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| Box Features | |
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| Preface | |
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| Learning Styles: An Important Part of Successful Studying | |
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| About the Authors | |
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| Perspective and Method | |
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| What Is Sociology? | |
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| Chapter Preview | |
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| The Sociological Viewpoint | |
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| The Origins of Sociology and Three Central Figures: Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, and Max Weber | |
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| Karl Marx (1818-1883) | |
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| Emile Durkheim (1858-1917) | |
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| Max Weber (1864-1920) | |
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| Marx, Durkheim, and Weber Compared | |
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| Perspectives Within Sociology | |
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| The Functionalist Perspective | |
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| The Conflict Perspective | |
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| The Symbolic Interaction Perspective | |
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| Sociology and Social Concerns | |
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| Sociology's Four Realms | |
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| The Sociological Imagination | |
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| Sociology and the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Sociological Research Methods | |
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| Theory and Hypothesis | |
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| Theory | |
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| Methodological Requirements and Concepts | |
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| Variables and Constants | |
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| Nominal and Operational Definitions | |
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| Reliability and Validity | |
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| Research Methods | |
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| Quantitative Methods | |
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| Controlled Experiment | |
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| Qualitative Methods | |
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| Participant Observation | |
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| Image Analysis | |
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| Quantitative and Qualitative Methods Compared | |
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| Ethics and Research | |
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| Research Methods in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Culture, Society, and Social Change | |
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| Culture and Society | |
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| Values and Norms | |
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| Symbols and Language | |
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| Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativity | |
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| Types of Societies | |
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| Hunting and Gathering Societies | |
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| Horticultural and Pastoral Societies | |
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| Agrarian Societies | |
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| Industrial Societies | |
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| Postindustrial Societies | |
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| Transitional Societies | |
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| The Great Social Transformation | |
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| Communal Relationships | |
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| Associational Relationships | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and This Text | |
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| Theories of Change and Development | |
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| Social Change and the Credit Card | |
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| Social Evolution | |
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| Functionalism and Social Evolution | |
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| Modernization Theory | |
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| Conflict Theory and Change: World Systems | |
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| Catalysts for Change | |
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| Human Agency: Individual and Collective | |
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| Revolution and War | |
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| Cultural Processes | |
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| Population | |
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| Natural Catastrophes | |
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| Technology | |
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| Culture, Society, and Social Change in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Socialization | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and Socialization | |
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| Socialization and the Life Course | |
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| Socialization and Stages of the Life Course | |
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| Death and Dying | |
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| Agents of Socialization | |
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| Socialization and the Self | |
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| Cooley: The Looking Glass Self | |
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| Mead: Role Taking | |
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| Moral Socialization | |
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| Sigmund Freud | |
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| Erik Erikson | |
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| Jean Piaget and Lawrence Kohlberg | |
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| Carol Gilligan: Morality and Gender | |
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| Resocialization and Total Institutions | |
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| Socialization and the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Deviance and Crime | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and Deviance and Crime | |
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| Deviance and Crime | |
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| Crime Rates | |
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| Explanations of Deviance and Crime | |
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| Functionalist Explanations | |
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| Symbolic Interactionist Explanations | |
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| Conflict Theory | |
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| Demographics | |
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| The Criminal Justice System | |
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| The Police | |
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| The Courts | |
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| Punishment and Corrections | |
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| Deviance and Crime in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Interaction, Groups, and Organizations | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and Interaction, Groups, and Organizations | |
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| Social Interaction | |
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| Types of Interaction | |
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| Components of Interaction | |
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| Role | |
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| Groups | |
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| Types of Groups | |
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| Group Dynamics | |
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| Organizations | |
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| Types of Organizations | |
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| Bureaucracies | |
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| The Corporation | |
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| Interaction, Groups, and Organizations in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Social Inequality | |
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| Inequalities of Social Class | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and the Inequalities of Social Class | |
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| Caste and Class | |
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| Caste Systems | |
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| Class Systems | |
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| Socioeconomic Status and Class in the United States | |
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| Determinants of Socioeconomic Status | |
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| The Class System in the United States | |
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| Description of the LJ.S. Classes | |
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| The Myth and the Reality of Mobility in the United States | |
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| Amount of Mobility | |
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| Determinants of Mobility | |
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| Ideological Support for Inequality | |
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| Poverty in the Land of Riches | |
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| What Is Poverty? | |
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| The Truly Disadvantaged | |
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| The Culture of Poverty | |
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| Sociological Analysis of Stratification and Class | |
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| The Functionalist Perspective | |
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| The Conflict Perspective | |
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| Distributive Systems Theory | |
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| The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective | |
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| Social Class Inequality in the Twenty First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and Racial and Ethnic Inequalities | |
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| Race and Ethnicity | |
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| Race | |
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| Ethnicity | |
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| Minority | |
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| Prejudice and Discrimination | |
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| Stereotypes | |
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| Institutional Racism | |
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| Patterns of Racial and Ethnic Interaction | |
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| Assimilation | |
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| Pluralism | |
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| Expulsion and Annihilation | |
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| Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States | |
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| White Americans | |
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| Native Americans | |
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| African Americans | |
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| Hispanic Americans | |
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| Asian Americans | |
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| Sociological Analysis of Racial and Ethnic Inequality | |
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| The Functionalist Perspective | |
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| The Conflict Perspective | |
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| The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective | |
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| Racial and Ethnic Relations in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Inequalities of Gender | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and Gender Inequality | |
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| Gender-Role Socialization | |
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| Socialization and Gender | |
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| Agents of Gender Socialization | |
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| Age and Gender-Role Socialization | |
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| Patriarchy and Everyday Life | |
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| Language and Patriarchy | |
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| Social Interaction and Patriarchy | |
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| Gender Inequality and Work | |
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| Working Women | |
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| Work Segregation | |
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| Income Inequality | |
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| Feminism | |
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| Gender Equality and the Law | |
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| Comparable Worth | |
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| Abortion | |
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| Resistance to Compulsory Heterosexism | |
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| Inclusive Feminism | |
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| Sociological Analysis of Gender Inequality | |
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| The Functionalist Perspective | |
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| The Conflict Perspective | |
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| The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective | |
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| Gender Inequality in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Social Institutions | |
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| The Economy | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and the Economy | |
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| Economy and Society | |
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| Capitalism | |
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| Socialism | |
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| Mixed Economies: Convergence | |
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| The Corporation and the Society | |
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| The Corporation and the Concentration of Power | |
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| Multinationals | |
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| Unemployment and Job Loss Anxiety | |
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| Society and Unemployment | |
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| Job Loss Anxiety | |
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| Sociological Analysis of the Economic Order | |
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| The Functionalist Perspective | |
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| The Conflict Perspective | |
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| The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective | |
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| The Economy in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| The Political Order | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and the Political Order | |
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| Power and the Political Order | |
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| Traditional Authority | |
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| Legal-Rational Authority | |
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| Charismatic Authority | |
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| The State and the Exercise of Power | |
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| Types of States | |
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| Nations and States | |
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| War and Terrorism | |
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| Terrorism | |
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| States and Human Rights | |
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| Political Processes in the United States | |
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| Political Parties | |
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| Special-Interest Groups | |
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| Voting | |
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| Power-Elite and Pluralist Models | |
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| The Power-Elite Model | |
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| The Pluralist Model | |
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| Sociological Analysis of the Political Order | |
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| The Functionlist Perspective | |
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| The Conflict Perspective | |
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| The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective | |
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| The Political Order in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Marriage and the Family | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and Marriage and the Family | |
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| Types of Families | |
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| Marriage and Kinship | |
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| Kinship Patterns | |
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| Marriage | |
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| Romantic Love | |
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| Courtship | |
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| Dimensions of Marriage and Family | |
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| Alternative Family Forms in the United States | |
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| Serial Monogamy | |
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| The Single-Parent Family | |
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| Gay and Lesbian Families | |
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| Cohabitation | |
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| Independent Living | |
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| Racial and Ethnic Variations in Family Forms | |
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| The African American Family | |
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| The Mexican American Family | |
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| Issues in Marriage | |
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| Marital Dissolution | |
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| Explaining Marital Dissolution | |
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| Domestic Violence | |
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| Sociological Analysis of Marriage and Family | |
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| The Functionalist Perspective | |
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| The Conflict Perspective | |
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| The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective | |
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| Marriage and Family in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Education | |
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| Chapter Preview | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and Education | |
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| Cross Cultural Comparisons: The United States and Japan | |
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| Education in the United States | |
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| Education in Japan | |
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| Education and Inequality | |
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| Education and the Racial-Ethnic Segregation | |
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| Education and Language | |
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| Education, Testing, and Inequality | |
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| Education and Gender | |
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| Education and Tracking | |
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| Changing the Educational System | |
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| Magnet Schools | |
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| Charter Schools | |
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| Freedom of Choice | |
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| No Child Left Behind | |
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| Home Schooling | |
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| Sociological Analysis of Education | |
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| The Functionalist Perspective | |
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| The Conflict Perspective | |
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| The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective | |
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| Education in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Religion | |
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| Chapter Preview | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and Religion | |
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| The Elements of Religion | |
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| Characteristics of Religion | |
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| Types of Religion | |
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| Varieties of Religion | |
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| Christianity | |
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| Islam | |
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| Judaism | |
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| Eastern Religions | |
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| Sociological Aspects of Religion | |
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| The Functionalist Perspective | |
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| The Conflict Perspective | |
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| The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective | |
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| Secularism and Civil Religion | |
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| Secularism | |
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| Religion in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Medicine and Health Care | |
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| Chapter Preview | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and Medicine and Health Care | |
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| Health and Society | |
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| The Historical Development of Medicine in the United States | |
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| The Social Organization of Medicine | |
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| Health Care Organizations | |
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| Sociological Issues in Medicine and Health Care | |
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| Inequality in Health and Health Care | |
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| The Cost of Health Care | |
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| Health Insurance | |
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| The Medicalization of Society | |
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| Sociological Analysis of Medicine and Health Care | |
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| The Functionalist Perspective | |
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| The Conflict Perspective | |
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| The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective | |
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| Medicine and Health Care in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Working for Change | |
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| Population, Ecology, and Urbanization | |
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| Chapter Preview | |
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| The Great Social Transformation, and Population, Ecology, and Urbanization | |
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| Demographic Analysis | |
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| Fertility | |
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| Mortality | |
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| Migration | |
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| The Demographic Transition and the Growth of Population | |
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| Population Growth and the Environment | |
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| The Malthusian Trap | |
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| The Contemporary Debate over Malthus's Predictions | |
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| Human Ecology | |
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| Attitudes about the Environment | |
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| Urbanization | |
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| The Historical City | |
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| Cities Today | |
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| Urbanism: The Urban Way of Life | |
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| Population, Ecology, and Urbanization in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Collective Social Action | |
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| Chapter Preview | |
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| The Great Social Transformation and Collective Social Action | |
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| Collective Behavior | |
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| Crowds | |
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| Riots, Panics, and Rumors | |
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| Social Theory and Crowd Behavior | |
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| Social Movements | |
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| Types of Social Movements | |
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| Social Theory and Social Movements | |
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| Social Movements in the United States | |
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| The Civil Rights Movement | |
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| The Women's Movement | |
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| The Environmental Movement | |
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| Relations among Social Movements | |
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| Collective Social Action and Working for Change | |
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| Changing Individuals | |
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| Changing Organizations | |
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| Changing Institutions | |
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| Why People Resist Change | |
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| Collective Social Action in the Twenty-First Century | |
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| Study Guide | |
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| Study Guide Answers | |
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| Glossary | |
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| References | |
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| Photo Credits | |
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| Name Index | |
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| Subject Index | |