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With a combination of up-to-the minute examples, cutting-edge research, and the latest available data, Essentials of Sociology gets students thinking sociologically about what they're seeing in the news and on their screens. Highlighting the macro social forces at work in our everyday lives, the authors move students beyond their individual experiences and cultivate their sociological imaginations. Innovative pedagogy promotes active reading and helps students master core sociological concepts. This strong in-text pedagogical program is now supported by InQuizitive, Norton's new formative, adaptive learning tool.
Preface xix
Chapter 1 Sociology: Theory and Method 2(38)
What Is The "Sociological Imagination"?
5(5)
Studying Sociology
7(1)
Developing A Global Perspective
7(1)
Understanding Social Change
8(2)
Globalization By The Numbers: Opinion Of The United States
9(1)
What Theories Do Sociologists Use?
10(12)
Early Theorists
10(4)
Neglected Founders
14(2)
Modern Theoretical Approaches
16(4)
Digital Life: Bullying Goes Viral
19(1)
Theoretical Thinking In Sociology
20(1)
Levels Of Analysis: Microsociology And Macrosociology
21(1)
What Kinds Of Questions Can Sociologists Answer?
22(1)
What Are The Steps Of The Research Process?
23(3)
1 Define the Research Problem
24(1)
2 Review the Evidence
24(1)
3 Make the Problem Precise
24(1)
4 Work Out a Design
25(1)
5 Carry Out the Research
25(1)
6 Interpret the Results
25(1)
7 Report the Findings
26(1)
What Research Methods Do Sociologists Use?
26(6)
Ethnography
26(1)
Surveys
27(3)
Experiments
30(1)
Comparative And Historical Research
30(2)
What Ethical Dilemmas Do Sociologists Face?
32(5)
How Does The Sociological Imagination Affect Your Life?
37(1)
The Big Picture
38(2)
Chapter 2 Culture and Society 40(32)
What Is Culture?
43(4)
Defining "Culture"
43(3)
Culture And Society
46(1)
How Does Human Culture Develop?
47(11)
Early Human Culture: Adaptation To Physical Environment
47(1)
Nature Or Nurture?
48(1)
How Nature And Nurture Interact
49(2)
Cultural Diversity
51(3)
Cultural Universals
54(2)
Culture And Social Development
56(2)
Digital Life: The Secret Power Of Cultural Norms And Values
57(1)
What Happened To Premodern Societies?
58(3)
The Earliest Societies: Hunters And Gatherers
58(1)
Pastoral And Agrarian Societies
59(1)
Traditional Societies Or Civilizations
60(1)
How Has Industrialization Shaped Modern Society?
61(3)
The Industrialized Societies
61(1)
Global Development
62(2)
How Does Globalization Affect Contemporary Culture?
64(6)
Does the Internet Promote a Global Culture?
65(3)
Globalization by the Numbers: Internet Connectivity
67(1)
Globalization and Local Cultures
68(2)
The Big Picture
70(2)
Chapter 3 Socialization, the Life Course, and Aging 72(30)
How Are Children Socialized?
75(11)
Theories Of Child Development
76(1)
Agents Of Socialization
77(4)
Social Roles
81(1)
Identity
81(1)
Gender Socialization
82(4)
What Are The Five Major Stages Of The Life Course?
86(4)
Childhood
86(1)
The Teenager
86(1)
Young Adulthood
86(1)
Midlife or "Middle Age"
87(1)
Later Life or "Old Age"
88(2)
Globalization By The Numbers: Life Course Transitions
89(1)
How Do People Age?
90(4)
The Meanings Of "Age"
90(1)
Growing Old: Trends And Competing Sociological Explanations
91(3)
Digital Life: Apps For Successful Aging
What Are The Challenges Of Aging In The United States?
94(8)
Health Problems
95(2)
Elder Abuse
97(1)
Social Isolation
98(1)
Prejudice
99(1)
The Big Picture
100(2)
Chapter 4 Social Interaction and Everyday Life in the Age of the Internet 102(26)
What Is Social Interaction?
104(5)
Nonverbal Communication
106(3)
How Do We Manage Impressions In Daily Life?
109(3)
Impression Management
109(1)
Focused And Unfocused Interaction
109(2)
Audience Segregation
111(1)
What Rules Guide How We Communicate With Others?
112(5)
Ethnomethodology
112(4)
Digital Life: Turning Away From Face-To-Face Interaction Interactional Vandalism
114(2)
Response Cries
116(1)
Personal Space
116(1)
Eye Contact
117(1)
How Do Time And Space Affect Our Interactions?
117(5)
Clock Time
118(4)
Globalization By The Numbers: Who Owns A Smartphone? The Compulsion Of Proximity
120(2)
How Do The Rules Of Social Interaction Affect Your Life?
122(4)
Women And Men In Public
122(1)
Race and the Public Sphere
123(3)
The Big Picture
126(2)
Chapter 5 Groups, Networks, and Organizations 128(28)
What Are Social Groups?
130(7)
Groups: Variety And Characteristics
131(1)
The Effects Of Size
132(2)
Types Of Leadership
134(1)
Conformity
134(3)
How Do We Benefit From Social Networks?
137(3)
The Internet As Social Network
138(2)
Digital Life: Crowdfunding And The Strength Of Weak Ties
139(1)
How Do Organizations Function?
140(5)
Theories Of Organizations
141(4)
Is Bureaucracy An Outdated Model?
145(4)
The Transformation Of Management
145(1)
Technology And Modern Organizations
146(2)
The "McDonaldization" Of Society
148(1)
How Do Groups And Organizations Affect Your Life?
149(5)
Social Capital: The Ties That Bind
149(10)
Globalization by the Numbers: Nonprofit & Volunteer Sector Conclusion
152(2)
The Big Picture
154(2)
Chapter 6 Conformity, Deviance, and Crime 156(34)
What Is Deviant Behavior?
159(2)
What Is Deviance?
159(2)
Norms And Sanctions
161(1)
Why Do People Commit Deviant Acts?
161(8)
The Biological View Of Deviance
161(1)
The Psychological View Of Deviance
162(1)
Sociological Perspectives On Deviance
163(6)
Theoretical Conclusions
169(1)
How Do We Document Crime?
169(3)
Whose Lives Are Affected By Crime?
172(5)
Gender And Crime
172(1)
Youth And Crime
173(2)
Crimes Of The Powerful
175(2)
Organized Crime
177(1)
How Can Crime Be Reduced?
177(9)
Are Prisons The Answer?
177(3)
Globalization By The Numbers: Incarceration Rates The Mark Of A Criminal Record
180(1)
The Death Penalty
180(1)
Policing
181(2)
Crime And Community
183(3)
Digital Life: Using Cameras To Police The Police
185(1)
How Do Crime And Deviance Affect Your Life?
186(2)
The Costs of Crime
186(1)
The Functions of Deviance
187(1)
The Big Picture
188(2)
Chapter 7 Stratification, Class, and Inequality 190(34)
What Is Social Stratification?
193(6)
Slavery
193(1)
Caste Systems
194(1)
Class
195(1)
Theories Of Stratification In Modern Societies
196(3)
Digital Life: Does The Digital Divide Still Matter?
197(2)
How Is Social Class Defined In The United States?
199(9)
Income
200(1)
Wealth
201(1)
Education
202(1)
Occupation
202(1)
A Picture Of The U.S. Class Structure
203(5)
Globalization By The Numbers: Income Inequality
207(1)
What Are The Causes And Consequences Of Social Inequality In The United States?
208(4)
Ethnic Minorities Versus White Americans
208(2)
Social Mobility
210(2)
How Does Poverty Affect Individuals?
212(8)
Measuring Poverty
213(1)
Who Are The Poor?
213(4)
Explaining Poverty: The Sociological Debate
217(1)
Social Exclusion
218(2)
How Does Social Inequality Affect Your Life?
220(2)
The Big Picture
222(2)
Chapter 8 Global Inequality 224(24)
What Is Global Inequality?
227(5)
High-Income Countries
228(2)
Globalization By The Numbers: An Unequal World
229(1)
Middle-Income Countries
230(1)
Low-Income Countries
230(2)
What Is Daily Life Like In Rich Versus Poor Countries?
232(4)
Health
232(2)
Digital Life: Can Apps Heal Global Inequalities?
233(1)
Hunger And Malnutrition
234(1)
Education And Literacy
235(1)
Child Labor
235(1)
Can Poor Countries Become Rich?
236(2)
How Do Sociological Theories Explain Global Inequality?
238(5)
Market-Oriented Theories
238(1)
Dependency Theories
239(1)
World-Systems Theory
240(1)
State-Centered Theories
241(1)
Evaluating Global Theories Of Inequality
242(1)
How Does Global Inequality Affect Your Life?
243(3)
The Big Picture
246(2)
Chapter 9 Gender Inequality 248(34)
Are Gender Differences Due To Nature, Nurture, Or Both?
251(7)
The Role Of Biology
251(2)
Gender Socialization
253(1)
The Social Construction Of Gender
253(2)
Findings From Other Cultures
255(3)
How Do Gender Inequalities Affect Social Institutions?
258(13)
Education
258(3)
Women And The Workplace
261(7)
Globalization By The Numbers: Gender Inequality
265(3)
The Family And Gender Issues
268(2)
Gender Inequality In Politics
270(1)
Why Are Women The Target Of Violence?
271(3)
Rape
272(1)
Sexual Violence Against Women: Evidence Of "Rape Culture"?
273(1)
How Does Social Theory Explain Gender Inequality?
274(4)
Functionalist Approaches
274(2)
Digital Life: "His" And "Hers" Apps?
275(1)
Feminist Approaches
276(2)
What Are The Global Consequences Of Gender Inequality?
278(2)
How Gender Inequality Affects Our Lives
279(1)
The Big Picture
280(2)
Chapter 10 Ethnicity and Race 282(34)
What Are Race And Ethnicity?
285(5)
Racism
287(1)
Psychological Interpretations Of Prejudice And Discrimination
288(2)
How Do Ethnic Groups Coexist And Compete?
290(3)
Ethnic Antagonism: A Historical Perspective
290(3)
Globalization By The Numbers: Racial & Ethnic Populations Models Of Ethnic Integration
293(1)
Why Do Ethnic Groups Migrate?
293(2)
Migratory Movements
293(2)
How Do Ethnic Minorities Experience Life In The United States?
295(10)
Early Colonization
296(4)
Digital Life: What Are You, Anyway? Immigrant America In The Twentieth And Twenty-First Centuries
298(2)
African Americans In The United States
300(2)
Hispanics And Latinos In The United States
302(2)
The Asian Connection
304(1)
How Does Racial And Ethnic Inequality Affect Your Life?
305(9)
Educational Attainment
305(1)
Employment and Income
306(1)
Health
307(1)
Residential Segregation
308(1)
Political Power
308(1)
Gender and Race
309(1)
Divergent Fortunes
310(2)
Understanding Racial Inequality
312(2)
The Big Picture
314(2)
Chapter 11 Families and Intimate Relationships 316(36)
Basic Concepts
319(1)
How Do Sociological Theories Characterize Families?
320(3)
Functionalism
320(1)
Feminist Approaches
321(2)
New Perspectives In The Sociology Of Families
323(1)
How Have Families Changed Over Time?
323(4)
"The Way We Never Were": Myths Of The Traditional Family
324(1)
Changes In Family Patterns Worldwide
324(3)
What Do Marriage And Family In The United States Look Like Today?
327(13)
Race, Ethnicity, And American Families
329(4)
Social Class And The American Family
333(3)
Digital Life: Dating And Mating Online
335(1)
Divorce And Separation
336(2)
Remarriage And Stepparenting
338(1)
Single-Parent Households
339(1)
Why Does Family Violence Happen?
340(2)
Child Abuse
341(1)
Intimate Partner Violence (IPV)
341(1)
How Do New Family Forms Affect Your Life?
342(8)
Cohabitation
342(2)
Same-Sex-Parent Families
344(3)
Globalization by the Numbers: Maternity Leave
345(2)
Being Single
347(1)
Being Child-Free
348(2)
The Big Picture
350(2)
Chapter 12 Education and Religion 352(34)
Why Are Education And Literacy So Important?
355(5)
Education And Industrialization
355(2)
Sociological Theories Of Education
357(1)
Education And Literacy In The Developing World
358(2)
Globalization By The Numbers: Educational Attainment
359(1)
What Is The Linkage Between Education And Inequality?
360(8)
"Fire In The Ashes"
360(2)
Coleman's Study Of "Between-School Effects" In American Education
362(1)
Tracking And "Within-School Effects"
363(1)
The Social Reproduction Of Inequality
363(1)
Intelligence And Inequality
364(1)
Educational Reform In The United States
365(3)
How Do Sociologists Think About Religion?
368(6)
Theories Of Religion
370(4)
How Does Religion Affect Life Throughout The World?
374(4)
Types of Religious Organizations
374(2)
Globalization and Religion
376(2)
How Does Religion Affect Your Life In The United States?
378(8)
Trends in Religious Affiliation
378(4)
Digital Life: From Pulpits to iPads?
379(3)
Religious Affiliation and Socioeconomic Status
382(2)
The Big Picture
384(2)
Chapter 13 Politics and Economic Life 386(38)
How Did The State Develop?
390(3)
Characteristics Of The State
390(3)
How Do Democracies Function?
393(11)
Participatory Democracy
393(1)
Monarchies And Liberal Democracies
393(1)
The Spread Of Liberal Democracy
394(1)
Democracy In The United States
395(1)
The Political Participation Of Women
395(5)
Who Rules? Theories Of Democracy
400(2)
Democracy In Trouble?
402(2)
What Is Terrorism?
404(1)
What Is The Social Significance Of Work?
405(6)
The Importance Of Paid And Unpaid Work
405(1)
The Importance Of The Division Of Labor
406(2)
Digital Life: Will A Robot Take Your Job?
407(1)
Industrial Work
408(1)
Work And Alienation
408(1)
Industrial Conflict
409(1)
Labor Unions
410(1)
What Are Key Elements Of The Modern Economy?
411(4)
Corporations And Corporate Power
411(4)
How Does Work Affect Everyday Life Today?
415(7)
Work and Technology
415(2)
Trends in the Occupational Structure
417(3)
Globalization by the Numbers: Unemployment Rates Unemployment
420(1)
The Future of Work
420(2)
The Big Picture
422(2)
Chapter 14 The Sociology of the Body: Health, Illness, and Sexuality 424(32)
How Does Social Context Affect The Human Body?
427(5)
Eating Disorders
428(1)
The Obesity Epidemic
429(3)
Globalization By The Numbers: Obesity Rates
431(1)
How Do Sociologists Understand Health And Illness?
432(6)
The Sick Role
433(1)
Illness As "Lived Experience"
434(1)
Changing Conceptions Of Health And Illness
435(3)
How Do Social Factors Affect Health And Illness?
438(5)
Social Class-Based Inequalities In Health
438(2)
Digital Life: Can Wearable Tech Keep You Healthy?
439(1)
Race-Based Inequalities In Health
440(2)
Gender-Based Inequalities In Health
442(1)
What Causes Infectious Diseases In Developing Nations?
443(3)
Colonialism And The Spread Of Disease
443(1)
Infectious Diseases Today In The Developing World
444(2)
How Does Social Context Shape Human Sexual Behavior?
446(8)
The Diversity of Human Sexuality
446(1)
Sexuality in Western Culture
447(2)
Sexual Orientation
449(4)
How Does the Social Context of Bodies, Sexuality, and Health Affect Your Life?
453(1)
The Big Picture
454(2)
Chapter 15 Urbanization, Population, and the Environment 456(38)
How Do Cities Develop And Evolve?
459(6)
Cities In Traditional Societies
459(1)
Industrialization And Urbanization
460(1)
Theories Of Urbanism
461(4)
How Do Rural, Suburban, And Urban Life Differ In The United States?
465(5)
The Decline Of Rural America?
466(1)
Suburbanization
467(1)
Urban Problems
468(1)
Urban Renewal And Gentrification
469(1)
How Does Urbanization Affect Life Across The Globe?
470(6)
Global Cities
470(2)
Globalization By The Numbers: Urbanization
471(1)
Inequality And The Global City
472(1)
Urbanization In The Global South
473(2)
The Future Of Urbanization In The Developing World
475(1)
What Are The Forces Behind World Population Growth?
476(9)
Population Analysis: Demography
476(3)
Dynamics Of Population Change
479(1)
Malthusianism
480(1)
The Demographic Transition
481(2)
Prospects For Change
483(2)
How Do Environmental Changes Affect Your Life?
485(7)
Global Environmental Threats
485(1)
Global Warming and Climate Change
486(4)
Digital Life: Tracking Your Ecological Footprint
487(3)
A New Ecological Paradigm?
490(2)
The Big Picture
492(2)
Chapter 16 Globalization in a Changing World 494
How Does Globalization Affect Social Change?
497(5)
The Physical Environment
498(1)
Political Organization
499(1)
Culture
500(1)
Economic Factors
501(1)
What Comes After Modern Industrial Society?
502(1)
Toward A Postindustrial Society?
502(1)
Postmodernity
502(1)
What Are Social Movements?
503(7)
Why Do Social Movements Occur?
503(4)
Globalization And Social Movements
507(2)
Technology And Social Movements
509(1)
What Factors Contribute To Globalization?
510(9)
Information Flows
510(2)
Digital Life: Online Activism Trends Upward
511(1)
Political Changes
512(3)
Economic Changes
515(1)
The Globalization Debate
516(3)
How Does Globalization Affect Your Life?
519(9)
The Rise of Individualism
520(1)
Work Patterns
520(1)
Popular Culture
521(1)
Globalization and Risk
522(1)
Globalization and Inequality
523(5)
Globalization by the Numbers: Global Wealth
525(3)
The Big Picture
528
Glossary A1
Bibliography A11
Credits A41
Index A43
Index Of Infographics A60