William E Thompson, Joseph V Hickey, Mica L Thompson

Society in Focus

An Introduction to Sociology

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Produktbeschreibung

Society in Focus: An Introduction to Sociology, Ninth Edition, is intended for the introduction to sociology course taught at the freshman/sophomore level.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• 9th edition
• Seitenzahl: 654
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. November 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 277mm x 216mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1474g
• ISBN-13: 9781538116227
• ISBN-10: 1538116227
• Artikelnr.: 53209943

Autorenporträt

By William E. Thompson; Joseph V. Hickey and Mica L. Thompson

Inhaltsangabe

Preface About the Authors PART 1 Sociological Perspective Chapter 1
Discovering Sociology Learning Outcomes What Is Sociology? The Sociological
Imagination Understanding Life in a Global Society Recognizing Diversity
Things Are Not What They Seem: Sociology and Critical Thinking Sociological
Focus 1.1 Critical Thinking and Sociology: Common Sense versus Common
Nonsense Taking a Closer Look at Media and Technology The Development of
Sociology The Changing Social Climate: The Industrial Revolution The
Changing Intellectual Climate: The Rise of Science Early European Sociology
Sociology Crosses the Atlantic Contemporary Sociology The Symbolic
Interactionist Perspective The Structural Functionalist Perspective The
Conflict Perspective Feminist Theory Which Perspective Is Best? Thinking
Sociologically: Taking an Integrated Approach Looking to the Future
Sociological Focus 1.2 Sociology in the "Real World": What Sociologists Do
Summary - Key Terms - Outcomes Assessment Chapter 2 Doing Sociology
Learning Outcomes Globalization, Diversity, and Types of Knowledge
Experience Cultural Tradition Faith Authority Science Sociology and
Scientific Knowledge Sociology as a Science The Theory-Building Process The
Scientific Method Ethical Issues in Sociological Research Types of Research
and Research Designs Types of Research Sociological Focus 2.1 The
Sociologist as Voyeur Quantitative Research Designs Qualitative Research
Designs Combining Research Methods The Relationship between Theory and
Methods The Interactionist Perspective The Functionalist Perspective The
Conflict Perspective Feminist Theory Social Research and the Media
Infotainment: Information and Entertainment Pseudoscientific Polling versus
Survey Research Technology and Research Sociological Focus 2.2 Lies, Damned
Lies, and Statistics: Reporting Facts or Creating Virtual Truth? Looking to
the Future Summary - Key Terms - Outcomes Assessment PART 2 Social
Framework Chapter 3 Society and Culture Learning Outcomes What Is Society?
Types of Societies Media, Technology, and Postindustrial Societies
Sociological Focus 3.1: Virtual Societies What Is Culture? Material and
Nonmaterial Culture The Origin of Culture Components of Culture Symbols
Language Beliefs Values Norms Sanctions Ethnocentrism and Cultural
Relativism Culture Shock Ethnocentrism Sociological Focus 3.2 The Nacirema
Cultural Relativism The Relativist Fallacy Globalization and Cultural
Diversity Subcultures Countercultures Multiculturalism From Modern to
Postmodern Culture Culture, Class, and the Media Ideal and Real Culture
Sociological Approaches to Society and Culture Society, Culture, and
Functionalism Society and Culture from the Conflict Perspective Symbolic
Interactionism, Society, and Culture A Feminist View of Society and Culture
Looking to the Future Summary - Key Terms - Outcomes Assessment Chapter 4
Socialization Learning Outcomes The Socialization Process Nature and
Nurture Sociobiology and the Importance of Heredity and Environment The
Effects of Social Isolation Developing a Social Self Major Agents of
Socialization: A Global View The Family The School Religion Peers The
Workplace Media and Technology Sociological Focus 4.1 Technology and
Toddlers: Socialization in the Age of Computers Socialization and the Life
Course Socialization in Childhood and Adolescence Adult Socialization
Sociological Focus 4.2 Looking for a Few Good (Wo)Men: Resocialization in a
Marine Corps Boot Camp Desocialization and Resocialization Understanding
Socialization Becoming Human: A Symbolic Interactionist Approach
Perpetuating Society and Culture: A Structural Functionalist Viewpoint
Maintaining Existing Inequalities: The Conflict Perspective Understanding
the Gender Dimension: A Feminist Perspective Looking to the Future Summary
- Key Terms - Outcomes Assessment Chapter 5 Social Interaction in Everyday
Life Learning Outcomes Social Structure Statuses Roles Sociological Focus
5.1 Prisoners and Guards in a Mock Prison Social Networks Social
Institutions Social Interaction Patterns of Social Interaction Social
Perception and Stereotypes Social Acts Sociological Focus 5.2 Interacting
with Santa Claus at the Mall Personal Space and Nonverbal
CommunicationDefining Social Situations Dramaturgy: Presentation of Self
and Impression Management Ethnomethodology: The "Taken-for-Granted" Aspects
of Interaction Social Interaction, Media, and Technology Sociological
Approaches to Interaction in Everyday Life The Structural Functionalist
Approach The Conflict Perspective The Symbolic Interactionist Approach A
Feminist Viewpoint Looking to the Future Summary - Key Terms - Outcomes
Assessment Chapter 6 Social Groups, Organizations, and Bureaucracies
Learning Outcomes Social Groups Primary and Secondary Groups In-Groups and
Out-Groups Reference Groups Small Group Dynamics Sociological Focus 6.1
Cybergroups Formal Organizations Types of Organizations Contemporary
Organizations Bureaucracies Bureaucracies: The Ideal Type Contemporary
Bureaucracies: The Reality Sociological Approaches to Groups,
Organizations, and Bureaucracies The Structural Functionalist Approach The
Conflict Perspective A Feminist View Symbolic Interactionism Media
Organizations, Technology, and Change Media Organizations Technology,
Globalization, and Social Diversity Looking to the Future Sociological
Focus 6.2 Bowling Alone in America? Summary - Key Terms - Outcomes
Assessment PART 3 Social Differentiation and Inequality Chapter 7 Deviance
and Conformity Learning Outcomes Defining Deviance and Conformity: A Global
View Norms and a Range of Tolerance Importance of Time, Place, Situation,
and Culture Significance of Actors, Audience, and the Media The Difference
between Deviance and Crime Distinguishing between Diversity and Deviance
Deviance and Stigma Popular Explanations for Deviance Deviants Are
Different: From Demonology to Biology The Medical Model: Equating Deviance
with Illness Blame It on the Media and Technology Sociological Focus 7.1
Does Media Violence Cause Aggressive Behavior? Sociological Analysis of
Deviance and Conformity The Structural Functionalist Perspective Conflict
Theories of Deviance Interactionist Explanations Sociological Focus 7.2
Topless Dancers: Managing Stigma in a Deviant Occupation Feminist Theories
Deviance, Conformity, and Social Control Social Control and Deterrence
Voluntary (or Internalized) Social Control Informal Social Control Formal
Social Control: Crime and the Criminal Justice System Technology: Social
Control or Out of Control? Technology and Social Control Technology Out of
Control? Looking to the Future Summary - Key Terms - Outcomes Assessment
Chapter 8 Social Stratification and the U.S. Class System Learning Outcomes
Understanding Social Stratification Systems of Stratification Slavery
Castes Estates Social Classes Determining Social Class Ranking Wealth Power
Prestige Socioeconomic Status Social Classes in the United States Wealth
and Income American Social Classes Sociological Focus 8.1 Monopoly
Revisited: The Sociological Version Poverty: Media Images and Reality Who
Are the Poor? Media Images Poverty: The Reality Homelessness and the
Poorest of the Poor Social Class in the United States: Myth and Reality
Life Chances and Social Class Social Mobility in the United States
Sociological Focus 8.2 Ain't No Makin' It: Social Immobility in the Land of
Opportunity Perspectives on Social Stratification The Functionalist
Perspective The Interactionist Perspective The Feminist Perspective The
Conflict Perspective Looking to the Future Summary - Key Terms - Outcomes
Assessment Chapter 9 Global Stratification Learning Outcomes Globalization
and Economic Development The Language of Development High-Income Nations
Middle-Income Nations Low-Income Nations Global Stratification and Quality
of Life The Global "Haves" and "Have-Nots" National Class Systems and
Poverty Population Growth and Poverty The Poorest of the Poor: Women and
Children Explaining Global Stratification Modernization Theory: A
Functionalist Approach Sociological Focus 9.1 Globalization and a "World on
Fire" Conflict Approaches to Global Inequality Interactionism and Global
Stratification Feminism and Global Inequality Transnational Corporations:
The Making of New "Haves" and "Have-Nots" Corporations and the New Global
Assembly Line Media, Corporations, and Inequality Sociological Focus 9.2
Poverty and the Internet: Efforts to Narrow the Digital Divide
Corporations, Diversity, and a World on the Move Looking to the Future
Summary - Key Terms - Outcomes Assessment Chapter 10 Race and Ethnicity
Learning Outcomes Understanding Race and Ethnicity in a Global Society Race
Sociological Focus 10.1 Life on the Color Line Ethnicity Minority Groups
Prejudice and Discrimination Racism Ethnocentrism Types of Discrimination
Affirmative Action Race and Ethnicity, Media, and Technology
Dominant-Minority Group Relations Cultural Pluralism Assimilation
Segregation Genocide Race and Ethnic Diversity in the United States
Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity A Functionalist Approach The Conflict
Perspective Symbolic Interactionism A Feminist View Looking to the Future
Sociological Focus 10.2 Beyond "Black" and "White"? Summary - Key Terms -
Outcomes Assessment Chapter 11 Sex and Gender Learning Outcomes Sex and
Gender in a Global Society Sex: Biological Differentiation Gender: Social
and Cultural Differentiation Sociological Focus 11.1 The Social Costs of
Violating Gender Norms Explaining Gender Differences Socialization and
Gender Identity: An Interactionist Approach Gender Complementarity: The
Functionalist View Gender Stratification: A Conflict Perspective Standpoint
Theory: A Feminist View Sexism: Inequality Based on Sex and Gender In the
Family In Religion In Education In the Workplace Sociological Focus 11.2
Sexual Misconduct, "Time's Up," and the "Me Too" Movement In Sports In
Politics and Government In the Military In the Media Feminism: The Struggle
for Gender Equality Feminist Movements in the United States Global Feminism
Resistance to Feminism Sexual Orientation and Diversity Homosexuality and
Bisexuality Homophobia Looking to the Future Summary - Key Terms - Outcomes
Assessment Chapter 12 Age and the Elderly Learning Outcomes Gerontology:
The Study of Aging Population Aging and the "Graying" of the Globe Bodily
"Wear and Tear": Biological and Physiological Aging From "Midlife Crisis"
to "Senior Citizen": Psychological Aging Sociological Focus 12.1 The
Fountain of Age: Redefining the Meaning of Growing Old "Act Your Age": The
Social Dimensions of Aging Aging and Diversity: A Global Perspective
Growing Old in Traditional Preindustrial Societies The Elderly in
Industrial Societies Aging in Contemporary Postindustrial Societies Growing
Old in American Society Ageism Mass-Media Stereotypes Retirement, Fixed
Incomes, and Poverty Social Isolation Elder Abuse Health Maintenance Death
and Dying Sociological Focus 12.2 The Euthanasia Debate: Merciful Death? Or
Murder? Sociological Explanations of the Aging Process Social Disengagement
Theory: A Functionalist Perspective Symbolic Interactionism: Activity
Theory of Aging An Aged Subculture: The Conflict Approach Intersectionality
of Age and Gender: A Feminist Perspective Exchange Theory: Combining
Perspectives on Aging Looking to the Future Summary- Key Terms - Outcomes
Assessment PART 4 Social Institutions Chapter 13 Families Learning Outcomes
What Is a Family? Family Diversity: A Global Portrait Descent Patterns
Family Patterns Dating and Mate Selection, Marriage, and Divorce Patterns
Residence and Authority Patterns Sociological Approaches to the Family
Functionalism and the Family The Family from the Conflict and Feminist
Perspectives Social Exchange and Symbolic Interaction U.S. Families: In the
Life Course Dating and Mate Selection Sociological Focus 13.1 Swipe Right
or Swipe Left: Love on the Internet Cohabitation: A New Dating and
Mate-Selection Stage? Singlehood Marriage and Divorce Rates Families in the
Middle and Later Stages of Life U.S. Families: A Portrait of Social
Diversity Families of Myth and History Media Families: Compounding the
Myths? Families in the United States: The Reality Family Transitions and
Family Problems Domestic Violence Sociological Focus 13.2 Parental
Discipline? Or Family Violence? Balancing Family and Work Looking to the
Future Summary - Key Terms - Outcomes Assessment Chapter 14 Education
Learning Outcomes Education in a Global Society A Proper British Education
Kanri Kyoiku in Japan Education in the United States The Role of Education:
A Functionalist Perspective Cultural Transmission Anticipatory
Socialization Social and Cultural Integration Sociological Focus 14.1
Learning the Student Role: Kindergarten as Academic Boot Camp Innovation
and Cultural Change Latent Functions of Education Education and Social
Stratification: Conflict and Feminist Perspectives Unequal Access to
Schooling and Educational Inequality Educational Credentials: Schools as a
Screening Device Education and Occupational Opportunities in the United
States Education and Everyday Life: An Interactionist View Socialization:
Personal and Social Development Labeling Students: The Self-Fulfilling
Prophecy Schools as Bureaucracy: Dehumanization of Education Contemporary
Trends in American Education Preschool and Early Childhood Education
Standardized Testing Year-Round Education Charter Schools and School
Vouchers Homeschooling Diversity, Multicultural Education, and
Globalization Expanding Role of Community Colleges Challenges for Education
Sociological Focus 14.2 School Violence and School Safety Media, Computers,
and Technology Looking to the Future Summary - Key Terms - Outcomes
Assessment Chapter 15 Religion Learning Outcomes Defining Religion The
Sacred and the Profane Religious Symbols, Beliefs, and Rituals Sociological
Focus 15.1 Sociological Thinking and Extraordinary Phenomena The Difference
between Religion and Magic Religion and Ultimate Meaning Global Religious
Diversity Animatism Animism Theism Ethical Religions The Social
Organization of Religion Ecclesia Denomination or Church Sect New Religious
Movement Sociological Perspectives on Religion Religion and Functionalism
Religion from the Conflict Perspective Religion, Interactionism, and Social
Change Religion and Feminism Religious Movements in Focus Early Revivals
and Religious Movements The Holiness and Pentecostal Movements Evangelical
and Fundamentalist Movements Sociological Focus 15.2 End of the World
Movements and Social Change Religious Movements in a Global Context
Religious Movements in a "New Age" Religion, Media and Technology
Evangelical Media Technology and Religion Religious Diversity in the United
States Social Correlates of Religion Religion and Race: African American
Religious Organizations Looking to the Future Summary - Key Terms -
Outcomes Assessment Chapter 16 Politics and War Learning Outcomes
Government and Personal Freedom Power, Politics, and Authority Traditional
Authority Legal-Rational Authority Charismatic Authority Expertise Politics
and Influence Propaganda, Censorship, and Ideology Politics, Influence, and
the Media Technology, Influence, and Contemporary Politics Sociological
Focus 16.1 Campaigning Online and "Fake News" in Cyberspace Globalization
and Political Systems Authoritarian Systems Democratic Systems Democracy:
American Style Political Participation and the American Voter Interest
Groups Political Parties Sociological Approaches to Politics and Government
The Functionalist Approach Conflict Approaches The Symbolic Interactionist
Perspective Feminist Views on Government and Power War, Nuclear War, and
Society Perspectives on War The Development of War Technology and "Infowar"
Nuclear War and Society Sociological Focus 16.2 Cyberterrorism and
Cyberwars: The Future of War? The United Nations and the Search for Peace
Looking to the Future Summary - Key Terms - Outcomes Assessment Chapter 17
The Economy and Work Learning Outcomes Sociology and the Study of the
Economy Production Distribution of Goods and Services Consumption The
Economic System The Global Economy Capitalism Socialism Mixed Economies
Transnational Corporations and the Global Economy The American Economy and
Work From an Agrarian to an Industrial Economy Advertising and the Media
Postindustrialism and Service Work Blue-Collar, White-Collar, and
Pink-Collar Occupations Primary and Secondary Labor Markets and the Rise of
Professions Sociological Focus 17.1 Handling the Stigma of Handling the
Dead Self-Employment Unemployment and Underemployment America's Hidden
Economy Work as a Social Phenomenon Work as a Social Role Work and the
Social Structure Sociological Focus 17.2 Working on an Assembly Line Work
and Identity Worker Satisfaction Taking a Closer Look at the Economy and
Work A Functionalist View The Conflict Perspective An Interactionist
Approach A Feminist Viewpoint Looking to the Future Summary - Key Terms -
Outcomes Assessment Chapter 18 Health and Medicine Learning Outcomes Health
and Sickness: A Global View Health and Sickness in Poor Nations Health and
Sickness in Wealthy Nations Health and Sickness in the United States
Epidemiology: The Social Dimensions of Health Social Attitudes toward
Health and Illness Disease and Stigma: AIDS and Ebola Health, Disability,
and Social Identity Sociological Focus 18.1 New Diseases, Social Panic, and
Cultural Change Medicine and Health Care: A Cross-Cultural View Japan:
Scientific Medicine and Kampo Sweden and Norway: Prenatal to Postmortem
Health Care Great Britain: Socialized Medicine in a Capitalist Society
Medicine and Health Care in the United States The Development of Modern
Medicine The Age of Specialization Sociological Focus 18.2 Medical
Technology and Ethical Issues Media, Technology, and the Medicalization of
American Society The Health-Care Crisis: A Functionalist Viewpoint The
Health-Care Crisis from the Conflict Perspective The Health-Care Crisis
from a Feminist Perspective Is There a Health-Care Crisis? An
Interactionist Approach Integrative Medicine and Alternatives to
Conventional Health Care Looking to the Future Summary - Key Terms -
Outcomes Assessment PART 5 Social Change Chapter 19 Population,
Urbanization, and Ecology Learning Outcomes Demography and Global
Population Fertility, Mortality, and Migration Population Composition and
Density Population Growth Growth Rates and Doubling Time Malthusian Theory
The Population Bomb: Malthusian Theory Revived The Theory of Demographic
Transition Population Growth in the United States The Growth of Cities and
Urbanization The Rise of Cities Urbanization Sociological Focus 19.1 The
Pursuit of Loneliness: The Fallacy of "Escaping It All" The Metropolis, the
Megalopolis, and the Suburbs Problems in American Cities and Suburbs
Sociological Focus 19.2 The Suburbanization of America: Progress? Or Social
Decline? Urban Sociology and Human Ecology Toennies' Gemeinschaft and
Gesellschaft Durkheim's Mechanical and Organic Solidarity Redfield's Folk
and Urban Societies The Chicago School and Ecological Studies The
Concentric Zone Model The Sector Model The Multiple-Nuclei Model Human
Ecology and the Environment Overpopulation Depletion of Natural Resources
Pollution: Water, Air, and Land The Media, Technology and Environmental
Concerns Sociological Analyses of Population, Urbanization, and the
Environment A Functionalist Approach The Conflict Perspective Symbolic
Interaction A Feminist View Looking to the Future Summary - Key Terms -
Outcomes Assessment Chapter 20 Social Change, Collective Behavior, and the
Future Learning Outcomes What Is Social Change? Macro-change Micro-change
Sources of Social Change Sociological Focus 20.1 Technology and a
Surveillance Society? Sociological Approaches to Social Change
Functionalist Theories Conflict Approaches Interactionist, Feminist, and
Other Contemporary Perspectives on Change Collective Behavior Interpreting
Collective Behavior Crowds, Masses, and Collective Behavior Social
Movements Perspectives on Social Movements Social Movement Organizations
The Life Course of Social Movements Sociological Focus 20.2 "Enough is
Enough!" and the "Never Again" Movement Factors Related to Movement Success
Social Movements and Change Looking to the Future Media Visions of the
Future Technology and the Future Social Trends: The Next 10-25 Years
Summary - Key Terms - Outcomes Assessment Glossary References Name Index
Subject Index Credits