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1 online resource (xi, 193 pages) : map |
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polychrome |
| Contents |
Introduction to doing sociology -- Doing sociology worldwide -- The role of theory in sociological practice -- Clnical sociology -- If crime is the problem, is community or is problem solving policing the solution -- Issues in criminal justice evaluation -- Evaluatiion in education -- Community research tactics and social change -- Free range humans -- Communal living -- Blending sociology with federal funding -- Automating dillman's total design metholodology (tdm) for mail questionnaires -- Surveyiing healthcare providers -- Ethics and values in sociological practice. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This successor to the well-known Using Sociology covers standard topics found in any sociology textbook. Doing Sociology walks lay readers through the steps of doing real-life sociological practices as conducted by experts in the field. The contributors to this volume range from university and college faculty, government sociologists, and practitioners from the private sector. Each of the chapters is by intention and design a personal statement, a case study illustrating how the authorspractice sociology in their own words and style, giving readers a clearer understanding of what sociologists. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Sociology -- Case studies.
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Sociology. |
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Case studies.
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| Subject |
Sociology.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Case studies.
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| Added Author |
Price, Jammie.
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Straus, Roger A. (Roger Austin), 1948-
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Breese, Jeffrey R., 1964-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Doing sociology. Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2009 9780739133941 0739133942 (DLC) 2009014055 (OCoLC)319689839 |
| ISBN |
9780739139783 (electronic book) |
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0739139789 (electronic book) |
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9780739133941 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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0739133942 (hardcover ; alkaline paper) |
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9780739133958 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0739133950 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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