Full Description
Employing the central integrative theme of power, POWER AND SOCIETY, 14th Edition, introduces you to each of the social sciences and demonstrates how they differ in their focus and methods. It also presents an interdisciplinary viewpoint to illustrate the nature and uses of power in society. This compelling book will stimulate your interest in the social sciences as it explores some of the central challenges facing American society, such as ideological conflict, racism and sexism, poverty and powerlessness, crime and violence, community problems, and international relations.
Contents
Part I: THE NATURE AND STUDY OF POWER.
1. Power, Society, and Social Science.
2. Social Sciences and the Scientific Method.
3. Power and Ideology.
Part II: POWER AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES.
4. Power and Culture: An Anthropologist's View.
5. Power and Sociology: The Importance of Social Class.
6. Power and History.
7. Power and Politics.
8. Power and the Economy.
9. Power and Psychology.
Part III: THE USES OF POWER.
10. Power, Race, and Gender.
11. Poverty and Powerlessness.
12. Power, Violence, and Crime.
13. Power and the Global Community.
14. Power among Nations.
Notes.
Index.
