Pick up the sociology textbook that helps you study, is easy to read, and has the study helps built right in. ESSENTIALS OF SOCIOLOGY takes real-world scenarios and shows you how to use sociology to analyze them. And with its updated international focus, you'll learn about other cultures while studying your own as well. ESSENTIALS OF SOCIOLOGY is shorter and with more examples than ever before, making class time more fun and test time less stressful.
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David Brinkerhoff is Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor of Sociology at the University of Nebraska,Lincoln. He holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Washington in Seattle, with B.S. and M.S. degrees from Bringham Young University. He has been at the University of Nebraska since 1978, having served as Associate Vice Chancellor since 1991. He has taught family and parent-child relationships, covering such topics as children's work in the family and the effect of economic marginality on the family. He is currently concerned with issues such as introducing technology in the classroom.
Lynn White is Professor of Sociology at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Washington in Seattle. She has been at the University of Nebraska since 1974, having served as Chair of the Department of Sociology and Director of the Bureau of Sociological Research. She teaches social demography, family, and research methods. Her research has focused on relationships between parents and their adult children over the life course, covering such topics as the empty nest, co-residence, the link between marital quality and parenting experiences, and intergenerational exchange. Her current research on parent-child relationships in adult stepfamilies is funded by a grant from the National Institutes for Child Health and Human Development. Her work has appeared in American Sociological Review and Social Forces as well as in family journals.
Suzanne Ortega, who holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Vanderbilt University , was names vice provost for advanced studies and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Missouri, Columbia in the fall of 2000. Before starting at the University of Missouri, she was an Associate Dean in Graduate Studies and Professor of Sociology at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, teaching both introductory sociology and social problems Her interests are directed toward the social psychological consequences of inequality. She is currently working on a National Institute of Mental Health grant to examine rural-urban differences in help-seeking for depression and alcohol abuse. Other projects include: a Center for Substance Abuse Treatment contract for a statewide assessment of substance abuse treatment needs and a Pew Charitable Trust Preparing Future Faculty grant.
Rose Weitz, Professor of Women's Studies and Sociology at Arizona State University, received her Ph.D. from Yale University. At Arizona State University, she has served as Director of Women's Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Sociology, and Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology. She is a former President of Sociologists for Women in Society and of the Sociologists' AIDS Network. Her teaching and research interests center on gender, health, and the body. Professor Weitz won Pacific Sociological Association Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award in 2005, and her university's Last Lecture Award in 2004. She is also the Chair of the Medical Sociology section of the American Sociological Association. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
Lynn White is Professor of Sociology at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. She holds a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Washington in Seattle. She has been at the University of Nebraska since 1974, having served as Chair of the Department of Sociology and Director of the Bureau of Sociological Research. She teaches social demography, family, and research methods. Her research has focused on relationships between parents and their adult children over the life course, covering such topics as the empty nest, co-residence, the link between marital quality and parenting experiences, and intergenerational exchange. Her current research on parent-child relationships in adult stepfamilies is funded by a grant from the National Institutes for Child Health and Human Development. Her work has appeared in American Sociological Review and Social Forces as well as in family journals.
Suzanne Ortega, who holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Vanderbilt University , was names vice provost for advanced studies and dean of the Graduate School at the University of Missouri, Columbia in the fall of 2000. Before starting at the University of Missouri, she was an Associate Dean in Graduate Studies and Professor of Sociology at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, teaching both introductory sociology and social problems Her interests are directed toward the social psychological consequences of inequality. She is currently working on a National Institute of Mental Health grant to examine rural-urban differences in help-seeking for depression and alcohol abuse. Other projects include: a Center for Substance Abuse Treatment contract for a statewide assessment of substance abuse treatment needs and a Pew Charitable Trust Preparing Future Faculty grant.
Rose Weitz, Professor of Women's Studies and Sociology at Arizona State University, received her Ph.D. from Yale University. At Arizona State University, she has served as Director of Women's Studies, Director of Undergraduate Studies in Sociology, and Director of Graduate Studies in Sociology. She is a former President of Sociologists for Women in Society and of the Sociologists' AIDS Network. Her teaching and research interests center on gender, health, and the body. Professor Weitz won Pacific Sociological Association Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award in 2005, and her university's Last Lecture Award in 2004. She is also the Chair of the Medical Sociology section of the American Sociological Association. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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previous edition much better,
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The new addition by Brinkerhoff et. al., though it provides the basics for teaching introduction to Sociology and by far one of the best texts available, is more efficient, but sacrifices much needed information. The recent edition deletes a chapter and attempts to incorparate issues of poverty and inequality in the other chapters, but this really needs to be its own chapter, so I would recommend that they reintroduce it in future editions. Furthermore, their population and urban discussion is good, but its environmental discussion is weak. They really need to add a stronger environmental piece. Furthermore, I really thought that their section on religion was much better in the previous edition. Students had a much easier time grasping concepts. The authors redid this section and now the distinct sects and subsects are unclear. Finally, I would recommend that if you use this book that you find supplemental material on social stratification, social inequality and social differentiation because the book does a poor job discussing the differences. I also would recommend supplemental materials to discuss the race and ethnicity chapter because its discussion on ideological racism and its history is weak.Despite my minor critiques, I still would hightly recommend this book.
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