Sociology : exploring the architecture of everyday life
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Sociology : exploring the architecture of everyday life
Pine Forge Press, c2004
5th ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 537-578) and index
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Description
This new edition of the widely adopted Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life once again invites students into the world of sociological thought. Moving away from the conventional, dry introductory sociological textbooks this unique textbook adopts an approach that encourages students to think less about their next test and more about how sociology applies to their everyday lives.
Each chapter has been updated with anecdotes, personal observations, and accounts of contemporary events. Many of the examples come from incidents in the author's life; others are taken right from today's news headlines. Examples and sociological insights from 9/11 and subsequent military actions in Afghanistan and Iraq have been added to show students the pervasiveness and applicability of sociology in our ordinary experiences.
There is also an increased focus on Globalization with many cross-cultural examples and discussions of globalization added illustrating clearly how our lives are linked to, and affected by, our increasingly global society.
Updated features focus on suicide, the toy industry's role in gender socialization, impression management on the Internet, the formation of virtual communities, dual earner parents, the cultural impact of antidepressant drugs, the U.S. health care system, media images of social class, welfare trends, racial superiority in professional sports, racial profiling, the shifting politics of immigration, and environmental justice
There is an accompanying website that will have information for instructors and students on how to develop and use visual essays, as well as interactive quizzes, vocabulary flashcards, and resources for further study and research. The site can be accessed at www.pineforge.com/newman5study.
There is also an extensive Instructor Resources on CD-Rom available to adopting lecturers which includes PowerPoint (R) slides for lectures, multiple-choice, true/false, and essay test questions, chapter summaries, exercises to actively engage the sociological imagination, class discussion ideas, and much more.
Table of Contents
PART I THE INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY
Chapter 1 Taking a New Look at a Familiar World
Sociology and the Individual
The Insights of Sociology
The Sociological Imagination
Emile Durkheim: A Sociological View of Suicide
Conclusion
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 2 Seeing and Thinking Sociologically
How Individuals Structure Society
Social Influence: The Impact of Other People in Our Everyday Lives
Stanley Milgram: Ordinary People and Cruel Acts
Societal Influence: The Effect of Social Structure on Our Everyday Lives
Statuses and Roles
Groups
Organizations
Social Institutions
Culture
Micro-Macro Connection: Parental Rights Versus Children 's Welfare
Social Structure in Global Context
Three Perspectives on Social Order
The Structural-Functionalist Perspective
The Conflict Perspective
Symbolic Interactionism
Conclusion
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Visual Essay: The Old Ball Game
PART II THE CONSTRUCTION OF SELF AND SOCIETY
Chapter 3 Building Reality: The Social Construction of Knowledge
Understanding the Social Construction of Reality
Laying the Foundation: The Bases of Reality
Culture and Language
Micro-Macro Connection: The Language of War
Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
Faith and Incorrigible Propositions
Building the Walls: Conflict, Power, and Social Institutions
Moral Entrepreneurs
The Economics of Reality
The Politics of Reality
The Medium Is the Message
Micro-Macro Connection: Missing From the News
Appreciating Sociological Research
The Nature of Social Research
The Empirical and Probabilistic Aspects of Research
Theories, Variables, and Hypotheses
Modes of Research
The Trustworthiness of Social Research
Values, Interests, and Ethics in Social Research
Laud Humphreys: The Tearoom Trade
Conclusion
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Visual Essay: Personal Billboards
Chapter 4 Building Order: Culture and History
Dimensions of Culture
Material and Nonmaterial Culture
Micro-Macro Connection: The Chair
Global Culture
Subcultures
History: The "Archives" for Everyday Living
Cultural Expectations and Social Order
Micro-Macro Connection: The "Right " Emotions
Social Institutions and Cultural Norms
Norms and Sanctions
In-Groups and Ethnocentrism
Cultural Variation and Everyday Experience
Health and Illness
Sex
Conclusion
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Visual Essay: Funeral Rituals in the Netherlands
Chapter 5 Building Identity: Socialization
Social Structure and the Construction of Human Beings
Socialization: Becoming Who We Are
The Acquisition of Self
Resocialization
Spencer Cahill: The Professional Socialization of Funeral Directors
The Self in Cultural Context
Socialization and Stratification: Growing Up With Inequality
Social Class
Race and Ethnicity
Gender
Micro-Macro Connection: Girls' Toys and Boys' Toys
Institutions and Socialization
Education
Religion
Mass Media
Conclusion
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Visual Essay: Becoming a Mariner
Chapter 6 Building Image: The Presentation of Self
Forming Impressions of Others
Social Group Membership
Physical Appearance
Micro-Macro Connection: Obesity
Verbal and Nonverbal Expression
Managing Impressions
Micro-Macro Connection: Managing Identities on the Internet
Dramaturgy: Actors on a Social Stage
Peter Ubel: Elevator Talk Among Doctors and Nurses
Social Influences on Impression Management
Elijah Anderson: Streetwise
Collective Impression Management
Mismanaging Impressions: Spoiled Identities
Embarrassment
Remedies for Spoiled Identities
Stigma
Conclusion
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Visual Essay: Looking Cool
Chapter 7 Building Social Relationships: Intimacy and Families
Life With Others
Micro-Macro Connection: Virtual Communities in the Global Village
Family Life
Historical Trends in Family Life
The Culture of Intimacy and Family
Family and Social Structure
Institutions Influencing Family
Micro-Macro Connection: Dual-Earner Parents
Gender
Social Diversity and Family Life
Mary Pattillo-McCoy: Privilege and Peril in Middle-Class Black Families
Family Dilemmas
Divorce
Family Violence
Conclusion
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Visual Essay: Family Friendly
Chapter 8 Constructing Difference: Social Deviance
Defining Deviance
Absolutist Definitions of Deviance
Relativist Definitions of Deviance
The Elements of Deviance
Micro-Macro Connection: Sexual Abuse and the Clergy
Explaining Why People Become Deviant
Deterring Deviance
Labeling Deviants
Nancy Herman: Becoming an Ex-Crazy
Linking Power and the Social Construction of Deviance
The Criminalization of Deviance
Christopher Uggen and Jeff Manza: Prisoners and Presidents
The Medicalization of Deviance
Micro-Macro Connection: Prozac and the Pharmaceutical Personality
Conclusion
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Visual Essay: Culture of Tramps
PART III SOCIAL STRUCTURE, INSTITUTIONS, AND EVERYDAY LIFE
Chapter 9 The Structure of Society: Organizations, Social Institutions, and Globalization
Social Structure and Everyday Life
Social Dilemmas: Individual Interests and Structural Needs
The Tragedy of the Commons
The Free-Rider Problem
Solutions to Social Dilemmas
The Structure of Organizations
Bureaucracies: Playing by the Rules
George Ritzer: The McDonaldization of Society
The Hierarchical Makeup of Organizations
The Creation of Organizational Reality
Organizations and Institutions
Organizational Networks Within Institutions
Micro-Macro Connection: The U.S. Health Care System
Institutional Pressures Toward Similarity
Globalization and Social Institutions
Communication Media
Economics
Barbara Garson: Money Makes the World Go 'Round
Education
Religion
Conclusion
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Visual Essay: The Trail of the Tomato
Chapter 10 The Architecture of Stratification: Social Class and Inequality
Stratification Systems
Slavery
Caste Systems
Estate Systems
Social Class Systems
Micro-Macro Connection: Mass Media and Images of Social Class
Sociological Perspectives on Stratification
The Structural-Functionalist View of Stratification
The Conflict View of Stratification
Inequality in the United States
How U.S. Society Is Stratified
What Poverty Means in the United States
Why Poverty Persists
Micro-Macro Connection: Welfare Reform
Global Development and Inequality
The Global Economic Gap
Explanations for Global Stratification
Global Financial Organizations
Multinational Corporations
Micro-Macro Connection: The Global Tobacco Epidemic
Conclusion
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Visual Essay: Images of Social Class
Chapter 11 The Architecture of Inequality: Race and Ethnicity
Race and Ethnicity: More Than Just Biology
Micro-Macro Connection: Politics and Multiracial Identity
Oppression and Inequality: Stories Through the Years
Native Americans
Latino/as
African Americans
Asian Americans
Racial and Ethnic Relations
Personal Racism
Claude Steele: Stereotypes and Educational Performance
The Cultural Ideology of Racism
Micro-Macro Connection: Racial Superiority and the Dominant Black Athlete
Institutional Racism: Injustice Built into the System
Micro-Macro Connection: Racial Profiling
Global Perspectives on Racism
Discrimination in Other Societies
Ethnic Conflict
Conclusion
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 12 The Architecture of Inequality: Sex and Gender
Sexism at the Personal Level
Sexism and Social Interaction
Laura Miller: Gender, Power, and Harassment in the Military
Violence Against Women
The Ideology of Sexism: Biology as Destiny
Institutions and Sexual Inequality
Sexism and the Media
Sexism and the Law
Sexism and Family
Sexism and Education
Sexism and the Economy
The Global Devaluation of Women
Conclusion
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Chapter 13 The Global Dynamics of Population: Demographic Trends
The Influence of Birth Cohorts
Baby Boomers
Generation X
The Millennium Generation
Demographic Dynamics
Population Growth
Age Structure
Migration
The Impact of Population Trends in the United States
Immigration and the Changing Face of the United States
Micro-Macro Connection: The Peculiar Politics of Immigration
The "Graying" of the United States
Conclusion
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Visual Essay: Immigrant Nation
Chapter 14 Architects of Change: Reconstructing Society
Social Change
The Speed of Social Change
Causes of Social Change
Social Movements
Types of Social Movements
The Development of a Social Movement
Robert Bullard and Beverly Wright: The Environmental Justice Movement
The Sociological Imagination Revisited
Conclusion and Farewell
YOUR TURN
CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
KEY TERMS
Visual Essay: Imagining Futures
References
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