700 Laws in Sociology

by Bird, Mark

• ISBN13: 9781323159866
• ISBN10: 132315986X
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-06-18
• Publisher: Pearson Learning Solutions

Summary

Usable for an intro, theory or reference source, this book is organized into 68 chapters with 41 tables that follow the content sequence of most intro sociology textbooks. Each chapter averages about three pages and has 10 laws. None of the 700 laws are laws in the legal sense; instead, all the laws can be viewed as factors, patterns or principles that clarify a given social science topic.

 

A few of the topics addressed include “laws” relating to crime, poverty, prejudice, marriage, good parenting, life expectancy, global warming, early Christianity, the future of the U.S., and over 50 other topics. Chapter topics are on the opposite side of this page.

Features: 

A unique approach to current sociology

Easy access to specific content and glossary

Tables explain principles visually

Per 1,000 words, perhaps more science focus than any other intro text 

Per 1,000 words, perhaps more 2014 and 2015 data than

any other intro text

Table of Contents

CONTENTS Chapter Title Quotes about Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii THEORY AND RESEARCH TOPICS 1. Introduction to Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2. Research Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3. Research Steps as Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 CULTURE TOPICS 4. Culture Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 5. Amish Cultural Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6. Hispanic Cultural Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 7. Laws of Western Civilization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 SOCIALIZATION TOPICS 8. Socialization Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 9. Laws of Psychosocial Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 GROUP TOPICS 10. Laws of Lying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 11. Laws of Bureaucracies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 DEVIANCE TOPICS 12. Crime Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 13. Warning Laws of Suicide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 14. Homicide Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 15. Laws of Child Abuse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 STRATIFICATION TOPICS 16. U.S. Poverty Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 17. Worker Non-Laws in 1848 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 18. Laws of Global Poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 000200010271966187_pi-236.indd vii 00200010271966187_pi-236.indd vii 5/28/15 9:21 PM /28/15 9:21 PM viii 700 LAWS IN SOCIOLOGY 19. Laws to Reduce Global Poverty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 20. Laws of Elite Perpetuation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 21. Laws of Economic Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 GENDER TOPICS 22. Gender Socialization Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 23. Teen Pregnancy Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 24. Campus Sexual Assault Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70 25. Domestic Violence Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 ETHNIC AND MINORITY TOPICS 26. Laws of Prejudice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 27. Authoritarian Personality Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 28. Laws of Urban Riots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 29. Laws Explaining Black Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 POLITICAL TOPICS 30. Laws of Democracies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 31. Anti-Democratic Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 32. Laws of Fascism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 33. Presidential Voting Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97 34. Laws of War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 35. Laws of Nuclear War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 MARRIAGE AND FAMILY TOPICS 36. Laws of Declining Fertility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 37. Laws Indicating Fathers Matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 38. Mate Selection Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 39. Laws of Love . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115 40. Good Parenting Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 41. Divorce Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 42. Successful Marriage Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 43. Family Trend Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130 44. U.S. Anti-Family Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 000200010271966187_pi-236.indd viii 5/20/15 7:25 PM CONTENTS ix RELIGIOUS TOPICS 45. Religious Affi liation Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134 46. Laws of Religious Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 47. Laws Explaining Early Christianity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139 EDUCATION TOPICS 48. Education Excellence Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 49. Education Inequality Laws. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 50. Anti-Education Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 51. Laws for Improving Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 52. Laws of College Benefi ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154 HEALTH TOPICS 53. Laws on Leading Health Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 54. Health Care Cost Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 55. Life Expectancy Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166 DEMOGRAPHIC TOPICS 56. Laws from the 2010 Census . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 57. Population Migration Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 58. Urban Problem Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 ENVIRONMENTAL TOPICS 59. Laws of $6.00 Gas Benefi ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178 60. Global Warming Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182 61. Water Shortage Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186 62. Resource Tipping Point Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 SOCIOLOGY OF THE FUTURE TOPICS 63. Megatrend Laws in the U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 64. Laws of Declining Violence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198 65. Laws of Societal Collapse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 66. Laws of National Success . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205 67. Laws of U.S. Decline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208 68. Conclusion to Laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214 000200010271966187_pi-236.indd ix 00200010271966187_pi-236.indd ix 5/28/15 9:21 PM /28/15 9:21 PM x 700 LAWS IN SOCIOLOGY Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217 Primary References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231 Author Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235