Using a concise and easy-to-understand style, this guide provides an integrated approach to the implications of social class, minority class, and gender, explaining how each relates to economic, social, and political inequality. The author emphasizes that the considerations of color and gender are central to a full appreciation of the composition and dynamics of class systems. The Third Edition continues to build on this perspective, integrating fresh conceptualizations, new research findings and data into a significant and effective reorganization.
Archive for the ‘Sociology’
Women, Law, and Social Control
*HH06, Women, Law, and Social Control, Alida V. Merlo(Westfield State College), Joycelyn M. Pollock(Southwest Texas State University), U4784-7, 416 pp., 6 x 9, 0-, paperbound, 1995, $18.75nk, October*/This edited text examines women in the criminal justice system Ñ as practitioner, as offenders, and as victims. The current and relevant articles share a central theme: certain aspects of the legal system and society have affected all women in similar ways. Both historical and current issues are examined.
Social Problems
This proactive book probes the nature and causes of major social problems and delves into the social control and social action issues inherent to each particular problem. Offering a theoretically balanced perspective, it covers topics in a micro to macro format, pointing out the interrelationships among today’s social problems and the possibility of approaching them from several perspectives. The book describes many of the serious challenges facing our society, demonstrates the human ability to innovate and improve social conditions, and emphasizes social policy and its intended and unintended effects. It supports material with current statistics, cross-cultural examples, and numerous charts and tables. The book incorporates many new and interesting topics, including worldwide efforts to improve health, the impact of the growing elderly population on our social security system, and juggling work and family responsibilities.
Violence and Society: A Reader
Focusing exclusively on the explanation of violence, this anthology examines why violent conduct occurs–whether or not it is defined as a crime. For those seeking to understand the social causes of violence. Softcover.
Through the Global Lens: An Introduction to the Social Sciences
This lively, readable book covers all of the social sciences (sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, psychology, and geography) in the context of contemporary global interdependence using the Stanislavsky Method of perceptual analysis. Case studies, maps, feature film analyses, and photos highlight important historical events and concepts throughout. Using the Stanislavsky Method to analyze the six social sciences, this book explores globalization, physical setting, psychology and human motivation, anthropological and sociological influences, political science, and macro- and international economics. For anyone interested in learning about social science and the globalization of the “ human drama” .
