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1. The Sociological Perspective. What Is Sociology? The Sociological Perspective. Major Topics of Sociological Interest. The Development of Sociology. Three Sociological Paradigms. The Uses of Sociology. 2. The Research Process. Research and the Science of Sociology. Steps in the Research Process. Research Designs. Social Life: Feminist Research and Links to Diversity. Social Issues: The Ethics of Research. 3. Culture. Culture and Society. Culture as a Symbol System. Cultural Change. Cultural Diversity. Social Life: Who Is an American? Social Issues: Cultural Change and Cultural Survival. 4. Social Structure. Status and Role. Social Groups. Larger Elements of Social Structure. Social Life: The Evolution of Societies. Social Issues: Social Structure in Post-Industrial Society. 5. Socialization. Theoretical Perspectives on Socialization. Socialization and the Life Course: Linking Sociology and Psychology. Social Life: Socialization in America. Social Issues: When Socialization Fails. 6. Social Interaction: Constructing the Meaning of Everyday Life. The Social Construction of Reality. Human Sexuality. Nonverbal Communication. Social Life: Gendered Nonverbal Communication in America. Social Issues: Reconstructing Social Reality. 7. Deviant Behavior. What Is Deviance? Four Questions about Deviance. Who Defines What Is Deviant? What Are the Functions of Deviance? Why Do People Deviate? Social Reaction to Deviance. Social Life: Mental Illness as Deviant Behavior. Social Issues: The Repression-Medicalization-Acceptance Cycle. 8. Crime and Criminal Justice. Crime and Criminal Law. Crime Rates. Major Types of Crime. The Criminal Justice System. Social Life: Who Are the Offenders, Who Are the Victims? Social Issues: Capital Punishment and Drug Decriminalization. 9. Economic Stratification. Legitimating Stratification. Systems of Economic Stratification. Explaining Stratification. Global Stratification. Social Life: Health and Education in the Developing World. Social Issues: Wealth, Poverty, and Class Conflict in Brazil. 10. Social Class in Modern Societies. Measuring Class. The Property and Prestige: Two Dimensions of Class. The American Class System. Social Mobility. Social Life: The Difference Class Makes. Social Issues: Poverty and Welfare. 11. Racial and Ethnic Minorities. From Immigrants to Minorities. Defining Minority Groups. Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racism. Theories of Prejudice and Discrimination. Patterns of Minority-Dominant Group Relations. Social Life: A Closer Look at Selected Minority Groups. Social Issues: Affirmative Action. 12. Gender Roles. Sex and Gender. Theoretical Perspectives on Gender Roles. Global Perspectives: Women in Development. Gendered Social Institutions. Reducing Gender Stratification: Politics and the Law. Social Life: The American Media and Its Gendered Messages. Social Issues: The Gender Politics of Biology and Religion. 13. The Aged and Society. The Process of Aging. Sociological Theories of Aging. Social Life: Later Life in America: Family, Retirement, and Housing. Social Issues: Later Life at Risk. 14. The Family. Theoretical Perspectives on the Family: Structure and Function. Global Perspectives. Love, Marriage, and Divorce: American Style. Emerging Lifestyles. Social Life: American Families in Multicultural Perspective. Social Issues: Causes and Consequences of Family Change. 15. Education. A Global View of Education. Sociological Perspectives on Education. Social Life: Education and the New Majority. Social Issues: Students at Risk. 16. Religion. Theoretical Perspectives on Religion. Religious Beliefs and Organizations. World Religions and Social Change. Social Life: Being Religious in America. Social Issues: Challenges to Religious Pluralism. 17. The Political Economy. Power and Authority. Theories of Political Economy. Contemporary Political Economies. Social Life: Americas Low Voter Turnout. Social Issues: Globalization and the Political Economy. 18. Health and Health Care. The Challenge of International Health. Sociological Perspectives on Health. Social Life: Health and Mental Illness in America. Social Issues: The Health Care Crises. 19. Recreation: An Emerging Institution. The Sociology of Recreation. Social Life: Recreation in America. Social Issues: The Dark Side of the Media and Sport. 20. Population, Urbanization, and Environment. Population: Demographic Interdependence. Urbanization. Environment. Social Life: Prospects for the American City. Social Issues: Sustainable Global Development. 21. Organizations and the Sociology of Work. Formal Organizations and Bureaucracies. Social Life: Working in Bureaucracies. Social Issues: Dilemmas of the Modern Workplace. 22. Collective Behavior and Social Movements. What Is Collective Behavior? Explaining Collective Behavior. Forms of Collective Behavior. What Are Social Movements? Explaining Social Movements. Social Life: Movement Types and Careers. Social Issues: Current Trends in Movement Development. 23. Social Change. What Is Social Change? Sources of Social Change. Theories of Social Change. The Great Transformation. Social Change in the Developed World: Theoretical Perspectives. Social Change in the Developing World.