Ten questions a sociological perspective - Charon, Joel M. 1939- (Belmont, Calif. Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2013)
8: Does The Individual Really Make A Difference?: An Introduction To Social Change -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Individual's influence on his or her own life -- Individual's influence on other individuals -- Individual versus social organization -- Social change: a sociological view -- Some implications for living -- Summary and conclusion -- Questions to consider -- References -- 9: Is Organized Religion Necessary For Society?: Tradition, Modernization, And Secularization -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Defining religion -- Social functions of religion -- Is organized religion still necessary? -- Summary and conclusion -- Questions to consider -- References -- 10: Is The World Becoming One Society?: Globalization And The Creation Of A World Society -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Three views of globalization -- New Technology, new communication, and new globalization -- Capitalism -- Is globalization creating a "world society"? -- Is globalization good for the world? -- Conclusion: globalization and a world society -- Questions to consider -- References -- 11: Why Study Sociology?: Understanding, Questioning, And Caring -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Sociology and democracy -- Sociology is more than the study of democracy -- Summary and conclusion -- Questions to consider -- References -- Afterword: Should we generalize about people?: generalizing, categorizing, stereotyping, and the importance of social science -- Concepts, themes, and key individuals -- Categories and generalizations -- Stereotype -- Social science: a reaction to stereotypes -- Summary and conclusion -- Questions to consider -- References -- Glossary -- Bibliography-- Index.
Keywords: Sociology; United States -- Social conditions