| Description |
xxxv, 569 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Contents -- Boxed Features 00 -- Preface 00 -- Learning Styles: An Important Part of Successful Studying 00 -- About the Authors 00 -- PART I Perspective and Method -- CHAPTER 1 What Is Sociology? 000 -- Chapter Preview 000 -- The Sociological Viewpoint 000 -- The Origins of Sociology and Three Central Figures: Karl Marx, ømile Durkheim, and Max -- Weber 000 -- Karl Marx (1818-1883) 000 -- ømile Durkheim (1858-1917) 000 -- Max Weber (1864-1920) 000 -- Marx, Durkheim, and Weber Compared 000 -- Perspectives within Sociology 000 -- The Functionalist Perspective 000 -- The Conflict Perspective 000 -- The Symbolic Interaction Perspective 000 -- Sociology and Social Concerns 000 -- Sociology's Four Realms 000 -- The Sociological Imagination 000 -- Sociology and the Twenty-First Century 000 -- Study Guide 000 -- CHAPTER 2 Sociological Research Methods 000 -- Chapter Preview 000 -- Theory and Hypothesis 000 -- Theory 000 -- Methodological Requirements and Concepts 000 -- Variables and Constants 000 -- Nominal and Operational 000 -- Reliability and Validity 000 -- Research Methods 000 -- Quantitative Methods 000 -- Controlled Experiment 000 -- Participant Observation 000 -- Image Analysis 000 -- Quantitative and Qualitative Methods Compared 000 -- Ethics and Research 000 -- Research Methods in the Twenty-First Century 000 -- Study Guide 000 -- CHAPTER 3 Culture, Society, and Social Change 000 -- Chapter Preview 000 -- Culture and Society 000 -- Values and Norms 000 -- Symbols and Language 000 -- Ethnocentrism and Cultural Reliability 000 -- Types of Societies 000 -- Hunting and Gathering Societies 000 -- Horticultural and Pastoral Societies 000 -- Agrarian Societies 000 -- Industrial Societies 000 -- Postindustrial Societies 000 -- Transitional Societies 000 -- The Great Social Transformation 000 -- Communal Relationship 000 -- Associational Relationships 000 -- The Great Social Transformation and This Text 000 -- Theories of Change and Development 000 -- Social Change and the Credit Card 000 -- Social Evolution 000 -- Functionalism and Social Evolution 000 -- Modernization Theory 000 -- Conflict Theory and Change: World Systems 000 -- Catalysts for Change 000 -- Human Agency: Individual and Collective 000 -- Revolution and War 000 -- Cultural Processes 000 -- Population 000 -- Natural Catastrophes 000 -- Technology 000 -- Culture, Society, and Social Change in the Twenty-First Century 000 -- Study Guide 000 -- CHAPTER 4 Socialization 000 -- Chapter Preview 000 -- The Great Social Transformation and Socialization 000 -- Socialization and the Life Course 000 -- Socialization and Stages of the Life Course 000 -- Death and Dying 000 -- Agents of Socialization 000 -- Socialization and the Self 000 -- Cooley: The Looking Glass Self 000 -- Mead: Role Taking 000 -- Moral Socialization 000 -- Sigmund Freud 000 -- Erik Erikson 000 -- Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg 000 -- Carol Gilligan: Morality and Gender 000 -- Resocialization and Total Institutions 000 -- Socialization and the Twenty-First Century 000 -- Study Guide 000 -- CHAPTER 5 Deviance and Crime 000 -- Chapter Preview 000 -- The Great Social Transformation and Deviance and Crime 000 -- Deviance and Crime 000 -- Crime Rates 000 -- Explanations of Deviance and Crime 000 -- Functionalist Explanations 000 -- Symbolic Interactionist Explanations 000 -- Conflict Theory 000 -- Demographics 000 -- The Criminal Justice System 000 -- The Police 000 -- The Courts 000 -- Punishment and Corrections 000 -- Deviance and Crime in the Twenty-First Century 000 -- Study Guide 000 -- CHAPTER 6 Interaction, Groups, and Organizations 000 -- Chapter Preview 000 -- The Great Social Transformation and Interaction, Groups, and Organizations 000 -- Social Interaction 000 -- Types of Interaction 000 -- Components of Interaction 000 -- Role 000 -- Groups 000 -- Types of Groups 000 -- Group Dynamics 000 -- Organizations 000 -- Types of Organizations 000 -- Bureaucracies 000 -- The Corporation 000 -- Interaction, Groups, and Organizations in the Twenty-First Century 000 -- Study Guide 00 -- PART II Social Inequality -- CHAPTER 7 Inequalities of Social Class 000 -- Chapter Preview 000 -- The Great Social Transformation and the Inequalities of Social Class 000 -- Caste and Class 000 -- Caste Systems 000 -- Class Systems 000 -- Socioeconomic Status and Class in the United States 000 -- Determinants of Socioeconomic Status 000 -- The Class System in the United States 000 -- Description of the U.S |
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Classes 000 -- The Myth and the Reality of Mobility in the United States 000 -- Amount of Mobility 000 -- Determinants of Mobility 000 -- Ideological Support for Inequality 000 -- Poverty in the Land of Riches 000 -- What is Poverty? 000 -- The Truly Disadvantaged 000 -- The Culture of Poverty 000 -- Sociological Analysis of Stratification and Class 000 -- The Functionalist Perspective 000 -- The Conflict Perspective 000 -- Distributive Systems Theory 000 -- The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 000 -- Social Class Inequality in the Twenty-First Century 000 -- Study Guide 000 -- CHAPTER 8 Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity 000 -- Chapter Preview 000 -- The Great Social Transformation and Racial and Ethnic Inequalities 000 -- Race and Ethnicity 000 -- Race 000 -- Ethnicity 000 -- Minority 000 -- Prejudice and Discrimination 000 -- Stereotypes 000 -- Institutional Racism 000 -- Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Interaction 000 -- Assimilation 000 -- Pluralism 000 -- Expulsion and Annihilation 000 -- Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States 000 -- White Americans 000 -- Native Americans 000 -- African Americans 000 -- Hispanic Americans 000 -- Asian Americans 000 -- Sociological Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Inequality 000 -- The Functionalist Perspective 000 -- The Conflict Perspective 000 -- The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 000 -- Racial and Ethnic Relations in the Twenty-First Century 000 -- Study Guide 000 -- CHAPTER 9 Inequalities of Gender 000 -- Chapter Preview 000 -- The Great Social Transformation and Gender Inequality 000 -- Gender-Role Socialization 000 -- Socialization and Gender 000 -- Agents of Gender Socialization 000 -- Age and Gender-Role Socialization 000 -- Patriarchy and Everyday Life 000 -- Language and Patriarchy 000 -- Social Interaction and Patriarchy 000 -- Gender Inequality and Work 000 -- Working Women 000 -- Work Segregation 000 -- Income Inequality 000 -- Feminism 000 -- Gender Equality and the Law 000 -- Comparable Worth 000 -- Abortion 000 -- Resistance to Compulsory Heterosexism 000 -- Inclusive Feminism 000 -- Sociological Analysis of Gender Inequality 000 -- The Functionalist Perspective 000 -- The Conflict Perspective 000 -- The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 000 -- Gender Inequality in the Twenty-First Century 000 -- Study Guide 000 -- PART III Social Institutions -- CHAPTER 10 The Economy 000 -- Chapter Preview 000 -- The Great Social Transformation and the Economy 000 -- Economy and Society 000 -- Capitalism 000 -- Socialism 000 -- Mixed Economies: Convergence 000 -- The sCorporation and the Society 000 -- The Corporation and the Concentration of Power 000 -- Multinationals 000 -- Unemployment and Job Loss Anxiety 000 -- Society and Unemployment 000 -- Job Loss Anxiety 000 -- Sociological Analysis of the Economic Order 000 -- The Functionalist Perspective 000 -- The Conflict Perspective 000 -- The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 000 -- The Economy in the Twenty-First Century 000 -- Study Guide 000 -- CHAPTER 11 The Political Order 000 -- Chapter Preview 000 -- The Great Social Transformation and the Political Order 000 -- Power and the Political Order 000 -- Traditional Authority 000 -- Legal-Rational Authority 000 -- Charismatic Authority 000 -- The State and the Exercise of Power 000 -- Types of States 000 -- Nations and States 000 -- War and Terrorism 000 -- Terrorism 000 -- States and Human Rights 000 -- Political Processes in the United States 000 -- Political Parties 000 -- Special-Interest Groups 000 -- Voting 000 -- Power-Elite and Pluralist Models 000 -- The Power-Elite Model 000 -- The Pluralist Model 000 -- Sociological Analysis of the Political Order 000 -- The Functionalist Perspective 000 -- The Conflict Perspective 000 -- The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 000 -- The Political Order in the Twenty-First Century 000 -- Study Guide 000 -- CHAPTER 12 Marriage and the Family 000 -- Chapter Preview 000 -- The Great Social Transformation and Marriage and the Family 000 -- Types of Families 000 -- Marriage and Kinship 000 -- Kinship Patterns 000 -- Marriage 000 -- Romantic Love 000 -- Courtship 000 -- Dimensions of Marriage and Family 000 -- Alternative Family Forms in the United States 000 -- Serial Monogamy 000 -- The Single-Parent Family 000 -- Gay and Lesbian Families 000 -- Cohabitation 000 -- Independent Living 000 -- Racial and Ethnic Variations in Family Forms 000 -- The African American Family 000 -- The Mexican American Family 000 -- Issues in Marriage 000 -- Marital Dissolution 000 -- Explaining Marital Dissolution 000 -- Domestic Violence 000 -- Sociological Analysis of Marriage and Family 000 -- The Functionalist Perspective 000 -- The Conflict Perspective 000 -- The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 000 -- Marriage and Family in the Twenty-First Century 000 -- Study Guide 000 -- CHAPTER 13 Education 000 -- Chapter Preview 000 -- The Great Social Transformation and the Education 000 -- Cross Cultural Compa |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 520-545) and index |
| Subject |
Social change -- United States.
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Social change.
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Sociology -- United States.
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Sociology.
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| SUBJECT |
United States -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140511
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| Author |
Jiobu, Robert M.
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Schwirian, Kent P.
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| LC no. |
2006101657 |
| ISBN |
0132288214 |
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9780132288217 |
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