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• title page
• About the Author
• Contents in Brief
• Contents
• Preface
• A Note to Students from the Author
• A Note to Instructors from the Author
• Unifying Themes and Features
• What Is New in the Twelfth Edition?
• Supplements for the Twelfth Edition
• Acknowledgments
• A Text Message
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• Part One: Sociological Perspectives
• Chapter 1 – The Sociological Perspective
• The Sociological Perspective
• Uses of the Sociological Perspective
• The Social Sciences
• Founders of Sociology
• Major Theoretical Perspectives
• Two Emerging Social Theories
• Review Guide
• Chapter 2 – Social Research
• Sources of Knowledge About Society
• A Model for Doing Research
• Causation and the Logic of Science
• Quantitative Research Methods
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Ethics in Social Research
• A Final Note
• Review Guide
• Part Two: The Foundations of Social Structure
• Chapter 3 – Culture
• Dimensions of Culture
• Language and Culture
• Cultural Diversity and Similarity
• Culture, Society, and Heredity
• Review Guide
• Chapter 4 – Socialization
• Social Participation or Social Deprivation
• Theoretical Perspectives and Socialization
• Psychology and Life Course Theories
• Socialization and the Life Course
• Socialization and the Mass Media: Functionalist and Conflict Theories
• Review Guide
• Chapter 5 – Social Structure and Society
• Social Structure and Status
• Social Structure and Roles
• Society
• Modernization and the Theoretical Perspectives
• Review Guide
• Chapter 6 – Groups and Organizations
• Concept of the Group
• Types of Groups
• Social Interaction in Groups
• Formal Organizations
• Dynamics of Formal Organizations
• Review Guide
• Chapter 7 – Deviance and Social Control
• Deviance and Social Control
• Biological and Psychological Explanations of Deviance
• Functionalism and Deviance
• Symbolic Interactionism and Deviance
• Conflict Theory and Deviance
• Crime in the United States
• Global Crime
• Global Terrorism
• Crime Control in the United States
• Global Crime Control
• Review Guide
• Part Three: Social Inequality
• Chapter 8 – Social Stratification
• Dimensions of Stratification
• Explanations of Stratification
• Stratification in American Society
• Poverty in America
• Consequences of Stratification
• Social Mobility
• Global Inequality
• Review Guide
• Chapter 9 – Inequalities of Race and Ethnicity
• Racial and Ethnic Minorities
• Theories of Prejudice and Discrimination
• Institutionalized Discrimination
• Global and U.S. Ethnic Diversity
• Review Guide
• Chapter 10 – Inequalities of Gender
• Antecedents of Gender
• Theoretical Perspectives on Gender
• Sex Stereotypes and Gender Roles
• Gender Inequality in the United States
• Global Gender Inequality
• Changing Gender Roles in the United States
• Review Guide
• Part Four: Social Institutions
• Chapter 11 – Family
• Marriage and Family Defined
• Cross-Cultural Analysis of Family and Marriage
• Theoretical Perspectives and the Family
• Family and Marriage in the United States
• New Family Forms
• Looking Forward
• Review Guide
• Chapter 12 – Education
• The Development and Structure of Education
• Competitors of Traditional Public Schools
• The Functionalist Perspective
• The Conflict Perspective
• Symbolic Interactionism
• Higher Education Today
• Review Guide
• Chapter 13 – Political and Economic Institutions
• Power and Authority
• The Nation-State
• Global Political Systems
• Political Terrorism
• Political Power in American Society
• Global Economic Systems
• The Corporation
• Work in the Contemporary American Economy
• Review Guide
• Chapter 14 – Religion
• Religion, Science, and Sociology
• Theoretical Perspectives
• Religion: Structure and Practice
• Religion in the United States
• World Religions
• Review Guide
• Chapter 15 – Healthcare and Aging
• Healthcare as a Social Institution
• Theoretical Perspectives and the Healthcare System
• Global Healthcare
• Healthcare Reform in the United States
• The Graying of America
• Age Stratification
• Review Guide
• Chapter 16 – Sport
• Sport as a Reflection of Society
• Theoretical Perspectives and Sport
• Mobility, Inequality, and Sport
• Globalization and Sport
• Review Guide
• Part Five: Social Change
• Chapter 17 – Population and Urbanization
• The Dynamics of Demography
• Population Growth
• Urbanization
• Theories of City Growth
• The Quality of Urban Life
• Review Guide
• Chapter 18 – Social Change and Collective Behavior
• Social Change
• Sources of Social Change
• Theoretical Perspectives
• Collective Behavior and Dispersed Collectives
• Crowds
• Social Movements
• Review Guide
• Glossary
• References
• Name Index
• Subject Index
• back cover