His latest book is Hunger in the Land of Plenty: A Cricail Look at Food Insecurity (with Amy Donley and Sara Vega).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 1. Introduction to Sociology 2. Theory and Perspectives 3. Research
Methods and Statistics 4. Sociology of Contemporary American Society 5.
Political Sociology 6. Public Opinion and Attitude Change 7. Wealth, Power
and Inequality 8. The Working Class 9. American Social Problems: Crime,
Poverty and Population 10. Sociology of the American Family 11. Sociology
of Religion 12. Sociology of Alcohol and Drugs 13. Guns, Crime and Violence
14. Poverty, Homelessness and the Cities 15. Urban Sociology 16. Social
Inequalities and Health 17. Social Policy and Evaluation Research 18. My
Life as a Sociologist