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Sociology : Concepts and Applications in a Diverse World

ISBN: 9780205484928 | 0205484921
Edition: 7th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007

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SummaryTable of Contents
"This economical paperback text is theoretically balanced, offers global perspectives, shows how sociology is applied to real problems, and contains a built-in study guide." This introduction to sociology uses the three major theoretical perspectives--functionalist, conflict, and interactionist--as tools for examining the social world. The author uses illuminating examples to show how society works and how human behavior is shaped by cultural, structural, and institutional forces. As in previous editions, the Seventh Edition also integrates two other themes that reflect contemporary trends in sociology. The first is a reemergence of interest in how sociological knowledge can be applied to social problems or to helping people improve their lives. The second is the recognition that societies and cultures are becoming increasingly diverse and interdependent.
Prefacexv
About the Authorxx
PART I The Sociological Perspective
1(68)
What Is Sociology?
... MORE(34)
Myths & Facts: About the Social World
4(2)
What Is Sociology?
6(6)
The Sociological Perspective
6(3)
Sociology as a Science
9(1)
Applying Sociology Untangling Myths and Facts: Sociology and Common Sense
10(1)
The Social Sciences
11(1)
Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology
12(5)
Theories and Hypotheses
12(1)
The Functionalist Perspective
13(1)
The Conflict Perspective
14(1)
The Interactionist Perspective
15(2)
Using the Theoretical Perspectives
17(1)
Conducting Sociological Research
17(10)
Sociology of Media and Technology Applying the Sociological Perspectives: Mass Media and Global Communications
18(1)
Research Methods
19(4)
Steps in Conducting Research
23(1)
Issues in Conducting Sociological Research
24(2)
Other Worlds, Other Ways South Africa: Sociological Research in Diverse Cultures
26(1)
Putting Sociology to Use
27(3)
The Development of Sociology
27(1)
Basic and Applied Sociology
28(1)
Sociological Practice
28(1)
Sociology on the Internet
29(1)
Using Sociology in Everyday Life
29(1)
Study & Review
30(4)
For Further Reading
34(2)
Culture, Society, and Diversity
36(33)
Myths & Facts: About Culture and Society
38(1)
What Is Culture?
39(1)
Material Culture and Nonmaterial Culture
40(1)
The Components of Culture
40(7)
Beliefs and Values
40(3)
Norms
43(1)
Other Worlds, Other Ways The Amish of Pennsylvania: Diverse Values within a Culture
44(2)
Language
46(1)
Cultural Consensus and Diversity
47(3)
Cultural Integration
48(1)
Cultural Change
48(1)
Ideal Culture versus Real Culture
49(1)
Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativity
49(1)
Subcultures
50(1)
Social Structure
50(4)
Status
51(1)
Applying Sociology Argot: The Special Language of Subcultures
52(2)
Roles
54(5)
Groups and Social Institutions
56(1)
Sociology of Media and Technology Mass Media and the Production of Culture
57(2)
A Comparative View of Societies
59(3)
Preindustiral Societies
59(1)
Industrial Societies
60(1)
A Global Perspective: Postindustrialism and Global Interdependence
61(1)
Sociology on the Internet
62(1)
Study & Review
62(4)
For Further Reading
66(3)
PART II The Individual in Society
69(92)
Socialization
70(28)
Myths & Facts: About Socialization
72(1)
Heredity and the Environment
73(3)
Biology and Human Behavior
74(1)
Children Raised in Isolation
75(1)
The Process of Socialization
76(14)
The Development of Self: The Interactionist Perspective
76(4)
Agencies of Socialization
80(2)
Applying Sociology Day Care: Problem or Solution?
82(1)
Types of Socialization
83(1)
Sociology of Media and Technology Socializing the Young
84(2)
Other Worlds, Other Ways Japan: Learning Cultural Values Through Primary Socialization
86(1)
Socialization through the Life Span
87(3)
Additional Perspectives on Socialization
90(2)
The Functionalist Perspective
90(1)
The Conflict Perspective
91(1)
Sociology on the Internet
92(1)
Study & Review
92(4)
For Further Reading
96(2)
Groups and Organizations
98(32)
Myths & Facts: About Groups and Organizations
100(2)
Types of Groups
102(3)
Primary Groups
102(1)
Secondary Groups
103(1)
In-Groups and Out-Groups
103(1)
Reference Groups
104(1)
Social Collectivities
105(1)
Group Structure and Process
105(5)
Status and Role
105(1)
Leadership
106(1)
Decision Making in Groups
107(1)
Group Cohesion
108(1)
Group Conformity
109(1)
Organizations
110(7)
Bureaucracy
110(3)
The Human Relations Approach
113(1)
The Informal Structure
114(1)
Gender in Organizations
115(1)
Applying Sociology Diagnosing Organizational Culture: Helping Organizations to Function Better
116(1)
Sociological Perspectives on Organizations
117(3)
The Functionalist Perspective
117(1)
Other Worlds, Other Ways China: Cultural Values and Group Behavior---Social Loafing in Organizations
118(1)
The Conflict Perspective
119(1)
The Interactionist Perspective
119(1)
The Future of Bureaucracy
120(4)
Bureaucracy and Oligarchy
120(1)
Limits to Bureaucracy
121(1)
Sociology of Media and Technology Impact on Groups, Organizations, and Bureaucracies
122(2)
Sociology on the Internet
124(1)
Study & Review
124(4)
For Further Reading
128(2)
Deviance, Crime, and Social Control
130(31)
Myths & Facts: About Deviance and Crime
132(1)
The Relativity of Deviance
133(1)
Explanations of Deviance
133(7)
Nonsociological Approaches
134(1)
The Functionalist Perspective
134(2)
The Conflict Perspective
136(1)
The Interactionist Perspective
137(1)
Sociology of Media and Technology Mass Media and the Social Construction of Crime and Justice
138(2)
Extent of Deviance and Crime
140(6)
Sexual Deviance
141(1)
Applying Sociology Influencing Policy on Youth Gangs and Juvenile Crime
142(1)
Drug and Alcohol Abuse
142(1)
Mental Illness
143(1)
Violent Crimes
144(1)
Organized Crime
144(1)
White-Collar Crime
144(2)
Deviance: Its Consequences for Society
146(1)
The Dysfunctions of Deviance
146(1)
The Functions of Deviance
146(1)
Deviance and Social Control
147(1)
Internal Sources of Social Control
147(1)
External Sources of Social Control
147(1)
Crime in the United States
148(6)
The High Crime Rate
149(2)
Reducing Crime
151(1)
Other Worlds, Other Ways Japan: Social and Cultural Underpinnings of Crime
152(1)
Sociology on the Internet
152(2)
Study & Review
154(5)
For Further Reading
159(2)
PART III Stratification and Social Inequality
161(98)
Social Stratification and Social Inequality
162(32)
Myths & Facts: About Social Stratification
164(1)
Dimensions of Stratification
165(3)
Weber's Analysis
165(1)
Socioeconomic Status
166(1)
Types of Stratification Systems
167(1)
Theories of Stratification
168(5)
The Functionalist Perspective
168(1)
The Conflict Perspective
169(1)
Synthesis: An Evolutionary View
170(1)
A Global Perspective on Stratification
171(2)
Social Class in the United States
173(9)
Measuring Socioeconomic Status
173(1)
Other Worlds, Other Ways Brazil and Venezuela: The Third-World Poor in the Global Stratification System
174(2)
Class Structure in the United States
176(1)
Inequality and Poverty
177(5)
Applying Sociology Creating and Evaluating Programs That Assist the Poor
182(1)
Social Mobility
182(3)
Extent of Social Mobility
183(1)
Sources of Social Mobility
184(1)
Consequences of Stratification
185(4)
Educational Achievement
185(1)
Health
185(1)
Sociology of Media and Technology Impact of Technology on Stratification Systems
186(1)
Status Inconsistency
187(1)
Self-Esteem
188(1)
Sociology on the Internet
188(1)
Study & Review
189(4)
For Further Reading
193(1)
Social Inequality: Race and Ethnicity
194(34)
Myths & Facts: About Race and Ethnicity
196(1)
Minority Groups
197(2)
Race and Ethnicity
198(1)
Racism
198(1)
Sources of Prejudice and Discrimination
199(5)
Social Sources
199(2)
Social Psychological Sources
201(1)
Consequences of Discrimination
201(1)
Other Worlds, Other Ways Britain, Germany, Yugoslavia: The Social and Economic Sources of Racial Hatred and Conflict
202(2)
Patterns of Intergroup Relations
204(3)
Forms of Domination
204(1)
Minority Reaction to Domination
205(1)
Switzerland: Cooperation in a Multiethnic Society
206(1)
Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States
207(11)
African Americans
207(1)
Hispanic Americans
208(3)
American Indians
211(1)
Asian Americans
211(1)
Arab Americans
212(1)
Today's Immigrants
213(1)
Achievement and Assimilation among Immigrant Groups
214(2)
Sociology of Media and Technology Image and Access: Race/Ethnicity and Communications Technologies
216(2)
Current Issues in the United States
218(5)
Assimilation or Pluralism?
218(1)
Race Relations Today: Race or Class?
219(1)
Advances, Setbacks, and Controversial Policies
219(1)
Applying Sociology Combating Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racial Polarization
220(2)
Sociology on the Internet
222(1)
Study & Review
223(4)
For Further Reading
227(1)
Social Inequality: Gender
228(31)
Myths & Facts: About Gender Inequality
230(1)
Men and Women in Society
231(3)
The Biological Perspective
232(1)
The Functionalist Perspective
232(1)
The Conflict Perspective
233(1)
The Interactionist Perspective
234(1)
The Socialization of Men and Women
234(3)
The Family
235(1)
The Schools
235(2)
The Media
237
Sociology of Media and Technology Portrayals of Gender and Gender Inequality
236(1)
The Extent of Gender Inequality in the United States
237(7)
Economic Discrimination
237(4)
Discrimination in the Military
241(1)
Other Types of Discrimination
242(1)
Gender Inequality Involving Males
243(1)
Gender Stratification in Global Perspective
244(2)
Other Worlds, Other Ways Mexico: Poor Women and the World Economy
244(2)
Toward Gender Equality
246(6)
Collective Action and the Feminist Movement: A Global Struggle
246(1)
Current Trends in the United States
247(3)
Applying Sociology Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and the Empowerment of Women
250(2)
Masculine, Feminine, or Human?
252(1)
Sociology on the Internet
252(1)
Study & Review
252(5)
For Further Reading
257(2)
PART IV Social Institutions
259(164)
Family and Human Sexuality
260(36)
Myths & Facts: About the Family and Human Sexuality
262(1)
Family and Kinship in Cross-Cultural Perspective
263(3)
Rules of Descent
263(1)
Rules of Marriage
264(1)
Rules of Authority
264(1)
Size of Family Unit
265(1)
Mate Selection and Marriage Transactions
265(1)
The Family in Society
266(3)
The Functionalist Perspective
267(1)
The Conflict Perspective
268(1)
Marriage and Divorce in the United States
269(7)
Choosing a Mate and Attitudes toward Marriage
269(1)
Divorce
270(3)
The Minority Family Experience
273(1)
Other Worlds, Other Ways Vietnam: Family and Religion among Immigrants to the United States
274(2)
Diversity and Change in Sexual Behavior
276(3)
Premarital Sex
277(1)
Extramarital Sex
277(1)
Homosexuality
278(1)
Diverse Family Lifestyles in Modern Societies
279(5)
Dual-Earner Families
279(1)
Singlehood
280(1)
Cohabitation
280(1)
Single Parenthood
281(2)
Gay Families
283(1)
A Global Perspective
284(1)
Violence in the Family
284(2)
Applying Sociology Creating and Evaluating Programs to Fight Domestic Violence
286(1)
The Future of the Family
286(4)
Sociology of Media and Technology Family, Sexuality, and the Mass Media
288(1)
Sociology on the Internet
288(2)
Study & Review
290(4)
For Further Reading
294(2)
Health and Health-Care Institutions
296(34)
Sociological Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care
298(4)
Myths & Facts: About Health and Health-Care Institutions
299(1)
The Functionalist Perspective
299(1)
The Conflict Perspective
300(1)
The Interactionist Perspective
300(1)
Politics, Stigma, and the AIDS Epidemic
301(1)
Applying Sociology Combating the Spread of AIDS
302(1)
Health, Illness, and Society
302(8)
Health and Societal Development
302(3)
Health and Social Position
305(3)
Other Worlds, Other Ways Congo: The Spread of AIDS in a Developing Nation
308(2)
Health-Care Systems in Cross-Cultural Perspective
310(2)
Personalistic Health-Care Systems
310(1)
Naturalistic Health-Care Systems
310(1)
Scientific Health-Care Systems
311(1)
Chinese Medicine
311(1)
Holistic Medicine
312(1)
The Social Structure of Health Care
312(5)
Seeking Health Care
312(1)
The Medical Profession
313(1)
Sociology of Media and Technology Practicing Medicine in Cyberspace
314
The Nursing Profession
313(2)
New Health-Care Practitioners
315(1)
Hospitals and the Corporatization of Health Care
315(2)
Issues in Health Care in the United States
317(4)
Rising Health-Care Costs
317(1)
Access to Medical Services
318(1)
Quality of Medical Services
318(1)
Gender Inequality in Health Care
319(2)
Financing Health Care in the United States
321(3)
Publicly Funded Health Insurance
321(1)
Employer-Financed Health Insurance
321(1)
Health Maintenance Organizations and Managed Care
322(1)
Health Care: A Privilege or a Right?
323(1)
Paying for Health Care in Other Nations: Canada and Sweden
323(1)
Sociology on the Internet
324(1)
Study & Review
324(5)
For Further Reading
329(1)
Religion
330(28)
Myths & Facts: About Religion
332(1)
What Is Religion?
333(1)
A Global Perspective: Religions of the World
334(3)
Judaism
334(1)
Christianity
334(1)
Islam
335(1)
Hinduism
335(1)
Buddhism
336(1)
Confucianism
336(1)
Diffusion of Religion
336(1)
Sociological Approaches to the Study of Religion
337(3)
Durkheim: A Functionalist Perspective
337(1)
Marx: A Conflict Perspective
338(1)
Weber: Religion and Social Change
339(1)
The Organization of Religion
340(1)
Religion in the United States
341(12)
Extent of Religiosity
341(1)
Other Worlds, Other Ways China, Iran, and Afghanistan: Religion and Political Change
342(1)
Socioeconomic Status and Politics
343(1)
Secularization
344(1)
Religious Pluralism
345(4)
Sociology of Media and Technology Mass Media, Cyberspace, and Religious Experience
349(1)
Applying Sociology Identifying Extremism in Religious Cults
350(3)
Sociology on the Internet
353(1)
Study & Review
353(4)
For Further Reading
357(1)
Education and the Mass Media
358(30)
Myths & Facts: About Education and the Mass Media
360(1)
A Global Perspective on Education
361(2)
Informal Education
361(1)
Colonization and Education
361(1)
Modernization and Education
362(1)
Sociological Perspectives on Education
363(4)
The Functionalist Perspective
363(1)
The Conflict Perspective
364(3)
The Interactionist Perspective
367(1)
Education in the United States
367(7)
A Historical View
367(1)
Schools as Bureaucracies
368(1)
Effectiveness of the Educational System
368(1)
Reforms and Trends
369(1)
Applying Sociology Evaluating Educational Innovations
370(3)
Higher Education
373(1)
Education, Communication, and the Mass Media
374(8)
Other Worlds, Other Ways Japan: Variations in Educational Institutions in Industrial Societies
375(1)
Emergence of the Mass Media
376(1)
Effects of the Mass Media
376(3)
Control of the Mass Media
379(1)
Sociology of Media and Technology Electronic Classrooms and Wired Schools
380(1)
The Global Mass Media: Neocolonization?
381(1)
Sociology on the Internet
382(1)
Study & Review
382(4)
For Further Reading
386(2)
Political and Economic Institutions
388(35)
Myths & Facts: About Political and Economic Institutions
390(1)
Politics, Power, and Authority
391(1)
Types of Authority
391(1)
State and Government
392(1)
Sociological Perspectives on Political and Economic Institutions
392(2)
The Functionalist Perspective
393(1)
The Conflict Perspective
393(1)
Types of Government
394(3)
Oligarchy and Totalitarianism
394(1)
Democracy
394(3)
Types of Economic Systems
397(2)
Capitalism
397(1)
Socialism
398(1)
Mixed Economies
399(1)
Who Rules in the United States?
399(2)
The Power Elite Model
399(1)
The Pluralist Model
400(1)
Assessment of the Models
400(1)
The U.S. Economy: Concentration and Change
401(5)
The Corporate Economy
401(1)
The Changing Labor Force
402(2)
Global Competition: Worker Dislocation and Unemployment
404(2)
The Global Political and Economic System
406(7)
Concentration and Inequality
407(1)
Other Worlds, Other Ways Nicaragua: Political and Economic Change in a Peripheral Nation
408(2)
Unemployment, Dislocation, and Resistance
410(2)
Applying Sociology Intervening in the Process of Economic Globalization
412(1)
Politics, the Economy, and the Mass Media
413(3)
Politics, Persuasion, and Propaganda
413(1)
Advertising
413(1)
Sociology of Media and Technology The Media and the Military in Wars
414(1)
Sociology on the Internet
415(1)
Study & Review
416(5)
For Further Reading
421(2)
PART V Human Ecology and Social Change
423(62)
Human Ecology: Population and Community
424(34)
Myths & Facts: About Population and Community
426(1)
The Study of Human Populations
427(2)
Elements of Demographic Change
427(2)
Population Composition: Age and Sex Structure
429(1)
World Population Growth
429(6)
The Demographic Transition
429(2)
The Extent of Overpopulation
431(1)
The Consequences of Overpopulation
432(2)
Controlling Population Growth
434(1)
Communities and Urbanization
435(6)
The Emergence of Cities
436(1)
Suburbanization
436(2)
The Postindustrial City
438(1)
Sociology of Media and Technology Technology and the Growth of Cities
439
A Global Perspective on Urbanization
438(4)
Other Worlds, Other Ways Peru, Kenya, Mexico: The Social Organization of Slums in Developing Nations
442
Urbanism as a Way of Life
441(3)
Urban Consciousness
441(2)
Urban Communities
443(1)
Urban Subcultures
444(1)
Urban Life: An Assessment
444(1)
Urban Ecology
444(3)
Urban Processes
445(1)
Urban Structures
445(2)
The Future of Cities in the United States
447(5)
Economic Decline
447(1)
Government Programs and Urban Renewal
447(2)
Private Investment
449(1)
Gentrification
449(1)
Applying Sociology Fear of Crime: Working to Improve the Quality of Urban Life
450(1)
Regional Planning and Cooperation
450(1)
Sociology on the Internet
451(1)
Study & Review
452(4)
For Further Reading
456(2)
Collective Behavior, Social Change, and Modernization
458(27)
Myths & Facts: About Collective Behavior and Social Change
460(1)
The Nature of Collective Behavior
461(8)
The Preconditions of Collective Behavior
461(1)
Rumors
462(1)
Mass Behavior
463(1)
Applying Sociology Preventing Urban Riots: The Los Angeles Riot in Retrospect
464(2)
Crowds
466(3)
Social Movements
469(3)
The Development of Social Movements
469(3)
Social Change
472(2)
Theories of Change
472
Other Worlds, Other Ways Afghanistan: The Social Roots of Terrorist Violence
470(4)
The Future: Global Modernization?
474(5)
Modernization in the Less Developed Nations
475(1)
Sociology of Media and Technology Technology, Modernization, and Globalization
476(2)
The United States: A Postindustrial Future?
478(1)
The Globalization of Labor
478(1)
Sociology on the Internet
479(1)
Study & Review
479(4)
For Further Reading
483(2)
Glossary485(6)
Bibliography491(24)
Answers to Cumulative Practice Tests515(2)
Name Index517(12)
Subject Index529

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