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Sociology in Our Times : The Essentials (with InfoTrac)

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Copyright: 02/23/2005
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Part One: STUDYING SOCIETY AND SOCIAL LIFE. 1. The Sociological Perspective and Research Process. 2. Culture. 3. Socialization. Part Two: SOCIAL GROUPS AND SOCIAL CONTROL. 4. Social Structure and Interaction in Everyday Life. 5. Groups and Organizations. 6. Deviance and Crime. Part Three: SOCIAL INEQUALITY. 7. Global Stratification. 8. Class and Stratification in the United States. 9. Race and Ethnicity. 10. Sex and Gender. Part Four: SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS. 11. Families and Intimate Relationships. 12. Education and Religion. 13. Politics and the Economy in Global Perspective. 14. Health, Health Care and Disability. Part Five: SOCIAL DYNAMICS AND SOCIAL CHANGE. 15. Population and Urbanization. 16. Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Social Change.

Part 1 Studying Society and Social Life

The Sociological Perspective and Research Process

(39)

Putting Social Life into Perspective

(4)

Why Study Sociology?

(1)

The Sociological Imagination

(1)

The Importance of a Global Sociological Imagination

(2)

Comparing Sociology with Other Social Sciences

(2)

The Development of Sociological Thinking

(7)

Early Thinkers: A Concern with Social Order and Stability

(4)

Differing Views on the Status Quo: Stability Versus Change

(2)

The Beginnings of Sociology in the United States

(1)

Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives

(6)

Functionalist Perspectives

(2)

Conflict Perspectives

(2)

Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives

(1)

Postmodern Perspectives

(1)

The Sociological Research Process

(9)

The ``Conventional'' Research Model

(7)

A Qualitative Research Model

(1)

Research Methods

(5)

Survey Research

(2)

Secondary Analysis of Existing Data

(1)

Field Research

(1)

Experiments

(1)

Ethical Issues in Sociological Research

(3)

Resources on the Internet

(2)

Culture

(36)

Culture and Society in a Changing World

(6)

Material Culture and Nonmaterial Culture

(3)

Cultural Universals

(1)

Components of Culture

(9)

Symbols

(2)

Language

(4)

Values

(1)

Norms

(2)

Technology, Cultural Change, and Diversity

(6)

Cultural Change

(1)

Cultural Diversity

(3)

Culture Shock

(1)

Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism

(1)

A Global Popular Culture?

(2)

High Culture and Popular Culture

(1)

Forms of Popular Culture

(1)

Sociological Analysis of Culture

(6)

Functionalist Perspectives

(1)

Conflict Perspectives

(1)

Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives

(1)

Postmodernist Perspectives

(4)

Culture in the Future

(3)

Resources on the Internet

(2)

Socialization

(32)

Why Is Socialization Important Around the Globe?

(5)

Human Development: Biology and Society

(2)

Problems Associated with Social Isolation and Maltreatment

(2)

Social Psychological Theories of Human Development

(4)

Freud and the Psychoanalytic Perspective

(1)

Piaget and Cognitive Development

(1)

Kohlberg and the Stages of Moral Development

(1)

Gilligan's View on Gender and Moral Development

(1)

Sociological Theories of Human Development

(4)

Cooley and the Looking-Glass Self

(1)

Mead and Role-Taking

(2)

Recent Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives

(1)

Agents of Socialization

(6)

The Family

(2)

The School

(2)

Peer Groups

(1)

Mass Media

(1)

Gender and Racial--Ethnic Socialization

(2)

Socialization Through the Life Course

(3)

Infancy and Childhood

(1)

Adolescence

(1)

Adulthood

100

(1)

Late Adulthood and Ageism

101

(1)

Resocialization

102

(1)

Voluntary Resocialization

102

(1)

Involuntary Resocialization

102

(1)

Socialization in the Future

103

(3)

Resources on the Internet

106

(2)

Part 2 Social Groups and Social Control

Social Structure and Interaction in Everyday Life

108

(34)

Social Structure: The Macrolevel Perspective

110

(2)

Components of Social Structure

112

(11)

Status

112

(4)

Roles

116

(4)

Groups

120

(1)

Social Institutions

121

(2)

Societies: Changes in Social Structure

123

(3)

Durkheim: Mechanical and Organic Solidarity

123

(1)

Tonnies: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft

124

(1)

Industrial and Postindustrial Societies

124

(2)

Social Interaction: The Microlevel Perspective

126

(10)

Social Interaction and Meaning

126

(1)

The Social Construction of Reality

127

(2)

Ethnomethodology

129

(1)

Dramaturgical Analysis

129

(2)

The Sociology of Emotions

131

(2)

Nonverbal Communication

133

(3)

Changing Social Structure and Interaction in the Future

136

(4)

Resources on the Internet

140

(2)

Groups and Organizations

142

(32)

Social Groups

144

(5)

Groups, Aggregates, and Categories

145

(1)

Types of Groups

146

(3)

Group Characteristics and Dynamics

149

(7)

Group Size

150

(1)

Group Leadership

151

(1)

Group Conformity

152

(2)

Groupthink

154

(2)

Formal Organizations in Global Perspective

156

(11)

Types of Formal Organizations

157

(1)

Bureaucracies

157

(5)

Shortcomings of Bureaucracies

162

(4)

Bureaucracy and Oligarchy

166

(1)

Alternative Forms of Organization

167

(3)

Organizational Structure in Japan

167

(3)

Organizations in the Future

170

(2)

Resources on the Internet

172

(2)

Deviance and Crime

174

(38)

What Is Deviance?

176

(4)

Who Defines Deviance?

177

(1)

What Is Social Control?

178

(2)

Functionalist Perspectives on Deviance

180

(3)

What Causes Deviance, and Why Is It Functional for Society?

180

(1)

Strain Theory: Goals and Means to Achieve Them

181

(1)

Opportunity Theory: Access to Illegitimate Opportunities

182

(1)

Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives on Deviance

183

(3)

Differential Association Theory and Differential Reinforcement Theory

183

(1)

Control Theory: Social Bonding

184

(1)

Labeling Theory

185

(1)

Conflict Perspectives on Deviance

186

(3)

Deviance and Power Relations

186

(1)

Deviance and Capitalism

187

(1)

Feminist Approaches

188

(1)

Approaches Focusing on Race, Class, and Gender

189

(1)

Postmodernist Perspectives on Deviance

189

(2)

Crime Classifications and Statistics

191

(9)

How the Law Classifies Crime

191

(1)

How Sociologists Classify Crime

191

(4)

Crime Statistics

195

(1)

Terrorism and Crime

196

(1)

Street Crimes and Criminals

196

(3)

Crime Victims

199

(1)

The Criminal Justice System

200

(6)

The Police

200

(1)

The Courts

201

(2)

Punishment and Corrections

203

(3)

Deviance and Crime in the United States in the Future

206

(1)

The Global Criminal Economy

207

(3)

Resources on the Internet

210

(2)

Part 3 Social Inequality

Global Stratification

212

(34)

What Is Social Stratification?

214

(1)

Global Systems of Stratification

214

(7)

Slavery

217

(2)

The Caste System

219

(1)

The Class System

220

(1)

Wealth and Poverty in Global Perspective

221

(2)

Problems in Studying Global Inequality

223

(2)

The ``Three Worlds'' Approach

223

(1)

The Levels of Development Approach

224

(1)

Classification of Economies by Income

225

(4)

Low-Income Economies

225

(2)

Middle-Income Economies

227

(1)

High-Income Economies

228

(1)

Measuring Global Wealth and Poverty

229

(1)

Absolute, Relative, and Subjective Poverty

229

(1)

The Gini Coefficient and Global Quality of Life Issues

229

(1)

Global Poverty and Human Development Issues

230

(3)

Life Expectancy

230

(2)

Health

232

(1)

Education and Literacy

232

(1)

Persistent Gaps in Human Development

233

(1)

Theories of Global Inequality

233

(7)

Development and Modernization Theory

233

(2)

Dependency Theory

235

(2)

World Systems Theory

237

(1)

The New International Division of Labor Theory

238

(2)

Global Inequality in the Future

240

(4)

Resources on the Internet

244

(2)

Social Class in the United States

246

(30)

Income and Wealth Differences in the United States

248

(5)

Comparing Income and Wealth

248

(1)

Distribution of Income and Wealth

249

(4)

Classical Perspectives on Social Class

253

(4)

Karl Marx: Relationship to the Means of Production

253

(2)

Max Weber: Wealth, Prestige, and Power

255

(2)

Contemporary Sociological Models of the U.S. Class Structure

257

(7)

The Weberian Model of the U.S. Class Structure

257

(4)

The Marxian Model of the U.S. Class Structure

261

(3)

Consequences of Inequality

264

(2)

Physical Health, Mental Health, and Nutrition

264

(1)

Housing

265

(1)

Education

265

(1)

Poverty in the United States

266

(4)

Who Are the Poor?

267

(2)

Economic and Structural Sources of Poverty

269

(1)

Solving the Poverty Problem

269

(1)

Sociological Explanations of Social Inequality in the United States

270

(2)

Functionalist Perspectives

270

(1)

Conflict Perspectives

270

(1)

Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives

271

(1)

U.S. Stratification in the Future

272

(3)

Resources on the Internet

275

(1)

Race and Ethnicity

276

(34)

Race and Ethnicity

278

(4)

The Social Significance of Race and Ethnicity

278

(2)

Racial Classifications and the Meaning of Race

280

(1)

Dominant and Subordinate Groups

281

(1)

Prejudice

282

(2)

Stereotypes

282

(1)

Racism

283

(1)

Theories of Prejudice

283

(1)

Discrimination

284

(2)

Sociological Perspectives on Race and Ethnic Relations

286

(6)

Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives

286

(1)

Functionalist Perspectives

287

(1)

Conflict Perspectives

288

(2)

An Alternative Perspective: Critical Race Theory

290

(2)

Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States

292

(13)

Native Americans

292

(2)

White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (British Americans)

294

(1)

African Americans

294

(5)

White Ethnic Americans

299

(1)

Asian Americans

300

(2)

Latinos/as (Hispanic Americans)

302

(2)

Middle Eastern Americans

304

(1)

Global Racial and Ethnic Inequality in the Future

305

(4)

Worldwide Racial and Ethnic Struggles

305

(1)

Growing Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the United States

306

(3)

Resources on the Internet

309

(1)

Sex and Gender

310

(34)

Sex: The Biological Dimension

312

(4)

Hermaphrodites/Transsexuals

314

(1)

Sexual Orientation

314

(2)

Gender: The Cultural Dimension

316

(3)

The Social Significance of Gender

318

(1)

Sexism

318

(1)

Gender Stratification in Historical and Contemporary Perspective

319

(6)

Hunting and Gathering Societies

319

(1)

Horticultural and Pastoral Societies

319

(2)

Agrarian Societies

321

(1)

Industrial Societies

322

(1)

Postindustrial Societies

323

(2)

Gender and Socialization

325

(6)

Parents and Gender Socialization

325

(1)

Peers and Gender Socialization

326

(1)

Teachers, Schools, and Gender Socialization

327

(2)

Sports and Gender Socialization

329

(1)

Mass Media and Gender Socialization

329

(1)

Adult Gender Socialization

330

(1)

Contemporary Gender Inequality

331

(4)

Gendered Division of Paid Work

331

(2)

Pay Equity (Comparable Worth)

333

(2)

Paid Work and Family Work

335

(1)

Perspectives on Gender Stratification

335

(5)

Functionalist and Neoclassical Economic Perspectives

335

(2)

Conflict Perspectives

337

(1)

Feminist Perspectives

337

(3)

Gender Issues in the Future

340

(2)

Resources on the Internet

342

(2)

Part 4 Social Institutions

Families and Intimate Relationships

344

(32)

Families in Global Perspective

346

(6)

Family Structure and Characteristics

347

(3)

Marriage Patterns

350

(1)

Patterns of Descent and Inheritance

351

(1)

Power and Authority in Families

351

(1)

Residential Patterns

352

(1)

Theoretical Perspectives on Families

352

(3)

Functionalist Perspectives

353

(1)

Conflict and Feminist Perspectives

354

(1)

Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives

354

(1)

Postmodernist Perspectives

355

(1)

Developing Intimate Relationships and Establishing Families

355

(6)

Love and Intimacy

355

(2)

Cohabitation and Domestic Partnerships

357

(1)

Marriage

358

(1)

Housework and Child-Care Responsibilities

358

(3)

Child-Related Family Issues and Parenting

361

(5)

Deciding to Have Children

361

(1)

Adoption

361

(1)

Teenage Pregnancies

362

(1)

Single-Parent Households

363

(1)

Two-Parent Households

364

(1)

Remaining Single

364

(2)

Transitions and Problems in Families

366

(6)

Family Transitions Based on Age and the Life Course

366

(1)

Family Violence

367

(1)

Children in Foster Care

368

(1)

Elder Abuse

368

(2)

Divorce

370

(1)

Remarriage

371

(1)

Family Issues in the Future

372

(2)

Resources on the Internet

374

(2)

Education and Religion

376

(32)

An Overview of Education and Religion

378

(1)

Sociological Perspectives on Education

379

(9)

Functionalist Perspectives on Education

380

(3)

Conflict Perspectives on Education

383

(3)

Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives on Education

386

(2)

Problems in Education

388

(5)

Unequal Funding of Public Schools

388

(1)

School Violence

388

(2)

Dropping Out

390

(1)

Racial Segregation and Resegregation

390

(2)

Class, Race, and Social Reproduction in Higher Education

392

(1)

Religion in Historical Perspective

393

(3)

Religion and the Meaning of Life

393

(1)

Religion and Scientific Explanations

394

(2)

Sociological Perspectives on Religion

396

(4)

Functionalist Perspectives on Religion

396

(1)

Conflict Perspectives on Religion

397

(2)

Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives on Religion

399

(1)

Types of Religious Organization

400

(3)

Ecclesia

400

(1)

The Church---Sect Typology

400

(1)

Cults

401

(2)

Trends in Religion in the United States

403

(1)

Education and Religion in the Future

404

(2)

Resources on the Internet

406

(2)

Politics and the Economy in Global Perspective

408

(38)

Politics, Power, and Authority

410

(4)

Power and Authority

411

(2)

Ideal Types of Authority

413

(1)

Political Systems in Global Perspective

414

(4)

Monarchy

414

(2)

Authoritarianism

416

(1)

Totalitarianism

416

(2)

Democracy

418

(1)

Perspectives on Power and Political Systems

418

(4)

Functionalist Perspectives: The Pluralist Model

419

(1)

Conflict Perspectives: Elite Models

420

(2)

The U.S. Political System

422

(4)

Political Parties and Elections

422

(1)

Political Participation and Voter Apathy

423

(1)

Governmental Bureaucracy

424

(2)

Economic Systems in Global Perspective

426

(7)

Preindustrial, Industrial, and Postindustrial Economies

426

(1)

Capitalism

427

(5)

Socialism

432

(1)

Mixed Economies

433

(1)

Work in the Contemporary United States

433

(7)

Professions

434

(2)

Other Occupations

436

(1)

Contingent Work

437

(1)

Unemployment

437

(1)

Labor Unions and Worker Activism

438

(1)

Employment Opportunities for Persons with a Disability

439

(1)

Politics and the Economy in the Future

440

(3)

Resources on the Internet

443

(3)

Health, Health Care, and Disability

446

(32)

Health in Global Perspective

448

(3)

Health in the United States

451

(5)

Social Epidemiology

452

(1)

Lifestyle Factors

453

(3)

Health Care in the United States

456

(9)

The Rise of Scientific Medicine and Professionalism

456

(1)

Medicine Today

457

(1)

Paying for Medical Care in the United States

458

(2)

Paying for Medical Care in Other Nations

460

(3)

Social Implications of Advanced Medical Technology

463

(1)

Holistic Medicine and Alternative Medicine

464

(1)

Sociological Perspectives on Health and Medicine

465

(5)

A Functionalist Perspective: The Sick Role

465

(1)

A Conflict Perspective: Inequalities in Health and Health Care

466

(1)

A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: The Social Construction of Illness

467

(2)

A Postmodernist Perspective: The Clinical Gaze

469

(1)

Disability

470

(4)

Sociological Perspectives on Disability

472

(1)

Social Inequalities Based on Disability

472

(2)

Health Care in the Future

474

(3)

Resources on the Internet

477

(1)

Part 5 Social Dynamics and Social Change

Population and Urbanization

478

(34)

Demography: The Study of Population

480

(6)

Fertility

480

(3)

Mortality

483

(1)

Migration

484

(1)

Population Composition

484

(2)

Population Growth in Global Context

486

(4)

The Malthusian Perspective

487

(1)

The Marxist Perspective

487

(1)

The Neo-Malthusian Perspective

488

(1)

Demographic Transition Theory

488

(1)

Other Perspectives on Population Change

489

(1)

A Brief Glimpse at International Migration Theories

490

(2)

Urbanization in Global Perspective

492

(2)

Emergence and Evolution of the City

492

(1)

Preindustrial Cities

492

(1)

Industrial Cities

493

(1)

Postindustrial Cities

494

(1)

Perspectives on Urbanization and the Growth of Cities

494

(8)

Functionalist Perspectives: Ecological Models

495

(2)

Conflict Perspectives: Political Economy Models

497

(2)

Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives: The Experience of City Life

499

(3)

Problems in Global Cities

502

(1)

Urban Problems in the United States

503

(3)

Divided Interests: Cities, Suburbs, and Beyond

503

(2)

The Continuing Fiscal Crises of the Cities

505

(1)

Population and Urbanization in the Future

506

(3)

Resources on the Internet

509

(3)

Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Social Change

512

(31)

Collective Behavior

514

(12)

Conditions for Collective Behavior

514

(2)

Dynamics of Collective Behavior

516

(2)

Distinctions Regarding Collective Behavior

518

(1)

Types of Crowd Behavior

518

(2)

Explanations of Crowd Behavior

520

(2)

Mass Behavior

522

(4)

Social Movements

526

(4)

Types of Social Movements

528

(1)

Stages in Social Movements

529

(1)

Social Movement Theories

530

(5)

Relative Deprivation Theory

530

(1)

Value-Added Theory

530

(1)

Resource Mobilization Theory

531

(1)

Social Constructionist Theory: Frame Analysis

531

(2)

New Social Movement Theory

533

(2)

Social Change in the Future

535

(6)

The Physical Environment and Change

535

(1)

Population and Change

536

(1)

Technology and Change

536

(1)

Social Institutions and Change

537

(2)

A Few Final Thoughts

539

(2)

Resources on the Internet

541

(2)

Glossary

543

(8)

References

551

(16)

Photo Credits

567

(2)

Name Index

569

(8)

Subject Index

577

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