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Sociology: A Global Perspective

by: Ferrante

Sociology: A Global Perspective

by: Ferrante

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9780495005612
ISBN 10:
0495005614
Edition: 6th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 06/08/2010
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Joan Ferrante's new Sixth Edition is a powerful tool for putting this country-and the world-into clear perspective and helping you master the sociological concepts that confront all cultures.

Preface

xiii

The Sociological Imagination

(28)

U.S. Marriage Statistics

(1)

What Do Sociologists Study?

(1)

Society and Social Interaction

(1)

Social Facts

(1)

The Sociological Consciousness

(1)

The Power of Social Facts: Facial and Body Hair on Women

(7)

Distinguishing Troubles from Issues

(5)

The Sociological Imagination

(1)

The Industrial Revolution and the Emergence of Sociology

(5)

The Nature of Work

(1)

The Nature of Interaction

(1)

Karl Marx (1818--1883)

(2)

Emile Durkheim (1858--1918)

(1)

Max Weber (1864--1920)

(1)

Countries with the Highest and Lowest Suicide Rates (per 100,000)

(2)

How the Discipline of Sociology Evolves

(2)

Harriet Martineau (1802--1876)

(1)

W. E. B. DuBois (1868--1963)

(1)

Classical Thinkers, Contemporary Applications

(1)

The Importance of a Global Perspective

(2)

Why Study Sociology?

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Top 20 Highest-Grossing Films, 2003

(1)

This Book's Structure

(1)

Resources on the Internet

(2)

Theoretical Perspectives and Methods of Social Research: With Emphasis on Mexico

(38)

The Functionalist Perspective

(6)

Critique of Functionalism

(1)

Merton's Concepts

(1)

The Functionalist Perspective on U.S. Manufacturing Operations in Mexico

(3)

U.S. in Perspective Frequently Asked Questions About Colonias in the United States

(3)

Apparel Manufacturers' Closings in Kentucky, 1993--February 2004

(1)

The Conflict Perspective

(1)

Global Implications Hourly Wage Estimate for Apparel Workers in the United States and Selected Countries

(4)

Critique of Conflict Theory

(1)

The Conflict Perspective on U.S. Manufacturing Operations in Mexico

(2)

Student Voices U.S. Jobs Move to Mexico

(1)

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Border Activity

(2)

Critique of Symbolic Interaction

(1)

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective on U.S. Manufacturing Operations in Mexico

(1)

Research Methods

(3)

Step 1: Defining the Topic for Investigation

(1)

Step 2: Reviewing the Literature

(1)

Step 3: Identifying and Defining Core Concepts

(1)

Step 4: Choosing a Research Design and Data-Gathering Strategies

(2)

Sample Questions from the General Electric Plant Closing Survey

(3)

U.S. in Perspective Salary Comparisons: India versus the United States for Selected Occupations

(2)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs Investing in Employees Yields Profits

(5)

Steps 5 and 6: Analyzing the Data and Drawing Conclusions

(3)

Summary & Implications

(2)

Resources on the Internet

(2)

Culture: With Emphasis on North and South Korea

(36)

Two American Lives

(1)

The Challenge of Defining Culture

(1)

Material and Nonmaterial Components

(3)

Beliefs

(1)

Values

(1)

Norms

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Group Study, Cheating, and the Korean Foreign Student Experience

(3)

The Role of Geographic and Historical Forces

(1)

The Transmission of Culture

(1)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs Protecting Masterpieces of Human Creative Genius

(2)

The Role of Language

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Oil Consumption in Three Countries

(2)

The Importance of Individual Experiences

(1)

Global Implications Top 20 Lands with Most Jehovah's Witnesses (Publishers), 1998

(1)

Culture as a Tool for the Problems of Living

(3)

Cultural Formulas for Hunger

(1)

Cultural Formulas for Social Emotions

(2)

Cultural Diffusion

(2)

The Home Culture as the Standard

(1)

Student Voices Adjusting to Life in the United States

(4)

Ethnocentrism

(1)

Forced Culture Change of Native Americans by Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools

(3)

Cultural Relativism

(1)

Subcultures

100

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Military Size and Spending in the United States and the Koreas

101

(1)

Summary & Implications

102

(1)

Resources on the Internet

103

(2)

Socialization: With Emphasis on Israel, the West Bank, and Gaza

105

(34)

Coming to Terms: The Palestinians and the Israelis

108

(3)

The Jewish Population of the World

111

(1)

Global Implications A Web of Interconnections

112

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Palestinian Migration Out of Palestine

113

(1)

Nature and Nurture

114

(1)

The Importance of Social Contact

115

(3)

Cases of Extreme Isolation

115

(1)

Children of the Holocaust

116

(1)

Cases of Less Extreme Isolation

117

(1)

Individual and Collective Memory

118

(1)

The Role of Groups

119

(6)

Primary Groups

120

(1)

Ingroups and Outgroups

121

(2)

Suicide: The Severing of Relationships to the Group

123

(2)

Student Voices Motives to Display or Not Display the U.S. Flag After September 11, 2001

125

(1)

Symbolic Interaction and Self-Development

126

(4)

The Emergence of Self-Awareness

126

(1)

Role Taking

127

(2)

The Looking-Glass Self

129

(1)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs Learning to Invest in the Community

130

(2)

Cognitive Development

132

(2)

Resocialization

134

(1)

Summary & Implications

135

(2)

Resources on the Internet

137

(2)

Social Interaction and the Social Construction of Reality: With Emphasis on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

139

(38)

The Context of Social Interaction

142

(1)

Intimate Interactions and HIV/AIDS

143

(2)

Mechanical Solidarity

144

(1)

Global Implications Roots of Global Interdependence

145

(3)

Organic Solidarity

146

(2)

Disruptions to the Division of Labor in the Congo

148

(5)

Belgian Imperialism (1883--1960)

148

(1)

Independence of Zaire (1960--Present)

149

(1)

Division of Labor Disruptions and HIV/AIDS

150

(3)

The Content of Social Interaction

153

(2)

Social Status

153

(1)

Social Roles

153

(2)

The Connection Between Social Status and Roles

155

(1)

The Dramaturgical Model of Social Interaction

156

(2)

Impression Management

157

(1)

Examples of Screening Questions Asked of Potential Blood Donors

158

(2)

Staging Behavior

159

(1)

Student Voices Front-Stage Versus Back-Stage Behavior

160

(1)

The Blood Services Industry

161

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Imports and Exports of Blood and Blood Products

162

(1)

Attribution Theory

163

(1)

Attribution Theory and the Origins of HIV

164

(2)

Determining Who Is HIV-Infected

166

(1)

Research Decisions About Labeling and Categorizing HIV Risk

167

(1)

Television: A Special Case of Reality Construction

168

(1)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs Uganda, a Success Story in Addressing HIV and AIDS

169

(3)

The Case of Dr. Margrethe Rask

172

(1)

Summary & Implications

173

(2)

Resources on the Internet

175

(2)

Social Organizations: With Emphasis on McDonald's, a U.S.-Based Multinational Corporation with Operations in 119 Countries

177

(30)

U.S. in Perspective McDonald's: Profile of a Multinational Corporation Headquartered in the United States

179

(2)

Organizations

181

(1)

The Multinational Corporation: Agent of Colonialism or Progress?

182

(2)

How Did McDonald's Become a Global Corporation?

184

(3)

Global Implications The Top 10 Global Corporations and Their Size Relative to the Economies of the World

187

(1)

Features of Modern Organization

188

(1)

Rationalization as a Tool in Modern Organizations

188

(1)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs Margie Eugene Richard Takes on Shell Chemical

189

(4)

Poultry Products and the Consumer

193

(3)

The McDonaldization of Society

194

(1)

The Concept of Bureaucracy

195

(1)

Factors That Influence Behavior in Organizations

196

(3)

Formal Versus Informal Dimensions of Organizations

196

(1)

Trained Incapacity

197

(1)

Statistical Records of Performance

198

(1)

Student Voices Statistical Measures of Performance

199

(1)

Obstacles to Good Decision Making

200

(1)

Expert Knowledge and Responsibility

200

(1)

McDonald's at a Glance

201

(2)

The Problems with Oligarchy

201

(1)

Alienation of Rank-and-File Workers

202

(1)

Summary & Implications

203

(2)

Resources on the Internet

205

(2)

Deviance, Conformity, and Social Control: With Emphasis on the People's Republic of China

207

(42)

The Role of Context in Defining Deviance

211

(2)

Definitions of Deviance During the Cultural Revolution

211

(2)

The Shifting Context and Changing Definitions of Deviance

213

(1)

Deviance: The Violation of Norms

213

(1)

U.S./China Trade Deficit, Selected Years

214

(1)

The Communist Party in China

215

(5)

Preschool Socialization as a Means of Social Control

216

(1)

Reaction of Socialization of Another Culture

217

(1)

Mechanisms of Social Control

218

(2)

Global Implications Sentenced Prisoners in the United States and Selected Nations

220

(1)

The Loosening of Social Control in China

221

(1)

Defining Deviance

222

(4)

Labeling Theory

223

(1)

The Circumstances of the Falsely Accused

224

(2)

Student Voices On Being Falsely Accused or Self-Labeled as a Secret Deviant

226

(2)

Rule Makers and Rule Enforcers

227

(1)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs Changing the Fate of the Falsely Accused on Death Row

228

(3)

Obedience to Authority

229

(1)

The Constructionist Approach

230

(1)

U.S. in Perspective The Presumption of Innocence

231

(1)

Claims Makers

231

(1)

U.S. Human Rights Record in 2003---China as Claims Maker

232

(5)

Structural Strain Theory

237

(3)

Structural Strain in the United States

237

(2)

Structural Strain in China

239

(1)

U.S. Human Rights Report: Population Control Strategies in China

240

(2)

Differential Association Theory

242

(2)

Factors That Shape U.S. and Chinese Systems of Social Control

244

(1)

The Problems of Governing More Than 1.3 Billion People

245

(1)

Theories of Deviance and Conformity

246

(1)

Summary & Implications

246

(1)

Resources on the Internet

247

(2)

Social Stratification: With Emphasis on the World's Richest and Poorest Peoples

249

(36)

U.S. in Perspective Where Do the World's Wealthiest and Poorest People Live?

253

(1)

Place and Social Stratification

253

(1)

Global Implications Number of Deaths in the First Year of Life per 1,000 Live Births by Race and Ethnic Category

254

(1)

Social Stratification Within Countries

255

(1)

Social Categories

255

(2)

``Open'' and ``Closed'' Stratification Systems

257

(3)

Caste Systems

258

(1)

Class Systems

258

(2)

Poverty Dynamics in the United States

260

(3)

Does the United States Have a Class System?

260

(2)

Mixed Systems: Class and Caste

262

(1)

Theories of Stratification

263

(5)

A Functionalist View of Stratification

263

(1)

Critique of the Functionalist Perspective

264

(3)

The Functions of Poverty

267

(1)

Colonialism and Neocolonialism

268

(2)

World System Theory

270

(1)

Global Implications Number of Cell Phones per 1,000 Population: United States and Selected Countries in Africa and Europe

271

(2)

Core Economies

271

(1)

Peripheral Economies

272

(1)

Semiperipheral Economies

272

(1)

Analyses of Social Class

273

(1)

Karl Marx and Social Class

273

(1)

Student Voices Situations Where Differences in Social Class Seem Evident

274

(5)

Karl Marx: Contemporary Applications

275

(1)

Max Weber and Social Class

276

(1)

Max Weber: Contemporary Applications

277

(2)

Summary & Implications

279

(1)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs Responsible Wealth

280

(3)

Resources on the Internet

283

(2)

Race and Ethnic Classification: With Emphasis on the Peopling of the United States (A Global Story)

285

(44)

The U.S. System of Racial Classification

288

(1)

The Shortcomings of Assigning People to Clear-Cut Racial Categories

288

(1)

Potential Single and Multiple Race Categories for the 2000 Census

289

(1)

Other Shortcomings Associated with the U.S. System of Racial Classification

290

(1)

The U.S. System of Ethnic Classification

290

(2)

Chance, Context, and Choice

292

(4)

Race as a Product of Chance, Context, and Choice

292

(1)

Ethnicity as a Product of Chance, Context, and Choice

292

(3)

Are People of Arab and Middle Eastern Descent ``White''?

295

(1)

The Foreign-Born Population

296

(1)

Highlights from the U.S. Bureau of the Census 2000 Brief: The Arab Population

297

(1)

Global Implications Ethnic Category: ``Middle Eastern,'' ``Arab,'' or Neither?

298

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Foreign-Born by Region of Birth, 2000

299

(1)

Global Implications Immigrants to the United States Since 1820: Top 10 Countries of Origin

300

(1)

The Role of Race and Ethnicity in Immigration Policy

298

(2)

The Long-Standing Debate Over Immigration

300

(1)

The Consequences of Racial and Ethnic Classification

301

(8)

Minority Groups

301

(1)

Perspectives on Assimilation

302

(3)

Racist Ideologies

305

(2)

Prejudice and Stereotyping

307

(2)

White Men Can Jump

309

(5)

Discrimination

311

(3)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs The Underground Railroad in American History and Culture

314

(5)

Institutionalized Discrimination

317

(1)

Social Identity and Stigma

318

(1)

Cases of Institutionalized Discrimination Handled by the U.S. Department of Justice

319

(3)

Student Voices When Does Race Matter?

322

(3)

Responses to Stigmatization

324

(1)

Summary & Implications

325

(2)

Resources on the Internet

327

(2)

Gender: With Emphasis on American Samoa

329

(38)

Distinguishing Sex and Gender

332

(1)

Sex as a Biological Concept

332

(1)

Margaret Mead in American Samoa

333

(3)

Gender as a Social Construct

334

(2)

Gender Polarization

336

(1)

Student Voices Penalties and Privileges Associated with Being Male and Female

337

(3)

Social Emotions and the Mead-Freeman Controversy

339

(1)

Student Voices Feeling Rules and Same-Sex Friends

340

(2)

Compliance and Resistance to Gender Polarization

341

(1)

Compliance and Resistance to Gender Polarization

342

(3)

A Third Gender?

344

(1)

Global Implications Hand-holding as an Expression of Affection (Not Homosexuality) Between Same-Sex Friends

345

(1)

Mechanisms of Perpetuating Gender Ideals

346

(7)

Socialization

346

(2)

Socialization of American Samoan Boys to Be Football Players

348

(1)

Commercialization of Gender Ideals

349

(1)

Creating ``New Products'' That Consumers Need to Buy

350

(3)

Women's Earnings as a Percentage of Men's Earnings, 1951--2002

353

(3)

Situational Constraints on Mead and Freeman

353

(2)

Sexist Ideology

355

(1)

Gender Polarization and Body Language

356

(2)

Gender, Ethnicity, Race, and the State

358

(1)

Ideology Supporting Department of Defense's ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' Policy

359

(2)

U.S. in Perspective Disabled Male Veterans

361

(1)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs Making Loans to the World's Poorest Women

362

(2)

Summary & Implications

364

(1)

Resources on the Internet

365

(2)

Economics and Politics: With Emphasis on Iraq

367

(38)

The Economy

370

(3)

Agricultural Revolutions

370

(2)

The Industrial Revolution

372

(1)

The Post-industrial Society and the Information Revolution

372

(1)

Major Economic Systems

373

(2)

Capitalism

374

(1)

Socialism

374

(1)

World System Theory

375

(1)

Core Economies

375

(1)

Student Voices Proposed Personal Efforts to Reduce Reliance on Oil

376

(2)

Peripheral Economies

377

(1)

Semiperipheral Economies

377

(1)

Iraq: A Peripheral Economy

378

(1)

An Oil-Revenue-Dependent Economy

378

(1)

Crude Oil Prices in 2003 Dollars

379

(1)

The World's Most Heavily Indebted Country

380

(1)

The United States: A Core Economy

380

(2)

A Strong Tertiary Sector

380

(1)

Dominance of U.S.-Headquartered Global Corporations in the World Economy

381

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Imports from the United States to Countries Around the World

382

(4)

Decline in Union Membership

383

(1)

Flexible Work Schedules

384

(1)

Computer and Information Technology

384

(1)

An Oil- and Mineral-Dependent Economy

384

(1)

Government and Consumer Debt

385

(1)

Political Systems and Power

386

(2)

Forms of Government

388

(5)

Democracy

388

(1)

Totalitarianism

389

(1)

Authoritarianism

390

(1)

Theocracy

391

(1)

Power Elite Model

392

(1)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani

393

(4)

Jubilee: A Special-Interest Group Dedicated to Supporting Economic Justice Campaigns Worldwide

397

(2)

Pluralist Model

398

(1)

Is the United States an Imperialist Power?

399

(2)

Summary & Implications

401

(2)

Resources on the Internet

403

(2)

Family and Aging: With Emphasis on Japan

405

(40)

Defining Family

408

(2)

Kinship

408

(1)

Membership Characteristics

409

(1)

Legal Recognition

409

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Selected Indicators of Family Structure, Composition, and Well-Being: Japan and the United States, 2000

410

(3)

Social Functions

410

(3)

Conflict View of Family Life

413

(1)

Global Implications Highest and Lowest Total Fertility Rates: Nations and 50 States

414

(4)

Productive and Reproductive Work

414

(2)

Social Inequality Within the Society

416

(1)

Racial Divisions and Boundaries

417

(1)

The Changing Family in the United States

418

(1)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs Dismantling a Big Lie

419

(4)

The Division of Labor and the Rise of the Breadwinner System

421

(1)

The Decline of the Breadwinner System

421

(1)

Declines in Total Fertility

421

(1)

Increased Life Expectancy

422

(1)

Increased Divorce Rates

422

(1)

Increased Employment Opportunities for Women

422

(1)

Student Voices Responses to the Conflicts Between Careers and Family

423

(1)

The Changing Family in Japan

424

(5)

The Fall of the ie Family System and the Rise of the Breadwinner System

426

(2)

The Decline of Arranged Marriages

428

(1)

The Rise of the ``Parasite Single'' and the ``New Single Concept''

428

(1)

Entrenched Barriers to Employment

429

(1)

Common Themes to the Century of Change

429

(1)

Economic Arrangements and Their Effect on Productive and Reproductive Labor

429

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Women in Managerial Positions and National-Level Elected Offices

430

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Going Back to Japan After Living Three Years in the United States

431

(5)

Parental Authority

435

(1)

Status of Children

435

(1)

The Economic Role of Children in Labor-Intensive Environments

436

(5)

The Consequences of Long Life

437

(2)

The Elderly and Their Caregivers in the United States

439

(1)

The Elderly and Their Caregivers in Japan

440

(1)

Summary & Implications

441

(2)

Resources on the Internet

443

(2)

Population and Urbanization: With Emphasis on India

445

(32)

U.S. in Perspective The World's 10 Most Populous Countries, 2003

448

(1)

The Study of Population

448

(1)

Births

448

(1)

Global Implications Key Demographic Indicators for the United States, India, and the World

449

(2)

Deaths

449

(1)

Age--Sex Composition

450

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Population Pyramid Summary for India and the United States

451

(1)

Sex Ratios by State in India, 2001

452

(3)

Migration

452

(3)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs International Remittances

455

(3)

Population Growth

456

(2)

Percentage of Persons Born in Their State of Residence, 2000

458

(1)

Student Voices Internal Migration Within the Last Three Years

459

(1)

The Theory of Demographic Transition

459

(4)

Stage 1: High Birth and Death Rates

460

(1)

Stage 2: The Transition Stage

461

(1)

Stage 3: Low Death Rates and Declining Birth Rates

462

(1)

Industrialization: An Uneven Experience

463

(1)

The Demographic Transition in India

464

(1)

Relative Birth and Death Rates

464

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Demographic Differences Between Labor-Intensive Poor Countries and Core Economies

465

(4)

Urbanization in India

468

(1)

The Village Community in India

469

(1)

The Urban Versus Non-urban Experience in the United States

470

(1)

Bhopal

471

(1)

Housing Characteristics for Central Cities, Suburbs, and Nonmetropolitan Areas

472

(1)

Summary & Implications

473

(1)

Global Implications Annual Estimate of Births, Deaths, and Natural Increase for the World, India, and the United States

474

(1)

Resources on the Internet

475

(2)

Education: With Emphasis on the European Union

477

(42)

What Is Education?

481

(1)

Social Functions of Education

481

(1)

Illiteracy in the United States and EU Countries

482

(1)

Global Implications Top 20 Countries Sending Students to the United States and Top 25 Destinations for U.S. Students Who Study Abroad

483

(1)

Historical Factors Shaping the U.S. System of Public Education

484

(3)

The Development of Mass Education

485

(1)

Textbooks Modeled After Catechisms

485

(1)

Single-Language Instruction

486

(1)

Characteristics of U.S. Education Relative to EU Countries

487

(1)

The Availability of College

487

(1)

Compulsory Foreign Language Education

488

(4)

Differences in Curriculum

490

(1)

Differences in Funding

490

(1)

Education-Based Programs to Solve Social Problems

491

(1)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs Universities Learn the Value of Neighborliness

492

(2)

Ambiguity of Purpose and Value

493

(1)

A Close-Up View: The Classroom Environment

494

(4)

The Curriculum

494

(3)

Tracking

497

(1)

Student Voices The Relevance of Jules Henry 40 Years Later

498

(1)

U.S. in Perspective The Content of Math Lessons: Germany, the United States, and Japan

499

(3)

Teachers' Expectations and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies

501

(1)

An American English-Language Assistant in a French Vocational School

502

(3)

Problems Faced by Teachers

504

(1)

Global Implications Calculated Contact Time in Hours per Academic Year for Upper Secondary Education Teachers in EU Countries and the United States

505

(1)

The Social Context of American Education

505

(4)

Family Background

506

(2)

Adolescent Subcultures

508

(1)

Literacy Scores by Highest Educational Level of Either Parent: Selected EU Countries

509

(2)

Interviews with EU Students Studying in the United States

511

(3)

Summary & Implications

514

(1)

Students' Multiple Worlds Model and Typology

515

(2)

Resources on the Internet

517

(2)

Religion: With Emphasis on the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

519

(40)

What Is Religion? Weber's and Durkheim's Views

522

(8)

Beliefs About the Sacred

524

(1)

Beliefs About the Profane

524

(1)

Sacramental, Prophetic, and Mystical Religions

525

(1)

Rituals

526

(1)

Community of Worshipers

527

(3)

Global Implications The World's Major Non-Christian Religions

530

(2)

A Critique of Durkheim's Definition of Religion

532

(1)

Civil Religion

532

(3)

The Cold War

533

(1)

Americans and Muslims as Cold War Partners

534

(1)

The Historical Context of Afghanistan

535

(2)

Gulf War I

535

(2)

Afghanistan, Iraq, and the War on Terrorism

537

(1)

The Functionalist Perspective

537

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Freedom of Religious Expression in U.S. Prisons

538

(4)

Society as the Object of Worship

540

(1)

A Critique of the Functionalist Perspective of Religion

541

(1)

Student Voices Portraits of Jesus

542

(1)

The Conflict Perspective

543

(2)

A Critique of the Conflict Perspective of Religion

544

(1)

Max Weber: The Interplay Between Economics and Religion

545

(1)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs Faith-Based and Community Initiatives

546

(3)

Two Opposing Trends: Secularization and Fundamentalism

549

(3)

Secularization

549

(1)

Fundamentalism

550

(2)

Jihad and Militant Islam

552

(1)

Summary & Implications

552

(1)

9/11 Commission Recommendations to Prevent Continued Growth of Islamist Terrorism

553

(4)

Resources on the Internet

557

(2)

Social Change: With Emphasis on Global Interdependence

559

(29)

Globalization

562

(1)

What Is Social Change?

562

(1)

Student Voices Examples of Global Interdependence and Its Effects

563

(1)

Causes and Consequences of Social Change

564

(1)

Innovations

564

(1)

Global Interdependence: Essential Features

565

(2)

Basic and Improving Innovations

566

(1)

Global Implications International Tourism

567

(6)

Innovations and the Information Explosion

567

(2)

Changes in the Ways People Relate to Information

569

(2)

The Cultural Base and the Rate of Change

571

(1)

Cultural Lag

571

(1)

Revolutionary Ideas

572

(1)

Conflict

573

(1)

U.S. in Perspective Project BioShield as a Response to September 11 and the Broader War on Terrorism

574

(1)

The Cold War Origin of the Internet

574

(1)

The Pursuit of Profit

575

(1)

Focus on Social Entrepreneurs Change Agents

576

(4)

World System Theory

578

(1)

Responses to Economic Stagnation

578

(2)

Social Movements

580

(5)

Types of Social Movements

580

(2)

The Life of a Social Movement

582

(3)

Summary & Implications

585

(2)

Resources on the Internet

587

(1)

Key Concepts

588

(13)

Notes

601

(9)

References

610

(29)

Photo Credits

639

(1)

Index

640

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