Sociology

This text, written by a team of sociologists,  introduces students to social psychology by focusing on the contributions of sociology to this field, and on the perspectives, theories, and issues that are of the greatest importance to sociology.

• Emphasizes sociological work in the field, such as the effect of larger social-structural conditions on individuals and groups,  and theories/perspectives from macrosociology.
• Reflects more of the issues that sociologists are concerned with, such as social inequality, than psychology texts do.
• Discusses the field of sociological sociology in terms of its three major dimensions or "faces": symbolic interactionism; social structure and personality; and group processes. Each major topic within a chapter is examined from these multiple perspectives.
• The opening three chapters connect social psychology to the larger concerns of sociology, and discusses the methodology of social science.

 

 

 

Each chapter concludes with a Summary Section that includes "Bringing It All Together," Discussion Questions, Key Terms and Concepts, and A Summary of Key Points.

 

Part I. Perspectives and Methods

 

1. Introduction to Sociological Social Psychology

Sociology, Psychology, and Social Psychology

Macrosociology and Microsociology

Sociological and Psychological Social Psychology

Historical Context of Sociological Social Psychology

Section Summary

Perspectives in Sociological Social Psychology

Symbolic Interactionism

Social Structure and Personality

Group Processes

Section Summary

Your Social Psychological Tool Kit

The Sociological Imagination

Your Tool Kit

Social Norms and Values

Roles and Statuses

Patterns of Behavior and Relationships

Culture

 

2. Perspectives in Sociological Social Psychology

The Symbolic Interaction Perspective

Society and Agency

Basic Principles of Symbolic Interactionism

Symbols, Language, and the Development of Meaning

The Use of Meaning Once Derived

Subjective Experience

Two Schools of Symbolic Interactionism

The Chicago School

The Indiana and Iowa Schools

The Social Structure and Personality Perspective

The Components Principle

Status

Roles

Social Networks

The Proximity Principle

The Psychology Principle

Section Summary

The Group Processes Perspective

Studying Processes

Power

Justice

Legitimacy

Group Structures

            Group Size

            Dyads and Triads

            Types of Groups

Relationships between Groups

 

3. Studying People

Basic Concepts and Issues

Theories and Hypotheses

Independent and Dependent Variables

Sampling Issues

Ethical Issues in Studying People

Section Summary

Different Ways to Study People

Qualitative Methods

Field Research

In-Depth Interviews

Other Qualitative Methods

                        Quantitative Methods

Survey Research

Experiments

Mixed-Method Approaches

Section Summary

Steps in Developing Research Projects

Step 1: Assess Theory and Literature

Step 2: Develop Hypotheses

Step 3: Choose Research Methods

Step 4: Conduct Data Analysis

Step 5: Report Results

 

Part II. The Individual in Society

 

4. The Social Psychology of Stratification

SI: Constructing Inequalities

Basic Stratification Processes

Doing Gender

Race and Poverty

Section Summary

SSP: Structures of Inequality

                        The Wisconsin Model and Education

                        Networks and Social Capital

The Strength of Weak Ties

Gender, Race, and Stratification Processes

Education, Occupations, and Aspirations

Section Summary

GP: Stratification Processes in Groups

Status and Power in Social Exchange Processes

Status in Groups

Status Characteristics Theory

How to Get Status in Groups

Power in Networks

            The Differences between Power and Status

 

5. Self and Identity

SI: The Self as a Process

The I and the Me

Identity Theory

Identity, Emotions, and Behavior

Dramaturgical Sociology and the Presentation of Self

Impression Management

The Situated or Postmodern Self

Section Summary

SSP: The Self and Social Structure

Evaluative Dimensions of the Self-Concept

Self-Esteem

Mastery

Mattering

Measuring the Self-Concept

The Twenty-Statements Test  

                                    The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale

Social Class, Race and the Self-Concept

Class and Self-Esteem

                                    Identity and Ethnicity

Section Summary

Identity and Group Processes

Social Identity Theory

 

6. Socialization over the Life Course

SI:  Developing the Self

Stages of Development

The Role of the Other

The Sociology of Childhood

Children’s Culture

Learning Racism

Section Summary

SSP: Structural and Time Dimensions of Socialization

The Life Course

Historical Times

Social Timing

Linked Lives

Human Agency

Agents of Socialization

Family

Family Structure and Children

Class, Race, and Gender in Families

Adults in Families

School Contexts

Classroom Structure and Socialization Processes

Class, Race, and the Pygmalion Effect

Childcare and Aftercare

Peer Culture

Peer-Group Structures

Peer-Group Socialization Processes

Other Socializing Agents: The Role of Media

Section Summary

GP: Group Processes and Socialization

Finding Socialization in Group Processes

Assessing the Effects of Socialization

 

Part III.  Areas of Social Life

 

7. The Social Psychology of Deviance

SI: Interactionist Approaches to Deviance

Ethnomethodology and Deviance

            Labeling Theory of Deviance

Types of Deviance

                                    Moral Careers and Deviant Subcultures

Stigma, Passing, and Covering

Section Summary

SSP: Social Structure and Deviant Behavior

Anomie and Social Strain

Social Control Theory

Section Summary

GP: Group Relationships and Deviance

The Principles of Differential Association Theory

Differential Association, Gender, and the Culture of Honor

White-Collar Crime

Studying Deviance in a Lab

 

8. Mental Health and Illness

SI: The Social Construction of Mental Health

Defining Mental Illness

Madness and Civilization

The Medicalization of Deviance and Social Problems

Labeling Theory and Social Control of Deviance

Section Summary

SSP: Social Causes of Stress

                        Stressors and Outcomes

                        Mediating and Moderating Conditions

Personal and Social Resources

Gender and Social Support

                        Background Characteristics: The Epidemiology of Mental Health

Class, Race, and Mental Health

Gender, Family, and Well-Being

Community and Neighborhood Contexts

Section Summary

GP: Mental Health as a Status Characteristic

Mental Health and Selfhood

Stigma and Mental Illness

The Career of the Mental Patient

 

9. Attitudes, Values, and Behaviors

SI: The Construction of Attitudes

Dimensions of Attitudes

            Studying Behavior: How People Use their Time

Linking Attitudes and Behavior

Prejudicial Attitudes and Behavior

Blumer’s Theory of Group Position

The Study of Social Distance

LaPiere’s Study of Prejudice

Section Summary

SSP: Social Structure, Attitudes, and Behavior

Attitudes and Agents of Socialization

Gender, Attitudes, and Behavior

Race and Attitudes

Intersecting Groups and Attitudes

Attitudes across the Life Course

Attitude Stability and Change

Cohort-Differences over Time

                        Section Summary

            GP: Group Processes and Attitudes

Status Construction Theory

Social Identity Theory and Attitudes

 

10. The Sociology of Sentiment and Emotion

SI: Constructing and Using Sentiment and Emotions

                        The Dimensions and Components of Emotions

            Socialization of Emotions

Identity, Interactions, and Emotions

Affect Control Theory

Dramaturgy and Emotion

Society and Emotions

Shame and Society

Interaction Ritual Chains

            Section Summary

SSP: Structural Conditions Affecting Emotions

Power, Status and Emotions

Feeling Rules and Norms

Emotion Work

The Socioemotional Economy

Emotion Culture

Section Summary

GP: Group Processes and Emotions

Feelings and Social Exchange

Justice and Emotion

Status and Emotion

Power and Emotion

 

11. Collective Behavior

SI: Constructing Collective Behavior

Mass Hysteria Theory

Herbert Blumer and Circular Reaction

Collective Identity

Applications and Critiques of Mass Hysteria Theory

Rational Choice in Collective Behavior: Emergent Norm Theory

Value-Added Theory

            Types of Collective Behavior

Determinants of Collective Behavior     

Perception Control Theory

Section Summary

SSP: The Structure of Crowds and Social Movements

Social Structure and Social Movements

Behavior during Collective Events

Phases of Collective Behavior

Size and Media Coverage of Protests

Section Summary

GP: Group Processes and Collective Behavior

Section Summary

Bringing it All Together

Discussion Questions

Key Terms and Concepts

Summary

 

References

Index

Social Psychology  (Sociology)

Student Reader Comments on:

Writing Style

Real-life examples of concepts and theories

Structure of chapters

 

 

Writing Style

 

“The things I liked most about the textbook is that it…made the intimidating concepts much easier to grasp.  I also liked how there were graphs and specific examples that related to the material.” - Megan, senior Psychology major and Sociology minor

 

“I thought that the quality of writing was just right.  It was in easy enough terms for me to understand the material but not too easy to where it would be boring and dreary.  I liked how it was in a form that wasn't intimidating to read.” - Megan, senior Psychology major and Sociology minor

 

“My overall evaluation of the chapters that I read on the perspectives in social psychology and others terms were pretty close to perfect. I say that simply because the definitions of the specific perspectives were on and straight to the point. If I was to give this book a grade it would have to be an “A” all the way because this book is like the key to everyone’s answers that they have about themselves and others as well.” – Lance, senior IDT major

 

“I really like the style of the book. It was easy to read, comprehend and thoroughly explained the different concepts well. The real-life examples or vignette's helped to solidify the concepts by making them real to the reader.” - Destinia, senior Education major

 

Real-life examples of concepts and theories

 

“I liked the student examples at the beginning of the sections the best.  I found myself flipping through and reading all the examples before I read the rest of the material.  It was interesting to find out later what the example actually illustrated within the text.  They definitely caught my interest and made the concepts easier to understand.” – Keeley, senior English major

 

“The example[s] were easy to take in and understand, which in turn helps me to understand the material being expressed.” – Brian, senior Sociology major

 

“The examples were very useful to understand the concepts presented in the text.  For me personally it is easier to comprehend the material when specific examples are given to reinforce the topics of discussion.  And also the examples related to most of the students in the class because the people [in] the example[s] were students themselves.” - Megan, senior Psychology major and Sociology minor

 

“My over all evaluation of the book was that it gave a better understanding of the topics that we were talking about it gave very good examples that we as students can relate to help us better understand the meaning of the subject.” – Elion, junior Sports management major

 

Structure of chapters

 

“I…liked the summaries at the end of the chapter and the key terms and concepts…[I]t…helps sometimes to have those terms listed and to not have to shuffle through the chapter to find those.” – Elisa, senior Political Science major

 

“I liked how all the terms in the book were highlighted and at the end of every chapter there were summaries of what you should have learned from this chapter. There really wasn’t anything I didn’t like this book helped me understand a lot of concepts.” – Elion, junior Sports management major

 

“Throughout the readings, I used the discussion questions and the key terms/concepts to help me with concepts I did not understand or needed to reinforce. In addition, I liked the fact that throughout the book, it would reinforce old concepts by tying them into new ones so readers understand how they are connected.” - Destinia, senior Education major

 

David Rohall (de-rohall@wiu.edu), received his Ph.D. in 2000 from University of Maryland-College Park, and is now Assistant Professor of Sociology at Western Illinois University.  In addition to general courses in sociology, Dr. Rohall teaches courses in sociological social psychology, identity, and socialization.  His primary research interests lie within the social structure and personality perspective, including the study of how social structural conditions impact individuals' sense of self and their attitudes and beliefs about the world.

 

Melissa A. Milkie (mmilkie@socy.umd.edu) received her Ph.D. in 1995 from Indiana University, and is currently Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland-College Park.  Her primary research interests, often framed within a symbolic interactionist perspective, are in articulating how cultural values and ideals related to dimensions of stratification like gender, race, and social class, are critical influences on the Self-concept and mental health. 

 

Jeffrey W. Lucas (jlucas@socy.umd.edu) received his Ph.D. in 2000 from the University of Iowa, and is now Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Maryland-College Park. His primary research interest, centrally located within the group processes perspective, is the experimental analysis of theories of basic social processes.

 

Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives

David E. Rohall, Western Illinois University
Melissa A. Milkie, University of Maryland
Jeffrey W. Lucas, University of Maryland

ISBN: 0205440045

This text, written by a team of sociologists, introduces students to social psychology by focusing on the contributions of sociology to this field. It explores the perspectives, theories, and issues that are of the greatest importance to sociology, such as social inequality, and the role of the larger society in constructing and defining our day-to-day interactions. The authors introduce three major social psychological paradigms–symbolic interaction, social structure and personality, and group processes–and use them to examine every major topic in the text.

Instructor's Manual (Download Only)
Rohall, Milkie & Lucas
©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | On-line Supplement; 64 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205515754 | ISBN-13: 9780205515752
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PowerPoint Presentation
Rohall & Milkie
©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205514707 | ISBN-13: 9780205514700
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Allyn & Bacon Digital Media Archive CD-ROM for Sociology, 2006 edition
Allyn & Bacon
©2006 | Allyn & Bacon | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 020546727X | ISBN-13: 9780205467273

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©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Website | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205522114 | ISBN-13: 9780205522118
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  ISBN-10: 0205446094 | ISBN-13: 9780205446094
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  Simon
  ©2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 384 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205571956 | ISBN-13: 9780205571956
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  Celebrating its 25^th Anniversary, Elite Deviance is the only text in this area that takes a holistic view as it traces the causes of elite deviance to the structure of power and wealth in the United States.

   

  Elite Deviance includes both criminal and non-criminal elite acts that cause great harm. Unique in its scope, Elite Deviance covers not only corporate crime and political corruption in historical and contemporary contexts, but also the relationship between the two. Numerous current examples and case studies grab students’ interest and reinforce all major theoretical points in the book.

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  Environment and Society, 4/E
  Harper
  ©2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 384 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132403560 | ISBN-13: 9780132403566
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  For courses in Environmental Sociology and Environmental Issues, taught in departments of Sociology, Environmental Studies, Anthropology, Political Science, and Human Geography.

   

  This integrative book about human-environment relations connects many issues about human societies, ecological systems, and environments with data and perspectives from different fields of study. While the viewpoint is primarily sociological, coverage is specifically designed to relate to a diverse audience and encompass viewpoints from a variety of natural and social science approaches.

• 
  Experiencing Cities
  Hutter
  ©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 496 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 020527451X | ISBN-13: 9780205274512
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  Experiencing Cities is an introduction to urban sociology based heavily on microsociology and symbolic interaction theory—emphasizing the way people experience the urban world in their everyday lives, interact with one another, and create meaning from the physical and human environments of their cities.

   

  A social psychological perspective informed by political economy encourages sociological understanding of the city and suburb in the past and in the contemporary world.

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  Family in Transition, 15/E
  Skolnick & Skolnick
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 552 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205578772 | ISBN-13: 9780205578771
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  This bestselling reader on families and intimate relationships identifies the most current trends, places them in historical context, and balances cutting-edge scholarship with perennial favorites. The authors, who are leading scholars, build each new edition from classic literature in the field as well as the continuing stream of new family scholarship.

   

  New articles to this edition covers topics such as, the changes in the transition from adolescence to adulthood, Census Bureau statistics on American family life, attitudes and beliefs of conservative Christians, domestic violence, and more.

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  Family Interaction: A Multigenerational Developmental Perspective, 4/E
  Anderson & Sabatelli
  ©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 400 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205485472 | ISBN-13: 9780205485475
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  Using a family systems and a multigenerational, developmental framework, this text highlights the challenges faced by contemporary families as they move through the life course.

  Family Interaction offers a comprehensive overview of the major conceptual models that are used to understand the patterns and interactional dynamics that operate in families. It provides readers with an overview of the basic tasks that all families must execute regardless of their particular composition or living situation and, at the same time, offers readers an appreciation of the variety and uniqueness in the ways in which each family develops its patterns of interaction.

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  Family Violence: Legal, Medical, and Social Perspectives, 5/E
  Wallace
  ©2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 432 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205573541 | ISBN-13: 9780205573547
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  Family, The, 12/E
  Eshleman & Bulcroft
  ©2010 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 624 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205578748 | ISBN-13: 9780205578740
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  This popular sociology of family text introduces key theoretical perspectives, reflects the most current data and research, and uses cross-cultural comparisons to present the most comprehensive coverage of the family.

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  Gender and Social Life
  Satow
  ©2001 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 410 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 032103421X | ISBN-13: 9780321034212
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  This reader examines gender from a variety of theoretical perspectives and provides a unique workbook/software package that allows students to test their own hypotheses.

  This engaging collection of readings presents a wide variety of ideas about how gender influences our feelings and expectations about ourselves and others, as well as the “choices” we make and the opportunities available to us. Organized around eleven topics and containing 39 readings, the selections represent many different theoretical perspectives and a variety of sources: scholarly articles, a short story, journalistic accounts, and personal narratives. The accompanying workbook and data disk give students the opportunity to test their assumptions about gender and racial differences.

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  Gender Roles: A Sociological Perspective, 4/E
  Lindsey
  ©2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 504 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130104280 | ISBN-13: 9780130104281
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  For mid-to-upper level courses in Gender Roles, Introduction to Women's Studies, and Sociology of Sex Roles.

  The updated revision for the fourth edition of Gender Roles is a clearly written core text for courses on the sociology of gender/gender roles. Although appropriate for mid to upper level students, those without the introductory course in sociology can quickly navigate its contents so that early in the text students from all levels are on the same grounds. Focusing on the most recent research and theory–both in the U.S. and globally–it provides an in-depth, survey and analysis of modern gender roles and issues from a sociological perspective but also, integrates insights and research from other disciplines–especially biology, psychology, anthropology and history. Interdisciplinary material is guided by the sociological perspective, so students can understand the commonalities and differences in the ways the various disciplines research and explain gender. This text provides a balanced, non-polarized view of controversial issues that dispel gender myths and demonstrates how material can be meaningfully applied to a student’s personal life.   

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  Gender Through the Prism of Difference, 2/E
  Baca Zinn, Hondagneu-Sotelo & Messner
  ©2000 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 526 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205302254 | ISBN-13: 9780205302253
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  This engaging collection of readings presents a multifaceted view of contemporary gender relations. Using other inequalities such as race, class, and sexual orientation as a “prism of difference,” the readings present gender as it is situated in sexual, racial-ethnic, social class, physical abilities, age, and national citizenship contexts. In addition to articles about men, women, and sexual and immigrant diversity, this reader also includes works on gender and globalization. The editors introduce this wide-ranging collection with a provocative analytical introduction that sets the stage for students' understanding of gender as a socially constructed experience. More than any other gender reader, Gender through the Prism of Difference gives students a clear, current, understanding of gender in a broad social context.

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  Global Families: Volume II in the "Families in the 21st Century" Series
  Karraker & Ferguson
  ©2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 240 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205503233 | ISBN-13: 9780205503230
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      Global Families examines the various challenges and opportunities presented to families by the globalization of politics, economics, culture, and other social systems.  The globalization of politics, economics, culture, and other social systems are creating challenges and opportunities for families throughout the world.  Yet, those who study families are often unfamiliar with the theories and research on globalization.  Global Families provides an introduction to the interdisciplinary field of globalization, and then examines the ways in which globalization impinges on families throughout the world in four major areas: demographic transitions, transnational employment, international violence, and world-wide culture.  The book concludes with a discussion of supra-national policies and other efforts to position families in this global landscape.

   

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  Global Inequality and Human Needs: Health and Illness in an Increasingly Unequal World
  Wermuth
  ©2003 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 256 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205343961 | ISBN-13: 9780205343966
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  This text uses a critical theoretical perspective to explore the links between social variables like race, class, and gender, and the health of populations around the world.

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  Global Problems: The Search for Equity, Peace, and Sustainability, 2/E
  Sernau
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 408 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205578845 | ISBN-13: 9780205578849
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  For courses in Global Issues / Contemporary Problems, Social Problems, Social Stratification, World Cultures, and Social Change.

   

  This text uses social science perspectives to examine the various dimensions of globalization, and the social problems of inequality, war and violence, and environmental sustainability that are occurring on a global scale.  Clear writing and vivid examples help students to better understand their role as global citizens.

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  Growth of Sociological Theory: Human Nature, Knowledge and Social Change, The
  Westby
  ©1991 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 560 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0133658678 | ISBN-13: 9780133658675
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  An exploration of sociological theory — from the Enlightenment to the Early Twentieth Century.

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  Ideology and the Development of Sociological Theory, 7/E
  Zeitlin
  ©2001 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 446 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130165565 | ISBN-13: 9780130165565
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  For courses in Classical Social Theory, and Classical Principles of Social Psychology.

  This time-honored text provides complete, systematic expositions of the classical sociological thinkers, theories, and concepts—from the 18th-century Enlightenment to the 20th century. It features broad, extended, and balanced coverage of both the European theorists of Social Structure as well as the Classical American Theorists of Social Psychology.

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  Inequality and Stratification: Race, Class and Gender, 5/E
  Rothman
  ©2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 288 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131849689 | ISBN-13: 9780131849686
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  For undergraduate courses in Social Stratification, Race, Class, and Gender, and Introduction to Gender Studies.

  Using a concise and easy-to-understand style, this text provides an integrated approach to the implications of social class, race and ethnicity, and gender—explaining how each relates to economic, social, and political inequality.

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  Introduction to Gender: Social Science Perspectives
  Marchbank, Marchbank, Letherby & Letherby
  ©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 384 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 1405858443 | ISBN-13: 9781405858441
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  This exciting new textbook introduces readers to gender debates and topical issues within the social sciences.

  Introduction to Gender Studies offers an integrated approach, including commentary and analysis from women's studies, feminist works, and critical studies of masculinity. It is logically organised by introducing the subject of gender, before focusing on the debates within eight different disciplines. It concludes by examining interdisciplinary discussions of topical issues such as family, sex and sexuality, violence and resistance, work and leisure, health and illness, and education.

  This book is suitable for all students studying gender at an introductory level, either on its own or as part of a wider subject area.

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  Issues in Aging, 2/E
  Novak
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 504 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205578691 | ISBN-13: 9780205578696
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  Successful aging: How can we create a better old age both for ourselves and others?

   

  Issues in Aging, 2^nd edition takes an optimistic view of aging and human potential in later life; it presents the most up-to-date facts on aging today, the issues raised by these facts, and the societal and individual responses that will create a successful old age for us all. 

   

  This text presents the full picture of aging- exhibiting both the problems and the opportunities and advantages that accompany older age. It aims to illustrate how generations are dependant on one another and how social conditions affect both the individual and social institutions.

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  Juvenile Delinquency: A Sociological Approach, 7/E
  Bynum & Thompson
  ©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 592 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205499112 | ISBN-13: 9780205499113
  Brief Description

  

  Taking a sociological approach, this text discusses delinquency as it relates to and emerges from the youth's family, neighborhood, school, peer group, social class, and overall cultural and social environment. The authors incorporate contributions from psychologists, social workers, criminologists, and other specialists who have sought to understand, explain, control, and prevent juvenile delinquency. At the same time, major contributions from psychologists, social workers, criminologists, and specialists from other disciplines are incorporated.

   

  The integrative approach of the Bynum and Thompson text carefully presents the classical theoretical explanations and social control strategies as foundational initiatives for newer and contemporary theoretical insights and treatment programs.

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  Later Life: The Realities of Aging, 6/E
  Cox
  ©2006 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 432 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131951580 | ISBN-13: 9780131951587
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  For courses in Sociology of Aging or Gerontology taught primarily in departments of sociology.

  Message: An interdisciplinary introduction to the aging process which uses symbolic interactionism as the main theoretical perspective. 

   

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  Law and Society, 9/E
  Vago
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 512 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132318857 | ISBN-13: 9780132318853
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  Law and Society , 9th edition provides an informative, balanced and comprehensive analysis of the interplay between law and society. This text presents an overview of the most advanced interdisciplinary and international research, theoretical advances, ongoing debates and controversies. It raises new levels of awareness on the structure and functions of law and legal systems and the principal players in the legal arena and their impact on our lives.

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  Law and Society
  Barkan
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 352 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131946609 | ISBN-13: 9780131946606
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  Law and Society is written to be highly accessible to the average undergraduate student.  This multidisciplinary text draws on the work of anthropologists, historians, law professors, political scientists, psychologists, and sociologists to clearly outline how law is an essential social institution that shapes society, while also being shaped by it.

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  Medical Sociology, 10/E
  Cockerham
  ©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 432 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131729241 | ISBN-13: 9780131729247
  Brief Description

  

  For upper-division undergraduate/beginning graduate-level courses in Medical Sociology, and for Behavioral Science courses in schools of Public Health, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing.

   

  The standard text in the field, this best-selling introduction to medical sociology presents the most recent and relevant ideas, concepts, themes, issues, debates, and research findings at the cutting-edge of the field. It contains first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers; is based on a worldwide review of the literature; provides the most recent health statistics, data, and studies available; and identifies the most important trends and issues.

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  Medical Sociology, 11/E
  Cockerham
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 432 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136053106 | ISBN-13: 9780136053101
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  For upper-division undergraduate/beginning graduate-level courses in Medical Sociology, and for Behavioral Science courses in schools of Public Health, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing.
  
  The standard text in the field, this best-selling introduction to medical sociology presents the most recent and relevant ideas, concepts, themes, issues, debates, and research findings at the cutting-edge of the field. It contains first-person accounts from patients, physicians, and other health care providers; is based on a worldwide review of the literature; provides the most recent health statistics, data, and studies available; and identifies the most important trends and issues.
  
  Recognized by the International Sociological Association as one of the “Books of the Century” in 2000.
  

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  Men's Lives, 7/E
  Kimmel & Messner
  ©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 672 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205485456 | ISBN-13: 9780205485451
  Brief Description

  

  Edited by two of the field's most prominent researchers, this best-selling reader on men and masculinity contains the most current articles available.

   

  Organized around themes that define masculinity, this reader takes a life-course perspective, using the idea that men (as well as women) are “gendered” and that this gendering process is a central experience for men.

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  Men's Lives, 8/E
  Kimmel & Messner
  ©2010 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 648 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 020569294X | ISBN-13: 9780205692941
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  For courses on the Sociology of Gender.

   

  Edited by two of the field's most prominent researchers, this best-selling reader on men and masculinity contains the most current articles available. Organized around themes that define masculinity, this reader takes a life-course perspective, using the idea that men (as well as women) are “gendered” and that this gendering process is a central experience for men.

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  Organizations: Structures, Processes and Outcomes, 10/E
  Tolbert & Hall
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 288 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132448408 | ISBN-13: 9780132448406
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  For the undergraduate or graduate Sociology of Organizations course taught in Sociology or Business departments and Public Administration School of Education.

  
  

  Based upon classical and contemporary theory and empirical research, this text forms a sociological analysis of organizations, focusing on the impacts that organizations have upon individuals and society.

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  Perspectives on Crime and Deviance, 3/E
  Liska & Messner
  ©1999 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 260 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132357712 | ISBN-13: 9780132357715
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  Appropriate for undergraduate level sociology and criminal justice courses, such as Sociology of Deviance, Deviant Behavior, Criminology, Juvenile Delinquency and Theories of Crime. This illuminating and substantially updated text reflects the most recent changes that have taken place within the study of criminal and deviant behavior. Now with a greater slant on the sociological theories underlying crime, it offers pertinent and timely discussions on theory, research and policy, and rounds out coverage with more historical and comparative research examples integrated throughout.

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  Perspectives on Urban Society: Preindustrial to Postindustrial
  Padilla
  ©2006 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 368 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205374530 | ISBN-13: 9780205374533
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  This collection of cross-disciplinary essays introduces students to the range and diversity of urban society, from the ancient cities of the preindustrial world through the present.

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  Qualitative Research Methods for the Social Sciences, 7/E
  Berg
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 432 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205628079 | ISBN-13: 9780205628070
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  This text shows novice researchers how to design, collect, and analyze qualitative data and then present their results to the scientific community.  It also stresses the importance of ethics in research and taking the time to properly design and think through any research endeavor.

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  Quality of Life for Older People: An International Perspective
  Lassey & Lassey
  ©2001 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 482 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136287778 | ISBN-13: 9780136287773
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  Basic text for gerontology courses taught in departments of sociology, social work, nursing, public health, medicine, psychology, health services administration, human development, human ecology.

  The text integrates and expands knowledge about optimal aging and quality of life in the United States—and other economically advanced nations, Issues, policies, programs, and achievements positively impacting older people are examined for each country.

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  Race, Class, and Gender in a Diverse Society: A Text-Reader
  Kendall
  ©1997 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 450 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205198287 | ISBN-13: 9780205198283
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  This unique text-reader was written to provide students with a variety of perspectives on the interlocking nature of race, class, and gender at the micro- and macro-levels of society. This book contains the essential components of a comprehensive text and provides articles that demonstrate the interconnectedness of these three systems of inequality. All articles were selected with two purposes in mind: (1) to reflect the diversity that is life in the United States today and, whenever possible, (2) to show how people are affected by the intertwining nature of race, class, and gender in daily life. Most articles are reprints of complete journal articles or entire chapters from recent books. Students gain an in-depth look at the history, theory, and methods that inform social science research on pressing social issues, such as diversity and inequalities based on race, class, and gender.

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  Race, Ethnicity, and the American Urban Mainstream
  Doob
  ©2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 256 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205386245 | ISBN-13: 9780205386246
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  This text uses history, biography, and sociological analysis to examine the achievements and struggles of racial and ethnic groups in American cities.

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  Race, Gender, and Class: Theory and Methods of Analysis
  Landry
  ©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 448 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130487619 | ISBN-13: 9780130487612
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  For the junior/senior level course in Race, Class and Gender in sociology, women's studies, and race/ethnic studies departments.

   

  This edited volume provides race, class, gender theory and detailed guidelines, strategies, and rules for the methodology of the Race, Class and Gender approach.  It uses Intersection Theory to expose students to articles that employ the Race, Class, Gender approach.

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  Racial and Ethnic Relations, 8/E
  Feagin & Feagin
  ©2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 528 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132244047 | ISBN-13: 9780132244046
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  For courses in Majority-Minority Relations, Racial and Ethnic Relations, Cultural Diversity, and Multiculturalism in departments of Sociology and Ethnic Studies.

   

  Drawing on a broad array of sources, Racial and Ethnic Relation, 8/e, examines the “what”, “why”, and “how” of racial and ethnic oppression and conflict. This text provides readers with access to important research and literature on racial and ethnic groups in the Unites States and, to a lesser extent, in certain other countries around the globe.

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  Racial and Ethnic Relations in America, 7/E
  McLemore & Romo
  ©2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 560 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205381979 | ISBN-13: 9780205381975
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  This text uses a multidisciplinary approach, drawing on sociology, history, psychology, and other social sciences to focus on the factors that contribute to the merger or separation of different racial and ethnic groups in the U.S.

  The authors present historical information and contemporary examples of the largest ethnic and minority groups in the United States. They analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the assimilation model in explaining how various racial and ethnic groups have been incorporated (or not) into U.S. society. Focusing on interracial and interethnic relations in the U.S., the authors give a sociological analysis of intergroup processes and the history of the interactions of racial and ethnic groups. Organized thematically rather than chronologically, the text illuminates the main racial and ethnic dilemmas faced in America.

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  Readings in Contemporary Sociological Theory: From Modernity to Post-Modernity
  McQuarie
  ©1995 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 440 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131042661 | ISBN-13: 9780131042667
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  This accessible guide to the maze of modern sociological theory features a collection of 39 essays written by prominent American and European theorists — representing the last fifty years of sociological work.

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  Readings in Deviant Behavior, 5/E
  Thio, Calhoun & Conyers
  ©2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 384 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205503721 | ISBN-13: 9780205503728
  Brief Description

  

  This collection of diverse readings represents the full range of deviance sociology, dealing with many different theories as well as data collected via different research methodologies.

   

  Designed for use as either a main text or a supplement, Readings in Deviant Behavior includes selections with high student-appeal. All of the readings have been carefully edited for clarity and conciseness to ensure that they are enjoyable and useful in helping students learn. The fifth edition features many new articles that reflect current trends, including those dealing with non-criminal deviance as well as those that emphasize the constructionist perspective.

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  Real Research: Conducting and Evaluating Research in the Social Sciences
  Wolfer
  ©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 576 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205416624 | ISBN-13: 9780205416622
  Brief Description

  

  Covering both quantitative and qualitative research, this new text teaches the skills for conducting research and how to read and evaluate published research.

   

      Real Research explains the systematic steps used by social scientists to examine the social world, and teaches te skills necessary to read, understand and realistically evaluate published research carried out by others.  The author follows the stages of the research process and presents a model of "ideal" research; but she also emphasizes that research does not always involve an orderly set of steps, and is often affected by limitations such as time and money.

      Many examples and exercises on evaluating research are taken from journal articles available online through Pearson's outstanding Research Navigator^TM service.  A subscription to Research Navigator^TM, with unlimited access to full-text articles from leading social science journals, is included with every new copy of Real Research.
  

  
  

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  Religion in Society: A Sociology of Religion, 8/E
  Johnstone
  ©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 387 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131884077 | ISBN-13: 9780131884076
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  For junior/senior-level courses in Religion and Society in departments of Sociology and Religious Studies.

   

  Using an unbiased, balanced approach, the 8th edition of this text puts religion in its social context by discussing the impact of society on religion and helps students understand the role and function of religion in society that occur regardless of anyone's claims about the truth or falsity of religious systems.

   

   

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  Research Methods and Society: Foundations of Social Inquiry
  Dorsten & Hotchkiss
  ©2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 408 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 013092654X | ISBN-13: 9780130926548
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  For one-semester, undergraduate courses in Research Methods in the social sciences, especially in Sociology.

  Designed to help students acquire basic skills in the methods of social science research, this text contains numerous excerpts from professional journal articles, scholarly books, and popular press. It uses a straightforward writing style to present essential information, without eliminating key concepts, tools, and their applications. Concrete, everyday examples and “hands-on” practice activities reinforce fundamental concepts that will be useful to students in their future careers and life. Topics are illustrated in ways that are student-centered, yet instructor-friendly.

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  Self and Society: A Symbolic Interactionist Social Psychology, 10/E
  Hewitt
  ©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 272 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205459617 | ISBN-13: 9780205459612
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  Self and Society is a clearly written, up-to-date, and authoritative introduction to the symbolic interactionist perspective in social psychology and in sociology as a whole.

  Filled with examples, this book has been used not only in the classroom, but also cited in literature as an authoritative source. Self and Society is not a distillation of textbook knowledge, but rather, a thoughtful, well-organized presentation that makes its own contribution to the advancement of symbolic interactionism.

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  Social Deviance
  Goode
  ©1996 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 432 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205165834 | ISBN-13: 9780205165834
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  Social Deviance offers a collection of readings that span the topic of deviance from a variety of sources, including professional journals, newspapers and magazines, books, and unpublished material, including first-hand accounts by deviance-enactors, victims of deviance, agents of social control, etc. In the words of the author, “What could be more fascinating than wrongdoing, rule-breaking, skullduggery, malfeasance, scandal, and evil deeds of every description?”

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  Social Gerontology: A Multidisciplinary Perspective, 8/E
  Hooyman & Kiyak
  ©2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 704 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 020552561X | ISBN-13: 9780205525614
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  This best-selling, multidisciplinary, social aging text presents positive images of aging while considering the many factors that contribute to how aging individuals experiences life.

  Up-to-date and expanded, this text offers a comprehensive view that presents aging positively, portraying concepts of active aging and resiliency, and defining “productive aging” by elaborating on the numerous ways elders contribute to society and their families. Based on the latest research findings, it offers greater depth to critical issues of aging, attending to differences by age and cohort, gender, ethnic minority status, sexual orientation, and socio-economic status.

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  Social Problems, VangoBooks, 10/E
  Coleman & Kerbo
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 544 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132448459 | ISBN-13: 9780132448451
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  Available in paperback 4-color for the first time!

   

  Drawing on the perspectives of multiple groups (rich, middle class, and poor; whites and people of color; gays and straights; females and males), Social Problems, 10/e examines troubled institutions, problems of inequality, conformity and deviance, and the problems of a changing world.

   

  Now available in paperback, this text familiarizes students with the most trying problems of their times, while stimulating them to think in a critical, scientific way.

   

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  Social Processes of Aging and Old Age, The, 2/E
  Brown
  ©1996 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 406 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0134496043 | ISBN-13: 9780134496047
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  Created for junior/senior level courses in Sociology of Aging, or Gerontology in departments of sociology and nursing.

  A critical yet optimistic analysis of the provision of services to the aged, this timely text offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of aging in contemporary life and stresses how much can be learned about the aged through cross-cultural comparisons.

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  Social Psychology: A Sociological Perspective
  Von Der Haar
  ©2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Cloth; 512 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130809837 | ISBN-13: 9780130809834
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  For courses in Social Psychology.

  A social psychology text that includes sociology's contribution to the field, this book involves the inclusion of symbolic interactionism—the most important sociological theory in the field of social psychology. Each chapter is written to illustrate how other people influence our thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

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  Social Psychology: Sociological Perspectives
  Rohall, Milkie & Lucas
  ©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 352 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205440045 | ISBN-13: 9780205440047
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  This text, written by a team of sociologists,  introduces students to social psychology by focusing on the contributions of sociology to this field, and on the perspectives, theories, and issues that are of the greatest importance to sociology.

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  Social Stratification: The Interplay of Class, Race, and Gender, 2/E
  Rossides
  ©1997 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 524 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131925350 | ISBN-13: 9780131925359
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  For courses in social stratification, the American class system, and class, race, and gender inequality.

  This text provides a comprehensive analysis of social stratification using both Marxian and liberal perspectives. The Second Edition has been updated and rewritten throughout to reflect the latest information and theories and to make them accessible to students.

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  Social Thought: From the Enlightenment to the Present
  Sica
  ©2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 816 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 020539437X | ISBN-13: 9780205394371
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  This comprehensive, multicultural, and cross-disciplinary anthology examines social theory and social thought from the major figures of the Enlightenment in France and England through the Postmodernists of the late Twentieth Century.

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  Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology
  Cook, Fine & House
  ©1994 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 816 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205137164 | ISBN-13: 9780205137169
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  Sociology of Aging, The: A Social Problems Perspective
  Matcha
  ©1997 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 278 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205164684 | ISBN-13: 9780205164684
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  This text examines the aging process from a sociological perspective rather than a multidisciplinary one. Utilizing a social problems approach, this text examines how aging is a social construct, rather than a specific chronological age or set of conditions, and how aging is a consequence of various social structural factors, rather than a cause.

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  Sociology of Education, The: A Systematic Analysis, 6/E
  Ballantine & Hammack
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 512 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131958941 | ISBN-13: 9780131958944
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  Comprehensive, contemporary, and cross-cultural in perspective, this text provides a sociological approach to education—from several theoretical approaches and their practical application, to current educational issues, to the structure and processes that make education systems work.

   

  New to this edition is co-author Floyd Hammack from New York University who brings his expertise in secondary education and its links with higher education.

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  Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness, The, 6/E
  Weiss & Lonnquist
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 416 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132448351 | ISBN-13: 9780132448352
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  The Sociology of Health, Healing, and Illness is a comprehensive medical sociology textbook that covers traditional topics in medical sociology, while providing significant coverage of current issues related to health, healing, and illness. This text integrates recent research in medical sociology and emphasizes the importance of race, class, and gender throughout.

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  Sociology of Mental Disorder, 7/E
  Cockerham
  ©2006 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 400 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0131928538 | ISBN-13: 9780131928534
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  For undergraduate courses in Mental Illness and Mental Health in departments of Sociology or Social Work.

   

  This book presents the major issues and research findings on the influence of race, class, gender, age and social class on the incidence of mental disorder.  It also examines the institutions put in place to help those with mental disorders.

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  Sociology of Religion: A Reader
  Monahan, Mirola & Emerson
  ©2001 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 456 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130253804 | ISBN-13: 9780130253804
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  For undergraduate/graduate courses in the Sociology of Religion in departments of Sociology; and for courses such as Religious Perspectives on Social Issues in departments of Theology.

  Ideal as either a stand-alone reader or supplement, this collection of articles explores the relationship between the structure and culture of religion and various aspects of social life in the United States. Based on both classic and contemporary research in the sociology of religion, it highlights a variety of research methods and theoretical approaches in exploring the ways in which religious values, beliefs and practices shape the world outside of church, synagogue, or mosque walls while simultaneously being shaped by the non-religious forces operating in that world.

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  Structure of Social Stratification in the United States, The, 5/E
  Beeghley
  ©2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 320 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205530524 | ISBN-13: 9780205530526
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  This text examines the structure of stratification in the United States, focusing on the way one's class location influences his or her life opportunities.

  Beeghley uses three themes to illustrate social stratification: How power influences the distribution of resources in the United States; how social structure influences rates of events; and how social psychological factors influence how individuals act on, and react to, the situations in which they find themselves.

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  Structured Inequality in the United States: Discussions on the Continuing Significance of the Race, Ethnicity and Gender, 2/E
  Aguirre & Baker
  ©2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 448 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132256827 | ISBN-13: 9780132256827
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  Combined text/reader for one semester/quarter racial and ethnic relations or social stratification courses.

   

  This edited volume focuses on the consequences of structured social inequality for racial and ethnic groups within United States society. It examines the relationship between access to valued resources and the social position of racial and ethnic minorities today. The goal of this work is to show students how oppression, due to race, ethnicity, or gender, still exists today and how it is relevant to their every day lives.

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  Theories of Crime, 2/E
  Curran & Renzetti
  ©2001 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 283 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205275885 | ISBN-13: 9780205275885
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  This book surveys the major theoretical perspectives in criminology, including biological/physiological theories, psychological/psychiatric theories, and sociological theories of crime.

  Each chapter in Theories of Crime, Second Edition, provides a balanced overview, examining each theory in the context of empirical research that tests it.

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  Theories of Crime: A Reader
  Renzetti, Curran & Carr
  ©2003 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 256 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205361013 | ISBN-13: 9780205361014
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  Designed as a stand-alone or for use with Curran & Renzetti's Theories of Crime, 2/e (Allyn & Bacon, © 2001), this reader contains excerpts from criminologists' writings on many of the most recent sociological, biological, and psychological theories of crime.

  Editors Renzetti, Curran, and Carr have compiled one of the most thorough books on the market in terms of presenting diverse theoretical perspectives. They offer introductions to each theory, briefly outlining the theory's strengths and weaknesses, and provide a set of discussion questions at the end of each theory. Excerpted readings were chosen for their accessibility to all students.

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  Thinking About Women: Sociological Perspectives on Sex and Gender, 8/E
  Andersen & Hysock
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 480 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205578721 | ISBN-13: 9780205578726
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  A comprehensive review of feminist scholarship in the social sciences, showing how gender operates in every aspect of society, and how the experiences of both men and women are created through social institutions.
  

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  This Aging Society, 2/E
  Cockerham
  ©1997 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 275 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136510922 | ISBN-13: 9780136510925
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  For sophomore/senior-level courses on the Sociology of Aging or Introductory Gerontology.

  This comprehensive overview of the social aspects of the aging experience -- from the standpoint of both the individual and the wider society -- focuses on North American and worldwide trends, and the social positions of the elderly both now and in the twenty-first century. It assesses both the causes and direction of social change in the modern world brought on by the aging society.

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  Through the Global Lens: An Introduction to Social Sciences, VangoBooks, 3/E
  Strada
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 480 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0136030408 | ISBN-13: 9780136030409
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  Through the Global Lens uses a global perspective to analyze human affairs. This text looks at each of the six social sciences (sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, psychology, and geography), and uses case studies, feature film analyses, maps, and photos to highlight important historical events and concepts throughout.

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  Understanding Race and Ethnic Relations, 3/E
  Parrillo
  ©2008 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 208 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205530567 | ISBN-13: 9780205530564
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  A brief, economical introduction to the core theories, concepts, and issues for students studying race and ethnic relations in the United States.

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  Understanding Research
  Neuman
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 400 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205471536 | ISBN-13: 9780205471539
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  Understanding Research is an accessible and visually-appealing introduction to research.  Whether students become producers or consumers of research, this text shows them that the subject is both interesting and highly relevant for their lives and professional work.

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  Urban Community, The
  Martin
  ©2004 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 360 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 013098423X | ISBN-13: 9780130984234
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  For courses in Urban Sociology, Community Sociology, Urban Geography, Urban Anthropology, and Urban Planning.

  This reader traces the development of urban/community studies from the early days of the Chicago School of Human Ecology, up to the most recent of writings about the cities and their communities. It emphasizes what is most modern—popular with students—while still covering the history and sociology of urban studies.

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  Urban Life and Society
  Gold
  ©2002 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 414 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0130216054 | ISBN-13: 9780130216052
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  For Urban Sociology, Urban Political Economy, Urban Anthropology, and Urban Studies courses in Departments of Sociology, Urban Studies, Political Science, Urban Planning, Geography, and Public Policy.

  Urban Life and Society is a comprehensive and readable overview of the entire field of urban sociology. It provides a very well balanced introduction to all of the major approaches and perspectives. The book pays homage to the traditional “classic” works in the field, while also focusing on some of the most recent theoretical and empirical work available.

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  Urban Sociology: Images and Structure, 4/E
  Flanagan
  ©2002 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 448 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205335322 | ISBN-13: 9780205335329
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  Urban Sociology provides a balanced framework for the study of the field by evaluating and integrating both ecological and political economic perspectives and examining the experiential aspect of political and economic life in cities.

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  Voices of a New Generation: A Feminist Anthology
  Weir & Faulkner
  ©2004 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 176 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205344143 | ISBN-13: 9780205344147
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  An edited reader that brings together original, contributed essays by women who represent a “third wave” of feminist writing and scholarship.

  Addressing the most current topics and issues in feminism, the contributors include the up-and-coming thinkers and writers in the field.

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  Within the Social World: Essays in Social Psychology
  Chin & Jacobson
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 384 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205498884 | ISBN-13: 9780205498888
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  This anthology, designed to be accessible to undergraduate students, contains original and classic essays on social psychology from sociological perspectives.

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  Women and Health: Power, Technology, Inequality and Conflict in a Gendered World
  Ratcliff
  ©2002 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 416 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205305970 | ISBN-13: 9780205305971
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  This critical and interdisciplinary examination of women and health challenges traditional viewpoints and highlights the importance of ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, and ablebodiedness, as well as gender.

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  Women's Lives
  Ferraro
  ©2009 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 528 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205404472 | ISBN-13: 9780205404476
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  Women's Lives is an anthology composed of 60 readings that examine the full range and diversity of women's lives. The author begin with an overview of the on-going relevance of gender to people’s experiences, then describes the analytical perspectives that guide this book: social constructionism, intersectionality, anti-dualism, and globalization.  The first part includes three readings that elaborate on the theoretical framework of these perspectives. The remaining ten parts address various aspects of women’s lives, including: girlhood and adolescence, economics and work, the body, violence, sexualities, mothering and the family, resistance and social change, culture and creativity, migration and globalization, and spirituality and religion. These divisions are somewhat arbitrary and overlapping as women’s lives are not neatly bounded in topical categories. The contributions in each section include poetry, personal narratives, research reports, and theoretical analyses. All are written in a manner that is accessible and avoids academic jargon.

   

  This anthology is an ideal companion to be used with Kimmel/Messner: Men's Lives. 

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  Women's Studies in the Academy: Origins and Impact
  Rosen
  ©2004 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 552 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 013092928X | ISBN-13: 9780130929280
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  For introductory classes in Women's Studies.

  Providing a historical framework for understanding how women's studies evolved from women's struggles for access to higher education, this text illustrates the impact that feminist perspectives have made in the academy. Using the disciplines as its organizing principle, the book explores eleven major fields to examine the host of contributions and critiques being made by feminist scholars over the past 30 years.

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  Women, Men, and Society, 5/E
  Renzetti & Curran
  ©2003 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper; 512 pp | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0205335330 | ISBN-13: 9780205335336
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  This popular text looks at gender and gender inequality, how sexism affects men and women, and how other variables compound the problem of gender inequality.

   

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