Sociology : understanding and changing the social world.

Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World by [Author removed at request of original publisher] is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.--title page verso.

Author removed at request of original publisher. This edition adapted from a work originally produced in 2010 by a publisher who has requested that it not receive attribution.

Includes bibliographical references.

Sociology and the Sociological Perspective -- Eye on Society: Doing Sociological Research -- Culture -- Socialization -- Social Structure and Social Interaction -- Groups and Organizations -- Deviance, Crime, and Social Control -- Social Stratification -- Global Stratification -- Race and Ethnicity -- Gender and Gender Inequality -- Aging and the Elderly -- Work and the Economy -- Politics and Government -- The Family -- Education -- Religion -- Health and Medicine -- Population and Urbanization -- Social Change and the Environment -- Collective Behavior and Social Movements -- Conclusion: Understanding and Changing the Social World.

"Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World is adapted from a work produced by a publisher who has requested that they and the original author not receive attribution. This adapted edition is produced by the University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing through the eLearning Support Initiative. Though the publisher has requested that they and the original author not receive attribution, this adapted edition reproduces all original text and sections of the book, except for publisher and author name attribution. The founders of sociology in the United States wanted to make a difference. A central aim of the sociologists of the Chicago school was to use sociological knowledge to achieve social reform. A related aim of sociologists like Jane Addams, W.E.B. DuBois, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett and others since was to use sociological knowledge to understand and alleviate gender, racial, and class inequality. It is no accident that many sociology instructors and students are first drawn to sociology because they want to learn a body of knowledge that could help them make a difference in the world at large. Sociology: Understanding and Changing the Social World is designed for this audience. It presents a sociological understanding of society but also a sociological perspective on how to change society, while maintaining the structure and contents of the best mainstream texts."--Open Textbook Library.