TY - BOOK AU - Lena,Hugh F. AU - Helmreich,William B. AU - McCord,William J. TI - Contemporary issues in Society SN - 9780070279650 U1 - 301 PY - 1992/// CY - New York PB - McGraw-Hill,c KW - Sociology KW - Interpersonal relations KW - Equality KW - Social institutions KW - Human ecology N1 - Includes Index; Part 1 Introduction: sociological perspectives on issues. Part 2 The individual in society: issues in group affiliation; issues in deviance; issues in work. Part 3 Social inequalities: issues in poverty; issues in race and ethnicity; issues in gender; issues in ageing. Part 4 Major institutional settings: issues in the family; issues in religion; issues in power and politics; issues in the economy; issues in education; issues in health and medical care. Part 5 Social environments: issues in the city and community; issues in the environment. Part 6 Epilogue: emerging issues N2 - A comprehensive reader for introductory courses in sociology, intended to supplement a text. It aims to reflect three levels of analysis cultural and contextual, individual and cross-cultural and includes discussion questions at the end of each chapter ER -