Sociological Snapshots 3

by Levin, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780761985921
• ISBN10: 0761985921
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: Pine Forge Pr

Summary

The Third Edition of the bestselling textbook Sociological Snapshots helps introductory sociology students 'see' abstract, but nonetheless basic sociological concepts.Everyday experience is linked to sociological concepts and concerns, thereby developing students' abilty to see and articulate abstractions and to analyze data about social reality.

Table of Contents

PREFACE	ix
THE SOCIOLOGICAL EYE	1	(22)
INTRODUCTION	3	(7)
Just How Powerful Is a Role?	10	(2)
Better Late Than Never	12	(4)
Heartburn and Modern Times	16	(2)
FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading	18	(2)
DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Social Structure	20	(3)
PART ONE Culture	23	(28)
INTRODUCTION	25	(5)
The Immaculate Americans	30	(3)
Baby Boomers	33	(4)
The Demise of Bystander Apathy	37	(4)
We Are in the Midst of a Cultural Revolution	41	(3)
Elevator Culture	44	(2)
FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading	46	(1)
DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Culture	47	(4)
PART TWO Socialization	51	(28)
INTRODUCTION	53	(4)
Teaching Students They Are Not at the Center of the Universe (with Wilfred Holton)	57	(4)
Confessions of a Soap Opera Addict	61	(4)
Violence in City Schools (with Heather Beth Johnson)	65	(2)
Sticks and Stones May Break	67	(3)
Adult Socialization Can Be Murder	70	(2)
FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading	72	(3)
DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Socialization	75	(4)
PART THREE The Group Experience	79	(20)
INTRODUCTION	81	(3)
College Fraternities: A Counteracting Force on Campus	84	(2)
The Appeal of Cults	86	(3)
Reunion, American Style	89	(3)
Children of the Organization Men	92	(3)
FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading	95	(1)
DEVELOPING IDEAS: About the Group Experience	96	(3)
PART FOUR Institutions	99	(20)
INTRODUCTION	101	(3)
Who's Minding the Kids?	104	(2)
Let the System Do It!	106	(2)
Americans Are Moving to the Margins of Society	108	(3)
Dirty Work	111	(3)
FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading	114	(1)
DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Institutions	115	(4)
PART FIVE Deviance	119	(26)
INTRODUCTION	121	(4)
Fat Chance in a Slim World	125	(4)
You Must Get Ill First; Then You Recover	129	(2)
Is the Death Penalty Only a Vehicle for Revenge?	131	(4)
Animal Cruelty and Human Violence (with Arnold Arluke)	135	(2)
America's Youngsters Are Responsible for Church Burnings	137	(2)
FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading	139	(2)
DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Deviance	141	(4)
PART SIX Social Inequality	145	(24)
INTRODUCTION	147	(3)
The Economic Escalator	150	(3)
Images of Aging	153	(2)
An Apple Pie and an Open Mind	155	(3)
Immigrants Create Jobs for Americans (with William J. Leong)	158	(3)
Another Crisis in Black and White?	161	(2)
FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading	163	(3)
DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Social Inequality	166	(3)
PART SEVEN Social Change	169	(26)
INTRODUCTION	171	(4)
The Boomerang Effect in Planning Social Change	175	(3)
Fads	178	(3)
Riding the Rumor Mill	181	(4)
Highway to Hell?	185	(3)
Enquiring Times	188	(3)
FOCUS: Suggestions for Further Reading	191	(2)
DEVELOPING IDEAS: About Social Change	193	(2)
INTO THE FUTURE	195	(8)
BIBLIOGRAPHY	203	(6)
INDEX	209