Title Sociology : the study of society / Ed Vaughan

Published Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2001] ©2001

Table of Contents
	Preface					xi
Chapter 1	The Study of Society					1
		Sociology and Its Historical Origins				2
		The Rise of Sociology				6
		The New World Order				15
		Sociology as an Empirical Science				17
		Additional Approaches to Sociology				22
		Is Sociology a Science?				29
		Summary				29
		Key Terms				31
		Other Courses You Might Consider				32
		Web Resources				32
		References				33
Chapter 2	Society and Culture					34
		Social and Cultural Change				37
		The New World Order				37
		Explaining Culture: Nature or Nurture?				38
		Culture Lag				41
		Are There Cultural Universals?				42
		The Diffusion of Culture				43
		Language				47
		Language and Culture				52
		Creating Culture				54
		Creating Objective Knowledge				55
		Sociology and Values				56
		Summary				58
		Key Terms				59
		Other Courses You Might Consider				60
		Web Resources				60
		References				60
Chapter 3	Urban and Rural Society					62
		The Origin of Cities				62
		Characteristics of Cities				64
		Urban Growth in Developing Nations				66
		Theories of Urban Development				67
		Urban Problems in the United States				70
		Urban Migration and Rural Areas				73
		The New World Order				75
		Demography				78
		Summary				84
		Key Terms				85
		Other Courses You Might Consider				86
		Web Resources				86
		References				87
Chapter 4	Social Stratification					88
		Social Domination				88
		Social Stratification Systems				90
		The European Tradition: Karl Marx				93
		Max Weber				95
		Measuring Social Class				97
		Social Class and Mental Illness				100
		Social Inequality				105
		The New World Order				109
		Inequality in Africa				110
		The People's Republic of China				111
		Great Britain				113
		Summary				114
		Key Terms				117
		Other Courses You Might Consider				117
		Web Resources				118
		References				118
Chapter 5	Ethnicity and Social Diversity					120
		Prejudice				121
		Genocide and Ethnic Cleansing				124
		The New World Order				126
		Major U.S. Minority Groups				127
		Summary				142
		Key Terms				143
		Other Courses You Might Consider				144
		Web Resources				144
		References				145
Chapter 6	Domination by Gender and Age					146
		Physical Domination: Rape				147
		Economic Domination				150
		Socialization for Gender Roles				155
		The New World Order				160
		Learning Gender Roles				161
		Different Gender/Sex Roles				164
		Age				167
		Summary				171
		Key Terms				171
		Other Courses You Might Consider				172
		Web Resources				172
		References				173
Chapter 7	Social Organization and Social Interaction					175
		Authority in Social Groups				177
		Bureaucracy				178
		Problems of Bureaucracy				183
		The Informal Life of Formal Organizations				185
		Organization Sets				185
		Networks				186
		Organizational Goals				187
		The New World Order				189
		Cultural Influences on Bureaucracy				191
		Nation and State				192
		Alternatives to Bureaucratic Forms of Organization				194
		Summary				197
		Key Terms				198
		Other Courses You Might Consider				199
		Web Resources				199
		References				200
Chapter 8	The Economy and Polity in Society					201
		Different Types of Economies				201
		The Changing Occupational Structure				210
		The State				213
		The New World Order				217
		Who Controls the State?				220
		Who Controls Health Care?				225
		Summary				228
		Key Terms				229
		Other Courses You Might Consider				230
		Web Resources				230
		References				231
Chapter 9	Educating New Generations					233
		What Are the Problems?				234
		A Historical Look at Education in the United States				235
		The Cultural Context				237
		The New World Order				241
		Education and Society				243
		Early Childhood Education				251
		Special Education				257
		Summary				259
		Key Terms				260
		Other Courses You Might Consider				260
		Web Resources				260
		References				261
Chapter 10	The Family in Social Context					263
		The Evolutionary Theory of Family Development				264
		The Impact of the Industrial Revolution on Families				267
		The African-American Family				271
		Changing Patterns of Marriage and Divorce				276
		Alternatives to Traditional Families				279
		The New World Order				281
		Family Violence				282
		The Place of Families in Modern Society				288
		Summary				289
		Key Terms				290
		Other Courses You Might Consider				291
		Web Resources				291
		References				292
Chapter 11	Religion and Society					294
		Religion and the Moral Integration of Society				294
		Religion and Conflict in Society				296
		Weber's Historical Approach to Religious Groups				297
		A Note on the Use of Religious Terminology				300
		An Organizational Perspective on Religion				301
		Dilemmas Resulting from Institutionalization				303
		Mainline Religions in the United States				305
		African-American Churches				307
		Cults				308
		The New World Order				309
		Some of America's Alternative Religions				311
		Religion and the Second Millennium				314
		Great World Historic Religions				316
		Measuring Religiosity				320
		Summary				321
		Key Terms				322
		Other Courses You Might Consider				322
		Web Resources				323
		References				323
Chapter 12	Socializing New Individuals into Society					325
		Agents of Socialization				325
		Socialization in Japan				330
		Learning How to Be Good or Bad				331
		The New World Order				337
		Symbolic Interactionism				339
		The Concept of Role				347
		Microlevel Analysis of Interaction				349
		Summary				350
		Key Terms				351
		Other Courses You Might Consider				351
		Web Resources				352
		References				352
Chapter 13	Social Control, Deviance, and Crime					354
		Social Problems				356
		Deviant Behavior				357
		Deviant Behavior in Historical Perspective				360
		How Is Society a Part of Social Problems?				363
		Deviance in Japan				364
		White-Collar Crime				365
		The New World Order				367
		Rules, Crime, and Punishment				369
		Capital Punishment				377
		Summary				380
		Key Terms				381
		Other Courses You Might Consider				381
		Web Resources				382
		References				382
Chapter 14	Social Change, Civil Society, and Individual Responses					384
		War and Social Change				384
		Social Revolutions				386
		Technology and Change				387
		The New World Order				387
		Civil Society				390
		Collective Behavior				393
		Social Movements				397
		Theoretical Explanations of Social Movements				398
		Human Rights				400
		Summary				403
		Key Terms				404
		Other Courses You Might Consider				404
		Web Resources				405
		References				405
	Photo Credits					407
	Index					408

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Description xiii, 418 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Sociology. LC no. 00068481 ISBN 0130280585

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