This text shows that there are underlying patterns to everyday life & that these patterns become obvious only when we begin to look very hard at everyday phenomena & then applying sociological concepts to them.
that forgiveness is an emotional disposition associated with higher levels of empathy and agreeableness (Macaskill et al. 2002), and low levels of neuroticism and negative emotionality (McCullough and van Oyen Witvliet 2001), ...
The new Eleventh Edition includes several new readings that convey the best in critical contemporary sociology with an eye toward current social issues.
Choices and Chances is an ideal supplement to introductory textbooks.
Combining original essays with others from the 20th anniversary issue of Qualitative Sociology (Vol. 4, 1997), this volume features 31 sociologists with diverse interests sharing how their sociological studies inform...
This book addresses individual and collective engagement in mainstream culture. Examines the everyday social practices - the 'ordinary' - in New Zealand life.
This lively and accessible new book reconsiders the different views as to what 'culture' is, how it operates, and how it relates to other aspects of the human (and non-human) world.
This pivot provides a conceptual statement of an approach to understanding the interrelationships of work, leisure, and “chore” activities in daily life, and how they are managed in practice.
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This volume explores the emotions that are intricately woven into the texture of everyday life and experience.
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