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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 560 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 272x229x18 mm, weight: 1048 g, 123 Illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 16-Apr-2017
  • Leidėjas: McGraw-Hill Education
  • ISBN-10: 1259405230
  • ISBN-13: 9781259405235
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 560 pages, aukštis x plotis x storis: 272x229x18 mm, weight: 1048 g, 123 Illustrations
  • Išleidimo metai: 16-Apr-2017
  • Leidėjas: McGraw-Hill Education
  • ISBN-10: 1259405230
  • ISBN-13: 9781259405235
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:
"Experience Sociology has set the new standard for teaching Introductory Sociology. Approaching sociology through the key concepts of culture, structure, and power, the program enables students to see sociology everywhere, and make the familiar new. Presented in an accessible and engaging way that brings theory and sociological concepts together, students move beyond their individual perspective to gain a true sociological perspective. Connect, the proven online experience, adapts to the student's learning needs, enhancing the understanding of topics and developing their sociological imagination"--

Experience Sociology has set the new standard for teaching Introductory Sociology. Approaching sociology through the key concepts of culture, structure, and power, the program enables students to see sociology everywhere, and make the familiar new. Presented in an accessible and engaging way that brings theory and sociological concepts together, students move beyond their individual perspective to gain a true sociological perspective. Connect, the proven online experience, adapts to the student’s learning needs, enhancing the understanding of topics and developing their sociological imagination.
Preface and Acknowledgments xviii
Part 1: The Sociological Perspective
1 Sociology In A Changing World
1(26)
What Is Sociology?
3(2)
The Sociological Perspective
3(1)
Sociology and Common Sense
4(1)
Sociology as a Discipline
4(1)
Sociology's Historical And Social Context
5(3)
Cultural Revolution: Science and the Enlightenment
7(1)
Political Revolution: The Rise of Democracy
7(1)
Economic and Social Revolution: Industrial Capitalism and Urbanization
8(1)
Foundations Of Sociological Thought
8(6)
Defining the Terrain of Sociology: Comte and Spencer
8(2)
The Key Founders: Marx, Durkheim, and Weber
10(3)
Recovered Voices: Harriet Martineau, W.E.B. Du Bois, and Jane Addams
13(1)
Sociology's Diverse Theories
14(4)
Understanding Theory
15(1)
Key Dimensions of Theory
15(1)
Structural-Functionalist Theories
16(1)
Conflict Theories
17(1)
Symbolic Interactionist Theories
17(1)
Feminist Theories and Theoretical Diversity
18(1)
Sociology's Common Ground: Culture, Structure, And Power
18(4)
Culture
19(1)
Structure
20(1)
Power
21(1)
A Changing World: From Modern To Postmodern Society
22
Ten Features of Postmodern Society
22(2)
The Challenge and Hope of Sociology
24
Boxes
Sociology Works: The Sociology Major and the Job Market
6(5)
Through a Sociological Lens: Explaining the Social Basis of Suicide
11(10)
Sociology in Action: Studying Homelessness
21(6)
2 Understanding The Research Process
27(23)
Social Science As A Way Of Knowing
29(5)
The Limits of Everyday Thinking
29(1)
The Elements of Social Science Research
30(3)
The Special Challenges of Social Science
33(1)
Doing Research
34(9)
The Theory-Research Dynamic
34(1)
Research Methods
35(6)
Research Ethics
41(1)
The Research Process: A Student Example
42(1)
Types Of Research
43(2)
Positivist Social Science
44(1)
Interpretive Social Science
44(1)
Critical Social Science
44(1)
Thinking Critically: How To Assess Research
45(1)
A Changing World: Technology And Social Research
46(1)
Thinking Sociologically About...The Research Process
47
Boxes
Through a Sociological Lens: Correlation, Causation, and Spuriousness
32(4)
Sociology Works: Sydney Hessel and User Experience Research
36(4)
Sociology in Action: The U.S. Census Bureau
40(10)
Part 2: Sociology's Core Concepts: Tools For Analysis And Understanding
3 Culture
50(26)
Defining Culture
52(1)
The Elements Of Culture
52(10)
Culture in Our Heads: Values, Beliefs, Knowledge, and Norms
53(5)
Communicating Culture: Symbols and Language
58(3)
Reproducing Culture: Behavior
61(1)
Objects: The Artifacts of Culture
62(1)
Culture, Ideology, And Power
62(1)
Cultural Diversity
63(10)
Dominant Culture, Subcultures, and Countercultures
63(2)
High Culture and Popular Culture
65(1)
The Commercialization of Culture
66(1)
Multiculturalism
67(4)
Cultural Activism
71(2)
A Changing World: Culture And Globalization
73(1)
Thinking Sociologically About...Culture
74
Boxes
Through a Sociological Lens: How We See Powerful Symbols
60(4)
Sociology in Action: Cultural Competence and Health Care
64(4)
Sociology Works: Dean Foster and the Business of Cultural Diversity
68(8)
4 Social Structure
76(22)
Understanding Social Structure
78(4)
Seeing Social Structure
78(1)
Creating and Changing Social Structure
78(1)
Statuses and Roles: Connecting Everyday Life and Social Structure
79(3)
Micro-Level Interaction: Finding Patterns
82(2)
Ethnomethodology
82(1)
Conversation Analysis
82(2)
Meso-Level Social Structure
84(2)
Organizations and Structure
84(1)
Structure and Communication within Organizations
84(2)
Macro-Level Social Structure
86(3)
Structure, Function, and the Interrelationships among Social Institutions
86(1)
Globalization and the Structure of Work
87(2)
How Structures Change: Action
89(5)
Types of Action
89(1)
Rational Action: McDonaldization
90(1)
Technology and Action: Telephone to Smartphone
91(2)
Workers Respond to Globalization
93(1)
A Changing World: The Changing Structure Of Friendship
94(1)
Thinking Sociologically About...Social Structure
95
Boxes
Sociology Works: Brian Reed and the Hunt for Saddam Hussein
80(5)
Through a Sociological Lens: Looking at Organizational Structure and School Violence
85(3)
Sociology in Action: Ruth Milkman and the Changing Workplace
88(10)
5 Power
98(25)
Understanding Forms Of Power
100(3)
Defining Power
100(1)
Empowerment: "Power To"
100(1)
Strategies of Empowerment: Educate, Organize, Network
100(1)
Domination: "Power Over"
101(1)
Strategies to Overcome Opposition: Persuade, Reward, Coerce
102(1)
Power In Everyday Life
103(2)
Power in Small Groups and Organizations
103(1)
Power Tactics
104(1)
The Economic, Political, And Cultural Uses Of Power
105(3)
Economic Power: Allocating Resources
106(1)
Political Power: Making Rules and Decisions
106(1)
Cultural Power: Defining Reality
107(1)
Power And Social Relationships
108(3)
Types of Authority: Traditional, Rational-Legal, and Charismatic
108(1)
The Role of Compliance
108(1)
The Power of Disobedience
109(2)
Power and Privilege
111(1)
Power And Inequality
111(3)
Class: Economic Conditions
111(1)
Status: Prestige
112(1)
Political Power: Strength Through Organization
113(1)
The Intersections of Race, Class, and Gender
113(1)
Structured Inequality: Stratification Systems
114(6)
Unequal Resources
114(1)
Stratified Groups
115(1)
Ideologies That Justify Inequality
115(1)
Caste Systems: India, Feudal Estates, and Racial Segregation
115(2)
Class Systems: Capitalist and Socialist
117(1)
Patriarchy
118(2)
Can Inequality Be Reduced?
120(1)
A Changing World: Money, Power, And Politics
120(1)
Thinking Sociologically About...Power
121
Boxes
Through a Sociological Lens: For Foucault, Power Is Everywhere
106(4)
Sociology in Action: Promoting the Power of Nonviolence
110(10)
Sociology Works: Kiya Stokes and the Service Employees' Union
120(3)
Part 3: The Social Self
6 Socialization
123(24)
Reproducing Structure: Agents Of Socialization
125(5)
Family
125(1)
School
126(1)
Media
126(1)
Peer Groups
127(1)
The Workplace
128(1)
Religion
129(1)
Total Institutions
129(1)
Socialization Through The Life Course
130(6)
Childhood
130(2)
Adolescence
132(1)
Adulthood
133(1)
Aging and Retirement
134(1)
Historical Events: Marking Generational Identity
135(1)
Culture And Biology: Setting The Stage For Social Life
136(3)
Beyond "Nature versus Nurture"
136(1)
Epigenetics: Genes and the Environment
137(2)
Culture, Power, And The Social Self
139(4)
Humans without Culture
139(1)
Reflexivity: Cooley's "Looking Glass Self"
140(1)
Spontaneity versus Social Norms: Mead's "I" and "Me"
141(1)
Social Interaction: Developing a Self
141(1)
Neurosociology and the Social Brain
142(1)
Foucault's Regimes of Power
143(1)
A Changing World: Forming An Identity In A Digital World
143(2)
Thinking Sociologically About...Socialization
145
Boxes
Through a Sociological Lens: Learning Politics
126(5)
Sociology Works: Kate Corrigan, Teaching at a School for Blind Children and Young Adults
131(7)
Sociology in Action: The Use and Abuse of Biological Explanations of Social Life
138(9)
7 Interaction, Groups, And Organizations
147(27)
Culture And Social Interaction
148(8)
Interaction: Arriving at Common Understandings
149(2)
Defining Situations as "Real": The Thomas Theorem
151(1)
Three Steps to Constructing Social Reality
152(1)
Social Statuses and Roles
153(2)
Dramaturgy: Playing at Social Life
155(1)
Social Networks
156(3)
The Nature of Networks and Ties
157(1)
Social Network Analysis
158(1)
Social Groups
159(3)
Primary and Secondary Social Groups
160(1)
Reference Groups
160(1)
Group Size and Social Relationships: Dyads, Triads, and Beyond
160(1)
Social Networks and Groups in the Digital Age
161(1)
Organizations And Bureaucracy
162(4)
Organizational Structure
163(1)
Bureaucracy
163(1)
Organizational Culture
164(1)
Organizational Environment
165(1)
Power In Groups And Organizations
166(4)
In-Groups and Out-Groups
166(1)
Conformity: The Asch Experiments
166(1)
Obedience: The Milgram Experiments
167(1)
Groupthink
168(1)
Leadership, Oligarchy, and Power
169(1)
Scientific Management and Workplace Control
169(1)
A Changing World: "Back-Stage" Privacy And Social Media
170(2)
Thinking Sociologically About...Interaction, Groups, and Organizations
172
Boxes
Sociology in Action: Overcoming Class Stereotypes
153(4)
Through a Sociological Lens: Emotions and the Employee Role
157(8)
Sociology Works: Mindy Fried and Organizational Change
165(9)
8 Deviance And Social Control
174(30)
Defining Deviance
176(2)
Deviance And Social Context
176(1)
Labeling Theory: Defining Deviant Behavior
177(1)
The Effects of Deviant Labels
177(1)
The Role Of Deviance Within Social Structures
178(1)
Defining Group Boundaries
178(1)
Creating Social Solidarity
179(1)
Providing a Source of Innovation
179(1)
Explaining Deviance
179(4)
Deviance as Immorality
180(1)
Deviance as Illness: Medicalization
180(1)
Deviance as Rational Choice
181(1)
Deviance and Socialization: Differential Association Theory
181(1)
Deviance and Structure: Merton's Strain Theory
182(1)
Culture And Deviance: Deviant Bodies
183(5)
Body Weight
184(2)
Altering Bodies
186(1)
Rethinking the Disabled Body
186(2)
Power And Deviance
188(1)
Social Control And Deviance
189(1)
Internal Influences: Socialization
189(1)
External Influences: Control Theory
190(1)
Surveillance And Social Control In The Digital Age
190(2)
Crime And Punishment
192(8)
Types of Crime
192(1)
Crime Rates
193(2)
Debates about Punishment
195(3)
Capital Punishment
198(2)
A Changing World: The Commercialization Of Deviance
200
Boxes
Through a Sociological Lens: Experiencing and Challenging the Stigma of Obesity
185(12)
Sociology in Action: Women's Prison Association
197(2)
Sociology Works: Nate Mandel and Parolee Outreach to Reduce Recidivism
199(5)
Part 4: Identity And Inequality
9 Class And Global Inequality
204(30)
Understanding Class
206(3)
Marx's Analysis of Class
206(1)
Weber's "Life Chances"
207(1)
Is Class Stratification Functional?
208(1)
Class Inequality In The United States
209(11)
Mapping the Major Classes
209(2)
Income and Wealth Inequality
211(2)
Class Mobility and Class Barriers
213(2)
The Impact of Class Inequality on Social Life
215(3)
Poverty
218(1)
Ideology: Justifying Inequality
219(1)
Culture, Structure, And Class Reproduction
220(5)
Cultural Capital
220(1)
Families: Training Children
221(1)
Schools: Individual Mobility and Class Reproduction
221(1)
Public Policy and Inequality
222(3)
Power And Global Inequality
225(3)
Categorizing National Economies
226(1)
The Impact of Global Inequality
227(1)
Inequality within Countries
228(1)
Explaining Global Inequality
228(2)
Culture and Global Inequality: Modernization Theory
228(1)
Power and Global Inequality: Dependency Theory
229(1)
Colonialism and Neocolonialism
229(1)
World Systems Analysis
229(1)
Global Financial Institutions
230(1)
A Changing World: U.S. Inequality In Global Context
230(1)
Thinking Sociologically About...Class and Global Inequality
231
Boxes
Sociology Works: Russ Eckel and the New Workplace
212(2)
Through a Sociological Lens: Examining the Intersection of Race and Class: Growing Income Inequality among African Americans
214(10)
Sociology in Action: Why David Sometimes Wins: Organizing Workers
224(10)
10 Race And Ethnicity
234(32)
The Role Of Culture: Inventing Ethnicity And Race
236(4)
Ethnicity as a Social Construction
236(1)
Race as a Social Construction
236(2)
Pseudoscience and Race
238(1)
Race and Ethnicity over Time and across Cultures
239(1)
Structure And Power Among Racial And Ethnic Groups
240(2)
Minority and Majority Groups
240(1)
Patterns of Majority-Minority Interaction
241(1)
Minority-Group Responses to Discrimination
242(1)
The Origins Of Racial And Ethnic Diversity In The United States
242(8)
Native Peoples
242(1)
Hispanics or Latinos
243(2)
WASPs and White Ethnic Groups
245(2)
African Americans
247(2)
Asian Americans
249(1)
Diversity Today
250(5)
Racial and Ethnic Groups Today
250(2)
Immigration in the Post-Civil Rights Era
252(1)
Transnational Migrants
253(1)
Unauthorized Immigration
253(1)
Changing Population Trends
254(1)
Culture, Structure, And Power: The Nature Of Racial And Ethnic Inequality Today
255(7)
Prejudice and Discrimination: Individual and Institutional
255(1)
Theories of Prejudice and Discrimination: Culture and Group Interests
256(1)
The Death of "Old Racism": Changing Practices and Attitudes
256(1)
Enduring Inequality
257(1)
The Legacy of Past Discrimination: The Black-White Wealth Gap
258(2)
The Emergence of "New Racism": Hidden, Implicit, and Color-Blind
260(2)
A Changing World: Multiracial And Multiethnic Identities
262(2)
Thinking Sociologically About...Race and Ethnicity
264
Boxes
Through a Sociological Lens: Understanding Whiteness
245(9)
Sociology Works: Mikey Velarde and Community Organizing
254(5)
Sociology in Action: Black Lives Matter
259(7)
11 Gender And Sexuality
266(31)
Biology And Culture: Sex And Gender
267(6)
The Biology of Sex
268(1)
The Limits of Biology
268(1)
Gender as a Social Construction
269(1)
Gender Identities and Transgender People
270(1)
Masculinities
271(1)
Gender Distinctions and Power
272(1)
Socialization In Structural Context
273(5)
Learning Gender: Socialization and Gender Roles
273(1)
"Doing Gender": Social Interaction and Power
273(2)
Gender and the Family
275(1)
Teaching Gender in School
276(1)
Gender Lessons from Peers
277(1)
Media and Gender
277(1)
Culture, Power, And Gender Inequality
278(8)
Sex and the Origins of Patriarchy
278(1)
Culture Trumps Biology
279(1)
Work and Education: The Pay Gap and Its Sources
279(3)
Home and Family
282(1)
Political Power
283(1)
Religion and Gender
284(1)
Sexual Harassment
284(1)
Gendered Violence
284(2)
Sexuality
286(6)
Biology, Culture, and Sexuality
287(1)
Sexuality as a Social Construction
288(1)
Changing Norms: The Sexual Revolution in the United States
288(1)
Sexual Identities
289(1)
Inventing Heterosexuals and Homosexuals
289(1)
Bisexuality and Asexuality
290(1)
Sexual Identities and Inequality
290(1)
Sexuality and the Internet
291(1)
Challenging Inequality Based On Gender And Sexual Identity
292(2)
Gender in Sociology
292(1)
Women's Activism
293(1)
LGBT Activism
293(1)
A Changing World: Convergence In Gender And Sexuality
294(1)
Gender Convergence
294(1)
Sexual Convergence
294(1)
Thinking Sociologically About...Gender and Sexuality
295
Boxes
Through a Sociological Lens: Examining the Case of Two-Spirits
270(11)
Sociology in Action: Using Sociological Insight to Encourage Women Engineers
281(6)
Sociology Works: Mona Moayad and Gender Justice
287(10)
Part 5: Social Institutions And Social Issues
12 Family And Religion
297(27)
Understanding The Family
298(2)
The Family as a Social Institution
298(1)
Social Functions of the Family
299(1)
Family Diversity In Global Context
300(1)
Global Variations in Family and Marriage
300(1)
Global Trends in Family Life
301(1)
The Social History Of Family Life In The United States
301(3)
The Mythical "Traditional" Family
302(1)
Families Reconsidered: History, Class, and Race
302(2)
Gender, Power, and the Family
304(1)
Current Trends In U.S. Family Life
304(7)
Marriage and Cohabitation
304(2)
Divorce and Blended Families
306(1)
Unmarried and Single Parents
307(1)
Same-Sex Families
308(1)
Fertility Rates and Childfree Couples
308(2)
Interracial and Interethnic Families
310(1)
Understanding Religion
311(3)
The Sociology of Religion
311(1)
Durkheim on Religion: The Sacred and the Profane
311(2)
Marx on Religion: The Opium of the People
313(1)
Weber on Religion: Disenchantment of the World
314(1)
Berger on Religion: The Sacred Canopy
314(1)
Religion In Global Context
314(6)
Religion Throughout the World
315(1)
Religious Adherence in the United States
315(1)
Shopping for God in the Religious Marketplace
316(1)
Secularization
317(2)
Fundamentalist Resistance to Change
319(1)
A Changing World: The Future Of Religion
320(2)
Thinking Sociologically About...Family and Religion
322
Boxes
Through a Sociological Lens: Delaying Adulthood
303(2)
Sociology Works: April Bombai Pongtratic and Family Assistance
305(4)
Sociology in Action: Research, Public Policy, and the Law
309(15)
13 Education And Work
324(30)
Education And Schooling
325(3)
Education in the United States: A Brief Social History
326(1)
The Functions of Schooling
327(1)
Education, Culture, And Socialization
328(3)
The Hidden Curriculum
328(1)
Socialization Messages in Schools
329(2)
Mixed Messages about Socialization
331(1)
Educational Structure And Inequality
331(8)
Education and Income
331(1)
Education and Social Mobility
332(1)
How Schools Reinforce Social and Economic Inequality
332(6)
Schools as Complex Organizations
338(1)
Contemporary Educational Issues And Trends
339(3)
Accountability for Basic Skills
339(1)
Bilingual Education
339(1)
School Choice and the Debate over Charter Schools
340(1)
The Online Classroom
341(1)
Cyberbullying
342(1)
Workplace Structure And Power
342(6)
Occupational Structure and Status Attainment
342(1)
Occupational Prestige and Job Satisfaction
343(1)
The Gender Gap at Work
344(1)
Power on the Job
345(3)
Workplace Culture
348(1)
Formal and Informal Socialization
348(1)
Emotional Labor: Managing Feelings on the Job
349(1)
A Changing World: Uncertainty In The Twenty-First-Century Workplace
349(2)
Thinking Sociologically About...Education and Work
351
Boxes
Through a Sociological Lens: Tracing the Links between Moral Authority and School Discipline
330(5)
Sociology in Action: Challenging the Structure of School Financing
335(8)
Sociology Works: Kimberly Jones and Educational Publishing
343(11)
14 Media And Consumption
354(28)
A Sociological Approach To Media
356(1)
What Are Media?
356(1)
Characteristics of Mass Media and New Media
356(1)
The Structure Of Media
357(7)
Trends in the Media Industries
357(3)
Media Content
360(2)
The Interaction of Audiences and Media
362(2)
The Explosive Growth Of Media
364(2)
Media Growth and Saturation
364(1)
Media Convergence
365(1)
User-Generated Content
365(1)
Functions of Media
365(1)
Power And Media
366(3)
The Effect of Social Inequality on Media Use
367(1)
Government Regulations
367(1)
Global Media and Cultural Imperialism
368(1)
The Impact Of Technology On Society
369(1)
Consumer Culture
370(8)
The Rise of Consumer Culture
370(2)
Alienated Labor and Commodity Fetishism
372(1)
Consumption and Identity
372(1)
Promoting Consumption
373(3)
The Social Impact of Consumer Culture
376(2)
A Changing World: Targeting Consumers In The Digital Age
378(1)
Thinking Sociologically About...Media and Consumption
379
Boxes
Sociology in Action: Combating Media Stereotypes
363(8)
Sociology Works: Hy Mariampolski and Consumer Research
371(4)
Through A Sociological Lens...Examining the Commercialization of Childhood
375(7)
15 Communities, The Environment, And Health
382(28)
The Structure And Evolution Of Communities
383(4)
Community: Place, People, and Relationships
384(1)
Nomadic Life: Hunting and Gathering
384(1)
Rural Life: Settlements, Surpluses, and Inequality
385(1)
Preindustrial Cities: Protection and Prosperity
386(1)
Modern Urbanization: Opportunity, Diversity, and Problems
386(1)
Sunbelt Cities and Global Growth
386(1)
Understanding The Culture Of Urban Life
387(4)
Tonnies: Cities as a New Form of Social Organization
387(2)
Durkheim: Organic Solidarity in the City
389(1)
Jane Addams and the "Chicago School": Community in City Life
389(1)
The Impact of Place on Social Life: Human Ecology
389(2)
Power And Inequality In City Life
391(3)
Class Inequality and the Urban "Growth Machine"
391(1)
Race and Urban Inequality
392(1)
Urbanization in a Global Economy
393(1)
The Structure And Culture Of The Suburbs
394(3)
Suburban Growth and Urban Decline
394(1)
Suburban Problems
394(2)
Today's Changing Suburbs
396(1)
The Enduring Significance of Rural Life
396(1)
Environmental Sociology
397(5)
Environmental Threats
397(2)
Analyzing Environmental Problems
399(1)
Power, Inequality, and Environmental Justice
399(1)
Structure: The "Treadmill of Production"
400(1)
Culture and the Social Construction of Environmental Problems
400(1)
The Search for Solutions
401(1)
The Sociology Of Health
402(4)
Culture, Structure, Power, and the Medical Profession
402(2)
The Social Determinants of Health
404(1)
Inequality and Health Disparities
404(2)
A Changing World: Community And Environmental Influences On Health
406(2)
Thinking Sociologically About...Communities, the Environment, and Health
408
Boxes
Sociology in Action: Jane Addams and Hull House
390(8)
Through a Sociological Lens: Climate Change
398(7)
Sociology Works. Tristan Senders and Healthy Communities
405(5)
16 Politics And The Economy
410(30)
The Structure Of Politics
412(2)
Systems of Government
412(1)
Political Structure and Political Action
413(1)
Political Culture
414(4)
Political Socialization
414(2)
Public Opinion and the "Spiral of Silence"
416(1)
Political Issues and Private Matters
417(1)
Power And Politics
418(4)
Theories of Political Power: Pluralism, Elites, and Class Domination
418(1)
Class Differences in Political Participation
419(1)
Campaign Contributions, Lobbying, and Policy Outcomes
419(2)
Inequality, Power, and Politics
421(1)
War And The Military
422(7)
The Rise of the National Security State
422(1)
Military Funding
423(1)
The Politics of Fear and Civil Liberties
423(1)
News and the Politics of Fear
424(1)
Socialization for War
424(1)
Social Inequality and the Military
425(2)
Terrorism
427(2)
The Economy
429(2)
The Economy as an Evolving Social Institution
429(1)
The Social Economy
429(2)
Major Economic Systems
431(5)
Ideal Capitalism
431(1)
Ideal Socialism
431(1)
Capitalism in Reality
432(1)
Reforming Capitalism
432(1)
The Housing Bubble and Global Economic Crisis
433(1)
Socialism in Reality
434(1)
The Rise of Mixed Economies
435(1)
A Changing World: What Is Security?
436(1)
Thinking Sociologically About...Politics and the Economy
437
Boxes
Through a Sociological Lens: The Political Socialization of Teenagers
416(10)
Sociology in Action: Peace Studies
426(4)
Sociology Works: Mark Nord and Food Security
430(10)
17 Social Change: Globalization, Population, And Social Movements
440(28)
Social Change: Structure And Culture
441(4)
Characteristics of Change
441(2)
Theories of Social Change
443(2)
Globalization As Change
445(8)
Globalization: Integrating Societies
446(1)
Early Globalization's Colonial Roots
446(1)
Contemporary Globalization's Multiple Dimensions
447(2)
The Impact of Globalization on Culture, Structure, and Power
449(3)
The Limits of Globalization
452(1)
Population Change
453(5)
The Population Explosion and Its Sources
453(1)
The Demographic Divide
454(3)
The Threat of Overpopulation: The Neo-Malthusian View
457(1)
Demographic Transition
457(1)
Explaining the Demographic Divide
458(1)
The Power Of Social Movements
458(7)
Understanding Social Movements
458(1)
Defining Social Movements
459(3)
Power, Conflict, and Social Movements
462(1)
Movement Actors
462(1)
Movement Success: Message, Resources, and Opportunity
463(1)
Movement Stages
464(1)
The Impact of Social Movements on Culture, Structure, and Power
464(1)
A Changing World: Movements And The Struggle Over The Internet
465(1)
Thinking Sociologically About...Social Change
466
Boxes
Sociology Works: Sociology Majors after Graduation
443(6)
Sociology in Action: Sociological Research in the International Arena
449(11)
Through a Sociological Lens: Democracy Isn't Easy: "Making Life" versus "Making History"
460(8)
Glossary 468(8)
References 476(33)
Name Index 509(6)
Subject Index 515
David R. Croteau earned a BA in sociology from Brandeis University and a PhD in sociology fromBoston College. Over the years he has taught a diverse range of students at Boston College, Clark University, Keene State College, and the University of Mary Washington. He is an Associate Professor Emeritus in the Sociology Department at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he taught introductory sociology as well as both undergraduate and graduate courses on theory, methods, stratification, social movements, and media. He also worked as an online learning specialist in VCUs Academic Learning Transformation Lab (ALT Lab) helping faculty to develop online courses. You can follow him on Twitter @DavidRCroteau, and he occasionally blogs and posts resources about sociology at DavidRCroteau.net. In addition to various journal articles and book chapters, David Croteau is the author of Politics and the Class Divide, a finalist for both the C. Wright Mills Award from the Society for the Study of Social Problems and the Transformational Politics Book Award from the American Political Science Association.





William Hoynes earned a BA in history and political science from Tufts University and a PhD in sociology from Boston  College. He is Professor of Sociology at Vassar College, where he teaches introductory sociology as well as courses on media, culture, research methods, and social theory. During his more than 20 years at Vassar, Professor Hoynes has served as chair of the Sociology Department and director of both the Media Studies Program and the American Studies Program. In addition to various journal articles and book chapters on public broadcasting in the United States, Professor Hoynes is the author of Public Television for Sale: Media, the Market, and the Public Sphere, which was awarded the Goldsmith Book Prize from the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard Universitys John F. Kennedy School of Government.