Why does racism exist? Is Big Brother watching us? Why are women paid less than men? Investigate society's hidden truths, from gender and identity politics to consumer culture with this insightful guide.
Sociology is the study of how societies are organised and what helps them function or go wrong. Heads Up Sociology explores a range of curious social phenomena, including poverty and class status, white-collar crime, religious beliefs and internet anxieties.
The book helps readers see themselves and their communities in the context of a larger, globalized world. Fascinating biographies offer insight into the lives and work of key researchers such as Karl Marx, Judith Butler, and Howard Becker, while well-illustrated case studies and real-life scenarios bring their ideas to life. Stunning infographics further explain the ebb and flow of power in society.
Heads Up Sociology is the ultimate tool to help you get to grips with sociology in time for exams, and is an essential read for anyone keen to ask the big questions about the world we live in today.
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Interest Age: From 11 to 15 years
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Höhe: 243 mm
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978-0-241-29693-6 (9780241296936)
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Dr Christopher Thorpe is an associate lecturer in Sociology at the University of Exeter, England, with a special interest in social theory, culture, and globalization.
Dr Chris Yuill is a sociologist and lecturer at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, Scotland. His interests include society and health and urban studies.
1: What is SOCIOLOGY?
2: What do SOCIOLOGISTS DO?
3: RESEARCH methods
4: Who AM I?
1: What is my IDENTITY?
2: GIRLS and BOYS
3: WOMEN and work
4: Biography JUDITH BUTLER
5: What's my TRIBE?
6: Does RACE matter?
7: Biography ELIJAH ANDERSON
8: Who do you LOVE?
9: AGE and society
10: What does FAMILY mean?
11: Are we all MIDDLE CLASS now?
12: Biography KARL MARX
13: Identity IN CONTEXT
5: Does society EXIST?
1: What do schools TEACH?
2: Are INSTITUTIONS a good thing?
3: Biography CHARLES WRIGHT MILLS
4: Who holds the POWER?
5: What role does RELIGION play in society?
6: Does RELIGION still matter?
7: RURAL life versus URBAN life
8: A sense of COMMUNITY
9: Biography MAX WEBER
10: WHY do we WORK?
11: How is work CHANGING?
12: Biography ARLIE HOCHSCHILD
13: WATCHING the workers
14: Social institutions IN CONTEXT
6: When it all goes WRONG
1: Why do people commit CRIMES?
2: Biography EMILE DURKHEIM
3: BREAKING society's RULES
4: White-collar CRIME
5: Are we all on CAMERA?
6: WHODUNNIT?
7: Biography HOWARD BECKER
8: HEALTH and equality
9: Not FITTING in
10: Crime and health IN CONTEXT
7: Why is the world so UNFAIR?
1: Super-RICH!
2: Wealth and STATUS
3: The POVERTY trap
4: Who's to BLAME?
5: Where did RACISM come from?
6: Why haven't developing countries DEVELOPED yet?
7: Biography BOAVENTURA DE SOUSA SANTOS
8: Is GLOBALIZATION a good thing?
9: GLOCALIZATION
10: Biography SASKIA SASSEN
11: What's our IMPACT on the PLANET?
12: Biography ANTHONY GIDDENS
13: Wealth and development IN CONTEXT
8: Modern CULTURE
1: I SHOP therefore I am?
2: What is CULTURE?
3: Biography PIERRE BOURDIEU
4: LEISURE time
5: We are living in UNCERTAIN times
6: Biography ZYGMUNT BAUMAN
7: Does the MASS MEDIA affect YOU?
8: Who DECIDES what's news?
9: Where do you get your NEWS from?
10: What does the INTERNET DO for us?
11: Do you live ONLINE?
12: Culture and the media IN CONTEXT
9: Directory of sociologists
10: Glossary
11: Index and acknowledgments
