Introduction to Sociology

Abstract

Sociology is the study of human social life. Human social life is complex and encompasses many facets of the human experience. Because of the complexity, the discipline of sociology subdivided over time into specialty areas. The first section of this book covers the foundations of sociology, including an introduction to the discipline, the methods of study, and some of the dominant theoretical perspectives. The remaining chapters focus on the different areas of study in sociology. This text is a wikibook, available at: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology This webpage also has links to additional materials, such as videos and PPT slides. If you adopt this textbook, the authors request that you record it at: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Introduction_to_Sociology/Course_Adoptions