First year undergraduate students of sociology

David M. Newman earned his B.A. from San Diego State University in 1981 and his graduate degrees from the University of Washington in Seattle (M.A. 1984, PhD 1988). After a year at the University of Connecticut, David came to DePauw University in 1989 and has been there ever since. David teaches courses in Contemporary Society, Deviance, Mental Illness, Family, Social Psychology, and Research Methods. He has published numerous articles on teaching and has presented research papers on the intersection of gender and power in intimate relationships. Recently most of his scholarly activity has been devoted to writing and revising several books, including Sociology: Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life: Brief Edition (Sage, 2017); Identities and Inequalities: Exploring the Intersections of Race, Class, Gender, and Sexuality (McGraw-Hill, 2017); and Families: A Sociological Perspective (McGraw-Hill, 2009). His most recent book, Redemption or Stigma? The Promise, Practice and Price of Second Chances in American Culture (Lexington Books), is projected to be published in 2019. It examines the cultural meaning, institutional importance, and social limitations of second chance and permanent stigma narratives in everyday life.

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 Chapter 2: Seeing and Thinking Sociologically How Individuals Structure Society Social Influence: The Impact of Other People in Our Everyday Lives Societal Influence: The Effect of Social Structure on Our Everyday Lives Values Norms Three Perspectives on Social Order 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 Building the Walls: Conflict, Power, and Social Institutions Appreciating the Contributions of Sociological Research Experiments Field Research Surveys Unobtrusive Research Samples Indicators Values, Interests, and Ethics in Sociological Research Chapter 4: Building Order: Culture and History Dimensions of Culture Cultural Expectations and Social Order Cultural Variation and Everyday Experience Chapter 5: Building Identity: Socialization Genes, Social Structure, and the Construction of Human Beings Socialization: Becoming Who We Are The Differentiation of Self Language Acquisition and the Looking-Glass Self The Development of Role Taking Socialization and Stratification: Growing Up With Inequality Institutions and Socialization Chapter 6: Supporting Identity: The Presentation of Self Forming Impressions of Others Managing Impressions Front Stage and Back Stage Props Race and Ethnicity Social Status Mismanaging Impressions: Spoiled Identities Chapter 7: Building Social Relationships: Intimacy and Families Life With Others Social Diversity and Intimate Choices Religious Endogamy Racial and Ethnic Endogamy Social Class Endogamy Family Life Trends in Family Structure Trends in Household Size Trends in Household Size Family and Social Structure The Influence of Law and Politics The Influence of Religion The Influence of Economics Family Challenges The Normalization of Divorce Children, Divorce, and Single Parenting Intimate-Partner Violence Child Abuse Intimate Violence in a Cultural Context Personal and Institutional Responses to Intimate Violence Chapter 8: Constructing Difference: Social Deviance Defining Deviance Explaining Deviant Behavior Linking Power, Deviance, and Social Control The Social Reality of Crime Corporate and White Collar Crime The Menace of Illegal Drugs Individualizing Complex Social Issues Depoliticizing Deviance 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 Structure of Formal Organizations Organizations and Institutions Globalization and Social Institutions Chapter 10: The Architecture of Stratification: Social Class and Inequality Stratification Systems Sociological Perspectives on Stratification The Marxian Class Model Neo-Marxist Models of Stratification Weber's Model of Stratification Class Inequality in the United States The Upper Class The Middle Class The Working Class The Poor The Poverty Line The Near-Poor The Poverty Rate Poverty and Health Poverty and Education Out on the Streets Enduring Disparities in Income and Wealth The Social Benefits of Poverty The Ideology of Competitive Individualism Global Development and Inequality Chapter 11: The Architecture of Inequality: Race and Ethnicity Race and Ethnicity: More Than Just Biology Histories of Oppression and Inequality Racial and Ethnic Relations Stereotypes Prejudice and Discrimination The Privilege of Having No Color Class, Race, and Discrimination Quiet Racism Racism in Language The Myth of Innate Racial Inferiority Institutional Racism: Injustice Built Into the System Chapter 12: The Architecture of Inequality: Sex and Gender Sexism at the Personal Level Rape as a Means of Social Control Victim Blaming The Ideology of Sexism: Biology as Destiny Institutions and Gender Inequality Segregation in the Workplace The Wage Gap The Global Devaluation of Women Chapter 13: Demographic Dynamics: Population Trends The Influence of Birth Cohorts Demographic Dynamics Population Growth Geographic Distribution Population Trends in the United States Chapter 14: Architects of Change: Reconstructing Society Social Change Environmental and Population Pressures Cultural and Technological Innovation Diffusion of Technologies and Cultural Practices Social Movements Ideology Rising Expectations Resource Mobilization Bureaucratization Political Opportunity Structure The Sociological Imagination Revisited