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Table of Contents
I. THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE.
1.The Sociological Perspective.
The Sociological Perspective.
Sociology and the Other Sciences.
Origins of Sociology.
The Role of Vaues in Social Research.
Verstehen and Social Facts.
Sexism in Early Sociology.
Sociology in North America.
Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology.
Trends Shaping the Future of Sociology.
2.Culture.
What Is Culture?
Components of Symbolic Culture.
Miami—Language in a Changing City.
Values in U.S. Society.
Cultural Universals.
Technology in the Global Village.
3.Socialization.
What Is Human Nature?
Socialization Into the Self, Mind, and Emotions.
Socialization into Gender.
Agents of Socialization.
Resocialization.
Socialization through the Life Course.
Are We Prisoners of Socialization?
4.Social Structure and Social Interaction.
Levels of Sociological Analysis.
The Macrosociological Perspective: Social Structure.
Social Institutions.
The Microsociological Perspective: Social Interaction in Everyday Life.
The Need for Both Macrosociology and Microsociology.
5.How Sociologists Do Research.
What Is a Valid Sociological Topic?
Common Sense and the Need for Sociological Research.
A Research Model.
Research Methods.
Gender in Sociological Research.
Ethics in Sociological Research.
How Research and Theory Work Together.
II. SOCIAL GROUPS AND SOCIAL CONTROL.
6.Societies to Social Networks.
Social Groups and Societies.
The Transformation of Societies.
Groups within Society.
Group Dynamics.
7.Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations.
The Rationalization of Society.
Formal Organizations and Bureaucracy.
Voluntary Associations.
Careers in Bureaucracies.
Humanizing the Corporate Culture.
Myths and Realities of the Japanese Corporate Model.
8.Deviance and Social Control.
Gaining a Sociological Perspective on Deviance.
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective.
The Functionalist Perspective.
The Conflict Perspective.
The Need for Multiple Theories.
Reactions to Deviance.
The Need for a More Humane Approach.
III. SOCIAL INEQUALITY.
9.Global Stratification.
What Is Social Stratification?
Systems of Social Stratification.
What Determines Social Class?
Why Is Social Stratification Universal?
How Do Elites Maintain Stratification?
Comparative Social Stratification.
Global Stratification: Three Worlds.
How the World's Nations Became Stratified.
Maintaining Global Stratification.
A Concluding Note.
10.Social Class in the United States.
What Is Social Class?
Sociological Models of Social Class.
Consequences of Social Class.
Social Mobility.
Poverty.
11.Sex and Gender.
Issues of Sex and Gender.
Gender Inequality in Global Perspective.
How Females Became a Minority Group.
Gender Inequality in the United States.
Gender Inequality in the Workplace.
Gender and Violence.
The Changing Face of Politics.
Glimpsing the Future—with Hope.
12.Race and Ethnicity.
Laying the Sociological Foundation.
Theories of Prejudice.
Global Patterns of Intergroup Relations.
Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States.
Looking Toward the Future.
13.The Elderly.
Aging in Global Perspective.
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective.
The Functionalist Perspective.
The Conflict Perspective.
Problems of Dependency.
The Sociology of Death and Dying.
Looking Toward the Future.
IV. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
14.The Economy.
The Transformation of Economic Systems.
The Transformation of the Medium of Exchange.
World Economic Systems.
The Functionalist View of the Globalization of Capitalism.
The Conflict View of the Globalization of Capitalism.
Work in U.S. Society.
The Future: Facing the Consequences of Global Capitalism.
15.Politics.
Micropolitics and Macropolitics.
Power, Authority, and Violence.
Types of Government.
The U.S. Political System.
Who Rules the United States?
War and Terrorism: Means to Implement Political Objectives.
A New World Order?
16.The Family.
Marriage and Family in Global Perspective.
Marriage and Family in Theoretical Perspective.
The Family Life Cycle.
Diversity in U.S. Families.
Trends in U.S. Families.
Divorce and Remarriage.
Two Sides of Family Life.
The Future of Family Life.
17.Education.
The Development of Modern Education.
Education in Global Perspective.
The Functionalist Perspective: Education's Social Benefits.
The Conflict Perspective: How Education Reproduces the Social Class Structure.
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Teacher Expectations and the Self-Fulfilling Prophecy.
Problems in U.S. Education—and Their Solutions.
18.Religion.
What Is Religion?
The Functionalist Perspective.
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective.
The Conflict Perspective.
Religion and the Spirit of Capitalism.
The World's Major Religions.
Types of Religious Groups.
Characteristics of Religion in the United States.
The Future of Religion.
The Mass Media in Social Life: God on the Net: The Online Marketing of Religion.
19.Medicine.
Sociology and the Study of Medicine.
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective.
The Functionalist Perspective.
The Conflict Perspective.
Historical Patterns of Health.
Issues in Health Care.
Threats to Health.
The Search for Alternatives.
V. COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS.
20.Population and Urbanization.
Population in Global Perspective.
A Planet with No Space to Enjoy Life?
Population Growth.
Urbanization.
Models of Urban Growth.
City Life.
Urban Problems and Social Policy.
21.Collective Behavior and Social Movements.
Collective Behavior.
Early Explanations: The Transformation of the Individual.
The Contemporary View: The Rationality of the Crowd.
Forms of Collective Behavior.
Social Movements.
Types and Tactics of Social Movements.
Why People Join Social Movements.
On the Success and Failure of Social Movements.
22.Social Change and the Environment.
How Social Change Transforms Society.
Theories and Processes of Social Change.
How Technology Changes Society.
The Growth Machine versus the Earth.
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