AE Sociology, 09/10 | |
Preface | |
Correlation Guide | |
Topic Guide | |
Internet References | |
Culture Unit Overview | |
American Culture and Cultural Change | |
Understanding American Worldview | |
Ingram Life in the USA,2000 | |
Ingram created this article to explain toimmigrantsthe peculiar worldview they are adopting of the country | |
It is contrasted with other worldviews and explains some importantcultural differencesbetween societies | |
The Denial of Virtue | |
Society,2008 Many economists and social commentators deny that people act virtuously | |
The infinite episodes ofvirtuous behaviorare interpreted as rational, self interested behavior, or due to genetical wiring | |
Amitai Etzioni argues thatmoral valuesdo affect human behavior, so life involves more than self interest, and that sociology is a valid social science | |
The Atrophy of Social Life | |
Society,September/October 2004 Social interaction“is the building block of intimate relationships, small groups, formal organizations, communities, and societies | |
” Therefore, Stanley Eitzen is concerned about the numerous social trends, which he reports “that hinder or even eliminate social interaction, and that indicate a growing isolation as individuals become increasingly separated from their neighbors, their co-workers, and even their family members.” | |
The Myth of the “Culture of Poverty” | |
Educational Leadership,April 2008 Theculture of poverty mythaccuses the poor of having beliefs, values, and behaviors that prevent them from achieving. Thus, their failure is their fault | |
This myth must be challenged | |
Most poor people do have the work ethic, value education, and other characteristics that contradict the culture of poverty myth | |
The availability of opportunities plays a big role in poverty | |
Value Issues | |
Diversity within Unity: A New Approach to Immigrants and Minorities | |
The Communitarian Reader: Beyond the Essentials | |
Andrew Volmert, and Elanit Rothschild, Rowan & Littlefield, 2004 | |
This statement signed by many communitarians seeks to assuage the increasing fear of the impacts of immigration | |
It favorsdiversityof cultures with unity based on shared core values | |
The Dubious Value of Value-Neutrality | |
The Chronicle of Higher Education,June 16, 2006 Stephen Balch questions whether we should bevalue-neutral | |
Since education serves many purposes besides imparting information, it can not be and should not be value-neutral | |
Universities should be open to all points of view, promote critical thinking, and favor views that are best supported by data and logical arguments | |
Socialization and Social Control Unit Overview | |
Influences on Personality and Behavior | |
The Social Construction of Gender | |
Thinking about Women,8/e (Allyn & Bacon, 2009) Socializationby parents, teachers, peers, public figures, and many others contribute greatly to what we are | |
The authors focus on the role of socialization in the formation ofgender identity,which helps explain why men and women are different | |
Worth Every Penny: Can Cash Incentives Create Model Citizens? | |
New Scientist Magazine,November 24, 2007 Jim Giles proposes a very sensible idea, which many consider radical | |
He proposes that people berewarded for doing what is beneficial to society. He would pay people for doing good | |
Believe it or not, this is a revolutionary idea | |
The New Sex Scorecard,Hara Estroff Marano | |
As everyone knows,men and women are different | |
Recent research has greatly -increased our understanding of these differences, and Hara Estroff Marano reviews these differences that include mental, sexual, health, emotional, and psychological factors | |
Crime, Law Enforcement, and Social Control | |
Fighting Crime: An Economist’s View | |
Milken Institute Review,First Quarter, 2005 It is amazing what conclusions we would come to aboutcrime and punishmentif we used economic logic as John J. Donohue shows in this article | |
We would stop building prisons, abolish the death penalty, expand the police force, adopt sensible gun controls, and legalize drugs among other things | |
The Prison Boom and the Decline of American Citizenship | |
Society,August/September 2007 Why did theimprisonment rateincrease fivefold in the past three decades? | |
Bruce Western argues that the rise of the punitive purpose and the decline of the rehabilitative purpose plays a major role | |
Unfortunately, the high incarceration rate of blacks has several unintended consequences, which are likely to increase criminal activity among blacks | |
The Aggregate Burden of Crime | |
Journal of Law and Economics,October 1999 | |
makes a valiant effort to compute the annualcosts of major types of crimeand the net annual total costs of all crimes, which he claims exceeds $1 trillion or over $4000 per capita | |
Fraud and cheating on taxes costs Americans over 20 times the costs of theft, burglary, and robbery | |
Groups and Roles in Transition Unit Overview | |
Marriage and the Family | |
Can Marriage Be Saved? | |
Dissent,Summer 2005 Frank Furstenberg assures his readers that the institution ofmarriageis not on the rocks | |
There are family issues to be concerned about, especially the welfare of children, but the focus should be on resources | |
The often cited unhealthy marriage and family trends occur only among the most socially disadvantaged | |
The Opt-Out Myth | |
Columbia Journalism Review,March/April 2007 E. J. Graff explains why the media reports that a number ofupper class womenare opting out of thelabor marketto raise children is a myth | |
The proportion of women, even mothers, in the labor force is increasing, not decreasing | |
The consequences and policy implications of this fact are immense | |
Peer Marriage | |
The Communitarian Reader: Beyond the Essentials | |
Andrew Volmert, and Elanit Rothschild, Rowan & Littlefield, 2004 Pepper Schwartz celebrates the concept ofpeer marriagesin which -spouses regard each other as full social equals, both have careers, share family decision making and child rearing responsibilities | |
He argues that peer marriages generally result in stronger families and greater satisfaction | |
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