Our Social World

Condensed Version
ISBN: 978-1-4129-8727-1
Verlag: SAGE Publications

Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Format (B × H): 203 mm x 279 mm

In this brief text, two leaders of the Teaching Sociology movement encourage students' development of their sociological imaginations through role-taking. Assuming the role of a child living in poverty in India or of a member of an African tribe, students learn to re-envision their global society. An innovative, integrated framework provides core sociological concepts, while features such as 'Contributing to Our Social World' enable students to 'do' public sociology.

Our Social World: Condensed Version presents the perspective of students living in the larger global world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ballantine, Jeanne H.

Roberts, Keith A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I. Understanding Our Social World: The Scientific Study of Society
Chapter 1 Sociology: A Unique Way to View the World
Chapter 2 Examining the Social World: How Do We Know?
PART II. Social Structure, Processes, and Control
Chapter 3 Society and Culture: Hardware and Software of Our Social World
Chapter 4 Socialization: Becoming Human and Humane
Chapter 5 Interaction, Groups, and Organizations: Connections That Work
Chapter 6 Deviance and Social Control: Sickos, Perverts, Freaks, and Folks Like Us
PART III. Inequality
Chapter 7 Stratification: Rich and Famous—or Rags and Famine?
Chapter 8 Race and Ethnic Group Stratification: Beyond “We” and “They”
Chapter 9 Gender Stratification: She/He—Who Goes First?
PART IV. Institutions
Chapter 10 Family: Partner Taking, People Making, and Contract Breaking
Chapter 11 Education and Religion: Asking “What?” and “Why?”
Chapter 12 Politics and Economics: Penetrating Power and Privilege
PART V. Social Dynamics
Chapter 13 Population and Health: Living on Spaceship Earth
Chapter 14 The Process of Change: Can We Make a Difference?
References
Glossary
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ballantine, Jeanne H.
Jeanne H. Ballantine is professor of sociology at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She received an MA from Columbia University and a PhD from Indiana University, with a specialty in sociology of education. She has been teaching and writing for more than 30 years and has written or coauthored several texts, including Sociology of Education: A Systematic Analysis, Teaching Sociology of Education, Sociological Footprints, and Our Social World: Introduction to Sociology. She has also published in other areas, including gender and teaching of sociology, and has been an active member of sociology of education organizations, including the ASA Section on Sociology of Education, the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and the International Sociological Association (ISA) Research Committee on Sociology of Education. She has won numerous awards, including the ASA Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award.

Roberts, Keith A.
Keith Roberts, Professor of Sociology at Hanover College, has not only won teaching awards, but has been honored by several sociological associations for "Distinguished Contributions to Teaching"—including the ASA’s 2010 Award He has published on teaching and conducted workshops around the country. He is a member of the Departmental Resources Group of the ASA, which among other activities involves consulting work with departments of sociology on curriculum and on teaching issues. He is the co-author of Religion in Sociological Perspective, Fifth Edition (SAGE, ©2012), Our Social World (SAGE, ©2011) and Our Social World Condensed (SAGE, ©2010), and a monograph on Writing in the Undergraduate Sociology Curriculum. He is active in the ASA Section on Teaching and Learning, and for the past 21 years has organized and lead workshops for high school sociology teachers. Keith has taught a rather wide range of sociology courses at a two-year campus, at a Research 1 University, and more recently at a very competitive small liberal arts college.