Society in question
Subtitle: sociological readings for the 21st century
By: [edited by] Robert J. Brym
Publisher: Harcourt Brace & Company Canada
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
ISBN-13: 9780774735162
Subjects: Social conditions; Sociologie; Sociology; Conditions sociales
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The sociological imagination / C. Wright Mills; title: Foundations of sociologicl theory / Robert J. Brym; title: Biological and socialization explanations of gender / Marlene Mackie; title: Impression management: becoming a doctor at McMaster / Jack Haas and William Shaffir; title: Students' use of magic during examinations / Daniel Albas and Cheryl Albas; title: Fragmented Gods: religion in Canada / Reginald W. Bibby; title: Holy cow / Marvin Harris; title: The mountain people / Colin Turnbull; title: Networks as personal communities / Barry Wellman, Peter J. Carrington, and Alan Hall; title: The farmers' and workers' movements in Canada / Robert J. Brym; title: Poverty in Canada / Ann Duffy and Nancy Mandell; title: Gender, class, and postindustrialism in Canada, Scandinavia, and the USA / Wallace Clement and John Myles; title: The class language of clothes / Alison Lurie; title: Ethnic heroes and racial villans / Stephen Steinberg; title: The victimization of racial minorities in Canada / Frances Henry, Carol Tator, Winston Mattis, and Tim Rees; title: Ethnic inequality in Canada / Hugh Lautard and Neil Guppy; title: Patriarchal ideology and wife beating / Michael D. Smith; title: Sociological research and family law / C. James Richardson; title: Neoconservatism and the Canadian pro-family movement / Lorna Erwin; title: Jihad vs. McWorld / Benjamin R. Barber; title: Canada and free trade: why did it happen? / R. Jack Richardson; title: The Quebec question / Robert J. Brym; title: Canadian courts, democracy, and aboriginal issues / W. A. Bogart; title: The roots of Canadian dependence / Gordon Laxer; title: New forms of management and work / Harvey Krah and Graham Lowe; title: The philosopy of a professional fence / Carl B. Klockars; title: Criminal victimization in Canada, 1988-1993 / Rosemary Gartner and Anthony N. Doob; title: Race and crime: a critique / Julian V. Roberts and Thomas Gabor; title: Culture and homicide in Canada and the USA / Rhonda L. Lenton; title: Sustainable or unsustainable development in Western Canada? / Joel Novek and Karen Kampen; title: Population: delusion and reality / Amartya Sen; title: Winners and losers in the 21st century / Paul Kennedy; title: Reshaping the global economy / Sandra Postel and Christopher Flavin.