ISBN:
9781315527598
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (645 pages)
Edition:
7th ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Farley, John Sociology
DDC:
301
Abstract:
"Cover" -- "Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Dedication" -- "Brief Contents" -- "Contents" -- "List of Figures" -- "List of Photographs" -- "List of Tables" -- "List of Boxes" -- "Preface" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "About the Authors" -- "Part I Introduction" -- "Chapter 1 Sociology: The Discipline" -- "What Is Sociology?" -- "Characteristics of Sociology" -- "Sociology and Common Sense" -- "Sociology as a Science" -- "Science as a Way of Thinking" -- "The Norms of Science" -- "Sociology as a Social Science" -- "Can Human Behavior Be Studied Scientifically?" -- "An Analogy: Meteorology" -- "Complications in the Study of Human Behavior" -- "The Sociological Imagination" -- "Sociology and the Other Social Sciences" -- "Sociology" -- "The Other Social Sciences" -- "The Emergence and Development of Sociology" -- "The Nineteenth Century" -- "Early Sociologists" -- "The Development of Sociology in the United States" -- "The Chicago School" -- "Symbolic-Interactionism" -- "1940â1960: A Turn from Activism" -- "The 1960s: Return to Activism" -- "The 1970s into the New Millennium: Diversity in Sociological Perspectives" -- "PUTTING SOCIOLOGY TO WORK" -- "How Sociology Can Be Used to Solve Real-Life Problems" -- "Summary" -- "Key Terms" -- "Exercises" -- "Chapter 2 How Sociology Is Done" -- "Social Theory and Research" -- "Cause and Effect" -- "Theory and Values" -- "Theories Versus Values: Why Does It Matter?" -- "The Relationship Between Theory and Research" -- "Using and Measuring Variables" -- "Independent Variables" -- "Dependent Variables" -- "Operational Definitions" -- "Validity and Reliability" -- "Correlation" -- "Control Variables" -- "Key Research Methods in Sociology" -- "Quantitative and Qualitative Methods" -- "Experiments" -- "Experimental and Control Groups" -- "Field Experiments" -- "Survey Research" -- "Questionnaires" -- "Telephone Interviews
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"Personal Interviews" -- "Survey Questions" -- "Sampling" -- "Field Observation" -- "Field Observation and Theory Generation" -- "Participant Observation" -- "Unobtrusive Observation" -- "Use of Existing Data Sources" -- "Data Archives" -- "The U.S. Census" -- "Content Analysis" -- "Reading Tables" -- "Summary" -- "Key Terms" -- "Exercises" -- "Part II Society and Human Interaction" -- "Chapter 3 Perspectives on Society and Interaction" -- "Perspectives in Sociology" -- "Macrosociology and Microsociology" -- "Macrosociology I: The Functionalist Perspective" -- "The Functionalist Perspective Defi ned" -- "Key Principles of the Functionalist Perspective" -- "Consensus and Cooperation" -- "Functions and Dysfunctions" -- "Macrosociology II: The Confl ict Perspective" -- "The Conflict Perspective Defined" -- "Macrosociological Perspectives: Is Synthesis Possible?" -- "Functional for Whom? Another Look" -- "Simultaneous Forces for Cooperation and Conflict" -- "Macrosociological Perspectives: A Final Note" -- "Microsociology: The Symbolic-Interactionist Perspective" -- "The Interactionist Perspective Defi ned" -- "Interpreting Situations and Messages" -- "The Social Construction of Reality" -- "Social Roles" -- "Sending Messages: The Presentation of Self" -- "Micro- and Macrosociology: Is Synthesis Possible?" -- "Simultaneous Effects of Function, Conflict, and Interaction" -- "Exchange Theory" -- "Using All Three Perspectives: An Example" -- "The Three Perspectives and This Book" -- "Summary" -- "Key Terms" -- "Exercises" -- "Chapter 4 Culture and Social Structure" -- "Society, Culture, and Social Structure" -- "What Is Culture?" -- "Shared Truths: Knowledge, Language, and Beliefs" -- "Shared Values" -- "Ideology" -- "Social Norms" -- "What Is Social Structure?" -- "Social Status" -- "Roles" -- "Division of Labor" -- "Stratification
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"Relationships Between Roles and Statuses" -- "Institutions" -- "Perspectives on Culture and Social Structure" -- "The Functionalist Perspective: Adaptation of Culture and Socia lStructure to the Environment" -- "Cultural and Structural Variation: Do Cultural or Structural Universals Exist?" -- "Universal Social Tasks" -- "The Conflict Perspective and Culture" -- "Incompatibilities Between Culture and Social Structure" -- "Sewellâs Duality of Structure Theory" -- "Culture Against Structure: The Functionalist Perspective" -- "Subcultures in Mass Society" -- "Culture Against Structure: The Conflict Perspective" -- "PUTTING SOCIOLOGY TO WORK" -- "Multiculturalism: A Pathway to Cooperation in a Diverse Society?" -- "American Culture" -- "Core American Values and Beliefs" -- "Ideal Versus Real Culture" -- "Recent Changes in American Values and Beliefs" -- "Summary" -- "Key Terms" -- "Exercises" -- "Chapter 5 Socialization" -- "Becoming âHumanâ Through Socialization" -- "Learning About Norms and Social Roles" -- "Theories of Socialization and Development" -- "Nature Versus Nurture" -- "Interactionist Theories of Socialization: Mead and Cooley" -- "Theories About Social Expectations and Personal Dilemmas: Freud and Erikson" -- "Cognitive Development Theories of Socialization: Piaget and Kohlberg" -- "Overview of Theories of Socialization" -- "Agents of Socialization" -- "The Family" -- "Schools" -- "Religion" -- "Peers" -- "The Media" -- "How Socialization Works" -- "Conflicting Messages" -- "Socialization in Adulthood" -- "Life Cycle Roles" -- "Role Change, Adult Socialization, and Stress" -- "Resocialization in Total Institutions" -- "Functionalist and Conflict Perspectives on Socialization" -- "The Functionalist Perspective" -- "The Conflict Perspective" -- "Summary" -- "Key Terms" -- "Exercises" -- "Part III Social Structure and Inequality
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"Chapter 6 Stratification: Structured Social Inequality" -- "What Is Stratification?" -- "Dimensions of Stratification" -- "The Economic Dimension" -- "The Political Dimension" -- "The Social Prestige Dimension" -- "The Distribution of Wealth and Income in the United States" -- "The Distribution of Income" -- "The Distribution of Wealth" -- "Socioeconomic Mobility" -- "Caste Systems" -- "Estate or Feudal Systems" -- "Class Systems" -- "International Comparisons of Mobility" -- "Social Class in U.S. Society" -- "The Marxian Definition of Social Class" -- "The Composite Definition of Social Class" -- "Contradictory Class Locations" -- "The Subjective Definition of Social Class" -- "Occupational Prestige" -- "Class Consciousness in the United States" -- "Poverty in the United States" -- "How Poverty Is Defined" -- "Poverty in America: The Current Situation" -- "Who Is Poor?" -- "Causes of Poverty" -- "Poor People Themselves? Work, Family Structure, and Poverty" -- "Unemployment" -- "Low Wages" -- "Government Policy" -- "Consequences of Poverty" -- "Functionalist and Conflict Perspectives on Stratification" -- "The Functionalist View: Davis and Moore" -- "The Conflict View" -- "Is Stratification Really Functional?" -- "Synthesis" -- "Summary" -- "Key Terms" -- "Exercises" -- "Chapter 7 Race and Ethnic Relations" -- "Racial and Ethnic Groups: What Is the Difference?" -- "Majority and Minority Groups" -- "Racism" -- "Ideological Racism" -- "Racial and Ethnic Prejudice" -- "Individual Discrimination" -- "Institutional Discrimination" -- "Theories About the Causes of Racial and Ethnic Inequality" -- "Social-Psychological Theories of Race Relations" -- "The Relationship Between Prejudice and Discrimination" -- "Social-Structural Theories of Race Relations" -- "Racial and Ethnic Relations: An International Perspective
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"Ethnic Inequality and Conflict: How Universal?" -- "Racial Caste in South Africa and the United States" -- "Racial Assimilation in Latin America" -- "Racial and Ethnic Groups in the United States" -- "Minority Groups: African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans" -- "Economic Exploitation and the Origins of Intergroup Inequality" -- "Segregation and Attacks on Culture" -- "The Status of Minority Groups Today" -- "Intermediate Status Groups: Asian Americans, Jewish and Muslim Americans, and âWhite Ethnicsâ" -- "The Majority Group" -- "Current Issues in U.S. Race Relations" -- "The Significance of Race Versus Class" -- "PUTTING SOCIOLOGY TO WORK" -- "The Affirmative Action Debate" -- "Is Affirmative Action Reverse Discrimination?" -- "Is the System Fair Without Affirmative Action?" -- "How Effective Is Affirmative Action?" -- "The Legal and Political Status of Affirmative Action" -- "Summary" -- "Key Terms" -- "Exercises" -- "Chapter 8 Sex, Gender, and Society" -- "What Are Sex and Gender Roles?" -- "Sex and Gender Roles" -- "Sexism" -- "Traditional American Gender Roles" -- "Cultural Variation in Gender Roles" -- "Gender-Role Socialization: An Interactionist Analysis" -- "How Gender Roles Develop" -- "Teaching Gender Roles in the Home" -- "Teaching Gender Roles in the School" -- "Teaching Gender Roles on Television" -- "How Peers Teach Gender Roles" -- "How Gender Roles Are Learned" -- "The Looking-Glass Self and Gender-Role Socialization" -- "Modeling and Gender-Role Socialization" -- "Structured Sexual Inequality: Power" -- "Men, Women, and Positions of Authority" -- "Women in Politics" -- "Women in the Business World" -- "Men, Women, and Power in the Home" -- "âDoingâ Gender: The Social Construction of Gender and Sex" -- "Structured Sexual Inequality: Income" -- "Some Possible Reasons for Womenâs Low Wages
Abstract:
"PUTTING SOCIOLOGY TO WORK
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