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Sociology Making Sense of the Social World

by: Scott, BarBara Marliene; Schwartz, Mary Ann A.

Sociology Making Sense of the Social World

by: Scott, BarBara Marliene; Schwartz, Mary Ann A.

ISBN 13:
9780205395910
ISBN 10:
0205395910
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 08/01/2005
Publisher: Pearson

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Summary

This brief introduction to sociology featuresintegrated coverage of social stratification and inequality; the application of social change theory and examination of individuals and organizations who work for social change; and the inclusion of feminism as one of the major sociological paradigms.

Preface

xiii

About the Authors

xviii

An Introduction to Sociology

(26)

Agent of Change: Rahul Raj

(1)

The Sociological Imagination

(1)

Defining Sociology

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

(2)

Pre-and Nonscientific Ways of Looking at the World

(1)

Sociological Reflections: Sociology and the Other Social Sciences

(1)

The Development of Sociology

(1)

Searching the Internet: The Growth of Urbanization and Industrialization

(11)

Early Social Thinkers and Contributors to Sociological Knowledge

(3)

A Sociology of Sociology: Mainstreaming Missing and Neglected Scholars

(4)

American Sociology

(3)

Social Action, Social Policy, and Social Change

(1)

Looking toward the Future: Multiculturalism and Globalization

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Does Globalization Increase Poverty and Hunger?

(5)

Key Points to Remember

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Key People

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

(1)

For Further Reading

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

(1)

Internet Resources

(2)

Thinking and Working Sociologically

(26)

Agent of Change: Robert D. Bullard

(1)

The Link between Theory and Research

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Are Self-Regulation and Voluntary Compliance Effective Ways To Ensure A Safe Environment For All People

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

(1)

Thinking Sociologically: Theoretical Paradigms

(5)

Structural Functionalism

(2)

Conflict Theory

(2)

Interactionist Paradigm

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

(3)

Feminist Paradigms

(1)

Multiculturalism

(1)

Linking Theory and Research

(1)

Doing Sociology: The Research Process

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

(3)

Defining the Problem

(1)

Reviewing the Literature

(1)

Choosing a Research Design and Collecting Data

(2)

Searching the Internet: Recent Findings of Public Opinion Surveys on the War In Iraq

(4)

Analyzing the Data and Drawing Conclusions

(1)

Ethical Issues in the Conduct of Scientific Research

(1)

The Politics of Doing Sociology

(1)

Sociological Reflections: Ethical Dilemmas In Scientific Research

(1)

Looking toward the Future: Scientific Research

(4)

Research and Technology

(1)

Research and Diversity

(1)

The Trend toward Activist Research

(1)

Key Points to Remember

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Key People

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

(1)

For Further Reading

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

(1)

Internet Resources

(1)

Social Change, Collective Behavior, and Social Action

(26)

Agent of Change: Free Burma Coalition

(1)

Understanding Social Change

(2)

Theories of Social Change

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Human Cloning: Ethics, Politics, and Social Policies

(2)

Forces of Social Change

(1)

Searching the Internet: Financial Costs of Various Wars In 1990 Dollars

(1)

Collective Behavior, Social Action, and Social Change

(6)

Explaining Collective Behavior

(1)

Forms of Collective Behavior

(4)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

(1)

Social Movements

(5)

Explaining Social Movements

(2)

Types of Social Movements

(2)

Cultural Snapshot: The War in Iraq and Women's Rights

(1)

Resistance to Social Change

(1)

Looking toward the Future: Predicting Social Change

(5)

Key Points to Remember

(1)

Key Terms

(1)

Key People

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

(1)

For Further Reading

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

(1)

Internet Resources

(1)

The Dynamics of Social Behavior: Human Cultures

(36)

Agent of Change: Ngugi Wa Thiong'O

(2)

What Is Culture?

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

(1)

Components of Culture

(2)

The Symbolic Component

(2)

Sociological Reflections: George Bush and the Use of Religious Language To Justify the Iraq War

(4)

The Normative Component

(2)

The Cognitive Component

(1)

Searching the Internet: Death, Burial, and Culture

(4)

The Material Component

(1)

Understanding Other Cultures

(1)

Cultural Unity and Diversity

(1)

Diversity within Cultures

(1)

Cultural Snapshot: Food For Thought: Eating Habits Cross-Culturally

(4)

Subcultures

(1)

Countercultures

(1)

Cultural Relativity and Ethnocentrism

(1)

Multiculturalism versus Cultural Hegemony

100

(2)

Culture and Social Change

101

(1)

Globalization of Culture

101

(1)

Understanding Culture: Theoretical Perspectives of Culture

102

(1)

Conflict Perspective

102

(1)

Feminist Perspectives

103

(1)

Functional Perspective

103

(1)

Interactionist Perspective

103

(1)

Looking toward the Future: Politics versus the Viability of Culture

103

(1)

Culture Wars

104

(1)

Social Policy Debate: The Janet Jackson Bosom Debate and Media Regulation

104

(2)

Cultural Snapshot: The Marsh Arabs

106

(10)

Key Points to Remember

107

(1)

Key Terms

108

(1)

Key People

108

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

108

(1)

For Further Reading

108

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

109

(1)

Internet Resources

109

(7)

Social Structure, Groups, and Organizations

116

(22)

Agent of Change: Amnesty International

117

(2)

Understanding Social Structure

119

(1)

Status

119

(1)

Searching the Internet: Internet Dissenters

120

(1)

Agent of Change: One Man's Visions: Milton Mizenburg

121

(1)

Role

121

(1)

Cultural Snapshot: Widowhood and Loss of Status In India

122

(2)

Social Groups

124

(1)

Types of Groups

124

(1)

Sociological Reflections: High School Hazing

125

(4)

Social Networks

127

(1)

Group Dynamics: The Effects of Group Size

128

(1)

The Power of Groups: Conformity and Groupthink

128

(1)

Formal Organizations

129

(1)

Types of Formal Organizations

129

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

130

(1)

Bureaucracies

131

(2)

Characteristics of Bureaucracies

131

(1)

Bureaucratic Dysfunctions

132

(1)

Bureaucracy's Other Face: Informal Structures

133

(1)

Social Institutions

133

(1)

Looking toward the Future: Structural Trends

134

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Is The 2001 USA Patriot Act Good For America?

135

(3)

Key Points to Remember

136

(1)

Key Terms

136

(1)

Key People

136

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

136

(1)

For Further Reading

137

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

137

(1)

Internet Resources

137

(1)

Socialization: The Process of Becoming Human

138

(24)

Agent of Change: Strive National and Rob Carmona

139

(1)

The Meaning of Socialization

140

(2)

Becoming Human: The Nature--Nurture Debate

141

(1)

The Significance of Socialization

141

(1)

Understanding the Process of Socialization

142

(3)

Personality Development: Sigmund Freud

142

(1)

Cognitive Development: Jean Piaget

142

(1)

Moral Development: Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg

143

(1)

Gender Differences in Moral Development: Carol Gilligan

143

(1)

The Development of the Social Self

144

(1)

Agents of Socialization

145

(2)

Family

145

(1)

Peers

145

(1)

School

146

(1)

The Mass Media

146

(1)

Cultural Snapshot: The Problem with Bullies

147

(2)

Children and Reverse Socialization

149

(1)

The Impact of Race, Class, and Gender on Socialization

149

(1)

Racial/Ethnic/Biracial Socialization

149

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

150

(2)

Social Class Socialization

151

(1)

Gender Socialization

151

(1)

Socialization through the Life Course

152

(3)

Stages in the Life Course

153

(2)

Searching The Internet: Talking About the Issues: Parent/Child Communication

155

(1)

Desocialization, Resocialization, and Total Institutions

156

(1)

Looking toward the Future: Socialization Issues

156

(1)

The Digital Divide: Race/Ethnicity, Class, and Gender

156

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Do Juvenile Boot Camps Resocialize Adolescents?

157

(1)

Sociological Reflections: Becoming a ``Rat''

158

(4)

Deficit Parenting

158

(1)

Coping with Terrorist Threats

159

(1)

Key Points to Remember

160

(1)

Key Terms

160

(1)

Key People

160

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

160

(1)

For Further Reading

161

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

161

(1)

Internet Resources

161

(1)

Societies and Human Sexualities

162

(34)

Agent of Change: The Exotic Dancers Union

163

(2)

The Sociology of Human Sexuality

165

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

165

(1)

Cultural Snapshot: Human Sexuality Across Cultures

166

(1)

Human Sexuality across Time

167

(4)

Twentieth-Century Sexuality

168

(1)

Contemporary Sexual Attitudes and Behavior in the United States

169

(2)

Theories on Human Sexuality

171

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Does Abstience Make the Heart Grow Fonder?

172

(2)

The Social Construction of Human Sexuality

174

(2)

Sources of Sexual Learning

175

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

176

(4)

Sexual Identities

180

(6)

Measuring and Documenting Sexual Orientations

181

(1)

Heterosexualities

182

(1)

Homosexualities and Bisexualities

182

(3)

Transsexuality

185

(1)

The Exercise of Power through Coercive Sexuality

186

(2)

Sexual Assault: The Case of Rape

187

(1)

Searching the Internet: Rape and Sexual Assault

188

(2)

Agent of Change: Sharon Mitchell

190

(1)

Sexual Responsibility

191

(1)

Looking toward the Future: Issues Pertaining to Human Sexuality

192

(4)

Key Points to Remember

193

(1)

Key Terms

193

(1)

Key People

193

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

194

(1)

For Further Reading

194

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

195

(1)

Internet Resources

195

(1)

Deviance

196

(26)

Agents of Change: Professor David Protess and Student Volunteers At Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism

197

(1)

Understanding Deviance

198

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Should Capital Punishment Be Retained In the United States?

199

(3)

Norms

200

(1)

Time

200

(1)

Place

201

(1)

Actor

201

(1)

Audience

201

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

202

(1)

The Range and Variability of Deviance

202

(1)

Cultural Snapshot: Cannibalism

203

(1)

Forms of Deviance

203

(1)

Agent of Change: Operation Smile

204

(1)

Crime

204

(1)

Searching the Internet: Crime and Victimization In the United States

205

(4)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

209

(2)

Drugs

209

(1)

Deviance in Families

210

(1)

Becoming Deviant: Theoretical Perspectives

211

(5)

Individualistic Explanations for Deviance

211

(1)

Sociological Theories of Deviance

212

(4)

Deviance and Social Control

216

(1)

Looking toward the Future: New Forms of Deviance and Social Control

216

(1)

The Globalization of Crime

216

(1)

Living on the Outside: The Social Impact of a Growing Post-Prison Population

217

(2)

Sociological Reflections: Creative Sentencing

219

(3)

Key Points to Remember

219

(1)

Key Terms

220

(1)

Key People

220

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

220

(1)

For Further Reading

221

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

221

(1)

Internet Resources

221

(1)

Social Stratification: The Structure of Inequalities

222

(38)

Agents of Change: Maeza Ashenafi and Sara Longwe

223

(2)

The Study of Social Stratification: Defining Concepts

225

(1)

Social Stratification and Inequality: A Persistent Link

225

(1)

Social Differentiation and Social Inequality

225

(1)

Variations in Systems of Stratification and Inequality

226

(2)

Caste Systems of Inequality

226

(1)

Estate Systems of Inequality

226

(1)

Class Systems of Inequality

227

(1)

Theoretical Perspectives on Socioeconomic Stratification

228

(4)

A Conflict Perspective of Inequality: The Tradition of Karl Marx

229

(1)

The Tradition of Max Weber

230

(1)

Davis's and Moore's Functionalist View

231

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

232

(2)

Some Principles of Social Stratification: A Critique

232

(2)

Searching the Internet: Inheritable Wealth In the United States: the Source of Wealth of the Forbes 500

234

(1)

Socioeconomic Stratification and Inequality in the United States

235

(2)

The Distribution of Income and Wealth in the United States

235

(2)

Social Policy Debate: Does the United States Need A More Progressive Tax Structure?

237

(11)

The Distribution of Power and Prestige in the United States

242

(1)

The Class Structure and Accompanying Lifestyles

243

(5)

A Closer Look at Social Class in the United States

248

(2)

Social Mobility: Ideology and Actuality

249

(1)

The Distribution of Poverty

250

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

250

(5)

Explaining Poverty: Personal Trouble or Public Issue?

253

(2)

Global Stratification and Inequality

255

(1)

Global Inequality: Theoretical Perspectives

255

(1)

Looking toward the Future: Closing the Inequality Gap or More of the Same?

256

(4)

Waging War on Inequalities, Not on People

256

(1)

Key Points to Remember

257

(1)

Key Terms

258

(1)

Key People

258

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

258

(1)

For Further Reading

258

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

259

(1)

Internet Resources

259

(1)

Race, Ethnicity, and Structured Inequalities

260

(46)

Agent of Change: Susan Shown Harjo

261

(1)

Race, Ethnicity, and the Sociological Imagination

262

(1)

Racism as Ideology: Creating Racial, Ethnic, and Minority Groups

263

(3)

Race as a Biological Concept

263

(1)

Race and Ethnicity as Social Constructions

264

(2)

Sociological Reflections: Racial Formation and the U.S. Census Bureau

266

(3)

The Matter of Whiteness and Privilege

269

(1)

Whiteness

269

(1)

White Privilege

269

(1)

The Social Construction of a ``Minority'' and a ``Majority'' Group

270

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

270

(6)

Attitudes and Action: Prejudice, Racism, and Discrimination

271

(4)

The Declining or Inclining Significance of Race?

275

(1)

Affirmative Action or Reverse Discrimination?

276

(1)

Theories of Race and Ethnic Inequality

277

(2)

Social Psychological Theories

277

(1)

Social Structural Theories

278

(1)

Feminist Sociological Theory

278

(1)

Historical Patterns of Race and Ethnic Relations

279

(4)

Assimilation

279

(1)

Pluralism

279

(1)

Segregation

279

(1)

Subjugation and Extermination

280

(3)

Searching the Internet: Twenty-First-Century Slavery: A Modern Reality

283

(1)

The Social Construction of Race and Ethnicity in the United States

284

(1)

Agent of Change: Samantha Power

285

(15)

Native Americans

285

(4)

African Americans

289

(2)

Asian Americans

291

(3)

Latinas/os

294

(3)

European Americans

297

(2)

The Changing American Mosaic: Immigration and Diversity

299

(1)

Looking toward the Future: The Continuing Significance of Race, Ethnicity, and Racism as National and Global Issues

300

(6)

Key Points to Remember

302

(1)

Key Terms

303

(1)

Key People

303

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

303

(1)

For Further Reading

303

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

304

(1)

Internet Resources

304

(2)

Inequalities of Gender and Age

306

(28)

Agent of Change: Shirin Ebadi

307

(1)

Understanding Gender Stratification

308

(1)

Sociological Reflections: How Much Is A Corporate Wife Worth?

309

(1)

Distinguishing between Sex and Gender

309

(1)

Searching the Internet: Gender Stratification

310

(1)

Work and Gender in the United States

310

(4)

Labor Force Participation

310

(1)

Occupational Segregation and Concentration

311

(1)

The Gender Gap in Earnings

312

(1)

Explaining Gender Inequities in the Workplace

312

(2)

Consequences of the Gender Gap

314

(1)

Educational Inequities

314

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Should the United States Adopt Pay Equity Policies?

315

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

316

(1)

Gender and Political Structures

317

(2)

Cultural Snapshot: Trafficking In Women and Mass Rape

319

(2)

Sexual Harassment

320

(1)

Looking toward the Future: Gender Mainstreaming

321

(1)

Searching the Internet: Reports of Sexual Harassment: A Global View

321

(1)

Aging and Society

322

(1)

The Graying of America and the World

322

(2)

Agent of Change: Maggie Kuhn

Changing Age Norms

324

(1)

Sociological Reflections: 100 and Still Going Strong

325

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

326

(1)

America's Elderly

326

(2)

Race and Ethnicity

326

(1)

Gender and Marital Status

327

(1)

Aging and Poverty: Intersections of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender

327

(1)

Sociological Explanations of the Aging Process

328

(1)

Structural Functionalism

328

(1)

Symbolic Interactionism

329

(1)

Conflict Theory

329

(1)

Looking toward the Future: The Challenges of an Aging Population

329

(1)

The Rising Cost of Health Care and Prescription Drugs

329

(1)

A Changing Kinship Structure

330

(4)

Key Points to Remember

330

(1)

Key Terms

331

(1)

Key People

331

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

331

(1)

For Further Reading

332

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

332

(1)

Internet Resources

333

(1)

Marriages and Families: Intimacy in Social Life

334

(42)

Agent of Change: Marian Wright Edelman and the Children's Defense Fund

335

(1)

Contrasting Views of Families

336

(1)

Marriages and Families: Basic Concepts

337

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Advocates and Foes: The Debate Over Gay Marriage

338

(2)

Contemporary Family Forms

338

(2)

Searching the Internet: A Snapshot of America's Changing Families

340

(1)

Changing Fertility Patterns in the United States

340

(1)

Marriages and Families Cross-Culturally

341

(3)

Polygamy in the United States

341

(2)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

343

Cenogamy

342

(2)

Sociological Reflections: Mixed-Race Families In the United States

344

(2)

Cultural Snapshot: The Khasis of Meghalaya

346

(1)

Theoretical Views of Marriages and Families

347

(3)

Functionalist Theory

347

(2)

Conflict Theory

349

(1)

Symbolic Interaction Theory

350

(1)

Developing Intimate Relationships

350

(1)

Courtship and Marriage

350

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

350

(3)

The Parenting Decision

352

(1)

The Intersection of Work and Family

353

(4)

Work and Family Structures

353

(2)

The Impact of Changing Work/Family Patterns

355

(2)

Divorce

357

(3)

Socioeconomic Changes and Divorce

358

(1)

Marital Risk Factors, Marital Problems, and Divorce

359

Consequences of Divorce

259

(100)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

359

(1)

Single-Parent Families

360

(1)

Death of a Spouse

361

(1)

Death of a Parent, Child, and Sibling

362

(1)

Remarriage

362

(1)

Strengthening Marriages

362

(1)

Looking toward the Future: Confronting Family Violence and Economic Uncertainty

363

(2)

Violence: A Threat to the Mental and Physical Stability of Families

363

(2)

Economic Uncertainty: A Threat to Family Formation and Stability

365

(11)

Key Points to Remember

366

(1)

Key Terms

367

(1)

Key People

367

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

367

(1)

For Further Reading

368

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

368

(1)

Internet Resources

368

(8)

Religion and Education

376

(36)

Agent of Change: Reverend Michael Pfleger

377

(1)

The Interactive Influence of Religion and Education

378

(1)

The Meaning of Religion

379

(1)

Sociological Perspectives on Religion

379

(3)

The Functionalist Perspective

379

(1)

The Conflict Perspective

380

(1)

The Feminist Perspective

381

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Should Taxpayer Dollars Support Faith-Based Initiatives?

382

(1)

The Symbolic Interaction Perspective

382

(1)

Forms of Religious Organization

382

(4)

Churches

383

(2)

Sects

385

(1)

Cults (New Religious Movements)

385

(1)

Sociological Reflections: Symbols In Conflict

386

(1)

Religion in the Information Age

387

(1)

Religion in the United States and Europe

387

(1)

Religion and Politics

388

(1)

Looking toward the Future: The Growth of Fundamentalism(s) and the Rise of Religious Nationalism

389

(1)

The Growth of Fundamentalism(s)

389

(1)

Searching the Internet: Attitudes Regarding Religion and the Political Order

389

(1)

The Rise of Religious Nationalism

390

(1)

Education as a Social Institution

390

(1)

Education in the United States: Sociological Perspectives

391

(1)

The Consequences of Education: A Functionalist Perspective

391

(1)

Cultural Snapshot: Islamic Madrassas

392

(3)

Education and Social Inequality: A Conflict Perspective

393

(2)

Sociological Reflections: The Strange History of Educational Inequality: Remembering Brown Vs. Board of Education 50+ Years Later

395

(4)

Searching the Internet: The American Family Profile: The Intersections of Race and Gender In Institutions Of Higher Education

399

(1)

Education as Process: An Interaction Perspective

400

(1)

Feminist Perspectives

400

(1)

Challenges and Issues in Contemporary Education

400

(5)

Violence in Schools

401

(1)

Educational Reform

402

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

402

(2)

School Restructuring

404

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Making Things Better or Worse?: the No Child Left Behind Act

405

(3)

Looking toward the Future: Meeting New Educational Challenges in Changing Times---Reform or New Forms?

408

(4)

Key Points to Remember

409

(1)

Key Terms

410

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

410

(1)

For Further Reading

410

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

411

(1)

Internet Resources

411

(1)

The Economy, Work, and Politics

412

(34)

Agents of Change: Cesar Chavez, Dolores Huerta, and the United Farm Workers

413

(2)

Types of Economic Systems

415

(3)

Capitalism

415

(1)

Socialism

416

(1)

Mixed Economies

417

(1)

Assessing Capitalism and Socialism

417

(1)

Cultural Snapshot: Changing Lifestyles: Russia's New ``Mall Rats''

418

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Should the Government Restrict the Corporate Practice Of Offshoring?

419

(2)

The Underground Economy

420

(1)

The Emergence of Global Capitalism: Benefits and Costs

421

(3)

The Unprecedented Wealth and Power of Transnational Corporations

421

(1)

The Two Faces of Transnational Corporations

421

(3)

The Meaning of Work

424

(1)

The Relationship between Work and Society

424

(1)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

424

(5)

The Changing Nature of Work

425

(2)

Unions and Labor-Management Relationships

427

(2)

The Nature of Power and Authority

429

(1)

Searching the Internet: Facts on Child Labor

429

(1)

Agents of Change: Eli Pariser and Moveon.Org

430

(3)

Types of Authority

431

(1)

Models of Power and Authority

431

(2)

Applying the Sociological Imagination

433

(2)

The Disenfranchised

433

(1)

Who Votes in America?

434

(1)

Types of Political Systems

435

(1)

Agent of Change: ``Granny D''

436

(2)

Democracy

437

(1)

Monarchy

437

(1)

Authoritarianism

437

(1)

Totalitarianism

438

(1)

Militarism and the Military

438

(1)

The Changing Face of Today's Military

438

(1)

Sociological Reflections: the Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal

439

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Should the United States Reinstitute the Draft?

440

(2)

Looking toward the Future: Globalization--Progressive Transformation or Violent Backlash?

442

(4)

Key Points to Remember

442

(1)

Key Terms

443

(1)

Key People

443

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

444

(1)

For Further Reading

444

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

444

(1)

Internet Resources

445

(1)

Health, Wellness, and the Delivery of Health Care: National and International Concerns

446

(36)

Agent of Change: Doctors Without Borders

447

(2)

Defining Concepts

449

(1)

Indicators of Health and Wellness

449

(1)

Searching the Internet: Indicators Of Health, By World Areas, 2004

450

(1)

The Social Construction of Health and Wellness

450

(2)

The Medicalization of Health and Illness

451

(1)

Sociological Perspectives of Health and Wellness

452

(1)

The Structural Functionalist Perspective

452

(1)

Sociological Reflections: Is Religion Good For Your Health?

453

(3)

The Conflict Perspective

454

(1)

Feminist Perspectives

455

(1)

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

455

(1)

Factors Affecting Health and Wellness in the United States

456

(6)

Race and Health

456

(1)

Class and Health

456

(1)

Gender and Health

457

(1)

Sexual Orientation and Health

458

(1)

Disabilities and Health

459

(1)

Intersectionalities: Race, Class, Gender, Sexual Orientation, and Disabilities

460

(1)

Problems of Access to and Utilization of Health Care Systems

460

(2)

Mental Health and Disorders in the United States

462

(2)

Health and Wellness: Global Perspectives

464

(1)

Water and Sanitation Issues

464

(1)

The Emergence and Reemergence of Infectious Diseases

464

(1)

Agent of Change: Ryan's Well

465

(5)

Current Issues in the U.S. Health Care System

470

(4)

The High Cost of Health Care

470

(2)

Malpractice and Defensive Medicine

472

(1)

The Role of Alternative Medicine

473

(1)

Death and Dying

474

(2)

The Process of Dying

474

(1)

The Hospice Movement

475

(1)

Social Policy Debate: Whose Life Is It?

476

(1)

Looking toward the Future: The Challenge of Keeping the World's Population Healthy

477

(5)

Globalization of Infectious Diseases

478

(1)

The Impact of Changing Demographics on Health and Wellness

478

(1)

Key Points to Remember

479

(1)

Key Terms

479

(1)

Key People

479

(1)

Questions for Review and Discussion

480

(1)

For Further Reading

480

(1)

Sociology through Literature and Film

480

(1)

Internet Resources

481

(1)

Epilogue Social Action: By Whom? Social Change: For Whom?

482

(8)

Agent of Change: Project South: Institute For the Elimination of Poverty and Genocide

483

(2)

Introduction

485

(1)

Social Action: By Whom?

486

(1)

Social Change: For Whom?

486

(1)

A Macro Perspective: Traditional and Modern Societies

486

(1)

A Micro Perspective: Individuals and Groups within Society

487

(1)

Responding to Social Change: Convergence, Conflict, or . . .

487

(1)

The Future World Order

487

(1)

Final Thoughts: Social Change and You

488

(1)

Looking toward the Future: Taking Action for Social Change

489

(1)

Glossary

490

(7)

References

497

(27)

Author Index

524

(7)

Subject Index

531

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