Michael Hughes, Carolyn J. Kroehler

Sociology: The Core [With Online Powerweb Card]

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Produktbeschreibung

Highly respected for its quality scholarship and its focused, straightforward approach, "Sociology: The Core" covers the core sociological concepts with a brief, accessible presentation and at a very affordable price. As in previous editions, the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspectives are applied throughout the book, allowing students to develop a solid understanding of the major sociological perspectives and their applications to the topics covered. Completely updated, "Sociology: The Core" makes sociology come alive as a vital and exciting field, relates principles to real-world circumstances, and attunes students to the dynamic processes of our rapidly changing contemporary society.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGraw Hill LLC
• 7th edition
• Seitenzahl: 560
• Erscheinungstermin: Juli 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 182mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 1089g
• ISBN-13: 9780072996364
• ISBN-10: 0072996366
• Artikelnr.: 22485560

Autorenporträt

Michael Hughes is Professor of Sociology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). He received his Ph.D. in sociology from Vanderbilt University in 1979. He has been teaching introductory sociology for 26 years, having held teaching positions at Florence State University (now University of North Alabama) and the University of Tennessee at Nashville (now the downtown campus of Tennessee State University). He also regularly teaches courses in minority group relations, deviant behavior, the sociology of mental illness, and data analysis. He has held research positions as research associate at Vanderbilt University (1980-1982) and research fellow at University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research (1992-1994). Currently on the editorial board of American Sociological Review, he also has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior and Social Forces. With Walter R. Gove he is author of the book Overcrowding in the Household, published by Academic Press in 1983. His research interests in mental health and mental illness, race and ethnicity, and crowding and living alone have resulted in over 50 articles published in American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Psychology Quarterly, Criminology, Deviant Behavior, Archives of General Psychiatry, Psychology Today and other journals.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Boxes Preface Acknowledgements Visual Preview Chapter One: Developing a Sociological Consciousness The Sociological Perspective New Levels of Reality The Sociological Imagination Microsociology and Macrosociology The Development of Sociology Auguste Comte: The Founder of Sociology Harriet Martineau: Feminist and Methodologist Herbert Spencer and Social Darwinism Karl Marx: The Role of Class Conflict Emile Durkheim: Social Integration and Social Facts Max Weber: Subjectivity and Social Organization American Sociology Contemporary Sociology Theoretical Perspectives The Functionalist Perspective The Conflict Perspective The Interactionist Perspective Using the Three Perspectives Conducting Research The Logic of Science How Do Sociologists Collect Data? Steps in the Scientific Method: A Close-Up Look Research Ethics The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection Box 1.1: Social Inequalities: Tally
s Corner in the 21st Century Box 1.2 Doing Social Research: Studying Global Inequality Right Here at Home Chapter Two: Culture and Social Structure Components of Culture Norms Values Symbols and Language Cultural Unity and Diversity Cultural Universals Cultural Integration Ethnocentrism Cultural Relativism Subcultures and Countercultures Social Structure Statuses Roles Groups Institutions Societies The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection (NEW) Box 2.1 Doing Social Research: Is Culture Unique to Humans? (New) Box 2.2 Sociology around the World: Is Today Tuesday? That Depends on Culture Chapter Three: Socialization Foundations for Socialization Nature and Nurture Theories of Socialization Agents of Socialization Social Communication Definition of the Situation The Self and Socialization Charles Horton Cooley: The Looking Glass Self George Herbert Mead: The Generalized Other Erving Goffman: Impression Management Socialization across the Life Course Childhood Adolescence Young Adulthood Middle Adulthood Later Adulthood Death The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection (New) Box 3.1 Doing Social Research: Does High School Identity Affect Your Adult Life? (New) Box 3.2 Sociology Around the World: What Makes You an Adult? Chapter Four: Social groups and Formal Organizations Group Relationships Primary Groups and Secondary Groups In-Groups and Out-Groups Reference Groups Group Dynamics Group Size Leadership Social Loafing Social Dilemmas Groupthink Conformity Formal Organizations Types of Formal Organizations Bureaucracy: A Functional Approach to Organizations Characteristics of Bureaucracies Problems of Bureaucracy Conflict and Interactionist Perspectives Humanizing Bureaucracies The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection Box 4.1 Social Inequalities: What Does Bias Come From?Sometimes, Almost Nothing Box 4.2 Students Doing Sociology: Compete or Cooperate? The Prisoner
s Dilemma (New) Box. 4.3 Doing Social Research: Reality TV and Conformity: The Experiment Chapter Five: Deviance and Crime The Nature of Deviance Social Properties of Deviance Social Control and Deviance Theories of Deviance Anomie Theory Cultural Transmission Theory Conflict Theory Labeling Theory Control Theory Crime and the Criminal Justice System Forms of Crime Measuring Crime Drugs and Crime Women and Crime The Criminal Justice System The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection Box 5.1 Students Doing Sociology: Hay, Baby, Want Some Spit? The Social Construction of Deviance Box 5.2 Doing Social Research: Drink 'til Your Sick: What Explains Binge Drinking? Box 5.3 Social Inequalities: Race, Crime, and Punishment Chapter Six: Social Stratification Patterns of Social Stratification Open and Closed Systems Dimensions of Stratification The American Class System Is There Inequality in American Society? Identifying Social Classes The Significance of Social Classes Poverty in the United States Social Mobility Forms of Social Mobility Social Mobility and Status Attainment What Is Happening to the American Dream? Explanations of Social Stratification The Functionalist Theory of Stratification The Conflict Theory of Stratification A Synthesis of Perspectives The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection Box 6.1 Sociology around in the World: Is Race the Basis for an American Caste System? Box 6.2 Doing Social Research: Income Inequality within Societies: A Look around the World Box 6.3 Social Inequalities: Why do Doctors Deliver Babies? Chapter Seven: Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity Racial and Ethnic Stratification Races Ethnic Groups Minority Groups Prejudice and Discrimination Prejudice Discrimination Institutional Discrimination Patterns of Intergroup Relations: Assimilation and Pluralism Assimilation Pluralism Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States Hispanics/Latinos African Americans Native Americans Asian Americans White Ethnics Sociological Perspectives on Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity The Functionalist Perspective The Conflict Perspective The Interactionist Perspective The Future of Ethnic and Minority Group Relations Intergroup Relations Ethnicity The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection Box 7.1 Doing Social Research: Teasing Out Prejudiced Beliefs Box 7.2 Social Inequality: Affirmative Action Affirmed by High Court Box 7.3 Sociology around the World: Model Minorities--Does Class or Values Spell Success? Chapter Eight: Gender Inequality Gender Stratification Sexism and Patriarchy Gender Inequality around the World Gender Inequality in the United States The Second Shift Sources of Gender Differences Gender and Biology Gender and Culture Gender Identities Sociological Perspectives on Gender Stratification The Functionalist Perspective The Conflict Perspective The Interactionist Perspective The Feminist Perspective The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection Box 8.1 Social Inequalities: For Gender Equality, It Matters Where you Live Box 8.2 Doing Social Research: How Many People Get Raped? Box 8.3 Students Doing Sociology:
There
s a Totally Cute Girl Smoking a ___ing Cigar!
Chapter Nine: Political and Economic Power Power, Authority, and the State The State Sociological Perspectives on the State Legitimacy and Authority Political Power Types of Government Political Power in the United States Models of Power in the United States Economic Power Comparative Economic Systems Transition from a Command to a Market Economy The Power of Corporations The Power of National Corporations The Power of Multinational Corporations in the Global Economy The Control of Corporations The Sociology of Work Changes in the Work Experience The Significance of Work Satisfaction and Alienation in Work The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection Box 9.1 Social Inequalities: What Oppression Teaches-- The Long Reach of Disenfranchisement Box 9.2 Doing Social Research: Stealth Democracy Chapter Ten: The Family Structure of the Family: A Global View Forms of the Family Forms of Marriage Patterns of Courtship Marriage and the Family in the United States Life within Marriage Parenthood Two-Income Families Beyond the Traditional Nuclear Family Challenges for American Families and American Society Family Violence, Child Abuse, and Incest Child Care Divorce Care for the Elderly Sociological Perspectives on the Family The Functionalist Perspective on the Family The Conflict Perspective on the Family The Interactionist Perspective on the Family The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection Box 10.1 Sociology around the World: A Wide Variety in Family Values Box 10.2 Social Inequalities: Family Backgrounds and Unequal Childhoods Box 10.3 Doing Social Research: Racial Diversity within Families Chapter Eleven: Religion, Education, and Medicine Religion What is Religion? A Global View: Varieties of Religious Behavior Religious Organizations Religion and Secular Change: The Protestant Ethic Adapting Tradition: Religion in Contemporary Life Fundamentalism and Evangelicalism State-Church Issues The Functionalist Perspective The Conflict Perspective Education The Bureaucratic Structure of Schools The Effectiveness of Schools Alternatives to Traditional Public Schools The Availability of Higher Education The Functionalist Perspective The Conflict Perspective The Interactionist Perspective Medicine The U.S. Health Care Delivery System Rising Health Care Costs: Is Managed Care the Answer? Alternatives to the U.S. Health Care System: A Global Perspective The Functionalist Perspective The Conflict Perspective The Interactionist Perspective The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection Box 11.1 Doing Social Research: Is the Significance of Religion Declining in the United States? Box 11.2 Social Inequalities: Who are the Uninsured? Chapter Twelve: Population and the Environment Population Elements in Population Change Population Composition Malthus and Marx: Two Views of Population Growth Demographic Transition Population Policies The Urban Environment The Origin and Evolution of Cities Patterns of City Growth Ecological Processes: Segregation and Gentrification Urban Crisis: Cities in Decline Sprawling Urban Growth: The Rise in
Edge
Cities The Ecological Environment Human-Environment Interaction: A Closer Look The Functionalist Perspective The Conflict Perspective The Interactionist Perspective The New Millennium The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection Box 12.1 Doing Social Research: Is Development the Best Contracepti ve? (New) Box 12.2 Sociology around the World: Toxic Trash? Ship It to Another Country Chapter Thirteen: Social Change A World of Change Sources of Social Change Perspectives on Social Change Social Change in the United States Social Change in Developing Nations Collective Behavior Varieties of Collective Behavior Preconditions for Collective Behavior Explanations of Crowd Behavior Social Movements Causes of Social Movements Types of Social Movements Social Revolution Terrorism Looking to the Future The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection Box 13.1 Students Doing Sociology: The Un-TV Experiment Box 13.2 Doing Social Research: Blogging Our Way to Intimacy Box 13.3 Social Inequalities: When Will Same-Sex Marriages Become "the Norm?" References Photo Credits Name Index Subject Index