Sociology: A Down to Earth Approach, Census Update

Front Cover
Copyright Page
Title Page
Dedication Page
What’s New?
Brief Contents
CONTENTS
Special Features
To the Student from the Author
To the Instructor from the Author
	Acknowledgments
	A Note from the Publisher on the Supplements
About the Author
PART I: The Sociological Perspective
	CHAPTER 1 The Sociological Perspective
		The Sociological Perspective
		Sociology and the Other Sciences
		Origins of Sociology
		Values in Sociological Research
		Verstehen and Social Facts
		Sociology in North America
		Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology
		Trends Shaping the Future of Sociology
		Summary and Review
	CHAPTER 2 Culture
		What Is Culture?
		Components of Symbolic Culture
		Many Cultural Worlds
		Values in U.S. Society
		Cultural Universals
		Technology in the Global Village
		Summary and Review
	CHAPTER 3 Socialization
		Society Makes Us Human
		Socialization into the Self and Mind
		Learning Personality, Morality, and Emotions
		Socialization into Gender
		Agents of Socialization
		Resocialization
		Socialization Through the Life Course
		Are We Prisoners of Socialization?
		Summary and Review
	CHAPTER 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
		Summary and Review
		Through the Author’s Lens: When a Tornado Strikes: Social Organization Following a Natural Disaster
	CHAPTER 5 How Sociologists Do Research
		What Is a Valid Sociological Topic?
		Common Sense and the Need for Sociological Research
		A Research Model
		Research Methods
		Controversy in Sociological Research
		Gender in Sociological Research
		Ethics in Sociological Research
		How Research and Theory Work Together
		Summary and Review
PART II: Social Groups and Social Control
	CHAPTER 6 Societies to Social Networks
		Societies and Their Transformation
		Groups Within Society
		Group Dynamics
		Summary and Review
	CHAPTER 7 Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations
		The Rationalization of Society
		Formal Organizations and Bureaucracies
		Voluntary Associations
		Working for the Corporation
		Humanizing the Corporate Culture
		Technology and the Control of Workers
		The Global Competition
		Summary and Review
	CHAPTER 8 Deviance and Social Control
		What Is Deviance?
		The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
		The Functionalist Perspective
		The Conflict Perspective
		Reactions to Deviance
		Summary and Review
PART III: Social Inequality
	CHAPTER 9 Global 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 Did the World’s Nations Become Stratified?
		Maintaining Global Stratification
		Strains in the Global System
		Summary and Review
		Through the Author’s Lens: The Dump People: Working and Living and Playing in the City Dump of Phnom Penh, Cambodia
	CHAPTER 10 Social Class in the United States
		What Is Social Class?
		Sociological Models of Social Class
		Consequences of Social Class
		Social Mobility
		Poverty
		Summary and Review
	CHAPTER 11 Sex and Gender
		Issues of Sex and Gender
		Gender Inequality in Global Perspective
		Gender Inequality in the United States
		Gender Inequality in the Workplace
		Gender and Violence
		The Changing Face of Politics
		Glimpsing the Future—With Hope
		Summary and Review
		Through the Author’s Lens: Work and Gender: Women at work in India
	CHAPTER 12 Race and Ethnicity
		Laying the Sociological Foundation
		Prejudice and Discrimination
		Theories of Prejudice
		Global Patterns of Intergroup Relations
		Racial–Ethnic Relations in the United States
		Looking Toward the Future
		Summary and Review
	CHAPTER 13 The Elderly
		Aging in Global Perspective
		The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
		The Functionalist Perspective
		The Conflict Perspective
		Recurring Problems
		The Sociology of Death and Dying
		Looking Toward the Future
		Summary and Review
PART IV: Social Institutions
	CHAPTER 14 The Economy
		The Transformation of Economic Systems
		The Transformation of the Medium of Exchange
		World Economic Systems
		The Functionalist Perspective on the Globalization of Capitalism
		The Conflict Perspective on the Globalization of Capitalism
		Work in U.S. Society
		Global Capitalism and Our Future
		Summary and Review
		Through the Author’s Lens: Small Town USA: Stuggling to Survive
	CHAPTER 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: Implementing Political Objectives
		A New World Order?
		Summary and Review
	CHAPTER 16 Marriage and 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 Marriage and Family
		Summary and Review
	CHAPTER 17 Education
		The Development of Modern Education
		Education in Global Perspective
		The Functionalist Perspective: Providing Social Benefits
		The Conflict Perspective: Perpetuating Social Inequality
		The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Teacher Expectations
		Problems in U.S. Education—and Their Solutions
		The Future of Education
		Summary and Review
	CHAPTER 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
		Religion in the United States
		The Future of Religion
		Summary and Review
		Through the Author’s Lens: Holy Week in Spain
	CHAPTER 19 Medicine and Health
		Sociology and the Study of Medicine and Health
		The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
		The Functionalist Perspective
		The Conflict Perspective
		Historical Patterns of Health
		Issues in Health Care
		Threats to Health
		Treatment or Prevention?
		Thinking Critically: How Will Your Lifestyle Affect Your Health?
		The Future of Medicine
		Summary and Review
PART V: Social Change
	CHAPTER 20 Population and Urbanization
		Population in Global Perspective
		A Planet with No Space for Enjoying Life?
		Population Growth
		Urbanization
		The Development of Cities
		Models of Urban Growth
		City Life
		Urban Problems and Social Policy
		Summary and Review
		Through the Author’s Lens: A Walk Through El Tiro in Medellin, Colombia
	CHAPTER 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
		Summary and Review
	CHAPTER 22 Social Change and the Environment
		How Social Change Transforms Social Life
		Theories and Processes of Social Change
		How Technology Changes Society
		The Growth Machine Versus the Earth
		Summary and Review
Epilogue: Why Major in Sociology?
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