02567cim a2200313Ka 45000010006000000050017000060080041000230100017000640350024000810400018001050200015001230200018001380350021001560500023001770820008002001000026002082450093002342600066003273000046003935000071004395040054005105050943005645060166015075200486016736500015021596500039021746500018022137000022022316026220230410115814.0080304s2008    nju  n e       z    eng d  z  2006033727  a(OCoLC)ocn212783628  aRFBcRFBdRFB  z141293706X  z9781412937061  a(OCoLC)21278362814aHM 586bB188o 200700a3011 aBallantine, Jeanne H.10aOur social world :bintroduction to sociology /cJeanne H. Ballantine, Keith A. Roberts.  aPrinceton, N.J. :bRecording for the Blind & Dyslexic,c2008.  aSound disc :bdigital, mono. ;c4 3/4 in.  aOriginally published: Thousand Oaks, CA : Pine Forge Press, c2007.  aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 517-541).0 aUnderstanding our social world, the scientific study of society: Sociology, a unique way to view the world; Examining the social world, how do we know -- Social structure, processes, control: Culture and society, hardware and software of our social world; Socialization, becoming human and humane; Interaction, groups, and organizations, connections that work; Deviance and social control, sickos, perverts, freaks, and folks like us -- Inequality: Stratification, rich and famous, or rags and famine; Race and ethnic group stratification, beyond "we" and "they"; Gender stratification, she/he, who goes first -- Institutions: Family, partner taking, people making,and contract breaking; Education, what are we learning; Religion, the meaning of sacred meaning; Medicine, an anatomy of health and illness -- Social dynamics: Population and urbanization, living on spaceship Earth; Process of change, can we make a difference -- Glossary .  aDistribution is restricted to RFB&D members who have a documented print disability such as a visual impairment, learning disability or other physical disability.  a[This text] introduces the discipline of sociology to the contemporary student and provides an integrated, comprehensible framework from which to view the world. In each chapter, [the authors] provide an organizing theme that is not exclusively tied to one theoretical paradigm to help students see relationships between topics. Although several books address global issues, [The text] presents the perspective of students living in the larger global world. -Publisher description. 0aSociology. 0aSociologyvCross-cultural studies. 4aSociología.1 aRoberts, Keith A.