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| Acknowledgments | |
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| College, Society, and the Sociological Imagination | |
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| The Sociological Imagination | |
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| Sociology and Individualism | |
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| Colleges as Total Institutions | |
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| Levels of Analysis | |
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| Looking Ahead: Framing College Society through Sociological Perspectives | |
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| The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective | |
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| The Feminist Perspective | |
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| The Organizational Perspective | |
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| Conflict and Functionalist Perspectives | |
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| The Merits of Shifting Perspectives | |
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| References | |
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| Fraternity Hazing: Insights from the Symbolic Interactionist Perspective | |
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| Pledging as a Rite of Passage | |
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| Symbolic Interactionist Theory | |
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| Definitions of Situations | |
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| Material Selves and Social Selves | |
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| The Looking-Glass Process | |
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| Role Taking and the Objectified Self | |
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| Discussion: Sociologically Informed Strategies to Counter Fraternity Hazing | |
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| References | |
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| Gender, Inequality, and College Society | |
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| Gender in a Stratified Society | |
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| Socialization and Gender Inequality | |
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| Gender Role Conflicts | |
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| Normative Alternatives | |
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| Can the Forces of Gender Socialization Be Countered? | |
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| Discrimination and Gender Inequality | |
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| Intentional Discrimination | |
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| Unintentional Discrimination | |
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| Institutional Discrimination | |
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| Can Discrimination Be Countered? | |
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| References | |
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| The Janus Face of College Bureaucracy | |
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| A Historical Look Back: College Life Prior to Bureaucratization | |
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| Bureaucracies as Rational Organizations | |
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| Bureaucracy as an Ideal Type | |
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| Mass Production and Scientific Management | |
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| The Irrational Consequences of Bureaucratization | |
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| Dehumanization | |
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| The Limits of Impersonality | |
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| The Dysfunctionality of Hierarchy | |
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| The Dysfunctionality of Specialization | |
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| McDonaldization of Society | |
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| Discussion: Coping with the Iron Cage | |
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| References | |
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| College Athletics, Cohesion, and Exploitation | |
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| Sports as Reflective of Culture | |
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| Sports and Cohesion | |
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| The Manifest and Latent Functions of Sports | |
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| Sports and the Creation of Group Boundaries | |
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| Summary of Sports and Social Cohesion | |
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| Sports and Social Conflict | |
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| Reproducing Class and Ethnic Inequality in College Sports | |
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| Reproducing Gender Inequality in College Sports | |
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| Sports and Hegemony | |
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| Summary of Sports and Social Conflict | |
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| Discussion | |
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| References | |
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| Studying College and Society: A Field Guide | |
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| Sociological Methods and Folk Methods | |
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| Sociology as a Science | |
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| Forming Research Questions | |
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| Conceptualizing | |
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| Selecting a Methodology | |
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| Surveys | |
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| Unobtrusive Observation | |
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| Experiments | |
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| Field Observation | |
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| Further Concerns: Sampling | |
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| Ethics and Social Research | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| References | |
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| Afterword | |
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| Index | |