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• Part One: Introducing Sociology1 The Sociological Imagination2 Thinking Sociologically, Thinking Globally3 Studying the Social: An Introduction to Sociological MethodPart Two: The Foundations of Society: From Macro to Micro4 Societies5 Culture6 Groups, Organisations and the Rise of the Network Society7 Micro-sociology: The Social Construction of Everyday LifePart Three: The Unequal World: Difference, Division and Social Stratification8 Inequality, Social Divisions and Social Stratification9 Global Poverty/Global Inequality10   Class, Poverty and Welfare: The Case of the UK11   Racism, Ethnicities and Migration12   The Gender Order and Sexualities13   Age Stratification, Children and Later Life14   Disabilities, Care and the Humanitarian SocietyPart Four: Social Structures, Social Practices and Social Institutions15   Economies, Work and Consumption16   Power, Governance and Social Movements17   Control, Crime and Deviance18   Families, Personal Life and Living Together19   Religion and belief20   Education21   Health, Medicine and Well-being22   Communication and the New Media23   Science, Cyberspace and the Risk SocietyPart Five: Social Change and the Twenty-First Century24   Populations, Cities and the Space of Things to Come25   Social Change and the Environment26   Living in the Twenty-First CenturyPart Six: Resources for Critical Thinking: Creating Sociological Imaginations1 Films2 Novels3 Art and sociology4 Time and space5 Websites6 YouTube7 Key social thinkers8 World statistics9 Big debates of our time10 Abbreviations and acronyms11 Glossary12 References