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| Preface | |
| PART 1:THE NATURE AND STUDY OF POWER | |
| 1. Power, Society, and Social Science | |
| The Nature of Power | |
| Power and the Social Sciences | |
| Masters of Social Thought: Bertrand Russell: Power Is to the Social Sciences What Energy Is to Physics | |
| Social Sciences and Social Problems | |
| On the Web: Exploring Power and Society | |
| About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| 2. Social Sciences and the Scientific Method | |
| Science and the Scientific Method | |
| Focus: The Vocabulary of Social Science | |
| Controversies in Social Science: Can Social Science Be Scientific? What Is a "Fact"? The Classic Scientific Research Design | |
| Case Study: An Experiment in Crime Fighting | |
| Gathering Data: Survey Research | |
| Focus: Changing College Student Opinions | |
| On the Web: Exploring the Social Sciences | |
| About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Part 2: POWER AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES | |
| 3. Power and Culture | |
| The Origins of Power | |
| Culture: Ways of Life | |
| The Components of Culture | |
| Masters of Social Thought: Ruth Benedict and Patterns of Culture | |
| Power, Authority, and Legitimacy | |
| The Functions of Culture | |
| Controversies in Social Science: Cultural Relativity and Female Circumcision | |
| Authority in the Family | |
| Focus: Social Science Looks at Sex in America | |
| Cross-National Perspective: Women in the Workforce | |
| Power and Gender | |
| Focus: How Men and Women View Their Relations Today | |
| Power and Political Systems | |
| Focus: Power and the Aztec Empire | |
| Power and Society: Some Anthropological Observations | |
| On the Web: Exploring Anthropology | |
| About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| 4. Power and Social Class | |
| Power Pyramids and Pecking Orders | |
| Stratification in American Society | |
| Why Do We Have Social Classes? Inequality in America | |
| Cross-National Perspective: Beliefs About Equality and Opportunity | |
| Social Mobility: The Ups and Downs | |
| Class as a Determinant of Lifestyle | |
| Controversies in Social Science: The Bell Curve | |
| Cross-National Perspective: Global Inequalities | |
| Social Classes: Conflict and Conciliation | |
| Masters of Social Thought: Karl Marx and the Class Struggle | |
| Social Class and Political Power | |
| Masters of Social Thought: C | |
| Wright Mills and the Power Elite | |
| On the Web: Exploring Sociology | |
| About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| 5. Power and Personality | |
| Personality and Individual Responses to Power | |
| Nature versus Nature | |
| Focus: DNA: Blueprint to Life | |
| Nurture and Human Development | |
| Approaches to Psychology and Personality | |
| Focus: Inside the Brain | |
| Focus: Evolutionary Psychology: The Mating Game | |
| The Authoritarian Personality | |
| Masters of Social Thought: Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalytic Theory | |
| Case Study: Authority and Obedience: The "Shocking" Experiments | |
| Behaviorism and Learning Theory | |
| Masters of Social Thought: B | |
| F | |
| Skinner and the Control of Human Behavior | |
| Social Psychology: The Self in Relation to Others | |
| Cross-National Perspective: The Self in Individualist and Collectivist Cultures | |
| Humanistic Psychology: The Innate Human Potential | |
| Cross-National Perspective: Suicide | |
| Treating Mental Illness | |
| Case Study: Diagnosing Mental Illness | |
| The Sociology of Psychological Disorders | |
| Powerlessness and Mental Health | |
| On the Web: Exploring Psychology | |
| About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| 6. Power and the Economic Order | |
| Power and Economic Organization | |
| The Market System, Hard-Boiled and Impersonal | |
| Supply, Demand, and the Market Price | |
| Measuring America's Wealth | |
| Masters of Social Thought: Adam Smith and Laissez Faire Economics | |
| Cross-National Perspective: GNP and Standards of Living | |
| Government in a Free Market Economy | |
| Case Study: Achieving Economic Stability | |
| Masters of Social Thought: John M | |
| Keynes and the Mixed Economy | |
| Supply-Side Economics | |
| Government Money: Where It Comes from and Where It Goes | |
| Case Study: The Recent Performance of the American Economy | |
| Government Debt, Deficits, and Surpluses | |
| The Concentration of Economic Power | |
| Controversies in Social Science: What Should We Do with Budget Surpluses | |
| Focus: The Concentration of Corporate Power | |
| The Globalization of Economic Power | |
| Cross-National Perspective: The Multinationals' Global Economic Power | |
| On the Web: Exploring Economics | |
| About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| 7. Power and Government | |
| Politics, Political Science, and Governmental Power | |
| The Meaning of Democracy | |
| Power in the American Constitution | |
| Masters of Social Thought: John Locke and Constitutionalism | |
| Cross-National Perspective: The Role of Government | |
| Controversies in Social Science: Direct versus Representative Democracy | |
| Federalism and the Growth of Power in Washington | |
| Presidential Power | |
| Focus: Rating the Presidents | |
| Focus: Explaining Presidential Approval Ratings | |
| Electing the President | |
| Case Study: Watergate and the Limits of Presidential Power | |
| Focus: Bush v | |
| Gore in the U | |
| Supreme Court | |
| The Power of Congress | |
| The Power of the Courts | |
| Political Behavior in the United States | |
| Focus: Media Power: The Presidential Debates | |
| Democrats and Republicans: What's the Difference? On the Web: Exploring Government and Politics | |
| About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| 8. Power and History | |
| History and Social Science | |
| History and the American Experience | |
| Controversies in Social Science: Charles Beard and the Economic Interests of the Founders | |
| Power and Change over Time | |
| The Rise of Western Elites | |
| The Civil War and Elite Division | |
| Power and the Industrial Revolution | |
| Focus: Reconstruction and African-American History | |
| The New Deal and the Emergence of the "Liberal Establishment | |
| Case Study: Vietnam: A Political History | |
| On the Web: Exploring History | |
| About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Part 3: THE USES OF POWER | |
| 9. Power and Ideology | |
| The Power of Ideas | |
| Classical Liberalism: The Least Government Is the Best Government | |
| Modern Liberalism: Governmental Power to "Do Good | |
| Modern Conservatism: Individualism and Traditional Values | |
| Focus: How to Tell If You're Liberal or Conservative | |
| Fascism: The Supremacy of Race and Nation | |
| Marxism: "Workers of the World, Unite | |
| Socialism: Government Ownership, Central Planning | |
| Case Study: The Rise and Fall of Communism in Russia | |
| Why Communism Collapsed | |
| Cross-National Perspective: Capitalism and Socialism in the World | |
| On the Web: Exploring Ideologies | |
| About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| 10. Power, Race, and Gender | |
| Racism in American History | |
| The Civil Rights Movement | |
| Continuing Inequalities | |
| Masters of Social Thought: Martin Luther King, Jr | |
| and the Power of Protest | |
| Hispanic Power | |
| Controversies in Social Science: Affirmative Action and the Constitution | |
| Immigration to America | |
| Native Americans: An Historical Overview | |
| Power and Gender | |
| Gender Inequality: Culture or Biology? Cross-National Perspective: The Earnings Gap | |
| The Long History of Women's Protests | |
| Focus: A Declaration of Women's Rights, 1848. Sexual Harassment and the Law | |
| Abortion and the Law | |
| On the Web: Exploring Poverty and Powerlessness | |
| About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| 11. Poverty and Powerlessness | |
| Poverty in the United States | |
| Is There a Culture of Poverty? Focus: Who Are the Poor? Government and Social Welfare | |
| Cross-National Perspective: Income of the Poor in Advanced Democracies | |
| Case Study: Senior Power | |
| Controversies in Social Science: Is Welfare Reform Working? Homelessness in America | |
| On the Web: Exploring Poverty and Powerlessness | |
| About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| 12. Power, Crime, and Violence | |
| Power and Individual Freedom | |
| The Problem of Crime | |
| Focus: It's a Real Crime! The Constitutional Rights of Defendants | |
| Cross-National Perspective: Murder and Homicide | |
| Crime and Drugs | |
| Focus: Getting High | |
| An Economic Perspective on Crime | |
| Controversies in the Social Sciences: Does Prison Building Reduce Crime? Controversies in Social Sciences: Should Drugs Be Legalized? A Psychological Perspective on Crime: The Antisocial Personality | |
| Case Study: The Insanity Defense | |
| Social and Cultural Perspectives on Crime | |
| Violence in American History | |
| On the Web: Exploring Crime and Violence | |
| About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| 13. Power and Community | |
| The Global Community | |
| The Sociology of Urban Life | |
| Cross-National Perspective: Worldwide Urbanization | |
| Focus: Urban Stress | |
| Where Do Americans Live? Governing Urban Communities | |
| The City in History | |
| Controversies in Social Science: Who Really Runs This Town? The Problems of the Inner City | |
| On the Web: Exploring Communities | |
| About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| 14. Power among Nations | |
| International Politics | |
| Cross-National Perspective: Patriotism | |
| Bringing Order to International Relations | |
| A Brief History of the Cold War | |
| The Control of Nuclear Arms | |
| Regional Balances of Power | |
| Case Study: American Military Power: "Desert Storm | |
| Controversies in Social Science: When Should the United States Use Military Force? About This Chapter | |
| Discussion Questions | |
| Notes | |
| Credits |
