Rethinking Society In The 21st Century

by Webber, Michelle

• ISBN13: 9781551302355
• ISBN10: 1551302357
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-01
• Publisher: Canadian Scholars Pr

Summary

Rethinking Society in the 21st Century is a unique collection of thirty-three readings that fills a critical void in Introductory Sociology in Canada. This engaging and thought-provoking book weaves together feminist, class-conscious and anti-racist approaches to the study of Introductory Sociology for Canadian students. One of the many strengths of this bold new collection is theory. Rethinking Society balances classical theoretical approaches in sociology -- Durkheim, Marx, and Mills -- with contemporary approaches found in the work of Dorothy smith and Michel Foucault, for example. Following this exemplary grounding, Rethinking Society then introduces the foundations of society -- socialization, social interaction, and culture -- as well as the major social institutions of the family, the economy and labour. Crime, moral regulation and social justice are presented in a progressive light while population, globalization and the New World Order complete this well-rounded introduction to Canadian sociology. The second unique feature of this collection is its extensive coverage of inequality -- specifically, social class, gender, ethnicity, race, age/generation and sexuality. The third distinguishing aspect of Rethinking Society is its pronounced emphasis on Canadian content and its incorporation of feminist theory. Key articles by leading Canadian sociologists and social critics such as Naomi Klein, Margrit Eichler. Meg Luxton, Ann Duffy, Nancy Mandell, Ages Calliste and Susan McDaniel are included.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xii
A Note from the Publisher	1	(1)
SECTION 1: Introduction to Sociology	2	(58)
Section 1A: Classical Theory	6	(19)
CHAPTER 1: Egoistic Suicide
EMILE DURKHEIM	6	(6)
CHAPTER 2: Manifesto of the Communist Party
KARL MARX AND FRIEDRICH ENGELS	12	(8)
CHAPTER 3: The Promise
C. WRIGHT MILLS	20	(5)
Section 1B: Contemporary Theory	25	(22)
CHAPTER 4: Women's Perspective As a Radical Critique of Sociology
DOROTHY E. SMITH	25	(5)
CHAPTER 5: Panopticism
MICHEL FOUCAULT	30	(6)
CHAPTER 6: Introduction to Words That Wound: Critical Race Theory, Assaultive Speech and the First Amendment
CHARLES R. LAWRENCE III, MARI J. MATSUDA, RICHARD DELGADO, AND KIMBERLÈ WILLIAMS CRENSHAW	36	(11)
Section 1C: Research Methods	47	(13)
CHAPTER 7: Sexism in Research
MARGRIT EICHLER	47	(13)
SECTION 2: Foundations of Society	60	(48)
Section 2A: Socialization and Social Interaction	62	(19)
CHAPTER 8: Learning the Student Role: Kindergarten As Academic Boot Camp
HARRY L. GRACEY	62	(6)
CHAPTER 9: Preserving a Vital and Valued Self in the Face of AIDS
KENT L. SANDSTROM	68	(13)
Section 2B: Culture	81	(27)
CHAPTER 10: The Right Stuff: Fashioning an Identity through Clothing in a Junior School
JON SWAIN	81	(14)
CHAPTER 11: The Cultural Context of Gender Identity: Female Genital Excision and Infibulation
BILKIS VISSANDJÉE, MIREILLE KANTIÉBO, ALISSA LEVINE, AND RADEGONDE N'DEJURU	95	(13)
SECTION 3: Major Social Institutions	108	(54)
Section 3A: Family	111	(27)
CHAPTER 12: Marriage: Then and Now
STEPHANIE COONTZ	111	(6)
CHAPTER 13: Family Responsibilities: The Politics of Love and Care
MEG LUXTON	117	(11)
CHAPTER 14: The Politics of Family and Immigration in the Subordination of Domestic Workers in Canada
SEDEF ARAT-KOÇ	128	(10)
Section 3B: The Economy and Labour	138	(24)
CHAPTER 15: Fast-Food Nation: The True Cost of America's Diet
ERIC SCHLOSSER	138	(7)
CHAPTER 16: Nurses and Porters: Racism, Sexism and Resistance in Segmented Labour Markets
AGNES CALLISTE	145	(17)
SECTION 4: Issues of Inequality	162	(94)
Section 4A: Social Class	165	(25)
CHAPTER 17: The Growth of Poverty and Social Inequality: Losing Faith in Social Justice
ANN DUFFY AND NANCY MANDELL	165	(13)
CHAPTER 18: Introduction to New Slavery: A Reference Handbook
KEVIN BALES	178	(9)
CHAPTER 19: Class and Power: The Major Themes
JOHN PORTER	187	(3)
Section 4B: Gender	190	(20)
CHAPTER 20: The Many Faces of Gender Inequality
AMARTYA SEN	190	(10)
CHAPTER 21: Gender and Power: Society, the Person, and Sexual Politics
R.W. CONNELL	200	(3)
CHAPTER 22: Doing Gender
CANDACE WEST AND DON H. ZIMMERMAN	203	(7)
Section 4C: Ethnicity and Race	210	(17)
CHAPTER 23: Circles of Disadvantage: Aboriginal Poverty and Underdevelopment in Canada
JOAN KENDALL	210	(10)
CHAPTER 24: Heroes or Villains?; and Stereotyping As a Signifying Practice
STUART HALL	220	(7)
Section 4D: Age	227	(10)
CHAPTER 25: The Family Lives of the Middle-Aged and Elderly in Canada
SUSAN A. MCDANIEL	227	(10)
Section 4E: Sexuality	237	(19)
CHAPTER 26: The Trouble with Normal: Postwar Youth and the Making of Heterosexuality
MARY LOUISE ADAMS	237	(10)
CHAPTER 27: Gays and Lesbians of the First Nations
SUSAN BEAVER	247	(9)
SECTION 5: Crime, Moral Regulation, and Social Justice	256	(36)
CHAPTER 28: National Security As Moral Regulation: Making the Normal and the Deviant in the Security Campaigns against Gay Men and Lesbians
GARY KINSMAN	258	(17)
CHAPTER 29: Legal Responses to Violence against Women in Canada
ELIZABETH A. SHEEHY	275	(17)
SECTION 6: Population, Globalization, and the New World Order	292	(34)
CHAPTER 30: Population: Delusion and Reality
AMARTYA SEN	294	(18)
CHAPTER 31: What's Next? The Movement against Global Corporatism Doesn't Need to Sign a Ten-Point Plan to Be Effective
NAOMI KLEIN	312	(6)
CHAPTER 32: 2001 Introduction: Terrorism's Challenge to Democracy
BENJAMIN BARBER	318	(8)
Copyright Acknowledgments	326