IN THIS SECTION:
1.) BRIEF
2.) COMPREHENSIVE
BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Part I The Foundations of Sociology
Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective
Chapter 2 Sociological Investigation
Part II The Foundations of Society
Chapter 3 Culture
Part III Social Inequality
Part IV Social Institutions
Chapter 16 The Economy and Work
Chapter 17 Politics and Government
Chapter 18 Families
Chapter 19 Religion
Chapter 20 Education
Chapter 21 Health and Medicine
Part V Social Change
Part I The Foundations of Sociology
Chapter 1 The Sociological Perspective
The Sociological Perspective
Seeing the General in the Particular
Seeing the Strange in the Familiar
Seeing Society in Our Everyday Lives
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
Applying the Approaches: The Sociology of Sports
The Functions of Sports
Sports and Conflict
Sports as Interaction
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Chapter 2 Sociological Investigation
Basics of Sociological Investigation
Science as One Form of Truth
Common Sense versus Scientific Evidence
Three Ways to Do Sociology
Positivist Sociology
Interpretive Sociology
Critical Sociology
Research Orientations and Theory
Gender and Research
Research Ethics
Methods of Sociological Research
Testing a Hypothesis: The Experiment
Asking Questions: Survey Research
In the Field: Participant Observation
Using Available Data: Existing
Sources
The Interplay of Theory and Method
Putting It All Together: Ten Steps in Sociological Investigation
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Part II The Foundations of Society
Chapter 3 Culture
What is Culture?
Culture and Human Intelligence
Culture, Nation, and Society
How Many Cultures?
The Elements of Culture
Symbols
Language
Values and Beliefs
Norms
Ideal and Real Culture
Material Culture and Technology
New Information Technology and Culture
Cultural Diversity: Many Ways of Life in One World
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
Culture as Constraint
Culture as Freedom
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Problems of Bureaucracy
Oligarchy
The Evolution of Formal Organizations
Scientific Management
The First Challenge: Race and Gender
The Second Challenge: The Changing Nature of Work
The "McDonalization" of Society
The Future of Organizations: Opposing Trends
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Chapter 8 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
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
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Chapter 9 Deviance
What Is Deviance?
Social Control
The Biological Context
Personality Factors
The Social Foundations of Deviance
The Functions of Deviance: Structural-Functional 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
The Death Penalty
Community-Based Corrections
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Part III Social Inequality
Chapter 10 Social Stratification
What Is Social Stratification?
Caste and Class Systems
The Caste System
The Class System
Caste and Class: The United Kingdom
Another Example: Japan
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
Social Stratification: Facts and Values
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Chapter 11 Social Class in the United States
Dimensions of Social Inequality
Income
Wealth
Power
Occupational Prestige
Schooling
U.S. Stratification: Merit and Caste
Ancestry
Race and Ethnicity
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 and Attitudes
Politics
Family and Gender
Social Mobility
Research on Mobility
Seeing Sociology in the News “The End of Upward Mobility?”
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
Poverty in the United States
The Extent of Poverty
Who Are the Poor?
Explaining Poverty
The Working Poor
Homelessness
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Chapter 12 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
Dependency Theory
Global Stratification: Looking Ahead
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Chapter 13 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
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
Symbolic-Interaction Analysis
Social-Conflict Analysis
Feminism
Basic Feminist Ideas
Types of Feminism
Opposition to Feminism
Gender: Looking Ahead
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Chapter 14 Race and Ethnicity
The Social Meaning of Race and Ethnicity
Race
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
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Chapter 15 Aging and the Elderly
The Graying of the United States
Birth Rate: Going Down
Life Expectancy: Going Up
An Aging Society: Cultural Change
The “Young Old” and the “Old Old”
Growing Old: Biology and Culture
Biological Changes
Psychological Changes
Aging and Culture
Age Stratification: A Global Survey
Transitions and Challenges of Aging
Finding Meaning
Social Isolation
Retirement
Aging and Poverty
Caregiving
Ageism
The Elderly: A Minority?
Theoretical Analysis of Aging
Structural-Functional Analysis: Aging and Disengagement
Symbolic-Interaction Analysis: Aging and Activity
Social-Conflict Analysis: Aging and Inequality
Death and Dying
Historical Patterns of Death
The Modern Separation of Life and Death
Ethical Issues: Confronting Death
Bereavement
Aging: Looking Ahead
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Part IV Social Institutions
Chapter 16 The Economy and Work
The Economy: Historical Overview
The Agricultural Revolution
The Industrial Revolution
The Information Revolution and Postindustrial Society
Sectors of the Economy
The Global Economy
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 Decline of Agricultural Work
From Factory Work to Service Work
The Dual Labor Market
Labor Unions
Professions
Self-Employment
Unemployment and Underemployment
The Underground Economy
Workplace Diversity: Race and Gender
Information Technology and Work
Corporations
Economic Concentration
Conglomerates and Corporate Linkages
Corporations: Are They Competitive?
Corporations and the Global Economy
The Economy: Looking Ahead
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Chapter 17 Politics and Government
Power and Authority
Traditional Authority
Rational-Legal Authority
Charismatic Authority
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
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
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Chapter 18 Families
Families: Basic Concepts
Families: Global Variations
Marriage Patterns
Residential Patterns
Patterns of Descent
Patterns of Authority
Theoretical Analysis of Families
Functions of the Family: Structural-Functional Analysis
Inequality and the Family: Social-Conflict and Feminist Analysis
Constructing Family Life: Micro-Level Analysis
Stages of Family Life
Courtship
Settling In: Ideal and Real Marriage
Child Rearing
The Family in Later Life
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 Families
Families: Looking Ahead
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Chapter 19 Religion
Religion: Basic Concepts
Religion and Sociology
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 Preindustrial Societies
Religion in Industrial Societies
World Religions
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
Buddhism
Confucianism
Religion: East and West
Religion in the United States
Religious Affiliation
Religiosity
Religion: Class, Ethnicity, and Race
Religion in a Changing Society
Changing Affiliation
Secularization
Civil Religion
“New Age” Seekers: Spirituality without Formal Religion
Religious Revival: “Good Old-Time Religion”
Religion: Looking Ahead
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Chapter 20 Education
Education: A Global Survey
Schooling and Economic Development
Schooling in India
Schooling in Japan
Schooling in Great Britain
Schooling in the United States
The Functions of Schooling
Socialization
Cultural Innovation
Social Integration
Social Placement
Latent Functions of Schooling
Schooling and Social Interaction
The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy
Schooling and Social Inequality
Social Control
Standardized Testing
School Tracking
Inequality among Schools
Access to Higher Education
Greater Opportunity: Expanding Higher Education
Privilege and Personal Merit
Problems in the Schools
Discipline and Violence
Student Passivity
Dropping Out
Academic Standards
Grade Inflation
Current Issues in U.S. Education
School Choice
Home Schooling
Schooling People with Disabilities
Adult Education
The Teacher Shortage
Schooling: Looking Ahead
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Chapter 21 Health and Medicine
What Is Health?
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 Inequality
Health and Medicine: Looking Ahead
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Part V Social Change
Chapter 22 Population, Urbanization, and 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
Postindustrial Sunbelt Cities
Megalopolis: The Regional City
Edge Cities
The Rural Rebound
Urbanism as a Way of Life
Ferdinand Tönnies: Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft
Emile Durkheim: Mechanical and Organic Solidarity
Georg Simmel: The Blasé Urbanite
The Chicago School: Robert Park and Louis Wirth
Urban Ecology
Urban Political Economy
Urbanization in Poor Nations
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
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Chapter 23 Collective Behavior and Social Movements
Studying Collective Behavior
Localized Collectivities: Crowds
Mobs and Riots
Crowds, Mobs, and Social Change
Explaining Crowd Behavior
Dispersed Collectivities: Mass Behavior
Rumor and Gossip
Public Opinion and Propaganda
Fashions and Fads
Panic and Mass Hysteria
Disasters
Social Movements
Types of Social Movements
Claims Making
Explaining Social Movements
Gender and Social Movements
Stages in Social Movements
Social Movements and Social Change
Social Movements: Looking Ahead
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Chapter 24 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
Modernity
Four Dimensions of Modernization
Ferdinand Tönnies: The Loss of Community
Emile Durkheim: The Division of Labor
Max Weber: Rationalization
Karl Marx: Capitalism
Theoretical Analysis of Modernity
Structural-Functional Theory: Modernity as Mass Society
Social-Conflict Theory: Modernity as Class Society
Modernity and the Individual
Modernity and Progress
Modernity: Global Variation
Postmodernity
Looking Ahead: Modernization and Our Global Future
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Sample Tests
Glossary
References
Subject Index
Timeline, BEP-1
John J. Macionis was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University and a doctorate in sociology from the University of Pennsylvania.
John Macionis' publications are wide-ranging, focusing on community life in the United States, interpersonal intimacy in families, effective teaching, humor, new information technology, and the importance of global education.
In addition, John Macionis and Nijole V. Benokraitis have edited the best-selling anthology Seeing Ourselves: Classic, Contemporary, and Cross-Cultural Readings in Sociology. Macionis and Vincent Parrillo have written the leading urban studies text, Cities and Urban Life (Pearson). Macionis’ most recent textbook is Social Problems (Pearson).
John Macionis is Professor and Distinguished Scholar of Sociology at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, where he has taught for almost thirty years. During that time, he has chaired the Sociology Department, directed the college’s multidisciplinary program in humane studies, presided over the campus senate and the college’s faculty, and taught sociology to thousands of students.
In 2002, the American Sociological Association presented Macionis with the Award for Distinguished Contributions to Teaching, citing his innovative use of global material as well as the introduction of new teaching technology in his textbooks.
Professor Macionis has been active in academic programs in other countries, having traveled to some fifty nations. He writes, “I am an ambitious traveler, eager to learn and, through the texts, to share much of what I discover with students, many of whom know little about the rest of the world. For me, traveling and writing are all dimensions of teaching. First, and foremost, I am a teacher–a passion for teaching animates everything I do.”
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