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Sociology: Concepts and Applications in a Diverse World, VangoBooks by Thomas J. Sullivan

Available in paperback 4-color for the first time!

This economical paperback text is theoretically balanced, offers global perspectives, shows how sociology is applied to real problems, and contains a built-in study guide.

This introduction to sociology uses the three major theoretical perspectives-functionalist, conflict, and interactionist-as tools for examining the social world. The author uses illuminating examples to show how society works and how human behavior is shaped by cultural, structural, and institutional forces.

As in previous editions, the Eighth Edition integrates two themes that reflect contemporary trends in sociology. The first is a reemergence of interest in how sociological knowledge can be applied to social problems or to helping people improve their lives. The second is the focus on globalization and its impact on societies and cultures as they become increasingly diverse and interdependent. The Eighth edition offers an expanded focus on the sociology of media and technology, especially the newer technologies of the internet and an online, electronic world.

Table of Contents

&>IN THIS SECTION: 1.) BRIEF 2.) COMPREHENSIVE All chapters conclude with Summary, Study and Review, and For Further Reading. BRIEF TABLE OF CONTENTS:

PART I. THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE.

Chapter 1. What Is Sociology?
Chapter 2. Culture, Society, and Diversity.

PART II. THE INDIVIDUAL IN SOCIETY.

Chapter 3. Socialization.
Chapter 4. Groups and Organizations.
Chapter 5. Deviance, Crime, and Social Control.

PART III. STRATIFICATION AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY.

Chapter 6. Social Stratification and Social Inequality.
Chapter 7. Social Inequality: Race and Ethnicity.
Chapter 8. Social Inequality: Gender.

PART IV. SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS.

Chapter 9. Family and Human Sexuality.
Chapter 10. Health and Health-Care Institutions.
Chapter 11. Religion.
Chapter 12. Education and the Mass Media.
Chapter 13. Political and Economic Institutions.

PART V. HUMAN ECOLOGY AND SOCIAL CHANGE.

Chapter 14. Human Ecology: Population and Community.
Chapter 15. Collective Behavior, Social Change, and Modernization.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Answers to Cumulative Practice Tests
Photo Credits.
Name Index.
Subject Index. COMPREHENSIVE TABLE OF CONTENTS: PART I: The Sociological Perspective

CHAPTER ONE: What Is Sociology?

MYTHS & FACTS About the Social World

What Is Sociology?

The Sociological Perspective

Sociology as a Science

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Untangling Myths and Facts: Sociology and Common Sense

The Social Sciences

Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology

Theories and Hypotheses

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

The Interactionist Perspective

Using the Theoretical Perspectives

Conducting Sociological Research

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Applying the Sociological Perspectives: Mass

Media, Global Communications and the Online World

Research Methods

Steps in Conducting Research

Issues in Conducting Sociological Research

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS South Africa: Sociological Research in Diverse Cultures

Putting Sociology to Use

The Development of Sociology

Basic and Applied Sociology

Sociological Practice

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

Using Sociology in Everyday Life

CHAPTER TWO: Culture, Society, and Diversity

MYTHS & FACTS About Culture and Society

What Is Culture?

Material Culture and Nonmaterial Culture

The Components of Culture

Beliefs and Values

Norms

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS The Amish of Pennsylvania: Diverse Values within a Culture

Language

Cultural Consensus and Diversity

Cultural Integration

Cultural Change

Ideal Culture versus Real Culture

Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativity

Subcultures

Social Structure

Status

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Argot: The Special Language of Subcultures

Roles

Groups and Social Institutions

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Mass Media, the Electronic World, and the Production and Transmission

of Culture

A Comparative View of Societies

Preindustrial Societies

Industrial Societies

A Global Perspective: Postindustrialism and Global Interdependence

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

PART II: The Individual in Society

CHAPTER THREE: Socialization

MYTHS & FACTS About Socialization

Heredity and the Environment

Biology and Human Behavior

Children Raised in Isolation

The Process of Socialization

The Development of Self: The Interactionist Perspective

Agencies of Socialization

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Day Care: Problem or Solution?

Types of Socialization

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY WHO Socializes the Young in an Electronic World?

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS Japan: Learning Cultural Values Through Primary Socialization

Socialization through the Life Span

Additional Perspectives on Socialization

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

CHAPTER FOUR: Groups and Organizations

MYTHS & FACTS About Groups and Organizations

Types of Groups

Primary Groups

Secondary Groups

In-Groups and Out-Groups

Reference Groups

Social Collectivities

Group Structure and Process

Status and Role

Leadership

Decision Making in Groups

Group Cohesion

Group Conformity

Organizations

Bureaucracy

The Human Relations Approach

The Informal Structure

Gender in Organizations

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Diagnosing Organizational Culture: Helping Organizations to Function Better

Sociological Perspectives on Organizations

The Functionalist Perspective

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS China: Cultural Values and Group Behavior-Social Loafing in Organizations

The Conflict Perspective

The Interactionist Perspective

The Future of Bureaucracy

Bureaucracy and Oligarchy

Limits to Bureaucracy

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Community and Group Life in the Cyber World

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

CHAPTER FIVE: Deviance, Crime, and Social Control

MYTHS & FACTS About Deviance and Crime

The Relativity of Deviance

Explanations of Deviance

Nonsociological Approaches

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

The Interactionist Perspective

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Mass Media and the Social Construction of Crime and Justice

Extent of Deviance and Crime

SEXUAL DEVIANCE

Drug and Alcohol Abuse

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Influencing Policy on Youth Gangs and Juvenile Crime

Mental Illness

Violent Crimes

Organized Crime and Globalized Crime

Cybercrime

White-Collar Crime

Deviance: Its Consequences for Society

The Dysfunctions of Deviance

The Functions of Deviance

Deviance and Social Control

Internal Sources of Social Control

External Sources of Social Control

Crime in the United States

The High Crime Rate

Reducing Crime

OTHER WORLDS OTHER WAYS Japan: Social and Cultural Underpinnings of Crime

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

PART III: Stratification and Social Inequality

CHAPTER SIX: Social Stratification and Social Inequality

MYTHS & FACTS About Social Stratification

Dimensions of Stratification

Weber's Analysis

Socioeconomic Status

Types of Stratification Systems

Theories of Stratification

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

Synthesis: An Evolutionary View

A Global Perspective on Stratification

Social Class in the United States

Measuring Socioeconomic Status

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS Brazil and Venezuela: The Third-World Poor in the Global Stratification System

Class Structure in the United States

Inequality and Poverty

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Creating and Evaluating Programs That Assist the Poor

Social Mobility

Extent of Social Mobility

Sources of Social Mobility

Consequences of Stratification

Educational Achievement

Health

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Impact of Technology on Stratification Systems

Status Inconsistency

Self-Esteem

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

CHAPTER SEVEN: Social Inequality: Race and Ethnicity

MYTHS & FACTS About Race and Ethnicity

Minority Groups

Race and Ethnicity

Racism

Sources of Prejudice and Discrimination

Social Sources

Social Psychological Sources

Consequences of Discrimination

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS Britain, Germany, Yugoslavia: The Social and Economic Sources of Racial Hatred

and Conflict

Patterns of Intergroup Relations

Forms of Domination

Minority Reaction to Domination

Switzerland: Cooperation in a Multiethnic Society

Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States

African Americans

Hispanic Americans

American Indians

Asian Americans

Arab Americans

Today's Immigrants

Achievement and Assimilation among Immigrant Groups

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Image and Access: Race/Ethnicity and Communications Technologies

Current Issues in the United States

Assimilation or Pluralism?

Race Relations Today: Race or Class?

Advances, Setbacks, and Controversial Policies

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Combating Prejudice, Discrimination, and Racial Polarization

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

CHAPTER EIGHT: Social Inequality: Gender

MYTHS & FACTS About Gender Inequality

Men and Women in Society

The Biological Perspective

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

The Interactionist Perspective

The Socialization of Men and Women

The Family

The Schools

The Media and the Electronic World

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Shaping Gender Identity

The Extent of Gender Inequality in the United States

Economic Discrimination

Discrimination in the Military

Other Types of Discrimination

Gender Inequality Involving Males

Gender Stratification in Global Perspective

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS Mexico: Poor Women and the World Economy

Toward Gender Equality

Collective Action and the Feminist Movement: A Global Struggle

Current Trends in the United States

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Sexual Assault, Sexual Harassment, and the Empowerment of Women

Masculine, Feminine, or Human?

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

PART IV: Social Institutions

CHAPTER NINE: Family and Human Sexuality

MYTHS & FACTS About the Family and Human Sexuality

Family and Kinship in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Rules of Descent

Rules of Marriage

Rules of Authority

Size of Family Unit

Mate Selection and Marriage Transactions

The Family in Society

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

Marriage and Divorce in the United States

Choosing a Mate and Attitudes toward Marriage

Divorce

The Minority Family Experience

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS Vietnam: Family and Religion among Immigrants to the United States

Diversity and Change in Sexual Behavior

Premarital Sex

Extramarital Sex

Homosexuality

Diverse Family Lifestyles in Modern Societies

Dual-Earner Families

Singlehood

Cohabitation

Single Parenthood

Gay Families

A Global Perspective

Violence in the Family

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Creating and Evaluating Programs to Fight Domestic Violence

The Future of the Family

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Family in the Electronic Age

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

CHAPTER TEN: Health and Health-Care Institutions

Sociological Perspectives on Health, Illness, and Health Care

MYTHS & FACTS About Health and Health-Care Institutions

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

The Interactionist Perspective

Politics, Stigma, and the AIDS Epidemic

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Combating the Spread of AIDS

Health, Illness, and Society

Health and Societal Development

Health and Social Position

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS Congo: The Spread of AIDS in a Developing Nation

Health-Care Systems in Cross-Cultural Perspective

Personalistic Health-Care Systems

Naturalistic Health-Care Systems

Scientific Health-Care Systems

Chinese Medicine

Holistic Medicine

The Social Structure of Health Care

Seeking Health Care

The Medical Profession

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Globalized Medicine in Cyberspace

The Nursing Profession

New Health-Care Practitioners

Hospitals and the Corporatization of Health Care

Issues in Health Care in the United States

Rising Health-Care Costs

Access to Medical Services

Quality of Medical Services

Gender Inequality in Health Care

Financing Health Care in the United States

Publicly Funded Health Insurance

Employer-Financed Health Insurance

Health Maintenance Organizations and Managed Care

Health Care: A Privilege or a Right?

Paying for Health Care in Other Nations: Canada and Sweden

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

CHAPTER ELEVEN: Religion

MYTHS & FACTS About Religion

What Is Religion?

A Global Perspective: Religions of the World

Judaism

Christianity

Islam

Hinduism

Buddhism

Confucianism

Diffusion of Religion

Sociological Approaches to the Study of Religion

Durkheim: A Functionalist Perspective

Marx: A Conflict Perspective

Weber: Religion and Social Change

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS CHINA, IRAN, AND AFGHANISTAN: RELIGION AND POLITICAL CHANGE

The Organization of Religion

Religion in the United States

Extent of Religiosity

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS China, Iran, and Afghanistan: Religion and Political Change

Socioeconomic Status and Politics

Secularization

Religious Pluralism

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Communication Technologies and Religious Experience,

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Identifying Extremism in Religious Cults

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

CHAPTER TWELVE: Education and the Mass Media

MYTHS & FACTS About Education and the Mass Media

A Global Perspective on Education

Informal Education

Colonization and Education

Modernization and Education

Sociological Perspectives on Education

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

The Interactionist Perspective

Education in the United States

A Historical View

Schools as Bureaucracies

Effectiveness of the Educational System

Reforms and Trends

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Evaluating Educational Innovations

Higher Education

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS JAPAN: VARIATIONS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS IN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES

EDUCATION, COMMUNICATION, AND THE MASS MEDIA

Emergence of the Mass Media

Effects of the Mass Media

Control of the Mass Media

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Education in the Electronic World

The Global Mass Media: Neocolonization?

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Political and Economic Institutions

MYTHS & FACTS About Political and Economic Institutions

Politics, Power, and Authority

Types of Authority

State and Government

Sociological Perspectives on Political and Economic Institutions

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

Types of Government

Oligarchy and Totalitarianism

Democracy

Types of Economic Systems

Capitalism

Socialism

Mixed Economies

Who Rules in the United States?

The Power Elite Model

The Pluralist Model

Assessment of the Models

The U.S. Economy: Concentration and Change

The Corporate Economy

The Changing Labor Force

Global Competition: Worker Dislocation and Unemployment

The Global Political and Economic System

Concentration and Inequality

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS Nicaragua: Political and Economic Change in a Peripheral Nation

Unemployment, Dislocation, and Resistance

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Intervening in the Process of Economic Globalization

Politics, the Economy, the Media, and the Cyber World

Politics, Persuasion, and Propaganda

Advertising

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY The Media and the Military in Wars

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

PART V: Human Ecology and Social Change

CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Human Ecology: Population, Community, and Environment

MYTHS & FACTS About Population, Community, and Environment

The Study of Human Populations

Elements of Demographic Change

Population Composition: Age and Sex Structure

World Population Growth

The Demographic Transition

The Extent of Overpopulation

The Consequences of Overpopulation

Controlling Population Growth

Communities and Urbanization

The Emergence of Cities

Suburbanization

The Postindustrial City

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY Technology and the Growth of Cities

A Global Perspective on Urbanization

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS Mexico: The Social Organization of Slums in Poor Communities

Urbanism as a Way of Life

Urban Consciousness

Urban Communities

Urban Subcultures

Urban Life: An Assessment

Urban Ecology

Urban Processes

Urban Structures

The Future of Cities in the United States

Economic Decline

Government Programs and Urban Renewal

Private Investment

Gentrification

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Fear of Crime: Working to Improve the Quality of Urban Life

Population and the Environment

Social Sources of Environmental Problems

Extent of Environmental Problems

Solving Environmental Problems

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Collective Behavior, Social Change, and Modernization

MYTHS & FACTS About Collective Behavior and Social Change

The Nature of Collective Behavior

The Preconditions of Collective Behavior

Rumors

Mass Behavior

APPLYING SOCIOLOGY Preventing Urban Riots: The Los Angeles Riot in Retrospect

Crowds

Social Movements

The Development of Social Movements

Social Change

Theories of Change

OTHER WORLDS, OTHER WAYS Afghanistan: The Social Roots of Terrorist Violence

The Future: Global Modernization?

Modernization in the Less Developed Nations

SOCIOLOGY OF MEDIA AND TECHNOLOGY SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND RESISTANCE TO GLOBALIZATION

The United States: A Postindustrial Future?

The Globalization of Labor

SOCIOLOGY ON THE INTERNET

Glossary

Bibliography

Answers to Cumulative Practice Tests

Name Index

Subject Index

Preface

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