Sociology and You

by Shepard, Jon M.

• ISBN13: 9780078285776
• ISBN10: 0078285771
• Edition: Teacher
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Glencoe/McGraw-Hill School Pub

Table of Contents

Sociology Handbook	HB-1
Unit 1 Sociological Perspectives	2	(66)
Chapter 1 AN INVITATION TO SOCIOLOGY	4	(32)
1 The Sociological Perspective	6	(8)
2 Origins of Sociology	14	(9)
3 Theoretical Perspectives	23	(13)
Chapter 2 SOCIOLOGISTS DOING RESEARCH	36	(32)
1 Research Methods	38	(12)
2 Causation in Science	50	(8)
3 Procedures and Ethics in Research	58	(10)
Unit 2 Culture and Social Structures	68	(170)
Chapter 3 CULTURE	70	(38)
1 The Basis of Culture	72	(5)
2 Language and Culture	77	(4)
3 Norms and Values	81	(11)
4 Beliefs and Material Culture	92	(3)
5 Cultural Diversity and Similarity	95	(13)
Chapter 4 SOCIALIZATION	108	(30)
1 The Importance of Socialization	110	(5)
2 Socialization and the Self	115	(6)
3 Agents of Socialization	121	(7)
4 Processes of Socialization	128	(10)
Chapter 5 SOCIAL STRUCTURE and SOCIETY	138	(32)
1 Social Structure and Status	140	(6)
2 Social Structure and Roles	146	(7)
3 Preindustrial Societies	153	(6)
4 Industrial and Postindustrial Societies	159	(11)
Chapter 6 GROUPS AND FORMAL ORGANIZATIONS	170	(32)
1 Primary and Secondary Groups	172	(5)
2 Other Groups and Networks	177	(4)
3 Types of Social Interaction	181	(9)
4 Formal Organizations	190	(12)
Chapter 7 DEVIANCE AND SOCIAL CONTROL	202	(36)
1 Deviance and Social Control	204	(5)
2 Functionalism and Deviance	209	(5)
3 Symbolic Interactionism and Deviance	214	(4)
4 Conflict Theory and Deviance	218	(6)
5 Crime and Punishment	224	(14)
Unit 3 Social Inequality	238	(106)
Chapter 8 SOCIAL STRATIFICATION	240	(34)
1 Dimensions of Stratification	242	(8)
2 Explanations of Stratification	250	(4)
3 Social Classes in America	254	(5)
4 Poverty in America	259	(6)
5 Social Mobility	265	(9)
Chapter 9 INEQUALITIES OF RACE AND ETHNICITY	274	(34)
1 Minority, Race, and Ethnicity	276	(4)
2 Racial and Ethnic Relations	280	(4)
3 Theories of Prejudice and Discrimination	284	(6)
4 Minority Groups in the United States	290	(18)
Chapter 10 INEQUALITIES OF GENDER AND AGE	308	(36)
1 Sex and Gender Identity	310	(6)
2 Theoretical Perspectives on Gender	316	(6)
3 Gender Inequality	322	(8)
4 Ageism	330	(3)
5 Inequality in America's Elderly Population	333	(11)
Unit 4 Social Institutions	344	(182)
Chapter 11 THE FAMILY	346	(40)
1 Family and Marriage Across Cultures	348	(9)
2 Theoretical Perspectives and the Family	357	(6)
3 Family and Marriage in the United States	363	(8)
4 Changes in Marriage and Family	371	(15)
Chapter 12 EDUCATION	386	(36)
1 Development and Structure of Education	388	(8)
2 Functionalist Perspective	396	(4)
3 Conflict Perspective	400	(9)
4 Symbolic Interactionism	409	(13)
Chapter 13 POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC INSTITUTIONS	422	(40)
1 Power and Authority	424	(9)
2 Political Power in American Society	433	(7)
3 Economic Systems	440	(6)
4 The Modern Corporation	446	(4)
5 Work in the Modern Economy	450	(12)
Chatter 14 RELIGION	462	(32)
1 Religion and Sociology	464	(3)
2 Theoretical Perspectives	467	(8)
3 Religious Organization and Religiosity	475	(6)
4 Religion in the United States	481	(13)
Chapter 15 SPORT	494	(32)
1 The Nature of Sport	496	(7)
2 Theoretical Perspectives and Sport	503	(9)
3 Social Issues in Sport	512	(14)
Unit 5 Social Change	526
Chapter 16 POPULATION AND URBANIZATION	528	(38)
1 The Dynamics of Demography	530	(6)
2 World Populations	536	(12)
3 The Urban Transition	548	(8)
4 Urban Ecology	556	(10)
Chapter 17 SOCIAL CHANGE AND COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR	566
1 Social Change	568	(10)
2 Theoretical Perspectives on Social Change	578	(3)
3 Collective Behavior	581	(10)
4 Social Movements	591
Sociology Databank	A-1
Honoring America	A-21
Glossary	A-22
Glosario	A-30
References	A-40
Index/Photo Credits	A-54