Sociology in action: a Canadian perspective

✍ Scribed by Symbaluk, Diane

• Publisher: W. Ross MacDonald School Resource Services Library
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 402
• Edition: Second edition
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Brief Contents......Page 8
Detailed Contents......Page 9
List of Figures, Boxes, and Tables......Page 14
A Unique Learning System......Page 19
Preface......Page 22
About the Authors......Page 31
PART 1 • Practising Sociology: Your Sociological Toolkit......Page 33
Chapter 1: Seeing and Acting Through the Lens of Sociology......Page 34
Chapter 2: Applying Sociological Research Methods......Page 54
PART 2 • Society and the Self: The Foundations......Page 79
Chapter 3: “I Am Canadian”: What Is “Canadian” Culture?......Page 80
Chapter 4: Socialization: The Self and Social Identity......Page 100
Chapter 5: Social Inequality in Canadian Society......Page 124
Chapter 6: Mass Media: Living in the Electronic Age......Page 150
PART 3 • The Micro and Macro of Our Everyday Lives......Page 175
Chapter 7: Sex, Gender, and Sexualities: Deconstructing Dualisms......Page 176
Chapter 8: Race and Ethnicity: Defining Ourselves and Others......Page 200
Chapter 9: Canadian Families: Past, Present, and Future......Page 224
Chapter 10: Learning What Is “True”: Religion, Science, and Education......Page 246
Chapter 11: Social Control, Deviance, and Crime......Page 270
Chapter 12: Health and Illness: Is It “Lifestyle,” or Something More?......Page 292
PART 4 • Our Changing World......Page 317
Chapter 13: Social Change: Collective Behaviour and Social Movements......Page 318
Chapter 14: “Going Green”: Environmental Sociology......Page 338
Chapter 15: Globalization: The Interconnected World......Page 362
Glossary......Page 382
Index......Page 392

✦ Subjects

Sociology;Sociology--Canada;Sociology -- Canada;Canada -- Social conditions -- 21st century;Canada -- Social conditions;Canada