The meaning of sociology - Charon, Joel M. (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey Prentice-Hall, 1987)
Table of Contents: Preface. Foreword / Richard H. Hall -- Part I. The Nature of Sociology: Chapter 1. The Discipline and Its Beginnings -- Chapter 2. Sociology as a Science -- Chapter 3. How Sociologists Think: Socialization and Social Patterns -- Part II. The Nature of Social Organization: Chapter 4. Humans Are Embedded in Social Organization -- Chapter 5. Social Structure: A Pattern of Social Organization -- Chapter 6. Inequality in Society -- Chapter 7. Social Organization Has Culture -- Chapter 8. A Short Chapter: A Look at Relations Among Organizations -- Chapter 9. Social Order and Social Control -- Part III. The Dynamic Nature of Human Social Life: Chapter 10. The Individual Has Symbols Self, and Mind -- Chapter 11. Why does Social Organization Change -- Chapter 12. The Meaning and Uses of Sociology. -- Index.
Includes index and bibliographies.
Keywords: Sociology