Sociology A Down-to-Earth Approach
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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 pErcEption 321 • not just A “mAn thing” 321 • sExuAl oriEntAtion 321
Gender and Violence 321 Violence against Women 321
forciBlE rApE 321 • DAtE (AcQuAintAncE) rApE 322 • murDEr 323 • violEncE in thE homE 323 • fEminism AnD gEnDErED violEncE 323 • solutions 323
The Changing Face of Politics 323
Glimpsing the Future—with Hope 324 summary and review 324 thinking critically about chapter 11 325
12 Race and Ethnicity 326 Laying the Sociological Foundation 328
Race: Myth and Reality 328 thE rEAlity of humAn vAriEty 328 • thE myth of purE rAcEs 328 • thE myth of A fixED numBEr of rAcEs 328 • thE myth of rAciAl supEriority 328 • thE myth continuEs 331
Ethnic Groups 331 Minority Groups and Dominant Groups 332
not sizE, But DominAncE AnD DiscriminAtion 332 • EmErgEncE of minority groups 332
Ethnic Work: Constructing Our Racial–Ethnic Identity 332
Prejudice and Discrimination 333 Learning Prejudice 333
Distinguishing BEtwEEn prEjuDicE AnD DiscriminAtion 333 • lEArning prEjuDicE
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from AssociAting with othErs 335 • thE fAr-rEAching nAturE of prEjuDicE 336 • intErnAlizing DominAnt norms 336
Individual and Institutional Discrimination 338 homE mortgAgEs 338 • hEAlth cArE 338
Theories of Prejudice 339 Psychological Perspectives 339
frustrAtion AnD scApEgoAts 339 • thE AuthoritAriAn pErsonAlity 340
Sociological Perspectives 340 functionAlism 340 • conflict thEory 341 • symBolic intErActionism 342 • how lABEls crEAtE prEjuDicE 342 • lABEls AnD sElf-fulfilling stErEotypEs 342
Global Patterns of Intergroup Relations 343 Genocide 343 Population Transfer 344 Internal Colonialism 345 Segregation 345 Assimilation 345 Multiculturalism (Pluralism) 346
Racial–Ethnic Relations in the United States 346 European Americans 346 Latinos (Hispanics) 348
umBrEllA tErm 348 • countriEs of origin 348 • unAuthorizED immigrAnts 349 • rEsiDEncE 351 • spAnish 351 • Economic wEll-BEing 351 • politics 351
African Americans 352 rising ExpEctAtions AnD civil strifE 353 • continuED gAins 354 • currEnt lossEs 354 • rAcE or sociAl clAss? A sociologicAl DEBAtE 354 • rAcism As An EvEryDAy BurDEn 355
Asian Americans 355 A BAckgrounD of DiscriminAtion 356 • DivErsity 356 • rEAsons for finAnciAl succEss 356 • politics 357
Native Americans 357 DivErsity of groups 357 • from trEAtiEs to gEnociDE AnD populAtion trAnsfEr 358 • thE invisiBlE minority AnD sElf-DEtErminAtion 358 • thE cAsinos 359 • DEtErmining iDEntity AnD goAls 359
Looking toward the Future 359 The Immigration Controversy 360 The Affirmative Action Controversy 360 Less Racism 362 Toward a True Multicultural Society 362 summary and review 363 thinking critically about chapter 12 364
13 The Elderly 365 Aging in Global Perspective 367
The Social Construction of Aging 367 Industrialization and the Graying of the Globe 368 The Graying of America 369
rAcE–Ethnicity AnD Aging 370 • thE lifE spAn 371
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 372 When Are You “Old”? 372
chAnging pErcEptions As you AgE 372 • four fActors in our DEcision 372
Changing Perceptions of the Elderly 373 shifting mEAnings 373
The Influence of the Mass Media 375
The Functionalist Perspective 376 Disengagement Theory 376
EvAluAtion of thE thEory 376
Activity Theory 377 EvAluAtion of thE thEory 377
Continuity Theory 377 EvAluAtion of thE thEory 377
The Conflict Perspective 378 Fighting for Resources: Social Security Legislation 378 Intergenerational Competition and Conflict 380 Fighting Back 382
thE grAy pAnthErs 382 • thE AmEricAn AssociAtion of rEtirED pErsons 383
Recurring Problems 383 Gender and Living Arrangements of the Elderly 383 Nursing Homes 383
unDErstAffing, DEhumAnizAtion, AnD DEAth 384
Elder Abuse 386 The Elderly Poor 386
rAcE–Ethnicity AnD povErty 386 • gEnDEr AnD povErty 386
The Sociology of Death and Dying 387 Industrialization and the New Technology 387 Death as a Process 387 Hospices 388 Suicide and Age 389 Adjusting to Death: The Importance of “Closure” 389
Looking toward the Future 390 New Views of Aging 390
crEAtivE Aging 390
The Impact of Technology 391 summary and review 392 thinking critically about chapter 13 393
14 The Economy 394 The Transformation of Economic Systems 396
Preindustrial Societies: The Birth of Inequality 396 Industrial Societies: The Birth of the Machine 396 Postindustrial Societies: The Birth of the Information Age 397 Biotech Societies: The Merger of Biology and Economics 397 Implications for Your Life 397
The Transformation of the Medium of Exchange 398
Earliest Mediums of Exchange 399 Medium of Exchange in Agricultural Societies 399 Medium of Exchange in Industrial Societies 399 Medium of Exchange in Postindustrial Societies 401
World Economic Systems 401 Capitalism 401
whAt cApitAlism is 401 • whAt stAtE cApitAlism is 401 • thE DEvElopmEnt of stAtE cApitAlism 402
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Socialism 403 whAt sociAlism is 403 • sociAlism in prActicE 403 • DEmocrAtic sociAlism 404
Ideologies of Capitalism and Socialism 404 Criticisms of Capitalism and Socialism 404 The Convergence of Capitalism and Socialism 405
chAngEs in sociAlist countriEs 405 • chAngEs in cApitAlism 406 • possiBlE trAnsmErgEncE 407
The Functionalist Perspective on the Globalization of Capitalism 407
The New Global Division of Labor 407 Capitalism in a Global Economy 408
corporAtE cApitAlism 408 • sEpArAtion of ownErship AnD mAnAgEmEnt 408
Functions and Dysfunctions on a Global Scale 410
The Conflict Perspective on the Globalization of Capitalism 410 Making Capitalism Flourish: Profits and Self-Interests 410
corporAtE–politicAl connEctions 410 • corporAtE powEr AnD conspirAciEs 413 • multiplying powEr: intErlocking DirEctorships 413
The Global Superclass 413 Shifting Dominance and Power 414 Global Investing 414
Work in U.S. Society 417 The Transition to Postindustrial Society 417 Women and Work 417
thE QuiEt rEvolution 417 • fEmAlE-mAlE work stylEs 418
The Underground Economy 419 Stagnant Paychecks 421 Patterns of Work and Leisure 421
work AnD lEisurE AnD thE trAnsformAtion of EconomiEs 422 • trEnDs in lEisurE 422 • tElEcommuting 422 • thE moBilE shift 423
Global Capitalism and Our Future 423 The New Economic System and the Old Divisions
of Wealth 424 summary and review 425 thinking critically about chapter 14 426
15 Politics 427 Micropolitics and Macropolitics 429
Power, Authority, and Violence 429 Authority and Legitimate Violence 430
thE collApsE of Authority 430
Traditional Authority 431 Rational–Legal Authority 431 Charismatic Authority 432
thE thrEAt posED By chArismAtic lEADErs 432
Authority as Ideal Type 432 The Transfer of Authority 433
Types of Government 433 Monarchies: The Rise of the State 433 Democracies: Citizenship as a Revolutionary Idea 434 Dictatorships and Oligarchies: The Seizure of Power 436
The U.S. Political System 436 Political Parties and Elections 436
slicEs from thE cEntEr 437 • thirD pArtiEs 437
Contrast with Democratic Systems in Europe 438 Voting Patterns 438
sociAl intEgrAtion 441 • AliEnAtion 441 • ApAthy 441 • thE gEnDEr AnD rAciAl–Ethnic gAps in voting 441
Lobbyists and Special-Interest Groups 441 loBBying By spEciAl-intErEst groups 442 • thE monEy 442
Who Rules the United States? 443 The Functionalist Perspective: Pluralism 443 The Conflict Perspective: The Power Elite 444 Which View Is Right? 444
War and Terrorism: Implementing Political Objectives 446
Is War Universal? 446 How Common Is War? 446 Why Countries Go to War 447 The War Machine and the Profits of War 447 Costs of War 447 A Special Cost of War: Dehumanization 449
succEss AnD fAilurE of DEhumAnizAtion 449
Terrorism 451 Targeted Killings 454 Sowing the Seeds of Future Violence 455
sElling wAr tEchnology 455 • AlignmEnts AnD DisAlignmEnts 455
A New World Order? 456 Trends toward Unity 456 Inevitable Changes 456 summary and review 457 thinking critically about chapter 15 458
16 Marriage and Family 459 Marriage and Family in Global Perspective 461
What Is a Family? 461 What Is Marriage? 462 Common Cultural Themes 462
mAtE sElEction 462 • DEscEnt 462 • inhEritAncE 463 • Authority 463
Marriage and Family in Theoretical Perspective 463 The Functionalist Perspective: Functions
and Dysfunctions 464 why thE fAmily is univErsAl 465 • functions of thE incEst tABoo 465 • isolAtion AnD EmotionAl ovErloAD 465
The Conflict Perspective: Struggles between Husbands and Wives 465
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Gender, Housework, and Child Care 466 chAngEs in trADitionAl gEnDEr oriEntAtions 466 • pAiD work AnD housEwork 466 • morE chilD cArE 467 • totAl hours 467 • A gEnDEr Division of lABor 467
The Family Life Cycle 467 Love and Courtship in Global Perspective 467 Marriage 469
thE sociAl chAnnEls of lovE AnD mArriAgE 469
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Childbirth 470 iDEAl fAmily sizE 470 • mAritAl sAtisfAction 471
Child Rearing 472 mArriED couplEs AnD singlE mothErs 472 • singlE fAthErs 473 • DAy cArE 474 • nAnniEs 474 • uBEr As A pArEnt suBstitutE 474 • sociAl clAss 474
Family Transitions 475 trAnsitionAl ADulthooD AnD thE not-so-Empty nEst 475 • wiDowhooD 475
Diversity in U.S. Families 476 African American Families 476 Latino Families 477 Asian American Families 478 Native American Families 478 One-Parent Families 479 Couples without Children 479 Blended Families 479 Gay and Lesbian Families 480
ADoption By gAy AnD lEsBiAn couplEs 480
Trends in U.S. Families 481 The Changing Timetable of Family Life: Marriage
and Childbirth 481 Cohabitation 481
cohABitAtion AnD mArriAgE: thE EssEntiAl DiffErEncE 482 • cohABitAtion AnD hEAlth 482 • DoEs cohABitAtion mAkE mArriAgE strongEr? 482
The “Sandwich Generation” and Elder Care 483
Divorce and Remarriage 483 Ways of Measuring Divorce 483 Divorce and Mixed Racial–Ethnic Marriages 485 Children of Divorce 486
nEgAtivE EffEcts 486 • whAt hElps chilDrEn ADjust to DivorcE? 486 • pErpEtuAting DivorcE 487
Grandchildren of Divorce: Ripples to the Future 487 Fathers’ Contact with Children after Divorce 487 The Ex-Spouses 487 Remarriage 488
Two Sides of Family Life 488 The Dark Side of Family Life: Battering, Child Abuse,
Marital Rape, and Incest 488 spousE BAttEring 488 • chilD ABusE 488 • mAritAl AnD intimAcy rApE 489 • incEst 489
The Bright Side of Family Life: Successful Marriages 490 succEssful mArriAgEs 490
Symbolic Interactionism and the Misuse of Statistics 490
The Future of Marriage and Family 491 summary and review 491 thinking critically about chapter 16 492
17 Education 493 The Development of Modern Education 495
Education in Earlier Societies 495 Industrialization and Universal Education 495
hoDgE-poDgE EDucAtion AnD nAtionAl Disunity 495 • inDustriAlizAtion AnD mAnDAtory EDucAtion 496 • thE ExpAnsion of EDucAtion 496
Education in Global Perspective 498
Education in the Most Industrialized Nations: Japan 498 Education in the Industrializing Nations: Russia 499 Education in the Least Industrialized Nations: Egypt 500
The Functionalist Perspective: Providing Social Benefits 501 Teaching Knowledge and Skills 501 Cultural Transmission of Values 502 Social Integration 502
intEgrAting immigrAnts 502 • stABilizing sociEty: mAintAining thE stAtus Quo 502 • intEgrAting pEoplE with DisABilitiEs 502
Gatekeeping (Social Placement) 503 Replacing Family Functions 503 Other Functions 503
A surprising lAtEnt function 505
The Conflict Perspective: Perpetuating Social Inequality 505 The Hidden Curriculum: Reproducing the Social
Class Structure 505 Tilting the Tests: Discrimination by IQ 506 Stacking the Deck: Unequal Funding 507 The Correspondence Principle 508 The Bottom Line: Family Background 508
rEproDucing thE sociAl clAss structurE 508
• rEproDucing thE rAciAl–Ethnic structurE 508
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective: Teacher Expectations 509
The Rist Research 509 The Rosenthal–Jacobson Experiment 510 How Do Teacher Expectations Work? 511 Self-Expectations 511
Problems in U.S. Education—and Their Solutions 512 Mediocrity 513
thE rising tiDE of mEDiocrity 513 • thE sAts 513 • grADE inflAtion, sociAl promotion, AnD functionAl illitErAcy 514
Raising Standards 514 rAising stAnDArDs for tEAchErs 514 • A wArning ABout highEr stAnDArDs 514
Cheating 515 thE solution to chEAting 515
Violence 516
Technology and Education 517 summary and review 518 thinking critically about chapter 17 519
18 Religion 520 What Is Religion? 522
The Functionalist Perspective 523 Functions of Religion 523
mEAning AnD purposE 523 • EmotionAl comfort 523 • sociAl soliDArity 523 • guiDElinEs for EvEryDAy lifE 523 • sociAl control 525 • ADAptAtion 525 • support for thE govErnmEnt 525 • sociAl chAngE 525
Functional Equivalents of Religion 525
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Dysfunctions of Religion 526 rEligion As justificAtion for pErsEcution 526 • wAr AnD tErrorism 526
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 528 Religious Symbols 528 Rituals 529 Beliefs 529 Religious Experience 529 Community 529
unity 529 • Exclusion 532
The Conflict Perspective 532 Opium of the People 532 Legitimating Social Inequalities 532
Religion and the Spirit of Capitalism 533
The World’s Major Religions 534 Judaism 534 Christianity 536 Islam 536 Hinduism 538 Buddhism 539 Confucianism 539
Types of Religious Groups 540 Cult 541 Sect 542 Church 542 Ecclesia 543 Variations in Patterns 543 When Religion and Culture Conflict 543
Religion in the United States 544 Characteristics of Members 544
sociAl clAss AnD rEligious pArticipAtion 544 • rAcE–Ethnicity 545
Characteristics of Religious Groups 545 DivErsity 545 • plurAlism AnD frEEDom 546 • compEtition AnD rEcruitmEnt 546 • commitmEnt 546 • tolErAtion 547 • funDAmEntAlist rEvivAl 547 • thE ElEctronic church 547
Secularization of Religion and Culture 549 thE sEculArizAtion of rEligion 549 • thE sEculArizAtion of culturE 550
The Future of Religion 551 summary and review 552 thinking critically about chapter 18 554
19 Medicine and Health 555 Sociology and the Study of Medicine and Health 557
The Symbolic Interactionist Perspective 557 The Role of Culture in Defining Health and Illness 557 The Components of Health 558
The Functionalist Perspective 558 The Sick Role 558
ElEmEnts of thE sick rolE 558 • AmBiguity in thE sick rolE 558 • gAtEkEEpErs to thE sick rolE 559 • gEnDEr DiffErEncEs in thE sick rolE 559
The Conflict Perspective 559 Global Stratification and Health Care 559 Establishing a Monopoly on U.S. Health Care 560
thE profEssionAlizAtion of mEDicinE 561 • thE monopoly of mEDicinE 562
Historical Patterns of Health 563 Physical Health 563
lEADing cAusEs of DEAth 563 • wErE AmEricAns hEAlthiEr in thE pAst? 564
Mental Health 564
Issues in Health Care 564 Medical Care: A Right or a Commodity? 565 Skyrocketing Costs 565 Social Inequality 565 Reducing Inequalities: Health Care Reform 566 Malpractice Lawsuits and Defensive Medicine 566 Medical Incompetence 567
DEAth By Doctors 567 • using A chEcklist 567 • fEDErAl cEntEr for pAtiEnt sAfEty 568
Depersonalization: The Medical Cash Machine 568 Conflict of Interest 569 Medical Fraud 569 Sexism and Racism in Medicine 570 The Medicalization of Society 570
thEorEticAl pErspEctivEs 570
Medically Assisted Suicide 570 Reducing the Costs of Medical Care 571
hEAlth mAintEnAncE orgAnizAtions 571 • DiAgnosis-rElAtED groups 572 • pAy-As-you- go clinics 572 • group cArE 572 • workplAcE cArE 572 • rEtAil hEAlth clinics 572 • tElEmEDicinE 572 • Dumping 573 • rAtioning mEDicAl cArE 573
Threats to Health 574 HIV/AIDS 574
origin 575 • thE trAnsmission of hiv/AiDs 575 • gEnDEr, circumcision, AnD rAcE–Ethnicity 575 • thE stigmA of AiDs 576 • is thErE A curE for AiDs? 576
Weight: Too Much and Too Little 577 Alcohol and Nicotine 577
Alcohol 577 • nicotinE 578
Disabling Environments 580 Medical Experiments: Callous and Harmful 580
thE tuskEgEE syphilis ExpErimEnt 580 • thE guAtEmAlAn ExpErimEnt 580 • thE colD wAr ExpErimEnts 580 • plAying goD 581
Chicken Bones and the Globalization of Disease 581 ruBBing chickEn BonEs togEthEr 582
Treatment or Prevention? 582
The Future of Medicine 582 Alternative Medicine 583 Technology 584
DigitAl mEDicinE 584
summary and review 585 thinking critically about chapter 19 586
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20 Population and Urbanization 587 Population in Global Perspective 589 A Planet with No Space for Enjoying Life? 589
The New Malthusians 589 The Anti-Malthusians 591 Who Is Correct? 592 Why Are People Starving? 593
Population Growth 595
Why the Least Industrialized Nations Have So Many Children 596
Consequences of Rapid Population Growth 597 Population Pyramids as a Tool
for Understanding 598 The Three Demographic Variables 598
fErtility 598 • mortAlity 599 • migrAtion 599
Problems in Forecasting Population Growth 600
Urbanization 604 The Development of Cities 605
Urbanization 605 thE AppEAl of citiEs 605 • forcED urBAnizAtion 608 • mEtropolisEs 608 • mEgAlopolisEs 608 • mEgAcitiEs 608 • mEgArEgions 608
U.S. Urban Patterns 608 from country to city 608 • from city to city 609 • BEtwEEn citiEs 610 • within thE city 610 • from city to suBurB AnD BAck 610 • smAllEr cEntErs 610
Models of Urban Growth 612 The Concentric Zone Model 612 The Sector Model 612 The Multiple-Nuclei Model 613 The Peripheral Model 613 Critique of the Models 614
City Life 615 Alienation in the City 615 Community in the City 616 Who Lives in the City? 616
thE cosmopolitEs 616 • thE singlEs 616 • thE Ethnic villAgErs 616 • thE DEprivED 617 • thE TrAppED 617 • critiQuE 617
The Norm of Noninvolvement and the Diffusion of Responsibility 617 tuning out: thE norm of noninvolvEmEnt 617
Urban Problems and Social Policy 618 Suburbanization 618
city vErsus suBurB 618 • suBurBAn flight 619 • living At thE mAll 619
Disinvestment and Deindustrialization 619 The Potential of Urban Revitalization 619
puBlic sociology 620
summary and review 620 thinking critically about chapter 20 621
21 Collective Behavior and Social Movements 622
Collective Behavior 624 Early Explanations: The Transformation of People 624
How Crowds Change People 624 The Acting Crowd 625
The Contemporary View: The Rationality of the Crowd 626 The Minimax Strategy 626 Emergent Norms 626 How Sociologists Study Collective Behavior 627
Forms of Collective Behavior 627 Riots 627
pArticipAnts in riots 628
Rumors 629 Panics 630
thE clAssic pAnic 630
Mass Hysteria 632 Moral Panics 632 Fads and Fashions 634 Urban Legends 635
Social Movements 636 Types and Tactics of Social Movements 637
Types of Social Movements 637 Tactics of Social Movements 638
lEvEls of mEmBErship 638 • thE puBlics 638 • rElAtionship to AuthoritiEs 639
Multiple Realities and Social Movements 639 Propaganda and the Mass Media 639
gAtEkEEpErs to sociAl movEmEnts 641
Why People Join Social Movements 641 Relative Deprivation Theory: Improving
Status and Power 641 rElAtivity of DEprivAtion 641 • rElAtivE DEprivAtion AnD thE civil rights movEmEnt 642
Declining Privilege Theory: Protecting Status and Power 642
Moral Issues and Ideological Commitment 642
When Social Movements Pose a Threat to the Government 643
On the Success and Failure of Social Movements 643 The Rocky Road to Success 643 The Stages of Social Movements 644 Resurgence 645 summary and review 646 thinking critically about chapter 21 647
22 Social Change and the Environment 648 How Social Change Transforms Social Life 650
The Four Social Revolutions 650 From Gemeinschaft to Gesellschaft 650 The Industrial Revolution and Capitalism 651 Social Movements 652
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Conflict, Power, and Global Politics 652 A BriEf history of gEopolitics 652 • g7 plus 652 • DiviDing up thE worlD 652 • four thrEAts to this coAlition of powErs 653 • thE growing rElEvAncE of AfricA 654
Theories and Processes of Social Change 654 Evolution from Lower to Higher 654 Natural Cycles 655 Conflict over Power and Resources 655 Ogburn’s Theory 656
invEntion 656 • DiscovEry 657 • Diffusion 657 • culturAl lAg 657 • EvAluAtion of ogBurn’s ThEory 657
How Technology Is Changing Our Lives 658 Extending Human Abilities 658 The Sociological Significance of Technology: How
Technology Changes Social Life 659 chAngEs in proDuction 659 • chAngEs in workEr–ownEr rElAtions 659 • chAngEs in iDEology 659 • chAngEs in conspicuous consumption 659 • chAngEs in fAmily rElAtionships 660
When Old Technology Was New: The Impact of the Automobile 660 DisplAcEmEnt of Existing tEchnology 660 • EffEcts on citiEs 660 • chAngEs in ArchitEcturE 661 • chAngED courtship customs AnD sExuAl norms 661 • EffEcts on womEn’s rolEs 661
The New Technology: The Microchip and Social Life 662
computErs in EDucAtion 662 • computErs in BusinEss AnD finAncE 663 • computErs in intErnAtionAl conflict 663
Cyberspace and Social Inequality 664
The Growth Machine versus the Earth 665 thE gloBAlizAtion of cApitAlism AnD thE rAcE for Economic growth 666 • A sustAinABlE EnvironmEnt 666
Environmental Problems and Industrialization 666 toxic wAstEs 666 • fossil fuEls AnD climAtE chAngE 667 • thE EnErgy shortAgE AnD intErnAl comBustion EnginEs 669 • thE rAin forEsts 669
The Environmental Movement 669 Environmental Sociology 672 Technology and the Environment: The Goal
of Harmony 673 summary and review 674 thinking critically about chapter 22 675
Epilogue: Why Major in Sociology? 676 Glossary G-1 References R-1 Name Index N-1 Subject Index S-1 Credits CR-1
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Down-to-Earth Sociology An Updated Version of the Old Elephant Story 7 Enjoying a Sociology Quiz—Testing Your Common Sense 8 Testing Your Common Sense—Answers to the Sociology
Quiz 10 Harriet Martineau and U.S. Customs: Listening to an Early
Feminist 18 W. E. B. Du Bois: The Souls of Black Folk 19 Careers in Sociology: What Applied Sociologists Do 22 Heredity or Environment? The Case of Jack and Oskar,
Identical Twins 66 Gossip and Ridicule to Enforce Adolescent Norms 87 Boot Camp as a Total Institution 89 College Football as Social Structure 100 Beauty May Be Only Skin Deep, But Its Effects Go On
Forever: Stereotypes in Everyday Life 112 Loading the Dice: How Not to Do Research 135 Gang Leader for a Day: Adventures of a Rogue Sociologist 138 The McDonaldization of Society 182 Shaming: Making a Comeback? 205 Running Naked with Pumpkins on Their Heads: Deviance
or Freedom of Self-Expression? 209 Islands in the Street: Urban Gangs in the United States 212 Sexting: Getting on the Phone Isn’t What It Used to Be 216 The Killer Next Door: Serial Murderers in Our Midst 221 Inequality? What Inequality? 246 How the Super-Rich Live 267 The Big Win: Life after the Lottery 271 “The American Dream”: Social Mobility Today 281 What Do You Know about Poverty? A Reality Check 285 Poverty: A Personal Journey 290 Cold-Hearted Surgeons and Their Women Victims 312 Affirmative Action for Men? 315 Applying Sociology: How to Get a Higher Salary 319 Can a Plane Ride Change Your Race? 330 Living in the Dorm: Contact Theory 335 The Racist Mind 337 The Man in the Zoo 342 Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack: Exploring Cultural
Privilege 349 The New Centenarians 382 Feisty to the End: Gender Roles among the Elderly 384 What Do You Think about the Red Sock? Sex in Nursing
Homes 385 Women in Business: Maneuvering the Male Culture 420 The Revolving Door of Power 445 The Rape of Nanking: A Report on Dehumanization 450
Who Are the Suicide Terrorists? Testing Your Stereotypes 452 Child Soldiers 453 Health Benefits of Marriage: Living Longer 471 “What Are Your Chances of Getting Divorced?” 485 Community Colleges: Facing Old and New Challenges 497 Home Schooling: The Search for Quality and Values 504 How I Became a Fairy: Education and the Perpetuation
of Social Inequality 506 You Want to Get Through College? Let’s Apply Sociology
512 Religion and Health: What We Know and Don’t Know 524 Terrorism and Access to the Mind of God 527 José’s Old Kidney: The International Black Market in Human
Body Parts 561 Having Babies Is Men’s Work 563 BioFoods: What’s in Your Future? Threats to Scientific
Research 594 Reclaiming Harlem: A Twist in the Invasion–Succession
Cycle 611 Rumors and Riots: An Eyewitness Account of the Tulsa
Riot 629 Dancing, Sex, and Monkey Men 633 “Tricks of the Trade”—Deception and Persuasion in
Propaganda 640
Cultural Diversity in the United States U n a n t i c i p a t e d P u b l i c S o c i o l o g y : S t u d y i n g J o b
Discrimination 23 Miami—Continuing Controversy over Language 45 Race and Language: Searching for Self-Labels 47 Immigrants and Their Children: Caught between Two
Worlds 86 The Amish: Gemeinschaft Community in a Gesellschaft
Society 108 Do Your Social Networks Perpetuate Social Inequality?
163 Social Class and the Upward Social Mobility of African
Americans 282 Tiger Woods: Mapping the Changing Ethnic Terrain 329 The Illegal Travel Guide 350 Glimpsing the Future: The Shifting U.S. Racial–Ethnic
Mix 361 The Politics of Immigrants: Power, Ethnicity, and Social
Class 440
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Human Heads and Animal Blood: Testing the Limits of Tolerance 541
The New Face of Religion: Pentecostals and Spanish- Speaking Immigrants 548
Cultural Diversity around the World Why the Dead Need Money 39 You Are What You Eat? An Exploration in Cultural
Relativity 40 When Women Become Men: The Sworn Virgins 79 Human Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspectives 199 Female Circumcision (Genital Cutting) 307 China: Changing Sentiment about the Elderly 374 The Child Workers 398 The New Competitor: The Chinese Capitalists 406 Doing Business in the Global Village 409 East Is East and West Is West: Love and Arranged Marriage
in India 468 Killing Little Girls: An Ancient and Thriving Practice 602 Why City Slums Are Better Than the Country: Urbanization
in the Least Industrialized Nations 614 The Rain Forests: Lost Tribes, Lost Knowledge 670
Thinking Critically Are We Prisoners of Our Genes? 57 Doing Controversial Research—Counting the Homeless 142 Are Rapists Sick? A Close-Up View of Research 146 If Hitler Asked You to Execute a Stranger, Would You?
The Milgram Experiment 170 Diversity in the Workplace 193 The Saints and the Roughnecks: Labeling in Everyday
Life 207 What Should We Do About Repeat Offenders? “Three Strikes”
Laws 219 Vigilantes: When the State Breaks Down 222 Open Season: Children as Prey 250 When Globalization Comes Home: Maquiladoras South of
the Border 255 The Nation’s Shame: Children in Poverty 288 The Coming Three-Tier Society and the Militarization of the