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| Genre/Form: | Textbooks |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Diana Elizabeth Kendall |
| ISBN: | 9780495813910 0495813915 9780495905103 0495905100 9780495904328 0495904325 |
| OCLC Number: | 377662189 |
| Description: | xxiii, 741 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm |
| Contents: | Studying Society and Social Life -- The Sociological Perspective and Research Process -- Putting Social Life into Perspective -- Why Study Sociology? -- The Sociological Imagination -- The Importance of a Global Sociological Imagination -- The Development of Sociological Thinking -- Early Thinkers: A Concern with Social Order and Stability -- Differing Views on the Status Quo: Stability Versus Change -- The Beginnings of Sociology in the United States -- Contemporary Theoretical Perspectives -- Functionalist Perspectives -- Conflict Perspectives -- Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives -- Postmodern Perspectives -- The Sociological Research Process -- The "Conventional" Research Model -- A Qualitative Research Model -- Research Methods -- Survey Research -- Secondary Analysis of Existing Data -- Field Research -- Experiments -- Ethical Issues in Sociological Research -- Culture -- Culture and Society in a Changing World -- Material Culture and Nonmaterial Culture -- Cultural Universals -- Components of Culture -- Symbols -- Language -- Values -- Norms -- Technology, Cultural Change, and Diversity -- Cultural Change -- Cultural Diversity -- Culture Shock -- Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism -- A Global Popular Culture? -- High Culture and Popular Culture -- Forms of Popular Culture -- Sociological Analysis of Culture -- Functionalist Perspectives -- Conflict Perspectives -- Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives -- Postmodernist Perspectives -- Culture in the Future -- Socialization -- Why Is Socialization Important Around the Globe? -- Human Development: Biology and Society -- Problems Associated with Social Isolation and Maltreatment -- Social Psychological Theories of Human Development -- Freud and the Psychoanalytic Perspective -- Piaget and Cognitive Development -- Kohlberg and the Stages of Moral Development -- Gilligan's View on Gender and Moral Development -- Sociological Theories of Human Development -- Cooley and the Looking-Glass Self -- Mead and Role-Taking -- Recent Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives -- Agents of Socialization -- The Family -- The School -- Peer Groups -- Mass Media -- Gender and Racial /Ethnic Socialization -- Socialization Through the Life Course -- Childhood -- Adolescence -- Adulthood -- Late Adulthood and Ageism -- Resocialization -- Voluntary Resocialization -- Involuntary Resocialization -- Socialization in the Future -- Social Groups and Social Control -- Social Structure and Interaction in Everyday Life -- Social Structure: The Macrolevel Perspective -- Components of Social Structure -- Status -- Roles -- Groups -- Social Institutions -- Societies: Changes in Social Structure -- Durkheim: Mechanical and Organic Solidarity -- Tonnies: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft -- Industrial and Postindustrial Societies -- Social Interaction: The Microlevel Perspective -- Social Interaction and Meaning -- The Social Construction of Reality -- Ethnomethodology -- Dramaturgical Analysis -- The Sociology of Emotions -- Nonverbal Communication -- Changing Social Structure and Interaction in the Future -- Groups and Organizations -- Social Groups -- Groups, Aggregates, and Categories -- Types of Groups -- Group Characteristics and Dynamics -- Group Size -- Group Leadership -- Group Conformity -- Groupthink -- Formal Organizations in Global Perspective -- Types of Formal Organizations -- Bureaucracies -- Problems of Bureaucracies -- Bureaucracy and Oligarchy -- Alternative Forms of Organization -- Organizational Structure in Japan -- Organizations in the Future -- Deviance and Crime -- What Is Deviance? -- Who Defines Deviance? -- What Is Social Control? -- Functionalist Perspectives on Deviance -- What Causes Deviance, and Why Is It Functional for Society? -- Strain Theory: Goals and Means to Achieve Them -- Opportunity Theory: Access to Illegitimate Opportunities -- Conflict Perspectives on Deviance -- Deviance and Power Relations -- Deviance and Capitalism -- Feminist Approaches -- Approaches Focusing on Race, Class, and Gender -- Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives on Deviance -- Differential Association Theory and Differential Reinforcement Theory -- Control Theory: Social Bonding -- Labeling Theory -- Postmodernist Perspectives on Deviance -- Crime Classifications and Statistics -- How the Law Classifies Crime -- Other Crime Categories -- Crime Statistics -- Terrorism and Crime -- Street Crimes and Criminals -- Crime Victims -- The Criminal Justice System -- The Police -- The Courts -- Punishment and Corrections -- Deviance and Crime in the United States in the Future -- The Global Criminal Economy -- Social Inequality -- Class and Stratification in the United States -- What Is Social Stratification? -- Systems of Stratification -- Slavery -- The Caste System -- The Class System -- Classical Perspectives on Social Class -- Karl Marx: Relationship to the Means of Production -- Max Weber: Wealth, Prestige, and Power -- Contemporary Sociological Models of the U.S. Class Structure -- The Weberian Model of the U.S. Class Structure -- The Marxian Model of the U.S. Class Structure -- Inequality in the United States -- Distribution of Income and Wealth -- Consequences of Inequality Poverty in the United States -- Who Are the Poor? -- Economic and Structural Sources of Poverty -- Solving the Poverty Problem -- Sociological Explanations of Social Inequality in the United States -- Functionalist Perspectives -- Conflict Perspectives -- Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives -- U.S. Stratification in the Future -- Global Stratification -- Wealth and Poverty in Global Perspective -- Problems in Studying Global Inequality -- The "Three Worlds" Approach -- The Levels of Development Approach -- Classification of Economies by Income -- Low-Income Economies -- Middle-Income Economies -- High-Income Economies -- Measuring Global Wealth and Poverty -- Absolute, Relative, and Subjective Poverty -- The Gini Coefficient and Global Quality-of-Life Issues -- Global Poverty and Human Development Issues -- Life Expectancy -- Health -- Education and Literacy -- Persistent Gaps in Human Development -- Theories of Global Inequality -- Development and Modernization Theory -- Dependency Theory -- World Systems Theory -- The New International Division of Labor Theory -- Global Inequality in the Future -- Race and Ethnicity -- Race and Ethnicity -- The Social Significance of Race and Ethnicity -- Racial Classifications and the Meaning of Race -- Dominant and Subordinate Groups -- Prejudice -- Stereotypes -- Racism -- Theories of Prejudice -- Discrimination -- Sociological Perspectives on Race and Ethnic Relations -- Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives -- Functionalist Perspectives -- Conflict Perspectives -- An Alternative Perspective: Critical Race Theory -- Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States -- Native Americans -- White Anglo-Saxon Protestants (British Americans) -- African Americans -- White Ethnic Americans -- Asian Americans -- Latinos /as (Hispanic Americans) -- Middle Eastern Americans -- Global Racial and Ethnic Inequality in the Future -- Worldwide Racial and Ethnic Struggles -- Growing Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the United States -- Sex and Gender -- Sex: The Biological Dimension -- Hermaphrodites /Transsexuals -- Sexual Orientation -- Gender: The Cultural Dimension -- The Social Significance of Gender -- Sexism -- Gender Stratification in Historical and Contemporary Perspective -- Hunting and Gathering Societies -- Horticultural and Pastoral Societies -- Agrarian Societies -- Industrial Societies -- Postindustrial Societies -- Gender and Socialization -- Parents and Gender Socialization -- Peers and Gender Socialization -- Teachers, Schools, and Gender Socialization -- Sports and Gender Socialization -- Mass Media and Gender Socialization -- Adult Gender Socialization -- Contemporary Gender Inequality -- Gendered Division of Paid Work -- Pay Equity (Comparable Worth) -- Paid Work and Family Work -- Perspectives on Gender Stratification -- Functionalist and Neoclassical Economic Perspectives -- Conflict Perspectives -- Feminist Perspectives -- Gender Issues in the Future -- Social Institutions -- Families and Intimate Relationships -- Families in Global Perspective -- Family Structure and Characteristics -- Marriage Patterns -- Patterns of Descent and Inheritance -- Power and Authority in Families -- Residential Patterns -- Theoretical Perspectives on Families -- Functionalist Perspectives -- Conflict and Feminist Perspectives -- Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives -- Postmodernist Perspectives -- Developing Intimate Relationships and Establishing Families -- Love and Intimacy -- Cohabitation and Domestic Partnerships -- Marriage -- Housework and Child-Care Responsibilities -- Child-Related Family Issues and Parenting -- Deciding to Have Children -- Adoption -- Teenage Pregnancies -- Single-Parent Households -- Two-Parent Households -- Remaining Single -- Transitions and Problems in Families -- Family Transitions Based on Age and the Life Course -- Family Violence -- Children in Foster Care -- Elder Abuse -- Divorce -- Remarriage -- Family Issues in the Future -- Education and Religion -- An Overview of Education and Religion -- Sociological Perspectives on Education -- Functionalist Perspectives on Education -- Conflict Perspectives on Education -- Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives on Education -- Problems Within Elementary and Secondary Schools -- Unequal Funding of Public Schools -- School Violence -- Dropping Out -- Racial Segregation and Resegregation -- Opportunities and Challenges in Colleges and Universities -- Opportunities and Challenges in Community Colleges 361 Opportunities and Challenges in Four-Year Colleges and Universities -- The Soaring Cost of a College Education -- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Enrollment -- Religion in Historical Perspective -- Religion and the Meaning of Life -- Religion and Scientific Explanations -- Sociological Perspectives on Religion -- Functionalist Perspectives on Religion -- Conflict Perspectives on Religion -- Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives on Religion Types of Religious Organization -- Ecclesia -- The Church-Sect Typology -- Cults -- Trends in Religion in the United States -- Education and Religion in the Future -- Politics and the Economy in Global Perspective -- Politics, Power, and Authority -- Power and Authority -- Ideal Types of Authority -- Political Systems in Global Perspective -- Monarchy -- Authoritarianism -- Totalitarianism -- Democracy -- Perspectives on Power and Political Systems -- Functionalist Perspectives: The Pluralist Model -- Conflict Perspectives: Elite Models -- The U.S. Political System -- Political Parties and Elections -- Political Participation and Voter Apathy -- Governmental Bureaucracy -- Economic Systems in Global Perspective -- Preindustrial, Industrial, and Postindustrial Economies -- Capitalism -- Socialism -- Mixed Economies -- Work in the Contemporary United States -- Professions -- Other Occupations -- Contingent Work -- Unemployment -- Labor Unions and Worker Activism -- Employment Opportunities for Persons with a Disability -- Politics and the Economy in the Future -- Health, Health Care, and Disability -- Health in Global Perspective -- Health in the United States -- Social Epidemiology -- Lifestyle Factors -- Health Care in the United States -- The Rise of Scientific Medicine and Professionalism -- Medicine Today -- Paying for Medical Care in the United States -- Paying for Medical Care in Other Nations -- Social Implications of Advanced Medical Technology -- Holistic Medicine and Alternative Medicine -- Sociological Perspectives on Health and Medicine -- A Functionalist Perspective: The Sick Role -- A Conflict Perspective: Inequalities in Health and Health Care -- A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: The Social Construction of Illness -- A Postmodernist Perspective: The Clinical Gaze -- Disability -- Sociological Perspectives on Disability -- Social Inequalities Based on Disability -- Health Care in the Future -- Social Dynamics and Social Change -- Population and Urbanization -- Demography: The Study of Population -- Fertility -- Mortality -- Migration -- Population Composition -- Population Growth in Global Context -- The Malthusian Perspective -- The Marxist Perspective -- The Neo-Malthusian Perspective -- Demographic Transition Theory -- Other Perspectives on Population Change -- A Brief Glimpse at International Migration Theories -- Urbanization in Global Perspective -- Emergence and Evolution of the City -- Preindustrial Cities -- Industrial Cities -- Postindustrial Cities -- Perspectives on Urbanization and the Growth of Cities -- Functionalist Perspectives: Ecological Models -- Conflict Perspectives: Political Economy Models -- Symbolic Interactionist Perspectives: The Experience of City Life -- Problems in Global Cities -- Urban Problems in the United States -- Divided Interests: Cities, Suburbs, and Beyond -- The Continuing Fiscal Crises of the Cities -- Population and Urbanization in the Future -- Collective Behavior, Social Movements, and Social Change -- Collective Behavior -- Conditions for Collective Behavior -- Dynamics of Collective Behavior -- Distinctions Regarding Collective Behavior -- Types of Crowd Behavior -- Explanations of Crowd Behavior -- Mass Behavior -- Social Movements -- Types of Social Movements -- Stages in Social Movements -- Social Movement Theories -- Relative Deprivation Theory -- Value-Added Theory -- Resource Mobilization Theory -- Social Constructionist Theory: Frame Analysis -- New Social Movement Theory -- Social Change in the Future -- The Physical Environment and Change -- Population and Change -- Technology and Change -- Social Institutions and Change -- A Few Final Thoughts. |
| Responsibility: | Diana Kendall. |
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