Sociology : Concepts and Characteristics

by Landis, Judson R.

• ISBN13: 9780534578619
• ISBN10: 0534578616
• Edition: 11th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-09-27
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

Landis' applied approach combines readings, commentary, and core concepts. Adopters are satisfied with the lighter, core format of the text. The readings are diverse and deal with contemporary issues, thus increasing relevancy to students. The text is a smooth read for the 2-year college student, not too condescending, and not too complicated.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Knowledge, Science, and Sociology	1	(30)
Knowledge	3	(2)
Science	5	(5)
Types of Science	8	(1)
Social Science	8	(2)
Sociology	10	(4)
Sociological Theories	11	(1)
Functional Analysis	11	(1)
Conflict Theory	12	(1)
Symbolic Interaction	13	(1)
Research Methods in Sociology	14	(11)
Three Research Techniques	17	(4)
Problems in Social Science Investigation	21	(1)
Ethics	22	(1)
Is It Only Common Sense?	23	(2)
Summary	25	(1)
Terms for Study	25	(1)
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The Research Process--Race, Drugs, and Criminal Sentencing	26	(3)
Notes	29	(2)
Part 1 Socialization and Culture	31	(73)
Socialization And Self	32	(37)
Socialization: A Social Process	35	(2)
Gender Socialization	37	(1)
Primary and Secondary Socialization	38	(1)
Resocialization and Anticipatory Socialization	39	(2)
Self and Personality	41	(4)
The Importance of Language	45	(2)
Definition of the Situation	47	(2)
Debates and Issues in Socialization	49	(2)
Theory and Research: A Review	51	(1)
Summary	51	(1)
Terms for Study	52	(1)
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The Story of My Life	53	(4)
Helen Keller
Mascot	57	(6)
Malcolm X
Cipher in the Snow	63	(2)
Jean E. Mizer
Born to Raise Hell?	65	(2)
Dennis Overbye
Notes	67	(2)
Norms, Roles, Culture, Society	69	(35)
The Meaning of Culture	70	(1)
Norms	71	(5)
Types of Norms	74	(1)
Norm Conflict and Change	75	(1)
Cultural Diversity	76	(8)
Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism	78	(2)
Subculture and Counterculture	80	(1)
Multiculturalism	81	(1)
Culture and Personality	82	(2)
Society and Social Structure	84	(2)
Status and Role	86	(4)
Achieved and Ascribed Status	89	(1)
Role Strain and Role Conflict	89	(1)
Theory and Research: A Review	90	(1)
Summary	91	(1)
Terms for Study	92	(1)
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The Cocaine Kids	93	(7)
Terry Williams
One Hundred Percent American	100	(2)
Ralph Linton
Notes	102	(2)
Part 2 Social Organization	104	(263)
Groups	106	(34)
Why Study Groups?	107	(1)
Groups and Nongroups	108	(2)
Types of Groups	110	(5)
Primary and Secondary Groups	111	(2)
Small Groups	113	(2)
Formal Organizations	115	(10)
Types of Organizations	118	(1)
Formal Organizations--Consequences and Concerns	119	(2)
``The Organization Man''	121	(1)
``McDonaldization''	122	(2)
Can Formal Organizations Change?	124	(1)
Theory and Research: A Review	125	(1)
Summary	125	(1)
Terms for Study	126	(1)
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Crazy for God	127	(5)
Christopher Edwards
The Electronic Sweatshop	132	(6)
Barbara Garson
Notes	138	(2)
Social Inequality: Social Class	140	(39)
Social Stratification	142	(1)
Stratification Systems	143	(1)
Parallel Stratification Systems	144	(1)
Socioeconomic Status and Social Class	145	(12)
Wealth	145	(1)
Power	146	(1)
Prestige	147	(2)
How Many Social Classes?	149	(2)
Determining Social Class	151	(1)
Social Class and Behavior	152	(3)
Social Mobility	155	(2)
Poverty and Welfare	157	(5)
The Welfare System	159	(2)
World Poverty	161	(1)
Theory and Research: A Review	162	(1)
Summary	163	(1)
Terms for Study	164	(1)
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It's Not What You Say, It's How You Say It	165	(2)
Sarah Lyall
The Equality Dilemma	167	(5)
William Ryan
Pro-Life Versus Pro-Choice Women--A Study in Class Contrasts	172	(4)
Kristin Luker
Notes	176	(3)
Social Inequality: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, Age	179	(51)
Minority Status	180	(1)
Race and Ethnicity	181	(16)
Prejudice and Discrimination	183	(5)
Blacks and African Americans	188	(1)
Jobs, Income, Unemployment	188	(2)
Housing	190	(1)
Education	190	(1)
Voting and Elected Officials	191	(1)
Native Americans	191	(1)
Hispanic Americans	192	(2)
Jews	194	(1)
Asian Americans	195	(2)
Gender	197	(5)
Socialization and Gender Roles	198	(1)
Consequences of Gender-Role Typing	199	(3)
The Elderly	202	(2)
Patterns of Interaction	204	(1)
Minority-Group Reactions	205	(1)
Theory and Research: A Review	206	(1)
Summary	207	(1)
Terms for Study	207	(1)
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Just Walk on By	208	(3)
Brent Staples
The Jeweler's Dilemma	211	(4)
Exiled in Guyville	215	(4)
Lorraine Ali
Wounded Knee	219	(4)
Dee Brown
Dangerous Crossing	223	(5)
Lynne Walker
Notes	228	(2)
Institutions: Family	230	(32)
Family	234	(5)
Structural Variabilities: How Do Family Structures Differ?	234	(3)
Functional Uniformities: How Are Families Alike?	237	(2)
The Family: Contrast and Change	239	(6)
The Family in America	240	(2)
Later Marriage	242	(1)
Staying Single and Living Alone	242	(1)
Other Living Arrangements	243	(1)
Divorce	244	(1)
Census Bureau Facts About Marriage and Divorce in the 1990s	244	(1)
Family Problems: The Conflict Approach	245	(3)
The Family of the Future	248	(1)
Theory and Research: A Review	248	(1)
Summary	249	(1)
Terms for Study	250	(1)
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They Get By with a Lot of Help from Their Kyoiku Mamas	251	(3)
Carol Simons
The Little Emperors, Part 1	254	(3)
Deniela Deane
Family and Peer Group in Northton	257	(4)
Elijah Anderson
Notes	261	(1)
Institutions: Religion	262	(29)
Religion: The Functional Approach	264	(5)
Religious Organizations	269	(1)
Religion in America	270	(6)
Theory and Research: A Review	276	(1)
Summary	277	(1)
Terms for Study	278	(1)
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The Holy Ghost People	279	(7)
Michael Watterlond
The Lure of the Cult	286	(3)
Richard Lacayo
Notes	289	(2)
Institutions: Economic and Political	291	(22)
Economic Institutions	292	(4)
Capitalism	292	(1)
Socialism	293	(1)
Economic Change and the American Economy	293	(3)
Political Institutions	296	(6)
Distribution of Power	297	(1)
The Pluralistic Model	297	(1)
The Elite Model	298	(1)
The Class Model	299	(2)
Political Systems and American Politics	301	(1)
The Political Economy: Separate Institutions?	302	(2)
Theory and Research: A Review	304	(1)
Summary	305	(1)
Terms for Study	306	(1)
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In Search of the Real Bill Gates	307	(5)
Walter Isaacson
Notes	312	(1)
Institutions: Education	313	(20)
Education and Schooling Defined	314	(1)
The Functional Approach to Education	315	(1)
The Conflict Approach to Education	316	(4)
Education in America	320	(3)
Is Change Coming in Education?	323	(3)
Theory and Research: A Review	326	(1)
Summary	326	(1)
Terms for Study	327	(1)
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My Exotic Tribe: Children in a School Hallway	328	(4)
Donald Ratcliff
Notes	332	(1)
Population and Ecology	333	(34)
Population	335	(7)
Fertility	335	(2)
Mortality	337	(1)
Migration	338	(2)
Other Population Measures	340	(2)
Human Ecology and the City	342	(7)
Patterns in the United States	347	(2)
World Patterns	349	(1)
Population and Ecology: Problem Aspects	349	(6)
A Population Bomb?	352	(1)
Other Ecological Problems	353	(2)
Theory and Research: A Review	355	(1)
Summary	355	(1)
Terms for Study	356	(1)
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Downsizing Cities	357	(5)
Witold Rybczynki
The Little Emperors, Part 2	362	(4)
Daniela Deane
Notes	366	(1)
Part 3 Social Change and Social Deviance	367	(96)
Social Change And Social Disorganization	368	(26)
Factors Related to Social Change	371	(4)
Rates of Change and Planned Change	373	(2)
Theories of Social Change	375	(4)
Cyclic Theories	375	(1)
Evolutionary Theories	376	(1)
Functional Theories	376	(1)
Conflict Theories	376	(1)
Neoevolutionary Theories	377	(2)
Social Change and the Future: Two Viewpoints	379	(1)
Social Disorganization	380	(2)
Theory and Research: A Review	382	(1)
Summary	382	(1)
Terms for Study	383	(1)
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Bushmen	384	(5)
John Yellen
Everything in Its Path	389	(4)
Kai Erikson
Notes	393	(1)
Collective Behavior	394	(26)
Crowds	396	(5)
Audiences, Mobs, and Riots	398	(3)
Panic and Mass Hysteria	401	(1)
Rumors	402	(2)
Fads, Crazes, and Fashions	404	(1)
Disasters	405	(1)
Publics, Public Opinion, and Propaganda	406	(2)
Social Movements	408	(2)
Theory and Research: A Review	410	(1)
Summary	410	(1)
Terms for Study	411	(1)
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Maycomb Jail	412	(4)
Harper Lee
Looking for Justice in L.A.	416	(2)
Peter J. Boyer
Notes	418	(2)
Deviance and Social Control	420	(33)
Defining Deviance	421	(6)
Biological Explanations	422	(1)
Psychological Explanations	422	(1)
Sociological Explanations	422	(1)
Three Theories	423	(1)
Labeling Theory	424	(3)
Primary and Secondary Deviance	427	(1)
Deviant Behavior in Perspective	428	(1)
Categories of Deviance	429	(4)
Deviant Behavior and Criminal Behavior	433	(3)
Social Control	436	(5)
Theory and Research: A Review	441	(1)
Summary	441	(1)
Terms for Study	442	(1)
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California Prisons as Geriatric Wards	443	(5)
Miles Corwin
Harsh Brand of Justice in Belfast	448	(3)
Shawn Pogatchnik
Notes	451	(2)
Sociology: Another Perspective	453	(10)
A Sociological Perspective	454	(2)
Sociological Perspectives of Sociology	456	(3)
Sociologists--What Are They and What Do They Do?	459	(1)
Sociology and You	460	(1)
Terms for Study	461	(1)
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Notes	461	(2)
Glossary	463	(13)
References for Author Biographies	476	(1)
Index	477