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Brief Table of Contents Part I The Sociological Perspective Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective Chapter 2 Culture Chapter 3 SocializationChapter 4 Social Structure and Social Interaction Part II Social Groups and Social Control Chapter 5 Social Groups and Formal OrganizationsChapter 6 Deviance and Social Control Part III Social Inequality Chapter 7 Global Stratification Chapter 8 Social Class in the United StatesChapter 9 Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity Chapter 10 Inequalities of Gender and Age Part IV Social Institutions Chapter 11 Politics and the Economy Chapter 12 Marriage and Family Chapter 13 Education and Religion Part V Social Change Chapter 14 Population and Urbanization Chapter 15 Social Change: Technology, Social Movements, and the Environment Full Table of Contents Part I The Sociological Perspective Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective Seeing the Broader Social ContextOrigins of Sociology Tradition Versus Science Auguste Comte and Positivism Herbert Spencer and Social Darwinism Karl Marx and Class Conflict Emile Durkheim and Social Integration Max Weber and the Protestant EthicSexism in Early Sociology Attitudes of the Time Harriet Martineau and Early Social ResearchSociology in North America Early History: The Tension Between Social Reform and Sociological Analysis Jane Addams and Social Reform Down-to-Earth Sociology: Early North American Sociology: Du Bois and Race Relations W. E. B. Du Bois and Race Relations Talcott Parsons and C. Wright Mills: Theory Versus Reform The Continuing Tension and the Rise of Applied Sociology Down-to-Earth Sociology: Careers in Sociology: What Applied Sociologists Do Down-to-Earth Sociology: Capturing Sadaam Hussein: A Surprising Example of Applied SociologyTheoretical Perspectives in Sociology Symbolic Interactionism Functional Analysis Conflict Theory Levels of Analysis: Macro and Micro Putting the Theoretical Perspectives Together How Theory and Research Work TogetherDoing Sociological Research A Research Model Down-to-Earth Sociology: Enjoying a Sociology Quiz-Sociological Findings Versus Common SenseResearch Methods Surveys Down-to-Earth Sociology: Loading the Dice: How Not to Do Research Participant Observation (Fieldwork) Secondary Analysis Documents Experiments Unobtrusive MeasuresEthics in Sociological Research Protecting the Subjects: The Brajuha Research Misleading the Subjects: The Humphreys Research Values in Sociological ResearchSummary and Review 2 CultureWhat Is Culture? Culture and Taken-for-Granted Orientations to Life Practicing Cultural Relativism Cultural Diversity Around the World: You Are What You Eat? An Exploration in Cultural RelativityComponents of Symbolic Culture Gestures Language Down-to-Earth Sociology: Emoticons: "Written Gestures" for Expressing Yourself Online Cultural Diversity in the United States: Miami-Language in a Changing City Language and Perception: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Cultural Diversity in the United States: Race and Language: Searching for Self- Labels Values, Norms, and Sanctions Folkways and MoresMany Cultural Worlds Subcultures CounterculturesValues in U.S. Society An Overview of U.S. Values Mass Media in Social Life: Why Do Native Americans Like Westerns? Value Clusters Value Contradictions and Social Change Emerging Values Culture Wars: When Values Clash Values as Blinders "Ideal" Versus "Real" CultureTechnology in the Global Village The New Technology Cultural Lag and Cultural Change Technology and Cultural LevelingSummary and Review 3 SocializationWhat Is Human Nature? Feral Children Isolated Children Institutionalized Children Down-to-Earth Sociology: Heredity or Environment? The Case of Oskar and Jack, Identical Twins Deprived AnimalsSocialization into the Self and Mind Cooley and the Looking-Glass Self Mead and Role-Taking Piaget and the Development of Reasoning Global Aspects of the Self and ReasoningLearning Personality and Emotions Freud and the Development of Personality Socialization into Emotions Cultural Diversity Around the World: Do You See What I See?: Eastern and Western Ways of Perceiving and Thinking Society Within Us: The Self and Emotions as Social ControlSocialization into Gender Gender Messages in the Family Gender Messages From Peers Gender Messages in the Mass MediaAgents of Socialization The Family Mass Media in Social Life: From Xena, Warrior Princess, to Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: Changing Images of Women in the Mass Media The Neighborhood Religion Day Care The School and Peer Groups Cultural Diversity in the United States: Caught Between Two Worlds The WorkplaceResocialization Total Institutions Down-to-Earth Sociology: Boot Camp as a Total InstitutionSocialization Through the Life Course Childhood (From Birth to About Age 12) Adolescence (Ages 13-17) Transitional Adulthood (Ages 18-29) The Middle Years (Ages 30-65) The Older Years (About 65 on)Are We Prisoners of Socialization?Summary and Review 4 Social Structure and Social InteractionLevels of Sociological Analysis Macrosociology and MicrosociologyThe Macrosociological Perspective: Social Structure Down-to-Earth Sociology: College Football as Social Structure Culture Social Class Social Status Roles Groups Social Institutions Societies-and Their Transformations Biotech Society: Is a New Type of Society Emerging? Sociology and the New Technology: "So, You Want to Be Yourself?" Cloning in the Coming Biotech Society What Holds Society Together? Cultural Diversity in the United States: The Amish: Gemeinschaft Community in a Gesellschaft SocietyThe Microsociological Perspective: Social Interaction in Everyday Life Stereotypes in Everyday Life Personal Space Down to Earth Sociology: Beauty May Be Only Skin Deep, But Its Effects Go On Forever: Stereotypes in Everyday Life Dramaturgy: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Mass Media in Social Life: You Can't Be Thin Enough: Body Images and the Mass Media Ethnomethodology: Uncovering Background Assumptions The Social Construction of Reality Social Interaction on the InternetThe Need for Both Macrosociology and Microsociology Sociology and the New Technology: When Worlds Collide: Virtual Reality and the Real World Through the Author's Lens: When a Tornado Strikes Summary and Review Part IISocial Groups and Social Control 5 Social Groups and Formal OrganizationsSocial Groups Primary Groups Secondary Groups In-Groups and Out-Groups Reference Groups Social Networks Down-to-Earth Sociology: Facebooking: The Lazy (But Efficient) Way to Meet Friends A New Group: Electronic CommunitiesBureaucracies The Characteristics of Bureaucracies Cultural Diversity in the United States: How Our Own Social Networks Perpetuate Social Inequality The Perpetuation of Bureaucracies The Rationalization of Society Coping with Bureaucracies Down-to-Earth Sociology: The McDonaldization of SocietyWorking for the Corporation Stereotypes and the "Hidden" Corporate Culture Thinking Critically: Managing Diversity on the Workplace U.S. and Japanese CorporationsGroup Dynamics Effects of Group Size on Stability and Intimacy Effects of Group Size on Attitudes and Behavior Leadership The Power of Peer Pressure: The Asch Experiment The Power of Authority: The Milgram Experiment Thinking Critically: If Hitler Asked You to Execute a Stranger, Would You? The Milgram Experiment Global Consequences of Group Dynamics: GroupthinkSummary and Review 6 Deviance and Social ControlWhat Is Deviance? Cultural Diversity Around the World: Human Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective How Norms Make Social Life Possible Sanctions Thinking Critically: Is It Rape, or Is It Marriage? A Study in Culture Clash Competing Explanations of Deviance: Sociobiology, Psychology, and SociologyThe Symbolic Interactionist PerspectiveDifferential Association Theory Control Theory Labeling TheoryThe Functionalist Perspective Can Deviance Really Be Functional for Society? Strain Theory: How Social Values Produce Deviance Illegitimate Opportunity Structures: Social Class and Crime Down-to-Earth Sociology: Islands in the Street: Urban Gangs in the United StatesThe Conflict Perspective Class, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System Power and Inequality The Law as an Instrument of OppressionReactions to Deviance Street Crime and Prisons Thinking Critically: "Three Strikes and You're Out!": Unintended Consequences of Well-Intended Laws The Decline in Crime Recidivism The Death Penalty and Bias Down-to-Earth Sociology: The Killer Next Door: Serial Murderers in Our Midst Legal Change Thinking Critically: Changing Views: Making Hate a Crime The Medicalization of Deviance: Mental Illness The Homeless Mentally Ill The Need for a More Humane ApproachSummary and Review Part III Social Inequality 7 Global StratificationSystems of Social Stratification Slavery Mass Media in Social Life: What Price Freedom? Slavery Today Caste Class Global Stratification and the Status of FemalesWhat Determines Social Class? Karl Marx: The Means of Production Max Weber: Property, Prestige, and PowerWhy Is Social Stratification Universal? The Functionalist Perspective: Motivating Qualified People The Conflict Perspective: Class Conflict and Scarce Resources Lenski's SynthesisHow Do Elites Maintain Stratification? Ideology Versus ForceComparative Social Stratification Social Stratification in Great Britain Social Stratification in the Former Soviet UnionGlobal Stratification: Three Worlds The Most Industrialized Nations The Industrializing Nations Thinking Critically: Open Season: Children as Prey The Least Industrialized Nations Through the Author's Lens: The Dump PeopleHow Did the World's Nations Become Stratified? Colonialism World System Theory Thinking Critically: When Globalization Comes Home: Maquiladores South of the Border Culture of Poverty Evaluating the TheoriesMaintaining Global Stratification Neocolonialism Multinational Corporations Technology and Global Domination A Concluding NoteSummary and Review 8 Social Class in the United StatesWhat Is Social Class? Property (Wealth) Power Prestige Down-to-Earth Sociology: How the Super-Rich Live Status InconsistencySociological Models of Social Class Down-to-Earth Sociology: The Big Win: Life After the Lottery Updating Marx Updating Weber Social Class in the Automobile IndustryConsequences of Social Class Family Life Education Religion Politics Physical Health Mental Health Thinking Critically: Mental Illness and Inequality in Health CareSocial Mobility Three Types of Social Mobility Cultural Diversity in the United States: Social Class and the Upward Mobility of African Americans Women in Studies of Social Mobility The New Technology and Fears of the FuturePoverty Drawing the Poverty Line Who Are the Poor? Down-to Earth Sociology: Exploring Myths About the Poor Children of Poverty Thinking Critically: The Nation's Shame: Children in Poverty The Dynamics of Poverty Welfare Reform Why Are People Poor? Where Is Horatio Alger? The Social Functions of a MythSummary and Review 9 Inequalities of Race and EthnicityLaying the Sociological Foundation Race: Myth and Reality Ethnic Groups Cultural Diversity in the United States: Tiger Woods and the Emerging Multiracial Identity: Mapping New Ethnic Terrain Minority and Dominant Groups Down-to-Earth Sociology: Can a Plane Ride Change Your Race? How People Construct Their Racial-Ethnic Identity Learning Prejudice Individual and Institutional DiscriminationTheories of Prejudice Psychological Perspectives Sociological PerspectivesGlobal Patterns of Intergroup Relations Genocide Population Transfer Internal Colonialism Segregation Assimilation Multiculturalism (Pluralism)Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States Cultural Diversity in the United States and Around the World: "You Can Work for Us, But You Can't Live Near Us" European Americans Latinos Down-to-Earth Sociology: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack: Exploring Cultural Privilege African Americans Thinking Critically: Reparations for Slavery: Justice or Foolishness? Down-to-Earth Sociology: Stealth Racism in the Rental Market: What You Reveal by Your Voice Asian Americans Native AmericansLooking Toward the Future The Immigration Debate Cultural Diversity in the United States: Glimpsing the Future: The Shifting U.S. Racial-Ethnic Mix Affirmative Action Toward a True Multicultural SocietySummary and Review 10 Inequalities of Gender and AgeInequalities of GenderIssues of Sex and Gender Gender Differences in Behavior: Biology or Culture? Through the Author's Lens: Gender and Work: Women at Work in India Opening the Door to Biology How Females Became a Minority Group The Origins of Patriarchy Cultural Diversity Around the World: "Psst. You Wanna Buy a Bride?" China in TransitionGender Inequality in the United States Fighting Back: The Rise of Feminism Gender Inequality in Education Down-to-Earth Sociology: The Gender Gap in Math and Science: A National Debate Gender Inequality in Health Care Gender Inequality in the Workplace Down-to-Earth Sociology: Cold-Hearted Surgeons and Their Women Victims Sexual Harassment-And Worse Gender and Violence Cultural Diversity Around the World: Female CircumcisionThe Changing Face of Politics Glimpsing the Future-with HopeInequalities of AgingAging in Global Perspective The Social Construction of Aging Industrialization and the Graying of the Globe The Graying of AmericaThe Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Ageism: The Concept Shifting Meanings of Growing Old The Influence of the Mass Media Mass Media in Social Life: Shaping Our Perceptions of the ElderlyThe Functionalist Perspective Disengagement Theory Activity Theory Continuity TheoryThe Conflict Perspective Social Security Legislation Intergenerational ConflictLooking Toward the Future Thinking Critically: How Long Do You Want to Live? Approaching MethuselahSummary and Review Part IV Social Institutions 11 Politics and the EconomyPolitics: Establishing LeadershipPower, Authority, and Violence Authority and Legitimate Violence Traditional Authority Rational-Legal Authority Charismatic Authority The Transfer of AuthorityTypes of Government Monarchies: The Rise of the State Democracies: Citizenship as a Revolutionary Idea Dictatorships and Oligarchies: The Seizure of PowerThe U.S. Political System Political Parties and Elections Voting Patterns Lobbyists and Special-Interest GroupsWho Rules the United States? The Functionalist Perspective: Pluralism The Conflict Perspective: The Power Elite Which View Is Right?War and Terrorism: Ways of Implementing Political Objectives War Down-to-Earth Sociology: Prisoner Abuse at Abu Ghraib: A Normal Event Terrorism The Economy: Work in the Global VillageThe Transformation of Economic Systems Preindustrial Societies: The Birth of Inequality Industrial Societies: The Birth of the Machine Postindustrial Societies: The Birth of the Information Age Down-to-Earth Sociology: Is Big Brother Knocking on the Door? CivilLiberties and Homeland Security Down-to-Earth Sociology: Your Author Is a Suspect! Biotech Societies: The Merger of Biology and Economics Implications for Your Life Ominous Trends in the United States Through the Author's Lens: Small TownUSA World Economic Systems Capitalism Socialism Ideologies of Capitalism and Socialism Criticisms of Capitalism and Socialism The Convergence of Capitalism and SocialismCapitalism in a Global Economy Corporate Capitalism Multinational Corporations A New World Order? Cultural Diversity Around the World: Doing Business in the Global VillageSummary and Review 12 Marriage and FamilyMarriage and Family in Global Perspective What Is a Family? Common Cultural ThemesMarriage and Family in Theoretical Perspective The Functionalist Perspective: Functions and Dysfunctions The Conflict Perspective: Gender and Power Thinking Critically: The Second Shift-Strains and Strategies The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Gender and HouseworkThe Family Life Cycle Love and Courtship in Global Perspective Cultural Diversity Around the World: East Is East and West Is West: Love and Arranged Marriage in India Marriage Childbirth and Child Rearing Family Transitions in Later LifeDiversity in U.S. Families African American Families Latino Families Asian American Families Native American Families Single-Parent Families Families Without Children Blended Families Gay and Lesbian FamiliesTrends in U.S. Families Postponing Marriage and Childbirth Cohabitation Unmarried Mothers Down-to-Earth Sociology: "You Want Us to Live Together? What Do You Mean By That?" Grandparents as Parents The Sandwich Generation and Elder CareDivorce and Remarriage Problems in Measuring Divorce Children of Divorce Down-to-Earth Sociology: "What Are Your Chances of Getting Divorced?" Grandchildren of Divorce The Absent Father and Serial Fatherhood The Ex-Spouses RemarriageTwo Sides of Family Life The Dark Side of Family Life: Battering, Child Abuse, and Incest Down-to-Earth Sociology: "Why Doesn't She Just Leave?" The Dilemma of Abused Women The Bright Side of Family Life: Successful MarriagesThe Future of Marriage and FamilySummary and Review 13 Education and ReligionEducation: Transferring Knowledge and SkillsEducation in Global Perspective Education and Industrialization Education in the Most Industrialized Nations: Japan Down-to-Earth Sociology: Community Colleges: Challenges Old and New Education in the Industrializing Nations: Russia Education in the Least Industrialized Nations: EgyptThe Functionalist Perspective: Providing Social Benefits Teaching Knowledge and Skills Cultural Transmission of Values Social Integration Down-to-Earth Sociology: Home Schooling: The Search for Quality and Values GatekeepingThe Conflict Perspective: Perpetuating Social Inequality The Hidden Curriculum Tilting the Tests: Discrimination by IQ Stacking the Deck: Unequal FundingThe Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Fulfilling Teacher Expectations The Rist Research How Do Teacher Expectations Work?Problems in U.S. Education-And Their Solutions Problems: Mediocrity and Violence Solutions: Safety and Standards Thinking Critically: Breaking Through the Barriers: Restructuring the ClassroomReligion: Establishing MeaningWhat Is Religion?The Functionalist Perspective Functions of Religion Down-to-Earth Sociology: Religion and Health: What We Know and Don't Know Dysfunctions of ReligionThe Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Religious Symbols Down-to-Earth Sociology: Terrorism and the Mind of God Rituals and Beliefs Religious ExperienceThe Conflict Perspective Opium of the People A Legitimation of Social InequalitiesReligion and the Spirit of CapitalismTypes of Religious Groups Cult Sect Church Ecclesia Variations in PatternsReligion in the United States Characteristics of Members Characteristics of Religious Groups Secularization and the Splintering of U.S. ChurchesThe Future of ReligionSummary and Review Part V Social Change 14 Population and UrbanizationPopulation in Global PerspectiveA Planet with No Space to Enjoy Life? The New Malthusians The Anti-Malthusians Who Is Correct? Why Are People Starving?Population Growth Down-to-Earth Sociology: How the Tsunami Can Help Us to Understand Population Growth Why the Least Industrialized Nations Have So Many Children Implications of Different Rates of Growth The Three Demographic Variables Problems in Forecasting Population Growth Cultural Diversity Around the World: Killing Little Girls: An Ancient and Thriving PracticeUrbanizationThe Development of Cities Through the Author's Lens: A Walk Through El Tiro The Process of Urbanization U.S. Urban Patterns From Country to City Down-to-Earth Sociology: Reclaiming Harlem: "It Feeds My Soul" The Rural Rebound Models of Urban GrowthCity Life Alienation and Community Who Lives in the City? Urban Sentiment: Finding a Familiar World The Norm of Noninvolvement and the Diffusion of ResponsibilityUrban Problems and Social Policy Suburbanization Down-to-Earth Sociology: Urban Fear and the Gated Fortress Disinvestment and Deindustrialization The Potential of Urban RevitalizationSummary and Review 15 Social Change: Technology, Social Movements, and the EnvironmentHow Social Change Transforms Social Life The Four Social Revolutions From Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft Capitalism, Modernization, and Industrialization Conflict, Power, and Global PoliticsTheories and Processes of Social Change Cultural Evolution Natural Cycles Conflict over Power Ogburn's TheoryHow Technology Changes Society The Cutting Edge of Change: The Computer Cyberspace and Social InequalitySocial Movements as a Source of Social Change Down-to-Earth Sociology: The Coming Star Wars Types of Social Movements Propaganda and the Mass Media Down-to-Earth Sociology: "Tricks of the Trade"-Deception and Persuasion in Propaganda The Stages of Social Movements Thinking Critically: Which Side of the Barricades? Prochoice and Prolife as a Social MovementThe Growth Machine Versus the Earth Environmental Problems in the Most Industrialized Nations Down-to-Earth Sociology: Corporations and Big Welfare Bucks: How to Get Paid to Pollute Environmental Problems in the Industrializing and Least Industrialized Nations The Environmental Movement Thinking Critically: Ecosabotage Cultural Diversity Around the World: The Rain Forests: Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge Environmental SociologySummary and Review Glossary Suggested Readings References Name Index Subject Index Optional Online Chapters (Available on MySocLab)The Sociology of Human SexualityHealth and Medicine
