Introduction 1Part 1: Getting the Basic Basics 7Chapter 1: Getting Your Head around Sociology 9Chapter 2: Knowing Why Sociology Matters 21Chapter 3: Conflict and Cooperation: The History of Sociology 37Chapter 4: Understanding the Research Methods: You Can't Put Society in a Test Tube 59Part 2: Seeing Society Like a Sociologist 83Chapter 5: Getting Some Culture: How Socialization Works 85Chapter 6: Studying Sociology at Its Smallest: Microsociology 105Part 3: Equality and Inequality in Our Diverse World 125Chapter 7: Social Stratification: We're All Equal, But Some of Us Are More Equal Than Others 127Chapter 8: Race and Ethnicity: What Others See, Who We Are 147Chapter 9: Sex and Gender: Beyond the Binary 167Chapter 10: Getting Religion: Faith in the Modern World 183Chapter 11: Crime and Deviance: Who's in Control? 201Part 4: All Together Now: The Ins and Outs of Social Organization 219Chapter 12: Knowing What Works (and Doesn't): Sociology and Organizations 221Chapter 13: Getting into It: Political Sociology 241Chapter 14: Recognizing Why Density and Demographics Matter 263Part 5: Sociology and Your Life 285Chapter 15: Exploring Family and the Life Course as Social Constructs 287Chapter 16: Understanding Social Change 307Part 6: The Part of Tens 325Chapter 17: Ten Sociology Books That Don't Feel Like Homework 327Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Use Sociological Insight in Everyday Life 335Chapter 19: Ten Myths About Society Busted by Sociology 345Index 355
Jay Gabler, PhD is a writer and editor living in Minneapolis. He has authored or coauthored several books and sociological research studies, including Reconstructing the University. He works as a digital producer at The Current (a service of Minnesota Public Radio) and holds three graduate degrees from Harvard University.
