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| List of Boxes | |
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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgements Visual Preview | |
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| Developing a Sociological Consciousness | |
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| The Sociological Perspective New Levels of Reality | |
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| The Sociological Imagination Microsociology and Macrosociology | |
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| The Development of Sociology Auguste Comte | |
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| The Founder of Sociology Harriet Martineau: Feminist and Methodologist Herbert Spencer and Social Darwinism Karl Marx | |
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| The Role of Class Conflict Emile Durkheim: Social Integration and Social Facts Max Weber: Subjectivity and Social Organization American Sociology Contemporary Sociology Theoretical Perspectives | |
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| The Functionalist Perspective | |
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| The Conflict Perspective | |
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| The Interactionist Perspective Using the Three Perspectives Conducting Research | |
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| The Logic of Science How Do Sociologists Collect Data? Steps in the Scientific Method: A Close-Up Look Research Ethics | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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 | |
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| Socialization Foundations for Socialization Nature and Nurture Theories of Socialization Agents of Socialization Social Communication Definition of the Situation | |
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| The Self and Socialization Charles Horton Cooley | |
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| The Looking Glass Self George Herbert Mead | |
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| The Generalized Other Erving Goffman: Impression Management Socialization across the Life Course Childhood Adolescence Young Adulthood Middle Adulthood Later Adulthood Death | |
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| 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? | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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? | |
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| The Prisoner’s Dilemma (New) Box. 4.3 Doing Social Research: Reality TV and Conformity | |
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| The Experiment | |
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| Deviance and Crime | |
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| 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 | |
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| The Criminal Justice System | |
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| The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection Box 5.1 Students Doing Sociology: Hay, Baby, Want Some Spit? | |
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| 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 | |
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| Social Stratification Patterns of Social Stratification Open and Closed Systems Dimensions of Stratification | |
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| The American Class System Is There Inequality in American Society? Identifying Social Classes | |
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| 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 | |
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| The Functionalist Theory of Stratification | |
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| The Conflict Theory of Stratification A Synthesis of Perspectives | |
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| 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? | |
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| 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 | |
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| The Functionalist Perspective | |
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| The Conflict Perspective | |
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| The Interactionist Perspective | |
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| The Future of Ethnic and Minority Group Relations Intergroup Relations Ethnicity | |
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| 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? | |
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| Gender Inequality Gender Stratification Sexism and Patriarchy Gender Inequality around the World Gender Inequality in the United States | |
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| The Second Shift Sources of Gender Differences Gender and Biology Gender and Culture Gender Identities Sociological Perspectives on Gender Stratification | |
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| The Functionalist Perspective | |
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| The Conflict Perspective | |
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| The Interactionist Perspective | |
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| The Feminist Perspective | |
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| 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!” | |
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| Political and Economic Power Power, Authority, and the State | |
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| 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 | |
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| The Power of Corporations | |
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| The Power of National Corporations | |
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| The Power of Multinational Corporations in the Global Economy | |
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| The Control of Corporations | |
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| The Sociology of Work Changes in the Work Experience | |
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| The Significance of Work Satisfaction and Alienation in Work | |
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| The Chapter in Brief Glossary Internet Connection Box 9.1 Social Inequalities: What Oppression Teaches-- | |
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| The Long Reach of Disenfranchisement Box 9.2 Doing Social Research: Stealth Democracy | |
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| 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 Nuclea | |