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| Preface | |
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| The Nature and Study of Power | |
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| Power, Society, and Social Science | |
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| The Nature of Power | |
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| Power and the Social Sciences | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: Bertrand Russell: Power Is to the Social Sciences | |
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| Social Sciences and Social Problems | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring Power and Society | |
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| Social Sciences and the Scientific Method | |
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| Science and the Scientific Method | |
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| Focus: The Vocabulary of Social Science | |
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| What Is a "Fact"? | |
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| The Classic Scientific Research Design | |
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| Controversies in Social Science: Can Social Science Be Scientific? | |
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| Gathering Data: Survey Research | |
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| Focus: Abortion: A Hot-Button Issue | |
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| Focus: Changing College Student Opinions | |
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| Case Study: An Experiment in Preventing Underage Drinking | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring the Social Sciences | |
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| Power and Ideology | |
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| The Power of Ideas | |
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| Classical Liberalism: The Least Government Is the Best Government | |
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| Modern Liberalism: Government Power to "Do Good" | |
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| Focus: Selected Direct Quotations from Ideologies | |
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| Modern Conservatism: Individualism and Traditional Values | |
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| Focus: How to Tell if You're Liberal or Conservative | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: Neoconservative Irving Kristol | |
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| Fascism: The Supremacy of Race and Nation | |
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| Socialism: Government Ownership, Central Planning | |
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| Case Study: The Rise and Fall of Communism In Russia | |
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| Why Communism Collapsed | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring Ideologies | |
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| Power and the Social Sciences | |
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| Power and Culture | |
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| The Origins of Power | |
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| Culture: Ways of Life | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: Ruth Benedict and Patterns of Culture | |
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| The Components of Culture | |
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| The Nature of Culture | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: Clifford Geertz's Anti Anti-Relativism | |
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| Controversies in Social Sciences: The World's Missing Girls | |
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| Authority in the Family | |
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| Focus: Social Science Looks at Sex in America | |
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| International Perspective: Women in the Workforce | |
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| Power and Gender | |
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| Focus: Marriage American Style | |
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| International Perspective: Liberia's Iron Lady: President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf | |
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| Power and Political Systems | |
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| Focus: Power and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia | |
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| Power and Society: Some Anthropological Observations | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring Anthropology | |
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| Power and Social Class | |
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| Power Relations and Social Stratification | |
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| Stratification in American Society | |
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| Sociology and the Study of Social Classes | |
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| Inequality in America | |
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| International Perspective: Beliefs about Equality and Opportunity | |
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| Social Mobility: The Ups and Downs | |
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| Class as a Determinant of Lifestyle | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: C. Wright Mills and the Power Elite | |
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| International Perspective: Global Inequalities | |
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| Social Classes: Conflict And Conciliation | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: Karl Marx and the Class Struggle | |
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| Social Class and Political Power | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring Sociology | |
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| Power and Personality | |
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| Personality and Individual Responses to Power | |
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| Our Genetic Code | |
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| Focus: DNA as a Genealogical Tool | |
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| Focus: DNA: Blueprint to Life | |
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| Nurture and Human Development | |
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| Approaches to Psychology And Personality | |
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| Focus: Inside the Brain | |
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| Focus: Evolutionary Psychology: The Mating Game | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: Sigmund Freud and Psychoanalytic Theory | |
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| Behaviorism and Learning Theory | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: B. F. Skinner and the Control of Human Behavior | |
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| International Perspective: The Self in Individualist and Collectivist Cultures | |
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| Power and the Study of Psychology | |
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| Treating Mental Illness | |
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| Case Study: Diagnosing Mental Illness | |
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| Focus: Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Not Just a Soldier's Disease | |
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| Powerlessness and Mental Health | |
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| Case Study: Dying for Power | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring Psychology | |
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| Power and the Economic Order | |
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| Power and Economic Organization | |
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| The Market System, Hard Boiled and Impersonal | |
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| Supply, Demand, and the Market Price | |
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| Measuring America's Wealth | |
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| Focus: Interest Rates and You | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: Adam Smith and Laissez-Faire Economics | |
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| International Perspective: GNP and Standards of Living | |
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| Government in a Free Market Economy | |
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| Case Study: Achieving Economic Stability | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: John M. Keynes and the Mixed Economy | |
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| Supply-Side Economics | |
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| Case Study: The Recent Performance of the American Economy | |
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| Government Money: Where It Comes From and Where It Goes | |
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| Government Debt, Deficits, and Surpluses | |
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| International Perspective: A Look at Government Debt | |
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| The Concentration of Economic Power | |
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| Focus: The Concentration of Corporate Power | |
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| The Globalization of Economic Power | |
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| International Perspective: The Multinationals' Global Economic Power | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring Economics | |
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| Power and Government | |
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| Politics, Political Science, and Government Power | |
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| The Meaning of Democracy | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: John Locke and Constitutionalism | |
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| Power and the American Constitution | |
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| Controversies in Social Science: Direct versus Representative Democracy | |
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| Federalism and the Growth of Government Power | |
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| Federalism Today | |
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| Power and the Branches of the Federal Government | |
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| Focus: Rating the Presidents | |
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| Focus: Explaining Presidential Approval Ratings | |
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| Case Study: A Return to the Imperial Presidency | |
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| Focus: Bush v. Gore in the U.S. Supreme Court | |
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| The Power of Congress | |
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| The Power of the Courts | |
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| Power and Political Behavior in the United States | |
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| Political Parties in the United States | |
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| Differences between Democrats and Republicans | |
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| Focus: Media Power: The Presidential Debates | |
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| Power and American Government | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring Government and Politics | |
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| Power and History | |
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| History and Social Science | |
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| History and the American Experience | |
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| Controversies in Social Science: Charles Beard and the Economic Interests of the Founders | |
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| The Rise of Western Elites | |
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| The Civil War and Elite Division | |
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| Power in the Post-Civil War Era | |
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| Power and the Industrial Revolution | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: Jane Addams and the Settlement House Movement | |
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| The New Deal and the Emergence of the "Liberal Establishment" | |
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| Case Study: Vietnam: A Political History | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring History | |
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| The Uses of Power | |
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| Power, Race, and Gender | |
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| Racism in American History | |
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| The Civil Rights Movement | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Power of Protest | |
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| Continuing Inequalities | |
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| Hispanic Power | |
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| Controversies in Social Science: Affirmative Action and the Constitution | |
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| Immigration to America | |
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| Native Americans: An Historical Overview | |
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| Power and Gender | |
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| Sex Inequality: Culture or Biology? | |
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| The Long History of Women's Protests | |
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| Focus: A Declaration of Women's Rights, 1848 | |
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| Why Are There So Few Women in Power? | |
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| Sexual Discrimination: Sexual Harassment and the Law | |
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| Focus: Professor Anita Hill's Testimony in the Supreme Court Confirmation Hearing of Clarence Thomas | |
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| Abortion and the Law | |
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| Gay and Lesbian Rights | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring Power, Race, and Gender | |
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| Poverty and Powerlessness | |
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| Poverty as Powerlessness | |
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| Poverty in the United States | |
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| Case Study: How Is Poverty Measured? | |
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| Is There a Culture of Poverty? | |
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| Focus: Who Are the Poor? | |
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| Focus: America's Shame: Our Poor Children | |
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| International Perspective: A Cure for Poverty? The Gates Foundation | |
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| Government and Social Welfare | |
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| International Perspective: Income of the Poor in Advanced Democracies | |
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| Case Study: Senior Power | |
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| Homelessness in America | |
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| Controversies in Social Science: Is Welfare Reform Working? | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring Poverty and Powerlessness | |
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| Power, Violence, and Crime | |
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| Power and Individual Freedom | |
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| Violence in American History | |
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| Focus: September 11, 2001, by the Numbers: The Attacks on the World Trade Center | |
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| The Problem of Crime | |
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| Focus: It's a Real Crime! | |
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| The Constitutional Rights of Defendants | |
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| International Perspective: The Death Penalty | |
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| Crime and Drugs | |
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| An Economic Perspective on Crime | |
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| Focus: Getting High | |
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| Controversies in Social Science: Should Drugs Be Legalized? | |
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| A Psychological Perspective on Crime: The Antisocial Personality | |
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| Controversies in Social Science: Incarceration or Education? | |
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| Case Study: The Insanity Defense | |
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| Social and Cultural Perspectives on Crime | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring Power, Crime, and Violence | |
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| Power and the Global Community | |
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| The Global Community | |
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| Globalization in Perspective | |
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| The Global Problem of Poverty | |
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| Masters of Social Thought: Immanuel Wallerstein | |
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| Focus: The Least-Developed Countries | |
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| The Global Problems of Hunger and Malnourishment | |
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| Focus: Afghanistan | |
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| Health and Health Care in the Global Community | |
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| Still a Global Problem: Slavery | |
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| Global Population Growth | |
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| The Structure of Urban Life in the Global Community | |
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| International Perspective: Worldwide Urbanization | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring Power and the Global Community | |
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| Power Among Nations | |
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| International Politics | |
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| International Perspective: An American Dream? | |
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| Bringing Order to International Relations | |
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| Focus: Know Your Geography | |
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| A Brief History of the Cold War | |
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| The Control of Nuclear Arms | |
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| International Politics in a Post-September 11 World | |
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| Focus: Al Qaeda | |
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| Unanticipated Threats | |
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| Case Study: American Military Power: The Gulf War and the War in Iraq | |
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| Controversies in Social Science: When Should the United States Use Military Force? | |
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| About This Chapter | |
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| For Discussion | |
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| On the Web: Exploring Power among Nations | |
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| Notes | |
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| Index | |