Stressing the interrelationships of social relations, social institutions, and social processes, this introductory text presents the fundamentals of sociology, outlining four major models--functionalism, conflict theory, evolutionary thought, and symbolic interaction--to show how sociological knowledge is gathered, validated, and accumulated.
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Stressing the interrelationships of social relations, social institutions, and social processes, this introductory text presents the fundamentals of sociology, outlining four major models--functionalism, conflict theory, evolutionary thought, and symbolic interaction--to show how sociological knowledge is gathered, validated, and accumulated.
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