What key social forces construct and transform our lives as individuals and as members of society? How does our social world shape us? How do we shape our world? Discover Sociology answers these questions as it explores sociology as a discipline of curious and scientific minds. The text is structured around several themes, particularly the unequal distribution of power and authority in all aspects of social life. Going beyond theory and concepts, the authors also demonstrate how studying sociology produces more engaged citizens and opens up a diversity of career paths. Also available as a digital option (courseware). Learn more about Discover Sociology - Vantage Digital Option, Fifth Edition [ISBN: 978-1-0718-2143-5]
William J. Chambliss, Daina S. Eglitis. As a foundational part of early childhood ... It was most equal at the end of the century, in the period following the women's activist movements of the 1960s and 1970s (McCabe et al., 2011).
The assumption that groups have conflicting (even irreconcilable) interests and that those interests are realized by those with power at the expense of those with less power fails to account for forces of cohesion and stability ...
Frawley,. Social. Services. Assistant. at. Consulate. Health. Care. Florida Gulf Coast University, BA in Sociology My sister was diagnosed with bipolar depression at the age of 16. At that time, I was studying at Florida Gulf Coast ...
However, critics of this position, such as British sociologist John Tomlinson, rebut this charge by using the concept of glocalization. Tomlinson acknowledges that McDonald's is a global brand, but points out that it does make ...
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Phillips, D.R. and Verhasselt, Y. (1994a) 'Introduction', in D.R. Phillips andY. Verhasselt (eds), Health and Development. London: Routledge. Phillips, D.R. and Verhasselt, Y. (1994b) 'Health and development: retrospect and prospect', ...
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Shade, Leslie Regan. 2011. “Surveilling the Girl Via the Third and Networked Screen.” Pp. 261–275 in Mediated Girlhoods: New Explorations of Girls' Media Cultures, edited by Mary Celeste Kearney. New York: Peter Lang. Sharf, Samantha.