Society : the basics

著者

• Macionis, John J.

書誌事項

Society : the basics

John J. Macionis

Pearson Prentice Hall, c2009

10th ed

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. 517-533) and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life John Macionis shares his enthusiasm, excitement and teaching experience with a clear and engaging writing style that connects with students. Macionis', Society: The Basics, 10th edition is designed to help students see the relevance of the sociological theories and ideas that inform their own lives. Four main themes are found throughout the text: Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Social Diversity Global Comparisons Critical Thinking The new edition has an innovate new design, contemporary and compelling student applications, plus a wealth of author-written and author-managed supplemental material. This revision elevates Society's high standard of excellence, ensuring that it remains one of the foremost introductory sociology resources for students and instructors alike.

目次

IN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF 2.) COMPREHENSIVE BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method Chapter 2: Culture Chapter 3: Socialization: From Infancy to Old Age Chapter 4: Social Interaction in Everyday Life Chapter 5: Groups and Organizations Chapter 6: Sexuality and Society Chapter 7: Deviance Chapter 8: Social Stratification Chapter 9: Global Stratification Chapter 10: Gender Stratification Chapter 11: Race and Ethnicity Chapter 12: Economics and Politics Chapter 13: Family and Religion Chapter 14: Education, Health and Medicine Chapter 15: Population, Urbanization, and the Environment Chapter 16: Social Change: Traditional, Modern, and Postmodern Societies COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Sociology: Perspective, Theory, and Method The Sociological Perspective Seeing the General in the Particular Seeing the Strange in the Familiar Seeing Society in Our Everyday Choices Seeing Sociologically: Marginality and Crisis The Importance of a Global Perspective Applying the Sociological Perspective Sociology and Public Policy Sociology and Personal Growth Careers: The "Sociology Advantage" The Origins of Sociology Social Change and Sociology Science and Sociology Sociological Theory The Structural-Functional Approach The Social-Conflict Approach Feminism and the Gender-Conflict Approach The Race-Conflict Approach The Symbolic-Interaction Approach Three Ways to Do Sociology Positivist Sociology Interpretive Sociology Critical Sociology Research Orientations and Theory Gender and Research Research Ethics Research Methods Testing a Hypothesis: The Experiment Asking Questions: Survey Research In the Field: Participant Observation Seeing Sociology in the News Using Available Data: Existing Sources Putting It All Together: Ten Steps in Sociological Research Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 2: Culture What is Culture Culture and Human Intelligence How Many Cultures? The Elements of Culture Symbols Language Values and Beliefs Norms Ideal and Real Culture Technology and Culture Hunting and Gathering Horticulture and Pastoralism Agriculture Industry Postindustrial Information Technology Seeing Sociology in the News Cultural Diversity High Culture and Popular Culture Subculture Multiculturalism Counterculture Cultural Change Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism A Global Culture? Theoretical Analysis of Culture The Functions of Culture: Structural-Functional Analysis Inequality and Culture: Social-Conflict Analysis Evolution and Culture: Sociobiology Culture and Human Freedom Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 3: Socialization: From Infancy to Old Age Social Experience: The Key to Our Humanity Human Development: Nature and Nurture Social Isolation Understanding Socialization Sigmund Freud's Elements of Personality Jean Piget's Theory of Cognitive Development Lawrence Kohlberg's Theory of Moral Development Carol Gilligan's Theory of Gender and Moral Development George Herbert Mead's Theory of the Social Self Erik H. Erikson's Eight Stages of Development Agents of Socialization The Family The School The Peer Group The Mass Media Socialization and the Life Course Childhood Adolescence Seeing Sociology in the News Adulthood Old Age Death and Dying The Life Course: Patterns and Variations Resocialization: Total Institutions Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 4: Social Interaction in Everyday Life Social Structure: A Guide to Everyday Living Status Ascribed and Achieved Status Master Status Role Role Conflict and Role Strain Role Exit The Social Construction of Reality "Street Smarts" The Thomas Theorem Ethnomethodology Reality Building: Class and Culture Dramaturgical Analysis: The "Presentation of Self" Performances Seeing Sociology in the News Nonverbal Communication Gender Performances Idealization Embarrassment and Tact Interaction in Everyday Life: Three Applications Emotions: The Social Construction of Feeling Language: The Social Construction of Gender Reality Play: The Social Construction of Humor Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 5: Groups and Organizations Social Groups Primary and Secondary Groups Group Leadership Group Conformity Reference Groups In-Groups and Out-Groups Group Size Social Diversity: Race, Class, and Gender Networks Seeing Sociology in the News Formal Organizations Types of Formal Organizations Origins of Formal Organizations Characteristics of Bureaucracy Organizational Environment The Informal Side of Bureaucracy Problems of Bureaucracy The Evolution of Formal Organizations Scientific Management The First Challenge: Race and Gender The Second Challenge: The Japanese Work Organization The Third Challenge: The Changing Nature of Work The "McDonalization" of Society The Future of Organizations: Opposing Trends Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 6: Sexuality and Society Understanding Sexuality Sex: A Biological Issue Sex and the Body Sex: A Cultural Issue The Incest Taboo Sexual Attitudes in the United States The Sexual Revolution The Sexual Counterrevolution Premarital Sex Sex between Adults Seeing Sociology in the News Extramarital Sex Sex over the Life Course Sexual Orientation What Gives Us a Sexual Orientation? How Many Gay People Are There? The Gay Rights Movement Sexual Issues and Controversies Teen Pregnancy Pornography Prostitution Sexual Violence: Rape and Date Rape Theoretical Analysis of Sexuality Structural-Functional Analysis Symbolic-Interaction Analysis Social-Conflict and Feminist Analysis Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 7: Deviance What is Deviance? Social Control The Biological Context Personality Factors The Social Foundations of Deviance The Functions of Deviance: Structural-Analysis Durkheim's Basic Insight Merton's Strain Theory Deviant Subcultures Labeling Deviance: Symbolic-Interaction Analysis Labeling Theory The Medicalization of Deviance Sutherland's Differential Association Theory Hirschi's Control Theory Deviance and Inequality: Social-Conflict Analysis Deviance and Power Deviance and Capitalism White-Collar Crime Corporate Crime Organized Crime Deviance, Race, and Gender Hate Crimes The Feminist Perspective: Deviance and Gender Crime Types of Crime Criminal Statistics The Street Criminal: A Profile Crime in Global Perspective The U.S. Criminal Justice System Due Process Police Courts Punishment Seeing Sociology in the News The Death Penalty Community-Based Corrections Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 8: Social Stratification What is Social Stratification? Caste and Class Systems The Caste System The Class System Caste and Class: The United Kingdom Classless Societies? The Former Soviet Union China: Emerging Social Classes Ideology: The Power behind Stratification The Functions of Social Stratification The Davis-Moore Thesis Stratification and Conflict Karl Marx: Class Conflict Why No Marxist Revolution? Max Weber: Class, Status, and Power Stratification and Interaction Stratification and Technology: A Global Perspective Hunting and Gathering Societies Horticultural, Pastoral, and Agrarian Societies Industrial Societies The Kuznets Curve Inequality in the United States Income, Wealth, and Power Occupational Prestige Schooling Ancestry, Race, and Gender Social Classes in the United States The Upper Class The Middle Class The Working Class The Lower Class The Difference Class Makes Health Values ad Attitudes Politics Family and Gender Social Mobility Myth versus Reality Mobility by Income Level Mobility: Race, Ethnicity, and Gender Mobility and Marriage The American Dream: Still a Reality? The Global Economy and the U.S. Class Structure Seeing Sociology in the News Poverty in the United States The Extent of Poverty Who Are the Poor? Explaining Poverty The Working Poor Homelessness Class, Welfare, Politics, and Values Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 9: Global Stratification Global Stratification: An Overview A Word about Terminology High-Income Countries Middle-Income Countries Low-Income Countries Global Wealth and Poverty The Severity of Poverty The Extent of Poverty Poverty and Children Poverty and Women Slavery Explanations of Global Poverty Global Stratification: Theoretical Analysis Modernization Theory Seeing Sociology in the News Dependency Theory Global Stratification: Looking Ahead Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 10: Gender Stratification Gender and Inequality Male-Female Differences Gender in Global Perspective Patriarchy and Sexism Gender and Socialization Gender and the Family Gender and the Peer Group Gender and Schooling Gender and the Mass Media Gender and Social Stratification Working Women and Men Seeing Sociology in the News Gender, Income, and Wealth Housework: Women's "Second Shift" Gender and Education Gender and Politics Gender and the Military Are Women a Minority? Minority Women: Intersection Theory Violence against Women Violence against Men Sexual Harassment Pornography Theoretical Analysis of Gender Structural-Functional Analysis Social-Conflict Analysis Feminism Basic Feminist Ideas Types of Feminism Opposition to Feminism Gender: Looking Ahead Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 11: Race and Ethnicity The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity Race Seeing Sociology in the News Ethnicity Minorities Prejudice and Stereotypes Measuring Prejudice: The Social Distance Scale Racism Theories of Prejudice Discrimination Institutional Prejudice and Discrimination Prejudice and Discrimination: The Vicious Circle Majority and Minority: Patterns of Interaction Pluralism Assimilation Segregation Genocide Race and Ethnicity in the United States Native Americans White Anglo-Saxon Protestants African Americans Asian Americans Hispanic Americans/Latinos Arab Americans White Ethnic Americans Race and Ethnicity: Looking Ahead Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 12: Economics and Politics The Economy: Historical Overview The Agricultural Revolution The Industrial Revolution The Information Revolution and Postindustrial Society Sectors of the Economy The Global Economy Seeing Sociology in the News Economic Systems: Paths to Justice Capitalism Socialism Welfare Capitalism and State Capitalism Relative Advantages of Capitalism and Socialism Changes in Socialist and Capitalist Countries Work in the Postindustrial U.S. Economy The Changing Workplace Labor Unions Professions Self-Employment Unemployment and Underemployment Workplace Diversity: Race and Gender New Information: Technology and Work Corporations Economic Concentration Conglomerates and Corporate Linkages Corporations: Are They Competitive? Corporations and the Global Economy The Economy: Looking Ahead Politics: Historical Overview Politics in Global Perspective Monarchy Democracy Authoritarianism Totalitarianism A Global Political System? Politics in the United States U.S. Culture and the Rise of the Welfare State The Political Spectrum Party Identification Special Interest Groups Voter Apathy Should Convicted Criminals Vote? Theoretical Analysis of Power in Society The Pluralist Model: The People Rule The Power-Elite Model: A Few People Rule The Marxist Model: The System is Biased Power beyond the Rules Revolution Terrorism War and Peace The Causes of War Social Class and the Military Is Terrorism a New Kind of War? The Costs and Causes of Militarism Nuclear Weapons Mass Media and War Pursuing Peace Politics: Looking Ahead Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 13: Family and Religion Family: Basic Concepts Family: Global Variations Marriages Patterns Residential Patterns Patterns of Descent Patterns of Authority Theoretical Analysis of Families Functions of Family: Structural-Functional Analysis Inequality and Family: Social-Conflict and Feminist Analysis Constructing Family Life: Micro-Level Analysis Stages of Family Life Courtship and Romantic Love Settling In: Ideal and Real Marriage Child Rearing The Family in Later Life Seeing Sociology in the News U.S. Families: Class, Race, and Gender Social Class Ethnicity and Race Gender Transitions and Problems in Family Life Divorce Remarriage and Blended Families Family Violence Alternative Family Forms One-Parent Families Cohabitation Gay and Lesbian Couples Singlehood New Reproductive Technologies and Family Families: Looking Ahead Religion: Basic Concepts Theoretical Analysis of Religion Functions of Religion: Structural-Functional Analysis Constructing the Sacred: Symbolic-Interaction Analysis Inequality and Religion: Social-Conflict Analysis Religion and Social Change Max Weber: Protestantism and Capitalism Liberation Theology Types of Religious Organizations Church Sect Cult Religion in History Religion in the United States Religion Commitment Religion: Class, Ethnicity, and Race Religion in a Changing Society Changing Affiliation Secularization Civil Religion "New Age" Seekers: Spiritually without Formal Religion Religious Revival: "Good Old-Time Religion" Religion: Looking Ahead Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 14: Education, Health and Medicine Education: A Global Survey Schooling and economic Development Schooling in India Schooling in Japan Schooling in the United States The Functions of Schooling Schooling and Social Interaction The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy Schooling and Social Inequality Public and Private Education Access to Higher Education Greater Opportunity: Expanding Higher Education Privilege and Personal Merit Seeing Sociology in the News Problems in the Schools Discipline and Violence Student Passivity Dropping Out Academic Standards Grade Inflation Recent Issue in U.S. Education School Choice Home Schooling Schooling People with Disabilities Adult Education The Teacher Shortage Schooling: Looking Ahead Health and Medicine Health and Society Health: A Global Survey Health in Low-Income Countries Health in High-Income Countries Health in the United States Who is Healthy? Age, Gender, Class, and Race Cigarette Smoking Eating Disorders Obesity Sexually Transmitted Diseases Ethical Issues Surrounding Death The Medical Establishment The Rise of Scientific Medicine Holistic Medicine Paying for Medical Care: A Global Survey Paying for Medical Care: The United States The Nursing Shortage Theoretical Analysis of Health and Medicine Structural-Functional Analysis: Role Theory Symbolic-Interaction Analysis: The Meaning of Health Social-Conflict and Feminist Analysis Health and Medicine: Looking Ahead Seeking Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 15: Population, Urbanization, and the Environment Demography: The Study of Population Fertility Mortality Migration Population Growth Population Composition History and Theory of Population Growth Malthusian Theory Demographic Transition Theory Global Population Today: A Brief Survey Urbanization: The Growth of Cities The Evolution of Cities The Growth of U.S. Cities Suburbs and Urban Decline Sunbelt Cities and Urban Sprawl Megalopolis: The Regional City Edge Cities The Rural Rebound Urbanism as a Way of Life Ferdinand Tonnies: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft Emile Durkheim: Mechanical and Organic Solidarity Georg Simmel: The Blase Urbanite The Chicago School: Robert Park and Louis Wirth Urban Ecology Urban Political Economy Urbanization in Poor Nations Seeing Sociology in the News Environment and Society The Global Dimension Technology and the Environmental Deficit Culture: Growth and Limits Solid Waste: The Disposable Society Water and Air The Rain Forests Environmental Racism Looking Ahead: Toward a Sustainable Society and World Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Chapter 16: Social Change: Traditional, Modern, and Postmodern Societies What is Social Change? Causes of Social Change Culture and Change Conflict and Change Ideas and Change Demographic Change Social Movements and Change Seeing Sociology in the News Disasters: Unexpected Change Modernity Ferdinand Tonnier: The Loss of Community Emile Durkheim: The Division of Labor Max Weber: Rationalization Karl Marx: Capitalism Structural-Functional Analysis: Modernity as Mass Society The Mass Scale of Modern Life The Ever-Expanding State Social-Conflict Analysis: Modernity as Class Society Capitalism Persistent Inequality Modernity and the Individual Mass Society: Problems of Identity Class Society: Problems of Powerlessness Modernity and Progress Modernity: Global Variation Postmodernity Looking Ahead: Modernization and Our Global Future Seeing Sociology in Everyday Life Making the Grade Visual Summary Sample Test Questions Glossary References Photo Credits Name Index Subject Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA89783309
• ISBN:
  • 9780135018828
• LCCN: 2008026224
• 出版国コード: us
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Upper Saddle River, N.J.
• ページ数/冊数: xxi, 554 p.
• 大きさ: 27 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HM586
  • DC22 : 301
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Sociology