Sociology: The Core, with PowerWeb - Brossura

Hughes, Michael; Kroehler, Carolyn J.

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ISBN 10: 0072996366 ISBN 13: 9780072996364

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2004

Riassunto

Highly respected for its quality scholarship and its focused, straightforward approach, Sociology: The Core covers the core sociological concepts with a brief, accessible presentation and at a very affordable price. As in previous editions, the functionalist, conflict, and interactionist perspectives are applied throughout the book, allowing students to develop a solid understanding of the major sociological perspectives and their applications to the topics covered. Completely updated, Sociology: The Core makes sociology come alive as a vital and exciting field, relates principles to real-world circumstances, and attunes students to the dynamic processes of our rapidly changing contemporary society.

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L'autore:

Michael Hughes is Professor of Sociology at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech). He received his Ph.D. in sociology from Vanderbilt University in 1979. He has been teaching introductory sociology for 26 years, having held teaching positions at Florence State University (now University of North Alabama) and the University of Tennessee at Nashville (now the downtown campus of Tennessee State University). He also regularly teaches courses in minority group relations, deviant behavior, the sociology of mental illness, and data analysis. He has held research positions as research associate at Vanderbilt University (1980-1982) and research fellow at University of Michigan's Institute for Social Research (1992-1994). Currently on the editorial board of American Sociological Review, he also has served on the editorial boards of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior and Social Forces. With Walter R. Gove he is author of the book Overcrowding in the Household, published by Academic Press in 1983. His research interests in mental health and mental illness, race and ethnicity, and crowding and living alone have resulted in over 50 articles published in American Sociological Review, American Journal of Sociology, Social Forces, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Social Psychology Quarterly, Criminology, Deviant Behavior, Archives of General Psychiatry, Psychology Today and other journals.

Contenuti:

List of Boxes

Preface

Acknowledgements

Visual Preview

Chapter One: Developing a Sociological Consciousness

The Sociological Perspective

New Levels of Reality

The Sociological Imagination

Microsociology and Macrosociology

The Development of Sociology

Auguste Comte: The Founder of Sociology

Harriet Martineau: Feminist and Methodologist

Herbert Spencer and Social Darwinism

Karl Marx: The Role of Class Conflict

Emile Durkheim: Social Integration and Social Facts

Max Weber: Subjectivity and Social Organization

American Sociology

Contemporary Sociology

Theoretical Perspectives

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

The Interactionist Perspective

Using the Three Perspectives

Conducting Research

The Logic of Science

How Do Sociologists Collect Data?

Steps in the Scientific Method: A Close-Up Look

Research Ethics

The Chapter in Brief

Glossary

Internet Connection

Box 1.1: Social Inequalities: Tally’s Corner in the 21st Century

Box 1.2 Doing Social Research: Studying Global Inequality Right Here at Home

Chapter Two: Culture and Social Structure

Components of Culture

Norms

Values

Symbols and Language

Cultural Unity and Diversity

Cultural Universals

Cultural Integration

Ethnocentrism

Cultural Relativism

Subcultures and Countercultures

Social Structure

Statuses

Roles

Groups

Institutions

Societies

The Chapter in Brief

Glossary

Internet Connection

(NEW) Box 2.1 Doing Social Research: Is Culture Unique to Humans?

(New) Box 2.2 Sociology around the World: Is Today Tuesday? That Depends on Culture

Chapter Three: Socialization

Foundations for Socialization

Nature and Nurture

Theories of Socialization

Agents of Socialization

Social Communication

Definition of the Situation

The Self and Socialization

Charles Horton Cooley: The Looking Glass Self

George Herbert Mead: The Generalized Other

Erving Goffman: Impression Management

Socialization across the Life Course

Childhood

Adolescence

Young Adulthood

Middle Adulthood

Later Adulthood

Death

The Chapter in Brief

Glossary

Internet Connection

(New) Box 3.1 Doing Social Research: Does High School Identity Affect Your Adult Life?

(New) Box 3.2 Sociology Around the World: What Makes You an Adult?

Chapter Four: Social groups and Formal Organizations

Group Relationships

Primary Groups and Secondary Groups

In-Groups and Out-Groups

Reference Groups

Group Dynamics

Group Size

Leadership

Social Loafing

Social Dilemmas

Groupthink

Conformity

Formal Organizations

Types of Formal Organizations

Bureaucracy: A Functional Approach to Organizations

Characteristics of Bureaucracies

Problems of Bureaucracy

Conflict and Interactionist Perspectives

Humanizing Bureaucracies

The Chapter in Brief

Glossary

Internet Connection

Box 4.1 Social Inequalities: What Does Bias Come From?Sometimes, Almost Nothing

Box 4.2 Students Doing Sociology: Compete or Cooperate? The Prisoner’s Dilemma

(New) Box. 4.3 Doing Social Research: Reality TV and Conformity: The Experiment

Chapter Five: Deviance and Crime

The Nature of Deviance

Social Properties of Deviance

Social Control and Deviance

Theories of Deviance

Anomie Theory

Cultural Transmission Theory

Conflict Theory

Labeling Theory

Control Theory

Crime and the Criminal Justice System

Forms of Crime

Measuring Crime

Drugs and Crime

Women and Crime

The Criminal Justice System

The Chapter in Brief

Glossary

Internet Connection

Box 5.1 Students Doing Sociology: Hay, Baby, Want Some Spit? The Social Construction of Deviance

Box 5.2 Doing Social Research: Drink 'til Your Sick: What Explains Binge Drinking?

Box 5.3 Social Inequalities: Race, Crime, and Punishment

Chapter Six: Social Stratification

Patterns of Social Stratification

Open and Closed Systems

Dimensions of Stratification

The American Class System

Is There Inequality in American Society?

Identifying Social Classes

The Significance of Social Classes

Poverty in the United States

Social Mobility

Forms of Social Mobility

Social Mobility and Status Attainment

What Is Happening to the American Dream?

Explanations of Social Stratification

The Functionalist Theory of Stratification

The Conflict Theory of Stratification

A Synthesis of Perspectives

The Chapter in Brief

Glossary

Internet Connection

Box 6.1 Sociology around in the World: Is Race the Basis for an American Caste System?

Box 6.2 Doing Social Research: Income Inequality within Societies: A Look around the World

Box 6.3 Social Inequalities: Why do Doctors Deliver Babies?

Chapter Seven: Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity

Racial and Ethnic Stratification

Races

Ethnic Groups

Minority Groups

Prejudice and Discrimination

Prejudice

Discrimination

Institutional Discrimination

Patterns of Intergroup Relations: Assimilation and Pluralism

Assimilation

Pluralism

Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States

Hispanics/Latinos

African Americans

Native Americans

Asian Americans

White Ethnics

Sociological Perspectives on Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

The Interactionist Perspective

The Future of Ethnic and Minority Group Relations

Intergroup Relations

Ethnicity

The Chapter in Brief

Glossary

Internet Connection

Box 7.1 Doing Social Research: Teasing Out Prejudiced Beliefs

Box 7.2 Social Inequality: Affirmative Action Affirmed by High Court

Box 7.3 Sociology around the World: Model Minorities--Does Class or Values Spell Success?

Chapter Eight: Gender Inequality

Gender Stratification

Sexism and Patriarchy

Gender Inequality around the World

Gender Inequality in the United States

The Second Shift

Sources of Gender Differences

Gender and Biology

Gender and Culture

Gender Identities

Sociological Perspectives on Gender Stratification

The Functionalist Perspective

The Conflict Perspective

The Interactionist Perspective

The Feminist Perspective

The Chapter in Brief

Glossary

Internet Connection

Box 8.1 Social Inequalities: For Gender Equality, It Matters Where you Live

Box 8.2 Doing Social Research: How Many People Get Raped?

Box 8.3 Students Doing Sociology: “There’s a Totally Cute Girl Smoking a ___ing Cigar!”

Chapter Nine: Political and Economic Power

Power, Authority, and the State

The State

Sociological Perspectives on the State

Legitimacy and Authority

Political Power

Types of Government

Political Power in the United States

Models of Power in the United States

Economic Power

Comparative Economic Systems

Transition from a Command to a Market Economy

The Power of Corporations

The Power of National Corporations

The Power of Multinational Corporations in the Global Economy

The Control of Corporations

The Sociology of Work

Changes in the Work Experience

The Significance of Work

Satisfaction and Alienation in Work

The Chapter in Brief

Glossary

Internet Connection

Box 9.1 Social Inequalities: What Oppression Teaches-- The Long Reach of Disenfranchisement

Box 9.2 Doing Social Research: Stealth Democracy

Chapter Ten: The Family

Structure of the Family: A Global View

Forms of the Family

Forms of Marriage

Patterns of Courtship

Marriage and the Family in the United States

Life within Marriage

Parenthood

Two-Income Families

Beyond the Traditional Nuclear Family

Challenges for American Families and American Society

Family Violence, Child Abuse, and Incest

Child Care

Divorce

Su questa edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0072996366
• ISBN 13: 9780072996364
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 478