Applied Sociology : Terms, Topics, Tools, and Tasks

Preface 1(2) How Can I Use Sociology? 3(7) Basic Tools: Applying the Sociological Perspective 6(1) Foresight Tools: Fishbone Diagram 7(3) Model, Measure, and Make Sense 10(15) Basic Tools: Modeling Tools, Measuring Tools, and Making Sense Tools 17(5) Foresight Tools: Needs Assessment and Delphi Technique 22(3) Culture and Social Structure 25(8) Basic Tools: Program Evaluation 29(2) Foresight Tools: Brainstorming 31(2) Groups and Organizations 33(6) Basic Tools: Creating Groups 36(1) Foresight Tools: Visioning 37(2) Deviance 39(7) Basic Tools: Theories of Deviance 41(3) Foresight Tools: Futures Wheel 44(2) Diversity and Inequality 46(9) Basic Tools: Ethnography 51(1) Foresight Tools: Population Pyramids 52(3) Work and Occupations 55(8) Basic Tools: Indicators 61(1) Foresight Tools: Backcasting 61(2) Marriage and Family 63(7) Basic Tools: Sociological Theories 65(2) Foresight Tools: Cross Impact Matrix 67(3) Education 70(8) Basic Tools: Assessing Needs and Evaluating Programs 74(1) Foresight Tools: Affinity Diagram 75(3) Religion 78(7) Basic Tools: Measuring Religious Identity 82(1) Foresight Tools: Focus Groups 83(2) Health 85(9) Basic Tools: Reading Statistical Data Tables 90(1) Foresight Tools: Forecasting 91(3) Power and Politics 94(5) Basic Tools: Measuring Political Preference 97(1) Foresight Tools: Force Field Analysis 97(2) Population and Human Ecology 99(8) Basic Tools: Crude Birth and Death Rate 102(2) Foresight Tools: Crude Growth Rate 104(3) Social Change and the Future 107(8) Basic Tools: Plotting Change 111(1) Foresight Tools: Scenario Building 112(3) Building a Career with Sociology 115(10) Basic Tools: Finding and Applying for Jobs 117(4) Foresight Tools: Job Interviewing and Negotiating Job Offers 121(4) Making a Difference with Sociology 125 Basic Tools: Skill Sets 129 Foresight Tools: Retooling and Lifelong Learning 130