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Table of Contents

Chapter 1  The Sociological Perspective

The Sociological Perspective

Seeing the Broader Social Context

The Growing Global Context

Sociology and the Other Sciences

The Natural Sciences

The Social Sciences

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: An Updated Version of the Old Elephant Story

The Goals of Science

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Enjoying A Sociology Quiz——Sociological Findings Versus Common Sense

Origins 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 Ethic

Values in Sociological Research

Verstehen and Social Facts

Weber and Verstehen

Durkheim and Social Facts

How Social Facts and Verstehen Fit Together

Sexism in Early Sociology

Attitudes of the Time

Harriet Martineau and Early Social Research

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Listening to an Early Feminist

Sociology in North America

Early History: The Tension Between Social Reform and Sociological Analysis

Jane Addams and Social Reform

W.E.B. Du Bois and Race Relations

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Early Sociology in North America: 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 Saddam Hussein: A Surprising Example of Applied Sociology

 

Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology

Symbolic Interactionism

Functional Analysis

Conflict Theory

Levels of Analysis: Macro and Micro

Putting the Theoretical Perspectives Together

Trends Shaping the Future of Sociology

Sociology Full Circle: Reform Versus Research

*Cultural Diversity in the United States:Studying Job Discrimination: Another Surprising Example of Applied Sociology

Globalization

Summary and Review

 

Chapter 2  Culture

What 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 Relativity

Components 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

*Cultural Diversity in the United States: Race and Language: Searching for Self-Labels

Values, Norms, and Sanctions

Folkways and Mores

Many Cultural Worlds

Subcultures

Countercultures

Values in U.S. Society

An Overview of U.S. Values

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: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” Culture

Cultural Universals

Technology in the Global Village

The New Technology

Cultural Lag and Cultural Change

Technology and Cultural Leveling

Summary and Review

 

 

Chapter 3  Socialization

What Is Human Nature?

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Heredity or Environment? The Case of Oskar and Jack, Identical Twins

Feral Children

Isolated Children

Institutionalized Children

Deprived Animals

Socialization 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 Reasoning

*Cultural Diversity Around the World: Do You See What I See?: Eastern and Western Ways of Perceiving and Thinking

 

Learning Personality, Morality, and Emotions

Freud and the Development of Personality

Kohlberg, Gilligan, and the Development of Morality

Socialization into Emotions

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Signs of the Times: Are We Becoming Ik?

Society Within Us: The Self and Emotions as Social Control

Socialization into Gender

Gender Messages in the Family

Gender Messages from Peers

Gender Messages in the Mass Media

*Mass Media in Social Life: From Xena, Warrior Princess, to Lara Croft, Tomb Raider:
Changing Images of Women in the Mass Media

 

Agents of Socialization

The Family

The Neighborhood

Religion

Day Care

The School

*Cultural Diversity in the United States: Caught Between Two Worlds

Peer Groups

Sports and Competitive Success

The Workplace

Resocialization

Total Institutions

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Boot Camp as a Total Institution

Socialization Through the Life Course

Childhood

Adolescence

Young Adulthood

The Middle Years

The Older Years

The Sociological Significance of the Life Course

Are We Prisoners of Socialization?

Summary and Review

 

 

Chapter 4  Social Structure and Social Interaction

Levels of Sociological Analysis

Macrosociology and Microsociology

The Macrosociological Perspective: Social Structure

The Sociological Significance of Social Structure

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: College Football as Social Structure

Culture

Social Class

Social Status

Roles

Groups

Social Institutions

The Sociological Significance of Social Institutions

An Example: The Mass Media as an Emerging Social Institution

Comparing Functionalist and Conflict Perspectives

Changes in Social Structure

What Holds Society Together?

*Cultural Diversity in the United States: The Amish: Gemeinschaft Community
in a Gesellschaft Society

 

The Microsociological Perspective: Social Interaction in Everyday Life

Symbolic Interaction

*Down-to-Earth Sociology:Beauty May Be Only Skin Deep, But Its Effects Go On Forever: Stereotypes in Everyday Life

*Mass Media in Social Life: You Can’t Be Thin Enough: Body Images and the Mass Media

Dramaturgy: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life

Ethnomethodology: Uncovering Background Assumptions

The Social Construction of Reality

The Need for Both Macrosociology and Microsociology

Summary and Review

 

Chapter 5   How Sociologists Do Research

What Is a Valid Sociological Topic?

Common Sense and the Need for Sociological Research

A Research Model

1. Selecting a Topic

2. Defining the Problem

3. Reviewing the Literature

4. Formulating a Hypothesis

5. Choosing a Research Method

6. Collecting the Data

7. Analyzing the Results

8. Sharing the Results

Research Methods

Surveys

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Loading the Dice: How Not to Do Research

Participant Observation (Fieldwork)

Secondary Analysis

Documents

Experiments

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: The Hawthorne Experiments

Unobtrusive Measures

Deciding Which Method to Use

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Applied Sociology: Marketing Research as a Blend of Quantitative and Qualitative Methods

 

Gender in Sociological Research

Ethics in Sociological Research

Protecting the Subjects: The Brajuha Research

Misleading the Subjects: The Humphreys Research

How Research and Theory Work Together

The Real World: When the Ideal Meets the Real

Summary and Review

 

Chapter 6  Societies to Social Networks

Societies and Their Transformation

Hunting and Gathering Societies

Pastoral and Horticultural Societies

Agricultural Societies

Industrial Societies

Postindustrial (Information) Societies

Bioeconomic Societies: Is a New Type of Society Emerging?

*Sociology and the New Technology:“So, You Want to Be Yourself?”
Cloning in the Coming Bioeconomy

 

Groups Within Society

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

*Cultural Diversity in the United States: How Our Own Social Networks
Perpetuate Social Inequality

A New Group: Electronic Communities

Group 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

Global Consequences of Group Dynamics: Groupthink

Summary and Review

 

Chapter 7   Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations

The Rationalization of Society

Why Did Society Change?

Marx: Capitalism Broke Tradition

Weber: Religion Broke Tradition

Formal Organizations and Bureaucracy

Formal Organizations

The Characteristics of Bureaucracies

“Ideal” Versus “Real” Bureaucracy

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: The McDonaldization of Society

Dysfunctions of Bureaucracies

Goal Displacement and the Perpetuation of Bureaucracies

The Sociological Significance of Bureaucracies

Voluntary Associations

Functions of Voluntary Associations

Shared Interests

The Problem of Oligarchy

Working for the Corporation

Stereotypes and the “Hidden” Corporate Culture

Humanizing the Corporate Culture

Attempts to Humanize the Work Setting

The Conflict Perspective

Technology and the Control of Workers

*Sociology and the New Technology: Cyberloafers and Cybersleuths: Surfing at Work

U.S. and Japanese Corporations

How the Corporations Differ

The Myth Versus Reality

*Cultural Diversity Around the World: Japanese and U.S. Corporations in an Age of Greed

 

Summary and Review

 

Chapter 8  Deviance and Social Control

What Is Deviance?

*Cultural Diversity Around the World: Human Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective

How Norms Make Social Life Possible

Sanctions

Shaming and Degradation Ceremonies

Competing Explanations of Deviance: Sociology, Sociobiology, and Psychology

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

Differential Association Theory

Control Theory

Labeling Theory

*Mass Media in Social Life: Pornography on the Internet: Freedom Versus Censorship

The 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 States

The Conflict Perspective

Class, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System

Power and Inequality

The Law as an Instrument of Oppression

Reactions to Deviance

Street Crime and Prisons

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

The Trouble with Official Statistics

The Medicalization of Deviance: Mental Illness

The Need for a More Humane Approach

Summary and Review

 

Chapter 9   Global Stratification

Systems of Social Stratification

Slavery

*Mass Media in Social Life: What Price Freedom? Slavery Today

Caste

Estate

Class

Global Stratification and the Status of Females

What Determines Social Class?

Karl Marx: The Means of Production

Max Weber: Property, Prestige, and Power

Why Is Social Stratification Universal?

The Functionalist View: Motivating Qualified People

The Conflict Perspective: Class Conflict and Scarce Resources

Lenski’s Synthesis

How Do Elites Maintain Stratification?

Ideology Versus Force

Comparative Social Stratification

Social Stratification in Great Britain

Social Stratification in the Former Soviet Union

Global Stratification: Three Worlds

The Most Industrialized Nations

The Industrializing Nations

The Least Industrialized Nations

Modifying the Model

How Did the World’s Nations Become Stratified?

Colonialism

World System Theory

Culture of Poverty

Evaluating the Theories

Maintaining Global Stratification

Neocolonialism

Multinational Corporations

Technology and Global Domination

A Concluding Note

Summary and Review

 

Chapter 10  Social Class in the United States

What Is Social Class?

Wealth

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: How the Super-Rich Live

 

Power

Prestige

Status Inconsistency

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: The Big Win: Life After the Lottery

Sociological Models of Social Class

Updating Marx

Updating Weber

Social Class in the Automobile Industry

Consequences of Social Class

Physical Health

Mental Health

Family Life

Education

Religion

Politics

Crime and the Criminal Justice System

Social Class and the Changing Economy

Social Mobility

Three Types of Social Mobility

Women in Studies of Social Mobility

Interpreting Statistics
on Social Mobility

The Pain of Social Mobility

*Cultural Diversity in the United States: Social Class and the Upward Social Mobility of African Americans

Poverty

Drawing the Poverty Line

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Exploring Myths About the Poor

Who Are the Poor?

Children of Poverty

The Dynamics of Poverty

Why Are People Poor?

Welfare Reform

Deferred Gratification

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Poverty: A Personal Journey

Where Is Horatio Alger? The Social Functions of a Myth

Summary and Review

 


Chapter 11  Sex and Gender

Issues of Sex and Gender

Gender Differences in Behavior: Biology or Culture?

The Dominant Position in Sociology

Opening the Door to Biology

* Down-to-Earth Sociology: The Gender Gap in Math and Science: A National Debate

 

Gender Inequality in Global Perspective

How Females Became a Minority Group

*Cultural Diversity Around the World: “Pssst. You Wanna Buy a Bride?”
China in Transition

The Origins of Patriarchy

Sex Typing of Work

Gender and the Prestige of Work

Other Areas of Global Discrimination

*Cultural Diversity Around the World: Female Circumcision

 

Gender Inequality in the United States

Fighting Back: The Rise of Feminism

Gender Inequality in Health Care

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Cold-Hearted Surgeons and Their Women Victims

Gender Inequality in Education

Gender Inequality in Everyday Life

Gender Inequality in the Workplace

The Pay Gap

The Cracking Glass Ceiling

Gender and the Control of Workers

Sexual Harassment——and Worse

Gender and Violence

Violence Against Women

Feminism and Gendered Violence

Solutions

The Changing Face of Politics

Glimpsing the Future–With Hope

Summary and Review

 

Chapter 12  Race and Ethnicity

Laying the Sociological Foundation

Race: Myth and Reality

*Cultural Diversity in the United States: Tiger Woods and the Emerging Multiracial Identity: Mapping New Ethnic Terrain

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Can a Plane Ride Change Your Race?

Ethnic Groups

Minority Groups and Dominant Groups

How People Construct Their Racial-Ethnic Identity

PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION

Learning Prejudice

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: The Racist Mind

Individual and Institutional Discrimination

Theories of Prejudice

Psychological Perspectives

Sociological Perspectives

Global Patterns of Intergroup Relations

Genocide

Population Transfer

Internal Colonialism

Segregation

*Cultural Diversity in the United States and Around the World: “You Can Work for Us, But You Can’t Live Near Us”

 

Assimilation

Multiculturalism (Pluralism)

Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States

European Americans

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack:
Exploring Cultural Privilege

Latinos (Hispanics)

African Americans

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Stealth Racism in the Rental Market:
What You Reveal by Your Voice

Asian Americans

Native Americans

Looking 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 Society

Summary and Review

 


Chapter 13  The Elderly

Aging in Global Perspective

The Social Construction of Aging

Industrialization and the Graying of the Globe

The Graying of America

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

Deciding When You Are Old

What Does Old Age Mean?

Changing Perceptions of the Elderly

*Cultural Diversity Around the World: China: Changing Sentiment About the Elderly

The Influence of the Mass Media

*Mass Media in Social Life: Shaping Our Perceptions of the Elderly

The Functionalist Perspective

Disengagement Theory

Activity Theory

Continuity Theory

The Conflict Perspective

Social Security Legislation

Intergenerational Conflict

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Changing Sentiment About the U.S. Elderly

Fighting Back

Problems of Dependency

Gender and Old Age

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Feisty to the End: Gender Roles Among the Elderly

Nursing Homes

Elder Abuse

The Elderly Poor

The Sociology of Death and Dying

Industrialization and the New Technology

Death as a Process

Hospices

Suicide and Age

Adjusting to Death

Looking Toward the Future

Summary and Review

 


Chapter 14  The Economy

The 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

*Sociology and the New Technology: “Your Name Is What? You Live Where? But You
Sound Like You’re Right Next Door.”

Biotech Societies: The Merger of Biology and Economics

Implications for Your Life

The Transformation of the Medium of Exchange

Earliest Mediums of Exchange

Medium of Exchange in Agricultural Societies

Medium of Exchange in Industrial Societies

Medium of Exchange in Postindustrial Societies

World Economic Systems

Capitalism

Socialism

Ideologies of Capitalism and Socialism

*Mass Media in Social Life: Greed Is Good–Selling the American Dream

Criticisms of Capitalism and Socialism

The Convergence of Capitalism and Socialism

*Cultural Diversity Around the World: No Cash? No Problem! Barter
in the Former Soviet Union

The Functionalist Perspective on the Globalization of Capitalism

The New Global Division of Labor

*Cultural Diversity Around the World: Doing Business in the Global Village

Ownership and Management of Corporations

Functions and Disfunctions on a Global Scale

The Conflict Perspective on the Globalization
of Capitalism

The Inner Circle of Corporate Capitalism

Interlocking Directorates

Global Investing

Work in U.S. Society

The Decline of Agriculture and the Transition to Postindustrial Society

Women and Work

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Women in Business: Maneuvering the Male Culture

The Underground Economy

Stagnant Paychecks

Patterns of Work and Leisure

Facing the Future: Implications of Global Capitalism

Global Trade: Inequalities and Conflict

New Technologies and Downsizing: Utopia or Nightmare?

Summary and Review


Chapter 15  Politics

Micropolitics and Macropolitics

Power, Authority, and Violence

Authority and Legitimate Violence

Traditional Authority

Rational-Legal Authority

Charismatic Authority

Authority as Ideal Type

The Transfer of Authority

Types of Government

Monarchies: The Rise of the State

Democracies: Citizenship as a Revolutionary Idea

*Mass Media in Social Life: Politics and Democracy in a Technological Society

Dictatorships and Oligarchies: The Seizure of Power

The U.S. Political System

Political Parties and Elections

Contrast with Democratic Systems in Europe

Voting Patterns

*Cultural Diversity in the United States: The Politics of Immigrants: Power, Ethnicity, and Social Class

Lobbyists and Special-Interest Groups

PACs in U.S. Elections

Who Rules the United States?

The Functionalist Perspective: Pluralism

The Conflict Perspective: The Power Elite, or Ruling Class

Which View Is Right?

War and Terrorism: Ways to Implement Political Objectives

Is War Universal?

How Common Is War?

Why Nations Go to War

Costs of War

Sowing the Seeds of Future Wars

Terrorism

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Is Big Brother Knocking on the Door? Civil Liberties and Homeland Security

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Weapons of Mass Destruction

War and Dehumanization

* Down-to-Earth Sociology: Prisoner Abuse at Abu Ghraib: A Normal Event

 

A New World Order?

*Cultural Diversity Around the World: Roadblocks in the Path to the New World Order: The Globalization of Capitalism Versus the Resurgence of Nationalism

Summary and Review

 


Chapter 16  Marriage and Family

Marriage and Family in Global Perspective

What Is a Family?

Common Cultural Themes

* Cultural Diversity Around the World: Watching Out for Kids: Gender Equality and Family Life in Sweden

Marriage and Family in Theoretical Perspective

The Functionalist Perspective: Functions and Dysfunctions

The Conflict Perspective: Gender and Power

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Gender and the Meanings of Marriage

The 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 Childrearing

 

Family Transitions in Later Life Diversity in U.S. Families

African American Families

Latino Families

Asian American Families

Native American Families

One-Parent Families

Families Without Children

*Sociology and the New Technology: The Brave New World of High-Tech Reproduction: Where Technology Outpaces Law and Sometimes Common Sense

Blended Families

Gay and Lesbian Families

Trends in U.S. Families

Postponing Marriage and Childbirth

Cohabitation

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: “You Want Us to Live Together? What Do You Mean By That?”

Unmarried Mothers

Grandparents as Parents

The “Sandwich Generation” and Elder Care

Divorce and Remarriage

Problems in Measuring Divorce

*Down-to-Earth Sociology:  “What Are Your Chances of Getting Divorced?”

Children of Divorce

Grandchildren of Divorce

The Absent Father and Serial Fatherhood

The Ex-Spouses

Remarriage

Two Sides of Family Life

The Dark Side of Family Life: Battering, Child Abuse, Marital Rape, and Incest

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: “Why Doesn’t She Just Leave?” The Dilemma of Abused Women

The Bright Side of Family Life: Successful Marriages

The Future of Marriage and Family

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work

Summary and Review

 

Chapter 17  Education

The Development of Modern Education

Education in Earlier Societies

Industrialization and Universal Education

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Community Colleges: Challenges Old and New

Education in Global Perspective

Education in the Most Industrialized Nations: Japan

Education in the Industrializing Nations: Russia

Education in the Least Industrialized Nations: Egypt

The Functionalist Perspective: Providing Social Benefits

Teaching Knowledge and Skills

Cultural Transmission of Values

Social Integration

Gatekeeping

Replacing Family Functions

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Home Schooling: The Search for Quality and Values

Other Functions

The Conflict Perspective: Perpetuating  social inequality

The Hidden Curriculum

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Kindergarten as Boot Camp

 

Tilting the Tests: Discrimination by IQ

Stacking the Deck: Unequal Funding

The Correspondence Principle

The Bottom Line: Family Background and the Educational System

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Fulfilling Teacher Expectations

The Rist Research

The Rosenthal-Jacobson Experiment

How Do Teacher Expectations Work?

*Sociology and the New Technology: Internet University: No Walls, No Ivy, No All Night Parties

*Sociology and the New Technology: Capitalism and Distance Learning:
Selling Education in Cyberspace

Problems in U.S. Education–and Their Solutions

Problems: Mediocrity and Violence

*Mass Media in Social Life: School Shootings: Exploring a Myth

Solutions: Safety, Standards, and Other Reforms

Summary and Review

 


Chapter 18 Religion

What Is Religion?

The Functionalist Perspective

Functions of Religion

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Religion and Health: What We Know and Don’t Know

Functional Equivalents of Religion

Dysfunctions of Religion

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Terrorism and the Mind of God

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

Religious Symbols

Rituals

Beliefs

Religious Experience

Community

The Conflict Perspective

Opium of the People

A Legitimation of Social Inequalities

Religion and the Spirit of Capitalism

The World’s Major Religions

Judaism

Christianity

Islam

*Cultural Diversity in the United States: The New Neighbor: Islam in the United States

Hinduism

Buddhism

Confucianism

Types of Religious Groups

Cult

Sect

Church

Ecclesia

Variations in Patterns

When Religion and Culture Conflict

Religion in the United States

Characteristics of Members

Characteristics of Religious Groups

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Bikers and Bibles

Secularization of Religion and Culture

The Future of Religion

*Mass Media in Social Life: God on the Net: The Online Marketing of Religion

Summary and Review

 

Chapter 19 Medicine  and Health

Sociology and the Study of Medicine and Health

The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective

The Role of Culture in Defining Health and Illness

 

*Cultural Diversity in the United States: “You Don’t Know What Empacho Is?
What Kind of a Doctor Are You?”

The Components of Health

The Functionalist Perspective

The Sick Role

The Conflict Perspective

Effects of Global Stratification on Health Care

* Down-to-Earth Sociology: “Where Did You Get That New Liver?” The International Black Market in Human Body Parts

Establishing a Monopoly on U.S. Health Care

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: To Establish a Monopoly, Eliminate Your Competition:
How Physicians Defeated Midwives

Historical Patterns of Health

Physical Health

Mental Health

Issues in Health Care

Medical Care: A Right or a Commodity?

Social Inequality

Malpractice Suits and Defensive Medicine

Medical Incompetence

Depersonalization: The Medical Cash Machine

Conflict of Interest

Medical Fraud

Sexism and Racism in Medicine

The Medicalization of Society

Medically Assisted Suicide

Curbing Costs: Issues in Health Insurance

 

*Sociology and the New Technology: Who Should Live, and Who Should Die?
The Dilemma of Rationing Medical Care

 

Threats to Health

HIV/AIDS

Obesity and Skinniness

Drugs: Alcohol and Nicotine

Disabling Environments

Misguided, Foolish, and Callous Experiments

The Globalization of Disease

The Search for Alternatives

Treatment or Prevention?

Alternative Medicine

HEALTH CARE IN GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

 

* Cultural Diversity Around the World: Health Care in Sweden, Russia, and China

Summary and Review

 

Chapter  20  Population and Urbanization

Population in Global Perspective

A Planet with No Space for Enjoying 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 Practice

Urbanization

The Development of Cities

The Process of Urbanization

U.S. Urban Patterns

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Reclaiming Harlem: “It Feeds My Soul”

The Rural Rebound

Models of Urban Growth

The Concentric Zone Model

The Sector Model

The Multiple-Nuclei Model

The Peripheral Model

Critique of the Models

Cultural Diversity Around the World: Why City Slums Are Better Than the Country: Urbanization in the Least Industrialized Nations

 

City Life

Alienation and Community

Who Lives in the City?

Urban Sentiment: Finding a Familiar World

The Norm of Noninvolvement and the Diffusion of Responsibility

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Urban  Fear and the Gated Fortress

Urban Problems and Social Policy

Suburbanization

Disinvestment and Deindustrialization

 

The Potential of Urban Revitalization

Summary and Review

 

Chapter 21  Collective Behavior and Social Movements

Collective Behavior

Early Explanations: The Transformation of the Individual

How the Crowd Transforms the Individual

The Acting Crowd

The Contemporary View: The Rationality of the Crowd

The Minimax Strategy

Emergent Norms

Forms of Collective Behavior

Riots

Rumors

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Rumors and Riots: An Eyewitness Account to the Tulsa Riot

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: Danger Lurks Everywhere: The Internet and the Uncertainty of Life

Panics and Mass Hysteria

Down-to-Earth Sociology: Mass Hysteria

Moral Panics

Fads and Fashions

Urban Legends

Social Movements

Types and Tactics of Social Movements

Types of Social Movements

Tactics of Social Movements

Propaganda and the Mass Media

Down-to-Earth Sociology: “Tricks of the Trade”–Deception and Persuasion in Propaganda

Why People Join Social Movements

Mass Society Theory

Deprivation Theory

Moral Issues and Ideological Commitment

A Special Case: The Agent Provocateur

On the Success and Failure of Social Movements

The Stages of Social Movements

The Rocky Road to Success

Summary and Review

Chapter 22  Social Change and the Environment

 

How Social Change Transforms Social Life

The Four Social Revolutions

From Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft

Capitalism, Modernization, and Industrialization

Social Movements

Conflict, Power, and Global Politics

Theories and Processes of Social Change

Cultural Evolution

Natural Cycles

Conflict Over Power

Ogburn’s Theory

Sociology and the  New Technology: From the Luddites to the Unabomber: Opposition to Technology

How Technology Changes Society

The Extent of the Transformation

When Old Technology Was New: The Impact of the Automobile

The Cutting Edge of Change

*Down-to-Earth Sociology: The Coming Star Wars

Cyberspace and Social Inequality

The 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

*Cultural Diversity Around the World: The Rainforests: Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge

The Environmental Movement

Environmental Sociology

Summary and Review

Epilogue

Glossary

Suggested Readings

References

Name Index

Subject Index

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