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Sociology: The Core, 6/e
Michael Hughes, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Carolyn J. Kroehler
James W. Vander Zanden, The Ohio State University (Emeritus)

Developing a Sociological Consciousness

Chapter Outline

The Sociological Perspective

New Levels of Reality
The Sociological Imagination
Microsociology and Macrosociology

The Development of Sociology

Auguste Comte: The Founder of Sociology
Harriet Martineau: Feminist and Methodologist
Herbert Spencer and Social Darwinism
Karl Marx: The Role of Class Conflict
Émile Durkheim: Social Integration and Social Facts
Max Weber: Subjectivity and Social Organization
American Sociology
Contemporary Sociology

Theoretical Perspectives

The Functionalist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
The Interactionist Perspective
Using the Three Perspectives

Conducting Research

The Logic of Science
How Do Sociologists Collect Data?
Steps in the Scientific Method: A Close-up Look
Research Ethics

Box 1.1Issues in Focus: The Reality in the Lives of Inner-City Men
Box 1.2Doing Social Research: Finding Out about Nannies