Essentials of sociology : a down-to-earth approach

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• Henslin, James M.

書誌事項

Essentials of sociology : a down-to-earth approach

James M. Henslin

Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2009

8th ed

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. SR-R24) and indexes

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内容説明

A Down-to-Earth Approach Henslin's popular brief paperback text shares the excitement of sociology, with its acclaimed "down-to-earth" approach and personal writing style that highlight the sociology of everyday life and its relevance to students' lives. James Henslin has a unique ability to engage students without talking down to them or sacrificing content. With wit, personal reflection, and illuminating examples, he shares with readers his passion for sociology. Students are guided on their sociological journey with: Down-to-Earth Approach Comparative Perspectives Globalization of Capitalism Visual Presentations of Sociology

目次

IN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF 2.) COMPREHENSIVE BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part I The Sociological Perspective Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective Chapter 2 Culture Chapter 3 Socialization Chapter 4 Social Structure and Social Interaction Part II Social Groups and Social Control Chapter 5 Social Groups and Formal Organizations Chapter 6 Deviance and Social Control Part III Social Inequality Chapter 7 Global Stratification Chapter 8 Social Class in the United States Chapter 9 Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity Chapter 10 Inequalities of Gender and Age Part IV Social Institutions Chapter 11 Politics and the Economy Chapter 12 Marriage and Family Chapter 13 Education and Religion Part V Social Change Chapter 14 Population and Urbanization Chapter 15 Social Change: Technology, Social Movements, and the Environment COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: Part I The Sociological Perspective Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective - Seeing the Broader Social Context 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 Sexism in Early Sociology Attitudes of the Time Harriet Martineau and Early Social Research 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 North American Sociology: 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 Cultural Diversity in the United States: Studying Job Discrimination: A Surprising example of Applied Sociology Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology Symbolic Interactionism Functional Analysis Conflict Theory Levels of Analysis: Macro and Micro How Theory and Research Work Together Doing Sociological Research A Research Model Down-to-Earth Sociology: Enjoying a Sociology Quiz-Sociological Findings Versus Common Sense Research Methods Surveys Down-to-Earth Sociology: Loading the Dice: How Not to Do Research Participant Observation (Fieldwork) Secondary Analysis Documents Experiments Unobtrusive Measures Ethics in Sociological Research Protecting the Subjects: The Brajuha Research Misleading the Subjects: The Humphreys Research Values in Sociological Research Chapter 2 Culture What Is Culture? Culture and Taken-for-Granted Orientations to Life Practicing Cultural Relativism Cultural Diversity in the United States: Culture Shock: The Arrival of the Hmong Practicing Cultural Relativism Components of Symbolic Culture Cultural Diversity Around the World: You Are What You Eat? An Exploration in Cultural Relativity Gestures Standards of Beauty Language Language and Perception: The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis Values, Norms, and Sanctions 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 Folkways and Mores Many Cultural Worlds Subcultures Countercultures Values in U.S. Society An Overview of U.S. Values Value Clusters Mass Media in Social Life: Why Do Native Americans Like Westerns? Value Contradictions Emerging Values Culture Wars: When Values Clash Values as Blinders "Ideal" Versus "Real" Culture Technology in the Global Village The New Technology Cultural Lag and Cultural Change Technology and Cultural Leveling Chapter 3 Socialization What Is Human Nature? Feral Children Isolated Children Down-to-Earth Sociology: Heredity or Environment? The Case of Oskar and Jack, Identical Twins 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 Socialization into Emotions Society Within Us: The Self and Emotions as Social Control Socialization into Gender Learning the Gender Map Gender Messages in the Family Gender Messages From Peers Gender Messages in the Mass Media Agents of Socialization The Family Mass Media in Social Life: Lara Croft, Tomb Raider: Changing Images of Women in the Mass Media The Neighborhood Religion Day Care The School and Peer Groups The Workplace Resocialization Cultural Diversity in the United States: Caught Between Two Worlds Total Institutions Socialization Through the Life Course Childhood (from Birth to About Age ) Down-to-Earth Sociology: Boot Camp as a Total Institution Adolescence (ages -) Transitional Adulthood (ages -) The Middle Years (ages -) The Older Years (about age on) Are We Prisoners of Socialization? 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 Culture Down-to-Earth Sociology: College Football as Social Structure Social Class Social Status Roles Groups Social Institutions Societies-and Their Transformation Biotech Societies: Is a New Type of Society Emerging? What Holds Society Together? Sociology and the New Technology: "So, You Want to Be Yourself?" Cloning in the Coming Biotech Society Cultural Diversity in the United States: The Amish: Gemeinschaft Community in a Gesellschaft Society The Microsociological Perspective: Social Interaction in Everyday Life Stereotypes in Everyday Life Personal Space Down to Earth Sociology: Beauty May Be Only Skin Deep, But Its Effects Go on Forever Eye Contact Applied Body Language Dramaturgy: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Ethnomethodology: Uncovering Background Assumptions The Social Construction of Reality Mass Media in Social Life: You Can't Be Thin Enough: Body Images and the Mass Media The Need for Both Macrosociology and Microsociology Through the Author's Lens: When a Tornado Strikes: Social Organization Following a Natural Disaster Part II Social Groups and Social Control Chapter 5 Social Groups and Formal Organizations Groups Within Society Primary Groups Secondary Groups In-Groups and Out-Groups Reference Groups Social Networks A New Group: Electronic Communities Cultural Diversity in the United States: How Our Own Social Networks Perpetuate Social Inequality Bureaucracies The Characteristics of Bureaucracies The Perpetuation of Bureaucracies Down-to-Earth Sociology: The McDonaldization of Society The Disfunctions of Bureaucracies Working for the Corporation Self-Fulfilling Stereotypes in the "Hidden" Corporate Culture Thinking Critically: Managing Diversity on the Workplace Technology and the Control of Workers Group Dynamics Effects of Group Size on Stability and Intimacy Sociology and the New Technology, Cyberloafers and Cybersleuths: Surfing and Work Effects of Group Size on Attitudes and Behavior Leadership The Power of Peer Pressure: The Asch Experiment The Power of Authority: The Milgram Experiment Thinking Critically: If Hitler Asked You to Execute a Stranger, Would You? The Milgram Experiment Global Consequences of Group Dynamics: Groupthink Chapter 6 Deviance and Social Control What Is Deviance? How Norms Make Social Life Possible Cultural Diversity Around the World: Human Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective Sanctions Thinking Critically: Is It Rape, or Is It Marriage? A Study in Culture Clash Competing Explanations of Deviance: Sociology, Sociobiology, and Psychology The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Differential Association Theory Control Theory Down-to-Earth Sociology: Shaming: Making a Comeback? Labeling Theory 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: Gang Leader for a Day: Adventures of a Rogue Sociologist The Conflict Perspective Class, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System Power and Inequality The Law as an Instrument of Oppression Reactions to Deviance Cultural Diversity around the World: "What Kind of Prison Is This?" Street Crime and Prisons Thinking Critically: "Three Strikes and You're Out!": Unintended Consequences of Well-Intended Laws The Decline in Violent Crime Recidivism The Death Penalty and Bias Down-to-Earth Sociology: The Killer Next Door: Serial Murderers in Our Midst Legal Change Thinking Critically: Changing Views: Making Hate a Crime The Medicalization of Deviance: Mental Illness The Need for a More Humane Approach Part III Social Inequality Chapter 7 Global Stratification Systems of Social Stratification Slavery Caste Mass Media in Social Life: What Price Freedom? Slavery Today 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 Perspective: 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 Thinking Critically: Open Season: Children as Prey The Least Industrialized Nations Through the Author's Lens: The Dump People: Working and Living and Playing in the City Dump of Phnom Penh, Cambodia How Did the World's Nations Become Stratified? Colonialism World System Theory Thinking Critically: When Globalization Comes Home: Maquiladores South of the Border Culture of Poverty Evaluating the Theories Maintaining Global Stratification Neocolonialism Multinational Corporations Technology and Global Domination A Concluding Note Chapter 8 Social Class in the United States What Is Social Class? Property Power Prestige Down-to-Earth Sociology: How the Super-Rich Live 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 Thinking Critically: Mental Illness and Inequality in Health Care Family Life Education Religion Politics Crime and Criminal Justice Social Mobility Three Types of Social Mobility Cultural Diversity in the United States: Social Class and the Upward Social Mobility of African Americans Women in Studies of Social Mobility Poverty Drawing the Poverty Line Who Are the Poor? Down-to Earth Sociology: Exploring Myths About the Poor Children of Poverty Thinking Critically: The Nation's Shame: Children in Poverty The Dynamics of Poverty Why Are People Poor? Welfare Reform Where Is Horatio Alger? The Social Functions of a Myth Chapter 9 Race and Ethnicity Laying the Sociological Foundation Race: Myth and Reality Ethnic Groups Minority Groups and Dominant Groups Cultural Diversity in the United States: Tiger Woods and the Emerging Multiracial Identity: Mapping New Ethnic Terrain How People Construct Their Racial-Ethnic Identity Down-to-Earth Sociology: Can a Plane Ride Change Your Race? Prejudice and Discrimination Learning Prejudice Individual and Institutional Discrimination Theories of Prejudice Psychological Perspectives Sociological Perspectives Global Patterns of Intergroup Relations Genocide Down-to-Earht Sociology: The Man in the Zoo Population Transfer Internal Colonialism Segregation Assimilation Multiculturalism (Pluralism) Race and Ethnic Relations in the United States European Americans Down-to-Earth Sociology:Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack: Exploring Cultural Privelage Latinos Cultural Diversity in the United States and Around the World: The Illegal Travel Guide African Americans Asian Americans Native Americans Looking Toward the Future The Immigration Debate Affirmative Action Cultural Diversity in the United States: Glimpsing the Future: The Shifting U.S. Racial-Ethnic Mix Toward a True Multicultural Society Chapter 10 Inequalities of Gender and Age Inequalities of Gender Issues of Sex and Gender Gender Differences in Behavior: Biology or Culture? Opening the Door to Biology How Females Became a Minority Group Through the Author's Lens: Work and Gender: Women at Work in India Down-to-Earth Sociology: The Gender Gap in Math and Science: A National Debate The Origins of Patriarchy Cultural Diversity Around the World: "Psst. You Wanna Buy a Bride?" China in Transition Global Violence Against Women Cultural Diversity Around the World: Female Circumcision Gender Inequality in the United States Fighting Back: The Rise of Feminism Gender Inequality in Health Care Gender Inequality in Education Down-to-Earth Sociology: Surgical Sexism: Cold-Hearted Surgeons and Their Women Victims Gender Inequality in the Workplace Sexual Harassment-And Worse Gender and Violence The Changing Face of Politics Glimpsing the Future-with Hope Inequalities of Aging Aging in Global Perspective The Social Construction of Aging Industrialization and the Graying of the Globe The Graying of America The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Shifting Meanings of Growing Old The Influence of the Mass Media The Functionalist Perspective Disengagement Theory Mass Media in Social Life: Shaping Our Perceptions of the Elderly Activity Theory Continuity Theory The Conflict Perspective Social Security Legislation Intergenerational Conflict Gender Roles Among the Elderly Down-to-Earth Sociology: Feisty to the End: Gender Roles Among the Elderly Part IV Social Institutions Chapter 11 Politics and the Economy Politics: Establishing Leadership Power, Authority, and Violence Authority and Legitimate Violence Traditional Authority Rational-Legal Authority Charismatic Authority The Transfer of Authority Types of Government Monarchies: The Rise of the State Democracies: Citizenship as a Revolutionary Idea Dictatorships and Oligarchies: The Seizure of Power The U.S. Political System Political Parties and Elections Voting Patterns Lobbyists and Special-Interest Groups Who Rules the United States? The Functionalist Perspective: Pluralism The Conflict Perspective: The Power Elite Which View Is Right? War and Terrorism: Ways of Implementing Political Objectives War Terrorism The Economy: Work in the Global Village Down-to-Earth Sociology: How Can "Good" People Torture and Mutilate? The Transformation of Economic Systems Preindustrial Societies: The Birth of Inequality Down-to-Earth Sociology: Child Soldiers Industrial Societies: The Birth of the Machine Postindustrial Societies: The Birth of the Information Age Biotech Societies: The Merger of Biology and Economics Implications for Your Life Ominous Trends in the United States Cultural Diversity around the World: The Child Workers Through the Author's Lens: Small Town USA: Struggling to Survive World Economic Systems Capitalism Socialism Ideologies of Capitalism and Socialism Criticisms of Capitalism and Socialism The Convergence of Capitalism and Socialism Capitalism in a Global Economy Global Trade: Inequalities and Conflict Cultural Diversity Around the World: Doing Business in the Global Village A New World Order? Chapter 12 Marriage and Family Marriage and Family in Global Perspective What Is a Family? What is Marriage? Common Cultural Themes Sociology and the New Technology: Finding a Mate: Not the Same as It Used to Be Marriage and Family in Theoretical Perspective The Functionalist Perspective: Functions and Dysfunctions The Conflict Perspective: Struggles Between Husbands and Wives The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Gender and Family Responsibilities 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 Child Rearing Family Transitions Diversity in U.S. Families African American Families Latino Families Asian American Families Native American Families One-Parent Families Families Without Children Blended Families Gay and Lesbian Families Trends in U.S. Families Postponing Marriage and Childbirth Cohabitation Unmarried Mothers Down-to-Earth Sociology: "You Want Us to Live Together? What Do You Mean By That?" Grandparents as Parents The "Sandwich Generation" and Elder Care Divorce and Remarriage Problems in Measuring Divorce Children of Divorce Down-to-Earth Sociology: "What Are Your Chances of Getting Divorced?" 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, 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 Chapter 13 Education and Religion Education: Transferring Knowledge and Skills Education in Global Perspective Education and Industrialization Education in the Most Industrialized Nations: Japan Down-to-Earth Sociology: Community Colleges: Challenges Old and New 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 Down-to-Earth Sociology: Home Schooling: The Search for Quality and Values Gatekeeping Replacing Family Functions The Conflict Perspective: Perpetuating Social Inequality The Hidden Curriculum Tilting the Tests: Discrimination by IQ Stacking the Deck: Unequal Funding The Bottom Line: Family Background The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Teacher Expectations The Rist Research How Do Teacher Expectations Work? Problems in U.S. Education-and Their Solutions Problems: Mediocrity and Violence Solutions: Safety and Standards Thinking Critically: Breaking Through the Barriers: Restructuring the Classroom Religion What Is Religion? The Functionalist Perspective Functions of Religion Down-to-Earth Sociology: Religion and Health: What We Know and Don't Know Dysfunctions of Religion The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective Religious Symbols Down-to-Earth Sociology: Terrorism and the Mind of God Rituals Beliefs Religious Experience The Conflict Perspective Opium of the People A Legitimation of Social Inequalities Religion and the Spirit of Capitalism Types of Religious Groups Cult Sect Church Ecclesia Variations in Patterns Religion in the United States Characteristics of Members Characteristics of Religious Groups Secularization and the Splintering of U.S. Churches The Future of Religion Part V Social Change Chapter 14 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 Through the Author's Lens: A Walk Through El Tiro in Medellin, Columbia 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 City Life Alienation in the City Community in the City Who Lives in the City? The Norm of Noninvolvement and the Diffusion of Responsibility Urban Problems and Social Policy Suburbanization Down-to-Earth Sociology: Urban Fear and the Gated Fortress Disinvestment and Deindustrialization The Potential of Urban Revitalization Chapter 15 Social Change and the Environment How Social Change Transforms Social Life The Four Social Revolutions From Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft Capitalism, Modernization, and Industrialization Conflict, Power, and Global Politics Theories and Processes of Social Change Cultural Evolution Natural Cycles Conflict over Power Ogburn's Theory How Technology Changes Society The Sociological Significance of Technology Computers in Education Computers in Business and Finance Computers in Warfare Reservations About the Computer Social Movements as a Source of Social Change Down-to-Earth Sociology: The Coming Star Wars Types of Social Movements Propaganda and the Mass Media The Stages of Social Movements Down-to-Earth Sociology: "Tricks of the Trade"-Deception and Persuasion in Propaganda Thinking Critically: Which Side of the Barricades? Prochoice and Prolife as a Social Movement 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 The Environmental Movement Thinking Critically: Ecosabotage Cultural Diversity around the World: The Rain Forests: Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge Environmental Sociology

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• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB01277383
• ISBN:
  • 9780205578702
• LCCN: 2008032598
• 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: Boston
• ページ数/冊数: xli, 451 p.
• 大きさ: 26 cm
• 分類:
  • LCC : HM586
  • DC22 : 301
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Sociology