Table of Contents
Letter from the AuthorAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorCHAPTER 1: An Introduction to Sociology in the Global AgeA Sociology of Revolutions and CounterrevolutionsThe Changing Nature of the Social World—and SociologyCentral Concerns for a Twenty-First-Century SociologySociology: Continuity and ChangeThe Social Construction of RealitySociology’s Purpose: Science or Social Reform?Sociology, the Other Social Sciences, and Common SenseSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 2: Thinking About and Researching the Social WorldDo Sociological Theory and Research Help Us Understand Today’s Overheated Politics?Theorizing the Social WorldContemporary Sociological TheoryResearching the Social WorldIssues in Social ResearchSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 3: CultureA Reflection of U.S. CultureA Definition of CultureThe Basic Elements of CultureCultural DifferencesGlobal CultureSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 4: Socialization and InteractionSocialization and VarianceThe Individual and the SelfThe Individual as PerformerSocializationInteractionMicro-Level Social StructuresSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 5: Organizations, Societies, and Global RelationshipsQuestioning Governmental AuthorityOrganizationsContemporary Organizational RealitiesSocietiesGlobal RelationshipsSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 6: Deviance and CrimeNorms, Labels, and JudgmentDevianceTheories of DevianceCrimeGlobalization and CrimeSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 7: Social Stratification in the United States and GloballyStudent “Haves” and “Have-Nots” in Higher EducationDimensions of Social StratificationEconomic InequalitySocial MobilityTheories of Social StratificationConsumption and Social StratificationGlobal StratificationOther Global InequalitiesChanging Positions in Global StratificationTheories of Global StratificationSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 8: Race and EthnicityMinorities Acquire Political PowerThe Concepts of Race and EthnicityMajority–Minority RelationsRacismRace and Ethnicity in a Global ContextSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 9: Gender and SexualityChallenging Gender StereotypesGender and SexThe Sociology of SexualitySexuality, Gender, and GlobalizationGlobal Flows Related to GenderSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 10: FamiliesFictional Families Get RealFamily, Marriage, and Intimate RelationshipsBroad Changes in Marriage and the FamilyTheorizing the FamilyProblems in the FamilyGlobal FamiliesSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 11: Education and ReligionScience versus Religion in the Public SchoolsEducationInequality in EducationGlobalization and EducationReligionTypes of Religious InstitutionsReligion and GlobalizationSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 12: Politics and the EconomyThe Interrelationship of Government and the EconomyPolitics: Democracy or DictatorshipWho Rules the United States?Global PoliticsThe U.S. Economy: From Industrial to PostindustrialWork, Consumption, and LeisureGlobalization and the EconomySummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 13: The Body, Medicine, Health, and Health CareThe Opioid CrisisThe Sociology of HealthThe BodyThe Sociology of MedicineGlobalization and HealthSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 14: Population, Urbanization, and the EnvironmentToo Few, Too OldPopulationUrbanizationCities and GlobalizationThe EnvironmentSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsCHAPTER 15: Social Change, Social Movements, and Collective ActionWorkers’ Rights, Consumer Activism, and Social ChangeSocial MovementsEmergence, Mobilization, and Impact of Social MovementsCollective ActionSocial Change: Globalization, Consumption, and the InternetSummaryKey TermsReview QuestionsGlossaryReferences: Chapter-Opening VignettesReferences: Comprehensive ListIndex