The Sociology Book takes on some of humankind's biggest questions: What is society? What makes it tick? Why do we interact in the way that we do with our friends, coworkers, and rivals?
The Sociology Book profiles the world's most renowned sociologists and more than 100 of their biggest ideas, including issues of equality, diversity, identity, and human rights; the effects of globalization; the role of institutions; and the rise of urban living in modern society
Easy to navigate and chock-full of key concepts, profiles of major sociological thinkers, and conversation starters galore, this is a must-have, in-a-nutshell guide to some of the most fascinating questions on earth.
The Sociology Book is part of the award-winning Big Ideas Simply Explained series, designed to distill big ideas and elusive theories into graspable, memorable concepts, using an approachable graphic treatment and creative typography.
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大约一个世纪以前,社会学家们被划分为宏观层面分析(将社会看作是一个由各种制度组成的整体)和微观层面分析(聚焦于社会中个体的生活经验)。这种区分至今仍然存在,现在社会学家们认识到两者之间的紧密关联,更多的研究者将其研究集中在两种路径之间的群体一一社会阶层、种族、宗教或文化群体、家庭,以及以性别或性取向划分的群体。
社会学是关于个体是如何在群体中行动,以及群体如何塑造这些个体行为的研究。其中包括:群体是如何形成的;其内在的动力机制;这些动力是如何维持和改变群体,或者带来社会变迁的。如今,社会学的范围涵盖从关于社会过程、结构和体系的理论研究,到应用这些理论转化为社会政策。
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