Jeffrey C. Alexander, Kenneth Thompson ; with the assistance of Lisa McCormick ... [et al.].
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A contemporary introduction to sociology :culture and society in transition
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Boulder :
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Paradigm Publishers,
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c2008.
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xx, 636 p. :ill. (some col.) ;24 cm.
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مرجع به حساب نمي آيد
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 584-610) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Sociological stories -- The individual and the social -- The sociological imagination -- Society today: so what's new? -- How do we understand today's social world? -- Avoiding easy answers: theory and evidence? -- Conclusion -- Exercises -- Study questions -- Further reading -- Research methods -- Introduction -- Some key research terms -- Concepts and theories -- Methodology and methods -- Postmodernism, relativism, and research methods -- Research in the future -- Conclusion -- Exercises -- Study questions -- Further reading -- Culture -- Introduction -- An individual or a social story? -- Thinking sociologically about culture -- Postmodernity, globalization, and the cultural turn -- Conclusion -- Exercises -- Study questions -- Further reading.