Ten Questions: A Sociological Perspective

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A thoughtful new discussion provides an encouraging perspective on how individuals can affect others and society, in both positive and negative ways.

All glossary terms throughout the narrative now appear in bold type, making them easier to spot and facilitating students' review and retention of important concepts.

Other updates include a new discussion of the relationship between modernization and alienation (Chapter 7) and new insights on the concepts of social power and social movement, and their relationship to social change (Chapter 8).

A new discussion provides an encouraging perspective on how individuals--including you--can affect others and society, in both positive and negative ways.

Chapter 1, "How Do Sociologists Study Society?" includes a new discussion of C. Wright Mills and his impact on sociology, and new research data on the relationship between medication errors and hiring trends in U.S. hospitals. Chapter 2, "What Does it Mean to Be Human?" now incorporates a new key theme: symbols, self, and mind. The chapter also includes new discussions of the use of symbols on the Internet and in social networking websites, interaction with society and social organizations, social actors, and the balance of conformity and non-conformity. Chapter 3, "How is Society Possible?" includes a new discussion on identity; new analysis of nations, nationalism, and citizen volunteerism; and new real-world examples of social conflict, such as political revolution in Egypt, the Tea Party political movement, and the current U.S. economic recession. Chapter 4, "Why are People Unequal in Society?" features updated statistics on the distribution of wealth in the U.S. and an updated analysis of inequality and social stratification in a new section, "Inequality and the Division of Labor." Chapter 5, "Are Human Beings Free?" includes a new examination of Karl Marx's theories on the ideas of the ruling class, and a new discussion about television's role in socialization. Chapter 6, "Why Can't Everyone Be Just Like Us?" includes an expanded section on the meaning of values and how values affect judgment; and an updated analysis of ethnocentrism and its relationship to socialization, social conflict, deviance and power as well as the reasons for its existence in society.

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