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Readings for Sociology

by: Massey, Garth

Readings for Sociology

by: Massey, Garth

ISBN 13:
9780393927009
ISBN 10:
0393927008
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 10/19/2005
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

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Summary

With 11 new articles and expanded coverage on race and inequality, the Fifth Edition ofReadings for Sociologyprovides students with engaging selections that reveal the complexities of our social world and help students think sociologically. New selections include articles by William Julius Williams, Mary C. Waters, Anthony Walton, Michael Burawoy, Russell Shorto, and Michael Messner, as well as new articles on globalization by James Watson, Robert Glennon, Robert Inglehart and Wayne Baker, and Paul Wapner. In addition, a wide range of classic essays by C. Wright Mills, Karl Marx, Max Weber, and others makeReadings for Sociologya comprehensive and balanced supplement to the introductory course.

Preface

To the Instructor

PART 1 THE STUDY OF SOCIOLOGY

Sociology as an Individual Pastime (from Invitation to Sociology)

(10)

Peter L. Berger

What sociology is and what sociologists do is not well understood by everyone, nor is the motivation for being a sociologist.

From The Sociological Imagination

(6)

C. Wright Mills

If we understand the social context and social processes around us we can better understand ourselves.

What Makes Sociology Different? (from The Rules of Sociological Method)

(8)

Emile Durkheim

More than the sum of its parts, society is real and can be studied usefully if we know how to see it for what it is.

Public Sociologies: Contradictions, Dilemmas, and Possibilities

(7)

Michael Burawoy

Sociological knowledge for whom? For what purpose. These are not easy questions to answer.

The My Lai Massacre: A Crime of Obedience? (from Crimes of Obedience: Toward a Social Psychology of Authority and Responsibility)

(19)

Herbert C. Kelman

V. Lee Hamilton

Was it madness and temporary insanity? Or were there social and circumstantial reasons for men to do the unthinkable?

Telling the Truth about Damned Lies and Statistics

(6)

Joel Best

We can't avoid statistics, so we need to become better consumers who can distinguish a fact from a fantasy.

Racism and Research: The Case of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study

(14)

Allan M. Brandt

Good science and ethical science should be our goals. Both are sadly missing in the research reported here.

PART 2 THE INDIVIDUAL, CULTURE, AND SOCIETY

Queer Customs (from Mirror for Man)

(8)

Clyde Kluckholm

What makes us think that our culture is normal and another person's is unusual or exotic?

Growing Up as a Fore Is to Be ``In Touch'' and Free

(7)

E. Richard Sorenson

Personal identity, commitment, trust, and independence are taught from our earliest moments.

Boyhood, Organized Sports, and the Construction of Masculinities

(16)

Michael A. Messner

The attraction of boys to organized sports is highly constructed and serves to provide more than a sense of what it is to be manly.

On Face-Work

104

(11)

Erving Goffman

Encounters, the presentation of who we are, and the communication of what we want, need, and can offer all begin with face work.

The Dynamics of Welfare Stigma

115

(15)

Robin Rogers-Dillon

Maintaining personal integrity in an environment of unspoken social criticism requires a set of interaction strategies all of us can appreciate.

My Secret Life as a Black Man

130

(6)

Anthony Walton

We all carry ``cultural markers'' that others use to define, evaluate, and interact with us, whether we like it or not.

Optional Ethnicities: For Whites Only?

136

(10)

Mary C. Waters

Many people can choose to identify with an ethnic group or nationality, but it doesn't really matter if they do or don't. For others who cannot choose, it matters a great deal.

Love and Race Caught in the Public Eye

146

(6)

Heidi Ardizzone

Earl Lewis

What is race? The answer may be as complex as the answer to another question: What is love?

McDonald's in Hong Kong: Consumerism, Dietary Change, and the Rise of a Children's Culture (from Golden Arches East)

152

(12)

James L. Watson

This examination of the cultural power of the West shows how people inventively use what others offer to fashion a life that works for them.

A Look Behind the Veil

164

(7)

Elizabeth W. Fernea

Robert A. Fernea

Others' practices may seem exotic or inexplicable, but close attention and an open mind can help reveal more than meets the eye.

The Code of the Street

171

(13)

Elijah Anderson

In a world that offers little hope, the ability to assert oneself and make a claim of who one is can take the form of ritualized challenges.

Go North, Young Man

184

(9)

Richard Rodriguez

Immigrants are the true revolutionaries; they integrate and assimilate while changing the very texture and meaning of the global society.

PART 3 STRUCTURES OF POWER

``Getting'' and ``Making'' a Tip (from Dishing It Out: Power and Resistance among Waitresses in a New Jersey Restaurant)

193

(9)

Greta Foff Paules

If we look carefully we can see a dynamic of power and influence in everyday situations.

Upward Mobility Through Sport?

202

(8)

D. Stanley Eitzen

A key ingredient in the American myth is that sports are an avenue to success. How true is this?

What Happened to the American Social Compact?

210

(8)

Robert B. Reich

Why is the divide between the affluent and everyone else widening? What can be done about it?

Manifesto of the Communist Party

218

(10)

Karl Marx

Friedrich Engels

In this famous pamphlet of 1849, Marx and Engels speak directly to working people about the way capitalism developed and affects both their working and nonworking lives.

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

228

(20)

Barbara Ehrenreich

Can people make ends meet in the low-wage job market? Millions of people are trying, and many are trying unsuccessfully.

Uses of the Underclass in America

248

(13)

Herbert J. Gans

Although countries such as Sweden and Norway have ended poverty, it persists in the United States, perhaps because in many ways it benefits those who are not poor.

From When Work Disappears: The World of the New Urban Poor

261

(6)

William Julius Wilson

It's easy to think that people without work have only themselves to blame, but obviously there is more to the story.

From Maid in the USA

267

(15)

Mary Romero

Participant observation and interviews uncover an unseen world of social relations, discrimination, and ordinary people trying to manage a decent life.

Size Does Count, at Least for French Fries: Minnesota's Straight River (from Water Follies: Groundwater Pumping and the Fate of America's Fresh Waters)

282

(8)

Robert Glennon

Corporate power often begins with a seemingly harmless, minor decision, but this power can ripple through the social landscape in many unanticipated ways.

The Rise and Fall of Mass Rail Transit (from Building American Cities: The Urban Real Estate Game)

290

(6)

Joe R. Feagin

Robert Parker

America's love affair with the automobile was greatly encouraged by those who stood to gain the most from the romance.

From the Panopticon to Disney World

296

(6)

Clifford D. Shearing

Phillip C. Stenning

Social order and orderly behavior depend on seen and unseen forms of social control.

The Saints and the Roughnecks

302

(14)

William J. Chambliss

Social standing and gender combine to raise questions about the dispensation of justice.

The Border Patrol State

316

(6)

Leslie Marmon Silko

Not everyone sees authority and its agents through the same eyes.

Police Accounts of Normal Force

322

(16)

Jennifer Hunt

Bureaucracies, including work settings, make rules. The workers---including the police---then go about recasting the rules to suit their own practices.

The Foundations of Third World Poverty (from Promises Not Kept: The Betrayal of Social Change in the Third World)

338

(9)

John Isbister

The worst problems faced by poor countries have a lot to do with the actions of rich countries, in the past and today.

PART 4 SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS

From The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism

347

(8)

Max Weber

Written in 1904-1905, Weber's thesis tries to make sense of the rise of industrial capitalism, his own era, and ours.

Love, Arranged Marriage, and the Indian Social Structure

355

(11)

Giri Raj Gupta

Which is better, marrying the one you love or loving the one you marry? Perhaps the answer depends on the society in which you live.

Shared Paternity

366

(5)

Kim A. McDonald

Several cherished values are challenged by anthropological evidence that seems to support a new theory of reproductive success.

Domestic Networks (from All Our Kin: Strategies for Survival in a Black Community)

371

(5)

Carol B. Stack

A ``good family'' may take many forms, only one of which is the husband-wife family that is often closed off from a wider network of social sharing and support.

The Emotional Geography of Work and Family Life (from The Time Bind: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work)

376

(14)

Arlie Russell Hochschild

Work becomes like family, while home and family look more like work. Is this the future?

Hanging Tongues: A Sociological Encounter with the Assembly Line

390

(9)

William E. Thompson

What looks like a good thing may become a carousel that won't stop and let you off.

The McDonald's System (from The McDonaldization of Society)

399

(7)

George Ritzer

The reshaping of the U.S. workforce has meant, above all else, the expansion of low-wage service work, with all the rational efficiency that can be devised.

Job on the Line

406

(12)

William M. Adler

One woman loses a job. Thousands of miles away another woman takes up the job. Is anyone better off?

Religious Community and American Individualism (from Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life)

418

(9)

Robert N. Bellah

Richard Madsen

William M. Sullivan

Ann Swidler

Steven M. Tipton

Belonging and believing do not necessarily go hand-in-hand for American worshippers.

Faith at Work

427

(14)

Russell Shorto

No longer confined to the church, the popularity of evangelical faith has meant an expansion of religious practices into secular institutions.

From Amish Society

441

(8)

John A. Hostetler

The Amish hold onto a simple lifestyle in order to sustain deeply held beliefs.

PART 5 SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE MODERN WORLD

Jihad vs. McWorld

449

(11)

Benjamin R. Barber

Global systems emphasizing rationality and technology are increasingly confronting local loyalties, faith, and intuition, with the winner yet undecided.

Modernization's Challenge to Traditional Values: Who's Afraid of Ronald McDonald?

460

(7)

Ronald Ingelhart

Wayne E. Baker

In dozens of countries, the World Values Survey has yielded sociologically valuable insights into both social change and the persistence of traditions.

Grassroots Activism: Mothers of East Los Angeles

467

(10)

Mary Pardo

Never underestimate the power of women who perceive a threat to their children.

Greenpeace and Political Globalism

477

(9)

Paul Wapner

Along with corporations and governments, many public, nonprofit organizations are international in scope and very active agents of social change.

Old Age as a Time of New Opportunities (from The Fountain of Age)

486

(14)

Betty Friedan

Older persons are seeking challenges and opportunities for growth they never imagined, with results that may surprise us all.

An Alternative to Globalization

500

(9)

Bill McKibben

There may be many paths out of poverty, but all of them require people having control over their lives.

Acknowledgments

509

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