SOCIOLOGY: A SYSTEMATIC INTRODUCTION

SOCIOLOGY Harry M. Johnson The Chief goal in writing this book has been to present a systematic account of the foundations of contemporary sociology in such a way as to make it both understandable and interesting to readers with little or no previous knowledge of the subject. This goal has to a large extent dictated the coverage of the book. No doubt there will not be perfect agreement among sociologists concerning which topics should and which should not have been chosen for extended treatment. As compared with other available textbooks the book gives an unusual amount of space to social structure, functional analysis, socialization, ideology, the sources of conformity and deviation, and social change. More attention than usual is also given to institutional variation in society as a whole; thus there are rather long chapter sequences on kinship, economic and political institutions, religion, and stratification. A topic of growing theoretical and social importance treated in considerable detail is bureaucracy. On the other hand, the book touches only briefly upon such topics as population theory, the sociology of the community, formal systems of education, and the sociology of small groups. But enough is said to direct the interested student to specialized sources on these subjects as well as on those treated in more detail.

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