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• Preface to the 14th Edition
• Acknowledgments
• About the Author
• Part I The Individual and Society
• Chapter 1 Taking a New Look at a Familiar World
• Sociology and the Individual
• The Sociological Imagination
• Émile Durkheim: Not All Suicides Are Created Equal
• Conclusion
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Chapter 2 Seeing and Thinking Sociologically
• How Individuals Structure Society
• Social Influence: The Impact of Other People on Our Everyday Lives
• Stanley Milgram: Ordinary People and Cruel Acts
• Societal Influence: The Effect of Social Structure on Our Everyday Lives
• Statuses and Roles
• Groups
• Organizations
• Social Institutions
• Culture
• Values
• Norms
• Social Structure in a Global Context
• Three Perspectives on Social Order
• The Structural-Functionalist Perspective
• The Conflict Perspective
• Symbolic Interactionism
• Conclusion
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Part II The Construction of Self and Society
• Chapter 3 Building Reality: The Social Construction of Knowledge
• Understanding the Social Construction of Reality
• Laying the Foundation: The Bases of Reality
• Culture and Language
• Self-Fulfilling Prophecies
• Faith and Incorrigible Propositions
• Building the Walls: Conflict, Power, and Social Institutions
• The Economics of Reality
• The Politics of Reality
• The Medium Is the Message
• Moral Entrepreneurs
• Appreciating the Contributions of Sociological Research
• The Empirical Nature of Sociological Research
• Qualitative and Quantitative Research
• Theories, Variables, and Hypotheses
• Modes of Research
• Experiments
• Field Research
• Surveys
• Unobtrusive Research
• The Trustworthiness of Social Research
• Samples
• Indicators
• Values, Interests, and Ethics in Sociological Research
• Conclusion
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Chapter 4 Building Order: Culture and History
• Dimensions of Culture
• Nonmaterial and Material Culture
• Global Culture
• Subcultures
• History: The “Archives” for Everyday Living
• Cultural Expectations and Social Order
• Cultural Norms and Technological Change
• Social Institutions and Cultural Norms
• Norms and Sanctions
• Cultural Relativism and Ethnocentrism
• Cultural Variation and Everyday Experience
• Health and Illness
• The Sexes
• Conclusion
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Chapter 5 Building Identity: Socialization
• Genes, Social Structure, and the Construction of Human Beings
• Socialization: Becoming You
• The Acquisition of Self
• The Differentiation of Self
• Language Acquisition and the Looking-Glass Self
• The Development of Role Taking
• Resocialization
• The Self in a Cultural Context
• Growing Up With Inequality
• Social Class
• Race and Ethnicity
• Gender
• Institutions and Socialization
• Education
• Religion
• Mass Media
• Conclusion
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Chapter 6 Supporting Identity: The Presentation of Self
• Forming Impressions of Others
• Social Group Membership
• Physical Appearance
• Is Beauty Only Skin Deep?
• Sizing People Up
• Verbal and Nonverbal Expression
• Managing Impressions
• Dramaturgy: Actors on a Social Stage
• Front Stage and Back Stage
• Props
• Image Making
• The Surgical Alteration of Appearance
• Political Portraits
• Social Influences on Impression Management
• Race and Ethnicity
• Socioeconomic Status
• Collective Impression Management
• Mismanaging Impressions: Spoiled Identities
• Embarrassment
• Remedies for Spoiled Identities
• Stigma
• Conclusion
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Chapter 7 Building Social Relationships: Intimacy and Families
• Life With Others
• Wireless Technology and Online Relationships
• Social Diversity and Intimate Choices
• Exogamy
• Endogamy
• Religious Endogamy
• Racial and Ethnic Endogamy
• Social Class Endogamy
• Family Life
• Defining Family
• Historical Developments in Family Life
• Trends in Family Structure
• Trends in Household Size
• Trends in Divorce
• Cultural Variation in Intimacy and Family
• Family and Social Structure
• How Other Institutions Influence Family
• The Influence of Law and Politics
• The Influence of Religion
• The Influence of Economics
• How Social Diversity Influences Family
• Divorce
• The Normalization of Divorce
• Children, Divorce, and Single Parenting
• Remarriage and Stepfamilies
• Family Violence
• Intimate-Partner Violence
• Child Abuse and Neglect
• Intimate Violence in a Cultural Context
• Personal and Institutional Responses to Intimate Violence
• Conclusion
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Chapter 8 Constructing Difference: Social Deviance
• Defining Deviance
• Absolutist Definitions of Deviance
• Relativist Definitions of Deviance
• The Elements of Deviance
• Explaining Deviant Behavior
• Deterring Deviance
• Labeling Deviants
• The Criminalization of Deviance
• The Social Reality of Crime
• Wealthy, Corporate, and White-Collar Crime
• The Menace of “Illegal” Drugs
• The Medicalization of Deviance
• The Pharmaceutical Personality
• Individualizing Complex Social Issues
• Depoliticizing Deviance
• Conclusion
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Part III Social Structure, Institutions, and Everyday Life
• Chapter 9 The Structure of Society: Organizations, Social Institutions, and Globalization
• Social Structure and Everyday Life
• Social Dilemmas: Individual Interests and Structural Needs
• The Tragedy of the Commons
• The Free-Rider Problem
• Solutions to Social Dilemmas
• The Structure of Formal Organizations
• Bureaucracies: Playing by the Rules
• The McDonaldization of Society
• The Hierarchical Makeup of Organizations
• The Upper Echelons
• The Middle Ground
• The Lower Echelons
• The Construction of Organizational Reality
• Organizations and Institutions
• Organizational Networks Within Institutions
• Institutional Pressures Toward Similarity
• Globalization and Social Institutions
• Economics
• Education
• Religion
• Conclusion
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Chapter 10 The Architecture of Stratification: Social Class and Inequality
• Stratification Systems
• Slavery
• Caste Systems
• Estate Systems
• Social Class Systems
• Sociological Perspectives on Stratification
• The Structural-Functionalist View of Stratification
• The Conflict View of Stratification
• The Marxian Model of Stratification
• Neo-Marxist Models of Stratification
• Weber’s Model of Stratification
• Social Class and Everyday Life
• Class Distinctions
• The Upper Class
• The Middle Class
• The Working Class
• The Poor
• Definitions and Consequences of Poverty in the United States
• The Poverty Line
• The Near-Poor
• The Poverty Rate
• Poverty and Health
• Poverty and Education
• Out on the Streets
• Why Poverty Persists
• Enduring Disparities in Income and Wealth
• Perceived Versus Actual Wealth Inequality in the United States
• The Social “Benefits” of Poverty
• The Ideology of Competitive Individualism
• Is There a Culture of Poverty?
• Global Development and Inequality
• The Global Economic Gap
• Explanations for Global Stratification
• Global Financial Organizations
• Multinational Corporations
• Conclusion
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Chapter 11 The Architecture of Inequality: Race and Ethnicity
• Race and Ethnicity: More Than Just Biology
• Multi-Racial Identity
• Histories of Oppression and Inequality
• Native Americans
• Latinx
• African Americans
• Asian Americans
• Muslim Americans
• Racial and Ethnic Relations
• Personal Racism
• Stereotypes
• Prejudice and Discrimination
• Colorism
• The Privilege of Colorlessness
• Cultural Appropriation
• Class, Race, and Discrimination
• The Cultural Ideology of Racism
• Racism in Language
• The Myth of Innate Racial Inferiority
• Myths of Racial Superiority
• Institutional Racism: Injustice Built Into the System
• Racial Inequality in Housing
• Racial Inequality in the Economic System
• Racial Inequality in the Health Care System
• Racial Inequality in the Educational System
• Remedies for Institutional Racism
• Global Perspectives on Racism
• Conclusion
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Chapter 12 The Architecture of Inequality: Sex and Gender
• Sexism at the Personal Level
• Sexism and Social Interaction
• Sexual Harassment
• Sexual Identity and Sexual Orientation
• Sexual Violence Against Women
• Rape as a Means of Social Control
• Victim Blaming
• The Ideology of Sexism: Biology as Destiny
• Institutions and Gender Inequality
• Masculinized Institutions
• Gender Inequality in Health and Health Care
• Gender Inequality in the Media
• Gender Inequality in the Home
• Gender Inequality in Education
• Gender Inequality in the Economy
• The Sex-Segregated Workplace
• The Wage Gap
• The Global Devaluation of Women
• Conclusion
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Chapter 13 Demographic Dynamics: Population Trends
• The Influence of Birth Cohorts
• Baby Boomers
• Generation X
• The Millennium Generation
• The Post-Millennium Generation (Generation Z)
• Demographic Dynamics
• Population Growth
• Global Imbalances in Population Growth
• Politics, Culture, and Population Growth
• Age Structure
• Geographic Distribution
• Migration Within a Country
• Migration From One Country to Another
• Population Trends in the United States
• Immigration and the Changing Face of the United States
• The Immigrant Flow
• Social Responses to Immigrants
• The “Graying” of the United States
• Conclusion
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Chapter 14 Architects of Change: Reconstructing Society
• Social Change
• The Speed of Social Change
• Causes of Social Change
• Environmental and Population Pressures
• Cultural and Technological Innovation
• Cultural Diffusion
• Movements for Social Change
• Elements of Social Movements
• Ideology
• Rising Expectations
• Resource Mobilization
• Bureaucratization
• Political Opportunity Structure
• The Sociological Imagination Revisited
• Conclusion and Farewell
• Your Turn
• Chapter Highlights
• Key Terms
• Glossary
• References
• Index