Sociology A Down-to-Earth Approach
Thirteenth Edition
James M. Henslin Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville
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Names: Henslin, James M., author. Title: Sociology : a down-to-earth approach / James M. Henslin, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. Description: Thirteenth edition. | Boston : Pearson Education, [2017] Identifiers: LCCN 2015043067 | ISBN 9780134205571 Subjects: LCSH: Sociology. Classification: LCC HM586. H45 2017 | DDC 301–dc23 LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2015043067
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To my fellow sociologists, who do such creative research on social life and who communicate the sociological imagination to generations of students. With my sincere admiration and appreciation,
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1 The Sociological Perspective 1
2 Culture 34
3 Socialization 63
4 Social Structure and Social Interaction 96
5 How Sociologists Do Research 127
6 Societies to Social Networks 148
7 Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations 174
8 Deviance and Social Control 196
9 Global Stratification 228
10 Social Class in the United States 261
11 Sex and Gender 294
12 Race and Ethnicity 326
13 The Elderly 365
14 The Economy 394
15 Politics 427
16 Marriage and Family 459
17 Education 493
18 Religion 520
19 Medicine and Health 555
20 Population and Urbanization 587
21 Collective Behavior and Social Movements 622
22 Social Change and the Environment 648
Brief Contents
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To the Student . . . from the Author xix To the Instructor . . . from the Author xx About the Author xxxi
1 The Sociological Perspective 1 The Sociological Perspective 3
Seeing the Broader Social Context 3 The Global Context—and the Local 4
Sociology and the Other Sciences 5 The Natural Sciences 5 The Social Sciences 5
Anthropology 6 • Economics 6 • politicAl sciEncE 6 • psychology 6 • sociology 6
The Goals of Science 7 The Risks of Being a Sociologist 8
Origins of Sociology 8 Tradition versus Science 8 Auguste Comte and Positivism 9 Herbert Spencer and Social Darwinism 9 Karl Marx and Class Conflict 10 Emile Durkheim and Social Integration 11
Applying DurkhEim 12
Max Weber and the Protestant Ethic 13 rEligion AnD thE origin of cApitAlism 13
Values in Sociological Research 13
Verstehen and Social Facts 14 Weber and Verstehen 14 Durkheim and Social Facts 15 How Social Facts and Verstehen Fit Together 15
Sociology in North America 16 Sexism at the Time: Women in Early Sociology 16 Racism at the Time: W. E. B. Du Bois 18 Jane Addams: Sociologist and Social Reformer 20
Talcott Parsons and C. Wright Mills: Theory versus Reform 20
The Continuing Tension: Basic, Applied, and Public Sociology 21 BAsic sociology 21 • AppliED sociology 21 • puBlic sociology 21 • sociAl rEform is risky 22
Theoretical Perspectives in Sociology 23 Symbolic Interactionism 24
symBols in EvEryDAy lifE 24 • Applying symBolic intErActionism 24 •
Functional Analysis 26 roBErt mErton AnD functionAlism 26 • Applying functionAl AnAlysis 26
Conflict Theory 28 kArl mArx AnD conflict thEory 28 • conflict thEory toDAy 28 • fEminists AnD conflict thEory 28 • Applying conflict thEory 29
Putting the Theoretical Perspectives Together 29 Levels of Analysis: Macro and Micro 29
Trends Shaping the Future of Sociology 30 Sociology’s Tension: Research versus Reform 30
thrEE stAgEs in sociology 30 • DivErsity of oriEntAtions 30
Globalization 31 ApplicAtion of gloBAlizAtion to this tExt 31
summary and review 31 thinking critically about chapter 1 33
2 Culture 34 What Is Culture? 36
Culture and Taken-for-Granted Orientations to Life 36 Practicing Cultural Relativism 38
AttAck on culturAl rElAtivism 42
Components of Symbolic Culture 42 Gestures 42
misunDErstAnDing AnD offEnsE 42 • univErsAl gEsturEs? 43
Language 43 lAnguAgE Allows humAn ExpEriEncE to BE cumulAtivE 44 • lAnguAgE proviDEs A sociAl or shArED pAst 44 • lAnguAgE proviDEs A sociAl or shArED futurE 44 • lAnguAgE Allows shArED pErspEctivEs 44 • lAnguAgE Allows shArED, goAl-DirEctED BEhAvior 45
Language and Perception: The Sapir–Whorf Hypothesis 46 Values, Norms, and Sanctions 46 Folkways, Mores, and Taboos 48
Many Cultural Worlds 49 Subcultures 49 Countercultures 52
Values in U.S. Society 52 An Overview of U.S. Values 52 Value Clusters 53 Value Contradictions 53 An Emerging Value Cluster 54 When Values Clash 55 Values as Distorting Lenses 55 “Ideal” versus “Real” Culture 55
Cultural Universals 56
Sociobiology and Human Behavior 57
Technology in the Global Village 58 The New Technology 58 Cultural Lag and Cultural Change 58 Technology and Cultural Leveling 60 summary and review 61 thinking critically about chapter 2 62
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3 Socialization 63 Society Makes Us Human 65
Feral Children 65 Isolated Children 66 Institutionalized Children 67
thE orphAnAgE ExpErimEnt in thE unitED stAtEs 67 • thE orphAnAgE ExpErimEnt in romAniA 68 • timing AnD humAn DEvElopmEnt 68
Deprived Animals 69
Socialization into the Self and Mind 70 Cooley and the Looking-Glass Self 70 Mead and Role Taking 70 Piaget and the Development of Reasoning 72 Global Aspects of the Self and Reasoning 73
Learning Personality, Morality, and Emotions 73 Freud and the Development of Personality 73
sociologicAl EvAluAtion 74
Kohlberg and the Development of Morality 74 kohlBErg’s thEory 74 • criticisms of kohlBErg 75 • rEsEArch with BABiEs 75 • thE culturAl rElAtivity of morAlity 75
Socialization into Emotions 75 gloBAl Emotions 75 • ExprEssing Emotions: “gEnDEr rulEs” 75 • thE ExtEnt of “fEEling rulEs” 76 • whAt wE fEEl 76 • rEsEArch nEEDED 76
Society within Us: The Self and Emotions as Social Control 77
Socialization into Gender 77 Learning the Gender Map 77 Gender Messages in the Family 77
pArEnts 77 • toys AnD plAy 78 • sAmE-sEx pArEnts 80
Gender Messages from Peers 80 Gender Messages in the Mass Media 80
tElEvision, moviEs, AnD cArtoons 81 • viDEo gAmEs 81 • ADvErtising 81
Agents of Socialization 83 The Family 83
sociAl clAss AnD typE of work 83 • sociAl clAss AnD plAy 83
The Neighborhood 84 Religion 84 Day Care 84 The School 85 Peer Groups 85 The Workplace 88
Resocialization 88 Total Institutions 88
Socialization through the Life Course 90 Childhood (from birth to about age 12) 90 Adolescence (ages 13–17) 91 Transitional Adulthood (ages 18–29) 91
“Bring your pArEnts to work DAy.” 92
The Middle Years (ages 30–65) 92 thE EArly miDDlE yEArs (AgEs 30–49) 92 • thE lAtEr miDDlE yEArs (AgEs 50–65) 92
The Older Years (about age 65 on) 92 thE trAnsitionAl olDEr yEArs (AgEs 65–74) 92 • thE lAtEr olDEr yEArs (AgE 75 or so on) 93
Applying the Sociological Perspective to the Life Course 93
Are We Prisoners of Socialization? 93 summary and review 94 thinking critically about chapter 3 95
4 Social Structure and Social Interaction 96 Levels of Sociological Analysis 98
Macrosociology and Microsociology 98
The Macrosociological Perspective: Social Structure 99 The Sociological Significance of Social Structure 99 Culture 101 Social Class 101 Social Status 101
stAtus sEts 101 • AscriBED AnD AchiEvED stAtusEs 101 • stAtus symBols 102 • mAstEr stAtusEs 102 • stAtus inconsistEncy 102
Roles 103 Groups 103 Social Institutions 104 Comparing Functionalist and Conflict Perspectives 105
thE functionAlist pErspEctivE 105 • thE conflict pErspEctivE 106
Changes in Social Structure 106 What Holds Society Together? 106
mEchAnicAl AnD orgAnic soliDArity 106 • Gemeinschaft AnD Gesellschaft 107 • how rElEvAnt ArE thEsE concEpts toDAy? 107
The Microsociological Perspective: Social Interaction in Everyday Life 109
Symbolic Interaction 109 stErEotypEs in EvEryDAy lifE 109 • pErsonAl spAcE 113 • EyE contAct 114 • smiling 114 • BoDy lAnguAgE 114 • AppliED BoDy lAnguAgE 114
Dramaturgy: The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life 114 stAgEs 115 • rolE pErformAncE, conflict, AnD strAin 115 • sign-vEhiclEs 115 • tEAmwork 116 • BEcoming thE rolEs wE plAy 118 • Applying imprEssion mAnAgEmEnt 118
Ethnomethodology: Uncovering Background Assumptions 119 The Social Construction of Reality 120 • gynEcologicAl ExAminAtions 120
The Need for both Macrosociology and Microsociology 122 summary and review 125 thinking critically about chapter 4 126
5 How Sociologists Do Research 127 What Is a Valid Sociological Topic? 129
Common Sense and the Need for Sociological Research 129
A Research Model 129 1. Selecting a Topic 130 2. Defining the Problem 130
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3. Reviewing the Literature 130 4. Formulating a Hypothesis 130 5. Choosing a Research Method 130 6. Collecting the Data 130 7. Analyzing the Results 131 8. Sharing the Results 131
Research Methods (Designs) 131 Surveys 133
sElEcting A sAmplE 133 • Asking nEutrAl QuEstions 134 • QuEstionnAirEs AnD intErviEws 134 • EstABlishing rApport 136
Participant Observation (Fieldwork) 136 Case Studies 137 Secondary Analysis 137 Analysis of Documents 137 Experiments 139 Unobtrusive Measures 141 Deciding Which Method to Use 141 Controversy in Sociological Research 141
Gender in Sociological Research 143
Ethics in Sociological Research 143 Protecting the Subjects: The Brajuha Research 144 Misleading the Subjects: The Humphreys Research 144
How Research and Theory Work Together 145 The Real World: When the Ideal Meets the Real 145 summary and review 147 thinking critically about chapter 5 147
6 Societies to Social Networks 148 Societies and Their Transformation 150
Hunting and Gathering Societies 150 Pastoral and Horticultural Societies 152 Agricultural Societies 152 Industrial Societies 153 Postindustrial (Information) Societies 154 Biotech Societies: Is a New Type of
Society Emerging? 154
Groups within Society 156 Primary Groups 158
proDucing A mirror within 158
Secondary Groups 158 In-Groups and Out-Groups 158
shAping pErcEption AnD morAlity 159
Reference Groups 159 EvAluAting oursElvEs 160 • ExposurE to contrADictory stAnDArDs in A sociAlly DivErsE sociEty 160
Social Networks 160 AppliED nEtwork AnAlysis 161 • thE smAll worlD phEnomEnon 161 • is thE smAll worlD phEnomEnon An AcADEmic myth? 162 • BuilDing unintEntionAl BArriErs 162
Group Dynamics 162 Effects of Group Size on Stability and Intimacy 163 Effects of Group Size on Attitudes and Behavior 164
lABorAtory finDings AnD thE rEAl worlD 165
Leadership 167 who BEcomEs A lEADEr? 167 • typEs of lEADErs 167 • lEADErship stylEs 168 • lEADErship stylEs in chAnging situAtions 168
The Power of Peer Pressure: The Asch Experiment 169
The Power of Authority: The Milgram Experiment 170 Global Consequences of Group Dynamics:
Groupthink 171 prEvEnting groupthink 172
summary and review 172 thinking critically about chapter 6 173
7 Bureaucracy and Formal Organizations 174
The Rationalization of Society 176 Why Did Society Make a Deep Shift in Human
Relationships? 176 lifE in trADitionAl sociEtiEs 176 • thE shift to rAtionAlity As sociEtiEs inDustriAlizED 176
Marx: Capitalism Broke Tradition 178
Weber: Religion Broke Tradition 178 thE two viEws toDAy 178
Formal Organizations and Bureaucracies 179 Formal Organizations 179 The Characteristics of Bureaucracies 179 “Ideal” versus “Real” Bureaucracy 181 Goal Displacement and the Perpetuation of
Bureaucracies 183 Dysfunctions of Bureaucracies 184
rED tApE: A rulE is A rulE 184 • lAck of communicAtion BEtwEEn units 184 • BurEAucrAtic incompEtEncE 184
Alienation of Workers 185 cAusEs of AliEnAtion 185 • thE AliEnAtED BurEAucrAt 186 • rEsisting AliEnAtion 186
Voluntary Associations 187 Functions of Voluntary Associations 187 Motivations for Joining 188 The Inner Circle and the “Iron Law” of Oligarchy 188
thE innEr circlE 188 • thE iron lAw of oligArchy 188
Working for the Corporation 189 Humanizing the Work Setting 189
workEr EmpowErmEnt 189 • corporAtE chilD cArE 190 • thE conflict pErspEctivE 190 • workErs’ AttEmpts to humAnizE work 190
Fads in Corporate Culture 190 Self-Fulfilling Stereotypes in the “Hidden”
Corporate Culture 192 sElf-fulfilling stErEotypEs AnD promotions 192
Diversity in the Workplace 192
Technology and the Maximum-Security Society 193 summary and review 195 thinking critically about chapter 7 195
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8 Deviance and Social Control 196 What Is Deviance? 198
thE rElAtivity of DEviAncE 198 • A nEutrAl tErm 198 • stigmA 199
How Norms Make Social Life Possible 199 Sanctions 200 Competing Explanations of Deviance: Sociobiology,
Psychology, and Sociology 200 BiosociAl ExplAnAtions 201 • psychologicAl ExplAnAtions 201 • sociologicAl ExplAnAtions 201
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 201 Differential Association Theory 202
ThE ThEory 202 • fAmiliEs 202 • friEnDs, nEighBorhooDs, AnD suBculturEs 202 • DiffErEntiAl AssociAtion in thE cyBEr AgE 203 • prison or frEEDom? 203
Control Theory 203 ThE ThEory 203 • Applying control thEory 204
Labeling Theory 204 rEjEcting lABEls: how pEoplE nEutrAlizE DEviAncE 204 • Applying nEutrAlizAtion 206 • EmBrAcing lABEls: thE ExAmplE of outlAw BikErs 206 • lABEls cAn BE powErful 207 • how Do lABEls work? 208
The Functionalist Perspective 208 Can Deviance Really Be Functional for Society? 208 Strain Theory: How Mainstream Values
Produce Deviance 209 four DEviAnt pAths 210
Illegitimate Opportunity Structures: Social Class and Crime 211 strEEt crimE 211 • whitE-collAr crimE 211 • gEnDEr AnD crimE 213
The Conflict Perspective 214 Class, Crime, and the Criminal Justice System 214 The Criminal Justice System as an Instrument
of Oppression 214
Reactions to Deviance 216 Street Crime and Prisons 216 The Decline in Violent Crime 218 Recidivism 219 The Death Penalty and Bias 220
gEogrAphy 220 • sociAl clAss 220 • gEnDEr 220 • rAcE–Ethnicity 222
The Trouble with Official Statistics 223 The Medicalization of Deviance:
Mental Illness 224 nEithEr mEntAl nor illnEss? 224 • thE homElEss mEntAlly ill 225
The Need for a More Humane Approach 226 summary and review 226 thinking critically about chapter 8 227
9 Global Stratification 228 Systems of Social Stratification 230
Slavery 231
cAusEs of slAvEry 231 • conDitions of slAvEry 231 • BonDED lABor in thE nEw worlD 232 • slAvEry in thE nEw worlD 232 • slAvEry toDAy 232
Caste 233 inDiA’s rEligious cAstEs 233 • south AfricA 234 • A u.s. rAciAl cAstE systEm 235
Estate 236 womEn in thE EstAtE systEm 236
Class 236 Global Stratification and the Status of Females 237 The Global Superclass 237
What Determines Social Class? 238 Karl Marx: The Means of Production 238 Max Weber: Property, Power, and Prestige 239
Why Is Social Stratification Universal? 240 The Functionalist View: Motivating Qualified People 240
DAvis AnD moorE’s ExplAnAtion 240 • tumin’s critiQuE of DAvis AnD moorE 240
The Conflict Perspective: Class Conflict and Scarce Resources 241 moscA’s ArgumEnt 241 • mArx’s ArgumEnt 242 • currEnt ApplicAtions of conflict thEory 242
Lenski’s Synthesis 242
How Do Elites Maintain Stratification? 243 Soft Control versus Force 243
controlling pEoplE’s iDEAs 243 • controlling informAtion 244 • stifling criticism 244 • Big BrothEr tEchnology 244
Comparative Social Stratification 245 Social Stratification in Great Britain 245 Social Stratification in the Former
Soviet Union 245
Global Stratification: Three Worlds 246
thE proBlEm with tErms 247
The Most Industrialized Nations 247 The Industrializing Nations 250 The Least Industrialized Nations 251 Modifying the Model 251
How Did the World’s Nations Become Stratified? 254
Colonialism 254 World System Theory 254 Culture of Poverty 256 Evaluating the Theories 256
Maintaining Global Stratification 257 Neocolonialism 257
rElEvAncE toDAy 257
Multinational Corporations 257 Buying politicAl stABility 258 • unAnticipAtED consEQuEncEs 258
Technology and Global Domination 258
Strains in the Global System 259 summary and review 259 thinking critically about chapter 9 260 260
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10 Social Class in the United States 261 What Is Social Class? 263
Property 263 Distinguishing BEtwEEn wEAlth AnD incomE 263 • DistriBution of propErty 264 • DistriBution of incomE 264
Power 266 thE DEmocrAtic fAcADE 266 • thE powEr ElitE 266
Prestige 268 occupAtions AnD prEstigE 268 • DisplAying prEstigE 268
Status Inconsistency 269
Sociological Models of Social Class 270 Updating Marx 270 Updating Weber 272
thE cApitAlist clAss 273 • thE uppEr-miDDlE clAss 273 • thE lowEr-miDDlE clAss 274 • thE working clAss 274 • thE working poor 274 • thE unDErclAss 275
Consequences of Social Class 275 Physical Health 276 Mental Health 276 Family Life 276
choicE of husBAnD or wifE 277 • DivorcE 277 • chilD rEAring 277
Education 277 Religion 277 Politics 278 Crime and Criminal Justice 278
Social Mobility 279 Three Types of Social Mobility 279 Women in Studies of Social Mobility 280 The Pain of Social Mobility 280
Poverty 283 Drawing the Poverty Line 283 Who Are the Poor? 284
thE gEogrAphy of povErty 284
rAcE–Ethnicity 286 • EDucAtion 286 • thE fEminizAtion of povErty 286 • olD AgE 287
Children of Poverty 287 The Dynamics of Poverty versus the Culture of Poverty 287 Why Are People Poor? 289 Deferred Gratification 289 Where Is Horatio Alger? The Social Functions of a Myth 290
Peering into the Future: Will We Live in a Three-Tier Society? 291
summary and review 292 thinking critically about chapter 10 293
11 Sex and Gender 294 Issues of Sex and Gender 296
thE sociologicAl significAncE of gEnDEr 296
Gender Differences in Behavior: Biology or Culture? 296 The Dominant Position in Sociology 298 Opening the Door to Biology 298
A mEDicAl AcciDEnt 298 • thE viEtnAm vEtErAns stuDy 299 • morE rEsEArch on humAns 299
Gender Inequality in Global Perspective 300 How Did Females Become a Minority Group? 301
humAn rEproDuction 301 • hAnD-to-hAnD comBAt 303 • which onE? 303 • continuing DominAncE 303
Sex Typing of Work 303 Gender and the Prestige of Work 304 Other Areas of Global Discrimination 304
thE gloBAl gAp in EDucAtion 304 • thE gloBAl gAp in politics 304 • thE gloBAl gAp in pAy 307 • gloBAl violEncE AgAinst womEn 307
Gender Inequality in the United States 308 Fighting Back: The Rise of Feminism 308 Gender Inequality in Everyday Life 311
DEvAluAtion of things fEmininE 311
Gender Inequality in Health Care 311 Gender Inequality in Education 313
thE pAst 313 • A funDAmEntAl chAngE 313 • gEnDEr trAcking 314 • grADuAtE school AnD BEyonD 314
Gender Inequality in the Workplace 316 The Pay Gap 316
historicAl BAckgrounD 316 • gEogrAphicAl fActors 317 • thE “tEstostEronE Bonus” 317 • rEAsons for thE gEnDEr pAy gAp 319 • thE cEo powEr gAp 320
Is the Glass Ceiling Cracking? 320 thE womEn who BrEAk through 320 • AnD thE futurE? 320
Sexual Harassment—and Worse 321 lABEls AnD pErc