Life in Society : Readings to Accompany Sociology, a down-to-Earth Approach

by Henslin, James M.

• ISBN13: 9780205407507
• ISBN10: 0205407501
• Edition: 7th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Summary

This brief and economical reader, edited by Jim Henslin, is specifically designed to be used as a companion to Sociology: A Down-to-Earth Approach, Seventh Edition.

Table of Contents

Preface	v
PART I THE SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE	1	(58)
The Sociological Perspective
1 Invitation to Sociology
Peter L. Berger	3	(9)
Culture
2 The Fierce People
Napoleon Chagnon	12	(14)
Socialization
3 Anybody's Son Will Do
Gwynne Dyer	26	(11)
Social Structure and Social Interaction
4 Street Corner Society
William Foote Whyte	37	(9)
How Sociologists Do Research
5 Inside Organized Racism
Kathleen M. Blee	46	(13)
PART II SOCIAL GROUPS AND SOCIAL CONTROL	59	(32)
Societies to Social Networks
6 Hanging Tongues: A Sociological Encounter with the Assembly Line
William E. Thompson	61	(9)
Bureaucracies and Formal Organizations
7 Handling the Stigma of Handling the Dead
William E. Thompson	70	(13)
Deviance and Social Control
8 Unintended Consequences of Undercover Work
Gary T. Marx	83	(8)
PART III SOCIAL INEQUALITY	91	(52)
Global Stratification
9 Life on the Global Assembly Line
Barbara Ehrenreich and Annette Fuentes	93	(9)
Social Class in the United States
10 Making It by Faking It
Robert Granfield	102	(10)
Inequalities of Gender
11 Girls and Boys Together...But Mostly Apart
Barrie Thorne	112	(13)
Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity
12 Good People and Dirty Work
Everett C. Hughes	125	(10)
Inequalities of Age
13 "But This Is My Mother!" The Plight of Elders in Nursing Homes
Cynthia Loucks	135	(8)
PART IV SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS	143	(62)
The Economy
14 The McDonaldization of Society
George Ritzer	145	(12)
Politics
15 The Power Elite
C. Wright Mills	157	(8)
Marriage and Family
16 When Work Becomes Home and Home Becomes Work
Arlie Russell Hochschild	165	(10)
Education
17 Preparing for Power: Cultural Capital and Elite Boarding Schools
Peter W. Cookson, Jr., and Caroline Hodges Persell	175	(11)
Religion
18 India's Sacred Cow
Marvin Harris	186	(9)
Medicine
19 Just Another Routine Emergency
Daniel F. Chambliss	195	(10)
PART V SOCIAL CHANGE	205	(39)
Population and Urbanization
20 In the Barrios
Joan Moore and Raquel Pinderhughes	207	(9)
Collective Behavior and Social Movements
21 The Animal Rights Crusade
James M. Jasper and Dorothy Nelkin	216	(8)
Social Change and the Environment
22 Jihad vs. McWorld
Benjamin R. Barber	224	(11)
Human Sexuality (Online Chapter)
23 How Many Sexual Partners Do Americans Have?
Robert T. Michael, John H. Gagnon, Edward O. Laumann, and Gina Kolata	235	(9)
Name Index	244	(2)
Subject Index	246