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Sociology : a down-to-earth approach / James M. Henslin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2008.Edition: 9th edDescription: xlvii, 677, [67] p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9780205571352 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0205571352 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301 22
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Partial contents:
pt. I. The sociological perspective -- 1. The sociological perspective -- The sociological perspective -- Sociology and the other sciences -- Origins of sociology -- Values in sociological research -- Verstehen and social facts -- Sexism in early sociology -- Sociology in North America -- Theoretical perspectives in sociology -- Trends shaping the future of sociology -- Summary and review -- 2. Culture -- What is culture? -- Components of symbolic culture -- Many cultural worlds -- Values in U.S. society -- Cultural Universals -- Technology in the global village -- Summary and review -- 3. Socialization -- What is human nature? -- Socialization into the self and mind -- Learning personality, morality, and emotions -- Socialization into gender -- Agents of socialization -- Resocialization -- Socialization through the life course -- Are we prisoners of socialization? -- Summary and review -- 4. Social structure and social interaction -- Levels of sociological analysis -- The macrosociological perspective : social structure -- Social institutions -- The microsociological perspective : social interaction in everyday life -- The need for both macrosociology and microsociology -- Summary and review -- 5. How sociologists do research -- What is a valid sociological topic? -- Common sense and the need for sociological research -- A research model -- Research methods -- Controversy in sociological research -- Gender in sociological research -- Ethics in sociological research -- How research and theory work together -- Summary and review --
pt. II. Social groups and social control -- 6. Societies to social networks -- Societies and their transformation -- Groups within society -- Group dynamics -- Summary and review -- 7. Bureaucracy and formal organizations -- The rationalization of society -- Formal organizations and bureaucracies -- Voluntary associations -- Working for the corporation -- Humanizing the corporate culture -- Technology and the control of workers -- U.S. and Japanese corporations -- Summary and review -- 8. Deviance and social control -- What is deviance? -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The functionalist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Reactions to deviance -- Summary and review --
pt. III. Social inequality -- 9. Global stratification -- Systems of social stratification -- What determines social class? -- Why is social stratification universal? -- How do elites maintain stratification? -- Comparative social stratification -- Global stratification : three worlds -- How did the world's nations become stratified? -- Maintaining global stratification -- A concluding note -- Summary and review -- 10. Social class in the United States -- What is social class? -- Sociological models of social class -- Consequences of social class -- Social mobility -- Poverty -- Summary and review -- 11. Sex and gender -- Issues of sex and gender -- Gender inequality in global perspective -- Gender inequality in the United States -- Gender inequality in the workplace -- Gender and violence -- The changing face of politics -- Glimpsing the future, with hope -- Summary and review -- 12. Race and ethnicity -- Laying the sociological foundation -- Prejudice and discrimination -- Theories of prejudice -- Global patterns of intergroup relations -- Race and ethnic relations in the United States -- Looking toward the future -- Summary and review -- 13. The elderly -- Aging in global perspective -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The functionalist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Recurring problems -- The sociology of death and dying -- Looking toward the future -- Summary and review --
pt. IV. Social institutions -- 14. The economy -- The transformation of economic systems -- The transformation of the medium of exchange -- World economic systems -- The functionalist perspective on the globalization of capitalism -- The conflict perspective on the globalization of capitalism -- Work in U.S. society -- Facing the future : implications of global capitalism -- Summary and review -- 15. Politics -- Micropolitics and macropolitics -- Power, authority, and violence -- Types of government -- The U.S. political system -- Who rules the United States? -- War and terrorism : implementing political objectives -- A new world order? -- Summary and review -- 16. Marriage and family -- Marriage and family in global perspective -- Marriage and family in theoretical perspective -- The family life cycle -- Diversity in U.S. families -- Trends in U.S. families -- Divorce and remarriage -- Two sides of family life -- The future of marriage and family -- Summary and review -- 17. Education -- The development of modern education -- Education in global perspective -- The functionalist perspective : providing social benefits -- The conflict perspective : perpetuating social inequality -- The symbolic interactionist perspective : fulfilling teacher expectations -- Problems in U.S. education, and their solutions -- Summary and review -- 18. Religion -- What is religion? -- The functionalist perspective -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Religion and the spirit of capitalism -- The world's major religions -- Types of religious groups -- Religion in the United States -- The future of religion -- Summary and review -- 19. Medicine and health -- Sociology and the study of medicine and health -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The functionalist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Historical patterns of health -- Issues in health care -- Threats to health -- The search for alternatives -- Health care in global perspective -- Summary and review --
pt. V. Social change -- 20 Population and urbanization -- Population in global perspective -- A planet with no space for enjoying life? -- Population growth -- Urbanization -- The development of cities -- Models of urban growth -- City life -- Urban problems and social policy -- Summary and review -- 21. Collective behavior and social movements -- Collective behavior -- Early explanations : the transformation of the individual -- The contemporary view : the rationality of the crowd -- Forms of collective behavior -- Social movements -- Types and tactics of social movements -- Why people join social movements -- On the success and failure of social movements -- Summary and review -- 22. Social change and the environment -- How social change transforms social life -- Theories and processes of social change -- How technology changes society -- The growth machine versus the earth -- Summary and review -- Epilogue : why major in sociology? -- Glossary.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. I. The sociological perspective -- 1. The sociological perspective -- The sociological perspective -- Sociology and the other sciences -- Origins of sociology -- Values in sociological research -- Verstehen and social facts -- Sexism in early sociology -- Sociology in North America -- Theoretical perspectives in sociology -- Trends shaping the future of sociology -- Summary and review -- 2. Culture -- What is culture? -- Components of symbolic culture -- Many cultural worlds -- Values in U.S. society -- Cultural Universals -- Technology in the global village -- Summary and review -- 3. Socialization -- What is human nature? -- Socialization into the self and mind -- Learning personality, morality, and emotions -- Socialization into gender -- Agents of socialization -- Resocialization -- Socialization through the life course -- Are we prisoners of socialization? -- Summary and review -- 4. Social structure and social interaction -- Levels of sociological analysis -- The macrosociological perspective : social structure -- Social institutions -- The microsociological perspective : social interaction in everyday life -- The need for both macrosociology and microsociology -- Summary and review -- 5. How sociologists do research -- What is a valid sociological topic? -- Common sense and the need for sociological research -- A research model -- Research methods -- Controversy in sociological research -- Gender in sociological research -- Ethics in sociological research -- How research and theory work together -- Summary and review --

pt. II. Social groups and social control -- 6. Societies to social networks -- Societies and their transformation -- Groups within society -- Group dynamics -- Summary and review -- 7. Bureaucracy and formal organizations -- The rationalization of society -- Formal organizations and bureaucracies -- Voluntary associations -- Working for the corporation -- Humanizing the corporate culture -- Technology and the control of workers -- U.S. and Japanese corporations -- Summary and review -- 8. Deviance and social control -- What is deviance? -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The functionalist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Reactions to deviance -- Summary and review --

pt. III. Social inequality -- 9. Global stratification -- Systems of social stratification -- What determines social class? -- Why is social stratification universal? -- How do elites maintain stratification? -- Comparative social stratification -- Global stratification : three worlds -- How did the world's nations become stratified? -- Maintaining global stratification -- A concluding note -- Summary and review -- 10. Social class in the United States -- What is social class? -- Sociological models of social class -- Consequences of social class -- Social mobility -- Poverty -- Summary and review -- 11. Sex and gender -- Issues of sex and gender -- Gender inequality in global perspective -- Gender inequality in the United States -- Gender inequality in the workplace -- Gender and violence -- The changing face of politics -- Glimpsing the future, with hope -- Summary and review -- 12. Race and ethnicity -- Laying the sociological foundation -- Prejudice and discrimination -- Theories of prejudice -- Global patterns of intergroup relations -- Race and ethnic relations in the United States -- Looking toward the future -- Summary and review -- 13. The elderly -- Aging in global perspective -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The functionalist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Recurring problems -- The sociology of death and dying -- Looking toward the future -- Summary and review --

pt. IV. Social institutions -- 14. The economy -- The transformation of economic systems -- The transformation of the medium of exchange -- World economic systems -- The functionalist perspective on the globalization of capitalism -- The conflict perspective on the globalization of capitalism -- Work in U.S. society -- Facing the future : implications of global capitalism -- Summary and review -- 15. Politics -- Micropolitics and macropolitics -- Power, authority, and violence -- Types of government -- The U.S. political system -- Who rules the United States? -- War and terrorism : implementing political objectives -- A new world order? -- Summary and review -- 16. Marriage and family -- Marriage and family in global perspective -- Marriage and family in theoretical perspective -- The family life cycle -- Diversity in U.S. families -- Trends in U.S. families -- Divorce and remarriage -- Two sides of family life -- The future of marriage and family -- Summary and review -- 17. Education -- The development of modern education -- Education in global perspective -- The functionalist perspective : providing social benefits -- The conflict perspective : perpetuating social inequality -- The symbolic interactionist perspective : fulfilling teacher expectations -- Problems in U.S. education, and their solutions -- Summary and review -- 18. Religion -- What is religion? -- The functionalist perspective -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Religion and the spirit of capitalism -- The world's major religions -- Types of religious groups -- Religion in the United States -- The future of religion -- Summary and review -- 19. Medicine and health -- Sociology and the study of medicine and health -- The symbolic interactionist perspective -- The functionalist perspective -- The conflict perspective -- Historical patterns of health -- Issues in health care -- Threats to health -- The search for alternatives -- Health care in global perspective -- Summary and review --

pt. V. Social change -- 20 Population and urbanization -- Population in global perspective -- A planet with no space for enjoying life? -- Population growth -- Urbanization -- The development of cities -- Models of urban growth -- City life -- Urban problems and social policy -- Summary and review -- 21. Collective behavior and social movements -- Collective behavior -- Early explanations : the transformation of the individual -- The contemporary view : the rationality of the crowd -- Forms of collective behavior -- Social movements -- Types and tactics of social movements -- Why people join social movements -- On the success and failure of social movements -- Summary and review -- 22. Social change and the environment -- How social change transforms social life -- Theories and processes of social change -- How technology changes society -- The growth machine versus the earth -- Summary and review -- Epilogue : why major in sociology? -- Glossary.

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